Hey, I put some new shoes on...and went to see Paolo Nutini at the Tabernacle

So I went on a little lunchtime shopping spree on Friday for some new winter shoes, since I left my go-to pair of cold weather kicks from '06 in a hotel last week. (Yes, I am easily distracted by a room that you do not have to clean and a bed you do not have to make and therefore tend to leave key articles of clothing and accessories behind in my mesmerized state because all I really needed were my memories of that luxury mattress and giant tub). But, I digress...as I removed my recent purchases from the shopping bag and thought about my next outing during which I could try out said shoes - it came to me! Who would appreciate my purchases more than the man of new shoes himself...yes, by now you should have caught on and are humming his breakout hit, Mr. Paolo Nutini. I just happen to have tickets to his show this weekend at the Tabernacle - how's that for synchronicity?! Sting and The Police would be so proud. What they would not be proud of, however, is Paolo Nutini's stage presence, or lack thereof. While his two opening acts, Serena Ryder and Sarah Barielles, sang their hearts out, Paolo couldn't be bothered. He also couldn't be bothered to stand up straight or actually look at the audience through his Cousin It mane (see below). We PAID for full frontal, Paolo! Not this hunched over sideways stance shit. His rendition of "New Shoes" was certainly NOT worthy of my new purchase. And "Rewind" made me want to, well, rewind the evening a few hours to the car ride where we could listen to his CD and still imagine he had talent. The only song that showed any type of personality was his cover of Moby's "Natural Blues" - go figure. Atlanta was the last city on his tour - way to go out with a bang, buddy.

By the way, did anyone know that the Tabernacle sells pizza by the slice? Weird.