anniezaleski

mike mills of REM also wore nudie suits for years on tour, if that rings a bell...

There is some information in this thread about Nudie suits.

this post and others nail it on the head; i don't think jeff has any animosity at all toward the city. people move away; i mean, chuck berry lives in wentzville now, right? but for whatever reason, people who live in st. louis are bizarre about tweedy's legacy and his music. i think it's the city's whole thing that people who have ambition are sometimes frowned upon as being "too good"; the idea of having too much pride is a negative thing. i'm not a native st. louisian, so i don't agree with it (or understand it), but as an outside observer, i've seen it. it's a real shame, honestly. the fact that UT was here, but then he moved to chicago (the ULTIMATE insult) for wilco -- and blew up -- irks some people. i don't get it.

the crowd at least in the balcony was tamer last night, but thursday was insane. there was a guy who had his shirt off and whipping it around his head, which is why tweedy said: "please put your shirt back on, sir!" in a lighthearted sorta way. oh, and i guess someone woman in front was flipping him off the entire time last night AND having a good time (he commented from stage). like, really?

btw, we have pics of the nudie suit on our blog. i tried to capture it a bit, but the stupid railing was in the way. it was awesome.

It's not that he hates St. Louis, it's just that the majority of our comunity are fucking retarded. This is why he has never played a solo show here, he would get hung. I spoke with him a little last night and welcomed him home and thanked him for coming back and how hard it must be to play here in front of a fucking zoo. He didn't disagree with anything I said and really looked shocked and emotionaly moved that someone had something real to say besides.........................Hey man your the greatest in the world, I love you man.

 

Thanks Jeff!

well, thanks!

Nice review. I loved how you called "Too Far Apart", barn burning. For whatever reason, that imagery really struck a chord with me.

 

here's our review!

http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/atoz/2008...the_pagea_2.php

i'm writing, again, the exact same thing in my review!!

glad everyone here had the same experience i did....

Bottom line....in a lot of ways some demons were exercised in terms of St Louis and Wilco tonight. Too late to get into it right now. A great show for myself and all fans in St Louis.

nope, nothing about the webcast live.

I doubt it, but did they mention anything about the webcast?

i'm writing my review now and noting the exact same thing. people almost drowned out "she's a jar." is this why wilco "doesn't play on saturday nights," as jeff said?

Was such a good show. "A Shot In the Arm" was worth the price of admission itself. "I'm the Man Who Loves You" was also especially good.

I wish people would learn to shut the hell up though.

epic setlist tonight. pretty sure this is correct. let me know if not!

our night two review is up:

http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/atoz/2008...the_pagea_1.php

setlist is denoted with encores and such now.

we had someone comment on our blog the songs played, but he didn't know the encores. can someone help? is this correct? any additions or subtractions?

http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/atoz/2008..._wilco_at_t.php

1. Via Chicago

2. I Am Trying To Break Your Heart

3. You Are My Face

4. Muzzle Of Bees

5. Handshake Drugs

6. A Shot In The Arm

7. Kamera

8. War On War

9. Jesus, Etc.

10. Impossible Germany

11. It's Just That Simple

12. Misunderstood

13. Forget The Flowers

14. California Stars

15. Can't Stand It

16. Theologians

17. I'm The Man Who Loves You

18. Poor Places

19. Reservations

20. Spiders (Kidsmoke)

21. I'm Always In Love

22. Hate It Here

23. Walken

24. Casino Queen

25. Hoodoo Voodoo

26. Late Greats

you guys are right -- they didn't play 'wheel.'

you didn't miss anything

i was up until 6:30 a.m. the night before because Radiohead was in town, and needed a red bull AND a large coffee to stay awake! so i wasn't exactly all coherent, haha. i'll go fix it. thanks for not crucifying me. that was a total brain fart.

and "kingpin" was in the first encore as well, confirmed? someone posted on our blog that it was, donl't want to spread misinformation....

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what an amazing show! can't believe it's the first of three nights; how is the rest of the stand going to improve? i'm there saturday too, expecting great things that night... i think the curfew that night is later, if i'm not mistaken.

here's my review:

http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/atoz/2008...t_the_pagea.php