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Certainly don't take my word as gospel on this one, but I hear it was Feed of Man.

Jeff.

Here was the complete setlist, as played, for Night One in Montclair: —"The Price Is Right" theme music intro— Wilco (the song) Bull Black Nova You Are My Face IATTBYH> One Wing Via Chicago Company In My Back Handshake Drugs Side With The Seeds Pot Kettle Black Nothing'severgonnastandinmyway(again) I'll Fight Impossible Germany California Stars Poor Places> ----into acoustic set---- Spiders (Kidsmoke) More Like The Moon Forget The Flowers Someday, Some Morning, Sometime Laminated Cat War On War Passenger Side> ----out of acoustic set---- Airline To Heaven A Shot in the Arm Jesus,

Now that was a crazy — and great — show (the last night of the Kicking Television run at the Vic in '05)! I think that's what you're referring to anyway, Froggie? But in terms of length and number of songs, I think they've actually done longer on this "Evening With..." tour.

Sorry, I guess you were just a little too quick in your reply! The complete setlist is up there now. And they also did Thank You Friends in memory of Alex (as they've done every show on this tour). But they had done In The Street just once before, I'm pretty sure. It was in Memphis last October, but Jody Stephens played drums on it then. So tonight's performance was the first with Glenn on percussion. As in Memphis, John and Pat shared lead vocals and Jeff took lead guitar duties. It was a total audible, by the way. Not on the printed setlist. Jeff just sort of turned to Glenn after Thank Yo

Complete setlist, as played: —"The Price Is Right" theme music intro— Wilco (the song) IATTBYH Bull Black Nova You Are My Face One Wing A Shot in the Arm At Least That's What You Said Side With The Seeds Summer Teeth> Misunderstood Impossible Germany California Stars Poor Places> ----into acoustic set---- Spiders (Kidsmoke) She's A Jar You And I Laminated Cat Someday Soon War on War Forget The Flowers Passenger Side ----out of acoustic set---- Airline To Heaven Via Chicago Jesus, etc. (crowd singalong) Handshake Drugs You Never Know Heavy Metal Drummer Hate It Here Walken I'm The Man W

Wouldn't be here if wasn't for you...

Thank you, friend!

Totally! And then maybe after that they could play Simon and Garfunkel's "The Boxer," and then the Box Tops' "The Letter." Duuuuuuuuuude, that'd be awesome!

I suspect there may have been 36 songs on the printed setlist, but we can "thank" a guy in the first row of the first balcony for yelling out for Box Full of Letters all night. Jeff poked some fun at him during the show, but the band finally appeased him in the first song of the encore. And perhaps there was your 37th tune. Four, actually. Don't forget Someday, Some Morning, Sometime. Just the second full-band performance ever!

Wow, a total of 37 songs tonight. Didn't think we'd get that much at a seated theater show, but the band definitely gave the crowd its money's worth. Can't say it was the best crowd ever, and definitely a different vibe than the Richmond show last night. The Jesus singalong didn't go so great and Jeff apologized later in the show for (jokingly) implying earlier that many of the Strathmore attendees were old and a bunch of irrational, right-wing fanatics. But it was more fun than I expected and always a treat to hear Laminated Cat (er, Not For The Season) and a couple of Summerteeth rarities.

Yeah, I guess what she was looking for was what hasn't been played by this lineup. So you guys have it right on the songs that haven't been played by this incarnation of the group, I would say. It's a few stray Mermaid Ave. songs, some B-sides and Solitaire, I think. And I certainly wouldn't mind if we got Secret of the Sea before this "Evening With..." run finishes up. It was one of my requests at Jeff's recent Vic solo shows!

Hey Jeff! I forgot to ask Sherri (sorry if I'm butchering the spelling) if last night's show topped Stone Temple Pilots? Fwiw, the entity known as Wilco used to do Secret of the Sea a fair amount back in the day -- I'm pretty sure that was the song they did on Letterman or one of the talk shows when Jay had on that legendary fur coat -- but it looks like not since 2000. So obviously not with the current lineup.

Yeah, I meant to say that hearing Laminated Cat (er, Not For The Season) again, especially with Glenn's drumming, was fantastic. That's a song that just needs the percussion! And Ashes was stellar last night; Nels' playing was beautiful on that one. To quote a friend, "Ashes ripped." And yeah, it was the first full-band performance of Someday, Some Morning, Sometime. Mike pointed that out to me, actually. It wasn't played at the Residency.

All right, all right... —"The Price Is Right" theme intro music— Wilco (the song) IATTBYH Bull Black Nova You Are My Face One Wing A Shot in the Arm Shake It Off I'll Fight Company In My Back Handshake Drugs Side With The Seeds Deeper Down Impossible Germany Poor Places> ----into acoustic set---- Spiders (Kidsmoke) She's A Jar Forget The Flowers Someday, Some Morning, Sometime Laminated Cat How To Fight Loneliness California Stars Passenger Side Outta Mind (Outta Sight)> ----out of acoustic set---- Misunderstood Can't Stand It Jesus, etc. (crowd singalong) Ashes of American Flags You

Jeff's played it solo, but yeah it might be the first full-band version without Ms. Feist.

I caught the show last night (3/26) at the Mercury Lounge in New York, and I'm so glad I did. It was the early show and Miles kept looking at his watch, so I'm not sure how much of his usual set was curtailed by time limits. But in any case, it was wonderful to hear what we did... We fortunate to be graced with the presence of a two-piece horn section, so there were I think a total of eight players on stage at one point. It was terrific to hear "Emma Blowgun's Last Stand" with the horns, of course. Crazily enough, right before they launched into the song, there was a girl standing front and

I would book. Who knows, of course, but it seems like a pretty safe bet that they won't announce a random show in Cleveland that week. What are the odds, right?

Well, Nels and Glenn both have dates scheduled with their own projects -- The Nels Cline Singers and On Fillmore, respectively -- in June and July and both will be promoting relatively recent releases. Meanwhile, the Autumn Defense already has a Chicago date on June 17 and has a new record in the can as well so I'd guess they would be playing at least a few more shows this summer also. That suggests to me there'll be no Wilco touring in June and July. Maybe there'll be a few dates in August but I would say the dates that have been announced thus far are probably the bulk of the shows for the

Can't speak to what happened in Clearwater, but I posted some more details about the "acoustic set" in the Miami show thread. Technically it's not all acoustic. A more apt term, I think, would be "stripped down." In Miami, John switched between mostly an electric bass and occasionally sort of a slimline standup one (it's definitely not a full-size standup). Mikael played mostly keyboard and broke out an accordion on Hesitating Beauty. Pat played keyboard, acoustic guitar, banjo and even xylophone briefly (covering the end part on Kamera). Nels switched between acoustic guitar and lap steel.

Depends of what you mean by "improve." I've only been to the "new" one once, maybe twice, but it's definitely a nicer and bigger (if I'm not mistaken) space. The older one, in my memory, was sort of a dump -- I seem to remember you went downstairs and there was a pole right in front of the stage -- but one with a lot of character and history to it. Kinda like CBGB's. Personally I think I would prefer that kind of place, but I'm sure the new one will be much better from the band's perspective.

Well, one of the guys who worked at the venue could make a second career out of being a 'Keef' lookalike. He had the whole look down. If you just caught a glimpse of him, you'd definitely do a double take.

I was at that show as well. I think it was my first time traveling out of town to see the band, actually. You probably know this already, but the Lupo's they'll be playing in about 10 days isn't the same place they played back in '02. Same name, different venue.

Yeah, I think he did pretty well. Certainly, probably, the first time I've ever seen the word "googaws" in print.

In Miami, the showtime on the ticket was 8:30 and they were on at about 8:45. Usually they're more prompt than that. But maybe without having to worry about a changeover from an opening act, they have a little more leeway.