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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

Yeah, I admit I was a bit letdown after all the buzz about the STL show and then having a more straightforward setlist last night. And my most recent Wilco shows before last night were at Winterlude which are not really a fair comparison to any given single-night "on tour" show, especially a city like Cincy where (I think) they haven't played a non-festival / non-Americanarama 'regular' show in a long time. And yes, I know it was a 30 song set (with an opener...) and they killed each and every song they played and all that. ...So, yeah, I was hoping for a little more something-special and a l

These guys are good. Solid show last night. Pretty standard "20th" tour setlist, as things are unfolding so far. A few observations and some banter recollection... The band came on at a couple minutes after 9 and played till 1115. Less Than You Think is a great opener. The drone was rather short, and I could have used way more of that. Three of the opening 5 songs (Hummingbird, Panthers, and Camera) were guitar-less for Jeff. Odd. It was a good 6 or 7 songs in before Jeff had anything to say. Overall, not a whole lot of banter really. Some serious windmills from Pat at the end of Born

I was listening to the live version of Impossible Germany from AMF, and then the version from the roadcase from Winterlude night 6 which was just last December. They're very different creatures.

I don't remember ever having front row seats in a seated venue for anything. I've had second row (Wilco, David Byrne/St. Vincent, Randy Newman), third, etc, but never front row. I've been on the rail for GA for Wilco recently and for lots of others back in my younger days. I definitely agree with the "sound is better if you're back a little" point. I do like being close enough to feel like I'm "at" the show rather than just "watching" the show. So I prefer close over perfect sound most of the time. Winterlude had great sound up close which was nice, kinda best of both worlds I though

Good list, and I agree with the almost impossible task part. That said... R.E.M. Half a World Away Perfect Circle You Are The Everything Endgame Leave Man, that sure leaves out a whole bunch of my favorite songs....

^ same here. It's 15 hours total from here (Lexington), so I'd like to get to within 3 hours or so on Thursday, then drive up early Friday and be there by noon. Something like Syracuse or Utica.

Those are all very nice fruits to choose from. Perhaps a chronological ranking would make a good follow up thread.