After the LC had closed, when our WASP levels were elevated to "pick at dinner and argue about which of us is sleeping with the nanny", that well-rejected man would wander up and down the strip, past the bars and patios, singing all the while. And there, in this middle-sized city, in this middle-sized province, in the middle of the continent, he was putting on the only local Take Away Show to be had. In this case, the beggars were the choosers, and they chose an awful lot of Johnny Cash.
Now if we'd spent the time somewhere more glamourous--like, say, Paris--Big Bird and I might have made out a little better. We could've looked up from a make-believe "BCBG day" to see Local Natives strolling the street instead. A huge step up, on every level,* and somewhere out there are Parisians much luckier than us. La Blogotheque has the video of a Paris street performance of Who Knows Who Cares and it sounds amazing, so enjoy as one of the best bands to come out of the last year (and arguably my favourite) demonstrates for the localest hobo how a Take Away Show is really done.
Though in all fairness, I don't know how well they do Ring of Fire.
Local Natives | Who Knows Who Cares | A Take Away Show from La Blogotheque on Vimeo.
*Though the fantastic irony that the Liquor Commission man is, in fact, one of the local Natives in my neighbourhood has not been lost on me.
- Band: The Dø
- Album: Dust It Off (EP); Both Ways Open Jaws (out March 7)
- From: Helsinki, Finland; Paris, France
- Sound: Goosebumpy; indie pop
- Website: http://thedo.info/
- Social: facebook; myspace
- Download Free: here
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