Well, now I guess I’ll begin a run of listening to Decemberists bootlegs. I’m sure that Adam, Amy, and Stephen will just let me pre-filter the good ones for them.

• The Elliott Smith tribute album, To: Elliott, From: Portland.
  
• 14 Apr 1995 [Santa Monica, CA, USA] concert bootleg of Jeff Tweedy.
• 20 Feb 2000 [Washington, DC, USA] concert bootleg of Elliott Smith.
• 4 Jul 2001 [Chicago, IL, USA] concert bootleg of Wilco.
• 16 Jun 2006 [Chicago, IL, USA] concert bootleg of Son Volt.
• 16 Oct 2006 [New Orleans, LA, USA] concert bootleg of The Decemberists.
• 26 Jun 2007 [New York, NY, USA] concert bootleg of Wilco.

Last week was, sadly, generally disappointing:

• The Cardigans’ First Band on the Moon. Other than “Lovefool”, the song that everyone knows, I just didn’t get much out of this album. The second half was better than the first, but … meh. Two-and-a-half stars.
  
• Snow Patrol’s Final Straw. A decent album. Three stars.
  
• 17 Feb 2000 [Los Angeles, CA, USA] concert bootleg of Elliott Smith. This was the best of the bootlegs, and I didn’t think that it would be at first. Three-and-a-half stars.
• 13 Jun 2007 [Washington, DC, USA] concert bootleg of Feist. The levels on this needed a lot of work. Still, it’s a good performance overall. Three stars.
• 19 Jun 2007 [Bonner Springs, KS, USA] concert bootleg of Ben Folds. Mehhhh. Two stars.
• 24 Jun 2007 [New York, NY, USA] concert bootleg of Sloan. Outdoor festivals are just really hard to tape. This is a solid attempt, and I appreciate it—finding Sloan bootlegs is just plain difficult. Two-and-a-half stars.
• 7 Jul 2007 [Kongsberg, Norway] concert bootleg of Wilco. I was not happy with how this one came out, and I’m not sure what to blame. I think that it probably should get spread around. Two-and-a-half stars.