Diagnosis

Diagnosis – The Weakerthans Why aren’t the Weakerthans more popular. No, i’ll broaden that: Why aren’t the Weakerthans acknowledged, objectively and undefinably, as the best band that has yet come. It is a failure on part of the world. I have not celebrated them or even thought to celebrate them as such, but i am [...]

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Elegy For Elsabet

Elegy for Elsabet – The Weakerthans There was a time, just after this album came out, when i would take Left and Leaving with me everywhere. With me to school, parties, on car trips, over to friends’ houses – everywhere. Everywhere alone, and (i think more relevantly) everywhere i was in company. It wasn’t just [...]

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This Is A Fire Door Never Leave Open

This is a fire door never leave open – The Weakerthans It is my girlfriend’s birthday today so of course i still have presents to buy, cakes to bake, and cards to make, so the want for this entry – my first Weakerthans one – to be substantial, reverential and an adequate one, relating what [...]

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