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Tonight and tomorrow night, the Northwest Film Forum premieres Ashes of American Flags in advance of the film's DVD release at the end of the month. It's Wilco's first concert documentary, thereby differentiating the film from I Am Trying to Break Your Heart, the band's first near-implosion-while-making-their-most-acclaimed-album documentary. Ashes of American Flags follows the band along their 2008 tour, as they play "five quintessentially American venues: Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa, Tipitina’s in New Orleans, The Mobile AL Civic Center, The Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, and the 9:30 Club in Washington D.C. Between performances, we see the country’s landscapes drift by and get to know the people behind the music." As long as it features Jeff Tweedy self-deprecating and be-sweatered, we're happy.

Friday's show at Nectar Lounge was a great showcase for both classic and fresh, emerging talents in local hiphop. Alpha P, a gratifyingly professional, unflaggingly high-spirited crew of twelve headlining the show, were working NW underground hiphop in the 90s; the other acts on the bill included Tacoma-based Jay Barz (a raucus party act, himself), pissed-off Neema of Unexpected Arrival, fast-talking Premonition and the bulging vein on his neck, and charismatic story-teller Kublakai--interviewed by Seattlest here. Though the show started late, DJ Hanibal won us over when he played Snoop and Dre's "Nuthin But A G-Thang," which we'd coincidentally just finished reminiscing about with our show-going companion.

Personally, this Seattlest is stoked to see Wilco back together, making the rounds, bringing their folk-rock/alt.country stylings to the people once again. They've certainly had their fair share of band drama, but the band can still rock. We caught Jeff Tweedy solo down in Lyons, Colo., last summer at the Rocky Mountain Folks Festival and thoroughly enjoyed his solo set. So it is with quite a bit of fanfare that we are happy to announce that his band Wilco will be performing at Marymoor Park tonight. (Fanfare, confetti, trumpets.)

So the last two days we heard seven bands. And that was a Sunday and Monday night! Our ears are tired. Not that you care. Where the hell were you, anyway? About 20 people showed up for the El Corazon show. It was all-ages, but only four under-21ers skipped Sunday-night homework to come. A bunch of Euro-sausage arrived late to catch Starsailor at the Crocodile. You know, with their Euro-pop t-shirts and orange sneakers. It was like a tale of two night clubs: one gritty (i.e., an actual leaking ceiling) and over-amplified, with a fiercely indie audience, and the other gritty (the ceiling has various kinds of sound baffles nailed to it) and over-amplified, with a used-to-know-someone-who-was-fiercely-indie crowd.

Yeah, we know you just spent all weekend at Bumbershoot. Is the wee little baby tired? Can't handle any more music? Ah, look at that poodum...

Seattlest doesn't find this picture funny at all. We know firsthand how hard those awkward years of high school can be. The pimples, the pants that didn't fit right, the God-awful hours spent wishing Heather Cannon would think of us as more than that creepy guy staring at her. If you think this picture is funny, well, you're a bad person.

If you are at all interested in digital music, ownership of content and copyrights, then you should check out this presentation by famed digital legal scholar, Lawrence Lessig and Jeff Tweedy of Wilco given at the New York Public Library. They discuss the rights and ownership of music in an age where more music than can be listened to in a lifetime can be acquired for no cost in a matter of seconds. If you are a fan/hater of the 'illegal' file sharing sites and apps, then this will provide some interesting conversation. If you don't have an opinion, then you will learn about what it means to 'own' content. We will also admit that we are totally biased, since we have a a man-crush on both Tweedy and Lessig.

Apparently, there is something out there called 'nature.' It has trees and birds and such things. We are a little scared of it. If you, on the other hand, are more intrepid than we are and you also happen to enjoy the indie rock, head over to the Gorge Amphitheater tomorrow to see the Sasquatch Music Festival. As you most likely know, the lineup features the Pixies, Wilco, Modest Mouse, Kanye West, the Dears, Arcade Fire, the Bloc Party and more. The lineup is awesome, but we are a little biased towards ceilings, walls and climate control, but that's just us.

The Gang of Four reunion rumors were true: they'll play the second day of 2005's Coachella Festival in Indio, California.