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OK, sure! If only I had some advance knowledge about their future touring plans, it would certainly make my life much easier (hint, hint)...

Oh, and sorry I misheard/mis-reported your name, Brett...hope you did indeed have a good birthday! (Edit: Fixed the name above).

Nice work on the recapping, Ms. Stone! Thanks for sparing me from trying to make out my chicken scratch, which I was sort of dreading since I think it was especially bad for this show. Perhaps "bewildered" wasn't the right choice of words (actually, I wrote "almost bewilderedly"). I certainly didn't mean to imply that he was in a daze or not all there or anything like that. Just that I read that particular comment I quoted as being typically self-deprecating, yes, but maybe also a little bit of wondering how he could be struggling so much. I think he knew that, to that point, he hadn't done pa

Once again, I really don't have time to report as fully as I'd like right now on the second and final night of Jeff's annual education benefit solo shows. As always, each show ends up being a fairly unique affair depending on Jeff's state of mind and motivation level, crowd dynamics, songs requested and other factors. Many years when there have been two shows, it ends up that the first night is a bit more ragged performance-wise before Jeff turns in a more polished effort on the second. This year, however, I would say those results were probably reversed. This second of two shows proved to be

Don't have much time now to even attempt to recap another enjoyable evening of solo acoustic Tweedy, so for now, let me just say that this show before a relatively small but spirited crowd was just about everything you could hope for at these annual benefit(s) — an engaging, but not perfect, performance; a generous amount of banter and typically tongue-in-cheek comments; a touch of political ranting; some gentle pokes at the audience. I will try to add some details later, if no one else has chimed in, but I have to be up for Record Store Day activities in a few hours and thus am just going t

I had you pegged as more of a Pretty Pimpin' kind of guy...j/k.

I think I pulled a Row D for Louisville as well...perhaps we can finally say hello in person?

I think it's gonna happen, Jim!

Oh man, I couldn't begin to do justice to that one. But it was pretty awesome. Chris Corsano is a powerhouse drummer, while Darin wasn't even really playing bass per se, but had his instrument on his lap and would interchange various metallic bowls and such in between the strings that he used to create various textures and sounds. Jeff mostly created feedback and noise on a couple of electric guitars, including a red one I hadn't seen him play before that had buttons that he was using almost like an autoharp. I think they were all really pleased with how it turned out, given that it was the

The funny thing about the Big Ears set, though, was that they basically didn't do any of the songs off the new record. Glenn said they weren't able to get their Brazilian collaborators there, but they will apparently be joining OF at Eaux Claires and Solid Sound.

Hey man, kudos to you for standing (and for saying hi)! I'm glad no one tried to shout you down. It takes some cojones to stand when you're right front and center like that and very few others are (and you're very close to the band). Glad you enjoyed the show. You're definitely one of the people I was thinking of while writing that recap late last night.

Figured you would enjoy that one, Herr Tatlock...

While I'm flattered and humbled that anyone would look forward to and/or be interested in what I have to say after a given show, it occurred to me tonight that it's also a bit inexplicable. It goes without saying, perhaps, but any recap I could write would never be able to fully capture even the perspectives of the few people I observed around me, much less any number of other audience members. How to convey what was going through the mind of the woman in the front row who literally sat motionless with her arms folded for the entire show? Or the VCer (lurker? regular poster? make yourself kn

Yes, definitely an admirable post. Kudos!

You guys are cute... Thanks for the speedy post! I knew there'd be a Monday! And dang, that first encore must've been super fun.

This kind of stuff is from the "Knowing way too much about the band" dept., but I'm glad that at least some people are interested. From what I heard re: Matrix, it has to do with visa problems. Always an issue with foreign bands/crew this time of year, and probably with the Trump idiocy compounding matters. Hopefully things get sorted for him soon... And thanks to all for providing detailed and timely reports in my absence! Your work is appreciated.

I wasn't there, but that's the one (except the navy blue or black version) he's worn since the Chicago Winterlude shows last month. A Chunklet special. Henry Owings and Susan Miller Tweedy are old friends, I'm pretty sure. And here's a link to some back story on the shirt (with appropriate Wilco content included)... https://www.chunklet.com/were-all-in-this-together-except-you-youre-a-dick-t-shirts-back-in-print/

Yes, and those times are pretty prompt. Basically the listed showtime is when the support act will come on and Wilco usually an hour after that (opener usually gets about 30 minutes, give or take).

Hey, you never know...you might even get a Monday in there to shake things up! Have fun in NYC...wish I could make it.

Well, I guess no one else is probably going to chime in from the Great White North so here's another brief recap from north of the border concerning the second of two shows at the venerable Massey Hall... For those griping about setlist variety of late, I don't know if this show is going to entirely scratch your itches given that there's nothing here that wasn't played as recently as the Chicago Theatre run a few weeks back. But in terms of this market and audience, which is all that really matters, I would say that the band did a pretty good job shaking things up from Night 1. I counted 13

Anybody on here pick up anything? I'm not a musician, so was never seriously entertaining any instrument purchases (though Glenn's percussion toys were intriguing). But I am a little annoyed that I wasn't quick enough on the draw to grab that test pressing of Star Wars...

Last night the show ended right at 10:30, but that may just be the curfew at Massey. Wilco's sets have been running a little over two hours, and they're prompt with everything. So whatever is listed as showtime, that's when the support act will go on. Wilco is usually on almost exactly one hour after listed show time.

Wanted to give any intrepid Canadians a chance to chime in first (or maybe I just wanted to get a decent night's sleep), but since neither of those things happened, here's your morning report... It's hard to believe it had been five and a half years since Wilco's last indoor headlining show in Toronto, but that was the case following a festival set in 2015 and the AmericanaramA tour stop in 2013. Back in the legendary confines of Massey Hall, a place Jeff said is "one of our favorite places to play in the world," the band gradually won the polite audience over by the back half of the main s

First show: 9/19/00 (Irving Plaza, New York, NY) And I don't keep a count of shows...the number would probably be less impressive than you think.

Thanks for the kind words. I usually drive, but occasionally fly or take public transit (especially in Chicago)... And yes, I plan to be at Big Ears.