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I'm reading Thirteen Ways of Looking by Colum McCann. It is a short story collection. The first few have been great.

Where to Invade Next - Michael Moore. Enjoyed watching it. Not quite as thought provoking as some of his other films, but a good watch.

This west coast swing is impressive and fan friendly. They could have easily done 1 big show in these cities (like they are doing in Chicago and Minny), but instead they are sticking around for weeks to give the fans (relatively) small and intimate shows. You can't really even compare the Riviera residencies of '08 and '14 to this 5 night Filmore run because The Filmore is a landmark theater kept in pristine shape whereas the Riviera is a dump that isn't maintained. The Riv also seats 2500 vs the Filmore's 1150 so the Filmore is really way > The Riviera run

They did sell a five day ticket for the Winter Residency in '08 (I got one but then missed the final show because I got sick like everybody else waiting in line). They did not sell it for 6 night run in 2014 which is obviously the more recent example.

Great review bbop! Would love to hear more from the banter files if anybody has more. Sounds like a highly entertaining show. Wish I had been able to make it.

Added Mikael Jorgensen related shows: May 17: Nels Cline w/ Satoko Fuji Orchestra Ibeam NY, NY 18: Glenn Kotche as part of "The Colorado" The Met NY, NY 21: Mikael Jorgensen TEDxUCLA 24: Quindar Hyperion Tavern Los Angeles, CA 29: Nels Cline playing with Go: Organic Guitar Orchestra The Stone NY, NY June 12: Quindar Farmer and Cook Ojai, CA July 31: Nels Cline Newport Jazz Festival Newport, RI August 06: Jeff Tweedy Pickathon Happy Valley, OR 07: Jeff Tweedy Pickathon Happy Valley, OR 2017 May 06: Glenn Kotche joins Third Coast Percussio

I'm in Minneapolis next week. I was thinking about visiting Surly Brewing. Good beer? Good idea?

Was planning to (I have a ticket) but I'm now headed out of town and may catch her in Minneapolis on Wednesday. Have fun.

Saturday's show is sold out. Still tickets available for Friday. In case you were wondering.

Playing Ten and Vs straight through over the last week or so....has to be a crow pleasing move. Would have liked to have caught those. I was happy to lucked into Yield when they did that one.

We need this for Wilco - especially for the once a month request for somebody visiting Chicago and wanting to go to sites... Pretty cool. Thanks for posting.

Wilco is playing Winnipeg on August 13th. I'm not sure that I saw them announce this one - they are part of the Interstellar Rodeo. Tickets are on sale.

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No. I don't think we've met before and I didn't know you were going to be there. Maybe at an upcoming Wilco event...

I thought the show was great too. I'll add that the opening act was HOMME which is Sima Cunningham (of TWEEDY fame) and Macie Stewart. I thought they were cool. The covered a Jim O'Rourke song and said it was weird to play it given the headliners played on the original.

Parquet Courts

Came across this on John's Twitter feed. Jason Narducy is great so I think this is a nice gig for John. The video is hilarious and a must watch imo http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/splitsingle

Axl is a bad idea. They should just hang it up. Why risk ridicule after such an impressive run?

I have a few other suggestions: Besides Marina City, you could take a walk around Adler Planetarium and The Shedd Aquarium. That is where the cover of I Am Trying to Break Your Heart was shot by Sam Jones. You could try to get into CRC which is where Wilco recorded music prior to the Loft and scene of the famous puking incident in IATTBYH. You could visit the old Soma Studios site in the heart of Wicker Park (which is a fun neighborhood). Soma is where Mikael used to work and a photo of the door to the studio is the cover of the Down With Wilco album by The Minus 5. Super Dawg was the

"Wilco hits the road in full force starting June 1 in Charleston, WV and continues on to Hunter, NY's Mountain Jam and Philly before heading overseas for the first of two full European tours (Euro kickoff June 16 in Bergen, Norway). Then it’s back to the homegrown, that is, the US midwest, for shows in Kansas City, St. Louis, Madison, Minneapolis and Chicago. A west coast tour looms for September and there’ll be more surprises announced soon." Great email!

Great list of songs and I'm sure that was pretty cool to play with Jeff. Thanks for reporting!

From AC/DC's web site: "AC/DC band members would like to thank Brian Johnson for his contributions and dedication to the band throughout the years. We wish him all the best with his hearing issues and future ventures. As much as we want this tour to end as it started, we understand, respect and support Brian's decision to stop touring and save his hearing. We are dedicated to fulfilling the remainder of our touring commitments to everyone that has supported us over the years, and are fortunate that Axl Rose has kindly offered his support to help us fulfill this commitment. AC/DC will resume th

“For weeks, rumors had been swirling around on the forums that GNR was playing a show at the Whisky on April Fool’s Day as a ‘warm-up’ for the tour. When Steven Adler’s current band Adler cancelled an April 1 show the Whisky, GNR fans saw this as a sign that Steven was joining GNR. But that’s not the case. A source close to the band told me that Adler is having back surgery, which is the real reason he pulled out of the Whisky show. I’ve also been told he’s not ready to tour with GNR, not yet, and maybe not ever.” but also, really?, Garcia and Lesh are Adler and Izzy of GNR? Axl, Slash and D

Wow, advance planning. Good catch!

If you like GN'R you would be hard pressed not to enjoy the shows they put on in Vegas this past weekend. I was there. I was an old school fan. The performance was great. Obviously, they are not everybody's cup of tea. I get that is fun to pick fun of Axl because of his personality.