theashtraysays

Hey TCP, he’s Canadian, right? Asking for a friend. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

outcry? OUTCRY? I'LL GIVE YOU A FUCKING OUTCRY! WHY AREN'T THERE ANY 'MERICAN DATES? that is all.

Man, oh man. That was a blast.

Alejandro Escovedo

Oh, shit. Let us know how this turns out. Vince

Highway Anxiety is excellent, and is full band like the new one. Earlier stuff is mostly solo acoustic. I saw Ohmme last week - Sentient Beings was the standout track in their set.

Constant repeat since Friday for me. His last one was incredible, so he had set a pretty high bar for himself. This one does not disappoint.

Today my wife asked me "hey, are you going to see (random band name playing in our town with bearded guys that popped up on her FB)"? Me: "Nah, I've never seen them on Chez or PopTodd's NowPlaying posts, so I can't imagine they're any good".

Standard disclosure - this year could be quite different; for example there are no "gold circle" (first 5-ish rows) tickets being sold, and Sue mentioned last year that they might change up the request format from then on. As noted above, finding out the setlist at 4:00 same day isn't ideal for Jeff, especially when folks in line love to request rarities and obscure songs not often played. That said, some notable points for the show. The Vic is a small converted theater with a slightly "tiered" floor and a balcony. The floor is mostly set up with folding chairs down front, and then slopes /

Well that was easy.

I really don’t know. I suspect it’ll be something they haven’t done yet but they’ve sure done a lot. Maybe a spin-the-wheel setlist? Stage in the middle and play in the round? Rotating instruments between them?

Liz Cooper & The Stampede

Bandsintown just popped up this morning with Jeff Tweedy in Louisville KY at Headliners on April 16. No ticket info yet. It's a medium-sized club, almost always GA standing.

Well if there is a video of some sort, I sure hope they include a segment of the opening acts greatest “hits” on unsuspecting audience members. Now THAT’S entertainment! Cheers and thanks as always for the reporting. Hey and since we’re getting close to the Grammys, maybe tonight you can ask what his favorite foo fighters song is...

rumor is record store day (April)

Merry Christmas Clean Up Day!! It was certainly a wonderful day here... but the Wilco B-side "Glad It's Over" seems like an appropriate tune to spin today

Basement East. It’s bigger but still not that big. They did two nights there. So good. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Tough to rank, but here's my top 12 (in chronological order...). Good grief there were a lot of great shows. Yo La Tengo Basement East Nashville Mavis Staples Memorial Hall Cincinnati Jeff Tweedy Vic Chicago Mt. Joy Burl Lexington Jeff Tweedy LRS Chicago Guided by Voices Headliners Louisville Radiohead US Bank Arena Cincinnati David Byrne PNC Pavillion Cincinnati Jayhawks Mercy Lounge Nashville Lucero Ryman Nashville Jeff Tweedy Moore Theater Seattle Aaron Lee Tasjen Burl Lexington

I do supply chain stuff. Semi-retired.

The Bottle Rockets

Good read... thanks for posting.

Arlo McKinley

Somehow the really heavy songs tend to grab me first. On Sukierae, it was "Nobody Dies Anymore". On Warm, it's definitely "How Hard It Is For A Desert To Die." I heard that for the first time solo acoustic, and it was one of those songs that just stops you in your tracks. All I could manage to say was "wow". The album version is beautiful. I love all the open space in the song, and the unhurried and sparse, condensed lyrics. Gorgeous. It's tracked right before "Let's Go Rain", and I think that's because you really need a jolt of lightheartedness right after it. Kinda the way that "Yo

(I posted the following on the FB, but some of y'all just don't go there). Today… …marks the one-year anniversary of my retirement from Lexmark, where I worked for 33 years. My “plan” a year ago was to take a year off, decompress, travel, catch up on domestic honeydo’s… oh, and see at least 50 concerts. Then figure out years 2 – n. I did take the year “kinda” off. An opportunity to do some independent consulting came along in the summer, so I did that for about 3 months. I liked it, and hope to do more. Travel was great… new places like England’s countryside and Vancouver, and excell

"pass the hat" and just do it.