Shakespeare In The Alley

yeah its so obviously him.

i havent heard anywhere near all of those, but come on.

two records in a decade is prolific now?

Ugly cassanova

 

Issac Brock gets very little love in the someone else's song thread. Not sure if it is because this is a wilco board and MM threatens wilco's dominance, or if it is just old fashioned ignorance, but considering modest mouse is the only American band that could rival wilco's output in almost the exact same career time line, I am always surprised to not see them mentioned more. Ugly Cass was with Tim from Califone, a via Chicago fave.

man, i'm a pretty big modest mouse fan, but what?

i didnt even know wilco had dominance to threaten

the us/italy archery final was intense. highlight of the day for me

he's generally excited about everything and everyone

it's basically the jimmy fallon charm

no. not at all. why do you think it would be?

the gospel period has some decent stuff, but i havent been looking forward to a return or anything. i think if anything this will basically be together through life part 2

Loose Fur

Neon Neon

they seemed cool. i only took a brief glance because i dont need more than 2 wilco shirts, but they seemed pretty nice.

Can someone give me an idea of the merch for this tour? going Saturday and would love to know what to plan for money wise..

Posters are 25, and the shirts seemed to be new designs and around 25 as well.

also lee ranaldo was fantastic. i was excited to see him since i've probably missed my shot at seeing SY live, and he delivered. i liked his recent solo album a lot more than expected, and the songs sounded great live. i was kinda hoping hed come out during wilcos set, but curfews like wolf traps tend to limit the late set stuff like that. maybe later in the tour, like nick lowe last year

And I wouldn't mind getting to see John sing "It's Just That Simple" again either. It's been quite a while. I love his reassuring enthusiasm and sweetness up there. It'd be nice to give him a turn in the spotlight again.

i got lucky as hell and heard that at my first wilco show (december 2008). but yeah, agreed. great song and it'd be nice to see john get that moment in the spotlight more often

yeah it was a good show. wilco shows dont quite excite me like they used to, but i was pretty damn happy when they came out and started with misunderstood. this was my 5th wilco show, and i think there ended up being 7/8 songs they played that i hadn't seen them do before, so moments like "oh my god, candy floss!" made the whole show worth it. setlist overall was very good for a semi new album promo tour. wolf trap brings out a lot of casual fans (not an insult by any means. wolf trap crowds have always been great in my opinion) so i imagine that played into the setlist a bit. all in all, fun show.

that being said i couldnt help but silently hope that the band sees a significant change or two in the near future. this lineup can certainly rip it up live, but it'd be very interesting to see the lineup evolve somehow. maybe not kick anyone out of the band, but have nels or someone else sit out a few songs each night. some of those am/bt rockers and ballads just don't need three guitars or two keyboardists to play 'em. treat the band lineup as more of a collective i guess, where theres no pressure for all 6 wilco dudes to play on every song. won't happen, but i can dream.

id also really like to see them do a whole tour of stuff like the acoustic spiders arrangement. i know not everyone likes it, but i really dig it and i think it'd be awesome to reinvent the back catalogue a bit with a stripped down tour. i know tweedy does it in his (fucking incredible) solo shows, but full band acoustic is different. they did mini acoustic sets during the evening with wilco tour, and it was a nice change of pace.

i think the curfew has more to do with the surrounding area. it's northern virginia, so you're never far from a residential area. the national park status probably doesnt help. its a nice venue (and the fact that you can bring food and drinks is awesome) but the early curfew is a bummer.

anyways, good to know. i definitely dont want to miss lee, with or without nels.

those scrapped encore songs look nice. wouldnt mind a few of them making it into tomorrows setlist.

very cool. thanks. i know wolf trap has a pretty strict curfew, which is the biggest downside to an otherwise great venue.

what were the start and end times for wilco and lee? i'm trying to plan my trip to wolf trap tomorrow.

if the ryman poster was done by hatch show print (which they usually are) then you're looking at a very expensive secondhand purchase. their stuff is always in high demand, and the never re-print a poster.

Bump.

Buy one get one free!

Two shows, $50!

Covered seats in case it rains!

I hate to see them go completely unused.

Looks like I'm unable to get to these shows, so I've got an orchestra ticket for each one available. One night is row J, one night is row M. Both are right around the middle. I paid $50 each and they're pretty good seats. Buy both of them and I'll give you a deal

oh man, what i would give to see bulletproof->summer's kiss->faded

that whole setlist is great, but those three songs may be the best last three tracks on any album ever

I was there too, and it was a great show. Reading some reviews in the media and they are all praising it as a sort of legendary show, so I am glad I had the chance to see them. Makes you kind of sad that they can't continue as a proper band and record some new stuff. All I kept thinking was this is a real, take no prisoners rock n' roll band...

hasn't been ruled out yet. if anything, dulli has seemed optimistic about maybe recording new tunes

bisexual

so you guys think a man can be bisexual for reals?

absolutely.

and besides that, why would it be any more or less believable for a man than a woman?

the chorus of bad romance alone makes her superstar status worthwhile

the rest of the song is pretty lame, but that chorus. man.

yeah its just unbelievable that there are people who are attracted to people and not specific sexual organs

theres no reason for a UT reunion to happen.

tweedy wouldnt play bigger gigs than he already does with wilco, and farrar would swallow a whole bunch of pride.

lose-lose situation.

listening to the wind that blows is the only one on here that i'm surprised wasn't on volumes 1 or 2. i wouldnt say its the only good song on here, but it's too good to have sat in the bottom of the barrel for so long.