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Was the ‘ta’ conditional?

Did I have a scuffle there? I only remember Parisian teenyboppers using me as pogo stick during Spiders…

Will I receive a really long CVS-style receipt (or whatever it’s called over there, probably “bill of sale” or some such, even though it was a service provided for just a Ta and not quid). And if so, will it be pronounced det-tritt-us, or deee-try-tus?

Should be some interesting listening (hopefully present company included) over at Wilcoworld.net for a week starting tomorrow morning... Here's the broadcast sked lifted from over there: Broadcasting: Tuesday, January 17th @ 7am CT – Tuesday, January 24 @ 7p CT All schedule times are approximate and in Central Standard Time. Tuesday, January 17th 7:00am CT WILCO’S GOT YOU COVERED with GUEST DJ MARTY LENNARTZ Chicago’s Legendary WXRT DJ, Marty Lennartz walks us through Wilco covering songs by seminal artists like Telev

Haha, I was waiting for the time out. Guess I'll just have to do it for free now. Thanks for your indulgence.

Just for the record, I went with Having A Hard Time for the title of the song in question because Wilcoworld actually posted the setlist for the first Largo show on Jan. 5 before I finished my recap/setlist post here. I originally called it "It's Nothing New" as well, but changed it in deference to what Wilcoworld had. I hear that someone may have seen a song listed as "Nothing New" on a physical setlist at the show, which is almost certainly where the confusion stems from. So until Jeff clarifies it or the song is released with one title or the other, we won't know for sure. Eithe

[Since anyone can watch this show for themselves, courtesy of the now-exhausted hand and arm muscles of one Susan Miller Tweedy, and the fact that I have an early trip to the airport to try and get home before another bad-weather phenomenon hits the West Coast (not to mention the fact that our resident Tweedy Show chronicler has already covered the basic outline of tonight's live stream), I don't feel too badly about postponing my final recap of Jeff's 2023 Largo run in favor of a little bit of shut eye. I shall put finger to keyboard in due course, either when I get home or at least have a li

That Jeff enjoys performing at Largo at the Coronet Theatre is, by now, pretty evident. Or if it's not, it should be. Now approaching 20 concerts in the intimate room over the past decade, Jeff told the audience gathered there tonight to watch him play the third of his four solo shows this week as much, noting near the end of his 90-minute set what a great time he was having before asking if anyone had any questions and amusingly bantering with people on subjects ranging from New Year's resolutions to the difference between hiking and walking to Wilco's upcoming residency in Iceland.

About halfway through the second of four sold-out shows at the venerable Largo at the Coronet Theatre — which, incidentally, is located at 366 N. La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA; GPS coordinates: 34° 4' 40.548'' N, 118° 22' 34.032'' W — Jeff paid his longest visit to Banter Corner for the evening in response to an audience member's request for the song I'll Fight and a few other requests that were subsequently yelled out. At first, Jeff suggested — in a nod to the chaos that has transpired in the U.S. House of Representatives this week as it attempted to elect a new Speaker — that

A surveyor I am not. You win.

For as long as some of us had waited and hoped for the Jeff Tweedy and Largo universes to collide (and for that collision to produce, if not sparks, then at least a strong mutual admiration), it's important not to take what has seemingly become an annual ritual for granted. Sure, now that Jeff has been playing multi-night solo runs at the beloved West Hollywood venue for a decade, there's less speculation about the format of the shows or wonder at simply seeing him perform on a stage shared by so many musical and comedic legends. And though there's always a danger with more than a

Admittedly, I slacked off last month and never got around to starting a thread for or writing anything about this one-off show — if only for record-keeping purposes. Sorry about that, VC fam. It was a busy time and I just never quite got around to it. And anyway, the good folks over at Jeff Tweedy HQ eventually posted the setlist so that made it seem even less vital that I do so here. But since it's a new year and Jeff's now seemingly annual run of solo shows at Largo has begun, I felt like this show at least deserved to have a thread of its own. Here was the complete setlist, as p

Here was the complete setlist, as played, for the 11 p.m. set: Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You [Bob Dylan] I Am My Mother Cruel Country Far, Far Away That's How I Got To Memphis [Tom T. Hall] Forget The Flowers It's Just That Simple New Madrid Story To Tell Someday Soon Hesitating Beauty She's My Rock [Stoney Edwards] Falling Apart (Right Now) Give Back The Key To My Heart [Doug Sahm] A Lifetime To Find U.S. Blues [Grateful Dead] Reincarnation [Roger Miller]

Fair enough. It definitely seemed like a very respectful crowd. Sometimes too respectful doesn't make for quite as memorable a show as far as banter goes — Jeff usually does well when he has a foil or two — but I agree that a tad subdued is almost always better than overly aggro.

Once again, just doing a little housekeeping since there doesn't appear to have been a post for this show yet. Of significance, this was the first show that was cancelled on the tour Wilco was on when the pandemic shutdown hit about two and a half years earlier so it made sense to get back to Western Canada at the earliest possible opportunity. Unfortunately I couldn't attend this one, so just cross-posting the setlist from Wilcoworld for the record: Handshake Drugs The Universe I Am My Mother Cruel Country I Am Trying To Break Your Heart Hints

Don't mind me...just doing a little late housekeeping for the VC record to make sure we at least have a thread for all the shows. To be honest, I'm a little surprised no one started one for this show at what I presume is the venue formerly known as the Les Schwab Amphitheater (please correct me if I'm wrong!) since I know Scott McCaughey sat in with the band on a couple of songs. Plus, despite not being in attendance myself, I sort of broke my own rule and picked up the poster for this show since I loved it so much as a document of the Cruel Country era (which will probably be gone

Happy to let a local (and veteran VCer) take the lead on this one. Just chiming in to confirm that the above setlist was indeed correct, and that I'm pretty certain there weren't any changes/omissions from the printed list. A little birdie told me that there had been at least some consideration given to opening the show with Poor Places, but I guess that didn't even make it to the printed list. Perhaps tonight! Almost certainly a healthy portion of the set will be different for Night 2 because they didn't play such Cruel Country staples as I Am My Mother, Bird Without A Tail/Base O

Back on the bandwagon for the last show of this run before a little break prior to the last Wilco touring of the year, and couldn't have asked for a better day weather-wise in Bozeman. Of course, the show itself was indoors at the new and intimate venue The ELM, so that didn't especially matter. But it was nonetheless a nice way to wrap up another few weeks of shows in support of Cruel Country, and one of the longer (maybe even longest?) show of the tour thus far at about 2 hours, 17 minutes. As usual, no time to write further right now but will try to flesh out the details for the

But who's got the "Queue Commences Here" sign? #EarlyFreaks

Wilco’s 10th time playing the venerable Red Rocks Amphitheatre (I researched that!) and it was a solid show, complete with the requisite guest turn from support act Margo Price in the encore. Will add to this as time permits, but as Jeff has been exhorting on this tour (and for a long time, actually), “don’t postpone happiness.” For now, here was the complete setlist as played (didn’t get a look at the printed list, so can’t say if there were any changes/omissions): Handshake Drugs I Am My Mother Cruel Country I Am Trying To Break Your Heart

I am not proficient in your memes or clip art or whatnot, but I will just say...you can hit unpause now! Or not! Whatever floats your tenter hook...

Wilco made its long-awaited (by me, at least!) return to South Dakota tonight, four days shy of 19 years since its one and only previous show in the state and in (I think) the very same room. I look forward to another performance in the Mount Rushmore State sometime in, let's say, 2041! Come on, Jeff's hips...hold on! All kidding aside, though, I'd say this was about as enjoyable a show as one had any reason to expect on a Monday night in a way-beyond-tertiary market. The Washington Pavilion Of Arts And Sciences — for the record, the event actually took place in the 1,800-capacity

I realize the limited audience for these little blatherings of mine, and I further realize how that audience likely diminishes the more days go by without my getting these blatherings on screen, but this show at Fargo Brewing Company deserves a proper accounting (or at least as proper as I can achieve) and I know that at least a few souls out there will probably get something out of it so, three days later, here goes nothing... Sometimes with Wilco shows, you find yourself in some global metropolis in a legendary venue with plush velvet seats, ornate decor harkening back to a more

#FuckingHippies

Once again, I *really* could use a couple more hours of sleep but let me at least put finger to keyboard and try and get down a few thoughts before the ol' noggin starts to shut down... Things I've learned so far on this trip to Minnesota: 1) There's a Grand Rapids here, too. Who knew? Take that, Michigan! For the record, it's a smallish, but charming city that sits on the Mississippi River about three hours drive north of Minneapolis. 2) Minnesota Vikings fans really like to yell, "Skol!" at every opportunity, but especially the day before the season opens against the Green Bay Pa