At the Coffee House
My Girlfriend and I were out the other night at a coffee house near our place. We’d had dinner at home and were just looking for a nice dessert out somewhere. It was a nice night to be out, the conversation was good, the food was decent (although the service and serving staff left much to be desired on this occasion) and to our surprise there was a guy in the corner playing acoustic guitar. Now, as usual, I listened long enough initially to decide that the volume wasn’t too high, the guy could actually sing and play… enough to acknowledge that he wasn’t going to be too intrusive to our night. Then, while we were deciding what to order, the lyrics caught my attention…
For the most part I think about golfing and constantly calculate;
all the seconds left in the minutes, and so on, etcetera;
Or recite the names of provinces and Hollywood actors;
Oh, Ontario! Oh, Jennifer Jason Leigh!
What the… this isn’t your standard coffee house fare. Why do I know this song… what is it?
It’s, it’s… it can’t be… yup: Civil Twilight by Guelph’s The Weakerthans! This is pretty cool! We sat, we talked, My Girlfriend and I had a nice evening out and every once in the while I’d exclaim at the choice of a song here or there — this is classic Our Lady Peace, that was a Bedouin Soundclash song, etc.
So, to whoever you were, player of ’standard coffee house fare’ as well as excellent local indie songs, thank-you for the soundtrack to our evening out.