Last Weekend's Entertainment

Hey guys,

So this week I’ve been hit pretty hard with a nasty flu, I missed work on Wednesday and worked from home on Thursday. But enough about that, I just wanted to mention some fun entertainment that Liz and I had over the weekend.

Last Friday we got to see The New Pornographers in concert at The Showbox. We’ve seen them a few times before but this might have been the best of them all. First off, they had all their members there which was a huge plus (usually Dan Bejar and Neko Case don’t tour with the band). And secondly, The Showbox was a really nice place to see a show. Tiny clubs always make for the best concerts and the sound was mixed quite well. The only downside is that while the first opener Fancey was pretty good the second band Lavender Diamond was terrible to the nth degree. Liz was quite a trooper to make it all the way to 1am while 7 and ½ months pregnant. We just staked out a nice spot about 20 feet from the stage and got a chair set up for her. Here are some pictures from the LA show of the same tour.

Then on Sunday we went out to see Stardust after Liz’s baby shower. Liz and I both like the book, so I must admit that we went in with some degree of trepidation. But our fears proved to be completely unfounded as the movie maintained a uniform level of comedy, romance, witty dialog and action throughout. I’m not saying that the movie was perfect, just that all the parts came together well to create a whole that was both entertaining, fairly wholesome and did not insult my intelligence. If I had to make a comparison I would call it a slightly darker The Princess Bride mixed with a shade of Pirates of the Caribbean and a dash of the UK charm of Gaiman’s original novel. I’d recommend it to any of the usual readers of this blog (all four of you).
~Ian