The Apples In Stereo - What's The #

So I was at the Apples in Stereo concert last Saturday. I was standing around and this bookish man (covered with a hat, glasses, scarf, and layers and layers of clothing!) he asked me, "Hey, is that an Avengers T-shirt?".

I told him, yes, and challenged him to guessing who the artist is.

He concentrated and stared and after a few minutes answered, "Is it Gil Kane?" (It was not).

So I told him it was George Perez, and then we got into a conversation about DC and Marvel comics. It was pretty nerdy.

So after a while, I asked him, "Hey, what's your name?"

Turns out, he's Robert Schneider, singer and songwriter of Apples in Stereo.

Too embarrassing. (And who knew he was such a big comic book geek?)

The song I have picked out is from one of their old albums, because I have not had a chance to listen to the new one, "New Magnetic Wonder", which was released a few weeks ago.

The song is quite fitting as it does contain the line:

"I'll see you around, up and downtown. What's your name now? I'll write it down."

As for the concert, they did manage to do "What's the #" on their encore, as you can see on the setlist. The very last song was not Ruby, it was "Tidal Wave", from Fun Trick Noisemaker (and Science Faire).

Trivia: John Dufilho, from the Deathray Davies is now the drummer for Apples in Stereo, replacing Hilarie Sidney (the only girl in the band).

Bonus: More pictures of the show on Flickr at Brody and Steve. You can also download Toronto (20 Feb 2007) and read about Chicago (23 Feb 2007).

--vu