A few posts ago I listed off upcoming events, and, inadvertently, left out a crucial one. Somehow I was unaware that Andrew Bird is playing in town this Thursday night. I adore that man. Discovering him was a happy accident, when he turned out to be the “TBA” opener for Kristin Hersh about five years back. For a few years I admired him, from afar…but then was able to see him perform again last summer, as the opening act for The Magnetic Fields. But this week he is headlining. And at the newly reopened Varsity Theater no less (a space which I have mixed memories of…having gone dancing there weekly in high school, for their industrial night, but also seeing a few hardcore shows there as well). Alas with such short notice, and a short supply of little man-sitters, I may have to sit this one out…and make do with picking up Mr. Bird’s latest release, The Mysterious Production of Eggs. But if you can go, please do. For me? Thanks ever so much.
Bonus: Neil Gaiman’s upcoming book now has a cover.
