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wow, Wilco to close the final day, that's pretty huge but don't you want something more epic and banging to finish a big fest? I'd probably favour Wilco during the day or at dusk.

 

I think Wilco would be an awesome closer, but I understand your sentiments, it reminded me of the Woodstock in '94, the Red Hot Chilli Peppers played a smoking set that had the crowd pumped, then Peter Gabriel came out to close the weekend, now personally I love Gabriel, however looking around at the crowd I could see I was in the clear minority, tons of people flocked to the exits, and most of the rest spent their time during his set packing up, it was a bit a of a let down.

I think the loft still has heating issues. I know a heating guy(me) who might be able to make it more comfortable...

Maybe the heating system makes too much noise and they need to turn the heat down when they record. But that could just be the old soundman in me.

I was going to defend AM by writing something very similar. One thing I always hated hearing is "you had to be there". But, you really did have to be there.

I have to agree to an extent, when AM came out (and Trace) I was excited, awesome I get two very legitimate Uncle Tupelos, both records were great, both seemed to carry on the UT vibe and at the same time they were very much different if you know what I mean. I do have to confess that I was more into Trace then AM at the time, but my IPod shows that AM has received many more listens then Trace in the time since.

Is Pat on some kind of Bob Weir fixation?

Portland, Orch 2, row 5 seats 7 & 8!!!

There's also the City's campground Historic Valley, but I guess it can be hard to get an immediate response this time of year.

Keep calling, we stayed there last year, and we've got reservations again this year, we actually got the same sites. Nice people, cool vibe, clean showers, as long as you don't get rude, loud and obnoxious you'll do fine.

I want Daniel Lanois to produce a Wilco record. But Pollard would be cool too.

+1 on Lanois

I just noticed on ANTI's homepage, under upcoming releases, they have Wilco: TBA

Coming January 1, 2012

 

That's album title is friggin' genius! The cover is perfect, I can't wait to hear what it sounds like, I just don't like having to wait until NEXT January to get it, albums come out on Tuesdays, and January 1st is on a weekend next year, I think Tuesday is on the 3rd, so now I wonder, hmmmm.

For starters, because it's safer for people who have been drinking (some probably all day--beer was pretty cheap last year) to be able to walk back to their hotel at the end of the night than have to drive or find a ride. I don't remember seeing any cabs last year, most likely because all of the hotels were either within walking distance or too far away for a cab. Some people will make safe, responsible choices if they have to drive, but inevitably, some won't. I hope it doesn't become a problem.

 

As much as I enjoyed last year's festival and am looking forward to this year's, if the festival continues to grow, North Adams may not be able to accommodate it for much longer because of how few hotels there are.

I disagree, some of the largest festivals ever have been no where near a town let alone a hotel, you don't need to look any further then Woodstock, I can't speak for the one in '99 but the first two were in the middle of no where. Not only that but the festival it self is less then 10,000 people, bands like the Grateful Dead and Phish do whole tours playing venues larger then that where the concert goers actually follow them from city to city, I'm pretty sure some of these people drank or did drugs. At least they are offering camping this year.

Ditto to all comments. My guess however that dealing with 2 record labels may make a career retrospective B-side collection difficult.

Doesn't Warner own both Nonesuch and Reprise, I don't think that would be an issue here, and now that they are leaving now would be the time to do it.

I love that idea, but what if the entire album was the yet-to-be-released one? That raises an interesting possibility (which has been thoroughly discussed in another thread)...

Wilco (The Next Album)?

Got a pair of early early bird tickets at the 2010 price. Saved about $25 bucks.

 

Tip: don't try to guess your password. Have them email you a new one!

I know, I was on the phone with them all morning, counting down the minutes, for some reason I get every piece of email from them except a new passowrd! I run my own mail server and I know I'm not blocking their mail. I ended up with a new account using a Yahoo account which he said he linked to my old account, I got in at exactly 10:30, and "early worm" 2010 prices were sold out, but I got 5 tickets at regular "early worm" prices, but it not about the money, right, because I'M IN BABY!!!!!!!

Ticket day!!

I know, and wouldn't you know it, I'm locked out of FrontGate!!!

A Webcast would be nice, I can see it now... a quite romantic evening at home with the wife while listening to Jeff, only to have her yell out "I love you Jeff!" like she did at the Tarrytown show, I just had no idea he loved her too, hmmm.

I bought some for my wife for Christmas, her mom got her a Keurig, the Keurig has been on ever since, I think I'll have to brew some up myself this weekend!

any word on a tape of this show?

We just put the show up on DIME yesterday.

Tarrytown Music Hall thread

Someone on this forum is famous.

That's too funny, that's me and my wife!

Why has Wilco never played this song live? In fact, it is like the song doesn't even exist. I like it a lot but I am sure there will be divergent opinions on that. Anyone?

Yes, you will find there are divergent opinions. It's not even an option to request that song.

Wherever

We only had 2 tents.

 

Here's a link to the pictures I took over the weekend.

 

http://s238.photobuc...202010%20Wilco/

 

 

Got it, you were on that loop that goes around the playground when you first get in, we were on the next left, I think it was site 48. Hope to see you in June, I think we're bring the whole family this year.

Our historic valley/windsor lake camp spot was pretty quiet. We were camped next to the playground and near the office and showers. We had a neighbor who also attended the show and shared a beer. My crappy tent completely flooded on the final night when it was raining and soaked all of my clothes except what I was wearing so I slept in the car trashed the tent and checked all the wet clothes in the tent bag and washed them when I got home. All was well lol.

 

If anyone hears of booking there prior to first of the year let me know. I don't want to get left without a spot at that campsite.

We wandered around town Sunday night everything seemed closed, it wasn't going to stop raining so we went back and hurridly took down our site in the dark and rain, a few hours later I was asleep in my warm dry bed.

Were you in the site that had 5 or 6 tents pitched in it across from the bathrooms?

Agreed.

 

So, I just called about a camping reservation for Windsor Lake Campground where I camped last year and the lady says "no reservations for 2011 until January".

 

I was looking into some bed and breakfasts too and while they aren't all that expensive, they are most likely still out of my budget. The campground was perfect last year and part of the fun so i'm going to wait and stay there again.

I think this is the same place as Historic Valley Campground, either way I stayed there last year too. It was suppose to be the quite campground with no music and stuff, I think they threw those rules out the window, not that it was too loud or anything, but we had music going all weekend, and there was plenty off drinking and stuff too, a good time was had by all. I was talking to the lady and she was raving about how nice Wilco fans were, I guess the residents there had a bit of a concern over us, but they all loved it.

I was thinking the same thing but when I sensed that there might be no place left to stay if I waited for confirmation, I booked a room. There is no charge to cancel if the date falls through. Didn't someone post that they had booked every weekend in August at some hotel?

 

As for the venue, you couldn't ask for a better place for what Wilco presented the festival attendees last year. Open court yards, art galleries and space for exhibits, an indoor theater, and the meadow for the big stage acts. There's plenty of room to move around, the food was good, the beer was reasonably priced, and there were spigots for free water. Members of all the bands, including Wilco, were walking around when not performing and didn't seem put out by folks asking them for photos, a quick greeting or a brief word or two. The village is situated in a beautiful valley and the townsfolk were friendly. It took me a month or so to get myself mentally back to the grind of work everyday after the experience. I know this will sound corny, but Christ, the only thing I could envision better than that weekend with Wilco, for me anyway, would have been a similar but impossible dream event like that, put on by someone like the Beatles or CSNY back in the day. It was pretty freakin cool. It was not your typical rock festival. Let's hope it stays that way.

I agree whole heartedly with your sentiment, however, I have a weird feeling that last year was a one shot deal, and this year it will be packed like other festivals, the dates aren't even announced yet and the town is booked, half of Pittsfield is book already.

were you @ Savoy Mt? I stayed there last year and it was great. I just called and they are sold out for that weekend. Damn, where there a lot of speculators snapping up reservations left and right???

I think it was the Historic Valley Campground, the people were real cool there, and plenty of people (not me) walked from there to the Mass MoCA, it's about a 2 minute drive. They are closed until sometime next year.