Feist at the Palladium Ballroom

Wednesday night in Plano. Having dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings, which I always do when I'm up there for work. Reading through the Dallas Morning News' Quick. (If you've never read Quick, it's a mini version of the DMN, with more entertainment stuff. Perfect to read over dinner.)

I saw Feist was playing at the Palladium Ballroom. I didn't know too much about Feist except for the Apple Nano commercial. And that various publications were big on her. So, a gametime decision. Nothing else to do that night, so a $25 concert sounds good. Luckily, I avoided the stupid ass Ticketmaster fees by buying directly at the venue.

As far as I can tell, Gilley's Dallas and the Palladium are the same thing. I think they just reuse the concert hall or something like that.

Hayden opened up for Feist. Someone I had never heard of. I only caught the last half of the show. It was just him and a guitar and a piano. I bought his CD In Field and Town. Still listening to it, but the song "Lonely Security Guard" is awesome. Reminds me a lot of Josh Ritter.

I got settled in with a decent spot where I could sit down on the ledge between acts. Kinda wedged between a trash can and some passed out chicks. That, or they were just resting their eyes.

I quickly realized there were three types of people there: Hipsters, Lesbians, and Me. Luckily I don't care if the Hipsters and Lesbians even noticed me. In my khakis, button down solid blue dress shirt, and dress shoes. (Yes. That Guy.)

The show started off with a sheet attached to a frame. And a bird show of some sort. And a lantern.

The lantern silhouetted Feist when she came out and sang the first song. (I'm not even going to try and piece together the set list from this show. Too much I don't know.)

Some random thoughts from the show:

• On a few songs, she sounded a lot like Jenny Lewis. And I LOVE Jenny Lewis. Seriously. I gotta crush on her.
• Feist engaged the crowd pretty good. There was a great bit about the Mythical Place Called Canada.
• There was a huge canvas background behind the stage. Instead of showing video or a light show, there was a couple of girls (I call them the Feist Art Girls) doing a great show with random objects (feathers, parchment, hands, rocks, jewels) that was projected up on the screen. It was all real-time, not taped. They also would take the camera around tape random stuff like the pedal hitting the bass drum. However, that kind of looked obscene. A little bit. If you have a dirty mind, I guess. (I do.)
  
• It's always amazing when I see a show in Dallas how dressed up the women are. High Heels. Cocktail Dresses. Preposterous.

One thing I got out of this show is an amazing new song: The Park. The simple guitar, the vocals, and the lyrics together are very powerful. The band all played some very light horns on this song during the show. It was a great live interpretation of the song.

My raw notes from the show: (On my blackberry as usual. Yes, I am also that guy. But it looks like I'm texting. So that makes me cool with the Hipster and Lesbian set.)

Hayden singalong
Big canvas background
Weird sheet canvas frame
Lantern
Lean there
Horrible sound
I am girl
Disco ball in the corner effect
Mythical olace called canada
Redemption. Sounds like jenny lewis
Other soing I've heard
Some kind of organ
Xlyophone
Birdcalls?
Crawl? French horn sax big trumpet
Girl shinig stuff on screen
Art screen awesome
Feel it out (all)?
Some sort of camera/canvas thing with two girl artists
Totally a good idea for bg of pc video
Hipsters lesbians and me
Slow in the middle
Dallas chicks in cocktail dresses and high heels
Back to the future onstage romantic game on hump day
Lesbian giveaway. Keys on carabiner on belt
1234 sesame street?