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WINTERLUDE ANNOUNCEMENT: Wilco and Oxford Pennant welcome you to Chicago this Saturday night with the opening of the Wilco Souvenir Shop at FieldHouse Jones. Swing by the opening party at 5:30p on 12/14 for the first chance to get new merchandise, custom chain stitching and gear from Jeff’s personal collection.

Can’t make it on Saturday? Stop by FieldHouse Jones from 10a-6p Sunday, 12/15 through Wednesday, 12/18.

312 W Chestnut. See you there!

Anyone who checks this out should report back on if it’s worth making the effort.

https://twitter.com/ssmiller/status/1199747692198604800?s=20

Jesus Christ. Thankfully nobody was hurt.

Wonder if the US will get additional shows this summer or if it'll just be sporadic festivals (looks like they already have one booked in the UK for June)?

Damn, turned off the stream when California stars started up so I missed the lonely 1. Empty corner was great with the violin.

Not that i'll need another Wilco show in March after Chicago/Mexico, but it's a little surprising they're skipping Milwaukee in favor of Madison.  Hopefully that isn't a trend.

Was so pissed when I heard the studio version of one wing sans jam. Talk about musical blue balls!

Pulled a mid floor center aisle seat for the Thursday night show in Chicago, $110 after fees.  Closer to the stage was $130+ and even the balconies were over $80.  Unreal.  Don't think i'll hit both shows at those prices.

lol I would love some new Pavement and Walkmen music in 2020 but I HIGHLY doubt either of those happen.

Fun article, I absolutely loved that 2008 Lollapalooza show.  Was feeling really good and just rocked the hell out.

It took me a while (I really disliked the album at first, it was a chore for me to listen), but now I love it.  This and W(TA) have been the two most challenging listens in the catalog for me as far as warming to them.  

Yeah I was at that Chicago show as well, good stuff but I’m kind of a sucker for Bob.

New Bob and Wolf Bros tourdates for next spring announced today.  Think i'll hit up one or both of the Chicago shows, even though they're mid-week.

More activities and excursions announced!  Some of the excursions look pretty cool, but i'm not sure if I want to get up so early after a potentially late night to go look at some ruins and maybe miss a mezcal tasting with Nels and John.

Festival looks pretty sweet and i'm sure that the chapel set will be amazing, but hot damn that is a lot of coin!

An unfortunate casualty of the homogenization of the setlists.  You'd think it would fit in quite nicely with the OTJ-noise material, just like BBN and Laminated Cat, it's kind of surprising that it hasn't been inserted in that slot at all.  

Looks like the SVE sets will be solo acoustic, which is kind of a bummer.

Robyn Hitchcock (first two shows) and Sharon Van Etten (last two shows) were just added as support for the Chicago shows!  I've never heard Hitchcock before, but have really been liking Sharon Van Etten lately, so this is fantastic news.  Seems like pretty damn good openers.

I've been using setlist.fm recently for all of my non-Phish/Phish adjacent shows (phish.net does that wonderfully).  I also have spreadsheets with setlists and stats for all of my Wilco/Tweedy shows, as well as ones for Neil Young, Pavement, and the Stones because I am a nerd.  I wish I could remember all of the non-ticketed shows i've seen over the years!

Damn, that is sweet.

Setlist?

So glad An Empty Corner made its way back to the set list

We were lucky is incredible.

Also, Schmilco’s not so bad now! lol

I was excited to see New Madrid in the setlist, hopefully that wasn't just a one off due to technical difficulties!  

Like someone said earlier, phish also varies their setlists a lot more than the dead ever did.

While the album is definitely growing on me, it’s certainly not one that I have any desire to listen to multiple times in a row. I haven’t decided yet if that’s because it’s not good enough to warrant that or if it’s so heavy and dark that I need a break after each listen.