rjreda

GREAT show last night although I thought the crowd was lame for the most part. Yeah, they cheered when the band came out but they seemed emotionless during the songs i.e. not rocking out at all. In fact, even at my ripe old age of 38, I was rocking out more than anyone there. I know people enjoy shows differently, but there just seemed to be little energy there last night. Here's to hoping tonight's crowd is better.

 

I was just looking at AMG, and since giving 5 stars to Summerteeth, every album since then has gotten 4 stars.

TWL just got 4.5 stars out of 5 stars.

They'll give it a 4/5, like 95% of what they review.

 

That being said, AMG reviews (reviews, not scores) are generally spot on as far as I'm concerned.

I beg to differ, I've seen their scores range the gamut. Even with albums I enjoy getting 3/5 stars, I can understand their point once reading the review.

Kudos to Pat. The production values on this are great. And it does sound great under headphones.

It indeed sounds fantastic on a set of headphones and that was me just listening to the low-res stream via some crappy Blackberry headphones. I can't wait to listen to it properly with some volume on my full-on home theater rig or through my pair of Grados.

Still waiting on the Allmusic.com review. I agree with 95% of the reviews on that site so that's the one I'm most curious to read.

 

Agreed. I haven't been moved this much by a song in a long time.

AGREED. Finally got around to taking my first tour of this album. I'm going through a particularly rough time in my personal life and everything hit me all at once while this song was playing. I almost lost it. Such a gorgeous song.

Don't forget we're supposed to hear some On Sale info for the Fall Tour around 2p.m. EST today via Wilco's Facebook page.

The news just broke, tickets are on sale on Wed., July 13th at 10AM (local venue time).

My tickets are in section 11 as well but this is a balcony section. I def. selected orchestra seating. Did you have the same problem?

Ya know, I think I did, but I'm not sure...I kept alternating between the balcony and the orchestra to see if that changed anything, ticket-wise.

Patience is a virtue, Kids...I just got 2 tickets for Nashville:

SEAT ASSIGNMENTS

date event section row seat

3/2/2008 8:00:00 PM Wilco SECTION 11 D 5, 6

KEEP TRYING!!!

So funny...the same thing happened to me (I was all over the Nashville presale at exactly 11AM EST) and I got no tickets. I always have this feeling that I'm like the ONLY one out there at the time, like I'm the only one who is able to set his Blackberry or Outlook calendar with a pop-up reminder about buying the tickets. I feel the same way at the end of an eBay auctions when only seconds remain!

No worries, I'm sure we'll be able to get tickets. Good luck to everyone.

PS - FWIW, I sent an e-mail to Music Today asking about the ticket situation...hey, it doesn't cost anything, right? Here's what they said:

Me: I am trying to get some presale tickets to the 3/2 Nashville show and while I was online at the exact time that they went onsale, I'm not having any luck whatsoever at finding 2 tickets. Approximately how many tickets were available for the presale?

Them: High demand events sometimes create a temporary unavailability of tickets. Other ticket buyers are trying to purchase tickets too, and are holding the available tickets in their shopping basket. Other ticket buyers may decide not to purchase the tickets they are holding or their credit cards may be declined, and these tickets may become available.

If you receive the message stating there are no longer tickets available to fill your request, please try again and follow the steps indicated: 1) request a lower quantity of tickets, 2) request a different ticket type, and/or 3) request tickets for another ticket price. If you are still unsuccessful after 10 minutes, log back on to the website 1 hour later to check for ticket availability. Tickets may still be available unless you reach a message that states either, “Tickets are no longer available through this online outlet. Please contact the box office or promoter for other available ticket outlets,” OR, “Tickets are Sold Out.”

At this point, you should contact the venue to see if tickets are on sale anywhere else.