Freedom of ‘76
Boyz II Men still keepin’ up the beat, yeah
Freedom of ‘76.
Well, I put Charles Barkley on the guestlist last night, but he didn’t show. Thankfully it was the first all-ages show of the tour and the young’uns more than made up for the Round Mound of Rebound’s conspicuous absence. Judging by the first comment on this post, it seems they knew how awesome they were.
We’ll be back in Philly on March 20 as we wrap up our tour with A Place to Bury Strangers. That will be our 48th show in 58 days so we’ll probably feel like walking cheese steaks, but I discovered joe Coffee Bar this time around so I should be fine.
Speaking of coffee… Brian rightly observed as we left Toronto last week that simply “going for coffee” now makes one a hipster. And it’s true! I guess the only recourse is Sanka and Triscuits or something… but then that could be misconstrued as post-modern irony. The next day my friend Kieran, who knows his fair share about being hip, pointed out this BoingBoing post which really sealed the deal for me.
But that wasn’t Kieran’s point, nor is it the the point of my long-winded rant, the point is this comment which refers to this song by Murray McLauchlan. It’s a great song, introduced to me by Steve Ketchen, who does a way cooler version and who you should go see play in Toronto whenever possible. He’ll always be there if you put him on the guestlist.
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