Leslie Feist's past few years have all been about taking on challenges. Between skyrocketing fame (and the not-so-nice trappings that come with it), bad breakups and the struggle with her own creative muse, it hasn't necessarily been the smoothest sailing for the 35 year old singer. It makes perfect sense that her next greatest challenge in line would be trying to liven up a nearly comatose Seattle audience on a night where fall finally succumbs to winter.

The audience's state of slumber wasn't any fault of Ms. Feist's; winter tends to be the time when Seattle hibernates. Put a room full of us into semi-comfortable theatre seating, and we're apt to engage with what's in front of us as if it's 1080p HD entertainment.