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Roy Munson

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  1. If anyone is looking to offload any tickets, I'm looking for a single for any or all nights the 6th and 7th.  Thanks in advance.

     

    *** Update:  I have a ticket for the 8th now since my friends need to fly out that night and can't use their pair.  If anyone wants one for the 8th, the second ticket is available for sale or trade for one for the 6th or 7th.  

  2. Awesome thread. So many great stories of introduction.

     

    1) I had a couple friends visit NYC from out of town in the late 90's and make passing comments about liking Wilco. I felt so late to the game because I finally got around to sampling YHF at a Borders listening booth in '04 or '05 (too stuck in my musical preferences to seek out new bands) and gradually started to get hooked on that album. My wife bought me Being There and Summerteeth and I then bought both Mermaid Ave. albums. It took a while for it to gain momentum. I hated Ghost is Born after checking it out in a Barnes & Noble listening booth but Kicking Television may have been the eye opener that that album was great and they were much greater than their studio work suggested. AM was the last of the catch up albums (not counting UT, Loose Fur, etc.). They all continue to grow on me and meet different musical needs at different times. Strangely enough, the friends who made the passing comments are, at best, lukewarm fans and have no idea what they helped foster with a couple random comments.

     

    2.) Hammerstein Ballroom June 2007 was the first. Have seen 6 Wilco shows plus 1 Tweedy solo show plus 2 Solid Sounds. Hope to see a lot more.

  3. Anyone know the cultural center? I hear there are no seats, just an empty floor. What's that like? Is there food? Any places to sit?

    The Cultural Center is a very cool space (it's a former Masonic Temple) architecturally but I'm not sure how it will handle a sold out show in terms of crowding. There won't be seating. The show is in the grand ballroom that's used for weddings and small concerts so there shouldn't be a bad "seat" in the house. You can check out the facilities on the web site at http://www.scrantonculturalcenter.org/roomoptions.html. I'm not sure of the quality of acoustics either. They will likely have a bar but don't count on food. Plenty of bars can be found downtown. It's a good drinking town.

  4. We are going to be driving up from NYC, do you have any idea how long of a car ride that might be? Also are there any places to stay up that way? Thanks for your help.

    Beacon is a straight shot north of NYC near Newburgh. Take the NYS Thruway and then it's off I-84. It should be about an hour and a half. I don't know anything about the town other than the fact that there's a great art museum called the Dia Beacon there. It's a well regarded modern art museum. It would make a good full day trip doing both that and the Tweedy show. Who would've thought Beacon would be such a cultural mecca?

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