Wednesday, May 01, 2024

Tales From the Great White North: Rare But Not Well Done

From sometime in the 'aughts, please enjoy a commercial for Outback Steakhouse featuring a lyrically rewritten remake of "Wraith Pinned to the Mist (And Other Games)," the admittedly infectious song originally unleashed by deceptively monikered indie poseurs Of Montreal. (And by deceptively, I mean that the band was from Athens, GA, fercrissakes.)

So why do I bring this up, you ask?

Because, as I suspect at least one of my perceptive readers has already guessed, a certain Shady Dame and I are winging our way today to Montreal itself. Excuse: vacation.

But don't worry, we'll be back on Sunday, and fear not: new Thursday and Friday posts are already written and in the on-deck circle.

And hey -- if anything interesting or alarming happens to us during our brèves vacances dans le Nord, I'll keep you posted.

8 comments:

mistah charley, sb, ma, phd, jsps said...

Montreal reminds me of Leonard Cohen. And here's a really good rendition of "The Future" at a concert in Oslo seven years ago

Erlend Ropstad & The Salmon Smokers - The Future

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Co79H1ueQw


The song is a bit too stark for a pleasant vacation - but at some point there may be an appropriate time to listen to it

if YouTube goes away before I do - very unlikely - I'll miss it



Anonymous said...

Catch an Expos game while you’re up there.

Allan Rosenberg said...

While you and The Shady Lady are up there look for a place we all may want to live after November.

Captain Al

Anonymous said...

I'm a Quebec Guy -
The Frontenac
rob

Anonymous said...

Lotsa good stuff out of Athens over the years. My fave? The Woggles, of course

Alzo said...

It's okay to admit that you're a big Celine Dion fan.

Alzo said...

Hey, while you're in Le Grande Orange or whatever that burg's nickname is, you might be lucky enough to see these filles anti-émeute:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG7GFPJQNUk

Anonymous said...

They speak the Kings language in
Montreal - Quebec not so much
rob