Comments on: Wilco @ The Fillmore in Denver: A fireworks display raining down on me

By: Kelli

Kelli — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:55:00 +0000

I have been a Wilco fan since the break up of Uncle Tupelo. I have seen them many many times and that show was by far one of the best I have ever seen!!! I have been trying to track down a recording of the show. Does anyone have any suggestions of how I might get my hands on one? Thanks

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:03:00 +0000

Fantastic review – you took the words right out of my mouth! I saw Wilco at the Telluride Bluegrass festival in 2005 and have been a fan for a few years, but until recently Summerteeth was all I had and I only partially got it. At the Fillmore show (where I was also near the front, but on stage left) I said to my friends, “this is the best band in the United States” — the show blew me away and now I own 5 Wilco CDs and have had trouble listening to anything else!

By: ajs

ajs — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 13:15:00 +0000

here's how a linux guy does it...can be done on windows using cygwin also, lots
of software to install if you don't have
it already.

#!/bin/sh
#
# flacmp3 - convert a flac file and its tag data to mp3/id3 format
#
# submitted into the public domain
# by Alan J.Stein on 9/7/2007
#
while [ "$1" ]
do
flac -c -d "$1" |
lame -h -m s -b 192 \
--tt "$(metaflac --show-tag=TITLE "$1" |
sed 's/^TITLE=$.*$/\1/')" \
--ta "$(metaflac --show-tag=ARTIST "$1" |
sed 's/^ARTIST=$.*$/\1/')" \
--tl "$(metaflac --show-tag=ALBUM "$1" |
sed 's/^ALBUM=$.*$/\1/')" \
--ty "$(metaflac --show-tag=DATE "$1" |
sed 's/^DATE=$.*$/\1/')" \
--tn "$(metaflac --show-tag=TRACKNUMBER "$1" |
sed 's/^TRACKNUMBER=$.*$/\1/')" \
--tg "$(metaflac --show-tag=GENRE "$1" |
sed 's/^GENRE=$.*$/\1/')" \
- "$(basename "$1" .flac).mp3"
shift
done

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 05:40:00 +0000

After that write up I need a recording of that show real bad…for us luddites… how do you convert .flac to .mp3?? or better yet…can someone convert it and post it in .mp3?? Pleasepleaseplease???

By: ajs

ajs — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:40:00 +0000

Heather it’s up on etree:

http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=509303

– ajs (coffee creek)

By: tim

tim — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:05:00 +0000

I’ve seen Wilco 4 times over the past 5 years or so…This summer’s show in Boston was tremendous, this band with this lineup and this material is at the top of their game. Nothing better out there, I don’t think, and there’s lots of people I love out there making amazing music. Wilco is tops, at least right now. Tweedy, there’s nobody like him, nobody writing songs like these….

By: christian

christian — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 19:27:00 +0000

ahh, the exuberance of a wilco virgin. welcome.

now it’s on to the DVD, the books, the side projects…welcome…

i am fairly obsessed with this band and it is good to see that other people get it. i could write a book…

oh, and “pot kettle black”!? holy shit you are lucky. i’ve seen wilco 4 times and still no “pot kettle black”…

By: Little Dynamite

Little Dynamite — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 18:59:00 +0000

great review…sounded like an awesome night…i’m still waiting to finally see them live!

By: cally

cally — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 16:16:00 +0000

I am SUCH a Wilco convert after that show. It was so perfect.

They totally connect with people on a level I’ve never seen…they don’t charge ripoff prices for merchandise…they had really nice people from Oxfam at an info table there…everyone was so happy…what is not to like about these guys? Whay are they not huge-er?

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 12:28:00 +0000

Thanks for the great recap. I just discovered Jeff Tweedy last year when he was on Austin City Limits, singing “At Least That’s What You Said.” It was a replay of a 2004 performance, and I think the band might have been different at that time. The new Wilco CD is my current favorite; each member of the band shines on it. I really love the bass line under the melody in “On and On and On.” I’d love to see a concert, but alas — none in New York this time.