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Brian F.

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  1. Like I said, "mostly" moved on. Having witnessed the ironclad "Mother"/"Country" early-set bloc about ten times in October, I'm keenly aware that this is primarily how they are choosing to represent that outstanding, sprawling double-album (with the occasional tailless bird and "Falling Apart" sprinkled in). I'm just glad I got to see "The Empty Condor" at Solid Sound because that one may never appear again. (And, really, how could I die in peace without witnessing that syllable-stretching opus?) Of the four one-play wonders from Cruel Country, I feel like "Tonight's the Day" has a
  2. I really find it works best on paper.
  3. I know my opinion is an outlier among a fan base that is content to hear Yankee Hotel Foxtrot ad infinitum, but I would be disappointed in these sets if I were at these shows. Cousin isn't even six months old, and they're down to two songs from it at the March 7 and March 8 shows. Wilco seems to be moving on from it almost as fast as they mostly moved on from Cruel Country.
  4. Thanks. The good thing about this is that the shows are spread out, and two of them are in my city, so it's much less of an undertaking than it would be if I were going from city to city. I don't really like to be away from home and this allows me to keep coming home. I'll be in Vancouver for three days at the beginning, in Vegas for three days in the middle and in Seattle for three days at the end, but the other shows will each be less than 24-hour commitments. I've been to Seattle a couple of times and really enjoyed it. I actually saw Pearl Jam there in 2009 when Backspacer came
  5. Talk about blowing the concert budget: I put in for ten Pearl Jam shows in the fan-club lottery, and I won all ten of them. Ten shows, six cities, two countries, 27 days-- that's how I'll be spending the month of May.
  6. As evidenced by the fact that I've been refreshing the Ten Club message board every ten minutes for the last six weeks...
  7. I had no idea it was coming until Sunday night, but Taylor Swift is definitely on my list (and at least a few other million people's lists).
  8. Pretty fantastic performance by Carey Mulligan, too.
  9. Such a gem. I wish this were the Mermaid tune that was the staple of the live set rather than "California Stars."
  10. I guess this is technically violative of the topic, but Monday night I sent out my annual ten best list prior to the Oscar nominations announcement the next morning. Here it is, if anyone is interested: Oscar nominations will be announced tomorrow morning, which means it’s time me to share the list of my ten favorite films of 2023. Of course, only films released in theaters during the 2023 calendar year were eligible for inclusion on this list (and all were actually seen in theaters during 2023). For whatever reason, there is going to be more overlap between my list and the Oscar n
  11. Taylor Swift Whitney Houston Shirley Manson Nina Persson Bjork Sade (the singer, although I also love the band; many people don't realize that Sade is a band named for its singer, not a solo act) Annie Lennox Annie Clark (St. Vincent) I also love every single I've heard by Dua Lipa but don't own anything by her.
  12. Seconded. They really impressed me opening the Port Chester shows.
  13. I had the same reaction, at least with respect to the first part of your post. Regarding the second part, I'm sure bbop has little incentive to be in another video as long as the residual checks are still pouring in from "Everyone Hides."
  14. I can only speak for myself as an ardent fan who goes to as many Wilco shows as he can but has never made this trip-- it is outrageously expensive for single-occupancy.
  15. "Evicted" drops from No. 10 to No. 15 in its fourteenth week on Billboard's Adult Album Alternative (Triple-A) chart, and it drops from No. 40 to No. 44 in its ninth week on the Rock and Alternative Airplay chart.
  16. I'm so sorry to hear that. I will pray for him.
  17. Brian F.

    Setlists

    It takes 50 Guided by Voices songs to fill 90 minutes.
  18. Brian F.

    Setlists

    What I find fascinating about the pared-down core set list is that it largely (not entirely, but largely) ignores the band's output from 2009 through 2022 (and, to a certain extent, much of 2007's Sky Blue Sky) even though the albums from that period are the ones that feature the current iteration of the band. In other words, when Wilco plays sets that are heavy on YHF and AGIB with the current lineup, they're a bit of a cover band. Having seen the band do a three-night, no-repeat residency only eight months ago, they still seem pretty good at executing an expansive and diverse set
  19. As spelled out earlier in the thread, Triple-A is short for Adult Album Alternative. For more, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adult_album_alternative.
  20. Pretty much this. I always have to remind myself that someone else is seeing "California Stars" or "Jesus, etc." for the first time and try to feel happy for that person while I silently complain to myself about having to hear it for the umpteenth time while fifteen years of their catalog remains largely missing in action.
  21. "Evicted" drops again from No. 7 to No. 10 in its thirteenth week on Billboard's Triple-A chart (now one spot behind hot new hitmakers The Beatles), and slips from No. 39 to No. 40 in its eighth week on the Rock and Alternative Airplay chart.
  22. And Jeff on World Cafe: https://www.npr.org/sections/world-cafe/2023/11/03/1210100744/jeff-tweedy-on-wilco-album-cousin
  23. Folks probably have already seen these things, which were linked to in an email from Wilco, but here are links to some recent Jeff and/or Wilco stuff: Extended interview with A.P.: (Note: I was watching this and a little concerned because Jeff seemed really jittery and almost like he was on speed or something... and then I realized my YouTube was set to 1.25x speed for some reason.) Wilco in KUTX Studio 1A:
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