The errata of today:
Went to Orlando. Saw Wilco at the House of Blues. The band was in fine form this evening—playing for nearly 2.5 hours—putting on one of the best shows I've seen in some time. The songs from A Ghost is Born (they played eight of the 12) sounded stellar live, acquiring a punch that many of their studio counterparts lacked. Minor quibble: I could live with their playing nothing from their first album, but wasn't pleased with the measly two songs they played from their second (and my favorite Wilco) album, Being There. Ah well.
I was impressed with the band as a whole, especially guitarist Nels Cline, who joined the band just last year. Dude was going all sorts of crazy with his axe, peeling off licks that sounded more like free jazz than rock, and Jeff Tweedy kept up with him every step of the way. After the show, I picked up The Giant Pin, which is an album by Cline's project, the misleadingly named Nels Cline Singers. It's a trio that, according to Nels himself, is a "free jazz/psychrock/droneprov/balladry/spacenoise" thing. Sounds good to me.
It was my first time at the House of Blues. The sound there was excellent; every now and then, Wilco would throw an ear-piercing feedback jam in one of their songs, which was appropiately mindshatteringly loud, yet I managed to come out of the venue with my hearing (mostly) intact.
Also, I bought three cd's at the nearby Virgin Megastore. They were:
Galaxie 500 - Today
Ride - Nowhere
Swell Maps - A Trip to Marineville