My New Girl Crush

Sorry it's been a while since I posted. It's been a crazy hectic last two weeks. With the ongoing renovations on the new place and our current condo, as well we getting my wisdom teeth removed (ouch!), my plate has been full. I promise to try to update my blog more often. I have lots of interesting ideas for posts.

So last night I went to go see The New Pornographers show with my friend Ann. I posted a couple weeks ago about how excited I was to see this show, partly in a desperate bit to reclaim some of my indie street cred after my realization that I'm becoming a suburban housewife. (Okay, I am being somewhat sarcastic here, but I am embarrassed to admit there is a grain of truth in it.) Of course, the main reason I wanted to see the show is because I love The New Pornographers and I had never seen them live. I also love the solo material of Neko Case, one of the many members of The New Pornographers. Sometimes she tours with them and sometimes she doesn't. Fortunately, Neko was there last night at the 9:30 Club. She was so amazing! And so little! How does such a little person have such a powerful voice?!? And she was decked out in jeans, a hoodie, and (from what I could tell) minimal makeup. And, of course, she looked fabulous.

A now totally have a girl crush on Neko Case.

While The New Pornographers have a classic indie power-pop sound, Neko's solo
stuff is very alt-country. Take that back. More like classic twangy old school country mixed by a modern indie rock producer. And her voice sounds like if Steve Nicks and Loretta Lynn had a bastard child. If David Lynch made a Western and needed atmospheric music playing in the background, Neko Case would be his woman. (Neko would be to a country setting what Julie Cruise was to a retro Pacific Northwest setting.)

Here's the lyrics to one of my favorite songs by Neko called "Outro with Bees" from the album "Blacklisted":

HOW'S HOPE FEELING TODAY?
TIRED AND SICK OF THIS PLACE
RED WINE IS FAST
AT THE LIP OF YOUR GLASS
SAYING I'M GONNA RUIN EVERYTHING
EVERYTHING
SO IT'S BETTER MY SWEET
THAT WE HOVER LIKE BEES
'CAUSE THERE'S NO SURE FOOTING
NO LOVE I BELIEVE

As a small aside, the album was purportedly called Blacklisted after the Rumor that she is banned for life from the Grand 'Ole Opry after removing her shirt onstage. I love her even more after hearing that!

For my next post, I promise to post the long-awaited "Top Fictional Characters I lust after." Singlegirl totally called me out about this on her blog. I've been talking about this post forever, and she beat me to it. I may have to expand the list past 5, though. The universe of TV, movies and books just offers too many possibilities.