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Look, We’ve Seen This Kind of Thing Before

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Was lucky enough to get a ticket to see the New Pornographers last night. Even better, the rockcrit friend who got me the ticket had heard that Neko wouldn’t be appearing, but she turned out to be there, a pleasant surprise. (No Dan, though.) She had technical problems for the first couple songs and the new acoustic backing players were often inaudible, but otherwise it was excellent, tight playing of very well-selected old stuff mixed judiciously with the best stuff from Challengers. Some fans were impatient with the shambolic between-song patter, but I have always found that part of their charm. During one interlude where fans shouted requests someone yelled “Lady of Spain,” and before I could even shout out “Never play ‘Lady of Spain’ again!” Carl made the obligatory Slap Shot reference, and followed that up with a discussion of lines from Strange Brew. Non-Canadians wouldn’t understand.

I have an etiquette question. The woman who was in front of us for most of the show hit me a couple times with her large bag accidentally early on, the kind of thing you’d expect given how packed things were. But then she actually tottered back into me a couple times, and it became evident that she was so wasted she could barely stand up (it was a little funny at first, because she was also scrawling things in a notebook.) After a bit the guy with her literally had to hold her up so she wouldn’t fall down. And then halfway through the show he brings her another beer, leaving her to collide with people for a couple minutes. I didn’t say anything, for the reason that I almost never do in such situations: I try to adhere to the principle of “mind your own goddamned business.” I’m very reluctant to mention such things to a friend; in the rare circumstances where I’ve timorously make a query about someone’s drug problem or eating disorder of whatever I’ll feel guilty for weeks. With strangers, I don’t think you should stay anything. Still, I wonder if it’s appropriate in a case like that to say “uh, don’t you think she’s had enough,” or alert the bartender or something?

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