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Have a terifically awesome birthday, U! Here's to more of everything Heidi mentioned earlier, and to canyon hiking and setlist-book compiling and all-night writing and on and on...

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The only thing I can think of adding at this point is that it was really great to see the electric Sunken Treasure again. After seeing it done acoustically so much at Jeff's solo shows, I had almost forgotten the different arrangement the song gets when done with electric guitars. And it's always nice to see Poor Places work its way back into the set. I noticed that Nels played exclusively lap steel for at least the first half of the song. If memory serves, I think he had played at least some of his part on the Jazzmaster in previous renditions. First time hearing Let's Not Get Carried Aw

Wish I had been there to see the "mayhem" for myself. I have to say that whatever Jeff did, I'm sure it was for good reason. You can't have people jumping up onstage whenever they feel like it. You don't know what they're going to do, for one. It's unlikely that the guy meant Jeff any harm, but at the very least, somebody getting on stage and being a dope is completely distracting to the performer and the audience, IMHO.

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Yo Jeff, Can't add much that hasn't already been said, but thanks for all the work over the years. Enjoy retirement, play some golf, drink some pina coladas and all that jazz. And above all, don't be a stranger... Paul.

Mine was just in the plastic.

Those pictures look twangy.

I'm with you! If Wilco was to ever play in Idaho, I'd *so* find a way to be there.

Well, the last time the band played New York City proper was the New Year's Eve 2004 show at Madison Square Garden. Nothing really happened, other than much alcohol consumption and revelry. The only time anything has really "happened" in NYC was back in 1996 at Irving Plaza when they wound up playing after Johnny Cash -- you can read about that episode in Greg Kot's book. But whoever mentioned something "happening" earlier in this thread was just being dumb. As for the Irving Plaza rumor, seeing as how the club is already pretty booked for the rest of October, I kinda doubt it.

Hope you have an awesome birthday, Bridget!

Words have a way of being inadequate at times like these, but I just wanted to express how sorry I am for your loss. Jeff, your mom seemed like a great lady the couple of times I met her and it's a shame that she's gone far too soon. Since I can't be there in person, please accept a big cyber-hug and my deepest sympathies. --Paul.

it's on high road touring's site.

I, too, love the Andrew Hill disc! In other Nels news, I hadn't seen this posted yet, but forgive me if it was. Anyway, I think the same day that the Sunken Treasure DVD comes out--Oct. 24--is also the release date for the new Damsel record featuring Nels and Zach Hill from Hella. Also, it features Matt Zivich (who happens to be Wilco's guitar tech and a sound engineer). Sounds like it'll be a pretty cool disc to pick up, so I figured I'd give it a little shout-out in case it hasn't been mentioned already. Amazon doesn't have it listed, but I pre-ordered a copy through CD Universe. Here

i dunno why, but i think you might be in luck...

The funny thing is I totally know what shop he's talking about--it's called Minus Zero or something like that. I went there when I was last in London. Great little shop near the Portobello Road Market. It's only open on weekends, I think. I remember it because I wanted to buy this record from one of the men and he had gone home to tend to a broken pipe or something and the other guy couldn't sell it to me because it didn't have a price tag on it. So I had to come back a few hours later when the owner returned. Anyway, it's a little weird that the Tapes 'n Tapes guy would find ST there for su

Mmmmmmmmm half-smoke with chili, onions and mustard...

Methinks BV is right.

I went to the show last night in New York--nice job with the promotion, Ronen, by the way--and it was, as always, an interesting night of music. Elliott Sharp opened the show on guitar and laptop (with Nels sitting in at times), followed by some classical pieces by pianist Jenny Lin. Then Glenn played his set of solo percussion pieces. And then Nels and Glenn did their version of Karen Coltrane by Sonic Youth and then all four players did a couple of longer improv pieces as a group. Obviously Elliott and Jenny won't be in Philly tonight, so what I imagine you'll get is about a half-hour of s

From what I could see at tonight's NYC show (before I got kicked out of Webster Hall like literally two minutes after the show was over--that's one reason why I hate that place), they were selling a white one and a light blue one. They were $15 apiece. The one I got had a relatively simple design -- a vintage cowgirl image in which she was holding a lasso sort of over her head that spelled out "Golden Smog." Looked like they might be starting to run low on supplies, though.

We all know (or should) about the brilliance of the Magnolia Electric Co., but I wanted to put in a little plug for Catfish Haven. I've seen them a few times, most recently at the Stereogum show here in NYC last week and they're really good. Hopefully they'll have their backup singers with them down south. As a band, they might have a little improvement to make in terms of stage presence but I think their songs are really good. Sorta soul, sorta rock with a dash of country--hard to categorize but good.

This is from an e-mail I get from a Philly promoter, who's promoting the Glenn/Nels show there next week. It's pretty well-written and it seems like they got pretty fresh quotes from Glenn and Nels, at least some that I hadn't seen before, so I figured I'd post it. Here it is: By now, one expects seasoned musicians like Nels Cline and Glenn Kotche to have it all mapped out. The dudes are winners, right? After all, Cline's discography stretches back to 1979 and drops some pretty heavy names along the decades, from Willie Nelson and Rickie Lee Jones to Thurston Moore and Mike Watt. Kotche ha

I dunno, Heids...I might have to cast a vote for William & Mary for most bleh show. (Of course, I wasn't at Constitution Hall. )

Jen, have an awesome birthday!