luke79

Are these tickets still available? 

Hey! I'm looking for a pair of tickets to either show at the Fox Theater. Let me know what you have! 

Thanks, Luke 

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I would like to buy these tickets. 

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I'm making a playlist of live recordings of Mermaid Avenue tunes performed by either Wilco or Billy Bragg. Just seemed like a fun thing to listen to. This is what I have so far. Thanks! 

Airline

All You Fascists 

Another Man's Done Gone

At My Window

Blood of the Lamb

Cali Stars

Christ for Pres

Eisler on the Go

Feed of Man

Hesitating Beauty 

Hoodoo Voodoo

I Guess I Planted

Ingrid B

My Flying Saucer

One by One

Remember the Mountain Bed

Secret of the Sea

She Came Along

Someday Some Morning 

Unwelcome Guest

Walt Whitmans

Way Over Yonder

When the Roses Bloom Again

Gun (I asked Stan if the current lineup has ever played this song, even in practice. Nope. I'm guessing it won't ever happen.) 

Should've Been in Love 

Dash 7

When You Wake Up Feeling Old

That's about it. 8 YHF shows and 6 Whole Love shows pretty much squared away every other song I've ever wanted to hear them play live. 

I'm voting for Being There on multiple devices every day. I'm really pulling for it. 

 

Second time now I've seen Tweedy toss a guitar in frustration onstage. The last time was in Flagstaff, AZ due to tech issues. I hope this axe fairs better than that one.

I was also at that show. The headstock of the SG broke off after it was tossed but Stan (Wilco's sound guy) says their guitar techs repaired the guitar. I'm also curious which guitar was tossed seeing how it seemed like acoustic guitars were used %80 of the time at both Seattle shows. 

"Any idiot can play fuckin' Box Full of Letters."

Was this actually said at some point during the podcast? I must've missed that. 

Buy used, pay less. You can find used vinyl on Discogs.com and search by album. 

I have the original red vinyl release but will probably sign up for this release as well. I love A.M. 

Dash 7 (it's been played live 4 times)

Secret of the Sea (finally got to see this one in Scottsdale on 7/3) 

Shouldn't be Ashamed (saw this one in Palm Springs 2012)

It seems like the super rare gems get pulled out in Chicago so I'll have to make it a point to see Wilco on a multi-night stand in Chicago one day. 

Tweedy seems to like to preface AM material (at least when I've seen Wilco) with a comment about the distance between the AM material and where the band is at now. I'm just happy to have heard just about all of AM live (except Dash 7) at this point. I was so excited to hear "I Must Be High" when I did. 

I started off last Friday (the 3rd) without tickets to the show in Scottsdale I was traveling from Vegas to see and by the time the show started I had been given 4 free tickets, 2 of which I was unable to give away (and they were GA field tickets.) I was going to tape the show but I met two of the three tapers in the pit, so I decided against taping after seeing the rigs they had set up. Overall I thought the show was decent (I wasn't bothered by the heat, I live in Vegas after all.) I was happy to finally hear "Secret of the Sea" live after all these years and I thought the solos and some of the melodies sounded a little different this time around. I'd sure love to catch the Red Rocks show after seeing both 2012 Red Rocks shows, but unfortunately it lands on a weekday. 

Sent you a PM. 

That's a solid setlist. I'm looking forward to 7/3 in Scottsdale. 

I saw a myriad of Wilco shows in a myriad of states on the last tour. If they take a break I'll be ready when they finally hit the road. 

The Flagstaff,AZ 2005 show was plagued with technical difficulties that seemed to affect the overall mood and tone of the show. Nells, in an attempt to lighten the mood, started humping the bass drum. The last song of the main set was Spiders and midway through the song Jeff's red SG started cutting out. Jeff pulls the strap over his head, lifts the guitar up and sends it right towards his amp. Amp falls over, SG neck snaps off, Jeff walks off as the band continues to play. I talked to Stan a few years later about that show and he said the guitar had since been repaired. There's a photo book called "Instrument" that has a close up photo of where the neck snapped. Jeff's reply in the book as to how the guitar was damaged was simply "Spiders." There's a video recording of the Flagstaff show circulating that someone at the Orpheum Theater gave me. 

A pinch of miscreants? A touch of rapscallions? 

There were two tapers set up near Stan (the sound guy). I was going to tape but I saw that the other tapers were working with some pretty impressive gear so I thanked them for taping and enjoyed the show. I've seen a 6 shows on this tour and the Stubb's show was easily as great as the Red Rocks 2012 shows. Nice to get to hear Dead Flowers and It's Just that Simple. 

I actually stopped listening to their new albums after AGIB, but Whole Love relit the fire for me. I've seen them 5 times this tour. When I saw them in Austin I knew immediately that this tour was going to be a good one.

I was waiting around before the show and ended up having a long, bizarre conversation with Jonathan Richman and later his drummer Tommy. He had his guitar with him and he started playing Spanish guitar riffs in front of me while explaining to me that the reason he can't play requests is because he can't request them of himself. He also started playing Sam Cooke's Cupid, lamenting the electric guitar and how everyone who picks one up eventually starts playing Chuck Berry riffs. He also said he has never owned a computer and doesn't know how to use one. This was the best part:

Tommy (Jonathan's drummer): Where are you from Luke?

Me: Las Vegas

Tommy: Why didn't you go to Reno instead? It's a lot closer. (Reno is about 3 hours of driving time further than Palm Desert)

Jonathan: Tommy, Reno isn't closer to Vegas than Palm Desert.

Tommy: It isnt?

Jonathan: No Tommy, Nevada is a very large state.

As for the picture takers, I watched Jeff look at a cluster of people holding up cell phones and just waited for him to say something, which he eventually did. It didn't help that they were within the first few rows, dead center.

I recorded the show but my SD card errored so I ended up with Jonathan's set and.... Good sound, minimal distracting crowd. Normally I see 2 or more tapers but I didn't see anyone last night. Not to say someone else didn't tape but usually someone else shows up and posts their copy within days. So I'll sit on my copy for a day or 2 and see what happens. Decent show, pales in comparison to both Red Rocks nights. I did manage to get to hear I Must Be High again which was a bonus.

First 3 songs are missing....damn you SD card.

Spiders (Kidsmoke) (acoustic arrangement)

Born Alone>

Laminated Cat (aka Not For The Season) (electric arrangement)

Misunderstood

Far, Far Away

Impossible Germany

Handshake Drugs

Shouldn't Be Ashamed

I'm Always In Love

--happy birthday sung to Sarah--

Jesus, etc.

Whole Love

Heavy Metal Drummer

Dawned On Me

Hummingbird

A Shot in the Arm

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California Stars

I Must Be High

The Late Greats

I'm The Man Who Loves You

Red-Eyed and Blue>

I Got You (At The End of the Century)>

Outtasite (Outta Mind)

I opted for Palm Desert instead of San Luis Obispo. Shorter drive from Vegas, by several hours.

Though I bought both, I never gave Sky Blue Sky or Wilco (The Album) that many spins. But I haven't stopped listening to The Whole Love. It's truly one of the best records I could think of.