The Stories Of Our Lives

2007 Apr 16 21:02

From Émilie

The Silent Victim (continued) and Ushered to Serendipity

(This seemed a tad long to post in the comments of The Silent Victim.)

The snowplough guy eventually showed up, just to clean out the snow barrier left by the city plough, but still… gotta give the man some credit. We’ve had three of four jumps of electricity in the day. It’s still howling outside this evening, the wind’s strong enough to push people sideways. Supposedly the same tomorrow.

I’m not really mad at the weather now: we have a safe and cozy house – there are people who live in far worst – and nature is certainly creating an interesting atmosphere tonight. We usually forget the environment around us; tonight the sound of the wind is ecstasy for the imagination.

Ushered to Serendipity
Also, serendipity crossed my path today. I scarcely ever attend a concert – with the exception of some of our good friend Éric‘s hommages – and when I do it is usually in the summer, at city-sponsered outdoors events. I’m also notably unaware of upcoming events around here. AND I’m not usually downtown during the day. I had an appointment at the bank this afternoon and chanced to notice one of my favourite composer/singer, David Usher, is in town on Thursday (and apparently has a new album out!). I’m thinking I might go, if I can find someone to come (Frank won’t, but said he’d babysit). I saw him before in summer 2005 at the Canada day show, and it was a great night.

The new album seems nice from the samples on his site, although I don’t think I’ll like it as much as “If God had curves”. For one, the lyrics seem less intuitive than what he used to do, which was what I liked so much about his songs. Themes changed, too, but evolution is a strong point of his career. For those who don’t know him, he was the lead singer of the Canadian band Moist, back in the 90′s. He’s lived in a couple different countries, and he’s settled in NY now, but his label is still a Canadian one, so I think that allows us to claim he’s a Canadian musician. Oh, and – you know, totally irrelevantly – he’s mighty cute. I can’t wait to hear the rest of the album. I’m taking my leave with some lyrics from “Brilliant” that stood out for me. Good night!

“but i’m older now got a little girl of my own
and her fears are my fears now”
David Usher – “Brilliant”, Strange Birds, 2007

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6 Responses to “The Silent Victim (continued) and Ushered to Serendipity”

Simon (April 16th, 2007 )
Reminds me of an article I read this morning of a snow plow operator (I forget where) who was fired from his job for plowing the drive of a older man with heart problems, to keep it clear in case he had to go to the hospital. The plow-dude was let go for unauthorised use of state property. Bloody Gub’mint.

I was a big fan of Moist when they were playing in the ’90s. Never saw them live, but I enjoyed the few videos I saw. I won’t comment on Usher being cute.
Tal (April 17th, 2007 )
Hi there, just thought I’d concur with your love of David Usher. I was a huge fan of Moist back in the day and got to see DU live when I was at university. Go by yourself if you have to…it’ll be worth it.
Émilie B (April 17th, 2007 )
Hey Simon. Nice anecdote, in a negative sort of way.

Hi Tal, nice of you to drop by! I’m campaigning to find someone to go with me now, with good hopes of success, so the going-alone dilemna might be avoided. Ticket office only opens on Wenesday evening, though, and I’m not even sure there are tickets left! We’ll see.
Ge (April 17th, 2007 )
Ouin..bin jirais bien voir DAvid Usher avec toi. En 1996, javais mes billets pour aller voir Moist a la salle Thompson, et ils avaient annulé car David avait un ti vilain rhume…. ça serait le temps de me reprendre 11 ans plus tard (oh mon Dieu, ça me vieillit ca…me semble que c’était hier que j’harcelait mon père pour qu’il me laisse son numéro de carte de crédit pour acheter mon billet). Cependant, j’ai quelque chose de prévu pour le travail…:( On se reprendra et j’espere que tu trouveras quelqu’un pour t’Accompagner… Ca fait du bien une tite sortie de temps en temps. D’ailleurs, nos hommes nous doivent-ils pas un cinéma???

Gexxx
Karine (April 18th, 2007 )
Hey ma soeur! C’est vrai que tu ne vas pas souvent voir de shows: tu devrais, moi j’ai plein d’amis musiciens alors ils me sortent toujours de chez nous; même quand ça me tente pas! Mais rendu là, ça vaut la peine. Surtout si c’est David Usher!! Te souviens-tu, le premier disque de Moist qu’on avait écouté c’était “Creature” (d’ailleurs je l’ai acheté récemment… hehe) et on l’avait loué à la bibliothèque municipale… Et maintenant: tu vis à côté de la bibliothèque! Y’a des choses dans la vie comme ça qu’on croyait pas qu’elles tourneraient comme ça… et c’est tout connecté et tout logique, pourtant! Je t’incite sérieusement à y aller: tu sais, si j’avais pas un travail de 7 pages à remettre vendredi (le dernier de la session!), je suis sûre que j’aurais sauté dans l’autobus pour y aller avec toi! T’es déjà allée à un show toute seule? Des fois, c’est quasiment aussi l’fun parce que t’es juste concentrée sur le show… Hey: demande à Christian! Vous penserez à moi! ;P
P.S. – I’m still waiting for some new online pictures of Xavier…
Émilie B (April 18th, 2007 )
Tickets are booked, babysitting is arranged, the show’s a go!
(Will be back with impressions afterwards. Maybe not Friday – the day of errands – but this weekend maybe.)