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I only made it to Tuesday night. And I thought a really great aspect (I don't want to say best b/c the whole night was a "best") was the fact that I was in this section in the center balcony that kept standing up and pissing off people behind us. I understand there is a whole concert etiquite thing, but screw that, it's a wilco show, when else am I going to stand up and sing b/c I'm so into the music???? You can see our section on some of the pictures posted by chaslor- http://forums.viachicago.org/index.php?showtopic=33738 We are the only people standing up top! it was awesome!

Thanks for the MP3s. I know FLACs are better and all that, but downloading an MP3 is so much easier, b/c i have to convert them anyhow (b/c i'm addicted to my ipod!)

I just got a pair for tomorrow! How exciting, I thought it was hopeless. Now I have to put in to get Wednesday off.

were people selling tickets outside?

Not necessarily while I was "out and about", but I heard Uncle Tupelo's "screen door" on the radio in Milwaukee today. This would be the first time I heard Uncle Tupelo on the Radio

If you don't find anyone to trade with, I'll buy them from you.

Thank you for the help

How do you get royalty free music. Is there anything that is royalty free that is good? What about radio stations? Do I have to get permission to play a radio station on hold, is that a bad idea?

I have to make a cd of "hold music" for my work. Any suggestions?

Anyone seen these guys live? I have tickets to see them on Feb. 2nd, but it might mean that I go to a show by myself (gasp!), which I've never done. What do you guys think?

Congrats!

Cool, thanks for the advice. I'm very excited about the show. And if I see anyone in a bright green phish shirt i'll say hello.

What bar are people going to hang out at before the show? Any recommendations? I'm so excited!

That brings up a good question. How many people buy from iTunes and how many buy an actual album? I hate to admit that I buy a lot of stuff off of iTunes, mostly out of laziness. I hate to buy "just" songs, because I think songs should be kept with the album to get the "whole picture", and I'm a little anal, and when i see a lonely song in my libary it bugs me. But that is a really smart way to get a taste of bunch of different stuff.

"I was happy just to be alive On my yearly Indiana vacation But that was cut short by a bunch of jealous, party bashin', buzz thrashin', gate crashin', stinky bastards And if you're one of them And you hear this song F* you You c* sucking motherf*" ~Keller Williams Are you alowed to swear in VC? It's more profound if the swears are in there.

There are only a few bands/albums that I can listen to constantly without getting tired of them. Wilco is maybe the only artist, Silent Alarm from Bloc Party, Harvest from Neil Young, The Story of the Clash, I could listen to at any time for any amount of time. Otherwise I get sick of stuff. I pretty much ruined The Postal Service by listening to them too much.

That is incredibly nice of you. I hope you have a wonderful time at the shows.

Like many others, I received an iTunes gift card this holiday season. I always feel overwhelmed when I buy music, or at least when I don't have specific album in mind. I was reading a lot of the threads on top albums of the year, and suprisingly felt even more overwhelmed when I saw lists of 20+ albums with a paragraph description of each. So here I am with two questions: 1. What is your most critical, must-have, cannot live with out album? 2. Any iTunes hidden gems out there (collections, podcasts, essentials, etc.)? Thanks for any advice!

One of my favorite songs that wilco performs is Remember the Mountain Bed. I know it's a Woody Guthrie song, but Jeff singing it is just amazing. my favorite lines are: "Rosin smells and turpentine smells from eucalyptus and pine Bitter tastes of twigs we chewed where tangled woodvines twine Trees held us in on all four sides so thick we could not see I could not see any wrong in you, and you saw none in me." I still haven't seen this song live. it moves me when I'm sitting in my PJ's eating cereal, I can't imagine how I'll react when i see it at a show!

I'm sure there are hundred's in front of me, but if anyone has any extra tickets (5 day pass, or any random night) I'd love to buy them from you. Congrats to anyone who got them!

I was wondering the same thing. I've been a wilco fan for some time. I used to be able to buy tickets the day of a show with no worries. I'm frustrated and proud at the same time. I'm happy they are so successful, and that more and more people are on board. But, i'm sad that the "old days" of just walking up to the box office and going to a show are gone. That's why I got into them in the first place, and for Chicago shows that is probably gone forever. I agree w/ Jerry's kid. Why not make the show a will-call only ticket? The Riv is a great venue, but it isn't huge. It's not like i

I've seen them at a festival only twice, both times at Summerfest in Milwaukee, both were decent shows. I've seen them a bunch on different non-festival tours. Do you think they have bad festival shows?

I just looked online, there are about 4,000 fixed seats and 7,000 lawn seats. So they had about 400 rsvd seats and 700 lawn seats for the presale. I hope I do better with the public sale on Saturday. I'll be real bummed if I don't get tickets. If I don't get them I think i'm going to splurge and go down to New Orleans for the voodoo music show. Anyone heard stuff about that?

I'm trying to get tickets now, are they sold out already? I can't get lawn or rsvd seating!

I know this is last minute, anyone know of any good campgrounds around Indianapolis? I'm going to the show tonight, and don't want to drive back to Chicago. Thanks!