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And once more for our friends keeping track, here was the The Minus 5 setlist, as played: Barstool Blues [Neil Young] Hold Down The Fort It's Beautiful Here The Unforeseen It's Magenta, Man! In The Ground Zero Clowns The Days Of Wine And Booze* Aw Shit Man*> My Generation* * — with Liam Cunningham on keyboard

For people who perform live on a regular basis, one thing that must keep things interesting is the audience's reaction night to night. No two audiences really are the same, I guess, and their reactions to what's being performed can vary greatly. As can the expectations a performer might have for an audience. Not being a performer myself, I often wonder what it's like to see a show through one's eyes and how much an audience's reaction affects their performance (and their perception of it). All of which is to say that for me, as an audience member, tonight's crowd was a weird one. A friend re

That's cool that they did True Love Will Find You In The End (I presume that's what "True Love" indicates)! I think it's the first time they've done that. I heard that both Scott McCaughey and Peter Buck joined for the encore. Presumably they came out for California Stars, but did they play on anything else? Of course I've managed to get to a fair number of Tweedy shows, but I've missed every time both Scott and Peter have come out for the encore. I've also yet to see Pigeons, I think. P.S. I'm sure you meant Please Tell My Brother. P.P.S. How did the Minus 5 go over? After all, they we

That's kind of a "boring" setlist relative to some of the others on this run, in that for the solo portion other printed lists I've seen have had amusing phrases in place of the word "Solo." Portland, for instance, had "Sublime Story Telling." And San Diego had, "Madam Butterfly." I think it's just a way for the crew to have a bit of fun with Jeff and the band...

Try to cope as best you can, Tatlock, for I shall return posthaste...

Personal to Tatlock: Don't delay your cuppa awaiting Santa Fe report tomorrow, for I shall not be present.

And here was The Minus 5 setlist, as played, for our fair foreign friends keeping track: There Is No Music It's Magenta, Man! Remain In Lifeboat The History You Hate It's Beautiful Here Zero Clowns In The Ground With A Gun* Blue Rickenbacker* The Days Of Wine And Booze* * — with Liam Cunningham on keyboard

Really don't have the time or energy to write anything right now, but figured I'd provide the absolute bare bones first and fill in details later... Who knew Jeff lived in Tucson for a short time when he was in junior high? I guess I had missed that previous disclosure, at any rate. Lawrence W. Cross Middle School, ftw! Here was the complete setlist, as played: Hazel Fake Fur Coat> Diamond Light, Pt. 1 Flowering World Away Wait For Love# Summer Noon New Moon Nobody Dies Anymore* High As Hello* Love Like A Wire* [Diane Izzo] Low Key* You Are Not Alone* I Am Trying To Break Your Heart^

I think that just isn't Jeff's style, to tell an audience what to do; probably he would rather it happen organically, but often that means it doesn't happen at all. Anyway, this stand-up-sit-down issue usually comes up when Wilco plays seated theaters and I think Jeff just prefers to stay out of it at this point. Because for everyone who wants to stand up and dance, there's someone else who would prefer to stay seated and not have their view blocked, so you can't win. Incidentally, I did see a Ryan Adams show not too long ago when he actually told some kids who had rushed the stage in a se

Here was The Minus 5 setlist in San Diego, for our interested friends... Remain In Lifeboat Hold Down The Fort The Old Plantation It's Beautiful Here Adios Half Soldier There Is No Music In The Ground The Zero Clowns The Days Of Wine And Booze* Aw Shit Man* My Generation* * — with Liam Cunningham on keyboard

Oh, thanks for the insight! I think it's rather an effective term when it comes to trying to put together these show recaps, so more than happy to help sustain...

Don't have time to write a particularly extensive recap, but basically this was the epitome of a "professional show." Which is to say that it was a perfectly fine performance that you'd never be able to tell was lacking anything, unless you'd seen a bunch of other shows to have some sense of perspective. (Sorry, but I can't help thinking of the "Tull's Tips" segment from Conan here — you take Monday night, a seated theater, San Diego vibe, slightly weary band...boom, professional show. ) In short, it was bound to happen at some point during a relatively long tour and all the ingredients wer

And here was The Minus 5 setlist as played, for our friends keeping track: Hold Down The Fort It's Beautiful Here The History You Hate I'm Not Bitter* There Is No Music* In The Ground* The Zero Clowns* The Days Of Wine And Booze*^ Aw Shit Man*^ My Generation*^ * — with Jessy Greene on violin ^ — with Liam Cunningham on keyboard

Well, by the sounds of it, this was definitely a "second night's always better than the first" sort of situation, so I'm glad that if I could only make it to one of the two shows in LA, that this was the one. The Theatre at Ace Hotel is a beautifully restored old 1,600-capacity venue from the 1920s that was the former flagship movie palace of United Artists, but beyond aesthetics, the real jewel of the place is the sound system. They've definitely put resources toward that, seemingly, and it makes a significant difference; I've been to some similarly beautiful old theaters where the acoustics

Probably about the time they learn they can turn off the photo clicking sound on their phones...

Looks like Robyn is actually playing GAMH on Thursday (3/19)? Or did that change? Anyway, that would be fun if Scott played the Tweedy show and then sped over to join Robyn but doesn't sound like the timing quite worked out...

Or perhaps I'm just an idiot...that's always a possibility! Globophobe! The Internet is wonderful indeed...

As they say, it's complicated...

Always glad to be of assistance, Herr Tatlock! And yes, usually I am making some in-progress edits for a short while after the initial post. I figure not many will notice, given the late hour, but you caught me this time...

Replying to my own post here, but I also wanted to mention that I dug Eleanor Friedberger's opening set. I've seen her a few times, but tonight she had a full band of young guys playing behind her (two of them from San Francisco, apparently) and her vocals were really clear and strong. I didn't keep a setlist, but she played some rearranged versions of songs like Stare At The Sun that were pretty cool. Also of note, in thanking Tweedy for sharing the bill with her, she said that her band The Fiery Furnaces had opened for Wilco on a brief tour 11 years ago and that it had been a good experien

Don't have time to write much of a recap right now, but in a lot of ways, this felt like a fairly typical first night of a two-night stand. It seemed to take Jeff a little while to get his feet under him, but by the time the big California Stars finale came around, he was all smiles. And so were we (well, mostly)... Jeff seemed especially taken with a couple of kids — brother and sister, I'm pretty sure — who were at the front at stage right, giving their parents some mock grief for taking them out on St. Patrick's Day, for keeping them up past their bedtime and for apparently teaching them

Unfortunately, had to miss this one so I'm simply reposting the setlist from Wilcoworld...and expecting to generate virtually zero discussion. 01 - Nobody Dies Anymore02 - Wait For Love03 - Fake Fur Coat04 - Diamond Light Pt. 105 - Hazel06 - Flowering07 - Summer Noon08 - Honey Combed09 - Desert Bell10 - World Away11 - New Moon12 - High As Hello13 - Love Like a Wire (Diane Izzo cover)14 - Low Key15 - I Am Trying to Break Your Heart16 - New Madrid [uncle Tupelo]17 - Remember the Mountain Bed18 - You And I19 - Hummingbird20 - Jesus, Etc.21 - Forget the Flowers22 - Passenger Side23 - I'm the Man

Last night it was "Spencer and me." I've heard it with "Wilco and me," and I'm sure some other slight variations as well.

And here was the complete setlist, as played, for the Minus 5's opening set (the normal quartet of McCaughey, Buck, Pitmon and Giblin being joined tonight for the entirety of its set by Portland's own Casey Neill on electric guitar and backing vocals and for the end of its set by Tweedy multi-instrumentalist Liam Cunningham on keyboard): Remain In Lifeboat It's Magenta, Man! Hold Down The Fort The Unforeseen It's Beautiful Here In The Ground The Zero Clowns Adios Half Soldier Blue Rickenbacker (with Liam Cunningham on keyboard) Aw Shit Man (with Liam Cunninghan on keyboard) My Generation (wi

When Jeff Tweedy remarks upon first checking in with an audience, "We have a history," and winds up turning an ongoing bit near the end of the show on guitarists' "riff face" into an extended fart joke, you know it's going to be a slightly weird night on Banter Corner... The former was, of course, a reference to the last — and apparently, only other — time Jeff had played this venue, on Feb. 3, 2006, when he gave an infamous "talkers" speech/rant during a solo performance. (This moment was captured for posterity on the Sunken Treasure: Live in the Pacific Northwest DVD, and can also be seen o