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Just in case anyone was curious (I didn't feel like starting a whole new thread in After The Show), the setlist for the reunion show last night was: Narcolepsy Don't Change Your Plans (w/four-piece horn section) Mess Magic Hospital Song Army (w/horns) Your Redneck Past Your Most Valuable Possession (Dean Folds on spoken word ) Regrets Jane Lullabye (w/horns) [in other words, The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner in its entirety] -------------------------------------- Jackson Cannery Eddie Walker Selfless, Cold and Composed Battle of Who Could Care Less Where's Summer B.? Julianne S

Replacement drummer! All-acoustic set! Who knows?

Unfortunately, I don't think Wilco's playing with Neil at Allstate on Dec. 9 so I guess take that into consideration in relation to ticket prices...

Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes! Another year older, but not too much wiser I'm afraid...

Unless Jeff somehow slipped in a couple covert songs before the Animal Liberation Orchestra rocked the house ( ), that Rolling Stone account of the show probably should have read Sunday closer or something--although technically that wouldn't have been right either. Anyway, no, Jeff didn't play a solo set.

In the end, it was a fairly typical festival set...albeit one played with a lot of intensity. The highlight for me, and probably a lot of others, was Nels' searing solo on Impossible Germany (which the band had to start three different times). To paraphrase one of my festival cohorts, Nels was seemingly on another planet during that song. Afterward he dedicated it to the late, great Bay Area guitarist John Cipollina. Jeff, in an attempt at a lighthearted aside, had pointed out that Nels had played that great solo while having his pants zipper held together by a safety pin, which Nels briefly s

They only did the song together three times, so I don't know if anyone's posted a recording yet. But last night's version was a really nice one, with both Robin and Josh of the Fleet Foxes (the singer and drummer, respectively) each taking a brief turn on lead vocals before deferring back to Jeff for the "falsetto" part. They hadn't done that at either the Boise or Spokane shows. When it was over, the stage turned into a big lovefest, with all of the Wilcos and Fleet Foxes exchanging numerous hugs. Oh, and prior to I Shall Be Released, the FFs finally delivered some presents to the Wilcos in

You don't even want to know. Maybe someone who got a printed setlist will chime in, but let's just say the show didn't quite go as originally planned.

I had some potatoes in a Bechamel sauce at a Basque restaurant, does that count? As to the show, I honestly think this one will go down as one of my favorites of the year. I'm not necessarily one for outdoor shows, by and large, but as Jeff pointed out, this one had the feel of Wilco playing in someone's back yard. I mean, they essentially played in a gazebo--how great is that? There was a patio-like semi-circle area in front of the stage where people could stand if they wanted; otherwise, they were welcome to set up low-backed chairs and/or blankets fanning out in an arc from where the "p

Thanks for posting those photos. Can't remember the last time Jeff performed in a T-shirt and without a jacket of some sort. Yeah, it sounds a lot like the show I saw last month. I remember him actually singing more, but his keyboard was definitely there for appearance sake because he hardly touched it. Same with a bass guitar that someone put on him for one song. You almost have to see him on stage to really understand the state he seems to be in right now, don't you think Tamala? Bewildered is a good word. I don't think the show I saw had horns, though, so at least you guys got a

Here are my photos from the show on Flickr. A couple pretty decent ones toward the end of the set if I do say so myself.

I have some good pictures that I just uploaded to my computer. Will try to post a couple here, or at least link to my Flickr when I get to where I'm going tonight. Damn, that was a fun show. Nice review, Evonne! All I can say is PUPPETS!

Haha, I love the names of these places when Wilco plays out-of-the-way towns...Moose's Tooth, Mangy Moose. Maybe there could be a moose-themed tour!

Thanks for keeping track of the set, T! Glad to hear you guys had/are having a good time. So Paul Mertens was there, but not the other Total Pros? That's interesting. Cool that you got to hear "Blood of the Lamb." And two encores at a fest? Not bad. Take any pictures? P.S. Glad you guys caught Brian Wilson as well. Did he do Love and Mercy? I'm betting not since he's got a new record coming out, plus people want to hear the hits. I saw him a month ago and it was kind of sad actually because he just sort of seemed very old. He barely played the keyboard he had in front of him, and he seeme

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He plays the banjo on Pieholden Suite (or Pieholden Sweet, as I saw it referred to on someone's blog today...I hope that was an intentional misspelling ).

Incidentally, Jeff thanked the Total Pros after Outtasite and said it was their last night with the band (this time around). So it doesn't look like they'll be heading out west... I think they definitely add a lot to some of the songs, especially like Walken and I'm The Man Who Loves You, that have been played a lot. And they enable the band to do rarer stuff like Pieholden Suite, Blood of the Lamb, Can't Stand It, etc. Plus, it seemed like the TPs were continuing to work out arrangements for different songs as the tour went on, like with Kingpin and California Stars (the latter of which th

Hope it was a wonderful day! You deserve it.

Argh, so so late on this! Happy birthday, E! (Sounds like you had a nice relaxing one... )

Beautiful summer evening at Tanglewood, and the band responded with a very energetic performance. If you're a big fan of the album Summerteeth, it was definitely your night. The band members (and the Total Pros) all wore their nudie suits from Lollapalooza. Maybe the only big surprise was that Andrew Bird didn't come out and join Wilco on any numbers. One other noteworthy occurrence was Glenn standing with his back to the audience and banging on two big gongs at the start of "I'm The Man Who Loves You" instead of doing his usual arms-raised tribute to Todd Trainer. I was in the covered "shed

I think it's on, Judy! Not sure about Vancouver, but it seems to be happening.

Pretty loose show overall, I thought, at least by Wilco standards. How often do you hear the band not be able to get it together to start a song, like they did on Hotel Arizona? And Jeff getting distracted by something or someone right in the middle of Radio Cure? The show sounded really good, though. Pretty nice acoustics in that place. Jeff's quote of the night, after noticing someone toward the front (apparently a courtroom sketch artist) sketching them throughout the show: "We need to see those. Whenever I'm sketched, I tend to look...simian." Here's the complete setlist, in order: S

Not to put a damper on this, but last I checked Glenn was scheduled to perform with the Kronos Quartet on New York on Dec. 5 (though I don't think tickets have gone on sale yet, so it could probably easily be rescheduled).

Well, if by headliners you mean the last act on each stage...Jack Johnson got 1 hour, 15 minutes, Foo Fighters got 1 hour, 45 minutes and someone called Underworld, who was headlining the creatively named Dance Tent, got 2 hours. (Edit: Out of curiosity, I just looked up Underworld -- who also played right before Radiohead the other night at the All Points West Festival -- and apparently they are pioneers in the British techno scene. That is one genre I can safely say I know zilch about. )

Yep, same stage. Pretty lucky because Sharon and the DKs were great, as were Rodrigo y Gabriela. The Swell Season was a nice treat as well. It was just Glen and Marketa this time and they did a cool version of Dylan's "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere" off the PA and down off the stage. It's sort of hard to explain, but there was a fire lane leading to the sound tent and after a pretty short set (which also included covers of Michelle Shocked's "Fogtown" and Van Morrison's "Astral Weeks"), Glen came back and jumped down off the high stage into this U-shaped area between the barricades. Marketa soon j