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Apparently, "gaining the system" means requesting an embarrassing number of times. I started requesting for Someday Soon for this show when the tickets went on sale on October, just did a few requests every couple of days. I didn't realize how many votes I had accumulated. It was worth it! Definitely a highlight for this show, which bbop accurately described as being weird vibes. I did not understand what was going on in my vicinty re: the crowd. Also, and this is of no fault to these individuals, but I ended up standing behind two rows of the tallest people alive so I struggled to see for muc

Summerteeth! That sounds lovely. I'm glad it was a good show! I hope they continue to play more than one internet request, I've been hard at work requestin' on their site.

I looked quickly and thought he was Ira Glass.

Aw haha, I LOST it when they played Pot Kettle Black! Definitely creeped out a few people. Emailing you right now!

Really fun!!! Security was crazy, nobody was allowed to rush the stage. And they meant it, too. A security guard was running back and forth at the front all night making sure nobody got up there. I asked one of the guys working there and he said it was requested by the band, but I don't know if he just wanted me to listen to him. I met some nice Viachicago fellas, too! Also, my mom and brother were sitting in the gallery, and during the second song an older fellow asked a younger guy (my brother said 19ish) to sit down, and the kid attacked the guy! He was taken out of the place after but t

It better be Wednesday, with Henry Winkler and the Wiggles.

I'm going to the first 2 shows. I want all 4, but I figure that since it's an outdoor show, I can find a place to hang out and listen to the other 2. That countdown is now my home page, I can't wait.

Well, I did it. I bought tickets to the New York show. Kind of ticked off that the price said $0 before it went onsale and then all of a sudden I drop $100, but whatever. My heart was beating out of my chest and I was not about to contemplate finances. I can't freakin' wait.

Haha I'm sorry, I tend to have that affect on people. Anytime I feel like I've "grown up", someone makes a reference that I don't get and I make everyone in the room feel "old" and then I'm considered a child. It's kind of a bummer for everyone involved.

This is going to sound ridiculous, but I saw Mars Attacks at a young age and it creeped the hell out of me. Aliens with giant brain like heads, exploding alien brainheads, a woman and her dog forcefully switching heads and bodies, old people set on fire...Jack Nicholson alone is enough to scare a child at times. I know it was a comedy, but dang, did it give me nightmares. To this day I get ridiculed for this fear.

Wow, congrats on getting that ticket! I went through the same horrible emotional rollercoaster for the last presale. Best part is, the tickets I got screwed out of last time ended up being the seats I pulled up in this presale. Life is funny.

Yeah, closer to the day of the show I'm sure we'll see some more. Also, love your sig- one of my favourite lines.

My friend at a TM outlet said very few seats were loaded, he thinks that Massey Hall/TM might be holding them and releasing them later, like they do at the ACC and Rogers Centre. I didn't think Massey Hall would do something like that, but I don't see how else all the floors and balconies were gone.

That's pretty lucky! The first tickets I pulled through ticketmaster right at 10am were in the gallery. There were no tickets! I'm sure Massey Hall had more, but I stupidly didn't try until it was too late. Ugh.

Let me regale y'all with this little tale. My brother and I were both trying for tickets. I pulled a pair in row G, then he pulled a pair front row centre. I was ecstatic, until we went to process the order and we couldn't change the cardholder info from his name to mine. I did not know this was the case for Front Gate. I called them, was on hold for about 8 minutes, got through with less than a minute left on the ticket hold. He said to try my credit card info anyway, but it was too late- I tried to get the pair on my computer once they were released, but my account timed out. And then I crie

Totally agree. Potluck, anyone?

Crazy, if I were home in Toronto right now I would likely have gone to this show, and then be disappointed finding out a VC member played without my knowledge. Congrats, that's awesome praise from Lonely Vagabond, and playing with the Great Bloomers is pretty exciting. I like your music. Come back to Toronto!

"That’s sort of the unofficial motto for Wilco: could be worse." Love it.

I agree. Like you said, the venues in Italy are unbelievable. Have fun!!!

4th row for Ann Arbour. Y'all have to help me out with suggestions for cheap places to stay. To be honest, I wanted to sleep in the bus station overnight but its not open. Now that you know what my standards are, suggest away! Thanks

Does anybody know if the Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbour is a seated theatre or if it can be GA for some shows?

Those songs would have been really uncomfortable for family and friends watching the DVD haha. Good choices, though. How about I'm The Man Who Loves You?

I'd do that for sure. If I lacked logic and reason, I'd do it now, even without the money.

I don't know how this is possible, but I calculated that it would be cheaper for me to go to the Ann Arbour show on my way to Chicago rather than get a round trip bus fare and go straight there. I must have screwed up somewhere, but for now I will just accept it. And be very, very excited.

I would pay an ungodly sum to see Wilco play the Roller Derby.