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Here was the complete setlist for Night 2 in Dublin a.k.a. the last show of the year (War on War wasn't played as previously mentioned, though it might have been on the printed setlist): Via Chicago Either Way You Are My Face Company In My Back IATTBYH Kamera Shake It Off Handshake Drugs Impossible Germany Forget the Flowers Too Far Apart Hate It Here Walken Theologians I'm The Man Who Loves You Hummingbird On and On and On ---------------------------------- Misunderstood Far, Far Away Side With The Seeds A Shot in the Arm ---------------------------------- Jesus, etc. The Late Greats Heavy

For record-keeping purposes, here was the setlist as played: Sunken Treasure Remember the Mountain Bed Muzzle of Bees You Are My Face War on War IATTBYH Pot Kettle Black Handshake Drugs Side With The Seeds Radio Cure Impossible Germany Sky Blue Sky Walken I'm The Man Who Loves You Hummingbird A Shot in the Arm ------------------------------------- Spiders (Kidsmoke) ------------------------------------- California Stars Jesus, etc. Hate It Here Heavy Metal Drummer Red-Eyed and Blue> I Got You (At The End of the Century)> Outta Mind (Outtasite)

Since no one has apparently posted the setlist for this show yet, I guess I'll do the honors: Sunken Treasure You Are My Face War on War IATTBYH Pot Kettle Black Side With The Seeds Shake It Off Handshake Drugs A Shot in the Arm Radio Cure Impossible Germany Sky Blue Sky Too Far Apart Walken I'm The Man Who Loves You Hummingbird ------------------------------ California Stars Jesus, etc. Hate It Here Heavy Metal Drummer ------------------------------ Via Chicago> Spiders (Kidsmoke) It was a somewhat muted show, compared to the other two I went to on this Spanish tour (and I'm sure Barce

I was so busy cringing that I didn't hear the part about getting a life. Duly noted, though. I'll see what I can do. And Dunja, it's a lot cheaper to fly over in November than, say, summer. Hotels are cheaper, too. Wish you could have been here. Now can you do something about that euro-dollar exchange rate?

FYI, Rob, that setlist isn

I dunno. The instruments did work after a bit (and that was hardly the only technical problem all night). It just seems to me like a parody or whatever wouldn't really be in keeping with the respectful spirit of the show, but I could be wrong.

No, it was definitely a bit weird. They kind of had that freak folk, hippieish vibe. I remember that Heath Ledger introduced them as "my friends," but who knows if that's really true?

Yeah, that makes more sense. Once it was announced, I wrote it down that way and admittedly sort of stopped worrying about what song it was. Should have known better. I edited my setlist above--thanks for the heads up.

Nice description by MattZ. The Roots killed -- how did that guy do a flying leap off the stage with his tuba on? -- and there were some other solid performances--MMJ (with Jim James sporting a nice pair of mutton chops.), Yo La Tengo, etc. But definitely a bit of a trainwreck, which almost all tribute shows turn out to be in one way or another. Fun for sure, though. Here was the setlist, as best I could piece it together: -When The Ship Comes In -- Marcus Carl Franklin (w/Joe Henry on acoustic guitar) -? (instrumental) -- Calexico -Goin' To Acapulco -- Jim James (lead vox) and Calexico -S

i was coaxed, yes.

(I am mending, thanks for asking...)

Barring that, I said to Sam that what they really should do is play all their epic-length songs really, really fast on the "short of it" night and then draw all their shorter songs way out for the "long of it" show. Seriously, though, the bottom line is I enjoyed last night's show. Of course I wish some of the song choices had been a little different, but it was the first time they've done this. The thing about this tour is I think the "long" show is going to inevitably become fairly standard because how many of those 8- to 10-minute songs do they really have? Whereas I think the "short" ni

Here was the setlist for last night's "Short Of It" show at the Vic: Oceanside Shiny My Mother Was A Chinese Trapeze Artist Angel, Won't You Call Me? I Don't Mind O Valencia! Billy Liar The Soldiering Life (w/Steve Moore on trombone) Lesley Ann Levine Eli, The Barrow Boy The Engine Driver Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then) (w/Laura Veirs on vocals) The Culling of the Fold The Perfect Crime No. 2 The Chimbley Sweep -------------------------- A Cautionary Song After the Bombs>Ask (Smiths) It was a treat to hear the 5 Songs record in its entirety (well, except for Apology Song). The band

FYI, before anyone else gets too excited, the venue in Wellington is now listed as the dreaded "TBA" on Wilcoworld. Did someone realize that maybe that was too small a place? Looks like they also took down one of the Melbourne dates.

Just wanted to add my wishes for a quick recovery, Lou. Hope you're back to yer old self soon!

I'm pretty sure Sam means the guitar. Nowadays I would think that Nels probably doesn't have to rely on it nearly as much as he did in the less lucrative "old days," but I hope it will still show up from time to time and not go completely into retirement.

Looks like mid-to-late March will be busy for those of you Down Under: New dates

Will you be a grumpy Brit, though? Sorry, couldn't resist. Seriously, though, I feel badly for all you regional folk who got hit with bad luck this time. Here's hoping that there's some rescheduled gigs soon. I still want to do the "Songs From Northern Britain" tour!

Yeah, seriously. Here's hoping everyone and their loved ones make it through this safe and sound.

Would you feel better if you knew that one of the band members was sick or something? 'Cause that'd be the same situation as this in terms of the lost fees and stuff. I'm sure they'll reschedule the cancelled dates as soon as possible. Remember, Winnipeg also got some bad luck when Nels was sick earlier this year so you guys aren't the only ones. I know that the band takes cancelling any dates very seriously and that they wouldn't do it if there wasn't a good reason for it.

uh, hate to burst your bubble but you might want to check out this thread in the "Just A Fan" forum about all of the UK dates being cancelled.

Maybe they got offered Saturday Night Live, like Spoon did.

I always love reading interviews with Nels because he's a really thoughtful guy, but there were some horrible misspellings in that piece. I mean, in this day and age, how hard is it to Google things? I'm sorry, but it just bugs me that they can't spell Paul Motian right and they apparently didn't know that Minutemen is one word. Or that the British band that Nels referred to was spelled Padow. (It's, of course, Patto). Sorry for the rant. Just the editor in me rearing his ugly head.

I [heart] Sound of Lies. My favorite Jayhawks record. Obviously Wilco has proven that good music doesn't always require tough times and struggles. But those sorts of emotions can produce some wonderful music as well, as in the case of SoL. I'd also nominate their subsequent album, Smile, as underrated as well. It's not the classic Jayhawks twangy sound, but I always love listening to it. (I'm sure that's heresy to some people.) Re: Flowers of Romance, I remember reading that Glenn said he was listening to that record a lot when he recorded YHF and specifically, I Am Trying To Break Your Hear

Yeah, I figured there would be. I just kind of scrolled through quickly to see if there was any thread titled "New Yorker" or anything and there wasn't, so I went ahead and posted it. Mods: feel free to merge this into that other one or whatever you guys want to do.