I [Maple Leaf] Canada

[slightlyoffaxis]

So, by now you all know that I pretty much hate Webster Hall. Then why did I go there twice in less than a week? Canadians! Last week was the New Pornographers, and last night was the Weakerthans. Both good shows. Let's see how they compare.

Personality
The New Pornographers: There's almost too much personality to be contained by one supergroup.

Comments

[kiwicutie41]

Canadians??!! Are you really my sister? Also, I'd like to know how you feel about the fact that Rilo Kiley is becoming mainstream and being played on MTV?

[slightlyoffaxis]

Hey, on the whole, Canadians are WAY cuter than Philadelphians! :P

I was actually hoping that Rilo Kiley would be a bigger mainstream hit. I'm afraid the band is going to break up unless they become a big success. Jenny Lewis gets more press/acclaim on her own (which is unfair and not entirely deserved--she's really good, but so is Blake!), and I feel like she needed the Rilo Kiley album to be a huge hit to give her incentive to not just go solo. Cross your fingers that they don't break up!

[kiwicutie41]

Heh....that's ironic because the song I like the most is called "breaking up". Even though it needs more cowbell. I'll keep my fingers crossed that they become a mega success.

[sparklyfabulous]

remember how you put "reconstruction site" on my graduation mix and the line "buy me a shiny new machine that runs on lies and gasoline" made me cry 4 times while i was re-painting my bedroom? or maybe i never told you that, but i'm telling you now.

these both sound like great shows.

[slightlyoffaxis]

and all those batteies we took from smoke alarms!

I don't know if you told me that, but my goal on that mix was to make you cry (that sounds mean, but I mean cry in a good way, and that was my goal the year before with the graduation mixes, too) so mission accomplished! Reconstruction Site is the best song ever.