With his machinations and his palindromes
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Album:Live at Austin City Limits Music Festival 2007: Andrew Bird
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I was at a Magnetic Fields show a few years ago (when "I" was just out - geez, was it really in 2004? I'm getting old, fast) at Trinity-St. Paul's United Church on Bloor St. It's a charming and lovely place to see a show (I more recently saw Jose Gonzalez there) - charming, lovely and extremely hot. They didn't build churches with AC back in those days, so I guess you had to be prepared to sweat to death for Jesus. Anyway, it was in the sticky, moist heat of that church that I first heard Andrew Bird and it could not have been more enchanting. I was compelled, in a way that I had never been before, to immediately get his album, Weather Systems and I played the shit out that album. All hush and strings. Perfection. And then I totally forgot about him, without warning or reason. Granted, there's only one album that I missed out on - which I know nothing of - but I kinda feel like I owe it to myself not to miss out on this guy's stuff again. And there's a tour, and he's coming to Toronto, so I should see him when he comes around. It's not in the sweaty little church this time, which is a relief. I'm just getting to know the new album, Armchair Apocrypha, so I'm not sure what'll really resonate just yet. So here's this one. As a scientist, I like the clever/nerdy play on words "(click here if you totally skipped biology class that day)":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitosis.
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