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    Alpha Mike Foxtrot

    in Just A Fan

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    It's my own danged fault for not reading more closely, but I bought the $47 package and thought I was getting the rarities (sure, I have them all somewhere, but soooo happy to have them gathered in one place for me) a t-shirt AND "What's Your 20."  I got only the rarities and the t-shirt. I have all 20 of those songs, so now I'm probably not gonna buy it. Ticked I didn't read more closely and get both CDs instead of t-shirt. 

    Wilco-3/23/2010 Clearwater Setlist

    in After The Show

    Posted

    Central Scrut: I'd agree with you if this were Paste Magazine or Glorious Noise, but this was in a large daily newspaper and it ran in a spot where we have a review of something the night before almost every morning. And it was at a concert hall where a lot of "patrons," not Wilco fans, were present. It sold out a little suburban art theater. It drew some local curiousity.

    Going to Clearwater show?

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    So I started this thread, and my start seems to be gone.

     

    I'm a HUGE Wilco fan. I drag my husband, Scott, all over to see Wilco. Tuesday they are playing 4 miles from our house ON HIS BIRTHDAY.

     

    He's not really a fan. I am. He loves Spiders. Really he loves it all, he just won't admit it. But when I take my buddy who loves Casino Queen, they play Spiders. And when I take my husband, they play Casino Queen.

     

    So please request Spiders for Scott. He says, "It's tax season. Spiders fill out tax returns." He's nothing if not factual.

     

    So there ya go!

     

    Laura

     

    PS I'm also hoping for a Big Star cover at this point.

    Going to Clearwater show?

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    Italian place = johnny's on Coachman. Solid, not great, but fairly good.

     

    hooter's = the original on gulf to bay (sr 60). It's much like any other Hooter's, but I still like.

     

    we're going to the Whistlestop. Don't come. Service is slow and it'll slow us down (some of us have to work!)

     

    Clearwater (not downtown, more outter) really not a place known for great food. Go for fun, not food (thus the original Hooter's, or Pete and Shorty's next door, is really my best rec.).

     

    Aftershow. Cool and close = Brewgarden. Cheap and close = Applebee's (2 for 1 , aftershow happy hour- less than 1 mile from the exit).

     

    Spring training is in town. Go to Brighthouse Field for a ball game.

     

    YOOOOOOOOOO, for my advice, please request Spiders for my husband, SCOTT LONG, it's his birthday.

     

    Thanks.

    Going to Clearwater show?

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    Okay, so I've become that person who does this.

     

    I drag my husband all over the Earth, well at least North America, to see Wilco. He's not a huge fan, but he goes with me and LOVES Spiders. It seems that every time I go with my friend who loves Casino Queen they play Spiders, and every time I go with my husband, they play Casino Queen (and not vice-versa). Sigh.

     

    On March 23 they're playing 4 miles from my house. Which is pretty weird cuz I live in suburban Florida. AND it's his birthday. (And it's kind of a stuffy place, so people will need an excuse to get up and jump up and down).

     

    So if you're going, or even if you're not, how about requesting Spiders for Scott? You know what to do.

     

    Thanks,

    -laura

    Can someone please explain the Tweedy "Living Room Shows"?

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

     

    Jealous? Sure, but not resentful. I'm jealous of some of my neighbors who's wives don't have to work (mine does), and take 3 or 4 fantstic vacations a year (I don't), and drive cars made this decade (I don't), but I'm not resentful. I'm jealous of the people that attended any of these shows, I'm jealous of the people who get to see acoustic Tweedy shows, I'm jealous of the people who saw the Beatles play on the roof at Abbey Road, but to resent any of them would be retarded.

     

     

    I think you're envious, not jealous. How's that for condescending? :-)

     

    Anyway, I was at one of these shows and luckily read this thread before I shared it my copy. My thought is that this is a stressful situation for Jeff - he's playing in front of 30 people who worship him. He's nervous. We're nervous. He THINKS he messes up songs (he doesn't). It's all very personal. I'd think it would become harder and harder for him to do it in the future knowing that these shows are making the rounds. It's one thing to stand up and sing in front of 2,000 with a band and a plan, it's something entirely different to drive across town with your guitar and sit in a stranger's living room while 30 people hang on your every breath.

     

    Is it an elitist thing? I don't think so. Our group was almost all people who had never been to a Living Room Show before. For many of us it was a once-in-a-lifetime thing and we gave up something else huge to be able to afford it. I've listened to my copy, and it's great, but I think someone else would enjoy any of the other acoustic Tweedy I have from official concerts just as much.

    Final Letters to Santa living room show 5/16/09

    in After The Show

    Posted

    It was all better than I could have imagined.

     

    Thanks to our great hosts for opening their beautiful home to us. Thanks to Sue and Jeff for going above and beyond. Thanks to our poster designers (soon as i get that framed, i promise to send you a shot of it in the "poster room"). Thanks to the lady next store forn not yelling when my cab DID turn around in her driveway. :-) Thanks to everyone who "worked" the show.

     

    Thanks, thanks, thanks.

     

    -Florida Laura

    Who's Who on the Wiilco shirt?

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    Ok, so I bought my husband a Wii and a Wiilco shirt for his birthday. We have a totally different opinion over who is who. I don't think there's any question about it - but he especially disagrees with me over who Jeff is. I'm the fan, so I'm sure I'm right.

     

    Settle this for us, please!

    I can't decide if this eBay listing is creepy or kind of cool

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    Well I seem to have added traffic to the item - last night 1 bid, this morning 6 bids. Sorry!!!

     

    But yes, seems odd that anyone would pay that much for something from an artist that isn't all that secretive. Setlists aren't that hard to come by. They talk to fans after shows ... what could be in there that's really worth $50? It would be really funny if it was the book of the Jeff who is in the crew.

    Ticket Question

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    Sometimes these arty theaters also have presale "for members only" (big donors). And even tho their presale may be after the Wilco presale, they hold the best seats for their donors.

     

    I have, however, gotten front/center thru Wilco presale. Not in many, many years tho (wish me luck in 20 minutes).

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