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Nice! Love "The Who Sell Out" record.

Yeah, definitely count me among those hoping for another night in Chicago since I've already got a commitment I don't want to break on the 17th!. D'oh! Though I'm not sure how likely it is this time. The XRT bulletin I got this week mentioned one night only (which I know can be a promotional trick sometimes, but anyway) so who knows? And I hadn't realized it had been such a long drought in MN, so the 18th seems like a likely bet if that's when the Rock the Garden thing is. At any rate, if I have to miss one Chicago show, I guess the Aud is as good a place to do it as any. I mean, it's a n

Hey Jen! Yeah, I plan to be there, so hopefully we'll get to say hi. And so cool about Neko and Mavis (although sad about Billy Bragg's mum)! Definitely wish I could make that one. That would be a great show to see! Probably a good idea. You are TOO funny, sir!

Indeed.

You did a pretty good job, so kudos to you. (And nice to meet you as well. Tell your girlfriend that's a nice covert picture, too!) With no repeats in Boulder in January and these past two nights in Toronto, I keep thinking that whenever Jeff plays two nights in a city now, people are going to be disappointed if he does repeat a song. Not that I'm complaining, by any means, but he's definitely set a bar for himself. Nice to hear Feist with just Jeff accompanying her on acoustic guitar. I know some people aren't huge fans of that song, but you could really hear her sing tonight. Sometimes

I think keylime is referring to the guy in the third row who kept telling Jeff to "turn it up to 11." At which Jeff, of course, turns around, looks at his setup, points to it and says something like, "Do you see what I've got here? There's nothing...to turn up to 11." So the guy says something like, "OK, 10 and a half, then." But he just kept saying stuff like that. It was sort of annoying. Nothing worse than saying something that Jeff (or any performer, for that matter) responds to and then not letting it go. He also kept saying something like, "Sing it harder, Jeff." Or something dumb like

Not to reply to my own post, but just a couple of tidbits/thoughts from the show... *Jeff came out pretty promptly at 9 p.m. and played until about 10:35. Thought we might get one more new song, but maybe he'll do a different one tomorrow night. I was just as glad to get a second listen to the one I'm calling "Open Up Your Mind." It's definitely got some interesting, very poetically crafted lyrics, and a folky feel to it. *Apparently Jeff paid a visit to the Sky Blue Sky Sandwich Company here in Toronto earlier in the day, and the visit prompted some of his best banter of the night (which

Here you go, sir... (Great to see you, as always, and congrats on the new record! ) In A Future Age Spiders (Kidsmoke) new song-Open Up Your Mind? IATTBYH One Wing Muzzle of Bees Chinese Apple Via Chicago Please Be Patient With Me —happy birthday sung to guitar tech Steve— I'm Always In Love The Ruling Class You Are Not Alone Wait Up A Magazine Called Sunset Poor Places Hummingbird ----------------- Jesus, etc. California Stars A Shot in the Arm ----------------- Acuff-Rose (performed at edge of stage w/o PA system)

Thanks for the report, Señor ckc! Glad you got to make it to this set, and hope you're recovering from the week. Cool that you got to say hello to Jody as well. He's a very nice man. When I first had a chance to go say hello to him, I was too sheepish. Luckily I got to rectify that at a later date. It'd be interesting to know what Who song John sang. I'm also sort of curious about the cover of "Boy In The Bubble." I don't know if I'm going to be able to make it to the gig at Double Door, but I'll definitely pick up the EP at some point.

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Not 100 percent sure about the time, though if show time is listed as 8 p.m., I would guess Wilco would probably take the stage sometime around 9. And I believe that Smith Westerns are opening.

Regulators...mount up! RIP Nate.

The gig at the Hideout with Devin (and Frank Rosaly and Dave Rempis) should be very cool; I'll be at that one. And if I'm not mistaken, the Deerhoof thing is a Deerhoof and friends show in which Nels will be playing as part of the band for If By Yes, which is the project of Petra Haden and Nels' wife Yuka Honda. So that technically won't be a Nels show. But it's still cool nonetheless, and you figure he'll join Deerhoof on stage at some point. The new listing that catches my eye is the April Fool's Day show at the Stone with Nels and Vinny Golia, two improv masters who have known each oth

I will pretty much guarantee right now that Levon's set closes with The Weight. But he's got a couple of relatively recent solo records, so they usually do stuff off of those as well as some traditionals and a couple of Band songs (Cripple Creek, etc.) I'd say a bigger question is how much Levon will actually sing. I'd like to see more of that, but I guess it depends on how his voice is doing. His band, led by Larry Campbell, is very good.

But Waukegan is far! No, you really feel like you're never gonna get there...

Really? Wow, that's something I really would love to have heard! Where was that? Damn. Sarah is awesome! (I guess Jeff is all right, too.) Fwiw, I saw Scott Hutchison of Frightened Rabbit here in Chicago last week and he did Acuff-Rose. And then the opening act at this Minutemen tribute I saw last night did Reservations.

Nice picture, Josh! Looks even better than on your phone... Glad it came together so quickly...congrats!

That rumor was floating around here (possibly even earlier in this thread) a while back and it does seem fairly plausible. Wasn't aware that Beale Street would be announcing their lineup March 3, so I guess we'll find out soon enough.

Damn, those will be a FUN couple of shows! Especially with Jody on board. But Jeff won't be there, I'm fairly certain, since those are the dates srmt specified they'd be doing their annual benefit shows at the Vic.

Should be a great night! Wish I could go. The If By Yes record is great, and I would LOVE to catch a Fig gig one of these days. Also curious what Sean and Greg would/have come up with... Hope someone on here can get there and report back!

Well said, well said.

There was a "pre-telecast ceremony" broadcast on Grammy.com, where most of the awards were given out. It was held in a building adjacent to the Staples Center. To be honest, it was kind of a weird spectacle with a lot of empty seats and the presenters not seeming to even know who was there to accept awards and not a lot of the time. But anyway, I turned it on in time to see Mavis sing with Cyndi Lauper and a couple other ladies -- couldn't tell you what song they did. And when she won, Mavis did get to come up and accept her award. She was very emotional, tears running down her cheeks, sayin

Madison is a pretty small venue and will sell out quickly (if not already), but I'd be a little surprised if they did add a show on the 27th since Jeff would have to get there after playing in Portland, Maine, the night before. It's doable, certainly, but it'd be a long 24 hours. Makes much more sense to fly home to Chicago, have a night to rest and then drive up to Madison on Monday. But who knows?

Chances are probably not too good, then?

Usually Live Nation presales would involve a password, but I can't help you as to what it might be.