The theatre they're in looks a lot like Pantages in Winnipeg, the Weakerthans' home town. I'm somewhere in the crowd, around row 10. Fantastic show from one of my favourite bands.

In Toronto, Canada - perhaps it was a little over a year..
Actually, I almost missed it! The show started with a warm-up band. We assumed it was the warm-up band from the ticket and the next band (the real warm-up) was the Weakerthans. The second warm-up band was terrible. They said nothing, the set was short and the sound was almost incomprehensible. Everyone seemed to split directly after the last number. So, standing in an empty hall with the lights on watching people hauling gear away, we thought, 'oh, well.. win some, you lose some' and we left the venue. Flagging a cab we had second thoughts... That REALLy didn't sound like the Weakerthans from their albums .. what if...

So we went back and lo and behold -- they were in the process of resetting the stage for the real Weakerthans! After a very long break they came on and played an awesome show with great sound -- we nearly missed it! One of the best shows I've seen.

>> ^taranimator:

SO AWESOME!!! They did a great show here last year.
quality!


Thanks T! Where's here?

I saw her open for The Weakerthans a couple years ago. She was a sweetie and played a great set -- very fun.

Upvote x1000

The Weakerthans are my all-time favorite band ever, and I'm a big fan of Samson's wife, Christine Fellows, too.

Just don't say I never did nuthin' for ya

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How very generous of you! Thanks!

In reply to this comment by calvados:
*promote!

How very generous of you! Thanks!

In reply to this comment by calvados:
*promote!

Thanks bud!

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*promote the curling awesomeness. OMG, the lounge shots look a lot like the East York rink... though I'm sure it's not the only one that looks like that... but, hmm...

>> ^Krupo:
promote the curling awesomeness. OMG, the lounge shots look a lot like the East York rink... though I'm sure it's not the only one that looks like that... but, hmm...


Ta Krupo!

>> ^xxovercastxx:
What I really don't understand is how he got up there in the first place. He's made a few scenes like this before. If you were working security and saw him approaching the stage, wouldn't you kick the shit out of him? If you were running the event, wouldn't you leave security with strict orders to do just that?


When I saw the headline earlier today I knew I'd end up seeing this on the sift later in the day.

I think it's clearly manufactured *controversy. If you did a poll on here, I'll bet 80-90% if not more people would say they would not even know the VMAs happened last night... unless he had done this elaborate nudity-free publicity stunt (oh Bruno, where are you now?).

>> ^blahpook:
Quote of the day: "I was excited to be onstage because I just won the award. And then I was excited that Kanye West was onstage. Then, I wasn't excited anymore." - Taylor Swift


If true that's bloody hilarious.>> ^jordanonorth:
I think we've all been trolled hard. If anything, Kanye is the troll of our generation.


Exactly.

P.S. these videos are nothing compared to some of the much more interesting things that've come out this year from around the world. Shameless promotion exhibit #1.

I'm sorry, but Sick Muse beats them all to a pulp with a burning sparkler. Yes, I went there.

As does most every Metric single and tons of awesome music which you'll make you feel so much better.

I also like this one, but it's clearly not 2009.

That was actually pretty funny! Love the Weakerthans. Tokyo police club made the list too hah ha!

I think they sing "so brief ((but)) it wasn't".... yay for sifting this!

Love the syncopated beat in the lines.

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My Confusion Corner commuters are cursing the cold away
As December tries to dissemble the length of their working day
And they bite their mitts off to show me transfers, deposit change
and I can't stop finding your face in their faces, all rearranged
and angry like you never were;

And I ease us back into traffic
Dusk comes on and I wonder
Why I'm always remembering you
at civil twilight

For the most part I think about golfing and constantly calculate
all the seconds left in the minutes, and so on, etcetera
Or recite the names of provinces and Hollywood actors;
Oh, Ontario! Oh, Jennifer Jason Leigh!
This part of the day bewilders me

Streets slow down and ice over,
Dusk comes on and I struggle to stop,
To stop to stop thinking of you
at civil twilight

Hey, every other hour I pass that house,
Where you told me that you had to go
I wonder if the landlord has fixed the crack
That I stared at, instead of staring back at you;

My chance to say something seemed so brief
It wasn't. Now I know I had plenty of time
Between the sunset and certified darkness
Dusk comes on and I follow the exhaust from memory up to the end

At civil twilight
At civil twilight
At civil twilight
At civil twilight

Hey, you'll like this -- it's one of the Weakerthans' prettiest, most poignant songs:



Also too, I did the lyricwiki.org write-up, including the additional info down the bottom: http://lyricwiki.org/The_Weakerthans:Night_Windows

The Weakerthans - The Leash is my favourite song. These guys had incredible lyrics.

*canada

AC, colour me blown away that anybody other than me is sifting the Weakerthans. I don't much care for the vid but I'll upvote twice for the song even if they did crop it