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    I must be in the FRONT ROW!

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

    Posted

    Undertones / JT solo / Aimee Mann / Los Lobos / Emmylou x 2 / Beirut / Big Audio Dynamite / Elbow / Dawes / Devotchka / Duke Special / Ed Harcourt / Eddi Reader / Elvis Costello / Florence - before the Machine (in a room of about a dozen / Jonathan Richman / Maria McKee / The National / Neko Case / Patty Griffin (with a guest appearance by Robert Plant) / Boomtown Rats / Richard Hawley / Richmond Fontaine / Shearwater / Slade / The Specials / Squeeze / Stranglers / The Strypes / Wintersleep / Wilco 

     

    Some quite a while ago ... all GA.

     

    Great screen name, give my regards to Ena Sharples...

     

    Only one true front row seat - Patti Smith, Empire Pool Wembley - turned an arena gig into an intimate "Club show", but I've waited hours to get on the rail for too many GA shows and festival sets to list.  The atmosphere there is always great but often the acoustics are poor - vocals tend to go out through stageside PA and past the folks at the front so for shows where the sonics are more important to me, I like to get back by the soundboard.  My theory is that the soundman's going to mix it to sound best from where he's sitting.

    Record Store Day tomorrow

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    I ended up with:

     

    101'ers - Elgin Avenue Breakdown
    Decemberists - Picaresque
    Dionne Warwick/The Stranglers - Walk On By
    Dresden Dolls - The Virginia Monologues
    The Autumn Defense - The Autumn Defense
    Grandmaster Flash/Stiff Little Fingers - The Message
    David Bowie/Tom Verlaine - Kingdom Come
    Happy Mondays - Pills, Thrills and Bellyaches
    The Darjeeling Limited OST
    The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
     

    I'd never heard the Autumn Defense album before, very nice and a super clean pressing.

     

    Still had grab bags here with Zeppelin posters, buttons, postcards and beer mats, a couple of sampler CDs, Dogfish Head RSD poster (gave to an online friend but I see they're on eBay for up to $40!), other buttons, stickers etc., all in an Alabama Shakes reusable shopping bag.

    Record Store Day tomorrow

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    Anyone planning to head out early in the morning?

     

    Here's my grocery list:

     

    101'ers - Elgin Avenue Breakdown

    Decemberists - Picaresque

    Dionne Warwick/The Stranglers - Walk On By

    Dresden Dolls - The Virginia Monologues

    The Autumn Defense - The Autumn Defense

    Grandmaster Flash/Stiff Little Fingers - The Message

    David Bowie/Tom Verlaine - Kingdom Come

    Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties

    Simple Minds - Celebrate - Live From The SSE Hydro Glasgow

    Bob Dylan - The Basement Tape

    Happy Mondays - Pills, Thrills and Bellyaches

    Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy. Live. Barrowlands.

    Johnny Marr - I Feel You

    Various Artists - An On-U Journey Through Time and Space

    Miles Davis - Box Set vol. 2

    Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible

    Trojan Records: Rude Boy Rumble

    The Darjeeling Limited OST

    Jah Wobble - Let’s Go Psycho

    Ride - OX 4

    The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan

    Amon Tobin - Dark Jovian EP

    Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings The Flood

    Swans - 12" EP

    Finding VC on Tapatalk

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

    Posted

    [i posted this in Speakers Speaking In Code, but someone suggested I might do better over here].

     

    Hi,

     

    I have a Tapatalk account and the current release of the app that works fine for other fora on my iPhone, but I cannot find Via Chicago on there, though I've tried many permutations of search terms.  I see other users posting with Tapatalk taglines so it must work for some of you.

     

    Any hints?

     

    Cheers,  

     

    Colin

     

    Indiana show canceled!

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    So the people complaining will still be taking the refund and not going, right?

     

    Because it wasn't about the show, it was the bigger picture that people felt Wilco was being hypocritical and illogical in theiir decision which according to some was just for PR.

     

    No way you guys would still go to that show, right?

     

    I never complained, I stated several times I supported their decision.  The only change is that my HRC donation came out of my wallet, not my ticket refund...and I've to go back and rebook that vacation day that I cancelled at work.  :twitchsmile

    Bass on Sukierae

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    Yeah, Hazel came on in the car this morning and that's exactly the sound I'm referring to.

     

    I posted on the Loft FB page as linclink suggested, they responded that they should post more gear info but didn't have the actual answer.

    Indiana show canceled!

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

     

    I've noticed that Ticketmaster haven't sent my refund yet. If the law is repealed (or meaningfully amended)this week - as Pence says it will - would the show go back on?

     

    Not that I have any reason to take Pence at his word.

    Bass on Sukierae

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    Does anyone know about the instruments Jeff plays on Sukierae?  There's a very distinctive acoustic bass on some tracks (Flowering and Summer Moon are great examples) that I'm kinda obsessed with.  Is it an acoustic bass guitar or a stand up bass in a high register (a la Peter Hook)?  If it's guitar, anyone know about brands or models?

     

    Cheers,

     

     

    Colin

    Indiana show canceled!

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    I don't think this has been posted here yet. It's the best piece I've read on the subject.

     

    http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2015/03/wilco-and-the-concern-trolls-tweedy-and-co-cancel.html

     

    I think there's only two of us on this thread who actually had tickets and so were personally affected.  Here's my take, C&P from the Paste article comments:

    • As one of the ticket holders who's being "punished" or "discriminated against", I'd like to say that I fully understand Wilco's decision and I support it. While I'll be disappointed to miss the show, that's a small price to pay for affecting change in this world. When I think of all the South African fruit that I didn't buy in the 70s and 80s, I can see clearly how these things work. My ticket refund will go straight to the Human Rights Campaign.

    Just don't paint us all with the same brush.  Please.

    Indiana show canceled!

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    Second, I disagree with the first part. I think any little action like this could add to a cumulative economic impact that would cause legislators to change their mind. Time will tell.

     

     

     

    In my heart I know you're right, I guess I'm just disappointed to miss the show, but when I think of all the South African fruit I didn't eat in the 1970s and 80s, I'm reminded of how these things work.

    Indiana show canceled!

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    Copy and Paste from my comments in the "Facebook shit show" referenced above:

     

    As a ticket holder for the show I have very mixed feelings. It's an execrable piece of legislation but the overlap between [those would have attended the show] AND [those whose minds may be changed by the boycott] OR [legislators who would actually do anything about it] is precisely zero. I totally respect their decision, but I'm also glad that I already have my Solid Sound ticket in hand to catch them a few weeks later...

     

    My refund will be going straight to the Human Rights Campaign.

    Solid Sound - 2015 - June 26-28

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    I'm not familiar with most of the bands that will be playing.  I made up a Rhapsody setlist with a few from songs from each and i've been listening to it as background music in my office.  So far, I've been pleasantly surprised.  I hope I'll come to love some of them by June.

     

    This is my favorite part of any festival...and it's how I came to love Wilco.  I'd been kinda ho-hum based on limited exposure but doing my homework for Bonnaroo 07, I picked up Kicking Television and was converted by the end of Misunderstood...

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