Answering the somewhat-blind items at the end of the previous post, in youtube form.
I met Laurie Anderson, who is number 86 on VH1's Greatest Women in Rock list for some reason only explained by their untenable defintion of "Rock n Roll". She did not mention that she and Lou Reed got married the day before I met her, which I think was rude. Who does she think she is, Beyonce? She stopped by my place of employment before her show, for which Initials and I already had tickets. I tend to prefer her 'story' concerts instead of her 'music' concerts, but it was still a neat show.
My favorite song from the concert:
Initials' birthday present, the New Pornographers concert, went over like gangbusters. We went out to a fancy-smancy dinner before the show, where we were underdressed but treated nicely by our lesbian server, and so we arrived late and our seats were closer to the back than the front, but still pretty good. The opening act, Okkervil River, were overly energetic and wholly unsatisfying, which is kind of their job as opening act. The New Pornographers, sans Neko Case, whipped though an impressively tight set that seemed to hit all of Initials favorite. Most of the audience ended up being cute guys in flannel plaid, a la the Jens Lekman concert we went to a few weeks ago. I really do need to get to the store to try that out.
The Least Annoying Okkervil River song:
Funny New Pornographers music video:
New Pornographers live:
The 7th Scariest Place in the United States is House on the Rock, which is often described as designed by Frank Lloyd Wrong. It's a maze of bad architecture, doll carousels, automated music boxes, giant seamonster battle dioramas, and racist piggy banks. It has the largest merry-go-round in the world. Some of you may have heard of it via Neil Gaiman novel. It's ridiculous but perfect if you're in the right mood for it.
Music Box Sampler
