jmcrochny

Came in from out of town - loved your venue Scranton. Nice old hall. As for the lighting design (except for the acoustic set) - not so much. I'd like to see all the guys more clearly more often. That complaint aside - good show. Nice mix. Seen Shot In The Arm many times. That was a powerful presentation. The nod they're giving to Chilton is heartwarming. Probably the most powerful presentation his material has ever received.

You point is well taken. I used to see them 2 or 3 times a year. Now I limit myself to once or so. It was hard for me to come to the realization that sets were not designed with only me in mind. I guess I've decided that JT does a pretty good job of balancing two road band imperatives - those being 1) giving the crowd what many of them want ("hits") while 2) tweaking the sets some to maintain their own sanity by offering themselves artistic challenge, and trying to satisfy the Tweeks (Tweedy geeks) like me (and you I guess). He might not know it, but Jeff and I have reached an accommodatio

1) I'm guessing Conor and the boys visited Niagara Falls. Those caps are all over the souvenir shops there. 2) I'm really looking forward to future shows as the new material separates from the studio versions and the songs evolve into more organic live forms. I'm glad they have incorporated so many tunes from the new album into the set. 3) Peculiar crowd. Pretty quiet until very late in the show (at Misunderstood maybe?) - then they erupted. 4) Note from (me) one of the chief "Twerds" (Tweedy nerds - I just made that up) - while all Wilco shows are of very high quality, for me this show r

"Roger that" - twice. Once - for the '94 Dylan show there. Seen Bob many times. That was a very special show - the best I saw in the years between The Band and the Campbell/Sexton ensemble. Second - for the Dinosaur BBQ. Real good vitles - and way north of the Mason/Dixon Line. If you like your bbq a little sweeter, try Sticky Lips on Culver Road. For the veggies - Aladdin's or Mamasan's (Vietnamese) (they're both on Monroe Ave., a few miles apart, both 10-15 min. from the Aud)

better hustle all - for good seats (though i have come over the years to prefer standing venues, the crowd vibe is way better). got tickets just now. they're already back to row p (for singles) in the center and row o on the sides for doubles or more. the venue is perfect for them i think. way better than the megabarns they're playing with neil. i just couldn't face toronto.

Have been reliving the concert a lot lately - thanks to you. Good job. Memo to the "WOOOO-WOOOO" gang - shut the fuck up.

The problem of course is Wilco doesn't have a lot of uptempo new songs and have a pretty anemic sounding rhythm section ouch - gotta differ there esp. w/regard to Kotche - he's killer to my ears...

not to get into a pissing contest but, i saw the seeger tour in cleveland and was so surprised as to its infectiousness, i also went saratoga. at both places, the admitedly syncophantic, adoring crowd had no problem getting with the program. the seeger disc left me a bit cold, but the live presentation is totally engaging.

never, ever stay in a seat? ooh lordy, please don't be in front of me - for both our sakes...

the new song was a fine opener and led nicely into "... break your heart" however - open letter to tweedy - i'm a yank seeing the band for the third time in a year. i too found the crowd a bit reserved, was briefly amused at your scolding of the audience, but ultimately found your remarks condescending, even contemptuous. hey jeffrey! if you find the crowd lacking in enthusiasm, look to yourself first. you walk out, interacting with no one, either on stage or off playing 6 or so songs without so much as a nod to the audience. what's your job anyway? show up and plug in? then the audienc