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I'm glad some folks came out tonight, it was a lot of fun.

maybe the best discovery, aside from tasty $3 mystery brews, was that a certain vc moderator (cough...maudie...cough) is a guitar hero prodigy!

got this nice note yesterday after an email friend, Kyle, stopped by to talk to Basia and Holly in Portland:

aww, that was sweet of Basia. you've been doing a great job with the virtual street team, T.

too bad that i didn't get to Chicago just a few days earlier to catch her show here. would have been great to see her do that Sam Cooke song.

I know TJ had a pretty serious health scare recently. Glad to hear that he's doing better!

I have met approximately 8,000 VCers.

 

Maybe not quite. But I live near Chicago, I travel a lot, and I've been on VC for a long time, so.

Who are you again?

Yeah, Evonne...that's the all-you-can-eat bacon place. Unfortunately, I think you'll be somewhat tied up on Monday night....

Happy happy day, m'dear! I'm sure Mart will serenade you with birthday melodies a'plenty...

Here's to another great year filled with more meals at Dino, plenty of wonderful vino, fun-filled road trips, shows at Largo and of course, a national championship for the Terps!

A handful, sure. I was mainly referring to the top of the list - Dave Matthews Band, Widespread Panic, John Mayer, 311, Phil Lesh and Friends, Primus - that isn't my cup of tea.

That was a pretty random article. It was unclear who actually said the quotes about the various "celebrities."

I feel sorry for Of Montreal and a couple of others on that list. Yeesh! Where is this happening? (So I can avoid it.)

Well I didn't stay awake for this. Is there a simple (for us simpletons) way to download this?? Podcast, etc? I can check myself, but just busy today on the road. (The Who fronted by a Japanese school girl was part of a promo...was that the most interesting thing said??)

They have it available for download in 10 parts on that link. It's just Jeff and Jon Langford talking, though. Not the music itself-guess there are rights issues with that. Anyway, my favorite story Jeff told was about meeting John Cale once and how he looked like Richard Simmons. Ha!

I would recommend Hot Dougs! Click on "today's specials".

Seconded. Their specials this week sound amazing, particularly this one: The Kris Larkin (Blue Cheese Pork Sausage with Pear Cr

If I had to hazard a guess, I'd say that "Entire Recorded Works" will be defined as the stuff that's on the full-length releases -- AM, Being There, Summerteeth, YHF, AGIB, SBS plus Mermaid 1 and 2. In other words, don't get your hopes up for, say, "The T.B. Is Whipping Me" or stuff off of demos, etc.

I would guess that the Mermaid Stuff will probably be limited to the stuff they already do, i.e. California Stars, Hesitating Beauty, Remember the Mountain Bed, Christ For President, Airline to Heaven, One By One, Hoodoo Voodoo and maybe Another Man's Done Gone. I would be mildly surprised (though extremely pleased) if we got Secrets of the Sea, Feed of Man or Blood of the Lamb).

And I would be shocked if they did any songs that are technically non-Wilco songs, like Laminated Cat. FWIW.

Great seeing you last night, Drew. That room is a bit hoity-toity for my taste (and the ushers can be a bit uptight and the tickets pricey), but it's a gorgeous space and the sound is immaculate.

It was a treat to see Joe with guests Brad Mehldau on piano and Don Byron on clarinet (for two songs), not to mention that fabulous rhythm section.

Hope you have a great day!

I usually would not have recorded from so close, but that night I wanted to be in the action (9:30 pit!). I was about 3 people behind you.

Besides the normal whoo-hoo's and random song requests - the crowd was not bad.

Ah, I see. Well, I certainly wasn't doing any whoo-hooing (except during I'm The Man ) or making random song requests, so I think I should be safe. A repeat performance this year?

recorded from about 6 feet behind Paul... enjoy.

Me? Eesh, I hope I don't show up on the tape anywhere...

I share your love of random shows. Road trip?

are they great?? ive never heard a note

they are if you like super fun power pop with boy-girl harmonies and somewhat enigmatic lyrics. oh, and canadians.

(seriously, if you get a chance, check 'em out!)

apparently these are with Okkervil River

yeah, in my haste i forgot to mention that not-so-insignificant fact. haha.

i'd like to get to one of these shows, although i'm sad the madison one won't be at the barrymore. maybe the

i hope the tirxiedvd people do this it goin to be to legendary to not have it properlly recorded

punctuation much?

Just got an e-mail from NP HQ:

Apr 9: Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre

Apr 10: Pontiac, MI @ The Crofoot Ballroom

Apr 11: Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall

Apr 12: Munhall, PA @ Carnegie Music Hall in Homestead

Apr 13: Ithaca, NY @ The State Theater of Ithaca

Apr 14: Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club

Apr 16: Richmond, VA @ Toad

Wonder where in NYC he will play????

I'm guessing not at Fez, where I believe he played the first time he did the solo thing.

RIP, Fez.

Mr Bop, go search youtube for 'Andre Ethier O Canada'. Andre the Deadly Snake sang the national anthem as Andre the outfielder looked on from the dugout.

The ol' YouTube isn't fully functioning for me right now, T, but I think I get the picture. Hilarious! I also love how most of the comments are about the relative hotness of both the singer and outfielder. Double hilarious!

Kristina...happy happy birthday to you! Who knows when you'll actually read this, but I hope you're having a wonderful day, m'dear!