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Oh, I can't wait!

Personally, I'm eager to relive the New Year's show so I can remember something other than several dudes' really loud voices screaming out "Psychokiller!" in my ear.

H and Z...I must say I'm impressed by your fangirl/fanboy zeal.

Get a room already, will ya?

There's also a song co-written with the lovely Rennie Sparks, that I can't remember the name of right now (and, in truth, is probably the poorest track on the album).

It's All The Same To Me, which is a terrific song (although maybe the album version suffers a little bit from the production).

Damn, I've just been catching up. What a shocker. I've been hearing way too much about people passing away lately, and this is saddest news yet...

I had the pleasure of meeting and hanging out with Nat a few times, I think most recently at Jeff's solo show in Portland in early 2006 (on the tour for the Sunken Treasure DVD). We were standing next to each other at the front of the stage and I remember chatting with her before the show started and thinking, 'Wow, this is the first time I've really had a chance to talk to her. She's very cool.' I also have a distinct memory of her hanging outside the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts after the Wilco show there in November 2004, waiting to give each band his personal tinfoil sculpture.

Condolences to you guys who were especially tight with her. And special thanks to all you archive diggers for finding some memories. They reminded me about some of the early days of this place, and how Nat was a really big part of it. RIP. We'll miss you.

Is there a reason why wilco avoids new york city like the plague?

 

theyre going to new haven for crying out loud.

 

or am i wrong and is an nyc gig in the books...

could be worse-you could be in philly. not that i have any great love for philly, but I believe the show there next month will be the band's first in those parts in almost three years.

the band itself doesn't have much to do with where specifically they're going to play, anyway. i mean, if they wanted to line up a new york gig (or anywhere else), they could obviously, but i believe that the intent of the february run is to mostly hit some places they haven't yet behind sky blue sky.

Thanks everyone! I celebrated with a buffalo burger and There Will Be Blood. Holy shit, what an amazing movie!!!

 

Thanks again!

I still remember your elk stew from one of those VC summits at Lou's house forever ago. You're a fan of the game meat, I take it. Anyway, hope you had a great day (sounds like it...)!

hope you got some dough to burn-those are some of the nicest hotels in chicago.

Others more qualified will chime in, I'm sure, but I was there and had a very good time despite some of the very, very drunk people near us in the audience. John and Pat played with Jon on a few songs (as well as doing a few Autumn Defense numbers to open), and Britt Daniel also showed up early to play a few before he had to leave and play his own show. My favorite part of the night was probably Jon's take on Springsteen.

 

Awesome photo, B! You didn't mention the Jon/John/Pat/Howie (the crowd member/drummer) take on "Sentimental Lady," which I know made at least one person swoon...

Britt did "Everything Hits At Once" and "The Underdog" on acoustic guitar with Jon on piano and Chamberlin before John, Pat and Howie joined them for the Beatles' "I Feel Fine." And the Autumn Defense set included "The Sun In California," "Bluebirds Fall" and "Spend Your Life" and concluded with the aforementioned "Sentimental Lady."

And Jon's closing salvo of "Cortez The Killer," the Springsteen homage with amazingly improvised lyrics and "God Only Knows" was pretty darn spectacular as well. (I think Robyn Hitchcock's Queen Elvis" was also somewhere in that closing flurry, as well, but someone else can provide the exact order this time. )

In the interest of being a blatant pimp for my show this coming Thursday, I'm bumping this up in the hope that any NYC-area-based VCers might be in the neighborhood.

Hey Mart...I'm flying home that day, so weather permitting, I'll be there! (It might be a little tight timewise, though, so if it's OK, I might need to borrow your keys before the show to throw my bags in your car. )

Imagine all five minus Glenn on stools at the edge of the stage (channels the Dead and Zep quite nicely!!)

Why would you want to lose Glenn?

I don't want to live in a world that doesn't have that Doug Sahaim/Jay Farrar duet of "Give Back the Key to My Heart".

Doug Sahm.

Has anyone heard anything about a secret Wilco show in Salt Lake City on New Year's Eve? It seems weird... but there are some rumors floating around here (SLC) about a show at either Bar X or Bar Deluxe (two super-small clubs).

 

Can anyone confirm or deny? Thanks...

That would be pretty random. I'm thinking no...

also, more venus stop the train, and not for the season.

I wouldn't hold my breath. NFTS isn't technically a Wilco song, and Venus isn't something the band has ever officially released. There's probably a better chance of hearing Just A Kid or Let's Not Get Carried Away or something like that, I'd think...

We'll definitely be playing while you're in nyc, T... let me know the dates.

Been meaning to chime in on this...

If you have any hope of making it to Mart's show on Jan. 3, do what you have to do to get there. Not only is he marvelous and will have a great band playing with him, an all-original set is a rare treat. One of the pleasures of living in the NYC area is getting the chance to see Mart play so often.

And Tualla, I'm going to be really sad if your visit happens when I'm not in town. See what you can do about that... (I really will be sad, though.)

No.

 

www.thenationalva.com

I don't get what you're pointing us to, if anything (except that this venue's dressing room for the headlining act apparently has a big hot tub). Are you saying the band is playing this venue, or...what exactly?

Looks like John Doe is listed as opening the Philly and Houston shows, at the very least.

Maybe the band will work up an X cover. Yeah, probably not.

I got my passenger window smashed in there after Jeff's solo show a couple of years ago. Nothing got stolen, fortunately. There was apparently some sort of neo-Nazi rally there the next day. Not a great place, in my experience.

Can't believe no one's posted about five nights at the Riv in February yet! :blink

On Wilcoworld

Does anybody have the Blisters setlist? They were very fun to watch. Are all their songs covers or are some original. One had a Spiders feel to it...

Their main set was all originals, though I'm not sure anyone but them and maybe their parents know what the titles are. Their encore was covers of "She Don't Use Jelly" and "Sweet Home Alabama," which are among their "standards."

At one point, one of the comedians sitting in the front row yelled out for "Heavy Metal Drummer," which is I guess a little bit of a running joke. Spencer, not missing a beat, looked over with a little smile and said, "Maybe next year."

As a band, they definitely have come a long way since their first show at Letters to Santa a few years ago.

Obama reminds me of Pierre Trudeau just a little bit.

Translation, please. For those of us challenged in our knowledge of Canadiana.

There's a good chance the Brazilian song is actually a cover entitled Ajunine.

If it's the one that Glenn has been doing in most of his solo sets since Mobile came out, it's most likely "Undi

any word on will oldman's apperance?

 

I see an opening at 5 a.m and one a 3 p.m.

 

 

any leads? My girlfreind has a final on wed. so were going to leave a little after 12.

 

If anyone know that Will Oldman will be on at 5 a.m. I think i may trek back to second city.

Is that Gary Oldman's brother?

I have no leads, but it would be kind of awesome if Will Oldham played at 5 a.m. when the crowd will be down to about seven people.

3EB are still around? that's too bad

didn't you know they're living a semi-charmed kind of life?

sorry couldn't resist.

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

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Misunderstood

Far, Far Away

Side With The Seeds

A Shot in the Arm

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Jesus, etc.

The Late Greats

Heavy Metal Drummer

Casino Queen>

Outta Mind (Outtasite)

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

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Spiders (Kidsmoke)

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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)