Singing in the was1'room since 1993
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29th, 2010
Photo by Daryl Johnson
B.A. Johnston sings about his deep fryer, stealing steaks, and wanders off to the women's washroom to sing about lost love JOEL SMART His material was equally act that foreshadowed the singing SPORTS EDITOR as absurdly entertaining. He comedy style of Johnston. He sat sang about his days of stealing with a small toy keyboard on his I am briefly cognisant of my T-bone steaks when he worked lap that he found at Value Village clear view of sweaty body hair, as a grocery store clerk, the deep for four dollars. He started with as he skids past me on his knees, fryer he keeps in his bedroom his own rendition of "Work It" by sliding across the beer-drenched and the 23-year-old emo kid who Missy. He had people laughing, floor of the Airfare Lounge in stole his girlfriend at Warp Tour. but his next song "Attractive downtown Abbotsford. His Though he began the night in a Cousin" was when things really seemingly endless microphone smart looking suit, it wasn't long got funny. He prefaced his next cord trails behind him, also before he was in nothing but his song, "The Fastest Sperm," by glistening with freshly-spilled pants. As for that Warp Tour dedicating it to everyone in beer. B.A. Johnston came to song, he sang it in the women's the audience, which seemed to perform on this rainy Sunday bathroom. Everyone in the entire only make one or two people in night, and he was welcomed establishment actually got up and attendance uncomfortable. loudly by the raucous patrons followed him into the women's The No Regretzkys, a local who came to witness the awesome bathroom to hear him belt off his band with two female lead spectacle. final song. singers, came on second, led Part Flight of the Concords, Johnston, from Hamilton, was by Jason Nicholas. The brandpart Chris Fai:ley, Johnston was the final act of CIVL Stage Four, new band had a shaky start, but an unapologetic showman, and organized by Larry Portelance, on finished with promise. Though managed to stay on tune as he October 24. In its fourth iteration, they came across unpolished, it climbed on tables, slid down the concert series changed was to be expected in their first railings and even leapt about five locations to the Airfare from its public performance as a group. feet down from a precarious ledge previous location at Casey's on They had some fun songs, though, in the bar, clearing the heads of Campus. and finished with a comedic group of people and their table in Things got underway at 9:30 ·number about docking that had · the process. p.m. when local favourite Fraser people chuckling. . , What?! MacLean took the stage in a solo Third to go on were ' the
Magnificent Sevens, a Winnipeg Bluegrass/Roots band that played an incredible set. It was apparent that things were going to be either really bad or really good when one of the band members, Ida Sawabe, took the stage with an enormous stand-up bass. The all-string band also featured two acoustic guitars and a banjo. The vocal talent was exceptional between them, but perhaps TJ Blair best exemplified the skill of the band in his heartfelt performance of "This City." Of course, at the Airfare Lounge, it was probably "Whiskey Song" complete with a mid-song shot of whiskey that really got everyone into the moment. It was a night of diverse, unexpected, uniquely entertaining moments that no one will who attended will soon forget. The only real downside of the night was that with four musical acts playing, none of the sets were long enough!
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