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The Tweedy Show Thursday January 28 Episode 144

# animated intro on screen
-- Susie says that Jeff doesn't want to do anything for the whole hour except to hold Basil.
-- Susie is concerned that the stream is pausing and Jeff tells her to relax & calm down. 
-- Jeff proclaims that he's never asked Susie if she's having her period. 
You And I (dedicated to Sue B. Honey & Brian Olgee)
-- Jeff jokes that You And I is about him & Steve Albini. 
-- Susie asks Jeff if they're starting a Tuesday & Thursday schedule for the show. Jeff replied that he has some work things, but didn't comment on a schedule change.
-- Susie sings a bit of Doris Day's Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be).
Only Time (Enya cover sung by Sammy w Spencer on backing vocals)
-- Jeff briefly explains how he got the cool echo effect on the Enya cover. He says that it's a Barclay guitar, but points his feet to a device on the ground that looks like a pedal board. 
New Moon (w Spencer on drums)
-- Susie asks if Jeff's played New Moon on the show before. Jeff believes that he's done it on the show before, but without drums. 
-- Susie tries to figure out what the over/under is that gets mentioned in the comments. It is revealed that clients place "bets" on how many songs Jeff will perform each show. 
-- Jeff asks if anybody made a killing on Game Stop stocks which leads to 3 PSAs from Spencer. 
-- Spencer's 3 PSAs: 1) never invest money that you can't afford to lose buying one stock. 2) You need diversification. 3) don't buy high. 
-- Sammy reminisces about Jeff walking into Game Stop and the door fell over to the ground which the clerk blamed on Jeff who didn't touch it at all. 
-- Spencer brings up Another Now which is an economic book from Greece's Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis.
-- Susie introduces her other brother Bruce who has the IG name "vidiot". 
-- Jeff & Spencer try to work out some song. {could not recognize it}
-- Sammy reads off requests from Heather which include Andy Pratt's Wet Daddy & Foreigner's Fool For You Anyway.
-- Jeff asks if anyone watched Young Frankenstein last night. (This is in reference to Cloris Leachman passing away on Wednesday. She was in the film.)
-- Jeff mentions that the Wilco crew has watched The Big Lebowski multiple times on every tour. 
-- tv show discussion featuring Three's Company, The Waltons, M*A*S*H, Better Things, Schitt's Creek, 90 Day Fiancee, Pen15, Strangers With Candy and Arrested Development. 
-- Spencer shows his dirty hands which were made dirty from flooring glue. 
Oh Yoko! (John Lennon cover sung by Sammy w Spencer on drums & backing vocals)
New Madrid 
-- Susie reveals that someone submitted "do you like fudge, Jeff?" as a question for Jeff for the L.A. Times book event on Tuesday.
Reincarnation (Roger Miller cover)
-- Jeff isn't sure if there is a show tomorrow. Jeff asks Susie if she lets the clients know every day if there's a show. 
-- Susie asks Jeff if he has any final words and he admits that he could probably vomit on camera after burping. 

Jeff isn't sure if there will be a show tomorrow night. Check Susie's IG page or FB posts tomorrow.

The Tweedy Show Monday January 25 Episode 143

# animated intro on screen
-- Susie is surprised that the old comments format is back. 
-- Susie tells Jeff that the clients loved Saturday's show & Jeff's hair at the show.
Wishful Thinking (w Spencer on thigh slaps)
On And On And On (dedicated to a client who had a miscarriage this past weekend)
-- Susie & Jeff talk about their own miscarriages to console the client that had the miscarriage. 
"It Always Ends Up On Your Shoulders Again" (Untitled new song w Spencer on thigh slaps & backing vocals)
-- Jeff tells Susie that he's working on a new song called Brother Susan because she was a teamster. 
-- Jeff plays a bit of another new song that he's working on,  but stops it short. Lyrics are "when I first saw you, you said I was cool enough to be ice cream. You melted me..."
Love Is The King (w Spencer on drums)
-- Jeff says that Love Is The King is #2 on the vinyl charts. 
You Don't Love Me Yet (Roky Erickson cover sung by Sammy w Spencer on backing vocals)
-- Susie wants to get Danny on the phone to talk about "The Olivia Wilde Incident" that happened at a Los Angeles show 9 years ago. Danny refused to call in. 
Night Time (Big Star cover sung by Sammy)
Who Loves The Sun (The Velvet Underground cover sung by Spencer w Sammy & Jeff on backing vocals)
-- Susie confesses that she walked into the Smurf tray causing a loud bang during the song. 
-- Jeff talks about "Now That's What I Call Dad Rock".
-- Jeff announces that there will not be a show tomorrow night due to a book event. 
https://events.kcrw.com/events/virtual-ideas-exchange-with-jeff-tweedy/
-- Jeff mentions that he messed up one song on Saturday evening that he will play next.
Even I Can See 
-- Charlesie calls in to Spencer in an effort to get the Olivia Wilde scoop from Danny. Danny says that at the Wilco show in LA 9 years ago he was sitting next to his daughter and he went to go rub her shoulder, but he accidentally rubbed Olivia Wilde's shoulder. 
-- Jeff talks about working in a record store when James Spader came in to buy records. Spader was in town to film White Palaces. 
Reincarnation (Roger Miller cover)

-- Jeff & Susie both remind the clients about no show tomorrow. 

The Tweedy Show shall return on Thursday. 

The Tweedy Show Tuesday January 19 Episode 142

# animated intro on screen.
"It Takes A Lifetime To Find" (untitled new song w Spencer on backing vocals)
-- Jeff mentions that he wrote the new song after reading the Tolstoy section in the new George Saunders book. 
-- Jeff talks about appearing on Rhett Miller's podcast recently. 
-- Susie says that today is the last day that the U.S. will no longer not have a female Vice President. 
-- Jeff talks about "pumping weights". 
-- Jeff elaborates on how different he feels the world is with Trump being permanently banned from certain social media platforms. 
-- Jeff says "Be vigilant in our kindness". 
On And On And On (w Spencer also on guitar)
-- Jeff dedicates the song to the 400k that lost their lives due to Coronavirus. 
Please Tell My Brother (Golden Smog cover)
-- Jeff realizes that he didn't fix his hair before the show and he's worried that his hair looks like Chris Gaines' hair (which is Garth Brooks goth rock persona)
Pretty Saro (Traditional cover Bob Dylan version sung by Sammy)
-- Happy Birthday Dolly Parton!
This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) (Talking Heads cover sung by Sammy w Spencer on drums & backing vocals)
-- Jeff & Spencer talk about the special Tweedy band show streaming on Saturday evening. Jeff says that they need to practice, so there will be no shows Thursday & Friday. Jeff says that he wanted to do a show to celebrate the vinyl release. The stream will be on Bandsintown. 
https://www.bandsintown.com/e/102444148-jeff-tweedy-(wilco)-at-live-stream?came_from=251&utm_medium=web&utm_source=artist_page&utm_campaign=event
Rockin' Chair (The Band cover sung by Spencer)
-- Jeff comforts Spencer on his mistakes during Rockin' Chair by telling him that he's pooped his pants on stage which is much worse. 
-- Susie says that today is the 10 month anniversary of The Tweedy Show.
Reincarnation (Roger Miller cover)
-- Susie exclaims that the next time they'll see us we'll have a new President & female Vice President. 

The Tweedy Show shall return on Monday January 25th.

The Tweedy Show Monday January 18 Episode 141

# animated intro on screen. 
-- Susie brings up the Gaelynn stream that Jeff was on on Sunday. It's available for replay on YouTube. 
-- Susie mentions the Wilco reference on last night's Shameless episode. Spencer tells Jeff that there's another Wilco reference in Letterkenny. 
I'm Kind Of In Love With You (New love song for Susie. Jeff confirms the title moments later in the show)
-- Jeff discusses what he believes people mean when they say they "kinda love" something or someone. 
-- Jeff says Happy Birthday to Joanna Newsom. It's also Jim O'Rouke's birthday. 
-- Jeff doesn't want to bring up the recently deceased Phil Spector, but he briefly talks about Ronnie Spector. 
This Side Of The Blue (Joanna Newsom cover sung by Sammy. Dedicated to Eugenia)
-- Jeff strums Free's All Right Now, while Spencer sings a bit of it. Jeff does a Paul Rodgers impression and fakes the clients out that he ruined his vocal chords. 
-- Jeff jokingly scolds Fergie for trying to outshine Heart's Ann Wilson when they were covering a Heart song. 
-- discussion about Maya Rudolph & the Netflix show Big Mouth.
-- Spencer shows a younger pic of himself as a baby when he was much heavier. 
-- Spencer shows a pic of young Sammy drinking from the cat bowl. 
-- chum is discussed.
-- Jeff strums a bit of The Beatles' In My Life. 
-- Jeff sings the first verse of You Are My Face, before he abandons it after he made a mistake. 
You Are My Face
-- Susie mentions that Sky Blue Sky Festival was exactly a year ago. Jeff is surprised that it was in January. 
Slurf Song (Michael Hurley & The Holy Modal Rounders cover sung by Sammy w Jeff on backing vocals)
-- Susie talks about Paul getting to Sky Blue Sky Festival and going down the water slides with Glenn Kotche which makes most of the clients jealous. 
King Of The Hill (Roger McGuinn and Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers cover sung by Spencer w Sammy & Jeff on backing vocals)
-- tattoos and third nipples are discussed. 
-- Jeff shows George Saunders new book A Swim In A Pond & A Rain. 
-- Jeff & Spencer speak a bit about Martin Luther King Jr. 
Reincarnation (Roger Miller cover)

The Tweedy Show Friday January 8 Episode 140

# animated intro on screen
-- Jeff & Spencer explain Parler to Susie. 
-- Happy Birthday to the late Elvis Presley & the late David Bowie. 
-- Jeff doesn't have any Bowie songs prepared tonight. 
-- Jeff mumbles through Elvis Presley's Jailhouse Rock. 
-- Spencer wants to play Paul McCartney & Wing's Let Me Roll It which Jeff strums a bit of.
-- Jeff strums a bit of Shrug & Destroy, but says that he doesn't remember the chords to play it. 
Whole Love (w Spencer on thigh slaps)
-- Susie mentions that tonight was Alex Trebek's final episode of Jeopardy. 
The Family Gardener (The Minus 5 cover)
-- Jeff talks about the limited Jeff Tweedy Signature SG guitar. 
-- Jeff talks a lot about his guitars and preferences, including his Martin, Breedlove, Barney Kessel Gibson, & Waterloo guitars. 
-- Jeff talks about his former guitar tech Matrix who is now retired in Australia. He says that he rarely gets upset with his guitar tech(s).
Dead Flowers (Rolling Stones cover sung by Spencer for Casey's birthday on Monday. Sammy on backing vocals)
Winter Rose (Billy Nicholls cover sung by Sammy & Spencer w Spencer also on drums)
-- Jeff mentions how he hasn't seen Paul in a long time and asks him if he still loves him. Paul says "yes."
-- Jeff sings the first few lines of Carole King's Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? for Paul.
-- Jeff talks about taking a week off next week. Jeff mentions that there might be an impromptu episode from the jacuzzi that mid-tempo rock bought. 
-- Jeff wants to do another Sky Blue Sky festival along with a Solid Sound Festival, once things return to normal. 
-- Shingles shot discussion. 
-- Jeff talks about cancelling a Wilco show when Nels had adult chicken pox. 
Mi Shebeirach (Debbie Friedman cover sung by Sammy w Spencer on backing vocals. Dedicated to everyone except for the people associated with the Insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.)
Reincarnation (Roger Miller cover)

The Tweedy Show will be taking next week off. 

The Tweedy Show Thursday January 7 Episode 139 

# animated intro on screen 
-- Basil is decked out in his fancy sweater in Jeff's arms. 
-- Jeff got a haircut. Jeff feels like his hair is like the Michael Myers mask which is based on William Shatner. 
-- Jeff deadpans that he's shocked that Trump's presidency would end in such a calamity. 
-- Jeff believes that the Republicans responsible for yesterday's Insurrection should never hold office again. 
-- Basil's underbite is discussed. 
-- Casey says that she never wears a mask at the Tweedy's house because she only sees them. 
-- Jeff bites his lower lip as he strums Captain & Tennille's Do That To Me One More Time. 
I'm Glad (Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band cover sung by Sammy w Spencer on drums & backing vocals)
Frank Mills (from the musical Hair sung by Sammy)
-- Peter remembers seeing Hair in the round.
Percy's Song (Bob Dylan cover w Spencer & Sammy on backing vocals)
Sharp Cutting Wings (Song To A Poet) (Lucinda Williams cover sung by Casey & performed on guitar by Spencer along w backing vocals)
Do That To Me One More Time (Captain & Tennille cover sung by Sammy w Spencer on drums)
Wasn't Born To Follow (Carole King cover w Spencer & Sammy on backing vocals)
Reincarnation (Roger Miller cover)

The Tweedy Show Tuesday January 5 Episode 138

# animated intro on screen
-- Jeff says that he is getting a haircut tomorrow. Jeff says that he has the hair of someone on an Off Broadway production of The Crucible. Jeff also describes his hair as Puritan and Miles Standish. 
-- Jeff tells a story about Googling himself, after he found a pic of Ted Cruz with a beard that had the caption "when did Ted Cruz turn into Jeff Tweedy." 
-- Susie mentions that Marc Maron talked about Jeff today. 
-- Spencer talks about how Ted Cruz is growing a beard to take on a new persona to appear tougher. He's also prone to wear Isotoner gloves nowadays. 
-- Jeff talks about when he had braids, after Spencer shows a pic of himself with braids. 
-- Jeff sends a video text of him playing some chords, so that he can learn from them later.
Snow Is Falling In Manhattan (David Berman aka Purple Mountains cover sung by Sammy & Spencer on backing vocals)
-- Sammy says Happy Belated Birthday to the late David Berman. 
-- Jeff checks his text from Pat Sansone to see if he played it right. 
-- Jeff really flubs up a lyric in Hesitating Beauty that really cracks up Susie & Jeff. 
Hesitating Beauty (w Spencer on thigh slaps & backing vocals)
-- Jeff talks about who Nora is in relation to Woody Guthrie. 
-- Susie talks about the Yeti Wilco cooler that is being auctioned to help road crews.

https://www.32auctions.com/organizations/64788/auctions/92131/auction_items/2655330
-- Spencer shows off Jeff as a Yeti that Mark drew for the cooler. 
-- Susie has another laughing fit which says that The Joker had. (Lol)
"High On A Cloud" (new untitled song w Spencer & Sammy on backing vocals)
I Am A Pilgrim (Traditional Christian hymn done in the style of The Byrds cover sung by Sammy w Spencer on backing vocals)
-- the Tweedy family hear a thud in the house. Spencer & Sammy go to check. It wasn't the ham which is out of the house. 
-- field trip to the basement where we see Jeff's puzzle that he's working on. Something did fall in the basement. 
-- Jeff spills the beans that he most likely caused the fall in the basement, due to putting stuff away. 
-- Jeff analyzes Susie's screams & sneezes, after Susie calls out Jeff for calling her from a different room in the house to check on her, when she screamed in the house. 
-- Jeff tells the story again when shots were fired at the house and he ran into a thrift store snow man in the hallway that asked him "what'cha doing!?"
Reincarnation (Roger Miller cover)

This is one of the best films that I watched in 2020. I won’t spoil the plot for you, since I had no idea about this film other than it had Aubrey Plaza who gives one of the most amazing performances last year. I will say to try to watch it with someone following CDC guidelines, so that you can dissect it after. There’s a lot going on. (Available to rent on iTunes etc.)

The Tweedy Show Monday January 4 Episode 137

# animated intro on screen has connection issues. 
-- Susie mentions that Nikki Glaser used to be a client, after Jeff quotes her standup bit saying that her "vagina is like a packed suitcase".
-- Jeff & Susie mention that Spencer is getting settled into his recording studio today. 
Sitting In My Hotel (The Kinks cover sung by Spencer)
-- Happy Birthday to Nels & Alex Cline!
-- Jeff talks about how Nels & Alex are Mirror twins.
-- Happy Birthday to Michael Stipe & the late David Berman!
-- Jeff has a theory that dogs face north when they poop. 
-- Jeff does a lengthy Michael Stipe impression. 
-- Jeff does a Jonathan Richman impression again. 
-- Jeff does a very brief Nick Offerman impression. 
-- Jeff can't do a Glenn Kotche impression, but he can do one on the drums. 
-- Jeff claims that Pat Sansone can do impressions of everyone in Wilco. 
-- Jeff does a Charles Nelson Reilly impression. Jeff also talks about how he went on Reilly's yacht and then Reilly visited the studio during the recording of Summerteeth. 
-- Jeff does a Spencer Tweedy impression. 
-- Jeff asks Republicans if they think Trump wants other Republicans to win. 
The Rip (Portishead cover sung by Sammy w Spencer on drums & backing vocals)
-- Jeff does his Foster Brooks impression. 
-- Jeff wants Sammy to learn Wire's Outdoor Miner which Jeff strums through.
-- Susie says that the Jimmy Carter doc is great. 
-- Jeff will do David Berman's Snow Is Falling In Manhattan tomorrow night. 
-- Jeff explains why we haven't seen the guitar with the birds on it. He says that it's too dry in the house, therefore certain guitars are stored away. 
-- Jeff talks about the Barry Gibb record coming out that has lots of guest collaborators on it. 
-- Jeff shows us a pic of him with Sandra Oh.
-- Jeff shows us a pic of Sammy then Spencer when they were younger. He also shows a pic of him with Sammy taken on the day of Spencer's Bar Mitzvah. 
-- Spencer recommends that Jeff show a pic from his phone to the clients each night. 
"Sorry" aka “Infinite Surprise” (new song last performed on September 25th. New "infinite surprise" lyrics repeated at the end which might hint at the song title.)
-- Jeff's new Tweedy Show segment idea is to have him & Basil blindfolded, while they are spun around to see which direction they face as they poop: Longiturdinal. 
-- Jeff says that he was right about the Polynesian testicle navigation and the relationship between drinking alcohol & hearing loss. 
Reincarnation (Roger Miller cover)

A somewhat interesting & innovative biopic that I found to be extremely familiar after watching The Current War (much more compelling film) a few years prior. Ethan Hawke’s performance is better than the kitchen sink style of the film. Hawke has a great singing voice in this film...about Tesla. (Available on Hulu, even though it is not a Hulu Original.)

The Wolf Of Snow Hollow was a pleasant surprise that mixed small town humor with some decent horror. Robert Forster is great here in his last film role, but writer/director/actor Jim Cummings is fantastic wearing all 3 hats. (Available to rent on iTunes etc.)

Here are 2 of the best directorial debuts that I watched in 2020:

Natalie Erika James used the haunted house sub genre of horror to weave a tale about something that we all have to deal with eventually as we get older and so do the people around us. This felt like an extremely personal film as a form of therapy. (Might be on Hulu soon due to their exclusive deal with IFC Films.)

Andrew Patterson’s The Vast Of Night was a breathtaking sci-fi experience and shows what you can do with a $700k budget. It felt like watching a hybrid of early Spielberg movies written by Richard Linklater with his long take camera work following all of the action and an overall feeling that Rod Serling was behind the whole operation. I can’t get over how amazing this film looked and gripped me from the beginning. And the 2 leads were superb unknown actors. It’s felt like a long time since a debut film has knocked me on my ass. I’d probably go as far back as Richard Kelly’s Donnie Darko. (Available on Amazon Prime Video)

On 1/1/2021 at 2:15 AM, Freedy said:

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The Tweedy Show Thursday December 31 Episode 136

Auld Lang Syne (instrumental - Jeff on electric guitar)
-- Happy New Year from Peter & Ellen!
-- Susie can't believe that it's finally the last day of 2020 and that they're still doing The Tweedy Show. 
-- Jeff talks about the passing of MF Doom.
-- Susie makes Jeff guess a movie quote that winds up being from Stand By Me. 
-- Jeff mentions that he sent Glenn a happy birthday video.
-- Jeff thinks that his bandmates "lurk" during The Tweedy Show, according to a recent Zoom call with them. 
-- Peter tells a joke. 
I Know What It's Like
-- Happy Anniversary to Spencer & Casey.
-- Happy Birthday to Paul Westerberg. 
Sixteen Blue (The Replacements cover sung by Sammy. Dedicated to Paul Westerberg for his birthday.)
Bastards Of Young (The Replacements cover sung by Sammy.)
-- Susie says that The Replacements never played Lounge Ax.
-- Jeff can't wait to watch Andy Cohen & Anderson Cooper later tonight. 
Death Of The Last Stripper (Terry Allen & The Panhandle Mystery Band cover w Sammy on backing vocals)
-- Susie wonders what New Year's songs there are. Jeff mentions U2's New Year's Day which he says that he won't do. Sammy reminds Jeff that I Got You (At The End Of The Century) is a New Year's Eve song. 
-- Jeff strums some of Captain Beefheart's Click Clack. 
Save It For Me (w Sammy on backing vocals)

-- Susie thinks 2021 will be great with live shows. Jeff thinks 2021 "will have a lot of good and a lot of bad". He hopes that it won't be a complete waste of a year.
Reincarnation (Roger Miller cover)

Enjoyable late 70s romp about cars and Mark Hamill growing up to enjoy other things like Annie Potts. 

Cameron Crowe’s long forgotten follow up to Fast Times At Ridgemont High was an 80s blast (writing credit only). Music licensing fees have held this to obscurity for quite a bit. The version that I watched had songs from Madonna & Prince removed, even though they are credited in the end. Eddie Van Halen provides the original soundtrack. There’s even a Ron Wood cameo during the huge party scene. Chris Penn, Lea Thompson, Eric Stoltz, Ilan Mitchell-Smith & Rick Moranis are all great here, before they really hit it big soon after. “It’s casual.” 

I’ve watched a lot of fantastic 2020 releases recently. I’ll come back here soon to write about them. 

The Tweedy Show Tuesday December 29 Episode 135

# animated intro on screen
-- Jeff's robe is back. 
-- Jeff mentions that Sammy got an antibodies test today and wonders how long the results will take. 
-- Jeff shows a meme on his iPhone of the Tweedy men as the Twee Gees. 
-- Peter tells the "Do you like fudge, Jeff" story again. 
-- Jeff explains over & under.
-- fudge & ice cream is discussed. 
-- Jeff explains how Polynesian men use their ball sack to help with navigation. They stand on the ledge near the ocean and open their robes to test the wind. {as of press time this story has yet to be confirmed}
America (Simon & Garfunkel cover sung by Spencer)
Don't Dream It's Over (Crowded House cover sung by Sammy w Spencer on thigh slaps)
To Love Somebody (Bee Gees cover sung w Spencer on drums & backing vocals and Sammy on backing vocals)
-- Jeff & Susie bring up the toilet paper story at the Airbnb. 
-- Spencer talks about the fundraising done by the clients. 
-- Jeff has nice words to say about the Finn family. 
--vasectomy discussion
Family Ghost 
-- Jeff works through Side With The Seeds after Paul says that he should have played it with all the vasectomy talk. 
-- funny doctor names are discussed. 
-- the Tweedy family ponder if there will be a show on Thursday which is Spencer & Casey's anniversary. 
-- Jeff plays Auld Lang Syne on guitar. 
-- Jeff shows off the Twee Gees pic for Scott McCaughey. He also shows a TweeDees pic with the same artwork. 
-- a later show or a shorter show on Thursday is discussed. 

Reincarnation (Roger Miller cover)

I’ve had toasted ravioli which is pretty much the same thing except it isn’t fried. I think it’s cooked in a toaster oven or regular oven. It’s amazing! 

The Tweedy Show Monday December 28 Episode 134 

# animated intro on screen
-- Jeff shaved so Susie could kiss him.
-- Jeff says that there are lots of women that run the Wilco ship. 
-- Happy Birthday Leah
-- Susie says that Jeff's hair has a flip like That Girl star Marlo Thomas. 
-- Jeff says that he will learn Air Supply's All Out Of Love for charity and try to do it tomorrow night. 
-- Jeff mentions that he might need to take some extended time off to work on new songs. 
"Tunnel At The End Of The Light" (new song) 
-- Susie asks what the name of the new song is and Jeff jokes that he sang the title about a thousand times in the song. 
-- Jeff & Spencer play an abbreviated instrumental of the Bee Gees' Stayin' Alive. Jeff does try to sing it a bit. 
-- Jeff wants to work with Barry Gibb.
Lay Lady Lay (Bob Dylan cover w Spencer on drums)
-- Jeff talks about not playing the same set & having a special guest every night for the Americanarama tour. 
-- Jeff & Susie discuss having relations on their bed while Spencer was asleep on the bed as a toddler.
-- Jeff mentions a State Fair where he avoided stampeding pigs. 
-- a discussion on state fairs
-- Peter Miller has been drinking Ovaltine for 80 years. 
-- fried ravioli is a delicacy out of St. Louis, according to Jeff. 
Thirteen (Big Star cover sung by Sammy w Spencer on backing vocals. Dedicated to the late Alex Chilton for what would have been his 70th birthday.)
A Shot In The Arm (Dedicated to Dr. Judy who received her vaccine.) 
Friendship (Pops Staples cover sung by Sammy & Spencer w Jeff on backing vocals. Dedicated to the late Pops Staples on his birthday.) 
-- Susie wants to FaceTime w Mavis. Jeff thinks that she could call in to the show. 
-- Jeff plays Stayin' Alive on the guitar, while Spencer claps along. The Tweedy family do their best Gibb voice to sing the chorus. Spencer joins in on drums. 
Reincarnation (Roger Miller cover)* (mashed up w Stayin' Alive)

The Tweedy Show Thursday December 24 Episode 133 

# Bing Crosby's White Christmas on tv
-- Merry Christmas to everyone!
-- Jeff's whistle is back. He whistles a bit of Loose Fur's The Ruling Class.
-- Jeff doesn't associate happy times with Christmastime. 
-- Jeff shows off the Santa Claus doll that looks like he's either smoking a joint or his thumb. 
Love Is Everywhere (Beware) (dedicated to Katie)
-- Jeff ruminates on Santa's actual size. He believes that Santa is small. 
Sky Blue Sky
-- Happy Birthday Dr. Fauci!
SpongeBob & Patrick Confront The Psychic Wall Of Energy (The Flaming Lips cover sung by Sammy)
Just A Kid (w Sammy on backing vocals)
-- Jeff says that his longest song title is One Sunday Morning (Song For Jane Smiley's Boyfriend). He also mentions that he has a lot of songs with parentheticals.
Evergreen (w Sammy on backing vocals)
-- Sammy talks about Beavis & Butthead watching Wilco's music video for Box Full Of Letters. The clip is back on YouTube. Susie says that she's in that music video and Peter Miller might be too. 
-- Jeff tries to figure out The Bee Gees' How Deep Is Your Love. 
Jealous Guy (John Lennon cover sung by Sammy)
-- Jeff wishes everyone a Merry Christmas and hopes that people ask for help if they need it. 
-- Jeff strums a bit of Roger Miller's Reincarnation, but doesn't play it as a gift to himself. 

Crowded House - Dreamers Are Waiting due in late March. Very strange to see them having tour dates in early 2021 in Europe & Australia/New Zealand, but I understand why. Neil Finn said that they plan on filming at least one show for promo purposes, if they try to tour the States in late summer like he mentioned during one recent FB Q & A. I can’t see that happening. Definitely a bucket list band.

The Tweedy Show Monday December 21 Episode 132 

# animated intro on screen
-- Jeff & Susie saw the trailer for Peter Jackson's upcoming The Beatles doc called Get Back. {Peter Jackson is using 55 hours of footage shot for the 1970 doc Let It Be to create a new doc for Disney.}

-- Jeff & Susie give high praise for the Bee Gees documentary that is airing on HBO. 
-- Jeff talks about Love Is The King being featured on Barack Obama's 2020 year end music list. He also talks a Park West benefit where he joked about Obama not really having Wilco on his iPod and Obama telling him that he does have Wilco on his iPod. https://mobile.twitter.com/BarackObama/status/1340386687898312706
-- Jeff & Susie reread the clients' letters and found a gift certificate. The letters made them cry and they appreciated them. 
-- Jeff mentions that he got a voice memo from Nick Offerman while he was out hiking. 
Nick ran into a Wilco fan and recorded the interaction. 
-- Jeff discusses the Jupiter & Saturn conjunction. 
-- Jeff talks about having Spencer when he was 28. 
Impossible Germany (w "this is what love is for" ending)
-- Jeff says that it's a jaguar that growls at the beginning of Standing O. 
When You Wake Up Feeling Old (w Spencer on thigh slaps & backing vocals)
-- Spencer warns the clients not to receive DMs from "Jeff Tweedy" via Facebook. It's not Jeff. Jeff advises that he uses carrier pigeons for messages. Jeff does not slide into DMs. 
The Kiss (Judee Sill cover sung by Sammy)
-- Sammy's high school musical roles are discussed. 
It Makes No Difference (The Band cover sung by Spencer while on drums w Sammy & Jeff on backing vocals)
-- Susie says the clients would love to have a Tweedy Show covers record. 
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (Neil Young & Crazy Horse cover w Spencer & Sammy on thigh slaps & backing vocals)
-- Spencer plays a recording on his iPhone of Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere.
-- Susie says no show tomorrow night due to Jeff participating in the 24 hour Letters To Santa show. {it’s possible that you can tune into that tomorrow evening at the following link} https://www.24hourimprov.com
Reincarnation (Roger Miller cover)
-- Jeff & Susie both say that they'll see us Thursday. They realize that it's Christmas Eve and ask the clients if they want a show. I think you know the answer...

The Tweedy Show Friday December 18 Episode 131

# animated intro on screen
-- Susie ponders if the Yo La Tengo livestream is still going on. 
Cry (Godley & Creme cover sung by Sammy w Spencer on drums)
-- Jeff's guitar this evening is a 1931 Martin 018 that he's had since 1994/1995.
-- Jeff says that Mavis Staples has an honorary doctorate, so we should start calling her a doctor. He mentions this after certain people want to take away Dr. Jill Biden's title. Jeff wishes that he had an honorary doctorate. Susie gives Jeff a doctorate of his butt. Jeff says that he graduated "Magna Cum Loada". 
-- "Happy Birthday Keith Richards!" 
-- Jeff ponders how many Rolling Stones covers they've done over the course of the show.
-- Sammy shows off the pic of Wilco and Spencer & Sammy with the Rolling Stones backstage, after Wilco opened for them. Susie wanted Sammy to show it because of his expression looking at Ron Wood. 
Don't Let Me Down (The Beatles cover sung by Spencer while on drums w Sammy & Jeff on backing vocals)
-- Sammy sings a bit of Elizabeth Cotten's I'm Going Away. 
-- butt talk
-- Jeff had an idea during his Uncle Tupelo days for a portable bidet. The Tweedy family briefly ponder selling a Tweedy Show bidet. 
-- Jeff wonders how many episodes ago people stopped caring. He jokes that Brooklyn Vegan haven't posted any more Tweedy Show covers in a long time. Danny reassures them that covers are being posted over in the FB group. 
A Shot In The Arm (w Spencer on backing vocals & thigh slaps)
-- Susie says that A Shot In The Arm should be the official vaccine song of 2020. 
-- Vaccines are discussed. Jeff wants to get his vaccine w Mavis. 
-- Spencer sings a bit of The Velvet Underground's Who Loves The Sun. 
-- Jeff realizes that he's missed out on lots of cool music streams over the past 10 months. 
-- Jeff wants Dolly Parton to cover Bull Black Nova. Jeff & Spencer try to sing like Dolly Parton singing Art Of Almost. 
-- Spencer makes up a song called "Women Rule", while Jeff plays guitar. 
-- Susie wants the clients to watch the 24 hour Letters To Santa show starting this Tuesday at 7pm CST. 
-- Jeff believes that there will be less shows next week, due to lots of things going on. 
Reincarnation (Roger Miller cover)

The Tweedy Show Thursday December 17 Episode 130

# animated intro on screen
-- Susie advises the clients to use IG TV to watch the episodes in full screen with no comments. Just click on the TV rectangle to access the older episodes. She also mentions that she's about 20 episodes behind uploading them to YouTube. 
-- Susie talks about a theater today in Norway showing either I Am Trying To Break Your Heart or Ashes Of American Flags. The person hosting the event read a poem titled Susan Miller in Norwegian. The only word that she could understand was Lounge Ax.
-- Spencer says that WXPM listed 4 Wilco songs for their Best 100 Songs Of All Time list to which Jeff deadpanned "that's it."
Film Strip (take one. Jeff abandons the song without introducing the song which he will after the second time that he plays it.) (w Spencer on drums.)
Film Strip (new "old" song about a kid making a mix tape using breakup songs like Elvis Costello's Allison etc. Spencer mentions  that when he's heard the song before he didn't know it was about mix tapes. Spencer on drums)
If I Ever Was A Child (w Spencer on drums)
-- Spencer didn't remember what a shmata was. 
Ain't No More Cane (traditional done in The Band & Bob Dylan version) (Spencer on drums & vocals w Sammy & Jeff on backing vocals)
Because Of You (Gene Clark cover sung by Sammy)
-- "Happy Birthday Mike Mills!"
-- Jeff plays a made up instrumental on the spot. 
-- Spencer & Sammy sing a bit of Percy Sledge's When A Man Loves A Woman. 
-- Jeff fixed a cabinet because a man loves a woman. 
-- Spencer sings a bit of Carole King's Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow in a high pitched voice. 
I'm The Man Who Loves You
-- Jeff says that they might do less shows in the future, but with more music each episode. 
-- Jeff tells a story about how his mother used to yell at Merv Griffin when he would interrupt guests. 
-- old school talk show hosts are discussed. 
-- Jeff gives props to Stephen Colbert for his interviews and enjoys the new pandemic show format where there isn't a live audience where they tend to seek out laughs from the audience. 
-- Jeff tells a story about Jim O'Rourke calling him in his Japanese hotel room speaking Japanese saying that he should stop using lotion. 
-- Jeff mentions that he is trying to learn Billie Eilish's everything i wanted. It's her 19th birthday tomorrow. 
-- Spencer talks about his Zoom birthday party. 
-- Jeff talks about a video that Nels sent today of him shoveling snow off of his car. 
Reincarnation (Roger Miller cover)

I will tidy up the info about Film Strip in a bit. 

The Tweedy Show Tuesday December 15 Episode 129

# animated intro on screen
-- Susie mentions that she is using 2 devices so that she can see the comments. 
-- Jeff, Spencer and Susie loved the surprise Clients' Hanukkah video. It made them cry, even Jeff. The Shot In The Arm Facebook group made a subgroup called Clients Hanukkah where they asked clients to send in selfies/pics of themselves holding a candle or a light. https://youtu.be/smvnq9a6p7c
You Are Not Alone (Mavis Staples cover w Spencer on drums & backing vocals Jeff on electric guitar) (dedicated to WFUV's Rita Houston who passed away earlier today)
-- Jeff shows off his new toy: a CXM 1978 Automatone - an electric pedal. 
-- Jeff on electric guitar & Spencer on drums whip up a Dick Dale sounding instrumental using the CXM 1978. 
-- Jeff briefly talks about Billy Bragg & the Man In The Sand doc. It had to do with Bragg asking Jeff to recreate a previous conversation for the camera. 
-- Susie can't believe that Spencer will be 25 tomorrow. 
-- Jeff shows off a drawing he made of his dad during the Christmas of 2000.
Leading A Double Life ("Blue" Gene Tyranny cover sung by Sammy w Jeff on electric guitar)
Nobody Sees Me Like You Do (Yoko Ono cover sung by Sammy w Spencer on drums and Jeff on electric guitar)
-- Kendall & Charlesie FaceTime with Spencer, so they can sing Kendall's birthday song to Spencer. Kendall says that Jeff reminds her of Jon Ossoff. 
Part Of The Union (Strawbs cover sung by Spencer & on drums w Jeff on backing vocals)
-- Susie shows off the Hanukkah prize which is a Rumpl blanket. 
https://www.rumpl.com
-- Jeff is freaked out when a client recommends Mammas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys which is what Jeff was playing before tonight's episode. 
-- Jeff makes up a "Mary made a quiche" song to the tune of Part Of The Union. 
Reincarnation (Roger Miller cover)

The Tweedy Show Monday December 14 Episode 128

# animated intro on screen, while Spencer drums along on the wall. 
-- The Bachelor & The Bachelorette depress the fuck out of Jeff. Jeff thinks it mocks the concept of love. 
-- the Tweedy family are sad about the passing of "Blue" Gene Tyranny & Charley Pride. 
-- Spencer admits that he's seen the Client's Hanukkah video which should be watched on an upcoming episode. It's an 8 minute video. 
-- Jeff is aware of the recent puns going around about Jason Isbell wanting to write a song called Elbow Bump Drugs during Covid. And a reply about being able to play Handshake Drugs, if you get A Shot In The Arm. Jeff ponders writing a new verse for Handshake Drugs about using hand sanitizer. 
-- Jeff reads cousin Itamar's letter. 
Alone aka Shakin' Sugar (abandoned early)
Alone aka Shakin' Sugar (Spencer & Sammy on backing vocals)
Part Of The Union (Strawbs cover sung by Spencer & on drums w Jeff on backing vocals)
-- Jeff would like more solidarity for unions. 
-- Jeff & Spencer react in a funny way when they hear that the clients are going to start a union. 
Can't Get It Out Of My Head (ELO cover sung by Sammy w Spencer on drums & backing vocals)
Is Anybody Goin' To San Antone (Charley Pride cover w Spencer on drums & backing vocals and Sammy on backing vocals)
Standing In My Way (Charley Pride cover sung by Sammy w Spencer on drums & backing vocals)
-- Jeff & Sammy discuss Standing In My Way's lyrics. 
-- Jeff wants to do a few "Blue" Gene Tyranny songs tomorrow. 
-- Spencer's 25th birthday is on Wednesday which they will celebrate tomorrow. Sammy will be 21 later this month. 
-- Jeff wonders if anyone had happiness in their teen years. 
Reincarnation (Roger Miller cover)

-- the Tweedy family says goodbye to Eugenia who is leaving to go back home.

-- Jeff talks about low risk people possibly being vaccinated in March. He also mentions that Susie should be one of the first to get vaccinated.