Albert Tatlock

Gabba, gabba, ney indeed.

Such a joy to behold. It is a fantastic little venue and indeed this was where JT performed last time he was solo in London. I had watched a Lance Armstrong documentary that day (a day which for me had been universally terrible for a variety of reasons), and I came out feeling like I'd received a shot of Mavis EPO. Who else can drop The Weight just into the middle of a setlist, and for the first time ever there was no tedium for me in an obligatory 'introduce the band' segment - Mavis's voice has such character that it does not matter what she's saying. I liked the fact that the whole charade

http://www.mojo4music.com/15569/5-beatles-songs-that-sound-better-in-mono/ Not going to be buying it but . . .

http://www.uncut.co.uk/blog/uncut-editors-diary/jeff-tweedy-interviewed-this-is-the-biological-reason-why-hell-exists Captured for the record below but easier to read via the link.

. . . Funny . . . but not necessarily in a good way or . . . written by an eleven year old . . . read like a 'what I did in my holidays' story for a school task

Always the chance of some clunkers in the few as yet unheard tracks (I am picky and there is plenty that I have not liked in all that has gone before), but personally I have been thinking that this sounds like the most consistently good quality set of songs that JT has produced in a single release. Time will tell though of course.

Love the live version. The studio version doesn't have the extra fizz I was expecting, being slightly slower. Still gets a pass mark though and it will probably grow on me like several of the new songs.

In the absence of any more detailed info:- http://m.exclaim.ca/Reviews/OttawaBluesfest/jeff_tweedy-blacksheep_stage_lebreton_flats_ottawa_on_july_4

http://www.southbendtribune.com/entertainment/inthebend/eventnews/autumn-not-a-side-project-from-wilco/article_29c06db6-02a0-11e4-9d7f-001a4bcf6878.html

Joke I saw today:- Dear Rolf, Looking forward to finding out if Jake the Peg has two arseholes. Your future pals in H.M. Prison Wormwood Scrubs

This years 100 most powerful Chicagoans. 75 Jeff TweedyMusician http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/March-2014/power-jeff-tweedy/ Based upon my household, Sue should be number 74 :-)

Spending lunchtime watching Robert Plant's Glastonbury set in BBC iPlayer. Very nice. Like his new stuff and a good twist on some old crowd pleasers. Actually prefer him now to LZ.

Very Tom Sawyer. That reminds me of the black and white series they used to show in the school summer holidays, along with White Horses, The Flashing Blade, Robinson Crusoe (brilliant soundtrack) and The Monkees.

http://cowbellsongs.com/the-list-cowbellsongs-we-al.html Wilco get one song on the list.

Picture set:- http://www.soundcheckmagazine.com/reviews/3171-photos-jeff-tweedy-austin-city-limits-season-40

I'm sure there's a huge silent majority who appreciate you :-) and it's just a time difference thing (and you being a creature of the night). I also think that in years to come when there's some BBC4 music documentary on Wilco/JT (why not already?) you'll be the go to man for the audience witness talking head.

Banter Corner becomes a veritable Alcove. Ta (as ever).

Something like that happened years ago in the 1980s with Germany v Austria. There was a big stink about it and now both final matches have to start at the same time at least. "The match was the last game of the first-round Group 2, with Algeria and Chile having played the day before. With the outcome of that match already decided, a win by one or two goals for West Germany would result in both them and Austria qualifying at the expense of Algeria, which had beaten West Germany in the first game" "After 10 minutes of furious attack, West Germany succeeded in scoring through a goal by Horst

http://www.dfw.com/2014/06/23/903082/review-jeff-tweedy-at-majestic.html

Just historical and administrative reasons I guess. There are separate football associations for each country that run their separate leagues - though Berwick play in the Scottish leagues and the best Welsh teams (Cardiff, Swansea, with Wrexham and Newport in the past) play in the English leagues. The rivalry used to be good but its a bit too one sided recently, and there have been exceptional individuals who have lost out by never being able to play at the top,level - most notably George Best, Ryan Giggs, and now Gareth Bale.

Interesting, I've never thought about that. My only guess would be because the same tune is used for this Scout song - not that your average English football supporter would have been a scout. http://www.scoutsongs.com/lyrics/be-kind-to-your-web-footed-friends.html Anyway, I'm Welsh not English, so can roll with them doing well but also enjoy an embarassing defeat. I would not go as far as this though, which is pretty funny - he was at the Italy game too http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/worldcup2014/article-2663606/Scotland-fan-spotted-Uruguay-fans-celebrating-winner-against-England-named

Done. Not as bad as I thought. £30 + TM fees for stalls row N, which TheatreMonkey says are good. Did not want to be too close after what it says about negative slope etc for the few few rows - though perhaps that is too heavily biased by the need to see Michael Flatley's dancing toes (his season just ends before JT) so I'm sure all will be fine there anyway. From my limited experience of refreshing with a couple of browers open at different sites, I did get the impression that they were almost selling back to front, side to middle. Anyway, I am very happy. This may be useful to others: http

There is a lot going on here. Loads of books and TV documentaries. One new series contained only original film from the time - some fascinating stuff. Kind of like the famous old 'World At War' series but for WW1 And the dramatised depiction of diplomatic developments/misunderstandings leading up to the outbreak of war '37 Days' was excellent when shown earlier this year: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/37_Days_(TV_series)

Some pics:- http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/photo-gallery-jeff-tweedy-performs-at-cain-s/collection_c345c1a8-f773-11e3-ba23-001a4bcf6878.html

Nice Cuddly toy?