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Might be tinfoil, but I think this was a purposeful decision to launch it right before Pitchfork Festival and build some non-hardcore buzz. Nothing wrong with that at all! Seems pretty clear to me, though.

I just want to say that I'm barely halfway through it as I type, and this is the best thing they've done since Ghost by far. I'm so overjoyed by this album.

Pretty much lost my mind when they played "Should've Been in Love". Told another Wilcohead friend of mine and he couldn't believe it--claimed they haven't played it in a long time, but I haven't checked that myself. Also loved how it had a feel as if it were a Ghost-era track or something. Was a bit disappointed that some of the other stops on this supporting tour looks like they got a few more songs than we did, but that's me just being obnoxious. Also, kind of surprised MMJ received roughly equal set time to Wilco, but again, I'm complaining for the sake of doing so. Anyway, truly unbeliev

Never said it was because of Emerson, the point I was making is that the Wang Center is hardly in what one would call a "residential area"--same goes for the Orpheum, Wilbur, Comcast Center, and BoA Pavilion. I don't think it's all that controversial to say that Boston is pretty ass-backwards when it comes to cutting certain things short due to noise (e.g. bars, public transportation). God forbid they ever extend T service another half hour to 1AM. In my mind it would've been easy enough to start the show thirty minutes earlier and have Wilco go on around 8:45, but hey, I'm just a fan.

Yes, it's a bit overplayed, but you have to be a stone-hearted monster to not feel some kind of warmth when Tweedy pulls the whole "you guys sing 75% of the song" bit. Aside from the necessity of playing most of TWL, the rest of the songs were pretty much a basic Wilco sampler; it felt like they were promoting the album, despite most of the audience having preordered it already or purchased it in the lobby. I guess I was missing the little things the "modern" Wilco does that make them more than just a band or a concert, and strangely enough now I know exactly what those are after seeing a sh

So glad that there's an 11PM curfew for the Theatre District which is primarily surrounded by Emerson students in dorm apartments. I didn't pay almost $50 for a Wilco show that was cut short due to a Puritanical time limit. I'm sorry, but eff the Wang.

I also feel a bit spoiled for thinking "ugh, a Wilco show NOT longer than two hours?" but like a bunch of you fine folks think, it was a tight set and the new songs sound incredible. Also, think of it this way: the next time they come to New England, they probably won't play half of those songs from TWL. So just think of it as "An Evening with The Whole Love"--though a Wilco show without Jesus and Hummingbird seemed a bit foreign to me. Beautiful venue, horrible ushers (what's up with the Secret Service-esque suits telling you to stop taking non-flash pictures?), and absurdly overpriced ev

Stealth Loose Fur tour? According to Jeff, the "signal has been lit" for O'Rourke to get back with them. ...yeah, didn't think so either.

I remember seeing a box of them sitting on the windowsill Friday, asked the guy in charge and he said to listen to the Solid Sound radio channel for details...which was kind of annoying, because I was (of course) at the festival. Anyway, congrats on snagging one!

My friend got a full iPhone video of "The Weight" and we were right up against the fence, so when he posts it on Youtube I'll share the link! I could only take about 30 minutes of Nels + Thurston out of concern for my hearing (I'm only 21 too), though Nels upped the Thurston's feet by playing with his mouth--or at least screaming into a handheld voice modulator into his pickups...or something. This technically should go in Day 2, but I recorded audio samples of the Glenn/Nels/Darin Gray improv soundfest in the Sol Lewitt gallery if anyone's interested.

The Solid Sound sticker is on the sleeve; the 45 hole is there (listening to it now after a long drive back last night). In my haste to post, didn't read this! Let's just pretend mine is a confirmation.

That was an incredible few days and I didn't even get to see half of everything that went on. I loved the diversity of the crowd, so many families completely enjoying themselves (and wouldn't say there were a lot of hipsters...college kids/young hippies, yes). Brought a couple of light Wilco fans and they're now converted for life into the cult. Can't wait for Solid Sound II next summer, and thanks in advance to the folks who post the Wilco and Tweedy shows! Only disappointment: No Summerteeth (the song).

That's...almost $400. You are a god among mortals.

I completely forgot, good point! Still though, the Lowell show essentially had all of New England coming to it and I remember getting tickets for the BoAP easily. Oh well. The horrible nature of the Orpheum will be evened out with the promise of an extended/varied setlist so at least I have that to look forward to (and I really shouldn't be complaining, this is going to be my eighth Wilco show).

The strange thing is I think this website did their ticketing last summer and I had no problems then. Unless Wilco has gotten 100x bigger in the Boston area over the last six months, I'm not sure what the problem was. I'd like to cut them some slack and say their servers were hammered, but, as everyone's favorite Bluth likes to say, "COME ON!" I wonder how bad my Ticketmaster seats are going to be... If I had a car I'd see them in NH or RI, but alas, that's the fate of a poor college student.