last cigarettes

same.

same.

saw them at PPAC in providence in december- great show. derek is a monster. i really like susan in this band so much more than her earlier solo stuff. she sang a beautiful cover of don't think twice it's alright that had me misty-eyed. she reminds me a lot of bonnie raitt (a great thing in my book). looking forward to hearing the new record...

i would love it if they tore out all the lower orchestra seats of the Orpheum

WORD. all my fellow boston VCers are spot on with this idea. we went to the cap in port chester for the first time for one of the october shows last year and it was such a perfect wilco venue- the cozy warm feel and neat details of a handsome theatre with the GA floor feel of a smaller rock club. maybe we should start a letter-writing campaign.

looking forward to tomorrow and saturday- hope to finally meet some of you face to face...

my all-time favorite tribute to his genius-

http://youtu.be/g8f_XCH3zmM

 

and some wise words from david himself-

http://youtu.be/EsrqD1b9iFU

 

bowie's in spaaace...

never got to see the jayhawks proper, but have loved their music since hollywood town hall (esp. that album and tonorrow the green grass). did get to see gary and mark play together as a duo on their tour for ready for the flood in 2009. excellent show and album. too bad their personal differences seem to preclude any near-future collaborations- maybe time can heal some wounds...

that's one hell of a show. caught them at the paradise in boston november of '06, when lou first came back- by far the loudest show i've ever been to (and that includes metallica at the centrum and ministry/sepultura/helmet at a hockey rink in fitchburg). j uses that marshall stack for all it's worth.

hey all- got shut out in the onsale for the garden in boston (no great surprise)- if any of you have 2 extras i'd love to take my wife for our first bruce show. pm me if you can help... thanks!

just back from tedeschi/trucks band in providence. pretty killer...

JRAD. second night in a row- last night was pretty killer.

sounds good, WRP! will send you a PM with my info.

speaking of JRAD, any of you boston heads going to the shows at the paradise this fri and sat? going to both nights with a good friend (my first time seeing these guys) and would love to finally meet some fellow VCers before our wilco doubleheader at the end of january...

happy turkey eve, everyone!

p.s. in the spirit of thanksgiving, big thanks to VCer karl houfek, who hooked us up with some great orchestra seats for night 1 at the orpheum. you rock, karl- so great how this fan community is so happy to help out strangers based solely on mutual love of the band.

i think we're gonna wait and see if we can get two together. thanks for the offer though!

thanks! hope to see some of you there. pulled two balcony for night 1 that i'd still like to upgrade, but fingers crossed for better luck tomorrow or friday...

hey- anybody know if the password for tomorrow's live nation presale for the second orpheum show is the same as last week's? i can't seem to find it anywhere...

looking for 4 floor seats together (i know this isn't likely, but would also be interested in two sets of two if more than one person has extras). please email me at isaaccanney@gmail.com if you can help out... thanks!

hey all- haven't been around these parts in a while, but can't wait to see you all in less than 24 hours! leaving boston in the morning- bummed about taj & king sunny ade but very happy to see speedy ortiz for the first time to kick off the night. hope to meet some of you for reals this weekend. happy festival eve- bring your dancing rainboots.

really an amazing night. i second wrp's assertion that they are so on top of their game right now. probably the best versions i've ever heard live of at least a handful of tunes if not more (it's just that simple, pot kettle black, ashes) plus a healthy selection of deep cuts. the second unplugged encore was really special too- i'd love to see them keep this tradition going even after the anniversary run is finished. bummed we only got to go to the middle show of this three-night stand but when they're on like they were tonight, i'll happily be the meat in a wilco sandwich any day...

listened to it start to finish on our drive down from boston for tonight's show at the cap. happy birthday, bt! i have so many "favorite" wilco records, but this one was my first love. you never forget your first...

been a long time- wilco!!!

see you all at the show- here's hoping for the acuff-rose we missed in boston...

by the by, i have high hopes for st. vincent being awesome. the cast alone is great, and a killer soundtrack to boot.

great topic, remphish. here's my list:

 

1. acuff-rose: mostly selfish on this one. i missed my request being fulfilled last week in boston and have still never seen it live (though thanks to knotgreen, at least got a taste on video). not likely with the full band, but still.

2. gun: a likely contender, at least in that wilco has played it a handful of times before. also a longtime personal fave.

3. still be around: probably the darkest horse of all. like poptodd said, i don't know how jeff would feel about playing/singing a jay tune, but this is one that has always given me chills since first becoming a UT fan in the early '90's.

4. punch drunk: ditto on the unlikelyhood of this one (being a jay tune), but i think it would rip, especially with nels and glenn. somewhere on VC there's an amazing video of UT playing this one at the middle east in cambridge from 1990 that makes me smile every time i watch it. jeff and jay at their punkest.

5. the long cut: the gruff scratchiness of jeff's singing on this one has always appealed to me. reminds me a little of his delivery in dreamer in my dreams, but with a darker, more urgent tone to the lyrics (we've been in a deep rut, and it's been killin' me). another great punky blast in the UT canon.

thanks knotgreen! you just made what has been a pretty rough 24 hours a whole lot better.

Haven't seen your other post, sounds like you have more important things to concern yourself with, so I don't want to bethe one to tell you that you'll be pissed. Best wishes to you.

thanks for the love, wrp. i'm happy the rest of you got to hear it. sounds like it was a great show- maybe i'll get lucky and it'll show up in roadcase one of these days.

a possible name for it just occurred to me too- saved by rock n' roll.

kinda cheesy, but hey, so am i.

thanks for the love, guys. definitely feeling lucky all things considered- things could have been so much worse. still a lot of sorting out to do to find the root cause and so on, but for now we're hanging in there.

 

i did miss my acuff-rose last night, though. i requested it on the website, but also in a long and pretty personal letter i wrote to jeff earlier in the summer. if anyone else wants to help me campaign to have him play it again in port chester night 2 (10/29), we'll be there. i know it's a long shot with the full band but it would mean a ton to me and my wife...

 

also, probably more oversharing (and definitely in the wrong thread, but i've already blurted all over this one. sorry all) but i wanted to see what people thought about starting a new thread about being fans in recovery. a lot of my letter to jeff was about how much his music has meant to me over the last 22 years, but also about how hearing him talk so openly about his struggles with (and eventual triumph over) anxiety/depression and substance abuse helped inspire me to finally get the right help to get myself healthy this past spring.

we could even have pre- or post-show meetups, kinda like the wharf rats used to at dead shows.

anyone who's interested, PM me and if there's enough of us maybe we can start a new forum...

 

sorry for the (likely inappropriate) rambling on. it's been a really big help to have somewhere to vent for the last 24 hours. much love to you all...

-isaac