arcade fire - stubru.uit - 070407

they were not part of the official schedule, but suddenly around 4:40, during the dj-set of Starski&Tonic, you could hear the bells coming in the background ... and then ... sleeping is giving in, no matter what the time is ... sleeping is giving in, so lift those heavy eyelids ... three minutes of singing dancing smiling dancing and everything but giving in ... a beauty of a song, and i saw her there ...

before that: the fixkes in the theaterzaal, in chairs on the balcony almost above the stage ... their songs reflect some recognizable things and sound perfect in that stabroeks dialect ... what to think of a song like "ik hoop da ze mij wa mist, da z'een heel klein bitje ongelukkig is" ... zuper ... check'em out on http://myspace.com/stabroek

and the admiraal ... rocking in the dark world ... great & long version of the ever present, his best song to date ... this is my moment ... this is my joy
and daan ... the new songs feel good live ... as does the swaying of isolde's ponytail :) ... nice to hear jamais neutral (cinema-disc) in the regular setlist ...