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Don't you just wish sometimes you could clone yourself, split off to all you don't want to miss, and meet up later and merge together? Someday science will work this out for us.

Tell me about Kevin's pop-up! I was at the one with Jeff, Chris Corsano, and Darin Gray that was earlier. By the time I got through Courtyard D (which was packed so traffic was at a crawl) and across the canal and up to the pink cactus area, I could see him standing outside. I came up and said, "I just missed your pop-up, didn't I?" Yup. Also, a question about Bennington...I've only driven through, two years ago after Solid Sound, and we didn't have time to stop. But I remember the huge dramatic spire there...is that the battle monument? I think it must be. How cool that you got to see Frost

I'm always curious to hear the impressions of people attending their first Solid Sound, because I think it is SO very different from the usual festival, and I suppose because I want to relive/revisit that brilliant sense of discovery. So, what did you think of "our" little festival??? Favorite bits?

I have almost had enough sleep now to begin unpacking. Hi ladyC!

That's a tough one to answer, both because there were several contenders, but also because it is impossible for one person to see everything. If they were to replay the whole thing, I might have seen an entirely different (and probably equally satisfying) Solid Sound 5. For my money, Kevin Morby was one of the real stand-outs. He turned in a magnificent set, ending with a blistering one-two punch of "Dorothy" and "The Ballad of Arlo Jones". My face is still a little melted.

So good to be back home, but suffering the withdrawal blues as usual. What a weekend. What a blast. Best one yet!!!! See you all in 2 years!

Hey Solid Sounders, if you got one of the "We're all in this together, except Trump, he's a dick" t-shirts, this is your reminder that tomorrow (Saturday) is the day to wear it. Please come for the group photo at 10:30 am. We will be posing with the big orange WILCO letters which face Joe's field. Let's try to meet (a bit early please) on the bridge over the canal, the one that takes you to Joe's field from courtyard D. Be there or be square.

I hadn't planned a VC meeting table this year, but maybe we can meet and grab a table on the deck above Courtyard C.

Hi Barbara, Bill, and all the rest of you! This is going to be the finest Solid Sound yet, so those of you who are first-timers, YOWZA, you are in for such a treat!!! With the way the world's been working lately (I should say, HASN'T been working) I think we are all in need of this island of pure joy to which we are traveling! In such seriously conflicted times, the opportunities to feel that "all is right with the world" come few and far between. I always leave Solid Sound with more than a bellyful of great food, great music, dazzling art, and the exhilaration of being with so many treasur

Wierd...I don't have time to check but when I posted that I took her name straight off the SSF lineup site. She's good, I hope she hasn't had to cancel! Somebody with more time, investigate!

Stop getting ahead of yourself!

Hey! I remember reading this, it was great! (We really need a like button sometimes!)

Hey all, it would be great if you can include your real-life names as well. And everyone is invited to look for me, brunette with glasses, bright red backpack with a big Fuck Trump button....if you find me and introduce yourself, I will feed you homemade beef jerky and spiced nuts. Deal?

Well I knew what you meant, anyway...

Could everybody who will be in attendance at SSF5 please give a quick holler? Some of you I already know, but do me a favor and announce yourself anyway. I can't wait to see everybody!!! Sometimes it hits me that as good as the music, the art, the locale and the food and drink can be, still, my very absolute favorite part of the SSF experience is gathering together in one happy spot with a ton of wonderful friends, and meeting a ton of wonderful new friends. With every SSF, the experience grows exponentially. Sing out if you're coming! Please don't be shy, even if you're new! I'll s

Now I know I made a mistake - the one-eyed man is king! A little socio-political humor for y'all.

Come to Solid Sound and I'll feed you some! It's homemade and really good if I do say so myself. I made enough for an army. A Wilco army. This is only a portion of it. And for you vegetarians, I have made some wicked good Spiced Nuts! See you there!

Well I think you got the better end of that deal!

You can lead a horse to water, but you still never know where your soul is attached.

Vince. it's like you know those "Bull Black Nova" lyrics forwards and backwards! Also when a man uses a hammer, there's often blood in the sink, usually his.

Well you can as long as you've already turned off the heat I suppose. But depending on how long you stay frozen, that omelette's gonna get cold. Great job with the hammer aphorisms!

These are wonderful. You all have deliciously twisted minds! Somebody do one with the hammer aphorism. That one is just begging for a Wilco revision.

He cannot be 63 because that would mean that I......oh never mind. I got to see Joe at an L.A. meet-and-greet when he and "Look Sharp!" were fresh and new. It was cool. We all got a necktie like the polka-dotted one he wears on that album's back cover...I still have it! I just pulled out that album to refresh my memory...I had forgotten he autographed it! ("Love and kisses, Joe Jackson, OK!")

Hi all, are you suffering the brain-numbing effects of listening to our attorney general's testimony today? I know I am. In the interest of reclaiming our grey matter from the governmental dementors among us, I propose a game! A game which will call upon your higher thinking processes, as well as your wit and humor! An irreststable exercise in thinking beyond rectangular cardboard containers! This game is inspired by a phrase some of us here coined years ago, to encourage those who were having trouble getting to some Wilco show somewhere. We would tell them, "You can do it! Where there's a

I haven't seen him since he was about 20! Have fun!