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And Jeff on World Cafe: https://www.npr.org/sections/world-cafe/2023/11/03/1210100744/jeff-tweedy-on-wilco-album-cousin

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:

It''s not looking good for Wilco to score its second chart-topper, as "Evicted" drops from No. 4 to No. 7 in its twelfth week on the Billboard Adult Album Alternative (Triple-A) chart. "Evicted" also falls from its heretofore peak of No. 36 to No. 39 in its seventh week on the Rock and Alternative Airplay chart.

"Should've Been in Love"! So good.

I have it on good authority that Wilco is headlining. Did anyone else get an error message telling you that you hadn't selected a country even though you had? This happened to me once before, either for the last Solid Sound or for Ohana in 2021, with Front Gate. I couldn't complete the transaction and had to ask someone else to buy the ticket for me. (Thanks again, coldasgasoline.)

The latest episode of American Experience, airing this week on PBS stations, is called "The War on Disco" and touches on some of what Jeff talks about here.

"Evicted" holds at No. 4 in its eleventh week on the Triple-A chart behind the abovementioned Black Pumas and Revivalists songs as well as U2's "Atomic City," and one spot ahead of the Foo Fighters' "Under You." "Evicted" moves up from No. 42 to a new peak of No. 36 in its sixth week on the Rock and Alternative Airplay chart. ("Under You" is No. 1 on that chart.)

They had also played it in L.A. at the first Bellwether show.

Just finished watching. Had to watch the World Series first. It was so much better-directed than the livestream of the Yankee Hotel Foxtrot 20th-anniversary show. Jeff's voice is still sounding pretty rough, as he acknowledged. I cracked up when he flubbed the lyric when the vocals came back in at the end of "Bird/Base." It sounded like he sang, "When the sun began to weave..." Thanks to the livestream, I was finally able to figure out what John had taped to his monitor: a lyrical cheat sheet for his harmonies in "Meant to Be." I had noticed this piece of paper at the shows in Sout

Wilco will love you, baby.

I really love that album. My only problem with it is that I got my copy of it on March 18, 2020, and listened to it every day thereafter for months, so it still kind of feels like the soundtrack of the world falling apart.

I can think of at least one: Pearl Jam. They released an album in March 2020 and, when they finally got to play a few festival shows in support of it in the fall of 2021, they came out and rattled off six of the first eight songs in the set from that album. On the first show of their proper tour in the spring of 2022, they played eight songs from that album. I don't know if there's any band of '90s vintage that goes as deep as Pearl Jam in their live show in terms of new songs and catalog songs. On their recent eight-show tour, they played over 100 different songs (and this is in spite of the

Not for the first time, Wilcoworld has the set list all wrong.

Is it true that records rotate in the opposite direction in the Southern Hemisphere? And, if so, do they all just ending up repeating "Paul is dead"?

That's a great recommendation. True story: in my post above, where I wrote "somewhere around town," I first wrote "at the Negro Leagues Museum" but was afraid people might think I was poking fun at the museum. I then considered writing "at the Jazz Museum" and "at the Truman Library" before deciding that specificity was unnecessary. I also strongly recommend the Truman Library as well as the Truman Residence in Independence. I actually didn't get to go to the Jazz Museum because I spent too much time at the Negro Leagues Museum. (They are in the same building.)

See now if it was a real soap opera, Taylor and Travis would have definitely run into Matty Healy of the 1975 somewhere around town and there would have been drama.

If you're looking for a ticket, you could either hang out by the venue asking around for someone whose Plus-One bailed on them, or you could go to the box-office window to see if any tickets get released day of show. That often happens.

They did the "Many Worlds" coda at one the Ace Theatre shows in L.A. They might have done it in Albuquerque, too, but I'm not sure about that one since I wasn't there.

"Evicted" slips a notch on the latest Triple-A chart in its tenth week, from its heretofore peak of No. 3 to No. 4. On the Rock & Alternative Airplay chart, the song rebounds from No. 47 to a new peak of No. 42 in its fifth week. Ironically, because there are many more rock and alternative radio stations than Triple-A stations, being No. 42 at rock and alternative radio likely translates into more spins and a larger audience than being No. 4 at Triple-A radio.

I kind of hope you're right about "A Bowl and a Pudding" on the theory that, if I can't have it, no one can. Some may consider that selfish. They would not be wrong. Is there any possibility that Jeff actually referred to Marc Antony? (I've heard recently that men think a lot about the Roman Empire.) Or maybe he was talking about Latin superstar Marc Anthony? Tell me, baby girl, because I need to know...

I can't imagine they're able to sleep very well on the bus-- Jeff's hips, Nels' height-- so it still seems like a lot to me.

FYI: This show will be streamed. https://www.nugs.net/live-download-of-wilco-metro-chicago-il-10-30-2023-mp3-flac-or-online-music-streaming/34697-WEBCAST.html

Wow, that is so cool. That Johnny has the voice of an angel. So they went and did this after the show and still made it up to Berkeley the next night? Does anyone know how they are traveling? They must have flown from SoCal to NorCal on Saturday morning on no sleep. They apparently did the same thing the week before, where they played Sunday night in Monterey and then were at Kimmel in L.A. by 2 p.m. on Monday.

That is Mikael's handwriting. Are you are a graphologist? The full story is that Donna wasn't able to make it out to L.A. for the signing and asked if I might be able to get a CD signed for her. Mikael was the first person seated at the table. I said, "Hi, Mikael!" He smiled and said hello, displaying no special enthusiasm for me. But when I told him that the CD was actually for Donna a.k.a. Kidsmoke, he lit up and exclaimed, "Donna!" And then he wrote exactly that on the CD.

For those who, like me until five minutes ago, were not aware of this: https://pitchfork.com/news/wilcos-jeff-tweedy-covers-bill-fays-filled-with-wonder-once-again-listen/