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The Tweedy Show Friday October 9 Episode 107

# intro on jukebox
-- Susie describes the Jeff Knurek meme that he made of Annie Wilkes from Misery with Jeff on a bed. 
-- Jeff & Susie discuss their present that they received from one of the "clients" that is a humane bug catcher.
-- Jeff very briefly mentions that he literally just came in the door from doing a back yard charity concert. 
-- Jeff explains the back yard charity concert that he just got back from. 
-- Jeff talks about John & Sean Lennon. 
Taste The Ceiling (Dedicated to Mary for her birthday. She is Scott McCaughey's wife.)
-- Jeff mentions that he co-wrote Taste The Ceiling with Scott McCaughey. 
Guess Again
-- "carameled apples" "past tense apples"
-- Jeff strums & hums Bread's Guitar Man hoping Susie will sing it. 
-- Jeff & Susie have kind words for Stephen Colbert. 
-- "wise indie elder" 
Spirit World Rising (Daniel Johnston cover sung by Sammy)
-- Jeff & Sammy work out a bit of Daniel Johnston's Some Things Last A Long Time
-- Sammy talks about his studies. 
-- Jeff plays a lengthy melody on his guitar that is unknown as of press time. 🤷🏻‍♂️ edited thanks to Paul Suwan: Jeff plays “Charlie,” a theme composed by Georges Delerue from the Truffaut film Shoot The Piano Player.
--Sammy does a "crooner" era Bob Dylan impression followed by an impression of Michael Jackson singing Human Nature.
-- Jeff does more impressions of Jonathan Richman and Michael Stipe. 
-- Sammy does an impression of Squidward.
-- Jeff does an impression of Peter Miller. 
Passenger Side 
-- Jeff warns that there won't be any episodes next week due to Jeff's book obligations. He briefly mentions his 2 virtual book tour events scheduled for this Tuesday & Wednesday evening. 

The Tweedy Show shall return Monday October 19th, unless there's another kid's show. Follow Susie's page for any sudden show announcement. 

On 10/7/2020 at 1:49 PM, bböp said:

Thanks for not mentioning my failure to identify this one...haha. It was a fairly obscure one, but I own it. Lol. 

You're welcome! All is forgiven.

The Tweedy Show Thursday October 8 Episode 106

# animated intro on screen
-- Jeff & Sammy play a bit of The Carpenters' We've Only Just Begun
-- one of the clients asks Jeff to play Corduroy Cutoff Girl which prompts Jeff to do a shoulder dance
-- Jeff plays a bit of Nope per Liam's request
Thirteen (Big Star cover sung by Sammy w Spencer on backing vocals)
Watching The Wheels (John Lennon cover sung by Sammy w Spencer on drums)
-- "what are you wearing? Is that a disposable?"
-- Susie says that Spencer is working hard on shipping the 2nd batch of masks. 
-- Jeff talks about his favorite phone apps.
-- Spencer drops a hint to check Wilco's social media pages tomorrow for John Lennon's birthday. There might be a cover performed by Jeff. 
-- Jeff does a Matthew McConaughey impression. 
-- Jeff makes the "first time that I saw Susie" face, so that it can be memed
-- Jeff jokingly tells the story about the first time that he met Susie. 
Wilco (The Song) (w Spencer on drums)
-- Jeff briefly tells the story of singing "Colbert" instead of "Wilco" the first time that they ever played the song on The Colbert Report
Pot Kettle Black (w Spencer on drums)
-- Jeff responds to an angry commenter on his recent Gwendolyn video. 
-- Jeff jokes that he would have paid for Cameo's to get "more famous" people to appear in the Gwendolyn video. 
-- a discussion on Leave It To Beaver, The Dick Van Dyke Show, I Love Lucy and The Carol Burnett Show
Reincarnation (Roger Miller cover)
-- "let's drink whiskey out of your dad's Grammy's"

I went through all of the songs performed on The Tweedy Show that didn’t find a home on Love Is The King and not one had the lyrics or any mention of Susquehanna River which is the name of one of the b-sides on the bonus vinyl 7 inch. The other b-side, I’d Rather Be Alone, was played twice. 
 

edit: I copied and pasted the song title that’s why the font size changed. 

On 10/2/2020 at 4:54 PM, calvino said:

 

I am not Instagram, so I never see these shows ( thank you kindly to U2roolz for these recaps, ) -- anyway's I would have been in your same White Sox boat. Looking forward to next year.

Thank you for the kind words! 

The Tweedy Show Tuesday October 6 Episode 105

# animated intro on screen
-- Jeff says that he was going to play Van Halen's Eruption to honor the late Eddie Van Halen who passed away today. Jeff talks about Eddie Van Halen. 
-- Jeff brings up David Lee Roth. 
-- Jeff thinks that he has a "founding fathers" hairdo. 
-- Jeff & Susie discuss the famous mouths in the Gwendolyn video. 
-- a stinkbug is spotted and Jeff must "relocate" it with the help of a yellow cup. 
-- the debate about whether Jeff looks better with or without a hat. 
-- Susie thinks Spencer looks like an "escaped hillbilly mental patient" when he has a mustache. 
Gwendolyn (w Spencer on drums)
-- Jeff describes the women in the Gwendolyn video to Susie, so she can know who's who. He also mentions that he wanted to have a train on his mouth. 
-- Spencer does a drum solo
So Much Wine (The Handsome Family cover w Spencer on drums & backing vocals)
Something On Your Mind (Karen Dalton cover sung by Sammy w Spencer on drums)
-- Sammy shows off his bees and astronaut necklace
-- Susie shows off a framed pic of a young Spencer. The frame includes an ad for Jeff's DJ set that he did. Susie jokes that she had to make sure that the ad mentioned that Jeff was in Wilco.
Turtles Have Short Legs (Can cover sung by Sammy w Spencer on drums)
-- Jeff says that an announcement is coming tomorrow. He shows a pic of the floor of the Lounge Ax that might be the back album cover for a release. 
-- Jeff gets word to spill the beans on the live Uncle Tupelo record that he just hinted at moments before. The album artwork reveals that the show is from the Lounge Ax recorded on March 24, 1994. The album gatefold is a picture of the crowd shot from the stage.
Reincarnation (Roger Miller cover)

The Tweedy Show Monday October 5 Episode 104

# animated intro is on screen

-- Jeff shows off his shoes designed by the late Japanese fashion designer Kenzo Takada who died on Sunday from Covid.

-- Susie shows off the pin that she made as a response to Trump's quote about not to worry about Covid. Jeff reads the pin to the camera. 

-- Jeff tells the story of the only time that he called his dad "daddy". 

-- a bowling pin signed by Dick Weber is shown off. 
-- masks are available again at TweedyShow.com
-- Jeff gives us the scoop that the preorder is tomorrow for Love Is The King on vinyl and cd.
-- Jeff says that there should be a video dropping sometime tomorrow, but mostly everyone in the comments has seen it already. It's a music video for Gwendolyn. 

-- Jeff doesn't have any wrinkles in his forehead because he's carefree and his skin is smooth because he's well adjusted. 
Guaranteed (for Audrey's birthday)
-- Susie mentions that the new video is no longer up now.

-- Susie talks about someone buying a Tweedy Show 100th Episode poster which sounds like it's a bootleg. 

-- Jeff wants to edit down 104 hours of Tweedy Show footage into a tight half hour Best Of. 
-- Jeff strums a bit of Love's Alone Again Or

-- Jeff shows off a copy of How To Write One Song to prove that it's real. He reads a brief excerpt from it. He jokes that the number of songs that you want to write should equal the amount of books that you need to buy. 
-- Jeff mentions that the writer of the cult comedy Rocketman also wrote HBO's limited series Chernobyl.
Mi Shebeirach (Debbie Friedman cover sung by Sammy w Spencer on backing vocals.)

-- Sammy doesn't know if Jeff is strumming How To Fight Loneliness or ELO's Showdown.
Showdown (ELO cover sung by Sammy w Spencer on drums & backing vocals)
Lofty Skies (T. Rex cover sung by Sammy)

-- Jeff & Sammy discuss T. Rex 
-- Spencer speaks about his new book Mirror Sound which is about home recording that is coming out October 20 via MirrorSoundbook.com and/or Bookshop.org
-- Jeff & Sammy work through a bit of Love's Alone Again Or which has been covered by The Damned, The Autumn Defense and Calexico. 

-- Jeff, Sammy & Spencer discuss which Bread songs to possibly cover: Baby I'm-A Want You, Guitar Man & Aubrey 

-- Susie shows Jeff a jar full of guitar picks that he doesn't use
Kingpin (w Spencer on drums)

-- Jeff asks if the clients were clapping along with emojis.
-- Jeff strums a bit of Led Zeppelin's Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp for the 50th anniversary of Led Zeppelin III
Reincarnation (Roger Miller cover)

I'm going to touch up the first half of the notes, since I had a bit of technical difficulties. Updated...

It looks like the physical release is set for next year. 

Awesome vid! 

9 hours ago, bböp said:

That Royal Oak show they just released today was, in my opinion, the best show of that year. It was a one-off and the band was on fire that night. Fwiw.

Excellent news! Can’t wait to listen to this. 

The Tweedy Show Thursday October 1 Episode 103

# animated intro is shown on screen
-- Basil is shown and Jeff ponders if they should have different intros when someone like Basil is on the episode. 
-- Jeff shows off his "Butthead of the house" socks from Diane. 
Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down (traditional)
-- Jeff compares his new eye glasses to his old eye glasses 
Where Do I Begin (w Spencer on drums)
-- Jeff wants 70s tv themes for moments when Sammy enters the living room. 
-- Jeff talks about chopped liver
-- Susie claims Jeff didn't want to watch Bonnie & Clyde, but instead the family watched Francois Truffaut's Shoot The Piano Player. 
-- Borat 2 is brought up and the realization that it comes out the same day as Love Is The King
Frank Mills (from the musical Hair sung by Sammy)
-- Jeff's Buckwheat pillow exploded last night 
-- Casey brings up that tonight is a Harvest Moon
Harvest Moon (Neil Young cover sung by Sammy w Spencer on drums & backing vocals and Casey on backing vocals)
Such Great Heights (The Postal Service cover sung by Sammy w Spencer on drums & Jeff playing his acoustic bass. Thanks to Kevin & Monty for the correction!)
All In It Together (Mavis Staples cover for w Spencer on drums)
-- Jeff speaks out against voter suppression. 
-- Jeff does a brief Jack Benny impression
Reincarnation (Roger Miller cover)

2 hours ago, dasradiohead said:

Show notes state those were released in March 2020

This is the second time that someone can see something on Nugs that I can’t. The other incident was show notes for the latest show that showed up blank in the app. I just chalked that up to it not being available yet on the app, but on the website. 
 

Re: Montclair - When I click on show notes in the app, I only see “Second set is an acoustic performance. Read more about the show here.” And there’s no link there. Funnily enough on the website it doesn’t even mention “read more about the show here”. 
 

I was checking for a new show today because there was a FB post this past August that mentioned a new Wilco show on the last Wednesday of every month. I knew that new shows seemed to appear near the end of a month, but didn’t know of a particular day of the week until I saw that post. 
 

Anyways, I now see a show that pops up under the apps new show listings. It’s a show from July 21, 2009 in Royal Oak, MI. 

I did some detective work to see which new show was released to Nugs today and it looks like they dropped the 2 shows from Montclair, NJ in April 2010. I haven’t seen any official announcement today on social media, but I don’t recall seeing either of these before. 

On 9/26/2020 at 5:48 PM, bböp said:

And unfortunately, no further word on that mystery song near the end of the show last night yet. It sounded too composed to my ears as well to be just an improv, off-the-cuff tune, but I've obviously been wrong many times before.

 

Paul reached out to me after he heard back from Spencer regarding that mystery song. It is something that Jeff has been working on. 

The Tweedy Show Monday September 28 Episode 102 

# animated intro on screen
-- Jeff & Susie talk about Jeff's hair
Sick Server 
-- Susie says that they will not have a show tomorrow, so they can watch snippets of the debate.
-- Jeff says that he played Sick Server for his late father for what would've been his 87th birthday. Jeff wrote the song about him. 
-- Jeff thanks Donna for the live recording of unreleased song Ian Dury
-- episodes & choppers are briefly discussed 
-- what's the difference between a frog and a toad?
-- Jeff tells the epic story of why he was kicked out of the Cub Scouts
-- Jeff tells the story of why he was suspended in school. It involves plastic spoons and spiky gumball trees.
Nobody Sees Me Like You Do (Yoko Ono cover sung by Sammy w Spencer on drums)
-- Sammy & Spencer work on the harmonies of Nobody Sees Me Like You Do
-- Yoko Ono, Nick Offerman and Willie Nelson's tour bus are discussed
Casino Queen (w Spencer on drums. Dedicated to the late Bob Tweedy because it's his favorite song that Jeff wrote.)
-- Jeff ponders what it'd be like if he was on Dancing With The Stars
-- the Tweedy family have kind words for Tom Bergeron
-- Happy Son's Day is celebrated.
Reincarnation (Roger Miller cover)

The Tweedy Show shall return Thursday. 

The Tweedy Show Friday September 25 Episode 101

# animated intro on screen
-- a huge movie discussion is had by all ranging from Barbara Stanwyck to Alfred Hitchcock to Nicolas Cage
Before Us (w Sammy & Spencer on backing vocals)
-- Jeff wonders what ever happened to Harland Williams the star of RocketMan.
I Wish I Was Ian Dury (unreleased song that Jeff thought that he never played live. Apparently, a live recording exists from July of 1995. Paul Suwan says that this song was listed on WilcoBase as "Turn Around And Come Back To Me". Thanks, Paul!)
-- Jeff makes up song about eating pizza for dinner tonight and not being able to write songs anymore. 
Friday Night (The Darkness cover sung & performed on guitar by Spencer)
-- Sammy playfully sings the falsetto chorus of The Darkness' I Believe In A Thing Called Love.
Cold Hard World (Daniel Johnston cover w Spencer on thigh slaps)
-- Jeff & Spencer discuss a favorite line from Cold Hard World
Hotel Arizona (w Spencer on drums)
-- Sammy & Spencer work out Tom T. Hall's That's How I Got To Memphis
Chapter 8 - Seashore And Horizon (Cornelius cover sung & performed on guitar by Sammy w Jeff learning to play along on guitar)
"Sorry" (improvised song for Susie or was it? Paul and I are looking into it. Lol! Lyrics include "i'm staring at the wall there's nothing there to see. You're sorry so am I. You know it's not like me.")
Reincarnation (Roger Miller cover)

Correction: “Sorry” is an unreleased song that Jeff has been working on. Thanks to Paul Suwan for the scoop straight from Spencer. 

I’m just seeing this thread now, but I had an issue too. I’ll take you back to a few years ago to set the scene. Something happened with my password on here and I couldn’t log on, so I reached out to Donna who gave me a new user name which was the first letter of my first name with my last name. However, when I logged in back then, it still showed my screen name as u2roolz. 
 

Cut to whenever this change occurred and I had to log on, so I used exactly what Donna had set up for me. It didn’t work with the username (first letter of my first name & last name), so I used my screen name u2roolz and that worked fine. 
 

So Neuroglue is exactly right. 

11 hours ago, Analogman said:

I have become quite fascinated by various European shows on Netflix this summer:

 

Bordertown (Finnish)

Dark (German)

Criminal UK, France, Spain, Germany

Signs (Polish)

The Five (UK)

I loved Criminal UK’s 1st season. I forgot that season 2 was released last week.

The reason I posted was to ask you the important question: are you watching Dark with the subtitles or dubbed in English? I really want to check that one out. 
 

I watch everything that I can with subtitles. It’s the best. Lots of times it’ll tell you the artist & name of a song. 

There’s also a virtual book tour event with Norah Jones. Each event ticket purchase includes a signed bookplate along with a copy of the book. 
 

Anyone ever have issues with signed bookplates? Does the adhesive still stick?  

The Tweedy Show Tuesday September 22 Episode 100

# animated intro on screen
-- "Happy 100th episode!" Susie shows off the special 100th episode artwork done by Jeff Knurek which features the Tweedy family & friends that have appeared on the show. Plus, a few Easter eggs.
-- Susie pans the phone over to Jeff's spot on the couch and he isn't there. She and the Tweedy gang head upstairs to look for Jeff. They find him in the bathtub where he's confused as to why they are all there. He speaks of a dream he had where he started an Instagram show during a pandemic. Jeff says that he's going to have his wedding vows renewed during the special episode.
Jackie Wants A Black Eye (Dr. Dog cover sung by Casey w Spencer on guitar & backing vocals)
-- Jeff arrives in his bathrobe like a boss.
Long Time Ago (Golden Smog cover)
-- Jeff & Susie reminisce over Tweedy Show moments. 
-- the Tweedy family talk about all of the friends that have appeared on the episodes and the friends that called in. 
I'll Never Know 
-- Jeff answers the question if he thought that he'd still be doing this show on September 22 and when he thinks live music might return.
-- Casey shows off Basil's graduation picture  from obedience school.
Save It For Me (w Sammy on backing vocals  & Spencer on backing vocals and thigh slaps)
Locator (w Spencer on thigh slaps & backing vocals)
-- Jeff briefly sings a funny version of John Lennon's God with lyrics mentioning people at The Loft.
Human (Molly Sarle cover sung by Sammy)
-- Jeff thanks & loves all of the clients
Reincarnation (Roger Miller cover)

Happy 100th episode! Thank you, Tweedy family! 

5 hours ago, ZiggyBratwurst said:

I'm almost 100% sure the childrens' song is Clean Up Song by ELF Learning. I was googling while they were singing, and just as they were finishing I found lyrics that I believe were a match. Just googled it again, and I'm pretty confident it's right. There was no mention of Romper Room in what I read, but there is a Romper Room video that showed up in the search results. I assume they're singing a clean up song of some sort, but I'm at work right now and can't watch/listen. (Which is also why I can't check last night's episode to confirm the song.) 

It is also well within the realm of possibility that I am the only person who cares. But I figure, I put Wheels On The Bus on the spreadsheet; why wouldn't I put this one on, too?

 

Great find! It caught me off guard, so I didn’t do a Google check. I’ll update it in the recaps. Thank you! 

17 hours ago, kidsmoke said:

Thanks always for doing your great recaps, Kristofor!

Thank you for the kind words, Donna! 
 

It should be noted that I used the wrong link for Susie’s cancer fundraiser. Sorry if that caused any confusion for anyone trying to donate. Somehow I found the link for the one from 2018. (Insert Homer Simpson’s “D’oh!”)

That error has been fixed. Thank you to Susan Miller Tweedy for noticing the error. One of the more surreal sentences that I’ve typed out in this forum. 2020...am I right? 

The Tweedy Show Monday September 21 Episode 99

# animated intro on screen
-- Susie & Jeff can't believe that this is the 99th episode. 
-- Susie says that all of the clients are giving compliments on the drive in show
-- Susie thanks the clients for their generous donations to her cancer fundraiser. https://pages.lls.org/ltn/chi/Metrochicago20/TeamSusanMillerTweedy
-- Jeff talks about his competitive nature for the Wii Bowling game when Spencer & Sammy were younger.
-- Jeff tries to play Honey Combed after a client claimed that Jeff isn't a fan of that song
Honey Combed
-- Jeff talks about his experience playing the drive in show and whether or not he wants to do more shows like that in the future. 
Wait Up (Uncle Tupelo cover)
-- Susie says that there's something that Jeff Knurek did that might be special for tomorrow night's show.
-- Jeff & Susie talk about the tv show Pen15
Bad Day Lately (w Spencer on thigh slaps)
-- Jeff explains the title Love Is The King
-- Susie loves the tv show Call The Midwife
-- Susie shows the early Hanukkah prizes: 
socks that say "Step Up".
Only Love Can Break Your Heart (Neil Young cover sung by Sammy w Spencer on drums & backing vocals)
-- Jeff asks what's the current song stats in relation to playing Neil Young on episode 99.
Changes (Black Sabbath cover sung by Sammy)
-- Jeff plays quite a bit of Life Story which is the song at the end of the Let's Go audiobook 
-- Susie breaks the news to Jeff that he's in the new Vintage Vinyl documentary. 
A Robin Or A Wren (w Sammy & Spencer on backing vocals)
-- the Tweedy family sing some of ELF Learning’s Clean Up Song that Jeff thinks came from Romper Room which leads to a discussion about the show. 
-- Jeff has kind words for his sister Debbie
Reincarnation (Roger Miller cover)
-- "see you tomorrow for episode 100"

It’s truly excellent to see a report from Paul in this space. It was a terrific show that I enjoyed from the comfort of my living room.

Someone over in the FB group snagged a setlist and it had Ten Sentences in between Having Been Is No Way To Be & Guaranteed. That was the only difference.

The overall quality was excellent. I couldn’t see anyone in the crowd, but I expected that. They could do only so many different camera angles given the limited space. It’d be worth a watch if you were there and want to relive the experience.