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Dec 18 2007

The Eyes of Dumb Animals Shining Their Light

Published by ryantheduke at 10:38 pm under Shows, MP3s, News

The happily married duo, known as Handsome Furs set out on their little holiday tour of Ontario last night in Ottawa. They were slated to play at Club Saw, but then moved to Mavericks for capacity issues… and after seeing Mavericks, I can’t imagine how small Club Saw must be. We arrived at about 8:15, and met Dan and Alexei outside who were also on their way in after SEVEN HOURS of driving from Montreal, which is normally a two hour drive. Dan jokes about that and Quebec’s inability to cope with large amounts of snow in his always entertaining stage banter.

They have been touring for quite a while now, so there were no new songs played. We were treated to incredible versions of the album songs, as well as the non-album track “Heaven” and their cover of Tom Petty’s “You Got Lucky”. For lack of new songs, Dan said he was adding in some new lyrics, which was a nice bonus. “Snakes on the Ladder” and “Dumb Animals” now have new endings.

My only regret of the night is not bringing a second disc to record Wood Hands, who played an amazing set. Check them out if they play near you. I am, however, proud of my Handsome Furs recording, and here it is:

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In another bit of news, congratulations to Felipe from Chile who won our first contest, a signed copy of Buck 65’s latest release, “Situation”. Hopefully, we’ll have another soon.

Have a good holiday season everyone! I’m off to Newfoundland tomorrow to…drink. Ahhh, celebrating the season. Brock will be working on the blog over the holidays from his Montreal headquarters, and I will check in with my Bon Iver post, and hopefully some more goodies.

12 Responses to “The Eyes of Dumb Animals Shining Their Light”

# mikeon 18 Dec 2007 at 11:10 pm

awesome! thank you!
# jession 19 Dec 2007 at 3:36 am

thank you !
# Wayneon 19 Dec 2007 at 6:17 am

Thanks for the show recording. I love this band, please see
if they would like to come to Australia.
# felipeon 19 Dec 2007 at 7:28 am

actually, this is the first thing i win, like ever
thank you!
# mariaon 19 Dec 2007 at 4:43 pm

thanks!!!
# felipeon 19 Dec 2007 at 9:36 pm

i saw a cd of hansome furs in hmv in vancouver, that wasnt plague park… it was a green one with all diferent songs.. maybe the demo?
# Trevoron 21 Dec 2007 at 10:11 pm

ahh nice, some live handsome furs, i’m going to have to check this out when i get the chance.

…and duke…hurry up with the bon iver stuff, i really want to hear it.
# rgscon 24 Dec 2007 at 2:59 pm

Thanks very much for this. I was superpissed to have missed both shows in Kingston. This makes up for it a bit. Happy Holidays.
# matthewon 27 Dec 2007 at 11:10 am

It wasn’t moved because of capacity issues…just monetary ones. Saw is too expensive.

(Though it turned out that space would’ve been an issue too — there’s no way that many people could’ve fit into Saw!)
# Ming Wuon 31 Oct 2008 at 11:40 am

I was at that show too.

I stumbled your site from ihm with the “Hottest band” entry.
# brockmasterflexon 31 Oct 2008 at 1:11 pm

Hey Ming,

I checked out your site via ihm as well and added you to our blogroll. Its like we are friends now.
# Ming Wuon 31 Oct 2008 at 6:51 pm

Nice!
Back at cha!