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watch out for the chicanery limit. it sneaks up on ya.

WOOT! Bloomington, center section, row 8. This was a very pleasant pre-sale experience! No drama! No anxiety!! No shopping cart mysterious disappearances!!!

New album, new tour dates. William Tyler supports. Presale Wednesday, on sale Friday. Sept 16 - Kalamazoo State Theatre - Kalamazoo, MI Sept 17 - Masonic Auditorium - Cleveland, OH Sept 21 - Le Métropolis de Montréal - Montreal, QC Sept 23 - State Theatre of Ithaca- Ithaca, NY Sept 24 - Hill Auditorium - Ann Arbor, MI Sept 25 - Indiana University Auditorium - Bloomington, IN Sept 28 - Orpheum Theater New Orleans - New Orleans, LA Sept 29 + 30 - Stubb's Austin - Austin, TX

That's the thing that I noticed (and like) most about this record. They sound like A BAND. In the best possible way, melded together and just bringing some rock. There were hints of that as you said in several other songs over the past 10 years with this lineup, but this album seems to capture it across all the tracks really well. A couple other observations after several spins over the weekend... I love how You Satellite is in the center of the record. It's a great song that just fills up my entire mind when I listen with a good pair of earbuds.... gorgeous. But once again, the record fo

Ah, the ol' bribery approach. Cool beans!!

This is a great little interview. The whole family is in the car coming back from picking up Sammy at camp with the interview on speakerphone. Quite a hoot.

Today I plan to use google maps to find a route to work which takes around 34 minutes instead of the usual 20.

My first reaction: They sound like a BAND.

EXACTLY,

The hometown shows, and in particular these multi-night runs, are really something special. I can imagine that such a show probably wouldn't go well in a market which has limited hardcore fans and in a normal one-night show. Playing rarities which only 10% of the audience gets excited about sounds like a bad idea to me. And the hometown crowd just can't be duplicated. I kicked myself for years for not going to the original residency. I went to 2 of the winterlude shows, and it was an amazing experience. Sure, it's inconvenient (as is SSF, which I attended this year for the first time).

HOLY S---!!!

Thanks!

odd.. I only see Wait for Love where it says "interview and Wait for Love". Low Key is Low Key. Does anyone have a more direct link to the interview (besides the Pitchfork article)?

My first SSF, and I certainly hope it will not be my last. Actually my first "festival" (I'm too old for that crap!). I can't ever imagine going to a Bonnaroo, but this was amazing. My favorite parts: - Being surrounded by fanatical Wilco peeps, including old friends and meeting new ones and putting VC screen names and faces together. - Three great Wilco / TWEEDY / JT shows, each one unique and special. - The beach ball popcorn moment... thanks Donna for heading that up! - Via Chicago on Saturday night, in the rain, right in front of John's speaker hearing his harmony part extra clearly, was

No collaborations that I know of. No sign of him on Sunday at all. I loved his set on Saturday. Jim Elkington played a couple tunes in the set. Richard's bass player was an interesting cat as well.

Poncho paradise!

Likewise all.... Vince

Three more hours and a Target stop for ponchos.

I don't know about the rest of you all, but I am not especially productive at work today.

Ignoring the "besides" part of the thread... I'm really looking forward to the TWEEDY set. I only saw them once, and it was before the record came out, just a few shows into the tour. I hadn't heard any of the songs before the concert. I'm really looking forward to hearing them again now that I'm familiar with the songs.

So how early is early? The PR article today said gates open at 430. Is that correct?

So, what's a good time to show up on Friday? Music starts at 6 with Mikael. How much "browsing time" would you all recommend for first-timers?

William Tyler. Incredible guitar player and very interesting musically. Think Nels + Andrew Bird in a blender.

First listen on NPR... good stuff. Looking forward to a few more spins once it comes out.

Louisville shows never get much posting on this board. Strange. Fun set in a great venue, with a great crowd, and great company for the evening. Nice extended hootenanny at the end. Despite my enthusiasm and imploring to hear "Bull Black Nova", it was once again omitted from the setlist. I held up a pretty big sign about 5-6 songs into the set, to which Jeff replied (something along the lines of) "I see your sign, but I'm afraid that one's not in our repertoire this evening. I hope you can enjoy the show anyway. And I know you requested that song 240 times on our website, but we don't