Garden of Daisies

Hawksley and Huntsville

February 6th, 2008

You know why living in Toronto rocks? Because this afternoon I was one of like 60 people to see Hawksley Workman perform songs from his new album, Between the Beautifuls, on MTV Live, a 20 minute walk from my house, for free!

I think Hawksley definitely attracted an audience that the MTV Live group weren’t used to, which laughed tongue-in-cheek at their humour, rather than enjoying it outright, but in anycase it was a blast! And if you go the MTV Live website and look at the Hawksley clips from today’s show you can see Gabe and me sitting there (Gabe in green stripes, and me in many multi-coloured stripes) in the ‘chats with the hosts’. More importantly, you can also check out the performances. All three songs he performed were new, and I particularly liked the 2nd on September Lily.

Also, because I have a test tomorrow, and just saw one of my favourite artists, I am surfing the net very aimlessly. Hawksley is from Huntsville, Ontario, so obviously I went to the Huntsville website. Yes, I’m embarrassed. But I’m glad I did because it made me laugh.

Check out #7 on the FAQ page.

I genuinely hope those available at that number are derided daily with prank phone calls.

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