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Kudos to Mahinty and Californiastar for the reviews and setlist. Knew you guys would come through. Has whetted my appetite for this weekend's double-header here in Sydney. What was the reference to Magazine Called Sunset being for the 'airport guy' all about?

Thanks for the excellent review/comments Monster. Didn't really mean that about Aucklanders - was just goading you guys -and it worked!

Here's the review of last night's Auckland gig by Russell Baillie from the New Zealand Herald" http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10641395 Third time's a charm. Wilco returned to Auckland after two previous incursions in past years - their memorable Bruce Mason Centre show in 2008 and their part in Neil Finn's 7 Worlds Collide supergroup last year, that visit also laying some of the ground for their most recent set Wilco (the album). Its self-referential title track Wilco (the song) - with pauses for robot-voiced introductions to each of the

Don't expect any reviews from Aucklanders - notoriously useless/lazy. Wellingtonians are a different breed though - and I fully expect our man Mahinty to be on the case tonight with a full set-list/review.

He is ridiculous, preposeterous - all those things. But for some reason I can't hate him. I guess the world needs a certain number of larger-than-life characters like this to keep things interesting. I wish him a full recovery.

On the subject of the special Factory Theatre show in Sydney the night after the State Theatre gig: it seems the ticketing of this special show is something of a debacle. I booked 4 premium tickets to the State Theatre show the day they went on sale - which included tickets to the Factory Theatre gig. When I went to pick up the tickets yesterday from the Ticketmaster outlet at the State Theatre they didn't know anything about the Factory Theatre gig and were only going to give me tickets to the State Theatre gig. It took about 40 minutes of phone calls to their central office before thi

I think you may have nailed the problem right there.

Spanish Stroll - Mink De Ville. Great song but : Little Johnny - he caught a plane And he got on it Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy. Tonight there's going to be a Jailbreak somewhere in this town. Really? Let me hazard a guess where. At the jail perchance?

RIP Doug.. Here's a funny/sad tribute by Aussie journalist Jack Marx: http://blogs.news.com.au/jackmarxlive/index.php/news/comments/my_sharona/ Interesting to learn that Sharona Alperin (yep that Sharona)is now a realty agent in California with her own website - with 'My Sharona' playing as background music! http://www.mysharona.com/index.htm

"I Should Have Known Better". Jeff would kill on Lennon's harmonica riff. And I insist on them wearing Beatles suits circa '64 for the performance. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d3k3Y2qkwo

I love The Who - but here in Australia the sound was way out of synch on the half-time broadcast. Kinda runined it - which was a real shame. Any synch problems on US TV?

The Cinema of Inappropriate Laughter presents 'The English Patient':

The Cinema of Inappropriate Laughter presents 'The English Patient':

Alas, won't be anyone from Wilco as they are playing the second gig of their West Coast tour in Portland next Tuesday.

Read an interview with Tim Finn from Split Enz talking about one of their early tours of the US where they found themselves playing to four people in some venue in Atlanta. At some point he addressed the audience: "Is everyone having a good time?!" - no response - "well we are, and the majority rules".

Looks like OxfamAmerica have just released a promo video of the Johnny Marr/Jeff Tweedy song 'Too Blue' (from the 7 Worlds Collide project) as part of its fundraising efforts for the Haiti earthquake. Spot the Wilco boys: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSDig28w56k

Yeasayer Crowded House Spoon The National Fleet Foxes

A great year for concerts here in Sydney Australia last year. My highlights: The Who - Hope Estate Winery (Hunter Valley). March Neil Young - Sydney Entertainment Center. January Ryan Adams and the Cardinals - Enmore Theatre. January My Morning Jacket - Metro Theatre. January Leonard Cohen - Entertainment Center. January Fleet Foxes - Metro Theatre. January Okkervil River - Annandale Hotel. May Mark Louris/Gary Olson - Annandale Hotel. May Deerhunter - The Manning Bar. June The Bats - The Hopetoun Hotel. August Jeff Beck - Enmore Theatre. January Blitzen Trapper - Metro Theatre.

Slade - Merry Christmas Everybody

Here's a link to the earlier thread discussing the Chris Knox tribute/charity album. Includes the full tracklisting. Great album. http://forums.viachicago.org/topic/42337-chris-knox/

Is this the same category that SBS got nominated in ('Americana')?

Closed For Private Function (more confusing than uncomfortable - I mean are they playing here tonight or is this venue actually closed for some kid's 21st?)

Wow - that's a nice virtual tour of the Civic theatre. Hate to show my age - but the last gig I went to there was Jethro Tull in 1974 (the War Child tour). It was a nice venue then - and looks even better now.

Chris Knox is a icon of the NZ indie music scene. It's great the way local and international musisicians have lent their support with this fantastic tribute/benefit album. See full track listing below. There was also a touching tribute paid at the Pearl Jam concert here in Auckland last Friday night when Neil and Liam Finn joined Eddie Vedder on stage during the encore for a performance of the Chris Knox classic 'Not Given Lightly'. Stroke – Songs For Chris Knox’ – Track Listing YELLOW DISC Track 1 – Pull Down The Shades – Jay Reatard Track 2 – Rebel – The Checks Track 3 - Ain’