Tea With Warriors

Monday night, I saw Jane Siberry perform in someone's living room on Wilkins Ave- 5 feet in front of me, excellent acoustics- dissembling and reassembling songs on the fly, mixing in stories. I'm still getting my head wrapped around it all. What a beautiful voice up close with no electronics in between. And Brad Yoder, a fellow Pittsburgher and her opening act, was excellent as well!

I went up to her afterward, and mentioned I was the guy that wrote to her a few years ago. Here's the email:

Hi Jane,

   I'm looking forward to hearing "Lily". That's the perfect

name for a Jane album

  Anyway, I have a white Ford Tempo. My wife likes to call it

"the raft", as in "The White Car the Raft".

Anyway, "The White Tent The Raft" just came up on random play on

my iPod, so I thought it a sign I should write you and tell you

this.

Cheers,

John

her answer:

Thanks, John.

I hope you are doing well.

The White Car The Raft

Gears of Motile.

I got a big kick out of that- TWTTR is probably my favorite Siberry song, and it is the first one I ever heard (way back in Buffalo, in a turbulent romantic relationship), and which made me an instant fan. So having custom lyrics written for me, even if it was only three words, was quite an honor.

Anyway, she didn't remember this email exchange. She just said "You and your wife must be good with words", and that was it. So I finished my chocolate chip cookie, went over and bought a couple Brad Yoder CD's, and headed out.