Rhett Miller Borders in store, Tuesday

[Fico]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial, Veranda">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by jadetree:<BR><B>Markie did a nice little dork leap when it started.  </B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Did Rhett join him??? <P>

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Rhett did only three Old 97's songs, whereas most of the songs he did at Borders were Old 97's songs. Thus, I was less than thrilled about song selection. However, I think he was a lot better solo acoustic than with the Instigators backing him. Of course, not nearly as good as seeing an Old 97's show, but I was satisfied. He also left of the funny little between song stories, including the one about "Our Love" being Nick Hornby's favorite song of 2002, the one he plays while on his treadmill, and the fact that Nick Hornby started a correspondence with him and told him he wanted to be his friend. Fico, I think you saw the better of the two shows by seeing him at Borders.<P>   We left after about 45 mins of Neil Finn on account of me having an early morning meeting, our mutual unfamiliarity with his material, and my dates' aching tummy. While I respect his artistry, and saw that he has a good stage presence, I don't think I'll ever be much of a Neil Finn fan.<p>[This message has been edited by Rhett Miller (edited 01-29-2003).]

[Fico]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial, Veranda">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Rhett Miller:<BR><B>   Rhett did only three Old 97's songs, whereas most of the songs he did at Borders were Old 97's songs. Thus, I was less than thrilled about song selection. However, I think he was a lot better solo acoustic than with the Instigators backing him. Of course, not nearly as good as seeing an Old 97's show, but I was satisfied. He also left of the funny little between song stories, including the one about "Our Love" being Nick Hornby's favorite song of 2002, the one he plays while on his treadmill, and the fact that Nick Hornby started a correspondence with him and told him he wanted to be his friend. Fico, I think you saw the better of the two shows by seeing him at Borders.<P>   We left after about 45 mins of Neil Finn on account of me having an early morning meeting, our mutual unfamiliarity with his material, and my dates' aching tummy. While I respect his artistry, and saw that he has a good stage presence, I don't think I'll ever be much of a Neil Finn fan.<P>[This message has been edited by Rhett Miller (edited 01-29-2003).]</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>I look forward to seeing Rhett with the Old 97s as may be the case according to the comments jadetree atributed to him during last night's show. Rhett, I take it you were far more satisfied with his Black Cat show??<P>Wish I would had seen you earlier at Borders, I had a disc for you. Maybe next time.<BR>

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Actually, I probably preferred last nights show to the Black Cat, because he was better solo than with the listless backup hacks he had playing with him. However, he did play for twice as long at the Black Cat, and threw in a healthy dose of Old 97's songs, which he didn't have time to do last night. I liked him at Borders because he did a healthy dose of Old 97's material (including one song I've never seen them do live, though he forgot the words), and because he was more chatty between songs than I've ever seen him. All tree performances had their merits I guess.

[Fico]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial, Veranda">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Rhett Miller:<BR><B>Actually, I probably preferred last nights show to the Black Cat, because he was better solo than with the listless backup hacks he had playing with him. However, he did play for twice as long at the Black Cat, and threw in a healthy dose of Old 97's songs, which he didn't have time to do last night. I liked him at Borders because he did a healthy dose of Old 97's material (including one song I've never seen them do live, though he forgot the words), and because he was more chatty between songs than I've ever seen him. All tree performances had their merits I guess.</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Right then, I thought he had the Instigators backing him up for this leg of promotions of his record. btw, how many copies has this record sold to date?<BR>

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

I think Satellite Rides, the best selling Old 97's album to date, sold around 60,000 copies. No idea how much the solo album has sold. It seems to have more record company backing, and they offer it at that bargain price, but don't know if that's translated into sales. It hasn't at any time cracked the Billboard top 100.

[Fico]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial, Veranda">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Rhett Miller:<BR><B>   I think Satellite Rides, the best selling Old 97's album to date, sold around 60,000 copies. No idea how much the solo album has sold. It seems to have more record company backing, and they offer it at that bargain price, but don't know if that's translated into sales. It hasn't at any time cracked the Billboard top 100.</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Nowadays 60k is practically nothing... are you sure you didn't mean 600,000??? I figured they were in the 350k neighborhood... I figured Satellite Rides had sold more copies than Wilco's Summerteeth... which I thought would be comparable since both bands are under the same umbrella pretty much...<P>

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Summerteeth sold 154K<BR> <A HREF="http://www.jimdero.com/News2002/WilcoApril23.htm" TARGET=_blank>http://www.jimdero.com/News2002/WilcoApril23.htm[/url] <P>Will the disc match or outsell "Being There" (which sold 208,000 copies in the United States) and "Summerteeth" (154,000 sold)? Or will distributing the music for free on the Internet prove to have hurt Wilco at the cash register?

[ggw]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial, Veranda">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Rhett Miller:<BR><B>Summerteeth sold 154K<BR> <A HREF="http://www.jimdero.com/News2002/WilcoApril23.htm" TARGET=_blank>http://www.jimdero.com/News2002/WilcoApril23.htm[/url] <P>Will the disc match or outsell "Being There" (which sold 208,000 copies in the United States) and "Summerteeth" (154,000 sold)? Or will distributing the music for free on the Internet prove to have hurt Wilco at the cash register? </B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>YHF sold like 50,000 in its first week.  I think its safe to say it will beat the others.

[Fico]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial, Veranda">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by ggw:<BR><B> YHF sold like 50,000 in its first week.  I think its safe to say it will beat the others.</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Is there a place to check the record sales of artists??<P>One of my previous bands sold a bit less than 200 records and I was as proud as one can be... I guess I'm indie then, would you agree Sally?? (jadetree)<P>

[ggw]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial, Veranda">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Fico:<BR><B> Is there a place to check the record sales of artists??<P>One of my previous bands sold a bit less than 200 records and I was as proud as one can be... I guess I'm indie then, would you agree Sally?? (jadetree)<P></B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Well, you can subscribe to soundscan.  But that assumes that the album also subscribed to soundscan.

[poorlulu]

yup rhett is a sweaty,spitty bloke..........good stage performer though........and he looked much purtier last night than he did at the black cat........or was i just further away..........?<P>i can't believe you left rhett.........neil finn was fantastic.........you missed out on a great show.

[liam]

I may be the #1 Neil Finn fan in Washington, DC. It got off to a bit of a slow start--bad audio mix--but then it picked up fantastically. Neil's bass player, Sebastian Steinberg (of Soul Coughing) was phonomenal, but Lisa Germano's presence on backing vocals and violin was missed (due to a family illness). That said, Neil performed rockin' versions of Locked Out (Crowded House), Driving Me Mad, She Will Have Her Way, Something So Strong (also CH), a cover of the Smith's "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out" as well as a number of cuts off his latest album, One All. As usual, he interacted with the audience wonderfully, including calling 2 guys to join him on Weather With You, and playing the first track of a CD of some audience member's band, while jokingly threatening "to sue his ass" because track 1 had the same name as Crowded House's "Mean To Me."<P>For a more mellow experience, I highly recommend "One All." For a live concert experience, I recommend Neil's "Seven Worlds Collide" CD or DVD (featuring Eddie Vedder, Johnny Marr, Ed O'Brien and Phil Selway of Radiohead, Tim Finn, Sebastian Steinberg and Lisa Germano.

[ggw]

Neil Finn is on Conan tonight

[lily1]

neil finn was fantastic. if anyone needs pictures, remind me in about a week and i can burn you a cd with all of the photos and mail it off. (assuming the photos turned out well, unlike in july when they were crap)<P>as for rhett miller, well, the 3rd to last song was great, but i didn't feel that his music translated well with just him and a guitar. some songs did, but not the whole set. if he had a band, i think i really would have enjoyed him.