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a little place in the wilderness

Friday, November 03, 2006

Last Wednesday was the memphis show. When I bought the tickets they were playing at a medium-sized performance venue, but I got an email a day or so before the show that the venue had changed, to a much more intimate one. A local bar.
In total, by the time memphis took the stage there were probably only 75-100 people in the bar, most seated at tables around the stage. After a song or two, Torquil (the lead singer) told everyone to pull the tables right up close to the bar, had the sound/lights guy turn off the spotlights and instead turn on a disco ball.
They did pretty much every song from A Little Place in the Wilderness, and one or two from the earlier EPs. The show was amazing, and Torquil did a lot of talking with the audience. For a few songs he strayed out from the stage and stepped onto tables to sing.
Despite the small crowd, he noted that Stars' first show in Winnipeg had less people, so he was excited for the future shows.
I plan on being at each one of those shows, since this show actually made me like the band and songs even more than I did before. If any of you out there have the chance to get to a memphis show, do it. This picture was taken before we pulled the table up closer. For the majority of the concert I was about 4 feet from the stage.


In other news, I finally bought new frames yesterday:

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