[laughter] >> jeff, tweedy, welcome. glad to have you here. >> glad to be here. >> congratulations on the record. >> thank you. >> been about two months since it is out. how is it going? selling how you like? people reacting to it like you like? >> um, things are going great. it is kind of hard to tell. i don't really pay that close attention to -- i don't know. my interaction to the audience on the stage is the closest thing i have to gauge how people are reacting to a record. that is generally pretty good. >> you have been touring for a few weeks, still in venues and hearing good things? >> yeah, i think almost immediately before the record was out, we had it a few times. people were pretty responsive to the material, which is, hard for a band, i think, have an audience sit through new material. certainly a band that has been around for 17 years. carry a lot of songs that people want to hear. yeah, it has been really encouraging. >> they probably judge you by the past as well? >> oh, i think that that is almost exclusi