Bosco

Don't forget the all request show at the last Solid Sound for it's uniqueness if for nothing else.

Yes, Friday night particularly of SS2 I was under a rain poncho or umbrella, as were most, so the sound was not ideal!  You can hear the rain pelting on the umbrella over the mike stand on the audience recording.

Plus at the very beginning you can hear my kids yell "Mama says hi!", it was their first taping experience, they thought it would be funny and looking back they were right!  The trade offs of taping, get your gear wet or "hear" the rain.

JUST READ THE PART I QUOTED FOR YOU, O K . .

 

and here it is o n e  m o r e  t i m e THE POINT IS, if your gonna call out Indiana and do this, then do it for the entire leg of the tour that is going through some very similar places with as worse or even worse ass backward politicians. 

 

Just because you repeat it over and over doesn't make it fact, the Indiana law is NOTHING like the laws in the other states, the other states laws PREVENT discrimination, the Indiana not only allows it, but has provisions in it to preemptively prohibit lawsuits because of it, that's pretty messed up.  The Governor said that "tolerance is a two way street", so the law is intended to protect the religious rights of those who are intolerant.

All that being said I believe it was probably a bad idea to cancel the show, it really only hurts their fans, probably turning the whole thing into a benefit would have been more productive.

The point is moot regardless, looks like the state is caving and will attempt to repair the law.

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Ten Second News is on the first Son Volt record.

on Wilcos website it has all 4 nights of GOTV listed.....................

 

I mean there aint no way they are playing that fest for 4 straight days/nights is it???

 

 

No, Thursday will be DSO, Friday is usually Jamband Headliner, they will either play Saturday night or late Sunday afternoon, "headliners" have played both slots so until it's announced it's hard to tell, I'm guessing it'll be Saturday night, but Sunday is a real possibility being that it's generally more family oriented.

I am a little less than an hour away and plan to go the day Wilco plays. I have been to several different festivals and think in the last few years this one has gotten better and is pretty well run. I am going to see Wilco not necessarily for the festival but a no-brainer unless more shows in the NY tri-state area get added. I think a connection may be that one of the promoter/sponsors is same as for Lockn and for the Capital Theater where Wilco played a fantastic 3 night run last October.  Like others, this festival adds artists so this is just the initial line up. Perhaps acts to be added will have a "closer tie" to Wilco. 

Gathering Of The Vibes are put on by a bunch of friends of mine, actually it's a lot of the same group of people who work Solid Sound, that's the connection.  A great bunch of people, our roots go back to the 80s working a couple festivals in Norwalk CT.  A lot of this same crew also work Lockin and some do work at the Capitol Theater, and many other Festivals all Summer long.  Ken who runs Terrapin Presents (GOTV) is a Wilco fan and he has tried getting them in the past, I'm very excited for this, this is the one I've been waiting for ;^)

I know I'm a bit late, had to wait for tax returns this year, but I just bought 4 tickets for Solid Sound, my kids will be in effect again this year!!!  Working on my room, shouldn't be a problem the owner reserves 7 rooms for my friends and I.

MMJ, wow, that's a biggie, I've seen them a bunch of times and have always loved their show.  However I'm not really sure how'd they fit in, I don't see them "opening" for Wilco on a Friday or Saturday night although they did go on before Wilco on Americanarama.  My guess is they would play Sunday, on the one hand that's kinda good cause Sunday's are slower days where most Wilco fans are on their way home and it would leave lots of room for the MMJ fans.  On the other hand I was hoping for a Friday and Saturday Wilco show and a Sunday TWEEDY show.

Here you go ...

Coolest Thing Ever!!!

Ok, I might be a little bit blind but I'm not seeing these Port Chester shows in the road case right now, and I'm thinking I really want them. This vinyl box set has me swooning hard over this band right now. Could someone perhaps steer me in the right direction? 

It's confusing I know, but you need to go to the Wilco Store, then the roadcase in there, why they called it the same thing I don't know.

Anyone else wonder why the "A Shot In The Arm" remix is on this box, it's the same version that's on my Summerteeth cd, I always thought all the releases came with that and Candyfloss, just seems weird that they included a track from a cd release as a rarity, I guess it's rare for someone who didn't make it through the 14 seconds of silence ;^) and if that's the criteria why isn't Candyfloss on here?  

Overall a very nice selection of songs, all the non album songs from And Sum Aren't, everything from More Like the Moon, everything from the Sky Blue Sky bonus cd, however it is missing two songs from All Over the Place and one from the Ghost Is Born bonus cd.  It is so nice to have these songs on CD instead of just the MP3 downloads!

I had no idea Pitchfork had a writer who is a huge Phish fan.

 

I was surprised to read this Tweedy quote: "Even the singer himself recently admitted that their last record, 2011’s The Whole Love, "was taken for granted a little bit, not necessarily by critics, maybe by ourselves."

 

They toured extensively behind the album and I never detect any ambivalence when they play those songs.  I like TWL a lot, one of my faves.

With Wilco, it's been one of the longer gaps now in-between releasing a record. Why is that?

JT: I think it's been really healthy. Everyone in Wilco's always been really engaged outside of the band and even more so as we've gotten older and different musicians have joined the band. Every time I see Nels [Cline, Wilco guitarist], he's made five more records. But I don't know, I think that there was maybe some sense that the [last] Wilco record was taken for granted a little bit, not necessarily by critics, maybe by ourselves, and being confident about what we're able to do in the studio. The feeling that I get now is that the palette has been cleansed quite a bit and there are a lot of approaches that are apparent to me now that maybe wouldn't have been if we'd just kept mouldering forward.

Here's a similar article from the Washington Post with brief mention of Wilco and a couple of photos by Zoran Orlic.

 

 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/mass-moca-to-become-countrys-largest-contemporary-art-museum/2014/11/15/fba7c816-6c0d-11e4-a31c-77759fc1eacc_story.html

Does this mean that Laurie Anderson will be playing the next Solid Sound?

Hey Bosco, which of the Roadcase releases do you think sound better? I don't ask as a challenge to your opinion, but because I want to make sure I have them.

 

 

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I haven't taken notes really, I seem to recall the Solid Sound ones sounding real good, I actually pick what I'm gonna listen to from song selection more then sound quality, I still have some of the old roadcase live streams in my rotation and some of those sound piss poor ;^)

How do these sound compared to previous Roadcase releases? Have they got any more muscle behind them? I've thought the original series of Roadcase releases just didn't have enough oomph - John seems so low in the mix. To me the best live records have bass and drums that kick your ass. To my ears the best-sounding live Wilco release still is Kicking Television.

I'll start by saying I fully enjoy these releases and I was standing right next to the room mics used for all three shows, so sonically speaking these shows sound to me like they did while I was there in that they occupy the same sonic space.  However as an engineer I believe these are not among the best sounding of the Roadcase shows, some of which I believe sound really good actually.  The mix is off, they lack low end, Jeff's acoustic is too loud in the mix at times and doesn't sound as natural as it did in the room for example, now I could get into boring details on why that is, but I won't.  It's not easy to mix for the tape and the room at the same time, the room always comes first, I've mixed the Capitol Theatre before, it was more then 20 years ago, but still, I seem to recall it not being that easy of a room, the sound coming off the stage was real loud, but I've mixed alot of rooms and get confused in my old age.

I think they make Roadcases show decisions based on many things, this one I'm going to guess was for historic reasons, they played real well with an amazing song selection.

What are the chances of some "Philco" tonight?

I don't know about Phil sitting in, that would be sweet though, but they are at the Cap home of some of the greatest Dark Stars EVER including the ESP show and Wilco have played a couple of pretty decent Dark Stars themselves.

Love it.

How does it compare to the Micro QTron?

the more things change, the more they change.

 

How is that Neutrino?

Getting to one of these hallowed, & rightly legendary "Chicago Residency" stands is a future dream, but one that requires a lot of factors to all come into synch, & this was just not one of them.

I gotta say that having them play 3 nights in a row in the NYC/Tri-State area (last time with 2 Prospect Park & 1 Terminal 5), such as the trio of Port Chester shows that I'm going to, makes for a pretty nice consolation prize.

I'm right there with you, I didn't have any more days off from work so I couldn't do it this time, I am however hitting all three Port Chester shows, so that should be fun.

Uncle Tupelo opened for the Mat's in New Haven, 1991?  Where's my rewind button?  At that time I was:

 

1) a huge Mat's fan, having cut my high school teeth on Let it Be and Tim

 

2) a somewhat lesser UT fan, having cut those same high school teeth in the metro-east St Louis area and

 

3) Living in central CT!  

 

I was poor and living in the middle of nowhere at the time but still...Wow.  Can't believe that got by me.

That capped off a great week of music, besides the UT/Mats show we also had the Social Distortion/Sonic Youth/Neil Young & Crazy Horse tour in the area and I caught that a few times including two days before the Mats show.

I don't know, I guess it's a different experience for everyone, I had no VIP, just went Saturday and Sunday and thought the Lockin' crew did an awesome job!  I'm not a rail rat, I'm an old retired sound engineer, I "hear" a band I don't "see" a band, besides I can't stay in one place all day, I need the freedom to get a drink or eat and not deal with a crowd of sardines, so we went straight to rail behind VIP, the crowd was manageable and the sound was great, I loved the whole deal, they did this one right, if it were closer I'd go every year.

1) Wherever

2) We've Been Had

3) The Long Cut

4) Gun

5) If That's Alright

"Wherever" would be my only pick if I only had one, the other 4 are kind of obvious but much more likely picks.

Went to two shows this weekend.  In the first, from the mezzanine, his movements were...amusing.  I might have caught a little of the robot in there.  Night two, from up close, it was much less obvious.  And one thing was clear, he's a heck of a player, and really enjoys playing these songs.   Hard to complain about that. 

He's clearly having fun and there is no question he's a great bass player however it appears to me as though he's a little out of his element and perhaps going though a what am I suppose to do here syndrome.  It would be funny to see him in a band with Pat, who else could be in my imaginary band The Rock n Roll Posers?

Music provides refuge in Tweedy family's health crisis

After drumming — and drumming well — on Mavis Staples' "One True Vine" album last year that was produced by his father, Wilco founder Jeff Tweedy, Spencer Tweedy might've been justified in feeling confident about future family collaborations.

But, in keeping with his playing style, the 18-year-old drummer kept it humble as his dad began recording songs for what would become "Sukierae" (dBpm Records), the father-son duo's debut album released Tuesday under the group name Tweedy.

"Even though I'd been working on Mavis' record for months at that point, I did not take it for granted that I would be included on this other project," Spencer Tweedy says. "I just never wanted to assume that I get to go to work at the Loft (the Wilco studio on the Northwest Side). It's a privilege. Even though I've learned I'm welcome and people do like my drumming, I still try to keep my hopes down. I wasn't positive I'd be included on it till the day recording started. I wasn't exactly positive if what we were recording was going to be for a real release, either. It was all very 'let's see what happens and have fun doing it.'"

The pair recorded songs at a prolific rate, a project complicated and nearly overwhelmed this year when Susan Miller Tweedy, Spencer's mother and Jeff's wife, was diagnosed with lymphoma and began a grueling series of chemotherapy treatments. Doctors are optimistic that she will recover, Jeff and Spencer Tweedy say. To many Chicagoans and members of the independent music community worldwide, Miller is best known for her role in booking hundreds of concerts in the city during the '80s and '90s, and her co-ownership of the longtime Lincoln Avenue club Lounge Ax. But for the past 15 years particularly, she has lived a more private life as wife and mother to a family that also includes 14-year-old Sam.

"It was really, really shocking, and painful, particularly in the beginning, especially around February when the first news came," Spencer says of his mother's cancer battle. "It was really scary for everyone in the family. But it became a normalcy we could all cope with. We wanted to make mom as happy as she could be while she was dealing with the treatment. It had a profound influence on my dad because he's the songwriter, and it bled into the songs. He put his vocals on in the later stage of making the record, and it was the glaze that tied it all together."

In a separate interview, Jeff Tweedy looked back on a year filled with turmoil and uncertainty, but also the strength that a family and a married couple can draw from one another in a time of crisis. Though rarely explicit, those emotions became the album's guiding theme.

"Contrary to the notion of the 'tortured artist,' one of the great virtues of being an artist is you have consolation," he says. "The family was involved in something together, and as Susie's health transpired, it (making the album) gave us a welcome sense of meaning, a sense that things were moving forward and there was something to look forward to besides more biopsies and scans. It just became comforting to everyone."

That family dynamic was reflected not only in the lyrics, but in the intimacy of the performances, largely built on just Jeff's guitar and Spencer's drums. Even young Sam, who was not directly involved in the recording, served a role, often listening with his father on car rides to and from school and offering suggestions or comments. In recognition of his contributions, he received an executive producer credit.

"We would always listen to music in the car since the kids were young, and so it was normal for me to play stuff, and we'd all listen and talk about it," Jeff Tweedy says. "Sammy would weigh in with unvarnished opinions. He can be pretty harsh, but he surprised me too. You'd think a 13-, 14-year-old would say, 'Get rid of that waltz.' There are a five or six waltzes on the album. But he let me keep them."

In the end, Jeff and Spencer Tweedy had recorded dozens of tracks, and pared them down to 20, split over two discs that can be listened to separately or as part of the whole. It was an approach Jeff Tweedy first tried on Wilco's 1997 breakthrough double-album, "Being There."

He wanted to ensure that the record wouldn't be easily typecast or slotted into a category, much in the same way that "Being There" broke Wilco out of the "alternative-country" ghetto that some fans and critics had consigned the band. By calling the band "Tweedy," he aimed to emphasize that it was a band effort rather than a singer-songwriter record — "the world has enough of those," he said. And sequencing the material over two discs rather than one, he sought to "keep things wild and spontaneous."

"I like the idea that the music hasn't been pruned into nice shrubbery," he says. "It's this overgrown thing, and I do like that. I like getting lost in it."

The album is named after his wife; "Sukierae" is one of Miller's nicknames. As the album's central subject, she enjoyed hearing it come together, Spencer Tweedy says.

"The biggest consolation through all this was just our ability to talk to each other, and spend time together and the openness of being able to tell each other how we're feeling," Spencer Tweedy says. "That was the biggest thing that helped us cope. It's funny, my mom loves music, and she listened to 'Sukierae' closer to when it was finished. She definitely likes it. But her favorite music to listen to is Mavis (Staples') music. Every time we turn on the jukebox in the house, the first song that comes on is (the Staple Singers') 'I'll Take You There.' We always come in second to Mavis, and I think my dad wouldn't have it any other way."

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Thanks for posting that. Pretty amazing: I had always figured he had to be the kind of writer who pens lyrics like Via Chicago or I Am Trying to Break Your Heart and then has to go find a melody for them. That it is the opposite is really quite stunning. Very gifted guy.

Great article!  I have a feeling that's not how he writes every song, I think he has ideas and phrases in mind, you can read Adult Head and get the sense that he has a framework for certain songs and then he crafts those to work within a more structured song, he is indeed a very gifted person!