On Friday, in between visits to the orthodontist and dentist, we stopped off at my favorite pizza joint, Funicula. We has just ordered and were enjoying our sangria when guess who happens to wonder in the door, none other then Mr. Erlend Øye (Kings of Convenience, The Whitest Boy Alive). We flip our shit and as he walked past me I tap him on the shoulder and said hi. We’d met him back in the late spring when Kings of Convenience, Leslie Feist, Broken Social Scene and Rubies were all staying in Punta Burros and happened to come in to Roots for a little dinner and impromptu sing-along (i wrote about this here). Erlend asked me if he knew me and I mentioned Roots and he said “Oh, yes” and related a story of having stopped by Roots again to see everyone, but that Roots was closed, so it was a pleasant surprise for him to run in to us. After taking a seat we talked for a little while. Turns out that he and the band (The Whitest Boy Alive) are staying in Punta Burros for a while, recording a new album and enjoying the pacific mexican coast. They were in Guadalajara for a show on Friday night. We promised to check out the show (which we did, post coming soon), I gave him my card and a smile and Erlend was back to the band and some good pizza. It was great seeing him again and I hope he gives us a call, it’d be great to hang with them again.
