perfectecho

Did everyone get Nels' current mailer, about the upcoming shows and stuff? I'm reading the piece on the upcoming Stained Radiance show in CT. Seeing how that's not far from my home, I get interested, then see the piece on free tickets to anyone who mails in the correct answer first. Being a neurotic Nels fan and having scoured every bit of his website in the past, I quickly email the answer... and won!

I get the email from Dennis all excited, and as i'm writing him back, glance over at the calendar, and there, right in the box next to January 7th is a big number one drawn there.

Saturday is my daughter's first birthday party (not her birthday, i'm not that bad). And I know that her awesome Alice in Wonderland theme isn't going to be done by my wife alone (since our son was born 5 years back, the birthday party has been an escalating game of one-ups since then, she just fell into the habit with us)

So against the wishes of two of my friends and the coworker next to me, i passed on the tickets, let another neurotic Nels fan grab them... Garrrrgggghhhh!

A question from the one western mass wilco obsessive who didn't go this weekend (i swear i have a good reason, a doctor's note, whatever you need... ok, my 4 year old would have loved it, but I wasn't gonna bring the 7 month old, just a wee bit small for a long day like that), so, is there any word or confirmation of anything going on next year? Because, well, bring a 5 and a year+7 month old doesn't seem too bad of an idea.

Glad everyone had a great time, wish we were there.

 

Mission of Burma

though the newer one isn't as strong, I can find no fault with ONoffON or especially The Obliterati, both excellent records. and the live show is still so exhilirating.

 

This is what I came to post. i'm 34, been to countless shows in my life, and seeing Burma a year ago (and the day before Wilco hit Lowell and the rain) was the only show that made me gush like a 14 year old at a Taylor Swift show. I came off as such an idiot to Roger after for just being such a pathetic fanboy, but I don't care. Plus the Burma Mk2 records may not live up to Vs. but they are some of the best things put out in the last 10 years, especially Obliterati.

I knew there was more than one reason that I was a Fender guy.

Years ago I worked for a small music store for a few months, they carried Gibson, Danelectro (then in resurgance 1999 or so), Ibanez, Yamaha, Martin and a few odd ball ones (Jay Turser, things like that). I remember a lot of people at the time wanting fenders, but they wouldn't stock them because apparently if you carried Fender guitars, you had to stock their amps, Squire, Guild and pretty much everything Fender owns, and there was a minimum dollar amount you had to carry too. I'm sure that it's like that for any of the biggies, so the Gibson deal isn't really surprising, just more a sad truth of where mom and pop businesses are going. I don't want to go guitar shopping at Best Buy, just like i'd rather buy old used records than the handful they carry (no one wants Guns N Roses Chinese Democracy on vinyl, it's why it's all you have).

For reference, I have a Gibson LP, an Epi-Paul, A Mex Strat, Dan Convertible, Ibanez Artcore and a few others, along with a handful of cheap amps, and yet if i had to choose, i'd be a fender guy.

Dammit!! This request process needs to be more precise! I'll hold out hope for hearing it tomorrow or Sunday.

 

Glad you got a good show!

It really was a quite wonderful show, of course being a neurotic reader I knew what was coming and going so it was a bit standard in that respect, but really, One by One was just glorious, Nels' Ashes solo just floored me, we were apparently quite better singers than Conchord was, and Jeff isn't a fan of their grapes. Also, calling an overzealous usher Barry Gibb (do i have the right Bee Gee?) from the stage was cute. Happy Birthday to Nate, the drum tech tonight, and everyone taking a turn wearing the birthday hat/headband/chinstrap for Nels was also fun.

Still post-concert buzzing with excitement, so I apologize for the rambling. This was our first Wilco show since Lowell and a first real night out since our second little spawn a few months back, so it had a lot of things going for it. Plus, my wife was thrilled to have made a "Wilco Friend" tonight, so if Marisol from the Mezzanine Row F is here (please don't let me be butchering your name, i noticed your memory was far better than mine), Miriam says hi. And the people behind us asking if we want to stand, after awkwardly trying to figure out if we're blocking people or not and not getting the usher in a tizzy about standing, thanks, it helped make the night up there.

Ven here...There's a bar called Pig's Eye Pub not too far from the Bushnell...$2 beers for happy hour Friday with free eats. It'd be great to get a crew of Wilco fans to hang out there before the show. I'll try to get the DJ to play some Wilco tunes before the show (if there is a DJ!) Anyone interested?

Would love to, but i'm in Springfield, MA. Gotta work till 5, run home, grab the wife, kiss the kids and be on our way. Fast food on the road makes me feel like a 15 year old all over again.

I've seen Wilco twice-Tanglewood (amazing) and Lowell last year (washed out mid-show by thunderstorms), and Jeff solo in Northampton MA. Psyched to be seeing them indoors for their first Hartford show. Anyone else going?

are you... me?

that's my same list of shows exactly.

I love the Bushnell, have taken the wife there for Phantom of the Opera, Wicked and The Producers. While not a rock and roll venue, it will be fantastic for a 3 hour Wilco show.

Got exciting getting towards the end because I was hoping some crazy Nels freak out on national tv (like the old live versions of the track) but instead it dwindled down to the album ending. Good performance, my favorite of all the late night shows they've hit on this album cycle (i'm sorry, but i'm in the minority that finds You and I to be dreadful on the album and was even worse on Letterman, hearing how well Feist and Jeff sang together on the Oar songs made me even angrier)

Got in on the hartford presale this morning. Wife is delighted since it'll be our first real night out since our second spawn came a week ago. My only nervousness is me wondering if "Rear Mezzanine" really means "Balcony" but oh well, it's still tickets to Wilco (4th show in less than 2 years, damn, at least we can't get rained out like Lowell, wait, can we?).

I never got an email, signed in through the tourdates feed to my frontgate account, but cannot buy 2 for Hartford, damnit. Not listed as sold out, but I guess I have to wait till friday... grrr

Two bands that I'd thought wern't NEVER gonna reunite...are now making better records than in their obscurity filled hey day.....

 

-Mission of Burma

 

and

 

-The Buzzcocks

 

 

-Robert

I have to agree with Marc W about the quality of the new Buzzcocks, but both of these groups gave me some of the best shows of the last decade (being 34 I just missed out on both while coming of age in music), and really, the only reason I was going to post was to mention that Burma might be the most successful reunion that has happened in music, not in monetary or fan-based success but the quality of work they've put out this decade at least matches their past. Dino's reunion albums are good, but are nothing compared to what Burma has pulled on with Obliterati and SSL these last few years.

Burma is one of the few groups that top Wilco for me when it comes to favorites. I know they're not for everyone (though watching my 4 year old dance to 2wice forces me to question that idea), but they really are one of the greatest bands of the last 30 years.

I haven't followed up, but wasn't there talk of them doing a record club release with Beck on Skip Spence's Oar? Did I imagine that, I don't think so. It could be gloriously freaky enough for the group, and if they wanted to, a lot of those songs could be reimagined to incorporate some noise and krautrock and such things. I hope it happens.

Just wanted to drop a quick line in here, kung fu finally emailed me back in response to the issue. Not only do they have no problem exchanging the items that were in err, but I was sent a paid shipping label and was told i'll be given an additional wilco item in apology for the screwup with the order.

In this day and age, it's seems to be becoming rarer and rarer to see a pretty big online company go above and beyond for customers.

I ask because I love Wilco, and I love Guitar Hero and Rock Band, so by that logic I think I would love it if there were some Wilco tunes in one of those games. So I'm really just wondering if they've ever said anything, one way or the other, about their thoughts on those types of games and if they would ever allow their music in one of them.

 

Because I could really go for a nice Wilco three-pack in Rock Band.

This made me sit on wikipedia for a half hour looking at the songs available for both games (and sequels and sequels) since i've never played them (yet is considering the beatles one for me and my son), and noticed that the next guitar hero is going to have kurt cobain and johnny cash as characters in it (which is disgusting in so many ways to me, but whatever) and thought it would be perfect to have tracks from the drunken '96 irvine plaza show come after johnny cash in the game. Casino Queen would be perfect.

My wife did this for a friend of hers a few months back before (the album) came out, who had some pretty horrible taste in music (until Lowell this year, the last 3 concerts she had been to were... Journey, eek!) and I think she did a decent job (though it would have been a bit noisier per my favorite wilco). I know she's bought 4 wilco discs since getting these, so i think making 2 cds to spread the word was worth it. And yes, I know there's some non-wilco material, but it works for the collections

CD1:

The Late Greats

Passenger Side

California Stars

I'm The Man Who Loves You

(Was I) In Your Dreams

Somebody Else's Song

Radio King

Handshake Drugs

One By One

Walken

Kamera

The Thanks I Get

A Shot In The Arm

Remember The Mountain Bed

Hate It Here

Hummingbird

The Ruling Class

Heavy Metal Drummer

Dreamer In My Dreams

CD 2:

Wilco The Song (Colbert)

Airline To Heaven

Ashes Of American Flags

Outtasite (Outta Mind)

Box Full Of Letters

Kingpin

What Light

She's A Jar

At My Window Sad And Lonely

I Am Trying To Break Your Heart

Can't Stand It

Forget The Flowers

Hesitating Beauty

Either Way

Pot Kettle Black

Sunken Treasure

100 Years From Now

Red-Eyed And Blue

I Got You (At The End Of The Century)

this is how i was successful.

 

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i'll try that in the a.m., thankyas

I'm sure this is out of place, but anyway.... I received an order from kungfu tuesday and sent an email that night about making some exchanges. I sent it to info@kungfu but still haven't received any reply from them. Does anyone know if there's a better way to contact them?

(My issue if anyone cares was getting a lollypop onesie instead of the guitar one i ordered, and a froggy tshirt being insanely too large for my 3.5 year old)

Thanks for any info guys (gals too, should i be p.c. in asking?).

I don't remember any semi-or-professional cameras being around, nor celebrities, so even if it's audio, it won't be video (for shame, how cool would that be, what an amazing show)

Have you read this thread? I think I'm the only one kissing the ground it walks on.

I finally heard it, and love the track enough to say that it would have saved the whole second side of the record, which I enjoy less and less every time I hear it. The songs are phenominal, but the sequence is abysmal, just boring. So much more could have been done with Neon added and one more "rock" songs, then mixing it up a bit.

If Wilco's management follows this place, something like this might happen to me: Sonny's Death.

 

--Mike

there's worse ways to go.

That's a great idea.

they should just redirect all the links on the old cds and sunken treasure there, saying "they're better at the internet than we are"

That's a good point. I noticed there was not a special edition this time around. I suppose that is due to the concert DVD that came out recently.

Maybe they're giving up on the horrible quicktime support and just going to send the tracks directly to owlandbear from now on.

I see. I suppose people will just have to find it out there, or wait for it to show up in some other official capitally. I have mot received my CD yet - as UPS is playing games, so I have not really heard the album.

I was surprised there was a lack of quicktime file built into the cd like the last few releases, honestly. Even if nothing was ready, i'd think there'd be something there for when the inevitable ep drops. Maybe those days are done though, like our 6 concerts to pick from (that never happened) with the ashes dvd or whatever the hell it was.

Many people seem to rank I'll Fight and Sonny Feeling pretty high, myself included. I agree that the 2nd side doesn't hold up with the 1st though.

I was tempted to go into this, but this isn't the album thread. I like all the songs (even putting W(TS) towards the bottom of the list for me, just because the goofiness of it has started to wear thin), but if there was just something a little... noisier at the end of everlasting, it would round the package out more (like going through the experience of AGIB to have a wonderful little pop rock song to finish it).

I think it is just at iTunes when you buy the new album there - is that right? I don't use iTunes, so I don't really know much about it. I would think they will put it out in some other form at some point.

Just looked since I have a mac at work. You don't get it if you buy the album now, just the regular songs and a digital booklet. It was a preorder special for itunes only, which is sad looking at the push they made for preorders on their own site. I haven't heard it, but reading the descriptions, I cannot fathom why the left it off (even looking at the album art, it's like the space for it is still sitting there)

Plus, and this is just my opinion, the second side of the album is lackluster at best, the songs are great but it needs something with some life to it (which is why the placement of Bull Black Nova and You Never Know are perfect on side one).