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Wow, where to begin? Well, first off, Jeff came on stage wearing a seersucker suit...and a big black moon boot over his lower right leg! He proceeded to hobble around most of the night. Poor guy. There was this white chair on stage all night behind Nels that had a cool-looking Wilco design on it (apparently drawn or painted by one of the band's techs) and Jeff apparently had doctor's orders to sit down for the show. Instead he toughed it out like a hockey player, though it couldn't have been easy to negotiate all of his pedals with that boot on. Obviously there wasn't much of a Hummingbird

No, I like the ravioli actually. Well, like might be a bit strong.

Suffice it to say, I think you guys have been outed as hardcore.

Watch out for E's "security" guy. You'll see what I mean...

What, no Buckethead? I saw GNFR at the Garden a couple years ago--their last show until now I guess. I remember because me and a buddy went and then we heard the day after that Axl had cancelled the rest of the tour.

I'm a little surprised that both you and the reviewer came away emphasizing the country/folk aspect of the Tillys as much as you did. I guess I just mean that, to me, country/folk or what people often call alt-country usually has some measure of twang and I don't get that from Tilly & the Wall. To me, they're hard to categorize (which is probably why I like them). Obviously they're not for everyone--it's just weird to me to hear some of the UK reviews using the dreaded alt-country term to describe them. That said, thanks for posting the review and pics!

K...long story short, I went to see Flight of the Conchords (on U's recommendation) at the Schuba's day party at SXSW and like 5 minutes after I got there, so did Neil. He was there to check out the M's, I'm guessing on Jonathan Demme's recommendation. As to how I got in the picture...

I was only there in spirit, I swear. But yay for excellent percussion work by L and K!

So here's the setlist... Hell Is Chrome Handshake Drugs In A Future Age IATTBYH Muzzle of Bees A Shot in the Arm At Least That's What You Said Jesus, etc. Theologians Spiders (Kidsmoke) Forget the Flowers (stopped and restarted) Walken Kingpin Hummingbird --------------------------- Airline To Heaven I'm The Man Who Loves You (w/Brown U. horns) Monday (w/Brown U. horns) ---------------------------- Heavy Metal Drummer War on War The Late Greats

Me neither.

For the time being, I'll just provide a setlist: Someday, Some Morning, Sometime Not For The Season All The Same To Me Summerteeth Blue-Eyed Soul A Magazine Called Sunset --good night, Miles-- I'm Beginning To See The Light [Harry James] (for Miles) Hey Chicken (fragment) No More Poetry You Were Wrong If That's Alright (stopped and restarted) Lost Love Henry And The H-Bombs [ian Hunter] The Ruling Class --pee break-- Fatal Wound (w/Dave Mirabella [MeDave] on guitar) I Must Be High Kamera (w/Martin Rivas [Twisted Acres] on guitar) Is That The Thanks I Get? Walk Where He Walked James Alley Blu

Yeah, Rob--"Either Way" is just how they have it listed on their setlist. Like Walken, it's just shorthand. I'm sure the actual title will be different. But when I referred to Either Way, I did mean that song that begins, "Maybe the sun will shine today." Same song. It's a mid-tempo number, but keep in mind it's also still very much a work in progress...

You can't start *and* end with a new song, can you? Especially in a city you've never played before? Apparently you can. They sounded great. About the only thing that went wrong was Jeff breaking a string during Airline To Heaven. One of the worst times that could have happened since his strumming is the backbone of that song. Also, Nels somehow hurt his finger between the end of the main set and the beginning of the first encore so he was also somewhat hampered during Airline. Other than that -- and a couple of lyrical snafus for Jeff -- it was a fun, loose show... Setlist as follows:

I thought most of the jam-band folks took pretty well to the Wilco set, although in the interest of full disclosure, I couldn't really see most of the crowd. It was a fun show, as festivals go. Had to endure Slightly Stoopid and G. Love and Special Sauce (and even the two of them playing together at one point), but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do... Setlist as follows... Airline to Heaven Kingpin Handshake Drugs A Shot in the Arm At Least That's What You Said Hell Is Chrome Spiders (Kidsmoke) IATTBYH Forget The Flowers (w/John and Pat on background vox) War on War Jesus, etc. Humm

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I'd just like to add that this thread is disturbing on a number of levels. OK, now you all can resume having your fun...

Awwwwwww, can't we have a Jeff Tweedy sad hat forum??? (I'm for a ticket forum as well. )