<< August 23, 2008 >>
don't lose your nerve

there was that moment, complete silence with the trees around, the trees and thom's reverby voice, and light guitar, and for those brief minutes, that was it, this is amazing, and the rest of the show, the rest of the year, will not be as amazing, but right now it's amazing, just when you thought it couldn't be, it's possible.

the crowd was very behaved, except for the two women i actually shushed during exit music (hey, that's what they do in europe), and i even enjoyed talking to the couple next to me (between songs, of course). they'd seen them the other day in seattle, where they played talk show host, and vancouver, and APW which i should have gone to, because they played kid a, which i didn't hear this summer. but it wouldn't be the same, it will never be the same, something has been lost. anyway, i "mentioned" i saw them in dublin - the rainbow show?, yeah! - and then i made my dutiful pitch for broken social scene but they already knew.

and even though wikipedia doesn't list it in its this-day-in page, have a safe, healthy, and, most importantly, a very happy windows 95 day!