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I didn't see Hodgemen. Thurston Moore was very good, in the "adult, acoustic singer-songwriter, who-is-Sonic-Youth-and-why-do-people-keep-asking-me-about-them" kinda way. His new songs are beautiful and he played them well...and i kept hoping for some electric. The Thurston and Nels Cline set was 60 minutes of noise - one continuous improvisation as far as I could tell. Every so often the first hints of a melody or rhythm would appear above the noise, but it died away each time. Mainly, it was just fun to watch two absolute legends of guitar up there beating on their guitars (and I do mea

The crowd keeping Radio Cure moving was awesome! Other highlights that come to mind: 1. Watching Glenn's solo performance up close. Seeing him in action is amazing, and the eye candy on display behind made for an awesome sensory experience. 2. The exhibits about the labor movement. Very touching. 3. Being at a festival with free, very-nearby parking, no crowds and my favorite band playing. 4. The Friday night set. The rain sucked, but it seemed to add some energy once it finally let up. And that Poor places -> Reservations -> Kidsmoke was off the charts! 5. California

P.M.

In Rainbows is a remarkable collection of songs, some of their best work in my humble opinion. (noting that I also thought SBS was a remarkable album...)

Well now that I heard that song - yeah, kinda. Pretty good stuff. But my screen name comes form another forum for another band...Jack, Jack the Necrophiliac of Old 97's fame (with the "c" dropped for no good reason).

Well, that's embarrassing! I get home, start to search out the September 4, 2003 show to download.... Only to discover I already have it! I don't think I've ever listened to it top-to-bottom. Certainly don't remember this Kraut-free version of Spiders. Really great stuff.

Many thanks, mpolak. Very kind of you. I will pull those off the site and give them a listen (but not before I catch Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings tonight!) Like many of you I suppose, I really enjoy hearing how songs evolved over time - which is why I especially treasure all of the various demos from YHF.

ah! Thank you. I have a few shows from that era but haven't noticed versions of it. Off to dig I go...

Can I ask what this "other" version of Spiders is? I'm only aware of the version that ended up on AGIB. is there an alternative arrangement floating around out there? Or are you simply referring to the solo acoustic Tweedy version from his various shows? if there's another full-band version of Spiders out there somewhere, I'd love to get my grubby hands on it! Thanks.

As a collection of songs, I think WTA is pretty remarkable. it just doesn't have an overall theme or structure that lures me in to the whole thing - When I listen to Summerteeth or AGIB, the album seems to be a complete work from start to finish. With a couple exception, WTA feels like you could put the songs on shuffle and not disturb the continuity. Which is fine, really. There are some fantastic songs. It's just different from their previous efforts in that regard. And while we're picking nits: I really, really wish they blew out One Wing at the end. it screams for a long guitar s

That's exactly how I heard it the first time, and I thought it was a very powerful lyric...so that's still how I hear it. It puts quite an edge on the song!

Thanks to everyone who taped this show. I've learned my lesson about texting during a concert - I had no idea it could disturb the recording. My apologies for whatever part I played in harming others' hard work. It was a really fantastic show and I look forward to hearing it.

Everybody Knows this is Nowhere (or whatever the real name is...)

I love AGIB. YHF is great and nice - a nice, brilliant piece of work that lacks any real tension in my opinion (except for the opening). I've always felt that AGIB is very high tension. Many of the songs build up from beautiful melodies to really intense portions, and it feels like one more distorted chord or heavy drum beat and the string would snap into sonic chaos. Pure brillliance, imho. And very moving.

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