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I guess I should qualify my "loose and goofy" assessment. Obviously it depends on your perspective, but I certainly wasn't saying it was a bad performance in any way. The mood on stage just seemed a bit silly at points, like when Nels had some sort of inopportune pedal problem at the end of Via that basically wrecked his solo and could only kind of sheepishly shrug at Jeff. Or when Jeff went over to Pat during Nels' Impossible Germany solo and whispered something amusing. Or when Jeff flubbed the "Have to keep my mind out of this" line in "Hate It Here." Or for that matter, Jeff's whole s

For gogo (and anyone else interested)... I tallied up the different songs played at the three Bay Area shows and I come up with 56 over the course of the three nights. So just one shy of the LA trifecta. Interestingly, it would have been exactly the same if they had played You Never Know in San Jose. It was on the printed setlist for that night, but got cut due (presumably) to time issues... And seven songs were played all three nights in the Bay Area, by my count: Art Of Almost I Might Born Alone Dawned On Me Whole Love Impossible Germany A Shot in the Arm

A loose, goofy show on Night Three in the Bay Area... Here was the complete setlist, as played: Poor Places> Art Of Almost I Might Muzzle Of Bees Via Chicago Spiders (Kidsmoke) (acoustic arrangement)> One Wing How To Fight Loneliness Born Alone California Stars Impossible Germany Whole Love Pot Kettle Black Hate It Here Theologians Can't Stand It Heavy Metal Drummer Dawned On Me Hummingbird --------------------------- A Shot in the Arm Wilco (the song) (w/"robot voice" band intros) Passenger Side Kingpin ("livin' in...Oakland") Monday> Outtasite (Outta Mind) Casino Queen (partial)

I did miss Burlington in '04, much to my chagrin! Had a ticket, but couldn't get away... Say hello next time!

Well, I was there and I'm confident the setlist I posted above is correct.

Mountains and Nanaimo bars? Can't wait to see you...

I try! But thanks for the kind words. Glad at least a few people get some use out of the info...

Mistake? I know not of what you speak... Seriously, though, it's a little surprising to me how many people I've encountered on this tour who seem to be unfamiliar with Laminated Cat/Not For The Season. I know it's not on a Wilco record, but Jeff's been playing it solo for years and it's one of the few "non Wilco" (and non cover) songs that the band seems to include in their sets in recent years. Just seems to me like anyone who's a reasonably big Wilco fan would have come across it at some point... The biggest dilemma personally is what to call it when typing in setlists because I always

A moody, fun set tonight. Thought they might come back out for a second encore, so it'd be interesting to see what was on the printed setlist, but it's always emotional with a Lonely 1 ending... Here was the complete setlist, as played: Sunken Treasure (electric arrangement, no harmonica) Art Of Almost I Might Ashes Of American Flags> Bull Black Nova At Least That's What You Said One Sunday Morning Shouldn't Be Ashamed Either Way Born Alone Laminated Cat (electric arrangement) Impossible Germany One By One Forget The Flowers Handshake Drugs Standing O Misunderstood I Must Be High The La

As the band made its return to the Bay Area, it was one of those nights when it wasn't necessarily what they played but how they played it. The mood, both on stage and in the crowd, seemed very good all night, and the band played well IMHO. Jeff admitted he was pleasantly surprised by how into it the crowd was, which he apparently wasn't expecting based on the number of wine-related Wilco tweets he saw before the show. Haha! Anyway, it seemed like the Civic Auditorium had a pretty tight 11 p.m. curfew. That resulted in a considerable shortening of the planned encore on the printed setlist (w

I just counted them up and I get 57 different songs played over the three nights. By my count, six songs were played all three nights: Art Of Almost, I Might, Born Alone, Dawned On Me, Whole Love and Impossible Germany.

A good, solid ending to this week's Los Angeles run with some amusing banter and, once again, some pretty nice variety in the setlist... From what I understand, this was the first concert in the LA Theatre in a long time following a renovation. If so, kudos to those responsible for that. It's a beautiful room (the bathrooms were something to behold as well, with old-school touches like marble urinals and a shoeshine area in the men's and, I'm told, a mirrored parlor and very spacious stalls in the ladies') and sounded quite nice. Not sure it's the best venue for a rock concert, but it defin

You know, ultimately, I guess everybody's got to decide for themselves on a case-by-case basis if they want to play the game or how "worth it" the early entry thing is. Maybe that depends on what kind of venue it is or if you can't wait in line or any number of other factors, but the whole thing is just unseemly IMHO. And thanks for the clarification on the "bird flipping" incident.

Sorry that this early-entry thing sort of hijacked this thread a bit, and for whatever part I played in that... To get back on the topic of the show itself, does anyone know exactly what happened after Misunderstood when Jeff came to the front of the stage and spoke directly to someone who I guess had been flipping him/the band off (presumably during the "Nothings" portion of the song)? Jeff said something about it on mike, bantering about how that was a weird way to demonstrate to a performer that one was having a good time or something like that. But I was wondering if anyone in that gen

We were saying the same thing yesterday. I'm sure the band ultimately has very little, if any, sway. And yeah, unfortunately, these "skip-the-line" or "fast-pass"—or whatever else they're called—programs do seem to be becoming more prevalent, especially at Live Nation-owned venues. (I think House Of Blues has done it for a long time now where if you have dinner in their restaurant or buy something from their gift shop, you get in first as well.) I do sometimes wonder how it's decided whether or not to do it at a given venue, though. Like is it a venue decision that's evaluated on a show-by-s

A weird crowd in more ways than one and a pretty sleazy policy enacted by the venue to let people pay an additional 20 bucks at the door to get in early. (How is that better than out-and-out bribery? I'd almost feel better about it if that money went to the band, but I know it almost certainly doesn't.) At least there were a few nice nuggets in tonight's setlist... We got, at least to my memory, the first fully electric version of Laminated Cat in quite some time (Jeff played the Rickenbacker he uses on I Might and Whole Love), so that was a nice surprise. And it's always great to hear pop g

Fun night, with some nice surprises... The complete setlist, as played: Art Of Almost I Might Bull Black Nova At Least That's What You Said Red-Eyed And Blue> I Got You (At The End of the Century) Born Alone You Are My Face Impossible Germany Kamera I Must Be High I'm Always In Love Jesus, etc. Capitol City Handshake Drugs War On War Dawned On Me Hummingbird A Shot in the Arm ___________________ Via Chicago Whole Love Candyfloss Monday> Outtasite (Outta Mind) ___________________ The Lonely 1

More or less the kind of show you'd expect at a seated orchestra hall. While I personally had the misfortune of apparently being in the section of middle-aged dudes who dragged their wives/girlfriends to the show, at least a decent number of people that I could see stood up. There was a little bit of the stand-up, sit-down back-and-forth from song to song and I guess a pretty tight 11 p.m. curfew, but the band made the best of it and played their usual solid set. The only omission that I noticed off the printed setlist was Red-Eyed and Blue>I Got You (At The End of the Century) which was

All in all, a pretty fun way to kick off another year of shows... Didn't think the crowd was that great, but it could have also been the venue (which was as cavernous as I remember, befitting the fact that it got its start as a roller rink). Some minor slip-ups by the band, but I thought they played well overall for having been off for a month. We got 26 songs total despite the show clocking in at just under two hours. Standing O was on the printed list — in the encore — but wasn't played, while I'm A Wheel wasn't on the printed list but did, so perhaps that was a swap-out. Jeff's best ba

Probably because they were all about to get some soup...or something like that! Haha, ladel.

Blasphemer!

So much for IATTBYH and Jesus, etc., finally making an ACL broadcast. Haha.

I believe White Denim are opening all the West Coast dates.

Usually when a band is filming a show for DVD release, you see tons of cameras and camerapeople and stuff like that and there really wasn't much, if any, of that at the Chicago shows, at least that I saw. So I wouldn't expect there'll be any official DVD or anything. Maybe random clips shot by one of the band's official photographers, like the backstage rehearsal of "The Weight," will sporadically emerge, but that's probably about it.

Here's one video of the Lips and Nels doing "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" from a few days ago: