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Jeff also made a comment about some of his guitars "coming home." I assume he was talking about Gibson, though I'm not 100 percent sure. If he was, I had no idea that Gibson was originally based in Kalamazoo and that, at least according to Wikipedia, the production of Gibson guitars didn't move from Kalamazoo to Tennessee until sometime between 1974 and 1984. The history in that Wiki entry is pretty interesting. Anybody have more insight?

Obviously judging from just one listen, they're both kind of quieter, more pensive numbers -- more suited to an acoustic performance, it seemed like. Jeff even jokingly said something like, "Don't worry, they won't be on the record." I jotted down this opening (?) line from Everlasting Everything: "Everything alive must die/Everlasting love is alive." And from Solitaire, "I doubt I had it all figured out," as well as something about "It took too long to believe I was only" [something inaudible]. There was also something about "all I played was solitaire," hence the title. Those were the titl

Word is that Jeff's set will be just an hour tomorrow in Ann Arbor, FYI. There are eight acts on the bill, after all.

The State Theatre wasn't sold out, but the people that did make this show on a snowy evening were pretty boisterous. There was a lot of yelling out from the crowd, both in the form of requests and comments. Not sure whether that made for a better or worse show or if it affected Jeff much at all. He seemed in good spirits, for the most part, and bantered with the crowd throughout the show. Seemed like a slightly short set to me, but who knows whether there was a curfew or whatever. It was definitely great to hear three new songs, two of which I don't believe have been played live previously.

Dude, you still have plenty of time to get one in the regular onsale.

I figure there's enough Bird interest here that it's worth posting the setlist from tonight's show (which maybe was the formal kickoff for the Noble Beast tour?): Hot Math [Andrew solo] Fitz and the Dizzyspells Masterswarm Effigy Nomenclature Not a Robot, But a Ghost Lull Tenuousness Natural Disaster Oh No Fake Palindromes Anonanimal Souverian Tables and Chairs ------------------- Glass Figurine [Andrew solo] The Privateers As is obvious from the setlist, Andrew played a ton of new stuff including almost all of Noble Beast. He was joined by his regular touring band of Martin Dosh on drums,

Well, I meant I covered a game at Beacon High. I guess they must have a separate auditorium. But yeah, I'm sure it will sound amazing...

Seriously, that could not be more weird. I covered a basketball game there once, I think.

A review from the LA Times music blog. (They snapped an illegal picture...gasp! Maybe Mike was out of the room. )

For Valentine's Day, can we request a "set within a set" of all Jeff's love songs (like he did in LA a few years ago)?

Martin Rivas Big Band! I can't endorse this more highly, if you're in the area or otherwise. Get down to the Bitter End on Monday!

Thanks a lot for the offer, but actually a kind someone just sent me the full file for 49:00. Now, of course, I have to ask if anyone could send me 5:05. Thanks very much in advance. I will try to keep more on top of this Internet music thing in '09, at least as it relates to Westerberg.

So...anyone got the full mp3 of 49:00 (or would it technically be 43:55 and 5:05?) that they want to send me? I sort of missed the boat on this one. Downloaded some files, but turned out to be just 4+ minutes worth of stuff. Thanks in advance.

I saw that he's opening some shows for A.C. Newman coming up. I want to say out West, but I'm too lazy to look right now.

dunno, but i want to go to there.

Nice linkage, B! I forgot that the show happened while we were asleep (is that right?). God bless the person who kept track of all that shuffling of personnel, lead singers and so forth. Also I wonder if anyone will be able to shed more light on the comment about those "two last unplanned Wilco songs at Neils insistence... Not up on my Wilco so others will have to fill in the blanks."

From my (admittedly possibly faulty) recollection, the filming took place at one of the nights in Washington at 9:30; at the Ryman in Nashville; in Mobile, Ala,. (at the Mobile Arena); one of the nights at Tipitina's in New Orleans; and at Cain's Ballroom in Tulsa. I know they did some fan interviews on line in various places and took extra footage (other than just concert footage), so my guess is it'll probably incorporate some of that stuff. I would think that the Sunken Treasure DVD of Jeff's solo tour would be a good guideline of what the upcoming release might be like.

Figure that most people on here get the Wilcoworld e-mails already, but in case you're not subscribed, this latest missive (which just landed in my inbox a few hours short of Christmas Eve) should answer a lot of questions about various projects, etc. Merry Christmas! from Wilco HQ: Greetings friends, As we hope you've noticed, we've been lying low on the emails, trying to avoid being part of the last-minute discount, order-now-before-the-holiday-crush deluge of spam that is presently blowing up your inbox. That said, we do want to thank all of you out there for making this, yet agai

Yeah, apparently she is. They played together at Bridge School along with Sasha Dobson in a group that is apparently called Dixie Fried. They've played a few gigs in small places around New York.

Do you mean Norah Jones? And thanks, Judy! I was a little afraid to snap away at first, but when everybody started coming out on stage, I couldn't resist.

Gotta say, it was pretty awesome hearing that crowd sing along to "Don't Look Back In Anger."

I've posted my photos from the show on my flickr. You can find them here.

Yeah, I managed to sneak in there among the Neil fanatics.

Though there wasn't a great deal of variety in songs played, tonight was nonetheless a fun way to close out the tour with special guests aplenty and collaborations across the three bands. In the end, the collaborations might not have exactly been the types people were expecting or hoping for, but everyone looked like they were having a blast and that translated to the performances. Wilco's set was as follows: You Are My Face IATTBYH Handshake Drugs A Shot in the Arm Impossible Germany Jesus, etc. (w/Norah Jones, Catherine Popper and Sasha Dobson on background vocals)

Everest invited the Watson Twins out to sing with them on a couple of songs. Apparently one of the Everests is married to one of the Twins. Not sure what this really has to do with anything, but anyway. Also, did anyone spot the Donald at the show? He was sitting with a couple of younger guys in the first tier at stage left and flanked by at least of couple of bodyguards/goons. (Thanks for pointing him out, Doug, and good to meet you!) Wonder if Mr. Trump hung around for Neil's entire set? I'm guessing not.