Us kids know, No cars go

Off to Sherbrooke, QC today to see the Arcade Fire perform one of their last-minute scheduled dates at Theater Grenada. We'll be in the car today for 9 maybe 10 hours, with probably a 4-5 hour period of wonder and amazement sandwiched in.

I'll return with a few favourable words I'm sure, and probably a leg cramp. Thems the brakes.

If you haven't seen their live performance footage of the Arcade Fire with David Bowie, well then watch it right now damnit. It's more than a little bit inspiring. I still get shivers. And then you'll know why the drive there and back is looking like less of a hassle and more of a thrilling anticipatory AF-listening session and post-performance denouement.

Stay bloodthirsty my friends,
V. Rocky Racoon

Photo courtesy of caribb.

Bomb Voyages

I've decided very impulsively yesterday that I'll be making two separate trips to Quebec this week. Montréal tomorrow night, where I may see the Brian Jonestown Massacre perform at La Tulipe. And on Monday, I'm driving with a friend to Sherbrooke, QC (4 hours one way) to watch Arcade Fire's first performance in three years at Theater Grenada. The group are performing two last-minute-scheduled shows in Sherbrooke June 7 and 8 before a short European festival circuit. They won't be performing again in North America until July. If you haven't heard the new single, title track of the forthcoming August-release The Suburbs, it's posted on their myspace.

So hopefully I'll have some tasty words to say about those performances next week.

Stay classy.