As far as I know this song is actually about Jason Collett's mother in law, who was the first government immigration worker of some sort in Kensington Market, Toronto's funkiest neighborhood, and regular haunt for Broken Social Scene members I believe he lives around there actually. He certainly conveys the feel of the place, whenever I hear this song I feel like I am walking down Augusta st, past St Christopher's house (a shelter, I believe, which still exists but is now sandwiched between a hip bar and a vegan sandwich joint...) past the vegetable stand, past the empanada place and the Hungarian Thai restaurant... Makes me miss Toronto.
As far as I know this song is actually about Jason Collett's mother in law, who was the first government immigration worker of some sort in Kensington Market, Toronto's funkiest neighborhood, and regular haunt for Broken Social Scene members I believe he lives around there actually. He certainly conveys the feel of the place, whenever I hear this song I feel like I am walking down Augusta st, past St Christopher's house (a shelter, I believe, which still exists but is now sandwiched between a hip bar and a vegan sandwich joint...) past the vegetable stand, past the empanada place and the Hungarian Thai restaurant... Makes me miss Toronto.