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There were plural Tweedys on the stage on Saturday night at the Salt Shed.  You could tell right away when they walked on the stage based on how they looked.  The hair.  And the way that Jeff Tweedy was smiling.  He was happy to be playing with his kids and other people (that he said) he knew since they were "little".  There he was - seemingly looking healthy - playing from his new thirty-song (yes...30 songs) album Twilight Override with a band backing him featuring two pairs of siblings (one of them being his two sons - playing drums and keyboards).  I don't know what anyone else was expecting, but (for me), the highlight of the night was the free water and cups from the hosts at the Salt Shed.  I had never been there before, but was really impressed with the place.  It is a big cavern and they have done a really nice job creating a unique venue.  We parked up the block about 10 minute walk (we went for pizza prior to the show and left the ...

In the most recent edition of Paste Magazine , Wilco Frontman Jeff Tweedy talks about 'listening': I would love for more people to listen to music as a sole activity. I think it’s a really transformative way that that art form can touch you. Aside from live music, which I think is really important to being human-to be a part of a crowd experiencing music-recorded music is like literature when you allow yourself to sit and listen. I mean, you know. That’s all you did when you were growing up; that’s all you needed to do. You found friends that could sit and be quiet and not f-in’ ruin it; those were your friends, you know? If somebody couldn’t do that, you couldn’t hang out with them. I don’t care how cool they were; they were not cool. And...for all you lefties (like Nat), read his last quote. Snob that he is, he doesn't watch much tv, except for the Daily Show.

Yesterday afternoon, I cut out of work early (I left my desk...) and Maisy and I headed downtown to meet up with Nat. We were all set to head to the Jeff Twedy Show at the Abbey Pub . Good times, right? Turned out great! Well, I got there a bit early and Nat hadn't gotten home from work yet, so me and Maisy ran over to Barker and Meowsky for a new sweater and she dug it. It's a pinch big, but hopefully she'll 'grow' into it. (She's turning into a bit of a 'fatty arbuckle' as it is!!) We got back and Natalie was home. Outsmarting ourselves, we thought, 'Hey! Let's just get chow at the Abbey instead of SoupBox or Tomatohead . Irish Nachos and Ruebens and such. Well, as we're walking up to the Abbey, sure as shit, we run into Jeff Tweedy, his wife Sue Miller, their 2 boys, what appeared to be one of Jeff's cronies/guitar techs/friends, and a hot nanny. Jeff was carrying 2 clamshell carryout styrofoam containers and the kids weren't ...