loosen up

One of the many good things about living with the people I live with is that my friend Natalie has a knack for always being able to be the 7th caller on Radio K (a college station in Minnesota) which means I generally get to be her plus one. I remember a time when I've gone to this many concerts and I think I was around the age of fifteen. I love going to new shows and seeing new music and tonight we were able to see Julie Doiron and Mike Gunther and his restless souls.
Mike Gunther and his restless souls were so refreshing. They had a variety of musical instruments which included an upright bass, Sax, trumpet, drums , guitar and every so often a harmonica. They all dressed in old fashion get up and their sound just made me want to dance and enjoy sweating. Loving the fact that it was hot and there was nothing I can do but to keep on moving.
My real treat is when it came time to see Julie Doiron who blew the book that I was trying to close right open again. Hitting me with only the second song full of a sack of bricks it was a pain that should be horrible but instead it was incredibly awesome. We were behind a huge crowd and I could only see her tiny head through a series of necks. It was strange but quite incredible. Tiny neck hairs became vines or small trees that framed her face and at times a forest that completely covered her up. Her lyrics just made me feel at home with what I've ever wanted to say. It was nice to see someone else made the same mistakes. I guess at times you feel alienated when you can't connect. I was so grateful to just feel validated and having someone put it into words that were a lot better then the ones I could come up with.

I received an email from my friend Jason who told me my last post was sad. It actually wasn't meant to be so, in fact my main point was that it's great to know that people who pass away aren't totally gone. I like to think that they are there looking after you and such. As for Harriet's story, yeah it's kind of sad but I don't think she had a horrible life or would consider it. That's the amazing thing about my fathers side of the family is that no matter what got them down there were still able to just laugh.