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    Wilco — 4 October 2023, Los Angeles, CA (Theatre at Ace Hotel) [Night 1 of 3]

    in After The Show

    Posted

    A little commentary on some silliness last night...when Jeff forgot the lyrics to "Love is Everywhere" and had to stop, he commented wryly, laughing at himself, that that's what he got for having just thought to himself "Well, this is going well!" :lol And it had been! Going fabulously in fact. Anyway after a bit of embarrassed memory-searching, "Love is..." resumed beautifully and the set continued. A bit later, between songs, some of the audience cat-callers were yelling out shit and setting each other off, and Jeff commented in a deflated voice, "I don't think this is going so well, now!" prompting a big laugh from the audience. A very funny little moment.

    I mention this story because I saw that some bozo in the fb group used Jeff's comedic crack to try to argue that Wilco were having a very "off" night last night :rolleyes:P and Jeff had even admitted it and apologized to the audience, saying "I don't think this is going well, now."

    Jeebus, people. Context matters. I wonder if that person misses this much in real life. :lol

    It was one of Jeff's funnier moments last night. He looked so disappointed in us. But in truth he (they) had the audience eating out of their hands.(And he knew it!)

     

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    Wilco — 4 October 2023, Los Angeles, CA (Theatre at Ace Hotel) [Night 1 of 3]

    in After The Show

    Posted

    DAMN, now THAT was a Wilco show! :wub It's hours since and I'm still gobsmacked by how good it was. Stellar setlist with something to please everybody, but I don't have it & can't remember it all...it's late and I'm exhausted.

    Suffice it to say, they played everything like what they are, a band at the top of their game. The early-on "Handshake Drugs" pulled people to their feet and may have melted off part of my face so be kind when you see me next. I'll leave more details to others to tell. Must sleep.

    Oh and Jeff's got crowd control figured out now. Tomorrow he's bringing a laser pointer to zero in on disruptive audience shouters. So you've been warned.

    Also we got to sing the guitar line to Spiders! :spider

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    Wilco - Cousin - New Album

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    6 hours ago, Brian F. said:

     

    In its first week of wide release, Cruel Country sold 7,000 copies across all formats (LP, CD and downloads).* That would include direct sales by the band as well as sales by retailers set up for tracking by Luminate (which will exclude some independent record stores). That number is slightly lower than it would have been but for the "white label" CD release on Record Store Day. (There were a total of 8,000 copies of that release available.)

     

    In its first week of release, the Yankee Hotel Foxtrot box set sold 13,000 copies (8,000 vinyl, 4,500 CD and 500 digital downloads). That includes all the various permutations of the set, from the 2-CD highlights version to the 11-LP behemoth.

     

    Bearing in mind that sales typically peak in the first week for an established artist and then drop off precipitously, these numbers support the idea that they would "budget" 1,000 LPs (and 500 CDs?) for Wilcoworld preorder (since the majority of sales will be through third-party retailers).

     

    I shouldn't be surprised by these numbers, given that the by-far-most-common response by "civilians" when I have mentioned the band over the past 28 years has been "Who?," but it's amazing that the band has been able to sustain such a successful career with such a small audience. Obviously, the band's audience is larger than just the people who still buy their albums in 2023, but it's still small in the grand scheme of things.

     

    * I don't have a breakdown of this, but an educated guess is that 4,500-5,000 were vinyl, 2,000-2,500 were CDs and a de minimis number were digital downloads.

     

    EDIT: I should note that my copy of the LP is black vinyl. There's probably a separate tranche of the "floral ice" variant. Maybe they do another 1,000 of the variant.

     

    I have the Floral Ice vinyl. Very cool looking and VERY thick vinyl. Is the black the same?

    Wilco - Cousin - New Album

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    5 hours ago, Brian F. said:

    On the one hand, I'm encouraged by the fact that they've shipped some of these out to arrive before Friday. On the other hand, I'm discouraged because I still haven't gotten a shipping notice. I really need this no later than Friday so I can have some familiarity before the shows starting Wednesday.

     

     

    I'm feeling the same! Only got my shipping notice today.

    Solid Sound 2024 Bingo

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    14 hours ago, heychicken said:

    As I eagerly await an announcement for Solid Sound 2024, I am beginning the process of replicating a small craft I did for last year's festival. 

    If there's enough interest, I'll do it again!

     

    For kicks, I made a series of bingo cards for Yo La Tengo's 2021 Hanukkah run of shows at the Bowery Ballroom. These were left in the venue lounge and it was fun to see people post their progress with them and when/if they'd hit five-in-a-row. 

    In 2022, I made a newer series with the blessing of the band and their awesome management team to sell at the merch table to raise some extra funds for the charities they'd focus on each night. Here's an example:

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    I made a few earlier in the year for Solid Sound 2022 that were primarily stashed at the record store pop-ups near Courtyard D. No bingos as the band leaned heavily on the Cruel Country tracks on Saturday (didn't really care as the set was still great). Here's one of those (there were SOLID, SOUND, and WILCO variations): 


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    Disclaimer:

    Folks asked me throughout the weekend what they'd win. There is no prize other than the potential for an absurdly large amount of people in a crowd to shout "bingo" (why not?).

    I look forward to yelling "Bingo!" at next SSF. :lol

    Can We Talk about Politics & Stay Civil?

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

    Posted

    8 hours ago, jff said:

    I'm scared to death that Biden's going to have a heart attack or stroke before the election.  If that happens, Trump wins even if he's in jail. 

     

    I feel ya. Biden is exceptionally healthy for his age, so hopefully that continues. But there are a lot of terrifying scenarios for the next years.

     

    As for Trump, he led an insurrection. He is not qualified to remain on the ballot.

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    Live! Tonight!!

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    11 hours ago, Boss_Tweedy said:

    Cut Worms. I missed most of their set at Solid Sound last year, so I'm excited.

     

    I'm jealous! They are playing in L.A. on the 22nd but I just have too much going on to go, I think. I look forward to your review!

     

    Australia Tour!!!

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    On 9/13/2023 at 7:07 AM, Albert Tatlock said:

    Dear Wilco.

    Please book Augie March in support with a contractual ‘best of’ set list (contact me for detailed list). Then I will have to travel to Australia.

    Ta,

    Albert 

     

    I hope Wilco listens to you!

     

    EDIT: And then I hope somebody records it all! :yes
     

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    Olivia Rodrigo

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    I'll have to listen to it. My husband actually knows her dad really well. At least Olivia seems to have some real talent & not just a pretty face. If "Spiders" influenced her, that's not a bad idea, right? :P

    Cousin Reviews!

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    6 hours ago, Brian F. said:

    Am I missing something? I see a review of a performance that mentions the new album, but I don't see a review of the album.

    More a review of the direction this album is taking the band, I guess. I just really like what I'm hearing. And I wanted a space to share reviews as they appeared, so here you go. The release date is zooming up at us so I expect you, Brian F., to post some actual reviews in this thread.

    Thank you and stop nitpicking at your overly busy admin! :lol:spider3

     

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