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I think (mostly judging by the price) you can both stream AND download the film.

All excellent choices! And you're all in for the festivities-ending Conga Line, right? I'll let Tony Margherita know so he can pencil that in for the festival's conclusion. I'm pretty sure he and the rest of TMM are going to want to be included! 

Conga line? For Sunday?

Are you actually planning one or is this a reference that went over my head?

I recently started listening to Mac DeMarco (just missed seeing him in Tel Aviv, actually) - and he's a neat musician, I hope to see him. Aside from that, Richard Thompson of course and then Taj Mahal are high priority for me. From there I'll probably have to make choices based on scheduling.

Also, relevant question, are the Autumn Defense playing or just speaking about the Lomax films? If they are playing, they are top of my non-Wilco/Tweedy list. Saw them at SS '10 I think, but I wasn't really a listener of theirs at the time.

Dutchess Stadium, 7/18/09

 

 

A friend and I flooded the ballot box for "Theologians" and it's always funny to hear Jeff say "this song got a lot of requests this time, a suspicious amount of requests".

That happened twice recently. He said it at the Tallahassee show (at which point I got super excited as I had flooded the box for "Magazine Called Sunset" - then he played...I think I'm Always in Love? Either way, not the song I requested, though they did play that later.

Then it happened again in St. Augustine, but I again forget which song he was referring to. Heavy Metal Drummer, maybe? But they always play that.

Was dipping my toes into the Winterlude shows last weekend, really great stuff there.

Now I'm listening to 1/9/00 at Lounge Ax, band is starting out sort of flat, let's see if they get better.

 

It's a good read. Productivity is overrated.

Indeed it was, and there was a Wilco mention (the Lemiex guy, it was noted he likes other bands and Wilco was one)

I know I'm not the only one who likes to indulge in some live Wilco recordings. Love playing them while I'm doing computer work, as well, or just hanging around.

Anyway, what's set or era of live Wilco are you currently "spinning"?

I'm listening to 4/23/99 show from the Avalon Theatre in Boston, interesting contrast from the current set up what with the influence of Jay Bennett and his piano (though he is sometimes hitting the guitar as well)

Here's a very long article on them:

 

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/11/26/deadhead

There goes my productivity for the afternoon.

I actually "only" caught 3 of the 4, but my wife thought I was nuts to do that. I couldn't justify the WPB festival show even to myself. It was a helluva week though!

I was happy for you that you got to catch the St. Aug show for free. That might have been the best of the run.

Ah, yeah, though I will say, I missed Orlando and that seems better than the WPB show. St. Aug was a great show, I also really enjoyed the city, believe it or not I had never been. Nice little place.

Shortest: 14 miles to the Tampa Theatre and the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center

Longest: Was 490 miles to Atlanta; now it will be 1,292 miles to Solid Sound! Of course, that's not Wilco only, but still...

I think it's worth noting your recent Florida circuit for the 4 shows they did down here. I was pretty impressed when you told me you'd driven to all 4.

10 to Soundadvice Ampitheater (or whatever it is called these days) to see night 1 of their tour with Dylan and My Morning Jacket is the shortest. Longest is Solid Sound, FL to Massachusetts, that's over a 1000 miles I know.

Though I think an honorable mention should go to the recent St. Augustine show, where I drove 3 and a half hours on almost no notice after I got free tickets on Twitter. That's just as long as the flight up north, even longer, though I usually fly into NJ or NY and drive up to Solid Sound with friends. Or Boston, but still a two hour drive from Boston as well.

Oops, I picked digital delivery. So I guess I should be waiting on an e-mail. I feel like they send the paper tickets out first, easier to deal with digital delivery (actually it is probably automated)

Oy, still waiting on mine. Now I am starting to get nervous.

I will check all of these bands out shortly, thanks for the suggestions.

Very exciting news

I started listening to Kraftwerk after watching this, just to try them out. Wasn't really my bag, but totally see where Jeff was coming from when he explains the Krautrock influence in this video. Cool video series, also.

Just wondering, since it's been a long time since my last SS, it's basically an all day commitment if one wants to be super up close to the stage, yeah? I imagine folks sit there and wait all day for that.

Once you are in like the front row for a Wilco show, it's hard to go back to not doing so. It's addictive. They got me hooked.

Cool. thanks for the answers guys. So basically, just go with the flow. Speaking of Pat and John, I am really looking forward to seeing the Autumn Defense there.

I think people just wanted to hear Jeff, so they got quiet enough to do so. Singing, even softly = not hearing him during that "hootenanny" portion.

Yeah, always a tough choice for me during those parts.

I left them at the cheese steak place around 1:45. Guess I missed you by 15 minutes! I don't know if it's important to have "a fit." It's an easy way to hear music that you otherwise may have passed up. I've seen some killer openers myself, when I can get myself to a show early enough.

Oh, we were probably there at the same time then. They ordered right after my friend and I and then they left shortly before us. They were very nice.

Oh, one quick question, since I haven't been since 2010 (and that year I really only saw the Wilco show and the Jeff Tweedy solo set) -

So, are the band members just walking around and hanging out during the day? I know they all bring their families, but, are they accesible to the public? Furthermore, is it frowned upon to go and say hi to them/ask for pictures? The last thng I would want to do would be to impose on them.

Hmm, he is recycling that Japanese b-side line.

Any idea if someone taped the show? I would love to hear the version of In the Street, esp with John singing back up. Love me some Stirratt vocals.

Also, as far as driving. I've never driven to SS from far away, but I have driven in the Berkshires plenty (most recently last year when I saw Beck at Mass MoCa) - I'll just say that there are lots of long and winding roads that aren't super well-lit at night. In the day these roads are beautiful and you see some amazing scenery, at night it can be kind of a hassle.

My best friend's grandparents live in Lenox, and he goes to Williams, but I think we are staying in Lenox for that weekend (or both places) - but either way for previous Sold Sounds and for Beck show we stayed in Lenox. It's like a 30-40 minute drive to North Adams, though mostly just due to the fact that you can't jsut get on a highway and drive 70-80 to get there.

Anyway, as far as booking hotels/airbnb/what have you, just be aware that you may have to drive on some winding and dark roads at night. They're not especially treacherous (though in some parts of Western Mass you will find really poor quality dirt roads, but usually in residential areas or places where there are just a few homes) but, if you don't like driving in the dark it won't be too fun. Though at night these roads are pretty deserted so you can drive at your own pace.

Haha. Agreed. Muscle Memory? 

Y'know, I've thought about this a lot. I mean, I play guitar, I'm alright. Until recently I was pretty bad about memorizing stuff, though part of that was not having much knowledge of theory (I fixed that though) - but obviously I'm not even on the same planet as anyone in Wilco. But, probably muscle memory, having played these songs 1000s of times, and then just knowing musically what comes next as a combination of musical knowledge and knowing the songs.

After a certain point you sort of develop a sixth sense as to what chord should be next, if you know the song well enough and you have a good enough ear. So I imagine if you take my very limited ability to do that, multiply it by 100000000, then raise it exponentially, multiply it again by infinity, and you have Wilco's members.

Also, when you have written the song it's (in my experience) easier to remember. At least for me.

I found myself in North Adams this weekend so I put some Wilco on and put the windows down.

 

It felt like the right thing to do.

Yeah, nothing like driving with the windows down and the Wilco all the way up!