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BT/DBT are streaming live from the 9:30 Club here now:

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/team-three-dimes-down

Thanks for posting, that was great!

Nice!

I picked up a ticket for the Montreal show. And I'll be going to his Pitchfork show, too. 

HMD on CBC Radio2Morning.

Sounds like Koz.  The first time I saw him he told the crowd that we were being too quiet and asked if anyone had any questions.  When someone asked him about his guitar he mocked the guy's question, made fun of his (thinning) hair, and then basically said that they guy wouldn't be much competition for picking up women after the show.  Needless to say, nobody asked any more questions. 

 

But I sure do like his music ...

yeah koz being an absolute piece of shit towards his fans is by no means new

 

i love him but he fucking sucks

I'd go see him again because I love his music. My husband, however, has a harder time "separating the artist from his art" and is much less forgiving. As far as he's concerned there are so many other great down-tempo, sad bastard singer-songwriters out there worth listening to and seeing live. He's through with Koz!

I think I've seen him solo four times and the insult-the-audience shtick has been part of each show.  I'm sure he's pissed off that his fans are "guys in tennis shoes" but he's got to deal with that in a better way than insulting the people who are paying good money to see him perform. 

Yeah, I agree.

In addition to repeatedly taking shots at the tennis shoe guys he also did the chat-up-the-pretty-girl-in-the-front-row thing (and made fun of the guy she was with). For the most part this was an audience that pretty much hung on his every word and obediently went silent whenever he shushed us which was before every song. Yet when a dude innocently asked him how many shows he had played on this tour he barked out, "Count, you f*cking idiot!" Harsh! I have a hard time reconciling this general dickishness with a guy who writes songs like Carissa and Among the Leaves.

How was it?  I've only seen Kozelek solo.

It was great. Chris Connolly was on keys and a fellow named Eric Pollard played drums.

They played all of "Benji" except Newtown, Jim Wise and Ben's. Then they played about 6 or 7 songs including Livingstone Bramble, Katowicz or Cologne, You Missed My Heart, Gustavo (probably my favourite song of the evening), Caroline and Ceiling Gazing. If you're a long-time fan (which I'm not) and went in hoping to hear some of Koz's older stuff or Red House Painters stuff you may have been a bit disappointed.

He did a lot of audience-insulting and shushing before each song. I haven't quite figured this guy out. I'm not sure if the insulting is Koz trying to be funny or if he just doesn't give a sh*t about what he says and whom he insults/offends!

We got both "Nels Cline" songs!

Sun Kil Moon at The Biltmore. My first time seeing Mark Kozelek!

Bach & Jorgensen for me, for the exact reason provided by choo-choo-charlie. I love those spaces! My favourite Wilco live era.

Sending love and positive vibes to Sue and the Tweedy family.

Interesting.  This statement seems like a stretch “I Love My Dad” feels like a ribbing at latter-day Wilco, a dad-rock song about his dad".

 

But who knows about his Nels Cline issue.  Seems good natured to me but maybe he does not like Nels style? There was this from a review of his desertshore album:

 

"They also tease out and amplify his sharp sense of humor, which can often get lost in his deadpan delivery. “I can play like Fripp or Johnny Marr, and I can play circles ‘round Jay Farrar,” he boasts or possibly just daydreams on “Livingstone Bramble”, and when he claims, “I hate Nels Cline,” Carney inserts some scribbles and skreeks behind him, suggesting a very sly parody of Wilco’s artsy noise. It’s one of the album’s best moments-- and also its funniest."

Re: the "I hate Nels Cline" line in "Livingstone Bramble"...I've read in a couple of articles that Kozelek was just goofing around:

http://www.nodepression.com/profiles/blogs/interview-mark-kozelek-and-phil-carney-of-desertshore

I stayed at Maple Terrace for SSF2 and The Willows for SSF3. They're pretty much across the street from one another and super close to the shuttle bus stop. They're both small, family-owned outfits. I think the rooms at MT are marginally nicer. The grounds/scenery at MT is definitely nicer. The pool at The Willows wasn't open until the last day despite assurances otherwise. I paid just under CAD $800 for four nights at the Willows which is pretty expensive considering what you get (i.e. compared to other cities) but you can't look at it that way or you'll go crazy. You can walk to Williamstown in about 20 minutes. It's a pretty college town with a quaint main street and beautiful architecture. 

Yeah.  I'm pretty excited.  Especially if he tours.

From beck.com:

ALL MORNING PHASE PRE-ORDERS INCLUDE EARLY ACCESS TO TICKET SALES FOR THE FORTHCOMING WORLD TOUR. MORE INFO TO COME.

Super pumped about the new record. I can't stop playing "Blue Moon"

Yes, thanks. Will check out their ACL set.

Unfortunately, we've got Shovels and Rope and not BT opening here in Vancouver. Anyone a fan? Suggestions?

We had $300 tickets, as well, and the hostess seated us very close to the front, just off to the right. We shared the back half of a tiny round table with another couple who were directly in front of the stage. 

I think the improv folks set the mood because Jeff was having a great time joking around, starting and stopping songs for hilarious extended banter.

The cuff on his left sleeve got caught on his guitar at the beginning of "Kamera" which lead to some funny stuff, mostly Jeff imitating himself and singing in that goof-off voice like when he forgot the words to "Far, Far Away" at one of the Largo shows last month.

Bonus: the lineup was on the third floor of the building just outside the comedy club and not out on the street in polar vortex territory.

I'm just one listen in and loving it!

Thanks for your thoughts on the show, bbop. Always an interesting read.

 

 

People will talk about Jeff finally snapping at someone who was clapping once at the end of every line during Bull Black Nova

Wow, I can't even begin to imagine how annoying this must have been.

The Monolith in "2001: A Space Odyssey"

Hey, that's great! I hope other VCers who got shut out get that email as well.

That's a really gorgeous version of "Tom Courtenay"

It was less typical for me in that it took a lot longer to grow than their others had.  But, like all their albums, I came around to love it.

Exactly.

The band announced a Sept show that I wasn't super excited about due to the venue. But after listening to the record on repeat for a few days I decided there's no way I could miss that show, so now I'm going!

I took the good advice of folks on this board and called for a full refund on my Irvine pre-sale tickets yesterday. This morning I pulled 4 in the Lower Level Orchestra so I'm really pleased.

This presale for Irvine is LAME.  Loggd in right at 10 AM and the closer seats/first tier of pricing wasn't even an option.  It just keeps directing me to the last section of seats and that's what my girlfriend ended up getting because she was worred about not getting anything at all.

 

Of course, now they are starting to offer better seats.  Still nothing past the second tier of pricing.  Guess we should have just waited for the general onsale.

Sorry to hear this. I'm a little disappointed, too. At 10am I pulled Loge 5 Row PP and I (foolishly) thought I could do better than this. For the next 20 minutes I kept getting Terrace seats. After getting shut out of the site completely by Live Nation I bought Loge 4 seats via my phone. Maybe I should have waited until Sat, too.