loraaw

Hey I was just wondering if anyone know if Dr Dog Is going to be the opener for the Oct. shows? Any info would be great. Thanks

It won't be Dr. Dog - they have a string of solo dates far away that week:

Fri 10/12/07 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge

Sat 10/13/07 Salt Lake City, UT In The Venue

Mon 10/15/07 Seattle, WA Crocodile Cafe

Tue 10/16/07 Vancouver, BC Media Club

Thu 10/18/07 San Francisco, CA The

Yeah I was there. It was actually a really good crowd. Jeff said so himself. The venue is within the student union so it's no alcohol, meaning a less goofy crowd. And oh yeah, this is the best fucking news ever. YES!

Were these shows back then students only? Can one assume there will be tix for the general public? I have a friend out that way, but unfortunately said person is not a student there.

Any idea why Ft Worth isn't listed on the calendar?

HEY WAIT - looks like this THREAD was started ONE YEAR AGO when Wilco did tour Ft. Worth and San Antonio. Someone made a recent reply, it moved up top and FOOLED ME.

Right? Yeah, no San Antonio or Ft. Worth planned this year - I think?

I think single day tickets will be sold once the line up days/times are announced...probably end of Sept. Just what I have heard

Thank you!

Hey, for anyone else wondering, pollstar has the boys at that festival on Sunday, Oct. 28 (if you want to believe Pollstar, who sometimes gets stuff wrong).

I know....I've got peeps on the street ready to stand in line for those tix!

Someone take me, please if you get tickets. We won't be in town early enough to try to do the ACL Taping ticket thing (they do a street giveaway via. an announcement on the radio Friday afternoon, right?). When I say "we" I mean "me." My husband will be with me, but he'll be happy to sit in a bar while some kind soul takes me to the ACL taping. (In my dreams, I know).

These tickets never get sold or scalped or anything, do they? Not that I want to support that. I actually had tickets to the White STripes aftershow in my basket even though I knew I didn't want to leave the festival for it (I'd been logged in at 10 a.m. to buy tix to a different aftershow), but my morales got the best of me. I thought "no, I can't scalp tickets" and I dumped them from my basket. Then it sold out in 5 minutes and tickets are going for $250 and up on eBay. I bet if I'd kept them, I could bribe someone to get the Wilco tix for me. Oh-well.

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It disappeared. Now you just click the name and a drop-down appears with "Send Message" as one of the options.

Ah - thank you!

Am I blind? Did the PM button disappear?

Thanks,

Laura

Does anyone know if they eventually sell single day tickets to this festival? I know the schedule isn't announced yet, but I forsee my casino-loving husband wanting to spend a few days in Biloxi and maybe just trying to hit Wilco and Spoon at the festival in New Orleans. $115 would be a lot to pay just for Spoon and Wilco.

We used to live up that way --- I'd suggest Le Maison Dupuy for anyone wishing to stay in the Quarter somewhat affordable w/onsite parking. http://www.maisondupuy.com/ Looks likes $229/$159 per night. Yowch.

Anyway, if anyone knows about single day tickets, could you PM me please so we can decide where my husband's next gambling trip is?

Thanks,

-Laura

I think I'll go see The Heartless Bastards at The Parish regardless.

I'm torn between The Heartless Bastards and The National. I'm about to leave the country for a week - you think I'll come back and find either show sold out? I had planned to go two years ago and remember most the aftershows (pretty big ones that year, including Wilco) didn't sell out until they'd been on sale a few weeks.

I'm still ticked about not being able to see Dr. Dog w/out a White Stripes ticket, too. If anyone has an inside on that, PM me. Sucks that they're touring with Wilco but don't get to 1. Play the fest, or 2. Have their own aftershow.

The aftershows have been announced and, despite Wilco's blatant absence from the schedule, I'm still holding out hope. I find it...surprising that Stubb's has no one scheduled to play Saturday night. And they've never played the fest without also doing an aftershow. They have a taping scheduled, true, but that hasn't stopped them from also doing a "real" set in the past.

 

Laura - tickets to aftershows are relatively easy to acquire. They're available through your regular outlets like FrontGate and GetTix. It's tickets for the tapings that are scarce. Good luck. Hope you need it.

I think it's weird there's nobody Saturday at Stubb's, too. I'm PISSED that you need a ticket to the White Stripes to go to the Dr. Dog aftershow Sunday night. THAT is gonna be a hard ticket to get (they are doing a MusicToday presale tho). I plan on seeing Wilco and Dylan at the Fest. Sunday - which would make it hard to be to Stubb's for White Stripes.

Let's keep our fingers crossed for Saturday night.

But I just noted that Dr. Dog is opening for Wilco on all of their Sept dates. I also noted that Dr. Dog is playing an "ACL AFTERPARTY" on Sept 16th. Since Dr. Dog is not scheduled to play the ACL fest, and this coincides with Wilco's scheduled 6:30 time slot on said day, I feel conifident in assuming that Wilco will be headlining this afterparty. Time and location forthcoming. I will post once confirmed.

I'd be surprised if Wilco headlined an aftershow on the same day they're playing the festival. Austin has curfews or noise ordinances or something that limits how late music can go outside. All the places big enough for Wilco to play are outside. No way they could get from the festival to a club in time to headline. Plus, why would they want to? It's gonna be hot and draining. I hope Dr. Dog. plays late enough (inside) that those of us seeing Wilco at the festival can make it to see them.

The rumor is Wilco at Stubb's Saturday and White Stripes and Stubb's Sunday. I have no inside knowledge - plus that would make 6 nights in a row with no break for the boys - but the ACL people have promised to announce the aftershows "before the end of July." Keep checking here: http://www.aclfest.com/aftershows/

These sound like hard tickets to get. I fear they're gonna go on sale next week when I'm out of the country. So someone please remember me as "the reasoned voice of rumors" if you score extra tickets for ACL aftershows.

-Laura

If so, I hope they play more than just one chord.

Sounds like announcements are coming this week. Check here Monday or Tuesday:

http://aclfest.com/aftershows/

I'm thinking 4 nights in a row sounds like a bit much for the boys, but not unheard of.

Are they any good?

I saw Dr. Dog open for the Raconteurs last year and loved them. Now I'll get to see them open for Wilco in Texas. YAY!!! Now how about a Stubbs show, guys?

Oh, and FLA after hurricane season would be nice, too.

others to appear:

RAGE!

Smashing Pumpkins!

Ben Harper

Mute Math

Toots and the Maytals

Everlast and House of Pain

Kings of Leon

Sinead OConner

Black Crowes

Fall Out Boy

Coheed and Cambria

Plain White Ts

So if you put FEST on the end of something, will Wilco play it?

Loraawfest, Nov. 3, by my pool. Maybe I'll rent a Porta-John and sell bottles of water for $3.

what a friggin dad-rocker

 

just kidding, any way to post this article? id be interested to read it

It's online, photos and full text. Here ya go:

http://www.americanwaymag.com/tabid/2855/t...31/default.aspx

I was flying American Airlines this weekend and who was staring out from my seatback pocket? Jeff Tweedy. He's this month's cover story on American Airlines magazine. It's actually a really interesting read because they interview him mostly about Chicago - so it's not the same interview I've read in 12 other magazines.

My favorite part was when the old man sitting next to me put his magazine on his tray and emptied his Chex mix on top of the magazine, then proceeded to eat off Jeff's face for the rest of the trip. I don't know why I found this amusing. Too much time in planes, I suppose.

Basically, these are books about an album written by another musician, or music nut that were influenced or moved by that album. One author per album. Colin Meloy wrote one about The Replacments' "Let It Be".

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/33%E2%85%93

What I love about Colin's 33 1/3 book is that it had a story and a plot and was super entertaining. I discovered The Decemberists by reading "Let It Be." I've tried to read a few of the others - the ones on Neil Young and the one of ABBA - but they're a little dry.

If I want those kind of basic, primitive reactions, I'll just ask my neighbor what he thinks about the record while we hang out in the garage. I guess I read critics because they attempt to offer some kind of deeper perceptions--when I pick up a review, I'm hoping to receive some insight that goes beyond a cursory listen. I suppose "pretension" is a relative term.

Fair enough.

And I subscribe to Paste and Harp - so I'm supporting what I'm complaining about. How's that for wishy-washy?

If anyone knows where I'm coming from it's Calexico .. seriously .. the dude has been around.. there is also a hint of pretentiousness in most of what I have read which is always a turnoff

Pretentiousness is it on the nose. Not from Jeff, per say, but in the way music journalists write. Often it seems like the questions they ask aren't because they want to know the answer, but because they want to show off their own knowledge to the person they are interviewing and the reader.

The Rock Snob's Dictionary is not only a funny read, but a pretty good reference manual for fitting in with popular music writing. Use the word seminal a lot. Make refences to obscure bands people will have to Google to know what you're writing about.

I'm a journalist - not of the music variety - and back in the day took some "reviewing the arts" courses. I didn't get it then and I don't get it now. When I pick up a review I want it simple. Something like "I caught myself singing along with Either Way by the second listen" not "a seminal return to the roots of a band that started off as .. blah blah blah blah." Did it rock? Do you like the lyrics? Is it polished or loose? If you're reviewing a live show, tell me how the people around you reacted.

Despite all I just said, the Playboy interview was one of the better ones I've read this year and I love those Charles Harris photos. And I, honestly, don't know what I'd ask Jeff if I were interviewing him.

Speaking of death, what's with the toy-gun-in-mouth shot? High comedy, or a cry for help? Or both?

I was offended/embarrassed for Jeff by the toy gun in mouth photo. WTF?

-Laura

After reading a bunch of middle-aged American music journalists trying to show off their musical snobbery and pinholing Wilco into genres, THIS review made me laugh.

It's just fun to read something different. I might not think so if I lived over there and read her all the time.

Loosen up, guys.

-Laura

I won't bore y'all with what album I think is best or whatnot, BUT I think Being There is the album that seems to encompass everything that Wilco is/was/came to be. There's stuff on Being There that could have fit well onto A.M., and at the same time stuff that would have fit in on AGIB or SBS, etc.

It's musically diverse and probably is the best CD for newbies who want an overall taste. I say, leave the ranking lists to Rolling Stone for when they're too lazy to interview someone and write a real story (I poke fun, but I eat up those magazine lists).

And that's my 2 cents,

-Laura

I saw the 4/8 show in Orlando. "Wow" would also be my review. Colin had lots of funny stuff to say about playing in an amusement park (Hard Rock Live, inside Universal City Walk). "Thanks for coming to the heart of the beast tonight." (sic). "Thank you residents from, uh, around here - nobody actually lives IN Orlando, right?" (audience agrees). Jokes about leaving the concert and passing the Endangered Species store and the Nascar Grille, with an E on the end to make it classier.

I became a fan of this band in a weird way, I read Colin Meloy's 33 1/3 book on The Replacements' "Let It Be" and was so fascinated by his story telling (most of these 33 1/3 books aren't "stories") I had to go buy some of their CDs.

Don't miss a chance to see them live. Captivating. And their fans take them VERY seriously. Made me feel, well, normal.

-Laura

clockwise from the top: Glenn, John, Mike, Pat, Jeff, Nels

Ah, you're right, I see it now. Those are some of the strangest things I've ever seen ... My husband's been joking forever that he wants to get me a Tweedy bobblehead - I'm sure he'll buy me a set of these.

Searching around on the web, I found this....2" Wilco dolls by UNKL toys...they sound rare and hard to get. Supposed to be launched at the San Diego Comic Con this summer.

 

Here's a link for a better look....I don't think I uploaded the picture properly...I'm a dumbass....

 

http://www.stereogum.com/archives/005101.html

WFT? I can't even figure out who is who of those toys. I love the quote "We like the one with the funny head." Uh ... they ALL have funny heads!

So can anyone ID the dolls?