PB808

I didn't fucking go. And if I lived in Jacksonville, I wouldn't have a legit bitch about Wilco skipping my city.

I'm not burning Wilco albums, nor am I starting an anti-Wilco site. I'm just pointing out that it's pretentious to place a higher priority on playing eclectic venues than making the show accessible to fans who do not have the time for road trips and Greyhound buses.

No. I'm not.

Out-of-the-way venues, not out-of-the-way cities. You're having a problem with reading comprehension. "Venue" is not synonymous with "city." It's obvious this tour has a focus on playing out-of-the-way venues. They played three nights in LA at a relatively small venue and one in Pomona at an even smaller venue. If hanging out with the nephew and recording with Beck is so important, the obvious solution is to save time by playing one night at the Greek Theater. Plenty of time for relatives, the Tonight Show, recording with Beck and maybe, if it mattered on this tour, actually bringing the sh

Right. You post a bunch of little kid photos and then tell me to let it go. I have a legitimate bitch and a bunch of fanboys got their panties in a bunch because someone criticized Tweedy. I've explained it over and over, what's pretentious about it is focusing on tiny out-of-the-way venues at the expense of making the live show accessible to people who have supported the band from the start.

Of course the shows are sold out. The Wiltern in L.A. holds about 2,000 people. On the last tour, they played the Greek Theater, which holds about 6,000 people. Just because a show sells out does not mean Tweedy (I say Tweedy and not "the band" because Wilco is a dictatorship)and High Road have made the shows accessible to the people who want to see them. It's great to play small, out-of-the-way venues. What is pretentious is focusing on small, out-of-the-way venues that keep the people who have supported this band from the start from being able to see them live.

Yeah, Tweedy doesn't make decisions about where the band will play. High Road, without Tweedy's permission, booked them in Tuscon, Pomona and the Mountain Winery (the week after Heart played there). Look, it'd be a cool non-album tour -- skipping Chicago and playing relatively obscure venues and all -- but Jesus, can you not understand why there's a degree of arrrogance and pretense to not bringing the show where people want to see it?

I figured it would come to copping out with name-calling and bullshit after showing the tour is more about venues than fans.

That's the way it usually works, but there's not on this tour. This time around it's all about venues. Summer is a great time to play some great outdoor venues. That's why it sucks Tweedy blew off the San Diego State Open Air Theater, a great, non-notorious venue in San Diego. But Tweedy, Tony and High Road took an ultra-pretentious approach to this tour. That's why Wilco played three dates at the Wiltern in LA and one at some obscure theater in Pomona (LA suburb) instead of one or two at the Greek and one in San Diego. It was more important to repeatedly hit the small places (the Wiltern a

Yeah, Tweedy is a jerk. There's no need for extra days in the months. It's all about how he used them. Tweedy did three shows at the Wiltern in L.A. and zero in San Diego. It's probably the most pretentious tour schedule ever. we don't have the "important" people here. It's just a nice beach city. Not stark enough for Tweedy, apparently. The drive from San Diego to an 8 p.m. or 9 p.m. show at the Wiltern is not a road trip. It is hell. Why not play a show at the Wiltern, a show at the Greek and a show in the 7th-largest city in the country? Because finicky Tweedy wants eclectic venues. In

Was waiting for them to possibly add shows. In the meantime, the tickets to tiny little places like Pomona sold out. I don't know why any bands encourage driving long distances. I consider that to be anti-fan (and pro-carbon). Go ahead and play small places. Just don't let it be at the expense of missing population centers. Or make it for some little non-album tour.

In San Diego, here. Don't want to drive the hellish two or four hours each way to L.A. to see a show (plus pay a scalper $50-plus for each ticket). For two of us, it ends up being an eight-hour/$300-or-$400 night. Three times as much ugly driving as seeing the current lineup. Would've thought that with the economy the way it is, Wilco/High Road Touring would've reconsidered doing three nights at tiny (albeit fantastic) venues like the Wiltern in L.A. and hit more places. Their call, I suppose. In my book, it's somewhat anti-"fan" and snobby. Maybe it's just a promoter problem in San Dieg

Not liking Wilco's current tour. They're skipping us San Diego folk. I've been a 'fan' since it cost $10 to see Tupelo play at Mississippi Nights.`And now I have the choice of driving 300 miles roundtrip to LA or Pomona, probably getting overpriced tix (High Road Touring seems to love venues that have high-scalping potential). Makes it a $400 or $500 night to see Wilco. Not worth it. I suppose it's sour grapes because something couldn't work out in San Diego, but THREE nights at the Wiltern? They could've done one night at the Greek. Methinks Wilco and "High Road" Touring are catering