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Some random notes: The Gasometer is an architectural wonder, four HUGE old decommissioned brick storage tanks for natural gas that have been converted to offices, apartments, shops, and a concert hall. Band seemed in high spirits. Jeff mentioned this was their first time in Vienna and praised the audience several times. For Deeper Down, Jeff said, "We played that song just for you, because it has a harpsichord." Before Heavy Metal Drummer: "We sometimes joke about all the Americans we see over here, but we know how difficult it is to travel this far, and we really do appreciate it, So

We're in Vienna now for tomorrow's show and then on to Prague for the finale next week. If anyone cares to meet up, leave a note here. I'll have on a green Wilco tour shirt in either case. And we'll be up front on Pat's side.

Caleb Meyer, Gillian Welch (or the cover by the Greencards) By the Dawn's Early Light, Yonder Mountain String Band

If this song was recorded back then it will be easy to tell by the facial hair.

Oh, THAT official site. It would be totally in keeping with Craig Ferguson's ethos to do "Kicking Television."

Not horrible. Just lazy.

It is now. http://www.cbs.com/late_night/late_late_show/show_info/this_weeks_guests.php Monday, May 10 Russell Crowe Wilco

Nickelback is the house band in Hell.

The Flatlanders might be the ultimate comeback story. A 30-year break and they're better than ever...

Well, holy shit, nobody mentioned Jerry Garcia/Bob Weir yet? Sacrilege. Oh, I guess someone sorta did. But "Bob and Jerry"? Pffft. Ryan Adams/Neal Casal have produced some pretty sublime moments. And last but definitely not least, Joe Strummer/Mick Jones, who basically melted my face off when I saw them. RIP Joe.

Man, that might be a new speed record. How many hours after the show was that?

The Prague show is now (finally!) listed at Wilcoworld. I sent a note to Wilco HQ and they said that adding the listing had just slipped by. Done now, and my request is in. Who else is going?

I captured and split the Dublin webcast long ago and can share with anyone who wants. We were there, directly in front of stage, so it's very near and dear to us. (Can actually hear my voice on the recording.) PM me for the download link.

I'm back now. That was a long dropout.

Dropouts seem to have stopped here. Hope I don't jinx it by saying that.

Audacity is cross platform and pretty easy to use for splitting. I recorded on a Mac using Audio Hijack Pro (Rogue Amoeba Software). $32. I'll do the track splitting with Audacity on a PC. http://www.rogueamoeba.com/audiohijackpro/download.php

My recording appears to have turned out fine. We'll see when I split it into tracks later.

No need to save this in FLAC. Although it sounds very good, it's a compressed stream, so MP3 is fine.

As someone who makes a living writing books (and whose books are regularly pirated on torrent sites and on eBay) that question makes me cringe. Amazon's Jeff Bezos has done an excellent job of pushing prices for e-books down to reasonable levels, and Apple is trying to undercut that and push them back up through its new iBooks store. FWIW, I am told that the Kindle app for the iPad is all kinds of awesome. The iPhone app is also pretty nice, but obviously not the same, size-wise.

I'm all in.

The opener will be different on April 3rd, I bet.

Isn't Eat a Peach about 75% live recordings from the Fillmore East? I'm not complaining, mind you, but it's only about a quarter of a studio album.

Strangely enough, we were at both Dublin shows in August (Vicar Street) and then at the Iowa City show in October. Audience was perfectly behaved, exceptional even, at all three shows.

Don't overestimate it. The last five shows we've been to have been stellar from a crowd experience. (Three US states and two overseas destinations.) This is one reason I like festival seating. If someone's an ass, you move.

ROBOT: "Here are things we welcome: Audio recording. Singing along. General merriment. Shouting requests between songs, although there are no guarantees Wilco will honor them. Things we prohibit: All photography, video and still. To avoid ending your evening with Wilco prematurely, please refrain from taking photos or video. Thank you for your compliance, and thanks for spending your evening with Wilco. Enjoy the show. Rock on."