Shosha Capps

so I think probably most people would agree that blogs about concerts that they didn't attend are pretty boring. and yet when I go to a really good concert, I just can't seem to resist.

I had a conversation with my housemates-to-be a while back about the point of blogging. or I guess, lack of point? it is, I find, a difficult thing to articulate. I think it is a good and worthwhile endeavor all in all, but it is hard to explain, you know? like, why not just write in your diary? does anyone really care?

but I do care. there are blogs that I love. And I love looking back over mine and remembering where I was. And it's fundamentally different than a diary in some way that I can't quite put my finger on. It is still emerging, though, isn't it? We are still figuring it out. I think it is a medium with tremendous expressive potential.

that said, if the point of an blog is, in general, slightly dubious, then the point of a boring blog about a concert you didn't go to is even more suspect, right?

well, here goes anyway.

I went to see Tegan and Sara tonight. And they were reeeally great. Talkative and funny and likeable on stage and played all my favorite songs. Got my pop fix without feeling even slightly guilty about it. I know this probably sounds sort of technical thing to rave about, but their timing was PERFECT. like, so good that you notice it. Normally I think timing is something you notice only when it's off, but every single note they sang together they entered and exited with perfectly matched timing and inflection. I find that kind of thing really satisfying to listen to.

Also, they have the kind of voices that are better live than on the cd, which I think is rare, except in some cases of really low-budget cds, or early cds of people who haven't spent much time in the scary little sound box and are much more comfortable in a real room. But in this case, it wasn't that the cd was inferior, just that their voices were flawless live.

They also produce what I consider to be a very satisfying wall of sound - the kind where you can still hear all the sounds. I think maybe because their voices are SO treble, they can really blow out the bass without losing clarity, and so they can push out at both ends and make a huge stretchy tent of sound. Mixed in with acoustic moments (not folky, mind you, just acoustic) and pretty perfect harmonies...basically, The Con is a cd which should be played way loud. I have, evidently, never played it loudly enough. You should try it.