Music

Every now and then there's a moment in your life that happens that you just know you'll remember forever. Some moments are awful/embarrassing (how many times can I wear my gym shorts inside out. For serious.) Some moments, the good ones, are magic. Like the time a few summers ago at a music fest when someone played Springsteen's 'I'm on Fire' on a BANJO. I have strong feelings about the BANJO and the people who play that particular instrument. And this moment, coupled with the sun setting and the beer buzz, and all the shiny, happy people, was a moment I knew I'd look back on forever and ever.

Today I stumbled upon The O'Brien family at the Moss Street Market. It's a market 2 blocks from my house, a farmer's market I visit all the time. I expect nothing remarkable to come from these visits, unless we're talking about pie, because pie is always remarkable, especially during fall. 

When I arrived, the band was singing Coldplay's 'Yellow', which is always a good song in my opinion. It's why Coldplay is famous, basically. Now I don't know if it was a combination of the warm sunshine on a crisp October day (I'm thinking about pie again), or the acoustics, but I abandoned all my other plans and sat down to listen. Which is about the time the band announced they were only singing one more song. Alas. I jumped up to talk to the singer, whose name is Fintan, a boy who looks like a better behaved Justin Bieber during his swoopy haircut phase. Unlike Bieber, Fintan was wearing properly fitted pants. I asked him what instrument he was playing (an electric bass. Fancy!), grabbed a card as they were out of CD's and thanked them for being awesome because I find it's always nice when someone tells you you're awesome.

Fintan is on iTunes here. Paul plays in Victoria a bunch and here's the band playing at Butchart Gardens in September. So glad I stumbed upon them today!