Roll Call:Wilco

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

I'll second that comment.
 
 This Nels Cline fellow is going to fuck Wilco up, mark my words. He turned the Geraldine Fibbers from a perfectly good band into a pile of crap, and he'll probably do it to Wilco too.
 
 Max Johnston (now in the Gourds) and Jay Bennett, where are you guys when we need you?
 
 

Originally posted by brennser:
  "And what the crowd wouldn't have done for a song or three from Wilco's first two albums, "A.M." and "Being There," which were completely ignored."
 
 Bummer....
 
   

Originally posted by pollard:
   http://www.billboard.com/bb/livereviews/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000527562  
 
 review and setlist from last night's show

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[eltee]

I'm there. Dreading the hoopla known as traffic. Can't they have a procession in the a.m.?
 Anyhow, I can handle the alternate routes once I'm close or inside the city/...my problem is getting to the alternate routes from the boondocks.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Wilco doesn't go on until 10 pm. Is there really going to be a traffic problem going INTO DC at that hour? Am I missing something?

[Guiny]

Originally posted by pollard:
  I encourage those not wanting to deal with traffic to stay home and watch it on the web    :p  
 
 from wilcoworld.net -
 
 We will be webcasting Wilco's performance from the 9:30 club in Washington DC on Wednesday, June 9 at 10:00 p.m. EDST.  Check this space on the day of the show for details.

Yet another reason not to turn my computer on at home.

[mankie]

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
 [QB]
 This Nels Cline fellow is going to fuck Wilco up, mark my words. He turned the Geraldine Fibbers from a perfectly good band into a pile of crap, and he'll probably do it to Wilco too.
 
 
 

 Jeff Tweedy beat him to it!
   

[mankie]

*edit*
 
 That's weird, I didn't post it twice...

[Venerable Bede]

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  Wilco doesn't go on until 10 pm. Is there really going to be a traffic problem going INTO DC at that hour? Am I missing something?

constitution ave. is closed until 9, as are all streets crossing constitution from 23rd to the u.s. capitol.

[grotty]

I caught the Sunday night show & have mixed feelings.
 
 Most new songs were good - some were even great: "At least that's what you said" was Crazy Horsesque.
 
 But I walked away unsatisfied knowing just how good the show could have been. Like the review above, both AM & Summer Teeth were ignored (1 song from ST - after 2 hours). I appreciate the artistic growth & experimental bent, but not at the expense of ignoring a significant portion of their most likable catalog. Watching them was like seeing the evil alt-country Radiohead twin. I even like RH, but one's enough thanks.
 
 And it's not like this tour is an abberation. I've seen them 4 times & each was like an exercise in contempt for all the older material.
 
 It makes you appreciate a band and tour like the recent Pixies shows even more - all the best songs, all the time.
 
 *********************
 
 If you like A.M. check out Frogholler coming soon to Iota (Sat July 10). I doubt you'll see a better band in this genre this year. I caught them last eve in one of the strangest shows I've ever seen. It was at a coffeehouse (byob). No promotion. Just a stop over on the way to St Louis & Twangfest. More band members were on stage than actual attendees. Still, they put on one of my fav shows of the year. So much talent, & so likable.
 
 other reviews:
 
 "........their excellent new work Railings, simply the best band I've heard in years. Great songwriting, they are a deliriously entertaining live act, that truly create their own genre." - Andrew Aber The Village Voice
 
 "If country music is about trying to lead an ordinary life in America's small towns and rural counties, it makes sense that alternative-country should be music about trying to lead a bohemian life in the same circumstances. Few acts pursue this latter strategy with as much devotion or with as much success as Frog Holler, a sextet from the area around Kutztown, Pa. ........ It reminds us that Frog Holler is one of our most underrated alt-country acts." - Geoffrey Himes The Washington Post
 
 Frog Holler is fond of loud drums and Neil Young-worthy guitar solos. Its notoriously intense live show would fit right in at a Texas honky-tonk, a West Virginia hoedown, or at a noisy Philly club like the North Star." - Amy Phillips The Philadelphia Inquirer

[Mongo]

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  Wilco doesn't go on until 10 pm. Is there really going to be a traffic problem going INTO DC at that hour? Am I missing something?

We want to make sure we get there so we can get a better spot than you     JK Rhett.  Anyway, has anyone learned anymore about the availability of the Heads of State concert poster.  I assume it will be for sale at the show.  I'd definitely like to get my mits on one.

[godsshoeshine]

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  Wilco doesn't go on until 10 pm. Is there really going to be a traffic problem going INTO DC at that hour? Am I missing something?

there is ALWAYS traffic going into dc. welcome to suburban life. well, on 66 at least, 395 isn't nearly as bad

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

I've seen Frog Holler, and can attest, too, that they put on a fun show.
 
 Might go seem them at Iota again. It's the same night that Old 97's are playing live on Penn (in the day) so would make a nice two shows in a day outting.
 
 

Originally posted by grotty:
  I caught the Sunday night show & have mixed feelings.
 
 Most new songs were good - some were even great: "At least that's what you said" was Crazy Horsesque.
 
 But I walked away unsatisfied knowing just how good the show could have been. Like the review above, both AM & Summer Teeth were ignored (1 song from ST - after 2 hours). I appreciate the artistic growth & experimental bent, but not at the expense of ignoring a significant portion of their most likable catalog. Watching them was like seeing the evil alt-country Radiohead twin. I even like RH, but one's enough thanks.
 
 And it's not like this tour is an abberation. I've seen them 4 times & each was like an exercise in contempt for all the older material.
 
 It makes you appreciate a band and tour like the recent Pixies shows even more - all the best songs, all the time.
 
 *********************
 
 If you like A.M. check out Frogholler coming soon to Iota (Sat July 10). I doubt you'll see a better band in this genre this year. I caught them last eve in one of the strangest shows I've ever seen. It was at a coffeehouse (byob). No promotion. Just a stop over on the way to St Louis & Twangfest. More band members were on stage than actual attendees. Still, they put on one of my fav shows of the year. So much talent, & so likable.
 
 other reviews:
 
 "........their excellent new work Railings, simply the best band I've heard in years. Great songwriting, they are a deliriously entertaining live act, that truly create their own genre." - Andrew Aber The Village Voice
 
 "If country music is about trying to lead an ordinary life in America's small towns and rural counties, it makes sense that alternative-country should be music about trying to lead a bohemian life in the same circumstances. Few acts pursue this latter strategy with as much devotion or with as much success as Frog Holler, a sextet from the area around Kutztown, Pa. ........ It reminds us that Frog Holler is one of our most underrated alt-country acts." - Geoffrey Himes The Washington Post
 
 Frog Holler is fond of loud drums and Neil Young-worthy guitar solos. Its notoriously intense live show would fit right in at a Texas honky-tonk, a West Virginia hoedown, or at a noisy Philly club like the North Star." - Amy Phillips The Philadelphia Inquirer

[ggw]

Originally posted by Mongo:
  Anyway, has anyone learned anymore about the availability of the Heads of State concert poster.  I assume it will be for sale at the show.  I'd definitely like to get my mits on one.

I assume it will be available at the show.  It will likely be available on the Heads of State site at some point also, but those guys are always a little slow in updating their site.

[grotty]

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  I've seen Frog Holler, and can attest, too, that they put on a fun show.
 
 Might go seem them at Iota again. It's the same night that Old 97's are playing live on Penn (in the day) so would make a nice two shows in a day outting.
 
 

Definitely go Rhett - I know you saw them a while ago. My opinion is that they have improved SO much. Maybe not as performing musicians, but Railings is much better than the previous 3 records. Better songs = better shows. A mantra Wilco should heed.

[jkeisenh]

Originally posted by Bollocks:
  Better check they allow bicycles on the Whitehurst Freeway before taking that route.

Actually, bicyclists are allowed on the Whitehurst.  You'd just have to be somewhat, um, suicidal to try it.  (Just the same as it's been found bicyclists are allowed in the tunnels under traffic circles-- like Scott and Thomas.  you'll notice the no bikes signs have disappeared.)
 
 Bikes are allowed on every road in DC except for roads with posted "motorized vehicles only" signs-- as in 295 and 395.

[mankie]

Originally posted by chimbly sweep:
   

Originally posted by Bollocks:
  Better check they allow bicycles on the Whitehurst Freeway before taking that route.

Actually, bicyclists are allowed on the Whitehurst.  You'd just have to be somewhat, um, suicidal to try it.  (Just the same as it's been found bicyclists are allowed in the tunnels under traffic circles-- like Scott and Thomas.  you'll notice the no bikes signs have disappeared.)
 
 Bikes are allowed on every road in DC except for roads with posted "motorized vehicles only" signs-- as in 295 and 395. [/b]

YES!!
 
 Just one step closer to our ultimate goal...to make DC a "BIKES ONLY" city...hard to imagine el'pres in his cyclecade though.