SarahC

AM was the first Wilco record I heard, though admittedly it wasn't until 2001. I was in eighth grade and very vividly remember begging the band teacher Ms. Brown to let me use the CD player in the band room to listen to the majority of it (having been lent AM, Being There, Anodyne, Trace and Straightaways from another teacher) during "home room". She let me play it super loud too, and didn't even flinch at the lyrical content of "Passenger Side" being played at school. I spent the rest of the afternoon when I got to my grandparent's making tapes of the CD's off my uncle's

Less than a month until tour starts! I'm already debating what shoes to wear. Any guesses on what song they'll open with? I'm thinking "At Least That's What You Said".

Zoo animals have bed times to keep! Can't have a grumpy giraffe or capybara because they rocked too long.

Listening to the version on Apple Music now. Is the regular record remastered at all? It sounds the same to me. The SOMA tracks are really neat to hear. Hopefully going to buy the CD version next payday. The vinyl is just too spendy for me now. Plus, the CD's will get more play in the car. edit- SOMA version of “Less Than You Think” sounds like it could fit in the hootenanny style stuff they did back 10 years ago at shows. No drone to be found. also digging the guitar heavy “Late Greats” from the SOMA stuff too. Reminds me of the way they were pla

I’m leaning that way. We’re taking the whole day off for show days (some are weekend, thank goodness). I wish you could come to some of these shows!! It’s been too long!

I know this forum doesn't get the same frequency of traffic as the Facebook group, but I thought I'd star a conversation over here anyway. What's the GA protocol for shows these days? The last time I saw Wilco in a GA setting was in Atlanta in 2016 at the Tabernacle. I don't remember how long we waited before doors. 4 or 5 hours maybe? Y'all think that's overkill for these bigger amphitheater style venues for the Southern spring run? 3 of the 6 shows we're going to are GA (luckily not one after the other!) so I'm trying to start planning our itinerary.

Me and Matt are going to Birmingham, Nashville, Atlanta, Chattanooga, Asheville and Louisville. I'm absolutely thrilled they're coming back to Chattanooga and doing a proper headline show. They came through here in 2021 for the Moon River Festival, but it was only an hour and a half set being a festival. The only other headline show Wilco has played in Chattanooga was back in 1999 at this warehouse place called The Bay that was more notable for hardcore scene gigs back in the day... I didn't go to that show cos I was 11 at the time, and still 2 years away from discovering Wilco.

I figure everybody has seen the dates elsewhere, but wanted to posted for posterity, because uh, I'm pretty dang stoked for this one. 04-25 Fairhope, AL - Halstead Amphitheater 04-26 Tallahassee, FL - Adderley Amphitheater % 04-27 St. Petersburg, FL - Mahaffey Theater 04-29 Miami, FL - Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theatre % 04-30 St. Augustine, FL - The St. Augustine Amphitheater % 05-02 Birmingham, AL - Avondale Brewing Company % 05-03 New Orleans, LA - Saenger Theatre % 05-04 Houston, TX - The Lawn at White Oak % 05-06 San Antonio, TX - The Espee % 05-07 Irvin

But at the same time I do think there's very clear melodic succession to OTJ. I think the melody on Infinite Surprise definitely takes a bit from Quiet Amplifier specifically the cadence. The only track I'm not googley-eyed over is Ten Dead. It's *fine* but didn't make me say "yeah buddy!" after it was over. Granted, I've only listened to the record 4 times so far.

Vecna.

I think, probably fall, maybe early 2024 after the holidays, given the way their touring schedule takes a bit of hiatus towards the end of any given calendar year. They’ll prob announce something a SBS, if I was a gambling type of lady I would probably bet on it.

Thanks! it was a great show. I hope somebody taped it so I can remember what exactly Jeff said.

Me too. I loved it— my sister worked in restaurants for years and said it was pretty accurate in terms of chaos sometimes.

Wait til you get a couple episodes further…

It’s finally happened and I can’t connect with this album. I’m listening it just doesn’t spark for me. I don’t know why. I feel sad about not loving it and also guilty for not feeling anything other than “meh” about it. Hmm.