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Well it is an evening with them. I could be wrong, but personally I wouldn't read too much into that. Anyway, am not going.

Multiple nights, 2 hr ish shows. I see no reason to expect anything else.

Austin, Tulsa and St Paul for Winterlude in December. Didn't see that coming 

I corrected one Wilco related thing on setlist.fm telling them that "Tweedy" played at Solid Sound in 2015 rather than "Jeff Tweedy", I produced the poster as evidence 

Am missing 2 setlists of my 29 shows, and my winner is ..... Jesus etc, with I'm the Man Who Loves You in 2nd and Impssible Germany in 3rd.

Total of 167 unique songs, 65 of them only played once.

Guys in their 50s and 60s are not going to make the same kind of music as they did in their 20s or 30s. We have much to be grateful for in their amazingly consistent output, but there's not going to be another YHF or AGIB at this stage, and I wouldn't want them to try and force something more edgy and experimental for the sake of it.  Just wouldn't work in all probability. They are not above criticism, but as I wrote previously I really like CC and Cousin. The EP is a bit below those, but that's kind of what I expected from "leftovers". 

5 minutes ago, Brian F. said:

 

Neither of these things mean anything to me. The "limited edition" thing is artificial-- before too long, they're going to release it in a more widely available edition that will have the same songs sounding exactly the same. And I don't really care what color it is. It's a gimmick. Obviously, other people feel differently and that's why they jack up the price.

Ok fine. 

Would rather pay $15 but happy to help the band out by buying physical product. What irked me more at SS was $14 for a beer. So it's only 2 beers after all!

On 7/10/2024 at 4:15 PM, Brian F. said:

I really love both Cruel Country and Cousin, especially compared to Schmilco and Ode to Joy, and my understanding is that the former albums were both products of collaboration more so than the latter two (former/latter referring to my preceding sentence, not the release dates of the albums), so I'm not sure I get the pre- and post-Star Wars demarcation. I actually think Star Wars-Schmilco-Ode to Joy is the low point of the band's catalog, regardless of how those albums came together. If I were ranking the albums, those would probably be Nos. 11, 12 and 13, with a big gap between whatever No. 10 is and No. 11.

 

My problem with Ode to Joy is that it feels more like an intellectual exercise than an attempt to create enjoyable songs. A lot of it seems to be Glenn deconstructing rhythm to the point where the songs have no momentum or sense of anything pulling them forward. When that album came out, I listened to it every day for about six months to try to uncover what it had to offer. When I went back to it again a couple of years later, several of the songs barely even seemed familiar to me. That's how little of an impression they made despite hundreds of listens.

I agree.

For me Cruel Country is a near masterpiece and Cousin continues to grow on me. Much better than the 3 albums before CC

On 7/10/2024 at 4:18 PM, Brian F. said:

 

I'm paying extra to do their work for them? I really got fleeced then, since I didn't bother with the customization. Then again, I didn't pay thirty dollars. I paid an unknowable price as part of the FotF package.

No paying extra for limited edition white vinyl. 

On 7/6/2024 at 5:36 PM, Brian F. said:

Mine has some dark streaks on it, but it plays fine.

 

The record vendors at Solid Sound really took advantage of their exclusive with that $30-plus-tax price point for a six-song, 17-minute EP in a plain brown sleeve. Wilcoworld is selling it for $20. I got it as part of my Friend of the Festival package, so depending on how you account for the value of the other items that came as part of it, I arguably paid about $150 for it. I think the premium for a FotF package over a regular three-day pass was $200, but the only other thing in the package that I definitely would have purchased was Jeff's book, which costs about $25, and I had dinner in the lounge one night, which probably also saved me about $25. The signed poster is cool, but I wouldn't have bought a poster if one hadn't been given to me, and the same goes for the deck of Wilco-themed playing cards, the SSF stickers and the YHF keychain.

 

It's ironic, because I definitely would not have paid $30 for the EP at SSF if it hadn't been included in the FotF package, but one of the things that spurred me to purchase the package was the promise of an "exclusive" Wilco release (that turned out not to be exclusive in the way I thought) that I effectively paid a multiple of $30 for.

I would say it is Record Store Day prices. It may be $10 cheaper on the website, but the SS version in white vinyl was limited to 1,000 I believe and you could do your own cover! That's what you are paying extra for 

On 6/27/2024 at 9:49 AM, lost highway said:

Ooooooh it's a ten inch! Me likey.

12 inch

Just now, Madcap said:

 

It was the first thought that popped into my head when Hell is Chrome started up.  I will admit to being completely taken off guard when I'm a Wheel started since I had somehow in that moment forgotten that it was on that album!  Fantastic set/weekend.

To my eternal shame I had the same issue with Wishful Thinking

34 minutes ago, uncool2pillow said:

I assume the drone at the end of Less Than You Think just went on between sets?

It started when they were all on stage and they went off one by one as it looped. John being the last I believe. And yes, it then carried on until they returned to the stage for Late Greats.

Unbelievable gig, and the best sound I have ever experienced at a festival or any outdoor show. Took me longer than it should have to realise they were playing AGIB in order though!

One of their greatest ever sets in my experience. Jeff was loving it "These are difficult songs to play". Sound was extraordinarily good and they nailed pretty much everything. The odd mistake was endearing and to be expected when they hadn't played most of the songs in 10 years (Jeff said 20). 3 absolute highlights, but it was all a highlight.

Venus 

Sunloathe

Kicking

Tell Your Friends was extraordinarily moving for me also.

No, not yet

1 minute ago, opsopcopolis said:

We don't have any reasonable expectation that they'll put out recordings of their SS sets this year, right? Gonna be around and thinking of hitting Friday. Can bring the sneaky taping rig if I need to...

I think nearly all SS sets have been officially recorded and released 

2 minutes ago, the3penguins said:

Honestly that would probably be pretty great! Though that Mermaid Avenue possibility has be intrigued as hell. Do they still have beef with Bragg or has that blown over with time? Be cool to get him out for a Mermaid Ave set.

He has UK dates in June and July, unlikely he would come over only for one guest appearance 

All covers set of Taylor Swift songs

Don't know too many of these but will prepare. I do know that Nick Lowe is brilliant

When does the announcement about the content of Wilco's Fri night set normally come?

Was also mentioned in an Uncut feature on the band few months ago

ok thanks

What the hell is the "Triple-A" chart?

On 10/3/2023 at 9:16 PM, Brian F. said:

 

The black vinyl didn't seem particularly thick, but I didn't really examine it. I just pulled it out of the sleeve and glanced at the label to see what it looked like. I haven't listened to it yet.

It's the thickest record I own (or have ever seen)

Surely at least one of 93, 94 or 95 will be YHF in full?

On 8/21/2022 at 9:22 PM, sinko25 said:

Jeez, that kinda stinks for those of us who pre ordered at full price. 

If you pre-ordered at Amazon you will get the lower price