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Tonight's setlist...Late Greats was omitted, probably due to the 11p.m. curfew

Yeah, at the memorably named "Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre at SDSU"! If the students haven't got a nickname yet for this place, they need to get right on that! Anyway, I'll be there and I'd love to meet up with any VCers in attendance. My seat isn't terrific...in Section B, row J, #22...but I don't even care. I get Wilco and this joy is enough! I just checked...the last time I saw Wilco at Cal Coast CU Open Air Theatre was August 27, 2007. Susie and the kids (Sammy, 7 and Spencer, 11) were in the row just ahead of us with Uncle Danny. It's a nice venue. I

Well, Paul from NM, I'd have to disagree with you being a "shitty writer". I see Wilco tomorrow night in San Diego, and your write-up has me all amped up for the show! From all accounts lately, they continue to be America's greatest live band!

I have gotten turned on to so much great music through the members of VC over the years! I have some listening to do! It's great to see all the female talent busting out. I see Plains on Oct. 28th, and the setting couldn't be cooler...Pappy & Harriet's Pioneertown Palace! I love it up there in the high desert among the joshua trees and under a skyful of stars!

I'm not asking what old band, new to you, you've discovered...Pavement, The Cure... Not that that isn't great!! It is! But, have you fallen for any brand-new bands? Musicians who have just recently thrown their lots together, and are valiantly trying to make a go of it? Sometimes there's SO much talent packed in! These are the bands I can't help but support! Right now the one I'm pulling for is Plains, a blend of the talents of Katie Crutchfield of Waxahatchee and the songstress Jess Williamson. The 2 songs released so far from their debut have been humming in my vei

Good luck! I'll keep an eye out for you. Which do you still need?

Chuck, allow yourself lots of extra time for the drive, and pull off and rest if you need to. And have a blast! Music heals.

Hi all, how are we holding up out there in this climate changed world? I'm in southern California where it's Day 6 of some miserably toasty weather. Today was 108 F. Thank God for a/c but the need is so great that there's risk of the power grid failing. Even worse are the massive fires popping up with regularity. I pity the firefighters dealing with these in their heavy gear, risking heat exhaustion. It's ugly all around. We water our garden plants early so they'll have a chance, but it's pretty hopeless. They are just baking out there. My red beans are nearly cooked when I pick the

Damn cancer anyway. Rest in peace, Wes. Your art lives on.

You'll have a great time. They are terrific live!

Sounds like a sweet, sweet time! On the rail, yet! ❤️

Happy day, dear Jeff!

Jon, I'm so happy to see this story come to its perfect happy ending! When you first told me about talking with Dale about Wilco, and about how A Ghost is Born is his favorite album, I absolutely loved the idea of getting him his very own signed copy! How like you, to have immediately thought of doing that for him...a way to give back, for all the inspiration he'd given you. I didn't know if it was doable, but I do know that Wilco and their staff are as generous as any band out there. Nothing ventured; nothing gained, right? I'm so glad I asked, and so grateful that Wilco themselves obvio

... and I'm RIGHT back inside that fuzzy cocoon of yhf that made us feel understood! That warm space that blurted out, it's this you're feeling right? And they were exactly right. And yhf understood. Omg get this bonus CD if you can. It will give you ALL the feels. What an intense and astonishing album YHF really was. These are wonderful versions of the songs and made me realize how much I love just every version of these songs. All the versions that have emerged. But these are particularly fine versions that deserve to be celebrated. These versions make me love the ban

https://www.stereophile.com/content/recording-august-2022-cruel-country An insightful review!

https://magazines.nmenetworks.com/store/products,issue-304-september-2022_459.htm Plus in in-magazine special cd! 😃

That was exactly the balm my soul needed. I've spent the past two days re-arranging closets and furniture, and was losing my steam to finish the job, but I put on the Tweedys and sailed through the rest of my work happily. I'm still glowing. I love this family.

At least they have the shooter in custody. So fucking sad.

I hope all of you can have a happy 4th, and enjoy making memories with family and friends. I am having a bit of trouble with this one. My dad jumped on Corregidor in WWII to retake our American base from the Japanese. Lots of parachuting men died in their parachute harnesses, shot as they descended. Others crashed into shrapnel and died on landing. Dad made it. I'm just saying, Dad didn't jump out of that plane so his 5 daughters could have partial rights. This is a strange day for the country. But I love my country, deeply.

Yes!

How mesmerizing was her testimony today? What a brave and collected young woman! These hearings may have found their John (Joan) Dean. Now let's hear from the documentarian filmmaker.

I hope the men are as disgusted and depressed as the women. Men, we need you...this hardly affects only women! So many lives will be f*cked with, and hurt. Male and female and children. It's going to be bad. Sad. Painful. Please, guys, stand up however you can. And thank you. We'll have your back when it's your turn on the chopping block. ❤️

I am as angry as I was the night trump (supposedly; I still have my doubts) won in 2016. Today I feel bleak, overwhelmed, and almost hopeless. I was in high school when Roe became law, and have lived my entire adult life with protections I couldn't imagine ever being taken from me. I don't know how we reverse this calamitous, dishonest decision. But reverse it we must, and that fight begins, again, with today. Speak your mind. Do whatever you can personally do to support your fellow citizens who have had their right to bodily autonomy summarily stripped away. I'm in California. If an

For all you do for all your children...thank you! Don't think we don't notice all the little acts of love and sacrifice you do to keep us happy and well! Today, just relax and enjoy all the love you're surrounded by, whether you are a father to your own children, or a beloved father figure or loving pet parent. Thank you for being there, dads!

Answering myself here, 😆 these pop out: "Ashes of American Flags" From Family Ghost: "Digging holes and filling them in /I feel so American" "I love my country/ stupid and cruel" from Cruel Country "I am an American aquarium drinker..." "Normal American kids" I know I've just scratched the surface of his identification with being American. I find it fascinating, and brave, the way he embraces and confronts what it means to be a modern American.