Wilco 2/26 and 2/27 9:30

we were behind one guy in plaid (who i named jebidiah) and another tall guy in a blue/white plaid (dubbed Aloysius) and a shorter dude who took off his jacket to reveal a…plaid shirt. But one woven with silver lame threads! not kidding. we dubbed him "Snorky Pete" because his hat made him look like a snork. Jeb and Snorky were holding three beers each. at once. minium. sometimes 4.

Jebidiah sang along with a voice that sounded like 'buffalo bill' from silence of the lambs if he sang into a large, empty can of Chock full O nuts.
Someone warned my friend sean that jeb was about to pass out any second. which he may have. he went away and never came back….which left room for a gross make-out couple.

I wouldn't call it the best Wilco show I've seen, but it was very enjoyable. Better than the last couple of shows for sure. I agree that the run toward the end of the first set was absolutely spectacular. The encores couldn't match it and were a bit of let-down in comparison.

Just once I'd like to attend a Wilco show without hearing "Heavy Metal Drummer". I'm just really tired of that song. I think the band is too. Last night's rendition wasn't their best. Maybe tonight they'll play something different? Probably not. It's such a staple.

Originally posted by Darth Ed:
Just once I'd like to attend a Wilco show without hearing "Heavy Metal Drummer". I'm just really tired of that song.

yeah, seriously. i couldn't believe THAT was the one someone shouted out on a night when pretty much everything in their catalogue was fair game. i think "a shot in the arm" is the other one that rarely gets a night off, but that's a better song.

was there a poster at the show?

yah, both a tour poster and a DC poster. 25 bucks though

Im leaving in about an hour to be front of the line to get in tonight

Why not just get there late and push your way to the front, like some groups of women think they have a right to do?

Originally posted by Smylie:
yah, both a tour poster and a DC poster. 25 bucks though

Im leaving in about an hour to be front of the line to get in tonight

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
Why not just get there late and push your way to the front, like some groups of women think they have a right to do?

Originally posted by Smylie:
yah, both a tour poster and a DC poster. 25 bucks though

Im leaving in about an hour to be front of the line to get in tonight

I went from row 2 in front of Jeff to about row 4 near the horns last night between John Doe and Wilco. Those people suck. It's different if its one person meeting a group, but when people just do it to push up…shitty

Someone up in the DJ booth area yelled it.

Originally posted by BookerT:

Originally posted by Darth Ed:
Just once I'd like to attend a Wilco show without hearing "Heavy Metal Drummer". I'm just really tired of that song.

yeah, seriously. i couldn't believe THAT was the one someone shouted out on a night when pretty much everything in their catalogue was fair game. i think "a shot in the arm" is the other one that rarely gets a night off, but that's a better song.

yeah, the tool ( ;) ) was right behind me. i didn't get a good look at him, but if i catch him tonight… headlock.

see y'all soon!

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Wilco to play Virgin Fest

JFdL's blog predictions… yeah, you can take that stuff to the bank.

2/27 setlist, from NPR:

"Sunken Treasure"
"Mountain Bed"
"Company in My Back"
"You Are My Face"
"Side with the Seeds"
"She's a Jar"
"Shot in the Arm"
"Nothingsever"
"Handshake Drugs"
"Pot Kettle Black"
"Roses Bloom"
"Impossible Germany"
"Simple"
"Someday Soon"
"Box Full of Letters"
"Always in Love"
"Pieholden"
"Jesus Etc."
"Hate It Here"
"Walken"
"I'm the Man"
"Humming Bird"
"On and On and On"
"ELT"
"California Stars"
"Casino Queen"
"I'm a Wheel"
"Monday"

ELT was cut for Via Chicago…

Hoodoo Voodoo and The Lonely 1 were also on the setlist, instead they played California Stars and Monday

I listened to the first hour last night. Sounded like their noisier edge was completely gone.


Bummer if you ask me.

Happy I sold my ticket. The person who bought it definitely enjoyed the show more than I would've; that's for sure.

Noise, noise, noise. Aren't there enough shitty noise bands out there for you to choose from? Better yet, aren't there enough construction sites in DC where you could stand around and listen to the noise? Why should the best rock band going be reduced to playing noise? :p

Originally posted by azaghal1981:
I listened to the first hour last night. Sounded like their noisier edge was completely gone.


Bummer if you ask me.

Happy I sold my ticket. The person who bought it definitely enjoyed the show more than I would've; that's for sure.

Anybody have any comparisons of night 1 and night 2? Looking at the setlist, I think I might have liked Wed even better than Tues, had I gone to both.

Musically, I thought they were right on both nights. Nels seemed to spaz out on solos a bit more last night (including accidentally launching his glass slide into the front row…ouch). They definitely didn't rock as hard, but that was more to song selection than playing.

Still, night 2 gets my vote, for two reasons:

1) 30 extra minutes (and no cheating with a jammed out Kidsmoke), and

2) Box Full of Letters -> Always In Love.

And to further my win in Hipster Bingo, the crowd was much less crushing last night. I had a ton of breathing room, and never had the rush of people to fill every spot around me. In fact, I had people ask nicely to move ahead, and when I told them there really wasn't room, they backed off. That was nice.

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
Anybody have any comparisons of night 1 and night 2? Looking at the setlist, I think I might have liked Wed even better than Tues, had I gone to both.

i agree. tuesday was full of characters, but last night there was breathing room. and a weirdly short crowd! i had no problem seeing everything.

also, i thought the pacing was more leisurely last night than tuesday which was just crushing. in the best possible rock & roll way.

I'll go with last night as the better of the two concerts. First off, the energy started off slower than Tuesday night but it kept building and it maxed out with the final song of the last encore, which is exactly how I like my concerts to go, unlike Tuesday when the show crescendoed before the first encore. Last night, both encores kicked ass. Secondly, no "Heavy Metal Drummer"! It's like they were reading this thread and saw my post from yesterday. Last night was my 8th Wilco show, and it was the first one without "Heavy Metal Drummer." Hallelujah! No, seriously, I do think the set list was a little better the second night. As for the lack of noise, they saved it almost all up for "Via Chicago," which was spectacular. I'm really glad they went with that instead of "ELT".

Nels appeared to be possessed last night.