WILCO - Ashes of American Flags

[wharf rat]

Awesome, can't wait.   Nice setlist.  Yeah, it's Hawk and a Hacksaw (I love your description!) as the opener.  I think we all decided last night that between rushing around picking up babysitters, making sure all the kids are fed, etc. we're just going to skip the opener and try to find enough time for a few brews before heading to the show.

[Kapila]

Seeing them at Bonnaroo. Can't fucking wait!

I saw them at Tall Stacks in 2006. Wear earplugs.

[el_chode]

You know what I love about Wilco? I've seen them at tiny venues and in multi-thousand seat theaters, and regardless of how big the venue is, you never feel lost in the crowd or that the show is any less intimate.

[Penny Lane]

seeing them at bonnaroo will be my first time, then hopefully in brooklyn in July.

that setlist looks great, hope it's not shortened at the Roo!

[el_chode]

seeing them at bonnaroo will be my first time, then hopefully in brooklyn in July.

that setlist looks great, hope it's not shortened at the Roo!

So long as you hear the following songs, you can leave knowing you've seen one of the pinnacles of modern live music:

At Least That's What You Said
Via Chicago
Impossible Germany
I'm The Man Who Loves You

[Ruckus]

seeing them at bonnaroo will be my first time, then hopefully in brooklyn in July.

that setlist looks great, hope it's not shortened at the Roo!

So long as you hear the following songs, you can leave knowing you've seen one of the pinnacles of modern live music:

At Least That's What You Said
Via Chicago
Impossible Germany
I'm The Man Who Loves You

::) ::) ::)


They always sound great and believe it or not, I can name more than 4 songs that are must listens or should listens.  Personally, I don't think I need to hear Impossible Germany anymore.  Now Kidsmoke they can play all night long, just one song.

So long as you hear Steam Engine live on NYE@MSG, you'll experience one of the pinnacles of modern music. ;)

[Sassbox]

I haven't received the DVD yet, but I listened to the soundtrack yesterday and they sound so good.  Wish I'd seen the first night at 9:30 Club instead of the second, and that I hadn't made a last minute decision to dump my New Orleans' ticket!  :'(

Pennylane, we have a big contingent of hardcore Wilco fans coming to Bonnaroo.  Come join us for their set!  :)

[Penny Lane]

I haven't received the DVD yet, but I listened to the soundtrack yesterday and they sound so good.  Wish I'd seen the first night at 9:30 Club instead of the second, and that I hadn't made a last minute decision to dump my New Orleans' ticket!  :'(

Pennylane, we have a big contingent of hardcore Wilco fans coming to Bonnaroo.  Come join us for their set!  :)

Yeah, are you guys going to be down front for that? We gotta exchange nos before the Roo. I want to meet up w/ALady, too. I think I'll be solo for that show so I'd love to meet up w/some hardcores.

[el_chode]

seeing them at bonnaroo will be my first time, then hopefully in brooklyn in July.

that setlist looks great, hope it's not shortened at the Roo!

So long as you hear the following songs, you can leave knowing you've seen one of the pinnacles of modern live music:

At Least That's What You Said
Via Chicago
Impossible Germany
I'm The Man Who Loves You

::) ::) ::)


They always sound great and believe it or not, I can name more than 4 songs that are must listens or should listens.  Personally, I don't think I need to hear Impossible Germany anymore.  Now Kidsmoke they can play all night long, just one song.

So long as you hear Steam Engine live on NYE@MSG, you'll experience one of the pinnacles of modern music. ;)

Well of course there are more songs! Personally, anytime I get anything off the Mermaid Ave collections I consider it the best Wilco show ever (Hoodoo Voodoo was especially rockin)

But I just had to pick like the top of the top. I love Impossible Germany only because of it's live version. I grew tired of it on the album, but then I heard it live and it sparked this fury in me of borderline obsession. I love the end of it for the same reason I love Lay Low - you have all these various parts bouncing off each other, then dovetailing together only to fall apart again until the very end where they all intertwine and wind up coming together in a wave of goosebumps.

At Least That's What You Said could be played live on repeat for me and I'd never get tired of that breakdown.

And Kidsmoke of course is awesome, especially when it's extended to like 15 mins.

But DO NOT bullshit about the lack of Steam Engine on NYE.

[Janet]

I have a special place in my heart for Wilco.  I met my (future) husband in part because of them.

I had some Wilco, Son Volt and Uncle Tupelo CDs on my desk at work and my husband was a courier at the time and was picking up some files (pick up station was right by my desk) - and the CDs caught his eye.  He wanted to know who sat at the desk because whoever it was had good taste in music (back in 97 Wilco was no where near as popular as they are now).

The rest is history... ;D

[Sassbox]

I haven't received the DVD yet, but I listened to the soundtrack yesterday and they sound so good.  Wish I'd seen the first night at 9:30 Club instead of the second, and that I hadn't made a last minute decision to dump my New Orleans' ticket!  :'(

Pennylane, we have a big contingent of hardcore Wilco fans coming to Bonnaroo.  Come join us for their set!  :)

Yeah, are you guys going to be down front for that? We gotta exchange nos before the Roo. I want to meet up w/ALady, too. I think I'll be solo for that show so I'd love to meet up w/some hardcores.

Yup, yup...will be camping with ALady and, I assume, catching Wilco's set with her as well.

[Vadie Stark]

I have a special place in my heart for Wilco.  I met my (future) husband in part because of them.

I had some Wilco, Son Volt and Uncle Tupelo CDs on my desk at work and my husband was a courier at the time and was picking up some files (pick up station was right by my desk) - and the CDs caught his eye.  He wanted to know who sat at the desk because whoever it was had good taste in music (back in 97 Wilco was no where near as popular as they are now).

The rest is history... ;D

I've heard her say we met the cute way :) We lived in Portland,Or. then, come to find out we had lived in the same town in Ca. and even graduated form the same Jr High ;D (not at same time, you see she is much, much younger then I ) She is the most incredible woman I have ever known.If everybody could be a little like her this old world would be so much better. 8-) GODDAMN I LOVE YOU LUCYLEW. :-*
 :-* :-* ::) 8-) :D ;) :)

[ALady]

I haven't received the DVD yet, but I listened to the soundtrack yesterday and they sound so good.  Wish I'd seen the first night at 9:30 Club instead of the second, and that I hadn't made a last minute decision to dump my New Orleans' ticket!  :'(

Pennylane, we have a big contingent of hardcore Wilco fans coming to Bonnaroo.  Come join us for their set!  :)

Yeah, are you guys going to be down front for that? We gotta exchange nos before the Roo. I want to meet up w/ALady, too. I think I'll be solo for that show so I'd love to meet up w/some hardcores.

Yup, yup...will be camping with ALady and, I assume, catching Wilco's set with her as well.

Yeah, I think I might catch Wilco at Roo.  Maybe.  Eh, we'll see how I feel  ::)   ;D   :D

[Crispy]

See you at the OKC show ALady, if you make it. Do you have family down here or somethin'?

I was at the Cain's show on the dvd - I've said it before, and I'll say it a hundred times more, MMJ NEEDS to play here.

[Hawkeye]

Hey ALady, did you make it to the Wilco photo shoot in Milwaukee?  I think it was on Wednesday the 15th?  I guess they were doing some shoots that might potentially be the next Wilco album cover?  I think they were taking pics of a big group of people in winter coats or something?  I was bummed when I heard I missed it.

[ALady]

See you at the OKC show ALady, if you make it. Do you have family down here or somethin'?

I got a ticket, so it's looking like it might be in the cards.  Hope to see you there!  No family there, but some friends in OKC and some driving up from Dallas for the show.

Cain's looks so cool.  I've never been there, would love to see a show there someday.  Never heard anything but great things about the place.  You're so lucky to have been at that show!

Hey ALady, did you make it to the Wilco photo shoot in Milwaukee?  I think it was on Wednesday the 15th?  I guess they were doing some shoots that might potentially be the next Wilco album cover?  I think they were taking pics of a big group of people in winter coats or something?  I was bummed when I heard I missed it.

We were at the Pabst around 5:30 to pick up Sassbox's ticket, and saw a big line of people there but nothing had happened yet.  A friend of mine stuck around and said that the photographer showed up eventually and picked a few people out of the line.  Those people got to put on the band's Nudie suits:



Then they mixed those people back into the line with the rest of the people in their winter coats.  I guess there was also a big orange and white birthday cake?   ;D

I heard the band also had a photo shoot in the alley of a well-known German restaurant nearby; they were wearing party hats and there was a camel.  I don't think I could make this stuff up, but here's a pic that was posted over on the Wilco forums   ;D





Did you make it to the show, Hawkeye?  What did you think?

[Penny Lane]

I haven't received the DVD yet, but I listened to the soundtrack yesterday and they sound so good.  Wish I'd seen the first night at 9:30 Club instead of the second, and that I hadn't made a last minute decision to dump my New Orleans' ticket!  :'(

Pennylane, we have a big contingent of hardcore Wilco fans coming to Bonnaroo.  Come join us for their set!  :)

Yeah, are you guys going to be down front for that? We gotta exchange nos before the Roo. I want to meet up w/ALady, too. I think I'll be solo for that show so I'd love to meet up w/some hardcores.

Yup, yup...will be camping with ALady and, I assume, catching Wilco's set with her as well.

Yeah, I think I might catch Wilco at Roo.  Maybe.  Eh, we'll see how I feel  ::)   ;D   :D

don't toy w/my emotions

[ALady]

Hee!  I'll be there penny, count on it   ;)

[Hawkeye]

See you at the OKC show ALady, if you make it. Do you have family down here or somethin'?

I got a ticket, so it's looking like it might be in the cards.  Hope to see you there!  No family there, but some friends in OKC and some driving up from Dallas for the show.

Cain's looks so cool.  I've never been there, would love to see a show there someday.  Never heard anything but great things about the place.  You're so lucky to have been at that show!

Hey ALady, did you make it to the Wilco photo shoot in Milwaukee?  I think it was on Wednesday the 15th?  I guess they were doing some shoots that might potentially be the next Wilco album cover?  I think they were taking pics of a big group of people in winter coats or something?  I was bummed when I heard I missed it.

We were at the Pabst around 5:30 to pick up Sassbox's ticket, and saw a big line of people there but nothing had happened yet.  A friend of mine stuck around and said that the photographer showed up eventually and picked a few people out of the line.  Those people got to put on the band's Nudie suits:



Then they mixed those people back into the line with the rest of the people in their winter coats.  I guess there was also a big orange and white birthday cake?   ;D

I heard the band also had a photo shoot in the alley of a well-known German restaurant nearby; they were wearing party hats and there was a camel.  I don't think I could make this stuff up, but here's a pic that was posted over on the Wilco forums   ;D





Did you make it to the show, Hawkeye?  What did you think?

I did make it to the show!  I thought it was all-around one of the best shows I've ever seen...but then again I tend to say that after a lot of shows!  I thought Tweedy's voice sounded fantastic.  The sound in general was great.  I didn't know that Tweedy played a lot of the guitar stuff...I thought it was ALL Nels.  The only thing that sucked is I was uber-hungover and i was sitting in the upper balcony, which was pretty steep...I was getting dizzy, feeling sick, and had to make frequent bathroom trips.  And there was only one toilet upstairs...I don't mean one restroom...I mean one toilet.  That's it.  I had to go downstairs usually.  So besides being sick as a dog it was a great show!  And I cannot believe that photo shoot story...hilarious.  A camel?  REally?  And I've always wanted to wear a Nudie suit!!!  I almost bought one once, even though it was $1000.  Luckily my better judgment took hold...I think?

[Penny Lane]

finally watched this ---i loved it...wish it was longer!

love all the stage banter, too....tweedy is pretty funny