The final day of Folk Fest is also the day I start looking forward to the following years. Alley and I start placing bets on who’s going to show up ‘next year’, from obvious local bands to… ‘IMAGINE if SUFJAN came?!’. I think I feel the MOST infinite those four days of the year. This one festival (and my mothers home made sangria) brings together everyone I care about most in this whole entire world. This all sounds cheesy, I know, but honestly!
Anyways, I’m writing all this due to the fact that last night I nearly died. Nearly. I mean, I’ve been nostalgically looking forward to the summer, and more importantly, Folk Fest, for quite some time now, but it hit me at a speed of about 6 million miles per second last night. I was making my way down St.Denis (for those who know this street and how it comes to life on a friday evening, you may have an easier time visualizing) by myself, going to pick up some food at Le Commensal (a vegetarian buffet) after a grueling Calculus final, when I WAS HIT SMACK IN THE FACE WITH THE MOST HEART WARMING SMELL OF MY ENTIRE LIFE!!! It took me a whole 3 minutes to pin point exactly what it was, I mean, okay, it was the smell of spicy chai, (a smell i smell nearly every morning as I steep myself a pot), but there was something about this spicy chai that made me near TEARS. TEARS! In fact, I had to sit down on the curb out of fear of fainting from my light headed state. WHAT WAS IT!? Does it smell like the chai I had at a really good Indian restaurant I once ate at? NO. Somewhere I went on my travels? NO!!!…it’s…..IT’S…. It was the exact, EXACT, home brewed, huge witch cauldron, smell of the chai brewed in the gypsy van at folk fest. EXACT. And, my god, right then, I swear I would have given away both my legs just to be time warped to late July.
On that topic, I’ve been stalking the ‘leak of the week’ page on the site for the last few months now, and besides The Acorn and Mark Berube, there hasn’t been anything too exciting yet, BUT, THIS WEEKS LEAK OF THE WEEK: IRON & WINE. IRON & WINE. yes! a band we have most likely all ‘grown up’ on. Indie folk at its finest. Along the same lines as The Shins, and The Postal Service, Iron & Wine were right there pushing me in the right direction through my puberty rich years. What makes me verrrry excited about this is that: a) I have yet to see them perform. b) of those that have seen them, I have received the most incredibly mixed reviews (SUSPENSE). and c) If Iron & Wine were to play an infinite show somewhere, it would be Prince’s Island Park.
Anyways, here’s three things for us to look forward to:
Mark Berube – Say It Aint So (Live)
and most likely (as they come everyyy year, and will never, ever seize to unsatisfy me):
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Yeah, I’m starting to get really excited as well.
It’s pretty much the only reason I’m even going back to calgary at all this summer.
Ohhh I can’t wait for folk fest either….starting with the adrenaline rush from ‘the running of the tarps’…wandering from stage to stage, sometimes planned, mostly not…picnics on our tarp… Tamara’s dirty feet from roaming barefoot… Karl’s endless desire for sangria… the beer gardens…Maggie in the beer gardens… dancing in the rain (hopefully not this year)…young friends reconnecting having a wonderful time…can’t wait to see you all….and don’t forget, if you have some time to spare, give us a call to help with the standing in line to get a good spot. See you all in July!
Folk fest this year, eh. There will be a pretty good line up – the Canadian Folk Fests pretty much travel across the country so the line ups are pretty similar, so expect the Neko Case, Okkervil River, Josh Ritter and yes Great Lake Swimmers leaks to pop up shortly (if they haven’t already).
Surprises and good things should be the likes of Patrick Watson and Joe Pug will most likely show….
Should be good times for us Calgarians! If you go, message me – we can meet up!