tinnitus photography

he was in our car so the walk back to the hotel room wasn't an option. relax, i am sure he wasn't the only napper. in terms of inconsiderate behavior from a fan's perspective, talking >>>>> napping. unless snoring is involved. the last show i fell asleep to was Sunn O))) last summer, for a bit. it started at midnight, was unbearably hot, and the massive, thick clouds of detuned/downtempo guitar distortion was a beautiful lullaby.

it was pretty cool...i had front seats as i missed the 2nd encore from Wilco. they had the director do a live narration to the movie, and YLT played a live soundtrack to it. nothing amazing, but certainly worth experiencing once. a friend of mine (Jon) had saved a few seats up front and is good friends w/ YLT. one of my other friends sitting next to him was sleeping before YLT took the stage (late from playing Roadrunner), and had his head slumped against Jon's shoulder. after the show, my friend is talking w/ James and the first thing James said was that they came out on stage and noticed

In Courtyard C. Which, you probably realize, is far different from a band at full volume on Joe's Field.

Who played past midnight outside?

that's a Stooges t shirt I am wearing, young whippersnapper.

I think that a noise ordinance likely had more to do with the curfew than the charity dinner.

The Fire Marshall was on site during the Nels show, so the staff was definitely stressed out. I couldn't get in the room to simply take a few photos, in and out of the room in a minute or so. That was frustrating but what can you do?

I wish I had checked it out more when I got there on Friday! Still got loads of good stuff on Sunday.

That's it, I am done with this board.

Thanks for the offer but I keep content on my site to just my stuff. Post a photo, I am curious as the shirt design now.

the reports of my demise are highly exaggerated. for those who wandered by someone carrying photo gear over the weekend and wondered what I look like, here you go:

this probably won't get approved to run as a separate gallery for my coverage I was on assignment for, so i'll post it here...on day 2 i got the idea to try to catalog the different Wilco shirts I saw around the festival...here they are! http://photos.tinnitus-photography.com/wilco_tshirts

i was gonna suggest Fox Confessor and Middle Cyclone i think she's only gotten better w/ each LP, and her lyrics are really quite special as well. this song nearly always gives me a misty eye http://www.metrolyrics.com/this-tornado-loves-you-lyrics-neko-case.html

the water tank / hemisphere installation reminded me vaguely of the YHF cover photo.

YLT started way too slow....after i got some shots up front I was stymied in finding where my wife was standing in the crowd (did anyone else have problems w/ the wifi and phone connection in general?), so i bailed after they played 3 or 4 snoozers in a row. went to get some food and hung out at the tables, until i heard "Blue Line Swinger" sailing across the air and made my way back to their set. nice way to end it. i loved loved loved the Border Music set (even though i couldn't get my interview w/ Ribot squared away). that was a really strong highpoint of the entire weekend, not just Su

or the Ween board. the GBV board is another place where a thick skin comes in handy.

i just noticed the Waterloo Sunset > Waterloo sequencing. ha! i told Jeff at the dinner that i totally dug their version of Don't Fear The Reaper, and he seemed to appreciate it. i think their roadie was on cowbell duties for that one.

did anyone see this guy on stage w/ Mulcahy?

thanks for the link...i downloaded the NYC Taper set last night but haven't listened to it yet...will give this one a try first. too bad I didn't end up meeting you, but i made acquaintances very randomly w/ Paulcalypse and Ghost of Westerberg yesterday.

i'm not going anywhere!

Foxygen singer Sam France, who must have escaped detention (this was taken in the field, between Neko's set and Wilco's)

Prig's a cool word. Pedant, too. No shortage of those on other boards, too (not implying any specific application of that tag, and it could easily be applied to me).

Dude, it was one guy posting a video several times. Sorry you didn't enjoy the show nearly as much as the majority, and enjoy the time off VC. see you when it's time to return.

while i'm sitting here waiting for my files to download (yeah, i brought everything i needed except for my card reader...), i gotta do a bit of quick dump of random thoughts on SSFIII - Euclid Records had an awesome selection, and very clean copies too. between my friend and me, we dropped almost $600 today. yowza. - the festival was *way* more crowded than the previous two editions. Wilco's marketing team really nailed it, but there are some growing pains that need to be worked out...some of the food vendors ran out of stuff (rice at Veggie Oasis; samosas at Samosa Man; chicken tikka at t