But I don't really need anymore underwear, that's the sad part

This is Little Miss Higgins, and is she not super cute?


In my earlier post I mentioned my love of blues music, and my penchant for listening to Saturday Night Blues on CBC Radio 1, hosted by Holger Petersen. Two weeks ago, I was in my dad's car with him and my brother. My dad was playing taxi, and dropping C. (my brother) off at a party, and also returning me to my apartment from home base, which is how I refer to my parents's house. We were zipping along Dundas Street West when Holger introduced Little Miss Higgins as the next feature, spoke about her newest album, and played a track that was absolutely delightful. My dad loved it and couldn't stop laughing, my brother started filling in the chorus, and I was thinking, Why have I not heard of this person? Of course there are probably thousands of artists who impress upon a person immediately, that I have never heard of.

And so since two weeks ago I've been after anything of Little Miss Higgins's that I can listen to.
Nothing yet has beaten my first experience of her music (I find this a common phenomenon; if something I've never heard before really catches my attention, it sticks with me. A good example of this is Terrible Lie by Nine Inch Nails, off of Pretty Hate Machine. The first NIN song I ever heard and it remains my favourite because it struck me so much). And that song is Bargain! Shop Panties. It's got this bluesy, vaudeville-ian feel to it, and then it almost conjures these images of a raunchy burlesque show. It's fantastic. Every time I hear it I want to raid Honest Ed's down the street (the only place I can think of that would qualify as a true bargain shop) and buy myself some panties and bounce around my apartment in nothing but undies and a white t-shirt with no bra, doing a little bump and grind. If I am feeling relatively inebriated, there will be pictures to follow.

There aren't really any good YouTube videos featuring Bargain! Shop Panties but this link to her MySpace Music page should work, I hope. Bargain! Shop Panties (Radio Edit) by Little Miss Higgins

Another good track to check out would be Glad Your Whiskey Fits Inside My Purse, and a visit to littlemisshiggins.com doesn't hurt.