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Ok, so what PBS channel is this on Saturday. I'm in Chicago and I can't find which channel this is on. Help?

Check here.

It's Vivian Stanshall from The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band.

Viv and Keith Moon fooling around in a very politically incorrect manner:

Wilco will be on Austin City Limits in a few weeks. Not sure that's been mentioned yet. Here's a link - Austin City Limits Looks like it'll be a full hour this time. If someone could possibly record this for me, I'd be grateful. I'll probably forget to do it myself.

It's being broadcast in hi-def and Dolby 5.1 this year. It'd be nice if someone could capture it at this resolution.

I can record HD using a rinkydink USB attachment on my iMac, but I've only tried it a couple of times and there have been some dropouts and stutters. It may be a weak signal due to the rabbit ears I'm using for an antenna. Also, it looks like my station doesn't broadcast in 5.1.

I've seen "scene" releases on Usenet that are HD and 5.1, so you can probably rely on them. You'll have to live with some compression down to a 700MB xvid file, but who wants to download the full ~15GB HD file anyway?

I'm drinking one of these right now. Hoppy!

(Also, 8.8% alcohol by volume.)

The Kids Are Alright is one of the best music documentaries ever....period.

Agreed, and I'm hoping this movie won't be a letdown:

http://www.thewhomovie.com/

He claims to be an academic - So lets get some of our academics out there countering some of the crap he says.

Here's a video clip (extracted from a "scene" release) of the Leno performance. It's from a HD broadcast and looks better than the video linked here earlier.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/jiwrgs

Very true.

That's why they invented aeroplanes. The Singers dates will be worth traveling to see.

His tour dates are always strictly California.

10/23 VANCOUVER, CANADA

10/24 SEATTLE, WA

Glad to see you guys checked out the Hole in The Wall.

My son and I spent an hour or two there. The nice woman behind the bar even bought me a Guinness.

Newslang:

 

In your summary you wrote it would be a 30 minute show. How do you know that it's a 30 minute show, and not an hour long show. They played for an 1 1/2. That would be plenty for the hour long show.

The cameraman mentioned something about 44 minutes of performance. I actually ran into him on the street a few hours after the show and he said that the initial playbacks looked fantastic.

I just noticed that the handout from the show says that Wilco's episode will air in November. No exact date is listed, but these other shows are mentioned:

Norah Jones: October 6th

Decemberists w/ Explosions in the Sky: October 13th

Femi Kuti: October 20th

Jimmy Reed Tribute: October 27th

So maybe one can infer that Wilco will air November 3rd?

Did they ever play any of the same songs more than once? It is not unheard of for a band to play a particular song a few times, in hopes of nailing down the perfect version for broadcast. I know Son Volt played Drown three times when they did their show in '97.

No, everything was done once and straight through. Someone ran on stage after the not-so-perfect ending of "Too Far Apart" but I'm not sure if the producers were asking about doing another take or not.

The ACL taping did not allow photography by the audience.

I took a lame photo with my phone before the show:

I saw someone's camera/phone being confiscated during the taping. The confiscating dude swept out of nowhere and back to his seat in about 2 seconds flat. A pro!

I wouldn't hold out on seeing "Too Far Apart" on the broadcast; Mr. Tweedy famously/funnily failed to hit the last notes. But perhaps Jeff's kiss-blowing duet at the end of "Hummingbird" with a certain member of this message board will make the final cut?

It'd be nice to see the entire show released on DVD in the future. The lighting, sound and performance were top notch.

This will be a wonderful television show.

better

Good book. I don't think most people realize that Keith was traumatized for most of his adult life after accidentally killing his driver.

I wound up with a spare copy of the book (pre-ordered it from the UK when it was released) about 10 years ago and it showed up in my mailbox as I was literally leaving the driveway to see Mike Watt, Nels and (Who fan) Bob Lee in Orlando. I gave the book to Bob before the show and his eyes lit up like a kid at Christmas. I think it even garnered a mention in one of Watt's old tour diaries.

A friend from Florida is thinking about flying out for the festival and Saturday is sold out. Thought I'd give VC a try before wading into the sewage-filled dungeon that is eBay.

My DVR cut out too. Could someone reup the divix file? Thanks so much!

http://www.sendspace.com/file/307w80

okay then

 

PLEASE BRING BACK Bobb BRUNO!

Bobb (sans bunny suit) backed Carla Bozulich when she opened several of the recent European Wilco shows. He's a fine chap.

That's a great interview, too, available here.

"Nels Cline is a genius."

I didn't need to read any further.

I can't stop listening to "The Angel of Angels", it's by far the most beautiful piece of music I have ever heard. Gorgeous.

It's a great album. Highly recommended.

There's always the ACL taping:

"A parade of talent will be taping new shows around the Fest weekend in September, including The Arcade Fire, Wilco, Bloc Party, Regina Spektor, Crowded House, and Lucinda Williams."

i cant seem to play back the file.... real player updated a few things but still couldnt play it after that and Media player did the same... any ideas?

VLC will play just about anything. And it's free.