DickDarlington

Maybe he didn't want to constantly tour, just do it now and again.

Although he was with Iron and wine on tour in 07 in Europe when they came back for a second run of shows he wasn't with them.

Pitchfork have details here, looks like Spencer Tweedy is on the album too -

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Thursday, July 30

Hear Snippets of the Radiohead/Wilco/Marr/Finn Supergroup

Includes teaser of a song written and sung by Radiohead drummer Phil Selway. Hear Snippets of the Radiohead/Wilco/Marr/Finn Supergroup

As previously reported, the forthcoming Neil Finn (and friends) benefit LP 7 Worlds Collide: The Sun Came Out features contributions from Johnny Marr, Radiohead's Ed O'Brien and Phil Selway, Jeff Tweedy, John Stirratt, Pat Sansone, and Glenn Kotche of Wilco, and others. The record is out August 31 in the UK via Columbia, and now you can listen to some minute-long snippets from it at the album's MySpace page.

The teasers include bits of "The Ties That Bind Us" (written and sung by Radiohead drummer Phil Selway), "Too Blue" (co-written by Marr and Tweedy and featuring O'Brien, Selway, and Kotche), and "Learn to Crawl" (written by O'Brien, Marr, Finn, and his son Liam).

Proceeds from sales of the album benefit Oxfam.

Full tracklist below (via Amazon):

7 Worlds Collide: The Sun Came Out:

01 Too Blue [ft. Johnny Marr, Ed O'Brien, Phil Selway, and Glenn Kotche]

02 You Never Know [ft. Jeff Tweedy]

03 Little by Little [ft. Sharon Finn]

04 Learn to Crawl

05 Girl Make Your Own Mind Up [ft. Don McGlashan, Glenn Kotche, Ed O'Brien, and Jeff Tweedy]

06 Hazel Black [ft. KT Tunstall]

07 Red Wine Bottle [ft. Liam Finn]

08 Black Silk Ribbon [ft. KT Tunstall and Bic Runga]

09 Run in the Dust [ft. Johnny Marr]

10 The Ties That Bind Us [ft. Phil Selway]

11 What Could Have Been [ft. Jeff Tweedy]

12 Duxton Blues [ft. Glenn Richards and Johnny Marr]

13 Reptile [ft. Lisa Germano and Glenn Kotche]

Hi Everybody,

Recently we finished a viral ad for Eddie Rockets(a restaurant chain here in Ireland) that is up

As usual with this kind of ad it's success will depend on the amount of views it gets so please take a look and if you like it(we hope you do !) you might take the time to send to onto anybody you may think will get a laugh from it. The URL is

Thanks,

Sean

More of our stuff is here http://www.vimeo.com/user905251

Dick Darlington, were you on the Silver Jews forum a few years ago, something about the Joos gig in Dundalk? Name rings a bell....

Yeah that was me, I wanted to try interview Silver Jews when they played Dundalk in Ireland and maybe try shoot them doing a few songs, didn't get anywhere with it though, and now they've broken up, I guess I never will !

No more sleeve photos from me, I guess as horrible as it is to wait, its better to have something to look through when you get the album, you'll thank me later, there's a good few photos in the sleeve along with the lyrics

Yep that's me, I've moved away from illegal blogging and now make music videos www.myspace.com/souljackerfilms or www.souljacker.ie

For some reason I cant rotate it but heres another pic from the inner sleeve -

Got my CD copy today, albums in Ireland are always in the shops on a Friday, even when they're scheduled to come out the following Monday or Tuesday.

Cool photos, lots of the band with the camel and different nudie suit pics. Tower Records in Dublin have a window display.

Road Records in Dublin gave me a free poster !

Here's the back cover -

Sounds very interesting... would someone mind sending a copy to me please?

Any chance I can be included as well ?

Thanks

Have people already seen these ?

http://www.vimeo.com/1061877

Short notice I know, but there's a screening of I Am Trying to Break Your Heart as part of the Heineken Green Synergy Festival, it's upstairs in Anseo on Camden St in Dublin. It's at 7pm this evening and is free in !

Jeff pic here http://www.rte.ie/arts/artsgallery/1225007.html

Wilco were on at 8.15 Saturday night.

They seemed relaxed and into the gig. Jeff was wearing a wooly hat that kept slipping down over his eyes which was pretty funny. Then at one point he pulled it down over his face to his chin and played like that for a while. The only complaint is that they only had an hr, it was so brief and Jeff even remarked they hadn't much time for talking.

Setlist was something like this-

Misunderstood

Impossible Germany

Shot in the Arm

You Are My Face

IATTBYH

Hummingbird

Walken

ITMWLY

I'm A Wheel

I'm probably missing one or two others but that was basically it. Jeff as laughing at one point at a guy who got up on somebodys shoulders, he had his shirt off and had "Remember the Mountain Bed" scrawled across his chest with black marker.

A question- what sense does it make for a festival to bring over Wilco for 1 european gig, they're equipment etc and only have them play for an hr ? Seemed ridiculous to me they're set was so short.

RTE 2FM are broadcasting from Electric Picnic. Wilco are due on at 8.15 Saturday evening. No idea if they're being broadcast but they're on the main stage so they probably will be.

http://www.rte.ie/arts/2008/0828/electricpicnic.html

So all we neeed now is a Tweedy solo show added to Electric Picnic !!!!!

We're indeed hoping that the guys are not coming to the UK/Ireland only for that festival, and trying to keep the first week of September free. I just hope they announce something SOON, because air fares will be unpayable in a minute.

Maybe they will play the UK but it wouldnt be the first time a band has just come to Europe to just play Electric Picnic and nowhere else, so I wouldnt hold my breath.

Any chance of a setlist ?

Then don't go. Use your head man!

 

We are an island with a relatively small population and as such the overheads for getting here are that bit above the norm. There have also been a number of issues with MCD and Aiken over the past number of years which leads many to believe that they are screwing us in terms of ticket prices. Just don't start me on how Ticketmaster screws us...

I dont go, just pointing out an article Wilco are mentioned in

Spanish minumum wage is something like 5 euros, ours is 8 euro 50 cent. Of course we sahould be charged more

Maybe, but Ireland is getting cleaned out of it with ticket prices for many gigs, not just Wilco.

Many bands have a whole European tour and keep generally around the same price but when they play Ireland it goes up.

The Wilco gigs were def not the worst in terms of this, they are a great established band and played an intimate venue. But many gigs are bands with 1 album and are def not worth the asking price.

The Irish Times ran an article on how Ireland is so expensive for tickets vs the rest of Europe, Wilco in Vicar st were mentioned.

"Interestingly, few commenters blamed the acts themselves, although, as Overfriendly Concierge pointed out, they surely know what's going on. "Wilco are charging

This is a scan from last Fridays Irish Times(16th Nov) music/film supplement "The Ticket" which lists Wilco as being the gig of the week and a picture from the show as well.

Pretty cool from a paper like the Irish Times

From Jim Carroll's blog, music journalist with the Irish Times-

" Wilco live are majestic. Nay-sayers, take a hike. People who saw them elsewhere on this tour and went

F*** me lordgoat! who shot that?

 

john stirratt asked me how I'd blagged it into the pit area - they all recognsied me for being Burt at the hotel - Pat (who was right in front of me) thought it was really funny - John asked me if i was a VIP or something to get in there (I'd been taking some pix with my wife for Skyarts website), he then finds out what I do and Tweedy eventually comes down to bar and approaches me with 'I hear your a sportscaster. great bloke . great night. oh, and i also got to see the soundcheck on first night!

Cool, so did you find out anything interesting from the guys ? Like what's that intro music they arrive onstage to ?

Also not my video either, but a good one from night 1

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Only downside was the prick beside me shouting "puke for me Jeff" about four times during the gig. dick.

Sorry, other downside.... that I can't just go see them every night!

I think somebody was shouting puke for me Jewff at the solo gig in Vicar St last year as well, what a tool.

The Irish Times picked Wilco as gig of the past week in yesterdays edition and has a pic of Jeff, will try scan it later.

Great to hear Kamera, Company in My Back and Theologians, Impossible Germany was amazing again, was also cool to hear On and On and On.

The guy in the balcony who Jeff gave the finger to shouted "I am trying to break your VW", was def a bit of a tool but Jeff seemed to be laughing about it.

They seemed to be in great form, jumping about and posing, the guys were throwing soft toys at Glenn again, there seemed to be a box of them brought out just for that.

It was def 2 of the best gigs i've ever been to. I was hoping it wouldnt be the same as London where they played similar sets but they really switched it up.

After the 2nd encore was over at 11 the lights didnt come up for ages and the roadies seemed to be waiting as if the band were coming back out, but after a few minutes they got a signal that there was no more, so maybe band planned on coming back out but couldnt since I think they gotta be finished by 11.

Cant wait till tonight !