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Do you get the feeling I'm a bit excited?

Glad they are playing the forum, its a favourite of mine. Sitting and standing room to prevent the whole "I didn't pay to see you dance/stare at your arse" argument. Hope what we said in the Amsterdam thread didn't put them off Perth!

Thank You Wilco!!!

Took the emoticons out of my mouth. or keyboard.

I'm dancing a goofy dance... I just do as I'm told.

Not many concerts where I can dance around in my jammies under a blanket with my 3yo nephew. He's even clapping at the end of each song. My own living room show.

ARGH! I'm at my sisters and got up early. Do you know you need quicktime to hear it?? Obvioulsy you all did. Have spent the first half hour piss farting around downloading that. Took so long she's now gotten up and is making noises about her internet limit. Anyone know how much a show like this uses?

Can't believe I misses Company. Ohhh.. side with the seeds....

Radios and blood

Cigarettes and violence

Wilco haiku done.

Well they do sing about those things a lot. So bored on nightshift I have nothing better to do than play with words. Very clever contest, though they may be regretting it now.

Liam Lightening Game

Ha, thats awesome. Are there any Wilco games? So bored at work but stupid internet security blocks most sites. Apparently Liams is okay though!

Yikes, I forget how big Australia is! How many time zones are there across the continent, Beck?

In winter theres 3, but in summer theres 4 becuase a couple of sooky states don't like daylight savings. So a big country, but not that many time zones becuase our states are big too. Perth is really the odd one out, its the most isolated city in the world. NEVER drive to Perth if you value your sanity....

I guess it makes it 6.30 then in Melbourne? I can still do that... Just might need an alarm.

Oh I'm going to have to lift my game, you guys are good!

Chase the sun to Oz

I promise I Will Comply

No videoing.

The school I went to wasn't the fussed on teaching us haikus, actually I don't think they were fussed on teaching us anything. So after googling haikus, then moras (man I had better win that guitar after all this edumacating myself), these are my efforst:

They make me think

What do you want me to be?

And I've been puking

or

Auckland last summer

My seven worlds collided

And the sun came out

I tried posting some on twitter, but they didn't appear on the twitter list when I followed the link. Have I done something wrong or does it not show up everyones? Twitter was also something they didn't teach me in school, but I can't really blame them for that since it wasn't invented then.

I think that makes it 7am in Melbourne... I can do that.

Ha ha, poor Pez over in Perth, that makes it 4am there.

By the way, the earthquake never happened.

Maybe I should just make a random prediction and see if I can get into a song. Doctor Wise has a prediction (hey, not a doctor, but some poetic license because it sounds cool). I predict bushfires in Antartica this christmas. I mean just think about how many words rythme with fire, dire, and liar if I'm wrong.

On the whole pronunciation debate I struggle with Via Chicago. I'm currently on the VIIIIA Chicago message board, but listening to VEEEEIA Chicago.

New Madrid is a seismic fault line that runs near St. Louis. The song mentions Prof. Browning. In 1989 he predicted a major earthquake in the St. Louis area. That's why the song mentions bringing his baby back - via the earthquake.

Oooohhhhhhh. Thanks for that. Listened on the way home form work, made much more sense!

I've just started exploring other songs outside of Wilco. I downloaded a few of the live solo Tweedy shows, and now have the fun of working out where the songs I like came from. After loving that song about "roll me under your mattress", I finally worked out it was New Madrid. You crazy yanks with your crazy accents... My version didn't make much sense, but I'm not really sure the correct one does either... Whats New Madrid? A place?

My dad and I are concert buddies. We have a deal going, where I get the tickets and he pays for them. Might sound like I have the better deal, but I'm the one who has to spend ages queing up for U2 or AC/DC. It means we're each exposed to music we wouldn't have normally gone to. He went to Robbie Williams (please don't savage me!), and I went to Deep Purple for example (what?? did someone say something??? can't hear anymore). Its nice bonding time, and I always have someone to go to concerts with me when my friends turn up their noses.

So... Here's one theory on how it plays out. They start working on the new songs in January, and get em all knocked into shape at the Loft. Then in Apr-May 2010 they tour downunder again (this is based on a comment John made in a recent interview on when they would next be down here). They stay on after the tour and head into "Uncle" Neil Finn's Roundhead studio (with the whole band and some of their own gear this time) and bang out the bulk of the album, then head back home to finish things off. Album out early 2011. Job done.

 

...Yeah... I know...you're right....it won't happen like that...(The only part i really want to happen is them touring downunder .... )

Not totally unrealistic. I refer you to this months Rolling Stone Neil Finn interview (in which Wilco gets several mentions):

With three 7 worlds show held at Auckland Powerstation in January, finn is hoping they can play Australia at some point. "We're trying to figure it out. Wilco are there next year and so we could probably do smaller renditons of these things. It would be great to get everyone over that side of the world ägain"

Wilco in Australia =

Wilco in Australia playing with Neil =

That said, I am seeing the boys at Hill on Friday and they could do a 70 minute version of Spiders followed by Less Than You Think with a 40 minute drone and I would be happy

Would still be better than the last time I saw Eric Clapton.

Thanks for the help Howdy! Heres two of my favs.

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I love photography. I love Wilco. Why can't I combine the two? The only time I'm NOT obtrusive at a concert is when I am taking a picture, the rest of the time I'm dancing around like I'm having a seizure. If your standing near me, trust me, you want me to take pictures.

Everyones talking about what Jeff likes, but there are 5 other blokes up on stage with him, maybe they love being filmed or having their pic taken.

Not sure how to interpret this pic I took in Sweden though.

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For the computer illeterate (me), how do you post a picture and not a link?

I'm a bit "Jonny come lately" to the Wilco party, only becoming a fan in January at the 7 worlds shows. Walking back to the hotel afterwards I was saying to Pez I didn't even know any of their songs, right as I was walking past Jonny Marr and Jeff. I don't think they heard me; they were busy checking out a takeaway menu in a shop front. We kept walking, Pez and I just looking at each other like Oh. My. God. Then she turns around and darts back and tells them what a great show it was, and how she's a new wilco fan. My brain isn't wired to my mouth at the best of times, so I just concentrated on not sounding like a dick. They were friendly and nice, in fact after the third show we waited around to get Pez's t-shirt signed and Jonny remembered her as "the new wilco fan".

I needed more Wilco after that, so lined up part of my European holiday with their Scandinavian dates. Had everything booked in, then they announced the mini 7 worlds London show, which of course I had to go to, so changed my bookings at the last minute. Checking into my hotel in Oslo the day after the concert out of the corner of my eye I see two people join behind me, and lo and behold its John and Glenn. I sucked up my nerve and said great show last night etc. I then proceeded to scare them by telling them I was stalking them (hey, I was going to the next 3 shows, they were bound to realise even if I didn't point it out, though I wish I had used other words). Unfortunately for them there was trouble with my booking, so they were stuck behind me for a fair while. Ironically enough, my booking was stuffed up because I had gone to London to see them! I was rather embarrassed and finally the check-in chick dealt with them while mine was being worked out. Deciding not to freak them out anymore I moved to the side and left them be, but Glenn was super nice and came back over and talked to me again, just about the rest of my trip and stuff like that.

I did the Oslo festival, then onto Goteburg. It was leaving Goteburg that I saw them again at the airport, joining the check in queue behind them (totally not deliberately, I'm a bit blind and didn't realise till I was there). Avoided eye contact as although I had told them I was stalking them, I really didn't want to reinforce the point, and gave them a head start to security. They must have piss farted around as I caught them again, and ended up following Pat through, both of us in our socks. Flight was delayed slightly, so pulled up a chair and sent Pez some Oh. My. God text messages. Saw the rest of the band but didn't approach, I just wouldn't know what to say. Finally board and Mikael, his wife, and John are behind me in the queue and my boarding pass won't scan. Took forever to work out, and I head John saying he was a curse upon lines, so I had to turn around and say "Sorry, me again..."

It was a fairly small plane and half empty at that, apparently not many people want to go from Goteburg to Helsinki (after going to Helsinki I understand why). Found it funny Jeff was in first class and everyone else in economy. At baggage collection Glenn saw me again and came over for a chat. I said how much I had enjoyed the concerts, and he said how they had changed the set lists etc, and how he was looking forward to seeing his family who were already in Helsinki. I suspect I didn't do good job of not looking like a knob. Meeting them was the highlight of my trip. Maybe that makes me sad, but I figure if there's a place I can admit it and not be judged it has to be here. For someone who has only been a Wilco fan less than a year I'm doing well on the meetings!

I've had the Sun Came Out for a couple of weeks now and I'm really enjoying it. Definately worth a buy, the money goes to a great cause. I would still buy it though even if the money went to the Russian mafia. I had downloaded the live concert a few months ago and it was great to re-live. I think some songs sounded better live, even with the yobbo with a hard on for Jonny yelling out all the time. Here are my highs and lows, cause I know you care.

Bodhisattva Blues - I don't think there's a single person alive who could not love it. Probably only a few that can spell it however.

Black Silk Ribbon - I love, but I think the live version was better. I mean Luke Bullen was playing his thigh live, that fully deserves kudos. KT and Bic belong together.

The Ties That Bind Us - Radiohead is holding Phil back. Pruddy.

Reptile - Fun.

All Comedian Suffer - It just doesn't work (sorry, I'm not all technical and clever). Kind of like eating your cereal and being dubious about the milk freshness, but you finally decide half way through it just aint right.

Girl Make Your Own Mind Up - Had Don played this at the concerts I may not have paid out on him so much. Why did we have to sit through Long Time Gone, where he attempts to fit too many words into each line, instead of this?

Little By Little - Umm. My mum taught me if you can't say anything nice don't say anything at all.

Hazel Black - Cool and Fun.

Over And Done - I didn't like it on first listen, but woke up with it in my head one morning and have loved it since.

Don't Forget Me - Reminded me at the start of 'This corner of the earth', but I soon forgot that and started enjoying the song. Then I started wondering why no one write a song about Rebecca. What did Sophie do that was so great?? Once I got over there being no Odes to Rebecca, its a great song.

What Could Have Been - I enjoy it when I'm listening to it but can't remember how it goes if its not playing.

3 Worlds Collide - Still deciding if I love it or hate it. I'm a bit slow. I think its love.

Too Blue - Great song, very catchy. I think Jeff write the lyrics, which if I hadn't heard somewhere I could have guessed from the line "Do you mean what you say..." which is echoed in other songs "what can't they just say what they mean". Not passing judgment, I guess he just gets really annoyed at people who beat around the bush.

Will make up my own mixed CD of live recordings and album ones. Do buy the album, it goes to a great cause, your practicaly saving the world. I'm prone to melodrama.

That said, I also think Nels Cline is a brilliant guitarist and a very sexysmexy rock and roll dude...but I just personally happen to like Tweedy's playing more. Nothing Nels has ever done or will do is likely to top the lead work on AGIB in this Wilco fan's heart, ESPECIALLY At Least That's What You Said. I'm not even a fan of feedback, but dammit, that's how you play a guitar.

That guitar work on at At Least Thats What You Said does things to me. Gets me all hot under the collar. You can stick your smooth romantic music, this gets me in the mood. Not so much the lyrics, cause I'm not a full on weirdo, only partial.

Glenn Kotche and Pat Sansone are collaborating with Radiohead's Phil Selway on his first solo album currently being recorded in Radiohead's Oxford studio, according to this article:

 

http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/generalarticlesynopsfullart.aspx?csid1=115&csid2=844&fid1=41140

 

Assume this follows on from their work together on the recent '7 Worlds Collide' project.

About time he ditched those Radiohead losers. They were holding him back.

Its not the same since Greg left. I loved his voice. Sams good but no Greg. I think he only got the job cause he's on with Dororthy the Dinosaur.

I'm surprised the Wiggles weren't cheap. They usually only cost about $AUS20 to see them here (and I have a lot!). Are Wilco super cheap in America or do the Wiggles jack up their prices on tour?

Worst bit is I don't even have kids. (Fab Aunty, not some weirdo!)