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Old 97s tonight, night 2 of a 3 night album-shows run, in Brooklyn. Trapper Schoepp and the Shades opened last night. They are awesome.

I view an unattended blanket as an invitation to occupy. I mean, a couple people can't take up an entire blanket, and the crowd as a whole is going to push forward anyway once the set starts. So get there a respectable time before the band starts and just move up as close as you can without getting in the space of someone who has been standing there for hours. The blankets and chairs do not bother me at all - but the people who try to sneak up front after the set has started and get into my personal space are the worst.

I love how the official setlist on twitter and facebook says that this ITMWLY was Glenn's retirement from standing on his drum stool in the rocker pose before the song starts... It was funny how Tweedy talked about it that night

Yes, Jeff's telling was funny.

Here's some photos of the Last ITMWLY Drum Stand.

Well, we might see it again. Only at Solid Sound and Only at Joe's Field. Jeff said if you see Glenn do it anywhere else, feel free to throw a glow stick at him, or a beach ball. LOL

Agreed. The mindset for Solid Sound should be to have no expectations.. Typical Wilco concert conventions are dismissed. They want it to be a unique experience, and we should embrace that too. I hope they experiment with something different every year. 

I shiould add too that there is plenty to do nearby, and people don't have to eat just at Solid Sound nor hang out there all day. I spent a couple mornings in Williamstown, went to both art museums there, and got lunch on the main street, figuring I would avoid the crowds for at least one meal at the Soild Sound food stands. North Adams itself had a good variety of dining options.

I've only been to the first Solid Sound and can't say I remember the first one being less crowded. I thought the size of the audience was fine.

I also feel like a bit of a geek saying I've seen Tommy numerous times already during his tenure as Soul Asylum's bassist. Was nice to see Wilco rocking out on Color Me Impressed on Friday night, another song I've heard so often from recording from the late 1990s where Wilco did a whole encore of cover songs.

RE: Wilco shirt photos - Awesome project, great idea! Thanks for sharing. Cool way to break the ice and meet people too. Also refutes the very stupid "Don't be that guy" argument about wearing band shirts to shows.

Courtyard D needs a sliding roof like the new Miami Marlins stadium has, LOL.

La Pistola y El Corazon was the only Los Lobos tune to appear. I didn't know any other songs, but their set was great!

Speaking of the boxed water, for all of the environmental concerns addressed by the print on the box, I couldn't help but wonder how they justified putting a plastic spout and cap on the side. Why not just open it like on old school milk carton?

They justified it by selling it for 2 dollars. The cafe conveniently ran out of the one dollar bottled water not even midway through the event but they had plenty of the boxed water on hand for twice as much.

She has plenty of shows streaming on NPR too. I know that's she's against audience taping too, but I would guess that the radio broadcasts and archived streams are approved in advance, and hence free to share as links.

I think they pretty much do "demands" shows every night.They take requests on their website and play the most-submitted songs.

Gonna put this here right now since I don't see a thread for Night 2 in A Future Age yet...

Neko's set streaming on WFUV
http://www.wfuv.org/audio/archives/fuv-live/neko-case-solid-sound-festival-2013

I guess they streamed Wilco's set live too, but I don't see an archived stream for it.

Thanks for letting us know. I didn't know what it was that people were listening to and didn't wait around for a pair of headphones to free up. Would like to have heard the unreleased stuff.

Truly awesome. As a fellow music nerd I've been dying to hear any of my favorite bands do an all-covers night. So awesome. There were about 8 or 9 songs I never heard before, and most of them I really enjoyed. My evening highlight was James Alley Blues which appeared on one of the first Wilco mix CDs anyone ever made for me, back in the late 1990s. I was up front where that song got the quietest reception of the night, but I loved it.

Unfortunately I didn't get to see Tommy on Color Me Impressed even though I was up front - one of the pro-camera men was right in front of me and blocked my view. Actually he blocked my view of Jeff for most of the night too. Boo. So it was funny to me when Jeff called said cameraman out for not eating his pizza, haha (I think that was night 2). The guy actually took his pizza off the speaker stack and placed it out of Jeff's view, LOL.

Wilco - Via Chicago (as they so often did in 1999 when I first saw them)

Pearl Jam - Release / Long Road / Oceans

Soul Asylum - Somebody to Shove

I saw Morgan Freeman on the Daily Show yesterday.  It reminded me how much I'd like to sit down and have a drink and chat with the guy.  He's brilliant, unassuming, charismatic and funny.  I would love to have the guy over for dinner.

 

Who's at your imaginary dinner party?

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I'd invite Herb Brooks to dinner.

As a Rangers fan, Pittsburgh-hating is de riguer. Detroit just kind of annoys me. They are like the Yankees of hockey.

 Pretty sure Montreal is the NY Yankees of hockey. Detroit is the St. Louis Cardinals of hockey. Maple Leafs=Cubs.

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Oops, different band.

I never knew the Peter Laughner thing. Or rather, if I saw his name in the credits, never thought to look him up. Thanks a lot. I really like that song. His other stuff however, not so much.

Whoa, my CD must be missing one of those 12-minute songs.

They did, on the 2010 "Evening With" tour for sure. Then the ban seemed to slowly erode.

Glad you found it. I wish they would list the posters by date/venue, would make them easier to find.

Well, I still call it Not For the Seasons and I think of it as a Wilco song that Jeff and Glenn later recorded with another project, LOL.But no, I've never made a Jeff solo mix. When I'm in the mood for a Jeff solo compilation I just listen to his Irving Plaza 2001 show. Good idea though, to gather the studio versions on one CD. I have made several b-side/studio outtakes mixes of Wilco and other bands,a nd often prefer them to some of the actual albums.

I have been meaning to make a Dan Murphy mix however, of all his Smog and Soul Asylum tunes.

I second that recommendation. I hoped they might be on Wilco's radar and be picked for Solid Sound. Maybe next time. I took some pix at New Haven and posted them here.

"This includes Wilco songs as well as originals."

Shouldn't this be "This includes Wilco songs as well as covers"?

I hope they take some unusual requests instead of playing the same top requested songs that they always take!

Cool, thanks for letting me know the real copy is good.