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i got a notice in the mail today from kingston from city council hopeful dave clarke. it began with the line “dear neighbor” – yes, spelled the american way. i think i’ve stricken him off my list.

so anyway, the much-anticipated weakerthans show was last night. i’m not sure when they got so wildly popular, but they sold out the elixir…it was crazy packed. fembots opened the bill and weren’t overly thrilling – countryish and laid back. i didn’t dislike them (i enjoyed some of their songs) but i’ll admit i didn’t give them my full attention. the carnations, however, were fun and upbeat and gooood, just like when i saw them a little over a year ago with starling. the only song i knew was jamaican islands (what? no scream and yell on their set list? how can that be?) but they held my interest. also: i swear joel plaskett’s brother is their guitarist.

as for the weakerthans…woo. they played a good mix of old and new, and they led off their set with songs like aside and our retired explorer to make sure everyone who wasn’t paying attention did. at one point during their set i looked to my right and noticed that sarah harmer was there with luther wright. i was excited, as i was any time i have a harmer-spotting, but it got better – she went up on stage and sang benediction with john. sooooo good. i think the weakerthans were even more excited than me. anyway, if there’s a lesson to be learned here, it’s get your weakerthans ticket in advance – right maggie?