Cat Power

Going to see a Cat Power concert is like going to see Michelangelo's David or the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao: Her voice is about as otherworldly beautiful as we're to find in this time, on this planet. And her show last Saturday at the McDonald Theatre certainly felt like we had gathered to witness this oddity of nature, this soul singer in the most purest sense, in a somewhat museum-like experience. VIEW MORE TEXT (by me) & PIX (by Todd Cooper) AFTER THE JUMP.

(in glorious grayscale)

Making the Death to Smoochy homage was the highlight of my day.
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Of course the best music news I've heard in some time comes with a catch: the weekend Cat Power plays the McDonald (April 12) is the same weekend I'm supposed to be Seattle for the EMP Pop Conference. Damn! Maybe I'll just start driving south at about 3 pm on Saturday ...