Feist

First of all, it was Wednesday July 9th, as I'm sure has already been duely noted. It was last week, and it was the second time I have seen her perform. I first saw her at Hammerstein ballroom on April 30th, a present from my sister Stef for my birthday, so I figured, Feist is playing the Bandshell on July 9th, so I got tickets for my sister for her birthday as well. It was so much more intimate and I was like the third prson in line so I was real up close and personal with the stage and the band and the Lady herself, and right before she went on it POURED rain for a hot minute and it was an incredible feeling, a sort of cleansing, if that doesn't sound to crazy. I had broken my toes the week before like an idiot, bills were piling up, and work sucked, not to mention just overall depression. Her concert provided the pick-me-up I needed DESPERATELY. The sombre tones of her music just coo and lull me into this trance, it just feels good listening to her, and she's a nut too, and i LOVE IT! when she talks with the audience, she's there with us, no hubris at all, totally just a big dork like all the rest of us on the inside, and that's refreshing. Her music is haunting and real and the lyrics are just power.....and as a singer and performer myself, I have never heard sounds like that come out of any one person before ever. I don't know how she does it, her tonality, it's truly a gift.

To Feist: You really bring me joy and happiness with your music, right now, in times of change and transition, you're music is the only thing that really calms me down and sets me right. After the rain, the moon came out bright and the night was filled with pure, crisp, clean, first-real-day-of-summer air. I felt connected to everyone in the crowd, and my sister and I both decided each of our birthday presents to each other were some of the best times we'd ever spent. Thanks so much for the perfect evening, and do stop by again, yeah?

~Alex