Tegan talks about writing My Number.

Source: Brendsky

Joey playing the shaker during Living Room. Oh, the pressure to shake on the beat.

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Sara interacts with a song requestin' screamer.

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Grandma receives a gift.

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"Mummy was so scared when she opened her eyes..."

An assmonkey rushes the stages (2:02) and hugs Sara.

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Sara needs to be more mysterious - like Richard Ashcroft.

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Tegan talks about playing with Dashboard.

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Sara talks about feeling uncomfortable in a fancy ass hotel.

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Sara thanks An Horse - who came over on a ship.

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Introduction of the band at Glass House.

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"I think it was around the time of our third album, we started to notice that, even more than our songs being traded on the Internet, people were trading MP3s of our stories." (read full article at STLtoday).

Tegan talks about moving into a disgusting apartment.

Source: Amfo22

The girls sing "Groovy Kind of Love."

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David Bowie appears in Tegan's dreams.

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"What the fuck is everyone talking about?"

They grew up in igloos and never wore bathing suits.

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"But I say 'Fuck Facebook'"

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"Tegan: We watched The Dog Whisperer this morning when we got up, that helped us ease into Coachella.

Sara: It’s like a safe place to watch Cesar Millan talk to the dogs. I own two seasons of The Dog Whisperer on DVD, and I don’t even like dogs, I’m a cat person." (read full article).

"INDIO, Calif. (AP) — Tegan and Sara, the identical twin powerpop duo, are accustomed to writing intimate, emotional songs about heartbreak. But when performing, for every song like "Back in Your Head," there's a balance of silliness. Between nearly every song played by the singing-songwriting pair, the two casually — often hysterically — banter back and forth in what amounts to indie music's answer to Laurel and Hardy." (read full article).

Tegan sounds like a lamb crying.

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Sara talks about boys vs. girls in the audience.

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Sara directs a F-bomb at Tegan.

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Sara's marital arts training made her more passive...until she maybe beat someone's ass.

And for the record - Sara never smells like pee. Except, for that one time.

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Sara talks about The Con demos.

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Sara talks about her grandpa and grandma and also dating online...well, not exactly but I know that got your attention.

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Tegan on hysterical screaming, people passing out in the audience, and Sara's fainting incident.

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What's better than Tegan and Sara adding Fix You Up to the setlist again? Fix You Up in funny hockey team hats...that's what.



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Sara was a successful stalker, but don't even try to stalk her, yo.



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Sara on geriatric concert going, high school bullies, her mom on hash and the problem with Facebook.



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Watch until 3:26 to see why this clip is gold...pure gold. That laugh is just indescribable, as is Sara's reaction.



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Sara discusses "crossing the line" and then crosses the line a few more times.



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End of I Bet It Stung, followed by Sara talking about her brush with danger while writing the album...musical stylings by Tegan.



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Sara discusses the differences between the audiences of the olden days versus the audiences of today...with some bum sex mixed in between. Just watch...



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Tegan rewrites the lyrics to Call It Off with some help from Sara...genius.



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Tonight Show Appearance!

Hey all you T&S super fans. Be sure to watch tomorrow night (April 23) as Tegan and Sara take the stage on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. This will be their first time on the program so be sure to show some love and tune in...or Tivo.

Tegan talking about seeing Bruce Springsteen and getting into an altercation with lame ass people in the audience.

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Mix-CD Kids

Hey participating mix-cd kids,

Please check out take-a-listen - let us know whether you've sent/received a CD and also consider sharing your playlist with the rest of us.

Love is all around.

Source: kawasakichick355

Little chat about An Horse. Sara is bbf with Kate. Not dating. Don't start rumors, yo.

Source: seagulleh

Tegan talks about a gig at some "government thing."

The Bronson Centre, Ottawa - 10th October 2007

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"So Jealous" is kind of sort of about being stalker-ish.

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Q&A with Tegan

"Yes. Sara and I have three sort of rules for shows. We don’t play for money — if we don’t like the venue we aren’t going to play there, no matter how much they offer. We try to do all-ages shows whenever we can. We never play a show unless it’s 16 and over. If we do 21-plus shows we are cutting out a huge portion of our demographic. The third thing, we try to keep our ticket prices really low. We always make sure we can sell our own merchandise. We aren’t out to make money; we are just out to have fun.

We have really good merch. The new run we are doing is so good. We always do a hoodie, a few shirts and this time we have a light windbreak." (read).

Sara goofs around on the keyboard during Soil Soil Call It Off.

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Tegan talks about drunken conversations.

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Tegan talks about a book she was reading.

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St. Louis - Tickets!

What's Almost as Good as Ponies and Jewels?

Anything involving the clever, witty and oh-so-charming Quin sisters promises to be nothing short of delightful, so what could be better than going to a Tegan and Sara show? Few things. Few things, indeed. But how about going to a Tegan and Sara show for FREE? A devoted fan who bought tickets recently learned that she could no longer use them, but would like to pass two GA tickets to the May 4 St. Louis show at The Pageant on to another pair of devoted fans. The first person to send an e-mail to libbie.grobmyer@gmail.com will be the lucky recipients of said tickets. There are several small stipulations that must be honored in order to receive the tickets though:

1.) You MUST agree to clap overhead between each and every song...even when your arms get tired.

2.) You MUST make a solid effort to capture footage to share on the Tegan and Sara Banter blog.

3.) You must NOT scream out for "My Number," "Days and Days," or any other song for that matter. Especially those that haven't been played live in the last five years. Set lists are called set lists for a reason. They're set.

4.) You MUST buy at LEAST one item at the merch table to make up for the fact that the tickets were free. And for God's sake, buy some An Horse merch as well. Merch is the lifeblood of touring bands, especially ones just getting started. Plus, An Horse is damn good.

If you feel that you can live up to these standards, know without a shadow of a doubt that you'll be able to attend and have the desire to flash your solidarity pump along with Sara, you shall indeed inherit the tickets. Better act fast though. Free stuff doesn't last long.

Taking requests from the audience.

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Tegan introduces the band.

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Sara dedicates a song to Northern State.


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Mix-CD Update

Everyone who sent me their information by April 9th should have received an e-mail (or myspace message) with their mix-cd partner. If you haven't - please get in touch with me.

Backstage Bilingual: p.p.s.

Tegan performing without Sara.

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Sheknows.com

"I like the idea that you are kind of conning someone into loving you and then sort of unleash what’s really deep down inside of you. In terms of a career perspective, I never thought about it. We worried that people would run with the idea that we were conning people. If people take that approach, then they’re jerks." (read full article)

Tegan and Sara on smoking.

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Backstage Bilingual: epilogue

"In the forward to Kate Bornstein's bookHello Cruel World, Sara writes about the childhood games she used to play. So how did games like Jail or Orphanage actually go?

Sara: That's very controversial! I think that there was a point in therapy about five years ago when I was talking about the games I played when I was a kid. My therapist really saw it as part of these divorced kid, isolated, depressed, lower middle class issues and I was like, "Listen! I may just like being confined in a small space!" Like I was born in a womb that was way too small for both me and Tegan and there's some sort of a desire to be back in some kind of tiny, uncomfortable space. I don't really know who really thought about those ideas first, and I feel kind of upset at the idea that Tegan and I were the ones that encouraged it. There are probably a load of adults that we grew up with in therapy right now going, 'And then there was Tegan and Sara and they made us play Jail and Orphanage and it was terrifying!'" (read full interview)