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And besides, the show in Victoria will probably blow away the more limited set they will be confined to in Vancouver. How many other bands are playing for the free show? Lots, I expect. Plus all the yeah hoos in the crowd who don't give a rip about Wilco....

Picked up tix for Victoria this morning and will also be seeing the band in Hamilton. The Vancouver Olympic show is now sort of icing on the cake. Haven't decided if we'll actually attend. Leaning towards listening from the seawall on our side of False Creek (we live literally "up the creek" from the venue) with a few beveridges to keep warm.

W(TF), I have a second pair of tix for the Hammer show. If you're interested pls send me a PM. I was going to post them under "HTFL" closer to the date of the show.

 

How pathetic would it be if I delayed leaving a month just to see Wilco?

Not pathetic at all.

All modes of transportation to the Island might be tricky if not slower due to the Olympics. We've decided to avoid the ferry crap, save time and fly harbour-to-harbour instead.

Victoria! Outstanding! We will definitely be on a ferry to the Island that afternoon. Thanks for the heads up!

Other than occasionally on the CBC ("Radio Two Morning" with Tom Allen or "Radio Two Drive" with Rich Terfry) sadly, I've never heard Wilco "out and about" in Vancouver. Unfortunately, when I have it's been "You and I." Far from one of my faves but one that my husband feels is groundbreaking enough to call me up at work so that he can hold the phone up to the kitchen radio for me to listen to. Every time.

well after losing my seats in row BB through frontage. I ended up buying some tickets today throighy hamilton's venue presale.

I got 2 tickets in row DD which is pretty sweet. Fourth row right near nels.

 

Very thankful.

Sweet, indeed. Good work. The Hammer is my hometown so despite row G (i.e 14) I'm still very excited. See you there!

How did everyone do re: Frontgate and the Hamilton show? I wore out the "refresh" button on my keyboard prior to the scheduled start-time and got "in" @ 6:58am (Vancouver time). Managed 2 in Row G which, initially, I thought was pretty good until I figured out that there are rows aa-hh ahead of the regular rows, which puts us at Row 14, about half-way back...hmmm.

Fucking Louisiana.

Try supposedly progressive Oregon where we once vacationed. Ours is an interracial marriage - going on 20 years in Jan - so unfortunately, this is old hat. I guess you never really know what people are thinking. This ass just made the mistake of opening his mouth. Just the other day an acquaintance at the gym, someone I had gotten to know over the past 2 years or so, started complaining about a "jumper" on the Lions Gate Bridge, about how much this person inconvenienced her, how the police and their team should have just let the person jump. Unbelievable.

I've just cxl'd my trip to Toronto due to a family emergency. If you want these, pls send me a PM and their yours. Just do a "do it forward" or something. I don't want these tix to go to waste, a VC'er shd have them. I can overnight them to you tomorrow. I also have one ticket for tomorrow night's show but there's no way I could get this from Vancouver to Toronto in time now.

 

 

Also, I like when a band announces a show in someone's town/area/within driving distance and they bitch because it isn't the optimal set up for that person.

Well, I've had some time to think about this, and you're right. My initial reaction was selfish and definitely offside. So I apologize.

Vancouver is going to be a complete gong show around Olympic time, and combined with the fact that it's a free show probably at some expansive venue... I can't imagine that's what real Wilco fans have been waiting so long for.

At the risk of sounding like a total ingrate, I have to admit that I'm slightly (OK, extremely) disappointed about this. A free outdoor show at a downtown park in mid-Feb during the Olympics isn't what I was expecting. Yeah, "gong show" in so many ways.

Really glad I'll be seeing them in Toronto next week at a proper venue. Will most likely fly to Ontario (where the parental units reside)and catch the Hamilton show on Feb 23.

A Vancouver show in the new year would be great and a welcome change from all the Olympic stuff.

In the meantime, I'm biting the bullet, hitting the traffic, and seeing night II in Toronto.

Hope you have a good commute. I'll be on a Dash 7 to Toronto Wed morning. Actually, a 737. Couldn't resist.

Otherwise I'm going to both shows, I guess!

I got scuppered by the pre-10am FrontGate sale for the Wed night show and ended up getting a 3rd row balcony seat via Ticketmaster. Got wise and logged into FrontGate early for the Thurs night sale and scored 2 floor seats 2nd row, just left of centre. So, I'll be at both shows!

Hope you find a buyer, but if you don't, two shows won't be so bad! Good luck and vibes, too, re: your stepdaughter.

 

I miss the days of Blue Rodeo's Stardust picnic at Old Fort York.

I'm a loser and haven't figured out how to post the link, however, addictedtovinyl.com has a great download of BR's 2000 Stardust show.

I'm also a sucker for Cuddy's voice. Is this what heaven sounds like?

Wasn't sure where to post this, but it involves Wilco, being out and about, and it certainly would have been heard, so this thread'll do....

 

This is possibly the most exciting thing to happen in Cromwell since "Snowy" Craddock's best ram escaped from the top paddock and ran through the middle of town back in 1952....

 

Will (not) comply with orders to "stay"!!

Hilarious! He looks like he's been arrested and read his rights!

 

On a side note - if you're in Toronto we're opening a restaurant in the coming weeks called Sky Blue Sky Sandwich Company Ltd. and it is themed around Wilco music. For example, Mermaid Avenue is our salmon sandwich, one wing is our turkey, cranberry sandwich, etc. See you at Massey Hall.

Outstanding! Where's your restaurant? How about the "Ashes Combo" - sandwich and a Diet Coke? Or the "Sunken Treasure" - prime rib sandwich? (Sorry, I know you weren't soliciting suggestions but I couldn't hold back!) All the best, I know where I'll be having lunch!

We left after Neil, too. According to the review in today's Vancouver Sun, he didn't come back out. Thanks for posting the setlist.

Keelor and Cuddy live can both shred pretty damn well on guitar! Check out a show if you haven't seen them. But of course you're correct, its the songs...

 

I knew Jim was a fan, and last time at Massey I think a few famous ppl were spotted close to the front-- Ron Maclean, Ron Sexsmith, can't remember who else. Maclean is a huge fan. Actually the Jim Cuddy Band (who I've also seen live) has an entry on wikipedia that mentions Jeff Tweedy as a past guest contributor, does anyone know the details?

Have to disagree with you re: the shredding but don't get me wrong, I still love the band. We've seen them live 9X over the years and they've never disappointed. Have only seen Jim's band twice, they don't get to Vancouver that often. His Massey Hall show this past Feb with the Skydiggers opening was as good as any BR show I've seen. Jeff sings with Jim on "I'll Make Believe It's You" on Jim's first solo record, "All in Time." Shd have mentioned that Jay Bennett also sings and plays banjo and piano on this track!

Bob Egan is still with Blue Rodeo, another band loaded with good guitar players. He still makes his mark. Saw them a couple weeks ago, great concert. Their new stuff is really good...they played 6 new songs but when I checked their website seems unawares of it.

Blue Rodeo is a great band, largely due to the Keelor/Cuddy songwriting collaboration, not their guitar playing. Unfortunately, talented guys like bassist Donovan and multi-instrumentalist Egan don't always get the credit they deserve. I love Egan's contribution to Wilco's Live at the Troubadour concert.

See you at Massey Hall! (You know that Cuddy is a big Wilco fan, right?)

Thanks, Mr mpolak21, for compiling this great list. Makes me want to re-consider some of my (lame?) choices and also listen to songs that I had pretty much written off ("Muzzle of Bees", "Hell is Chrome"). So, as they say, it's all good. Thx, again.

P.S. Still love "Hotel Arizona"

Meh. In this thread the foot is mostly off the throttle and set to cruise control. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing. For me, this thread kind of sounds like a sampler of VC's various personalities. Unfortuantely, most of the time I've seen users do better versions of these personalities.

:veryclever

wish I had written that!

I have the best husband in the world! We were out walking on the weekend, talking about work, colleagues, etc. And regarding one of mine, out of the blue he blurts out, "short on long-term goals." With a big grin on his face he proudly says, "I know what you listen to. I know all of your favorite Wilco songs!"

I find WTA to be their weakest effort so far. I've played it the whole way through about 12 times and nothing sticks, aside from bull black nova. I may be in the minority on this, but personally I think SBS is a much better record.

Pretty much the same for me, except "Country Disappeared" instead of "BBN." And, dare I say it, I still can't listen to that duet with Feist.

I'm new to VC. Thx for doing this. Here's my 20:

1. Sunken Treasure

2. Ashes of American Flags

3 Jesus, Etc.

4. Company In My Back

5. Impossible Germany

6. She's A Jar

7. Misunderstood

8. Handshake Drugs

9. Via Chicago

10. A Shot In The Arm

11. New Madrid

12. I Am Trying To Break Your Heart

13. I'm Always In Love

14. Hotel Arizona

15. Side WIth The Seeds

16. One By One

17. Red-Eyed And Blue

18. You Are My Face

19. Wishful Thinking

20. Country Disappeared

Yeah, I know, "Hotel Arizona." I figure I'll catch some noise for that one. Bring it.

I would just give them KT and if they don't get it, they don't get it.

Would have to agree with you on this. Worked for me.

Sorry to hear this, c.lo. I was there @ 7am again and managed to snag a single seat in the 3rd row of the balcony, section RSB. I'm hoping for a second show, too. I'd definitely hang around for a second show, especially if I can get a half-decent seat on the floor. Heh, who am I kidding, any non-view-obstructed seat!