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OMG KRISTIN.
*dies*
*is speechless, apt since I am dead*
*comes back to life*
Kristin was utterly amazing. She did some of my favourite songs - Speed and Sleep, Hook in Her Head, SPAIN (OMG SPAIN), Me and My Charms, Gazebo Tree, Your Dirty Answer, Heaven, Summer Salt, SNO CAT (OMG SNO CAT), Cartoons, Winter (OMG WINTER), Pearl even! God I could virtually have chosen the set list. The songs lost none of their power transferred to solo acoustic styles; if anything it gave them an added starkness and impact.
She's an amazing performer, and her intensity is entirely engrossing, if a little scary. She stares at a fixed point, and it's like she's entirely IN her songs. And the emphatic bits provoke her famous growl, and facial expressions to match.
Her voice - gods, there are no words. Speaking of words, the way she has with words... I swear it's pure genius. I probably looked like a dick mouthing all the lyrics but I hardly cared. The intricacy of her lyrical world, her fabulous imagery, and her cuttingly perfect little epigrams never fail to get me.
But, so it turns out, she's not at all scary - I chatted to her afterwards, babbled a little (she mentioned 50 Foot Wave - I said, I love them too! I mean you, I mean you're a part of them and...) and thanked her profusely, and she was friendly and gracious and generally awesome.
The venue was pretty damn packed, though I was lucky enough to get a spot right at the front, unobscured view of the woman. And no, I didn't block anyone's view, I carefully arranged it so.
Just... wow. She mentioned something about coming back with 50 Foot Wave, and man, we just have to hope she does.
I need no other lover/wife!!! Ever! (though I'll bet the million other dykes there were thinking the same thing)
*dies*
*is speechless, apt since I am dead*
*comes back to life*
Kristin was utterly amazing. She did some of my favourite songs - Speed and Sleep, Hook in Her Head, SPAIN (OMG SPAIN), Me and My Charms, Gazebo Tree, Your Dirty Answer, Heaven, Summer Salt, SNO CAT (OMG SNO CAT), Cartoons, Winter (OMG WINTER), Pearl even! God I could virtually have chosen the set list. The songs lost none of their power transferred to solo acoustic styles; if anything it gave them an added starkness and impact.
She's an amazing performer, and her intensity is entirely engrossing, if a little scary. She stares at a fixed point, and it's like she's entirely IN her songs. And the emphatic bits provoke her famous growl, and facial expressions to match.
Her voice - gods, there are no words. Speaking of words, the way she has with words... I swear it's pure genius. I probably looked like a dick mouthing all the lyrics but I hardly cared. The intricacy of her lyrical world, her fabulous imagery, and her cuttingly perfect little epigrams never fail to get me.
But, so it turns out, she's not at all scary - I chatted to her afterwards, babbled a little (she mentioned 50 Foot Wave - I said, I love them too! I mean you, I mean you're a part of them and...) and thanked her profusely, and she was friendly and gracious and generally awesome.
The venue was pretty damn packed, though I was lucky enough to get a spot right at the front, unobscured view of the woman. And no, I didn't block anyone's view, I carefully arranged it so.
Just... wow. She mentioned something about coming back with 50 Foot Wave, and man, we just have to hope she does.
I need no other lover/wife!!! Ever! (though I'll bet the million other dykes there were thinking the same thing)