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Feist On “Letterman” With an Indie-Rock All-Star Choir: The Backstage Report and Photos From Rehearsals

8/28/07, 5:20 pm EST

Last night Canadian singer-songwriter Feist and a choir of indie-rock all-stars hit a Winnebago in midtown Manhattan to rehearse for their performance of “1 2 3 4″ on Late Show With David Letterman. For photos of the crew — which included members of Broken Social Scene, Grizzly Bear, New Pornographers, the National, Mates of State and Nicole Atkins & the Sea — singing The Reminder track onstage, hanging with Paul Shaffer and learning how to clap together, click here.

Rock Daily asked Grizzly Bear’s Ed Droste (our Coachella correspondent) for a report from the set, and he told us it was “super-fun,” even if nobody got to chat with guest Susan Sarandon (”Visual contact was made,” he jokes). And while the last time Grizzly backed Feist on television (for a performance on Conan O’Brien’s show) the choir was outfitted in baby blue, Droste says he prefers the white robes they sported last night. “The sparkle armbands I could go either way on ’cause they kind of itched a little bit. Last time there was a wardrobe person who had to bring powder blue for everybody ’cause no one has powder-blue pants. Of course,” he adds, “we’re so far away, honestly it doesn’t matter. We could have been wearing no pants.”

Working with Feist was wonderful because “She’s a charmer,” he says, “Everyone wants to please a charmer.” And despite his criticsm of the refreshments as “a little mayonnaise-y for my taste,” he hopes his band gets invited back to Letterman’s freezing-cold studio real soon: “Hopefully my comment about the sandwiches won’t deter them. My bandmates were eating the sandwiches and they were loving it. It’s just my own thing. It’s just a mayonnaise preference.”


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bukowski | 8/28/2007, 9:28 pm EST

She’s got a great rack. Too bad Paul Schaffer’s lack of blood flow prevents him from truly appreciating it !

Mike | 8/29/2007, 10:05 am EST

What a non-story!

Anonymous | 8/29/2007, 6:03 pm EST

bukowski, you’re a creep

bukowski | 8/29/2007, 8:55 pm EST

thank you

underground | 8/30/2007, 1:59 am EST

Speaking of the song Creep, I’ve also plunked down my money for a lot of music over the years, Radiohead inclusive. Hypothetically, if any music artists actually post comments at these blogs, I’m sure that they would treat others respectfully. A commentor they deliberately try to antagonize or offend might have actually bought their music. Somebody mentioned to me some time ago that they thought that they got into an argument with Courtney here. I think it’s highly doubtful. In summary, I have a question for you, Bukowski (and I stress hypothetical)…If you REALLY TRULY ARE a music artist, what do you think are the odds that I have purchased your music? Surely you would not want to diss or offend any of your fans.

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