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Autumn Defense was excellent. In no particular order but not a complete listing, they played Back of my Mind, Tell Me What You Want, Full Five Paces, The Swallows of London Town, Huntington Fair, The Answer and Every Day. I actually enjoyed their set very much. Jeff's set was filled with the usual's with no surprises for me anyway and way too short. I don't think he played more than an hour and fifteen minutes including the encore. The only song I hadn't heard performed before by Jeff solo or Wilco was What's the World Got In Store. Jeff's encore with the full Autumn Defense band was pretty

Tickets were easy to get. I purchased three for Jan. 20 and about a half hour later a friend of mine bought one as well. The password is BLUE if any one else is still interested...

And another Beach Boys song performed by Sean Lennon... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tpVz0pI4hQ&feature=related

I didn't read all the pages of this post so if someone has posted any Beach Boys songs I apologize. But here's one performed by Brian Wilson...

Yes, but the warning that accompanied it seemed pretty dire so I didn't want to risk it. It stated that someone might be impersonating the site. I just want to know if anyone else can log into their account or not before I bypass their warning. Edit: I got it to work and purchased this instead of Mavis Staples. Thanks for the heads up. Power To The People - The Hits [+Digital Booklet] John Lennon | Format: MP3 Download http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0042UE0RS/ref=dm_ty_alb

I tried to log into my account at amazon.com using my usual link and got this message... This Connection is Untrusted You have asked Firefox to connect securely to www.amazon.com, but we can't confirm that your connection is secure. Normally, when you try to connect securely, sites will present trusted identification to prove that you are going to the right place. However, this site's identity can't be verified. I was able to log in yesterday but not today. Anyone else getting this message?

Sorry. I bought mine from the theater.

You could have printed your own tickets for Tarrytown. Don't know if that is still an option at this late date.

Link: http://www.fastcompany.com/1702860/apple-scores-music-rights-to-the-beatles-itunes-finally-complete?partner=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+fastcompany%2Fheadlines+%28Fast+Company+Headlines%29

Whenever I start to feel religious, I just play this song to straighten myself out...

Did he sneeze?

Message from Neil Young... "My wife Pegi and I would like to thank the Belmont-San Carlos Fire Dept for doing such an exemplary job at our recent warehouse fire. A lot of archival items were threatened and the fire department did a first class job protecting them. We are lucky to have these professionals in our area. We are thankful that no one was hurt in the fire. Rest assured that we have the very best fire rescue and protection in San Carlos and Belmont. Lincvolt was severely damaged in the fire. We are still investigating the exact cause although it appears to be an operator error t

Link to all kinds of articles and videos on the fire... http://neilyoungnews.thrasherswheat.org/

Great show. They played from 8:30 to 12:00. Many long jams which were quite good. Most set lists from their week long stay in NYC were pretty varied from night to night. Didn't get to hear many of the songs I would have liked to have heard but it was their last gig of the week and I'm sure they were cognizant of not repeating too many songs from the previous nights. Set list from Setlist.fm Acoustic set: Jealous Again Roll Old Jeremiah Thunderstorm Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You (Bob Dylan cover) What is Home Oh, The Rain (Blind Willie Johnson cover) Ballad In Urgency Wiser

I've seen Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band , Mavis Staples, John Doe, A Hawk and a Hacksaw, Andrew Bird, Everest, who played before them when Wilco opened for Neil Young and Pronto who opened for Jeff Tweedy.

After failing on pre-sale day for Tarrytown, I guess I lucked out today at noon. Got two for row J in the balcony but not without my computer slowing down at noon as I tried refreshing the site and the venue site refusing to confirm my order three times despite filling out all the pertinent fields on the purchase order. This was the hardest show to get tickets for in the twelve times I've seen these guys. They are either becoming too popular or the scalpers are using multiple, quicker computers to beat us all to the punch. Then again, there are only 900 seats.

Does anyone know the start time of the Tarrytown pre-sale?

Classic: http://www.amazon.com/Revolution-Head-Beatles-Records-Sixties/dp/1556527330/ref=sr_1_18?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1287267164&sr=1-18 More recent: might be the one she's talking about... http://www.amazon.com/Beatles-Biography-Bob-Spitz/dp/B000Y8Y1MG/ref=sr_1_26?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1287267229&sr=1-26 Must have: http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Beatles-Chronicle-Definitive-entire/dp/0600610012/ref=sr_1_43?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1287267289&sr=1-43 Oldie but goodie: http://www.amazon.com/Beatles-Updated-Hunter-Davies/dp/0393338746/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&

Thought some might like this... http://tela.sugarmegs.org/_asxtela/JohnLennon1974-05-28WNEWInterviewNYC.asx

Something to chew on... 5 Key Principles that Unite Populist Progressives and Tea-Party Libertarians Link: http://www.activistpost.com/2010/10/5-key-principles-that-unite-populist.html

Tweedy and Staples interview in the new MOJO Magazine. Some good pictures and some new insight in their relationship. It's the issue with Jim Morrison on the cover.

They will both be on The Colbert Report on Oct. 6 as well.

If Tweedy had nothing to do with this album, I wouldn't give it a listen. So with that in mind, it is pretty good but I still would not buy it. If I did, I'd end up listening to it a few times and probably never play it again. I would add the two Tweedy compositions to my Wilco collection and that would be the end of it. Don't get me wrong, I loved Mavis at Solid Sound. She ranks as the best opening act I've seen for Wilco in the twelve times I've seen them. Just not what I would listen to regularly.

Link to video... http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129585953

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