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Listen, I don't know much about nothing, especially religion. I am not Catholic and I'm pretty sure if I walked into a church I'd burst into flames. But!!! This new Pope is the first Pope, after 266 other Popes, that has a reasonable chance of knowing Wilco. First, let's consider other likely Popes: Pope Nicholas IV? Nope, that dude died 700 years before Uncle Tupelo released Still Feel Gone and therefore sadly never had the chance to listen to Wilco. Pope John Paul II? Yeah, technically Wilco was formed under his watch but in the early to mid 90s he struck me as more of

The winters are pretty brutal here. I describe it as 'Winnipeg is the actual part of Canada that Americans envision Canadian winter being like'. They're cold and long. But the summers are hot and beautiful. And I do think the tough winters are, at least partly responsible for the amount of art and music that comes from this city. Out of all the major Canadian cities, Winnipeg is the smallest, yet Neil Young, The Guess Who (+BTO), The Weakerthans, Propaghandi, William Prince, etc etc are all from Winnipeg (or nearby, in the case of Propaghandi). Can you name that many bands from Calgary? I

You can count on me Mr. Bbop. I mean, probably. If not, Vince will be there for back up. Last show of the tour, last Wilco show for a while, and your birthday AND Wilco's first Edmonton show in 15 years. Sure to be a barnburner. You've never had a birthday until you've had an Edmonton birthday. Who knows, if today's election goes to the Liberal party, this also might be the first two shows in the newly formed Alberta country 🙄

New tour dates and look...! Sometimes complaining on the internet DOES work. Now, Wilco, please add an August 31 or September 1 date in Winnipeg. In the meanwhile I'll be buying tickets for Calgary and Edmonton.

When I got into Wilco, I remember for a lot of people my age, AM wasn't cool. It was "country" and country music was the enemy. This was in the early 00s when country music was "I love America" and rock music was anti-Bush/war. At least that's how us youths viewed it. I recall talking to other teens who liked Wilco (this is the YHF -> AGIB era) and they would always specify "but not the early country stuff". I always secretly liked it though. I'm glad the kids today can listen to MJ Lenderman get as twangy as he wants without judgement. I still think AM is a solid album with a few clu

Hello! Giant post incoming... Winnipeg Folk Festival is great! My work flew me out to Winnipeg in 2018, in the middle of summer, before offering me a role out here. Going to Folk Festival is one of the first things I did in this city and I think it's a big part of the reason I fell in love with this city. Then when I moved out it was middle of December and that...... is a very different city. WPG FF has a laid back atmosphere that feels very community grown. There's a few things about it I would describe as archaic. Mostly the seating/standing rules. Most people at the festival

I got the 11LP set on silver vinyl and according to my e-mail the price was $235 USD before shipping.

Is this it? https://www.nugs.net/live-download-of-wilco-eldborg-concert-hall-harpa-reykjavik-ic-04-06-2023-mp3-flac-or-online-music-streaming/41663.html

Yarrr!! Another fine review matey!!!

So apparently they're letting me keep the extra boxset I got lol Anyone in Canada need one for cheap?

I basically spent most of 2016/17 listening to Dylan and then haven't listened to much since. But A Complete Unknown also put me in a Dylan mood and I've been listening to basically nothing but Dylan since Boxing Day. Discovered this performance a few weeks ago which just got an official upload from the Letterman account: It's so good. Punk Dylan! The wrong harmonica! I love everything about it. I can't believe it didn't make Springtime in New York (though another performance that night did). I've decided to prioritize seeing Bob live again, as I've only seen h

Just a heads up, they did the same for me but I still got fees duty fees this morning from Fedex. I think the government has cracked down on the 'gift' loophole. Friggin' Trudeau!!

Let us know what kind of response you get from Kung Fu. People on Reddit said they had to send their copies back first before new ones would get sent.

Good news! Kung Fu is shipping me a new copy with the correct vinyl. I was ready to go full Karen but they took care of me right away, that's good customer service. I see @BoyWithPoetryPowerhas the same issue and I was tagged on a post in the Facebook group with someone else hopefully this isn't too wide spread of an issue, I'm sure it won't be a cheap fix. A lot of really good stuff on these outtakes and alternates. Diamond Claw is great 'lost track'. There's been a few times that have made me stop and go 👀 One (small) disappointment is that two of the songs, Bob Dylan's 49th

Good news! My copy arrived. Doing first listen to "dbpm: Outtakes/Alternates 1". If you like raw noisy Wilco like I do, you're going to be in for a treat. The records in the boxset are called "Unstitched: Outtakes/Alternates 2", "The Hook At The Wang (10/2/04) Wang Centre-Boston, MA", and "A Ghost Is Born (Original Album)", yes that's what the spine says. Listening to a version of Muzzle of Bees that sounds like nothing I've heard before. Bad news! They sent me the black vinyl instead of the colour vinyl which hopefully they will make right as I am 1) a huge collectionist nerd and

It says it will arrive tomorrow now! I will.

I got my shipping notification via Fedex today. Should get here Thursday. Super fast!!

No deal. The best I can do is trade you Trudeau for Wilco.

Maybe, instead of making Canada the 51st state, we'll make Vermont the 11th province.

Hello Wilco, Please note I write this letter to you with love, respect, and admiration. It's me, your fan, TCP. As you can tell by my location being "Obnoxiously Canadian", my avatar being being Johnny Canuck (unchanged since 2008), my constant talk of Canadian rock ensemble Sloan, and the fact that I remind everyone all the time that The Band are (mostly) Canadian, I reside in the country north of the border: Canada. We love you guys and I think you might love us too, if you just gave us a chance. We're the country that produced some of your favourite songwriters: Neil Young, Leo

Thanks for the recap!! Sounds like a great event. Also if any VCers don't know D'Arcy Corden, she was in two of the best TV shows in recent years: The Good Place (as a main cast member) and Barry (as a recurring character). Two comedies I highly recommend.

I always like to look at my post from last year. Usually I have a good track record but last year, well...... I'll bold the ones that did come out. Confirmed: Sloan (they've been recording it and talking openly about it, and I heard Pat or Chris... maybe Pat on his Patreon (?), say it's coming in the fall) Wednesday The Weather Station Not officially confirmed but almost definitely happening, for real this time: Japanese Breakfast (The Needle Drop mentioned it was coming in March 2025) Wet Leg (At the end of 2023 I heard Jenny E

Great recaps Brian F!!! Happy New Year to you and to all my fellow VCers.

Oh hey VC is back. Thanks admin team! I'll echo knotgreen, these three shows really were a dream. I know the Palace shows in 2019 had a lot of the same people night after night, and I think the no repeats thing probably encouraged more people to go to two or even all three of these shows. As the band gets older I'm sure staying put longer will be more appealing, so hopefully this is the sort of thing they'll do more of. It's nice for me, as a foreign tourist from a far off distant land, to be able to travel down there and make a weekend out of it. Really happy to hear

Oops, also, I forgot to mention I think the technical issues Pat was having was with his pedal board. That seemed to be what they were looking at and between sets Austin came out holding a few pedals, that I'm assuming he swapped in. Pedal boards can be big complicated messes. If it stops outputting sound, it can be very time consuming to diagnosis where the issue is. Has a pedal died? Or a cable between the pedals? Good on Austin for getting it sorted. I'm curious what Pat said to Jeff, I'm guessing that he can do keyboard parts on the upcoming songs, but perhaps that's why Shouldn't Be Asham