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Yo La Tengo's current "Freewheeling Tour" is billed as one where "anything can and will happen." Reports from earlier stops informed us to expect the unexpected in a setting that is more "mass hangout than veritable rock show," that we could ask questions and should look for the band to play songs based on those questions. Even so, we weren't sure what to expect. We weren't sure if we'd like the format or if it would detract from the music. And we love Yo La Tengo.

It's not often the Seattlest feels the need to research a show before we go to see it, but Yo La Tengo's current tour has a really fascinating description:

Tuesday 10th

At a time when we're all asking ourselves what makes a terrorist be a terrorist--especially lately, with reports that the first set of London bombers may not have known they were on a suicide mission--comes along a novel that reimagines the 1974 Patty Hearst hoohah to address such issues.