If Winnipeg, Manitoba ever declares a poet laureate (and accepts nominations from people that live in LA) I nominate John K. Samson of The Weakerthans.
This is from their newest outing, Reunion Tour. I'd be doing a disservice to not recommend that you go check out "Sun In An Empty Room", another song on that album that unfortunately doesn't pack the visual stims that this clip has, but is probably the best song on the record, and definitely the best song about moving houses you could ever ask for, and contains the line "with parallelograms of light on walls that we repainted white."
The Weakerthans will be making their way to my neck of the woods next week. I'll be the one in the front singing along. Tour dates below the flip.
July
17 Fri: Vancouver, BC - Vancouver Folk Festival
18 Sat: Seattle, WA - Neumo's
20 Mon: Santa Cruz, CA - The Crepe Place
21 Tue: San Luis Obispo, CA - Downtown Brew
22 Wed: Los Angeles, CA - The Roxy
23 Thu: San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
24 Fri: Eugene, OR - WOW Hall
25 Sat: Portland, OR - The Aladdin
26 Sun: Nelson, BC - Spiritbar, Hume Hotel
September
15 Tue: Hamilton, ON - Casbah
16 Wed: Boston, MA - Paradise
17 Thu: Brooklyn, NY - Williamsburg Music Hall
18 Fri: New York City, NY - Bowery Ballroom
19 Sat: Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
20 Sun: Philadelphia, PA - World Cafe Live
23 Wed: Pittsburgh, PA - Mr. Smalls
24 Thu: Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
25 Fri: Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge
26 Sat: Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock Social Club
27 Sun: Madison, WI - High Noon
28 Mon: Waterloo, ON - Starlight Lounge
