jracette

OK, so you got me fired up now, because after the shows here in Alaska I went back and listened to my copy of the Eugene, OR show you reference in this post. I was at that show (living in Eugene at the time) and of all of the Wilco shows I've been to that was my favorite. The context is key - that show fell in the middle of their tour opening for REM, so I saw them in Portland which was so disappointing - crappy, sterile venue, lame yuppie crowd (I love REM but their shows in big amphitheaters like that can draw some boring crowds). I also saw them at Bumbershoot opening for REM in Seattle

"I'll mention the new songs here - they both really sounded great, especially Sunny Feeling which had a mood that suited its title - a good midtempo rocker with a really great melody. One Wing had a somewhat darker tone, especially lyrically (I remember specifically a line about "this sort of thing happens to deadweight" or something close to that) but maintained a good groove." I should clarify about Sunny Feeling that I agree with the others lyrically it is not a happy one either, by mood I meant the music and arrangement. Of the two this was the more straightforward rock tune. I didn

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Hello everyone, My first post. Can't say I've even been lurking. Message boards haven't really been my thing, but I felt compelled to seek this one out after this weekend. I was at both shows here in Alaska. I have to say up front, I moved to Alaska three years ago and resigned myself to not seeing much in the way of rock shows for a while. This was a tough pill to swallow because it's been a huge part of my life for a long time after three years in the pacific northwest and four before that in the Denver area (for show discussion purposes - actually Wyoming). In my time in Alaska I'v