On November 25th—just in time for November 26th—the DELUXE EDITION of Feist's album THE REMINDER will be coming to stores (real and imagined). It won't be shelved (and by this I mean placed on shelves, not stored away) until December 2nd, but the digital version will be available in the 11th month, on the 25th day (as above).

THE REMINDER: DELUXE EDITION features remixes and duets (including Islands In The Stream with Constantines' Bry Webb), as well as a second enhanced CD with exclusive video material (think Honey, Honey). If you already own THE REMINDER, the nine tracks featured on the second disc will be available digitally as THE REMINDER: BONUS CONTENT. This will go on sale separately as a digital download at  www.galleryac.com

The riddle solved, many came to The Cameron House a few days ago to see Feist play a secret part. What none of us knew—except for she and hers—is the show was more mysterious than simple ciphers. The ghost of Winston Churchill stopped by, even, and he brusquely said, "[This show] is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma."



As you can see from the photos attached, a shadow of the former Feist played her set inside a paper-stage lantern. The tiny room filled with the passing darkness of cast figures and mysterious light, until a hole was cut in the paper screen by the impish pictured scissors. Out came little hands, passing little lanterns (one after another), until the room was filled with flickering light. These same hands, with more hands, slowly tore down the paper wall and revealed all the mischief-makers huddled on the stage (including musician Afie Jurvanen, shadow-boxer Clea Minaker and tap-dancer Dianne Montgomery).



If you weren't one of the few who came to sit in the audience, Anthony Seck and George Vale each shot tonnes of footage (the second photo of scissor-hands is credited to both these men). I imagine their respective films will show up somewhere soon, in a manner less roundabout than all the stories above.

In Toronto, out came a sign

Of wood, nails, it wasn't fine



Last night, it said there's been a heist

A stage was took, stolen by Feist



A crowd arrived, a line-up made

It might be time for another raid



A Queen still true, the King a spouse

In Came Ron, a real full House



A lady watches, ten times an ant

If after eight: late, late, pant, pant

Cool and the gang just sent this amazing photo of Feist standing exactly where she stood during her live performance at the Junos in Winnipeg a few years ago, the place where wires crossed and feedback fed. You can't tell in this image—partly because it's so small, and partly because I'm making it up—but Feist is burning a bundle of sage to clear the demons.



In the continued spirit and spirits of Winnipeg, Feist inadvertently summoned an after-party by frequently referring to the club The Pyramid during her show. I think she was just feeling Egyptian, not cryptoglyphic, and she apologizes to the rumoured line-up around the block.

There's a new video in town: a gang-up of lights, puppets and images courtesy of the Old Trout Puppet Workshop in Calgary (Feist's old stampede-ing grounds). Anthony Seck is the director.



Feist followed the Old Trouts during the summer she was 18, learning to walk on stilts and mix latex, after being stunned by their play, "The Death of Benvenuto Cellini".



Anthony also produced and edited the first (and French) Mushaboom video and One Evening, and made many beautiful little films with Leslie under the title "Webisodes". A secret no longer, the video below marks their 5th year of project-ing.