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As I've been blabbering about, tonight was the night that Libby and I headed down to the Walker to help the sculpture garden celebrate its 15 year anniversary. Seeing as the sculpture garden is the only part of the Walker that I can at least kind of enjoy, I thought it might be fun to go down and check it out. Oh yeah, and Wilco was playing.

The weather was perfect - tons of sun and a nice cool breeze. The sell-out crowd showed up early and stayed late. Before the music, the garden itself was packed with people just hanging out, having picnics, and enjoying the atmosphere. Libby and I sat on a park bench and people watched. I noted that there were more exposed tattoos than you typically see at, say, the State Fair.

Wilco came out a little after 8 and put on a hell of a show. They haven't been touring in a while and were a little rough in spots, but I could care less. They were having fun and so was I.

One thing that struck me was that Tweedy left his winter coat on for the whole show. It was like 80 out and the dude is singing and playing guitar in jeans, 2 shirts, and a jacket. And he didn't really sweat. I think he's a robot.

On a parking note, parking sucked, but I still managed to find us a free spot. For those keeping score at home, that's $0 spent on concert parking this week.

On a willpower note, I resisted the siren song emanating from the corn dog booth. For those keeping score at home, that's $105.50 spent on junk food this week.