Surprised there isn't a thread on this already. Anyone going? I've never been to Koka Booth, but it appears to be pretty rad. Do they allow tailgating or excessive drinking in the parking lot?

8/8/2008 11:44:13 AM

i will be there. Koka Booth is a cool place, but i haven't been since high school so I don't know what their policies are on tailgating

8/8/2008 12:47:48 PM

just remember.

today is 8/8/08, and the cops (.08 is the legal limit) are doing more checkpoints because of this, apparently.

Normally, I'd have a couple in the lot, a few at the show, totalling ~a six pack over 5+ hours. Tonight I'm just gonna make sure there's a driver. Don't wanna fuck around.

That said...

Excited about this show. Haven't seen Wilco since those Chapel Hill shows in 06 (they cancelled on my Charleston trip for SNL ), but the setlists have looked pretty good. Hopefully they'll stay off the sky blue sky material, and play I've Got You (At The End of the Century).

8/8/2008 12:53:24 PM

^ fucking love that song

8/8/2008 1:35:31 PM

honestly, at this point, I'd be more excited about seeing Bon Iver than seeing Wilco

[Edited on August 8, 2008 at 2:41 PM. Reason : g]

8/8/2008 2:40:56 PM

^^ I've requested it every day this week while doing my daily "internet run-through" before starting work.

http://wilcoworld.net/roadcase/request_form.php

8/8/2008 2:48:32 PM

we went to pick up our free tickets today thinking they'd be lawn seats

TOO BAD they're 7th row actual seats. hollaaaaaa.

but we might venture onto the lawn for some party time.

8/8/2008 5:39:45 PM

Pretty rad show, but apparently every single person that attends a Wilco show is a fucking douchebag. The lawn was full of completely disrespectful people without any show etiquette whatsoever.

8/9/2008 12:01:08 AM

^agreed...way too many sorority girls talking how many budweisers they can drink...

8/9/2008 1:09:56 AM

that sucks

wish i coulda gone, but the hearing in my left ear is gone.

I'll be at Hold Steady Tuesday

8/9/2008 1:14:07 AM

holy fratastic

8/9/2008 1:18:25 AM

great show

8/9/2008 11:55:27 AM

Bon Iver was incredible.

8/9/2008 12:20:09 PM

i wasn't sure how they would translate in a place like that, but it was great

also, Nels Cline is the shit

8/9/2008 12:31:06 PM

I could have bad things to say (the meh crowd, sky blue sky songs are bad, the new one they played wasn't any better) ...

But, what a fun show! Better than they were in CH two years ago, and as good as when I saw em in 05. Glenn Kotche ... also the shit.

8/9/2008 12:52:28 PM

anyone remember Bon Iver's set?

8/9/2008 1:19:12 PM

I doubt it.


OOOOH SICK BURNNNNNN

8/9/2008 1:43:44 PM

ICE COLD

8/9/2008 2:11:28 PM

they were really good actually. i thought it was pretty badass that they spent about a third of their set playing a Talk Talk song

8/9/2008 2:42:20 PM

bon iver is the bomb, but probably not for the wilco crowd

8/9/2008 3:18:37 PM

i liked it. i liked them better the first time i saw them. but i still enjoyed this show a lot. i did encounter some dumb bitches in the bathroom though.

8/9/2008 5:39:13 PM

I wish I hadn't stopped caring about Wilco a year ago. I bet this concert would have been the bomb dot com.

8/9/2008 11:57:40 PM

From Wilcobase.com... 6>7, 10>14, 17>close were the high points of that show for me. Especially Misunderstood just showing up in the middle of the show

1. You Are My Face
2. Muzzle Of Bees
3. A Shot In The Arm
4. Radio Cure
5. Impossible Germany
6. Remember The Mountain Bed
7. Handshake Drugs
8. One Wing
9. Jesus, Etc.
10. Misunderstood
11. Pot Kettle Black
12. Poor Places
13. Reservations
14. Spiders (Kidsmoke)

Encore 1 (all w/The Total Pros horns) :
15. Hate It Here
16. Walken
17. I'm The Man Who Loves You
18. Monday
19. Outtasite (Outta Mind)

Encore 2:
20. The Late Greats
21. Heavy Metal Drummer
22. Red-Eyed And Blue
23. I Got You (At The End Of The Century)
24. Hoodoo Voodoo

8/10/2008 12:43:43 PM

I totally agree about the douchebaggery in the lawn- it was horrible. Why do people talk loudly through an entire show! I like Bon Ivor on recordings, but I have to say that it didn't translate well live. It wasn't his (their) fault, it just wasn't the right atmosphere in my opinion. Like I said, I was on the lawn, way in back and probably just couldn't see/hear past all the idiots. I'm never getting lawn tickets again.

8/11/2008 12:40:38 PM

^

Another thing worth mentioning, though, is that Koka Booth is not a particuarly loud venue.

I was 10 rows back, dead center, and felt like it wasn't TOO LOUD like most concerts ... it was just ... loud enough to be concert-loud. Yeah, you could hear everyone chatting it up.

After Avett Brothers I thought it was just the acoustic-ness of the show, but Wilco confirmed that they need to TURN IT UP in Cary.

8/11/2008 12:51:45 PM

Linked below is a really good audience recording of the recent show in Brooklyn. Was a great time at the pool.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/qszs45

Setlist:
[Total Time 2:23:59]
Main Set
01 Via Chicago
02 Blood of The Lamb
03 You Are My Face
04 Hummingbird
05 I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
06 Shot in the Arm
07 Side With the Seeds
08 Misunderstood
09 Far Far Away
10 Impossible Germany
11 Pieholden Suite
12 California Stars
13 Handshake Drugs
14 Pot Kettle Black
15 Poor Places
16 Spiders (Kidsmoke)
17 [encore break/banter]
18 Jesus, Etc.
19 Can’t Stand It
20 Hate it Here
21 Walken
22 I’m the Man Who Loves You
23 [second encore break]
24 Heavy Metal Drummer
25 The Late Greats
26 Kingpin
27 Monday
28 Outtasite
29 I’m A Wheel

http://phantasytour.com/phish/boards_thread.cgi?threadID=1651523

8/17/2008 10:56:11 PM