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    Wilco — 9/16/12, Columbia, MO (Outdoors On 9th Street)

    in After The Show

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    lol, of course I believe you! setlist.fm is a fan based clearinghouse, so I cross referenced the Blue Note/Columbia on Wilcobase and found the search function a bit messy for my sleep deprived brain. :yawn Mostly wanted to get a feel for why tiny Columbia is the 'homiest towniest' hometown they play (aside from the obvious).

     

    That setlist looks incredible. Wish I had a rock and roll time machine.

    Wilco — 9/16/12, Columbia, MO (Outdoors On 9th Street)

    in After The Show

    Posted

    Thanks Paul!

    So appreciative of the gentle management of this venue. The Blue Note has been doing this for a very long time, and it shows. Kudos to Richard King and his staff for a most enjoyable afternoon and evening hanging on 9th street.

     

    As to the setlist, this may be the first time I've heard the band perform an acoustic version of Spiders.

     

    While the band was introduced, the emcee asked for a show of hands from folks who had seen all 6 shows at the Blue Note. I was curious this morning about how many shows Wilco had actually played there.

     

    Wilco - Outdoors on 9th Street

    Wilco

    Uncle Tupelo

    Setlist from the UT show August 1988.

    Now Reading in the New New New Year

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

    Posted

    Oh I don't know. You're talking about dudes barely past teenage years who used drugs and drank a lot. Why would you expect their interpersonal/managerial skills to be highly developed?

     

    The relationship between Jay Bennett and Tweedy as portrayed in Kot's book seemed classically codependent to me. And in the sad light of Bennett's death, tragic in a Days of Wine and Roses kind of way.

     

    Ultimately all just speculation anyway. I wasn't there. I do know guys in their early 20s that drink a lot. I sure wouldn't judge their mature character based on the behavior I see now. Can't blame an egg for not being a chicken.

    Wilco — 12/3/11, Kansas City, MO (Uptown Theater)

    in After The Show

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    This is me writing with a smile on my face glad that you got that final song MChris.

     

     

    As you know, bbop is wonderful company and encyclopedic in his knowledge of rock and roll. I have a few black holes in my personal music history, so our conversation about Lowe and Stiff records precipitated some internet excavation. Nick Lowe, Ian Dury, Dave Edmunds and Elvis Costello were all familiar names to me. Yet except for Costello, occupied only peripheral awareness. I was busy in the late 70s. B)

     

    These guys were masterful lyricists and tunesmiths. Thanks to Wilco and bbop, a bit of musical history has been colored in for me.

     

    Lowe's hotness has not cooled one degree. :pirate

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlCxGDMvvNw&feature

     

    Lovely intro by Peter Cook.

    Wilco — 12/3/11, Kansas City, MO (Uptown Theater)

    in After The Show

    Posted

    Eh, I'm pretty sure it was a management decision peculiar to that venue.

     

    We had been at the venue most of the afternoon and the second group in line. About an hour before the show started, a guy that worked for the Uptown (not for the security contractor), canvassed the line. Basically if you gave him 5 bucks, you could go into the bar, get a free drink and wait until the show started. I asked the dude a couple times whether the people paying the extra would have a time advantage getting down to the stage. He said that they would not. I had two underage kids with me and didn't want to take them into the bar (not really sure I could have for that matter).

     

    Some minutes before the doors opened for us outside, the 50 or so folks that had paid to get into the bar (now "VIPs" I was told by security that I questioned), went down to the floor. We ended up 3rd and 4th row back.

     

    Another KC venue has a VIP section for some of it's shows. Pay 25 to 50 bucks more per ticket to get in the fenced first three rows of the stage. I'm not fond of that set up, but at least one knows the parameters from the get go.

     

    Like bbop said, Jeff caught wind of the situation and apologized. He emphasized that it was certainly not band policy and admonished the management of the venue.

     

    Pretty sketchy if you ask me.

    Wilco — 12/3/11, Kansas City, MO (Uptown Theater)

    in After The Show

    Posted

    "...I KNOW you didn't wait in the rain. You would have melted. There is a guy who usually stands where you are standing. You are not him and it's throwing me off.

     

    I have been to shows where the first 5% of the line were awarded early entry, but it's only a sleazy Walmart management mentality that let's one buy for cheap what hasn't been earned.

     

    It was good to see Wilco, and Nick Lowe stole my heart clean away. A "something for everyone" setlist and sweaty encore. Happy to be there and laughing still when a man as big as a tree crumpled at my feet then jumped back up, finished his beer and carried on as if nothing happened.

     

    Many thanks to the band, and wishes for a wildly successful tour. xo

    Austin 12/01/11

    in After The Show

    Posted

    Hot!

    I have my fingers crossed that you will get to see Sir Nicholas in the encore with Cruel To Be Kind, though apparently if you are anywhere near Bbop the floor could get a little messy at that point. I had planned ahead and had my incontinence pants in place in London. A little sweaty at times it has to be said, but that's the way I like it ...

    I have a feeling I will be near Bbop on the rail, as the plan is to be second in line after him. Sweaty and incontinent is the way I like it, or as oceanman once described me, "Dance off pance off."

     

    :woot I like to think that one fine day Lord Flashheart, you and I might sweat as one!

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