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I went last night in Salem, Oregon and I showed up about 20 minutes late because I couldn't find the damn place and even though I missed the first 4 songs or so, it was still one of the greatest shows I've ever seen. The cactus backdrop was completely badass, the sound was incredible and as somebody posted earlier, their banter is one of a kind. I was cracking up the whole night

I just checked out their tour dates and it says they played Cafe Du Nord in SF tonight which is nuts because that place is about the size of my living room. Pretty awesome. I wanna see them now

Thanks for that Accesshollywood link, I've been looking for more video footage. I'm hoping that a bootleg rip of the entire show surfaces sometime soon because there were about 10 cameras set up recording the show.

I'm surprised by all the kind words on here. Most of my friends (especially my girl) that didn't get to go are so jealous that they don't even want to hear me talk about it. And obviously it was probably the most exciting moment of my life so far so I can't shutup about it. I mean for heaven's sake, my girlfriend doesn't even know the setlist yet because she tells me to shutup about it. I guess I'll just give her some time to simmer down.

Cool..I missed the boat for the NYC show. How long did you wait to get in total? That sounds like quite an expierence!

We showed up at Monday night at about midnight which was only 5 hours after they officially announced it on the website and at that time we were about 140th in line. So we thought we were going to have to sleep there not only Monday night, but Tuesday night and they were scheduled to hand out the wristbands at noon on Wednesday. But because so many people showed up so fast, they decided to hand out numbers on Tuesday at 1:00 pm and they took down our names and our driver's license numbers so that we didn't have to sleep on the street for two nights. Then we came back on Wednesday at about noon and they checked ID and handed out all the wristbands and then we got in line according to our number and entered the store at 6:30 according to our number and then Paul came on at about 8 pm.

So in total I would say I waited for about 20-24 hours but the fact that they handed out the numbers and let us go home was a life saver! I mean it was a great experience sleeping on the sidewalk with a bunch of crazy Beatles fans like myself but it got pretty rough out there especially when a sprinkler leaked in the middle of the night and our stuff got drenched. Bummer. All in all, it was a great experience and I was very impressed with the amazing job that Amoeba did at keeping it safe and organized for everybody in line.

p.p.s. Did he sit on a stool? How many guitars? Mandolin? other details, pics, etc...

He had his full band with him. Check out the video here http://www.youtube.com/paulmccartney

I don't know if any of you socal people heard about this in the last few days on the news or what not but Sir Paul McCartney played a "surprise" show at Amoeba last night and I was one of the lucky ones who were able to get in. As soon as I heard about it on Monday night, my buddy and I rushed up there and slept on the sidewalk for a night to get tickets and it was by far the best decision I've ever made.

He played in front of about 700 people inside the store (even though they said it turned out to be about 900 if you factor in all the Amoeba employees). The fact that I got to see Paul McCartney play a show in front of less than 1,000 people just completely boggles my mind and it has not sunk in yet at all. It's been almost 24 hours and I still can't believe that I was in that store last night. We all know what great live music can do and how fantastic it can make you feel and last night took that feeling to the max and more. Anyways, the setlist went something like this:

Drive My Car

Only Mama Knows

Dance Tonight

Sea Moon

The Long & Winding Road

I'll Follow The Sun

Calico Skies

Blackbird

Here Today

Back In The USSR

Nod Your Head

House Of Wax

I've Got A Feeling+Jam Outro

Matchbox

(and then here's where it just got completely ridiculous)

GET BACK

HEY JUDE

--------------------------Encore---------------------------

LET IT BE

LADY MADONNA

I SAW HERE STANDING THERE

I don't know about you guys but this was a dream come true for me to simply be in the same building as him, let alone be 20 yards away from him while he was playing some of the best songs ever written in the history of music. His presence in a room is overwhelming and his charm and jokes on stage made me smile and laugh like never before. The guy is just unbelievable and I hope he keeps playing live shows until the day he dies. I'm sure a lot of you have seen him play before but for those of you who haven't, don't ever miss a chance to see him because it will change your life.

Wow, the new jerseys look great. The prices for those things are gonna be outrageous though so I'll keep rocking my old kings jersey and laugh at the guys who spent 300+ dollars on a new jersey.

Is it better though??? I remember sitting in Section B once but i didn't really pay attention to the Terrace and how good or bad it was?? Somebody that's been to the greek more than once let us know!

This is so lame. I settled for Section C because I'm worried that I won't have another chance. I wonder if atleast Section B will be available on Saturday? I can just see the Stubhub nazis vulturing all of our tickets away and selling them for $100 a piece right this very moment. Assholes...

Question to the young adults out there in VC land: are you buying into the concept that the Volkswagen - or V-Dubs, as the kids say - is a hip, happenin' set of wheels that says a lot about who you are and what you're about?

I drive a 1996 Nissan Pathfinder with nearly 200,000 miles on it. So I guess that's a no. Although the fact that they have Wilco songs on their commercials really makes me wanna buy a brand new Jetta!!!! (kidding)

I have yet to see the YAMF commerical....I'm curious as to what happens in that one?

LIMBECK

Feel-good alt country by three really good guys from southern california and one guy from wisconsin. Fantastic summer tunes too! check it out

my bad. missed the "second week" part

They debuted at #4 on the billboard charts, #7 in Norway, #9 in Canada and Top 40 in Sweden, Germany, Spain, Ireland and the UK.

I don't know if you care about the international charts but I threw em in there just for kicks. Being that I just recently became a huge fan, does anybody know if this is their biggest debut (as far as number of records sold) to date? I would assume so.....

Since I downloaded TTIG 2 days ago, it already has 28 plays on my itunes. This song is like burritos, I simply can't get enough of it. LNGGA is a fun tune in my opinion. I actually really enjoy it but it definitely doesn't fit on the album at all.

All I know is that I won't be able to stop listening to TTIG all summer. Beautiful song

The Cubs may have won the game, but my boys in Blue took the series. Now Wilco + Dodgers, that's my kinda mix.

(my first post. chances are i'm not gonna make many friends around here bagging on the cubs. i'm a nice guy don't worry )