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I'm try to shy away from getting into silly back-and-forth debates around here, and also trying to be kind to the new posters (and not patronizing), but just to make sure, the guy who said this: also said this: "the band cannot lack energy" If all I heard was the soundcheck, I'd be pleased as punch. But the full setlist is quite remarkable.

Second that. Second this.

Would love it!

I suspect that some of those standards - Handshake Drugs, Shot in the Arm, Impossible Germany, Jesus, etc - are the same ones that Tweedy was referring to in Bethesda when he said "there are certain songs that we play every night...well, because we like to play them every night." But that's too bad that Cars Can't Escape didn't get a better reaction. I certainly would have been psyched to hear "Why Would You Wanna Live."

That's what I thought. I've been reading 1,000 work-related documents for three weeks and have been having difficulty comprehending other texts as of late...my brain is fried.

I'm not quite sure I understand what he's trying to say with this sentence. Is he saying that "It's Just That Simple" sounds like New Riders of the Purple Sage? Or is he saying that it is one of their songs?

This sounds like my row in Bethesda: hot, stuffy, and farty. I swear to God it was the guy directly in front of us who was explaining every song to his [rookie Wilco fan?] girlfriend after each tune...

Gracias amigo. I can picture Pat doing that now, probably almost as funny as Michael McDonald's appearance on Family Guy.

Can you elaborate on Pat's imitation? Unless it was a "had to be there moment." Sounds hilarious. As for Mike's synthesizer, I wish I could have heard that. He played this solo during "California Stars" at the Strathmore show in Bethetesda that sounded like a cross between one of those cheesy Hawaiian wooden flutes and a child's choo-choo train toy. Saw one of the crew in the wings raising up the devil horns after the solo while Mike winked at him...

From the review at Spin: "grooming their jam-band shagginess and spotlighting their songwriting chops, Philadelphia indie poppers Dr. Dog produce a clean, big-sounding album that uncannily evokes Summerteeth-era Wilco and Soft Bulletin–era Flaming Lips." Full review here.

Ha ha, well played. But seriously...at just about any concert I go to, I find the anticipation for the opening song to be as great as any other part of the concert.

Yes - two of the guys lugged the amp head out together, pulled the old one off and put the new one on top of his cabs. Fiddled with a few knobs, got John's cord plugged in, and he was back in action just a minute later. I was actually surprised that they didn't have a backup that was already onstage and ready to launch, if needed - sometimes the players will have an A/B box that they can use to switch over to a new rig if one fails. I didn't expect them to rush in from the wings and have to change out the rig in the middle of the song, but they did it quick!

John blew a bass head in Bethesda. The crew had a new one onstage, plugged in and ready to go in less than two minutes. I think they did a pretty good job. As for setlists, at the same show, while Tweedy was encouraging shouted requests between songs, he also came right out and said "there are some songs that we play every night...well, because we like to play them every night." Fine by me! I have no "complaints," per se (however you wish to interpret the word) about the setlist that night - the show was top-notch, the sound was great, and the band was tighter than I've ever heard them

I too am unsure if a Wilcoworld order comes with a CD. Ordering from Nonesuch shows Audiophile-Quality MP3 (320 kbps) as part of the bundle...anybody know/already ordered?

I think recording a webcast was recently discussed in another thread, but I'm too busy to search for it right now. But it is possible - there are a couple of different free programs out there you can do it with. Try a Google search and see what comes up - and let us know!

Right. "Impossible Germany," "At Least That's What You Said," "Handshake Drugs," etc don't involve any guitar improv.

Wow. This is all very interesting information. I thought my original pressing of BT on vinyl sounded pretty good, but it appears that it might be worth picking up the new version for an even better listening experience?

I've gone searching for my fair share of recordings, for sure, but my goodness. Some people are looking for downloads the morning after a concert. Can't we just bask in the memory of a great concert for a while before we become obsessed with trying to find documentation of it? Just my $.02. Not hating on the show-hunters...

Different songs call for different guitar sounds/tones as well as tunings. There's the trebly twang of the Tele, the rich overdrive of the SG, the open-G tuning of the Gibson Barney Kessel for "Walken," etc.

I heard they're all trading instruments. Finally we get to hear Jeff's mad organ skills.

Stripped-down? There's plenty of versions of Tweedy doing that arrangement solo over Owl & Bear too...but I guess the Durham tapers will have the full-lineup take up sometime soon...

I've heard recordings of Tweedy solo; Tweedy/Bennett; and older versions of Wilco playing both arrangements...

Right. I saw that their names weren't included...was just making a little joke.

Then those folks are lucky, 'cause Jay's back from the grave to take over lead duties for a night, Nels will move to the lap slide and duke it out with Bob Egan, Leroy, Pat & Mike will do musical chairs on the keys, Ken & Glenn will each rock a double-bass drum kit, and Max's mandolin & banjo will struggle to be heard above the new expanded lineup. And the group will play nothing but Tweedy Uncle Tupelo numbers.

This is my story exactly.