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[walk,on,by]

Awesome. Love, them.

[K8teebug]

escort DESTOYED at the BC last night.  i'm not saying it's automatically the best night of dancing DC will see this year, however you're going to have to bring a really strong case to make me believe otherwise.  what a fun, fun show.  can't wait to catch them again.

Will keep an eye out for them. Nothing has really beat that Rapture show over a decade ago for me (besides LCD Soundsystem)

[Got Haggis?]

absolutely loved seeing Low at the Creative Alliance in bmore last night.  good mix of stuff and they sounded great.  I learned that they played in the Peabody Library for one of their shows awhile back..would have loved to have seen that.  It was kind of weird being a seated show, but I guess I understand.  I was ok with it.

although the people talking really loud in the back, and then getting into a "loudly talking" match when someone told them to shut the fuck up kind of ruined the mood a bit.

[xneverwherex]

I thought of you (well at least I associate this band with you), while listening to God is an Astronaut and planning a major listening session to hear them in one of the sound labs at my job. It's coming down to either GY!BE which Ive heard sounded amazing, so looking for something different.

GY!BE killed it last night. So perfectly loud and distorted and just mind-blowing. Im not sure if it was as good as seeing them in a church (nothing will beat that experience), but the Fox Theater has never sounded better. And the imagery - and the looping of the film clips - so f'ing impressive. I did hear from the guys that I was with initially (who were closer to the front) that it didnt sound as great up there, but once they moved back towards the projection dude, it was perfect.

Smackie - any interest in Talking Heads on Monday night? Not sure what we're showing it in, but can pass along details (or to Sharon, if its too hard to make it). Looks like the 12th & 13th we're doing something soon. I think that is more than likely Do The Right Thing. I think its what we came up with for the February screening. Talk about Straight Outta Compton - but nominated for an award so ixnayed at our screening room.

escort DESTOYED at the BC last night.  i'm not saying it's automatically the best night of dancing DC will see this year, however you're going to have to bring a really strong case to make me believe otherwise.  what a fun, fun show.  can't wait to catch them again.

[hutch]

where are the wilco reviews?? sidehatch, dyecraig, et al...

[dyecraig]

where are the wilco reviews?? sidehatch, dyecraig, et al...

started with a complete performance of the new album without a word and then into the classics. hilarious banter from tweedy as usual. 1st encore was "spiders" which is always an excellent restroom break, and then an acoustic set including stirrat's solo vocal song that always reminds me of "it makes no difference " by 'the band ', concluding with an amazing "space oddity ".
seen them countless times, but never more rocking and muscular sounding. stunning lightshow and decent sound especially on the acoustic set.
best wilco show i've witnessed, but no "jesus, etc."
steve gunn played a fine short opening set, but sounds better on record  (at least compared to dar ).
good review somewhere on the wapo site as well.

[Darth Ed]

This was my tenth Wilco show, and I thought it was the best I've seen since 2005.

The new album material was great, and I enjoyed it more than I expected I would. Personally, I love "Spiders". But the acoustic set to end the night was the highlight for me. Fantastic stuff. It was refreshing to hear different songs than Wilco normally plays in the final encore. Nels was off the chain all night long. It was a real pleasure just to watch him play.

D.A.R. sounded great. Kudos to the sound engineers.

[Space Freely]

I echo what craig and ed said about the Wilco show. I've lost count of how many Wilco shows I've been to, it all starts to blur together. I'll guess ten or 12. Great show. Star Wars set was tolerable. Nels was awesome. Acoustic set was awesome. Space Oddity was a natural fit, I was close to tearing up. Thought I was going to have a "I got to hang out with some of the Wilco guys" story to share (or not share), but that never materialized.

I remember when my wife played some Wilco for her guitar playing dad and he commented on Nels' playing..."He's good. He's not trying to blow anybody away, but he's good." Well consider me blown away, pops.

[killsaly]

D.A.R. sounded great.

That is something you do not hear everyday.

[Space Freely]

D.A.R. sounded great.

That is something you do not hear everyday.

I agree, the sound was very good.

It was my first DAR show since 1998, and I kept thinking during the show, "Why is everyone always bitching about the DAR sound?"

[sweetcell]

It was my first DAR show since 1998, and I kept thinking during the show, "Why is everyone always bitching about the DAR sound?"

it's an acoustically challenging room.  the techs need to know what they are doing.  it can sound great in the right hands, or it can sound awful in the wrong ones.

[Relaxer]

Yeah, after seeing several shows that sounded just abysmal there, I couldn't believe it when I went to Belle & Sebastian and it sounded amazing. I was almost as impressed as I am right now for knowing how to spell abysmal

[notme]

i am not sure this is what happened, but imp will take the pa system out of the lincoln and put it in con hall for shows. i think the 930 pa is actually more powerful than the lincolns.

[hutch]

wow.. looks like i missed a great time to watch the stupor bowl.. i feel pretty stupid now..did they play heavy metal drummer acoustic?

[K8teebug]

My husband proposed while Yankee Hotel Foxtrot was playing An old co-worker of mine is friends with them somehow, and he got a playbill signed for us a few years back.