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    Chicago 9/12 Show Roll Call and Requests.

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    I am now starting to wonder, with how fast the tickets sold out for this thing, how much I could get on ebay for the two 9th row center tickets I've got...

     

    I know that's an awful thought, but I'm in a major job transition and may be desperate for funds in September.

     

    Is it worth giving up the Wilco?

    Leave Me (Like You Found Me)

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    Jeff's probably afraid it would be a snoozer live.

     

    He's stated at one of the living-room shows that he's adverse to playing songs that require him to sing in a lower key (e.g., Pot Kettle Black, Kamera (with lower octive)) because he feels like the crowd's not into them as much.

     

    It's a snoozer on the album and the first song since "My Darling" I skip with a religious fervor.

    Jeff Tweedy - Playlist

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    Wow; that's awesome that Tweedy likes Grizzly Bear. I don't know... "Yellow House" has something very special to it. Just as evocative as AGiB.

     

    I'm pretty sure I tried to like Grizzly Bear, but fell asleep during the first song I heard.

     

    Maybe it's worth another shot...

    Finally A Chicago Show

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    Apparently (and this is according to my father), 93.1 XRT will be announcing details of the show Monday at 5 pm CT. For those of you not in XRT's broadcast range (like me) who are still interested in the announcement, you can stream it through their website at 93XRT.com.

    Bands that have one good album

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    Their debut, Make Your Mama Proud, was a masterpiece (in my opinion). I still listen to that record pretty often.

     

    Huh. This is the first time I thought about your screen name long enough to figure out its origin. Cool.

     

    I've just always assumed I'm one of the only ones who liked Make Your Mama Proud. "Emily" (and the bassline therein) is an amazing tune and worthy of purchasing the album by itself. And the screen name was a random thought maybe 8 or 9 years ago. It's just stuck...

     

    I've never heard anything by Television other than Marquee Moon so I can't make a statement on that album being their only good one. But it would be nearly impossible for any album to be even half as good as that. Just hands-down one of the best albums ever front to back.

    Bands that have one good album

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    clap your hands say yeah

    the arcade fire

    :sprints away:

     

     

    One good album, one great album in each case IMO.

     

    As for Oasis, I'll take What's The Story and Be Here Now.

     

    I have generally weeded out my collection to where I only keep albums where the artist releases more than one good album. It's rare that I find an artist where I like one album only and keep it around. And I'm too lazy to find those right now as I've gotta be running to work.

    Now That You've Seen a Show or Two

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    Spiders has evolved (or maybe devolved) for me into a song I'd really prefer not to hear live again. At first I enjoyed it (early on in the AGIB tour), but now I'm really quite tired of it and would much rather hear 2 or 3 shorter songs played (as many people stated on VC during the AGIB tour).

     

    For me it's "Side With The Seeds" hands down. Nels' performance leaves me just smiling and in shock at the same time. Brilliant.

    Home Improvement

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

    Posted

    Yeah I still watch the reruns on TV all the time and am waiting for the prices on the DVDs to come down a bit. I already collect a buncha shows on DVD so I've gotta be a little selective.

     

    Shows I'm currently collecting:

    Everybody Loves Raymond

    Seinfeld

    That '70s Show

    Drew Carey Show

    Aqua Teen Hunger Force

    Family Guy

    South Park

    Law & Order

     

    Not to mention I keep putting off getting Arrested Development season 2.

     

    Home Improvement is coming up when some of those other shows finish putting out their DVDs.

    New Spoon July 10th

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    I am totally in love with this album. Without looking too much into every album in music history, I get the feeling that "Black Like Me" may be the best closing track ever. Really, the only thing keeping it from being a perfect album in my mind is "The Ghost Of You Lingers" and "Eddie's Raga." I like them both, but am not really sold on 'em.

     

    The fact that it's only the 10 songs and has that "get in, get out" feel to it leaves me begging for just one more song at the end.

     

    And hey Spoon fans...Mark your calendar (Tivo, whatever) for next Wednesday night (July 11th). They're on Letterman.

    Spice Girls

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    Froggie posts about possible Zeppelin Reunion shows...

     

    PigSooie posts about a Spice Girls Reunion tour...

     

    I don't wanna pass judgment on anyone, but... :dontgetit

     

    :cheekkiss Just playing, but seriously...are they serious? The way they announced it and everything, you'd swear they were on par with the Stones.

    Hammerstein NYC

    in After The Show

    Posted

    worst crowd ever....i had first row in mezz 2 and the show started for me as the lights turned black and i got up to chear in excitement. a guy from two rows up immediately ran down and screamed at me to sit down.....then i moved to one of those like booths...i was on the right and everyone in there were on blackberries, talking, getting up for beer during the middle of crucial moments

     

    soo pissed

     

    Welcome to NYC, eh?

     

    Sounds like an awful crowd. When I attended back-to-back nights in Cincy and Indy earlier this month there was a definite difference in the crowd from one night to the next as well. Sounds kinda like what you guys in the NJ/NY area experienced although, in your case, to a greater extreme.

     

    That's always a bummer. On the bright side, the sets are looking great and I'm still pissed I didn't hear I'm A Wheel either night as pretty much everyone else on this tour has gotten that tune in the encores.

    Wilco to play VOODOOFEST

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    others to appear:

    RAGE! :rock

    Smashing Pumpkins! :yes

    Ben Harper

    Mute Math

    Toots and the Maytals

    Everlast and House of Pain :angry

    Kings of Leon :rock

    Sinead OConner :yucky

    Black Crowes

    Fall Out Boy :yucky

    Coheed and Cambria :angry

    Plain White Ts

    :hmm

     

    If that's the entire lineup, it would be the only festival I've seen in recent memory where I have no desire to see any other act than Wilco (although the Black Crowes aren't bad).

    Rank Uncle Tupelo Records

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    In terms of just the absolute overall sound and feel of the albums, I rank them as follows:

     

    March 16-20 (Farrar is still extremely strong and Tweedy is really started to hit his groove)

    Anodyne (Farrar/Tweedy equals--no wonder it ends here)

    Still Feel Gone

    No Depression

     

    In terms of how often I listen to each of them:

    Still Feel Gone

    Anodyne

    March 16-20

    No Depression

     

    I play the bass along with plenty of songs on each album, but I find myself playing "Gun," "Nothing," "Cold Shoulder," and "Postcard" off Still Feel Gone the most.

     

    And continually praying for "We've Been Had" at concerts...

    Merriweather 6-21-07

    in After The Show

    Posted

    I am insanely jealous. I saw them in Cincy and Indy last week and didn't get to hear my beloved I'm A Wheel (the live version is beloved, not so much the album version). The venues also had curfews each night that limited the shows to 20 songs a piece. I looks like you guys got more than 25. :thumbup

     

    Looks like it's time to move again. :mellow

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