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    You've seen Wilco how many times?!

    in Just A Fan

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    Wow. It's taken 12 years, but I've seen the boys a lot. I need to get a new hobby! It was fun to go through WilcoBase and check out these shows. Doesn't seem like 12 years.

     

    WILCO

     

    1995-07-17 - Kentucky Theatre -Lexington, KY

    1997-02-06 - Lynagh's -Lexington, KY

    2002-07-21 - Brown Theatre -Louisville, KY

    2003-04-22 - Singletary Center - Lexington, KY

    2004-05-19 - Otto's -DeKalb, IL

    2004-08-02 - Eagle's Ballroom -Milwaukee, WI

    2004-09-14 - The Blue Note -Columbia, MO

    2005-06-30 - Palace Theatre - Louisville, KY

    2007-06-14 - Aronoff Center -Cincinnati, OH

    2007-06-15 - Murat Theatre -Indianapolis, IN

    2007-09-12 - Millennium Park -Chicago, IL

    2007-09-21 - Slugger Field -Louisville, KY

     

     

    TWEEDY

     

    2005-11-09 - Southern Theatre - Columbus, OH

    2007-03-03

    Vibes

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

    Posted

    My brother just went through having one of his young twins in the hospital with pneumonia. She was up dancing and skipping at a Christmas party a few days later. Scares the hell out of you, though. Hang in there, El K. :hug

    The Grateful Dead

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    Thanks. I drew it as a t-shirt design in 87 or 88, and fleshed it out for the round sticker around '90. Me and a bunch of friends printed up several bunches of them over the next few years and rarely had to pay for burritos, beers or falafels, and 3a.m. grilled cheeseses. Submitted it to the Dead's people, but they said they were more into cute dancing bears snow skiing at the time. And I wasn't, so...

     

    I've only printed them once since Jerry died. I've got maybe a dozen or so left. Lammy, I won't sell them to you, but if you wanted to trade some music you like, that would be cool. I've gotten so busy with art and kids I've lost my memberships at torrent sites due to inactivity. :(

     

    I was just wondering if I talked to any of you guys on tour, as I got to meet a lot of people through my art that way. And see a lot of great shows. :cheers

    The Grateful Dead

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    While I was painting in a restaurant yesterday, they played (via the Dead channel on Syrius) what must have been a Garcia Band version of Rockin Pneumonia & the Boogie Woogie Flu that was, well, rockin. Anyone know where/when from?

    natalie jane / st. genevieve

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

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    Last night's ceremony in Ste. Genevieve couldn't have been more perfect. First we walked through downtown Ste. Gen. We found Ste. Genevieve Winery just as they were closing, but they let us come in and buy two bottles for the ceremony. We were going to go into the Church of Ste. Genevieve and light a candle, but Mass was in session.

     

    Even though Ste. Genevieve sits on the Mississippi River and was under over 40 feet of water in the 1993 flood, there's not much in the way of river access. We had to drive down a gravel road into unknown territory. We came to the tiny ferry boat dock, which had several rock outcroppings into the river nearby. There were some fisherman who looked at us like we were about to conduct some sort of Satanic lesbian goat sacrifice, and they made a hasty retreat.

     

    It was dusk when we found our spot, and by the time we arranged the flowers, candles, and notes, it was pitch black aside from our candles. There was so much cloud cover that we didn't see the moon until after we were finished. We placed the McCormick's beautiful purple bouquet in the center, surrounded it with the notes, readings, prayer cards, wine and Fluff's perfect little tinfoil sculpture, and then arranged the candles. As you've seen from Kate's photos, it was beautiful. Just pure, serendipitous beauty, as we had no real plan on what we were going to do with all the stuff.

     

    We opened the bottles of wine, talked about Nat and our VC friends, and then embarked on the readings. If anyone wants to share what they sent, go for it. I don't want to violate anyone's privacy. I chose to read Tear-Stained Eye, words that were surprisingly appropriate for the occasion. After each reading, we would toast Nat with the wines that shared her name.

     

    When we finished the readings, we sent the pieces of paper into the river's current, followed by the individual flowers from the bouquet before blowing out all of the candles. There were many tears in the darkness after we extinguished the last candle.

     

    As we left the river, Kate cranked up Uncle Tupelo: 89/93 and we sang "Screen Door" and "Graveyard Shift" at the top of our lungs while driving along that gravel road by the river.

     

    So many people here last night were spoken of with love and affection. You were with us.

    This and the poems and the photos are all very beautiful and appropriate and poignant. A touching send-off.

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