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You seem excited. See ya soon.

Be still my heart.

I've wondered who's in charge of the printing / cutting / distributing of those.

The Marcus King Band (with Aaron Lee Tasjen opening!!)

"Oh yeah, it's Wilco Wednesday. It's just like Taco Tuesday, except it's Wilco. And it means that you have to be better than just a Wednesday audience." And with that proclamation after the fourth song, the challenge was upon us. I thought we did a pretty admirable job in stepping up, but maybe I'm biased. Wilco delivered another intense and full-throttle show for the Louisville audience in the gorgeous Palace theater this evening, playing to a rather sparsely filled venue (the balcony was filled about halfway back, and the wings on the floor were pretty sparse in the back as well) on a

“Sickos”? I certainly prefer the previous label of “freaks”, but I’d probably answer to either one. See y’all in Louisville tomorrow!!! (Nice recap btw!)

Well, bbop, you missed a good one. A Saturday night in a packed out INDOOR theater with plenty of heat to go around, in a city that tends to have pretty good Wilco audiences imho. The Taft is the lesser of the two main theaters in Cinci, a bit shabbier and smaller than the Aronoff a couple blocks away. Seated floor and balcony, with boxes in the front of the balcony and a couple very small side boxes flanking the stage. The guys seemed to be in pretty good spirits, and quite relieved to be playing indoors once again. "This is fucking awesome.... nice and toasty" Jeff remarked early on, af

A rare NovaCat sighting.... sweet.

Shooter Jennings. Not my usual fare, but I hear he puts on a great show and it’s at my favorite local venue.

“Rat’s Ass” would make an interesting cocktail name. But nobody’s gonna buy you one of those either apparently.

Parking citation forthcoming.

How else could it be possible???

Well, at the risk of preempting Sir bbop, a few observations from last night's show. A first for me - at the noisy end of IATTBYH I saw / heard Jeff back off the mic and sing a couple "I'm the man who loves you" lines, just like the record version. I've never seen/noticed this before. I was right up on the stage, so I'm pretty sure that's what he did. Quite cool. At the start of ALTWYS, when the band first kicks in after Jeff's solo intro, Glenn went quite beast-like as the drums kicked in. I kinda figured that since he's so deliberate / subdued in all the new tunes, he was just bursting w

Funny you should mention that. At the in-store performance they did at Grimey's in Nashville, they were all 6 crammed into a tiny platform maybe 12x8 feet? Small amps for Nels, Jeff, John, Pat... keys for Mike and Pat... small kit for Glenn. 2-3 guitars each for Nels and Jeff. This was NOT a hootenanny setup. Played 7-8 songs, mostly new ones. All sounded just about like the full versions later that night, although Glenn clearly didn't have his full set of doodads ("accoutrements" per Jeff). Jeff mentioned at one point in the set something like "If this is all it takes for us, we're gonna

Wilco (YAY, finally my turn!)

That certainly makes sense. For Jeff’s solo instore earlier this year, wristbands were required and they still sold out and were packed. See y’all in line!!

Ticket is sold. Cheers!! I have a FABULOUS single ticket for Nashville available for sale for this Sunday’s show at the Opry. $97 (face and fees from presale). Will call - I’ll meet you at the venue. Sec MF-4, Row EE, Seat 3 Vince

Me!! Bought a wristband (priority entry over the non-payers if I read it correctly). Saw Jeff there solo - it’s tiny. Should be cool beans for sure.

I agree on the "skippers" - those haven't moved me as much as the others. It's nice for this album to kinda settle in to something "normal" (faves, skippers, steady growers), but it also took quite a few repeated listens for me to start to feel that way. And still not totally sure if it will be in heavy rotation in a year or five. But happy to have it on steady repeat to find out!

Lucky perhaps? This would not have ended well.

See, you're growing into a fine, upstanding adult now. And they said it would never happen.... Cheers bro!

This is us.

Stellar review!!!! Soooooo glad that the Nova made it back across the pond intact and with another worthy running buddy (RNG).

If you had told me 10 years ago that VC would be the safe haven for civil discourse regarding a new Wilco record, I would have called you a liar. Or at least a lousy prognosticator.

Massive hugs to each and every one of you all!!! Hangeth in there!