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SNeLs!

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So it's finally going to happen: Nels Cline's 12" feet will finally grace the stage of Saturday Night Live -- the same stage where Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, Betty Carter, Frank Zappa, Sun Ra, Keith Jarrett and Captain Beefheart (not to mention Leo Sayer and Color Me Badd) once stood -- when Wilco stops by Studio 8H next week. The host is Juno's Ellen Page. Good lord, does this mean Nelsie could actually be in a sketch with her? Do you think he could scam us a perfumed autograph with lipstick on it?

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