Chickens! Concert Series #22: WAM!

The first We Are Many (WAM!) festival took place in Saskatoon last weekend. The festival was about environmental awareness and about the little things that everyone can do that add up to a huge difference for the community. WAM has a youtube channel with a couple of funny volunteer videos here. Now I'm putting up the "WAM pact", which I signed and promised to attempt to promote. I encourage everyone to click and read and possibly sign too. There! Take that point #21!



Now for the concert series part. On the Friday we went to see the Joel Plaskett Emergency and on the Saturday we saw The Weakerthans. Good Canadian indy-rock fare, a little chilly temperature-wise, but we managed fine. Joel Plaskett was a little all over the place with his ramblings but still good, he kept yelling at his tech guy to turn things up or down. Fun Trivia: Joel has been nominated for several Junos but you may remember him best from his song "Nowhere With You" from the Zellers commercial.

Joel Plaskett Emergency - Light of the Moon
Live performance, We Are Many Festival, Saskatoon


The Weakerthans rambled a lot less and were more about playing the music, you may remember this award-winning band from the Wedding Crashers Soundtrack (no? Fine whatever). Anyway, everyone laughed when they played "I Hate Winnipeg". Ha Ha! But it's OK because they're from there. Fun trivia: The Weakerthans was formed by bassist John K. Samson after he left the activist punk band Propagandhi (known for making lengthy political speeches during their live performances) in search of a mellower scene.

The Weakerthans - Plea from a Cat Named Virtute
Live performance, We Are Many Festival, Saskatoon