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MP3s suck, sound-wise, so it'd be nice to have a lossless, mastered version of these recordings. But hey, you don't have to buy it...

Yeah, let's get the vote out and not let any Yanni songs make it! Seriously, though, it is kind of a pain to vote because you have to register and jump through a couple of hoops but it's a small price to pay to have recorded versions some of these Skip Spence songs! That session from late June 2009 featuring Jamie Lidell, Feist, James Gadson, Wilco (and progeny), etc., were such a treat to watch... Oh, and I don't mean to detract from the Wilco/Skip Spence vote too much, but if you do sign up, you all should also vote for the version of INXS's "Never Tear Us Apart" with lead vocals by St

Great-looking set! Chuck is a badass! This tour makes me wish I still lived in the NE. Also, just picked up Stephie's record and am eager to give it a listen...

Not saying you're incorrect about the FBs, but I also seem to remember Aluminum Group opening at Otto's one time or another. Right? Another support act that I can't believe I forgot earlier was Elliott Brood, who opened a few Canadian dates back in the summer of '06. Those guys were one of my favorite openers--super nice guys. Here's a few more random openers culled from my archive of notebooks... *Martha Wainwright (two shows in the UK in March '05) *Phonograph (Tallahassee, FL - 3/14/06) *Big City (Zaragoza, Spain - 3/18/05) *Blueberry Hill (Barcelona, Spain - 3/20/05) And hey Pref

Yeah, I don't see what else they could really do, short of asking a trivia question on the way in... This is kind of funny to me, though: "Pick up your tickets at the event at the box office will call window, which is usually near the venue’s main entrance." You'll be looking for a "window" for a long time out there on Delancey St. (the will call is just a little podium as you go in, and there's pretty much only one way in.)

Re: Healthy White Baby, you are correct! That was a fun time. And I'm not sure if the Aussie/NZ act you're referring to was The Mess Hall, but they opened a few shows at some point. I thought they were just a two-man outfit (guitar and drums), but perhaps they also had a bass player with them.

Now I'm having fun going down memory lane... Just a few more openers that I unearthed from my records in 2005: *Healthy White Baby (Danny Black/Laurie Stirratt/etc....I miss those guys!) *Polar Goldie Cats (featuring the esteemed Bobb Bruno) *The Court and Spark I believe The Clientele have also opened a few shows more recently, yes?

My records indicate that local guy in Dublin in '07 was called Ollie Cole (I agree that he unfortunately was pretty forgettable). And unless I'm mistaken, another singer-songwriter guy called Ruarri Joseph opened at least one show in London a few years back. And in addition to the Sunday Drivers in Spain in '07, I had forgotten that another English-singing Spanish band called Smile also supported on that run.

Most typos ever in a two-line post? I assume you mean in 2001 since the date you posted hasn't happened yet. And Detholz! are definitely entertaining, but hardly Satanic...

Yeah, in Duluth, MN (natch) at least once. That reminded me that back at a show at Yale U. in '03 (I believe), the Nappy Roots also opened up. You often get some really weird pairings at those "spring fling"-type shows that colleges often have in April/May.

Of course the Jayhawks shared a bunch of bills with Wilco in the late 90's. And I think Chicago's Frisbie also opened some shows back then. Neil Michael Hagerty opened some East Coast shows in the spring of 2002. Oranger opened one of my favorite shows ever, the January '03 one-off at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco. A couple of more recent European openers were the Sunday Drivers (in Spain a couple of years ago, I think) and the Latebirds (a couple of shows in Holland last year). And of course, the support acts on this most recent European jaunt were Phil Selway, Hanne Hukk

It was supposed to be limited, but I've seen a lot of of copies still sitting in stores. I think it was a pressing of 5,000 and not 1,000 as initially thought, though. I'm sure a lot of people balked at the price tag as well.

I kind of suspect they would, unless there's some scheduling conflict we don't know about. Obviously the one night at Bowery is gonna sell out instantly, so it makes sense.

Yeah, that one too!

Bowery Ballroom 12/4. And Tarrytown Music Hall 12/6 (!)

Defector! ) (Hope it was fun...)

Perhaps I might have entered a request for that one... Don't really have time to get into it right now, but the other thing about the guy that Jeff had the incident(s) with was that he had already been a distraction earlier in the show when he literally walked across the front row during a song and proceeded to stop and snap photos of each band member. So the guy had already raised Jeff's ire...

Really really don't have time to write anything of substance right now, but what a great show to finish the year on! Kicking TV...hooray!

Not much time to write tonight, and an early wakeup call to boot, so I'll just say that this was a pretty fun and great-sounding show until things sort of went off the rails in the encore. The camera scourge returned in a big way. Jeff apparently had to take the camera (or phone) of someone in the front row during the main set. He came over and returned it when he came back out for the encore, but the guy must have started taking pictures again because before Jeff could even start singing Hummingbird, he went back over and had an argument with the guy. It was a weird scene, and not one that

Don't really have a lot to report from this one. I had one of those seats in a seated auditorium that are toward the front but far, far off to one side so that a lot of my view was blocked by speakers. It might have been the first gig I've been to where I couldn't see Glenn for one single second. So that kind of sucked. (Of course, the seat wasn't ever advertised at any point as having an obstructed view. But that's another story. ) So I'll leave it to others to fill in anything that I couldn't see. What I can say was that the Laeiszhalle was a formal concert hall mostly used for classical

Jeff has been playing a JM on Bull Black Nova, and it does look like Nels'...but it's not because Nels usually plays his on BBN. It's almost uncanny, though -- even the wear pattern looks similar. And sadly, no sign of the rainbow SG. Might not have made the trip.

I'll try not to! Too much Weißbier, though, and I can't make any promises... Belting out REM tunes at the bar...is that what HPoet did at Solid Sound? The Poets were actually quite respectable last night, but the same cannot be said for me. I blame this partly on a ticket snafu in which I apparently didn't buy the right kind of ticket for the closest-to-the-stage section. Of course I didn't find that out until they were letting us in. Let's just say the entry procedures at Cirkus Krone left something to be desired. It was all good, though, since I found a really nice seat on the aisle with

Uh, I probably shouldn't be posting right now but anyway, here was the complete setlist as played: —"The Price Is Right" theme music intro— Wilco (the song) Bull Black Nova Ashes of American Flags IATTBYH> One Wing You Are My Face> A Shot in the Arm Kamera Impossible Germany Everlasting Everything Poor Places> Spiders (Kidsmoke) (acoustic arrangement; Nels on electric) Via Chicago I'll Fight Handshake Drugs Nothing'severgonnastandinmyway(again) Jesus, etc. (crowd singalong...quickly aborted) Walken I'm The Man Who Loves You Hummingbird (started and restarted) -------------------- Yo

Thanks for the tour! I won't forget our walk anytime soon. It's just really a beautiful town. And I'll try to post some photos soon. Maybe you can go to the forklift championships for me and take some pictures?

I wasn't necessarily trying to be either positive or negative (although it would be more of the former, if anything). I was mostly trying to be objective. I think it was a fun gig, especially for those who might not have had a chance to see the band before. Certainly I realize that I've had more than my fair share of opportunities, so I definitely didn't mean for it to seem like I was being jaded or anything. The band seemed to really feed off the energy of the audience, like I said, and Jeff wasn't kidding when he said it was a really good crowd. P.S. It was nice to meet badger, and of