Tonight in Seattle:  

Tonight's Recommended Show: Regina Spektor at the Moore Theater

Regina Spektor photo from her websiteMy TIG bio says that I am "madly in love with Regina Spektor", which I think is some exaggeration. Everyone who knows me, however, would unquestionably disagree.

'Tis true that she is my favorite artist in a post-Sleater-Kinney world, and for good reason. Possessing a voice that is often delicate and jarring, even in the same verse, she doesn't just write songs: she creates short stories (often macabre) and sets them to music. They often don't follow verse/chorus/verse protocol but explore love, loss, addiction, religion, pain, and countless other topics.

While her albums are terrific -- and each one improves upon its predecessor culminating (so far: she's only 27) with last year's amazing Begin to Hope -- it is her live shows that are especially memorable. Combing a very deep catalogue, she does not stick to the contents of her latest albums. The first two times I've seen her perform, she sang songs "Baby Jesus" and "Bobbing for Apples," neither of which have been given a proper release (although you can find mp3s of both on the fan site reginaspektor.net). One's chorus is about believers spitting on the graves of non-believers and the other song states, "the people next door are fucking to one of my songs." And this came from someone who looks like a delicate, porcelain doll.

Anyway, this show sold out a while ago, so you may need to scour Craigslist or find a scalper. I don't normally wish to perpetuate the ticket scalping industry, but in this case, it's worth it.

I know igLiz cringes every time she reads that headline.... poor igLiz.

I love Regina Spektor. L-O-V-E love her!

Yes, Regina is truly an artist that divides the imaginaries equally:

Char = LOVE
Dana = indifferent
Liz = LOATHE

Whether you love or hate Spektor, check out the Strokes/Spektor duet HERE... (the 2nd embedded vid.) Pretty sweet.

Hahah! I wish they really had rapped together! Now that would be something sweet to hear...

Why did I ever click through to read this post?

You cannot resist the Regina.

Why are you girls even covering a VH1 artist? Is someone's Mom in town? Regina Spektor is the worst of the worst! I thought I could count on you to weed out the crap... not promote it!

Thank you Jerry.

The thing is, I have to say her voice has made my skin crawl since before her VH1 days. Plus, there are some folks on VH1 worth covering... hmm... like... does Blur count?

Have they had a Behind the Music yet for Blur??

While I'm not a huge fan, I can't believe ChrisB "I love Regina till the end of time" hasn't stepped in to defend her honor.

What kind of superfan are you, ChrisB?

Can we please adapt this thread into a one-act play called The Regina Monologues? Please??

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think her name is dirty sounding.

If ChrisB is a such a big Regina Spektor fan, I'll be he's standing in line somewhere for Katharine McPhee tickets.

Actually, he texted me that he's on the train back from her Portland show and unable to blog on TIG remotely. But you were close!

Ha Jerry! As Dana said, I was on my way home the PDX show, so I couldn't reply.

I don't have any desire to see Katherine McPhee, thank you very much (and I don't think she's anything like Regina S. at all), but I think she's scheduled to play a show in Everett, that previously (at least I *think* previously) had Lily Allen on the bill and I momentarily thought about getting tickets to that. :-)

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