Marc with Nellie McKay
At the Paradise Lounge, Boston, Massachusetts
March 14, 2004
I had just purchased Nellie's Get Away From Me less than a
week before, based on a brief article about her in Entertainment Weekly. By the time I
saw her perform, I already recognized every song she played; within a
month, I knew that I had found my #1 album of 2004. If you've heard it but have not
had the pleasure of seeing her live, then I could understand if you
refuse to believe the following, but here it is anyway: she is not
one-third as charming on record as she is on stage. I know. Sounds
impossible, but it's totally true. When I mentioned that she looked
both thrilled beyond belief and absolutely terrified on her Letterman performance, she told me
that yeah, that about covered it. Seriously, stop reading this and buy
the album.