There’s been rampant — and silly — speculation around town regarding the strange and sudden disappearance of one Neko Case from the New Pornographers’ show this past Friday at Higher Ground. Did she quit the band? Did she pass out in a drug crazed stupor? Did one of her stalkers show up? (Don’t look at me, I was at Nectar’s.)

I wrote briefly on this in tomorrow’s column. But other than noting that she was a no-show, there wasn’t much left to report. The folks at Higher Ground were as baffled as the rest of us. Further inquiries to the club and the reps for both the New Pornographers and Case were not returned. That is, until just after the column went to the press. Of course. [That sound you hear is me shaking my fists skyward, cursing the rock and roll gods.]

HG’s Alex Crothers writes that Case was — Are you ready? Can you feel the tension? Deep breaths, deeeep breaths — stricken with food poisoning. Yuck.

Here’s hoping Ms. Case is feeling better.

Dan Bolles is a culture coeditor at Seven Days. He joined the paper in 2007 as its music editor, covering Vermont's robust music, comedy and nightlife scenes for a decade before deciding he was too old to be going to the Monkey House on weeknights to see rock shows for a living. He became assistant arts editor in 2017 and culture coeditor in 2021. Bolles has received numerous local and national awards for his writing on Vermont arts, sports and the occasional celebrity canine murder mystery. He loves...

11 replies on “Neko’s Vanishing Case … Solved!”

  1. I was disappointed, too, but enjoyed the show for the most part. The sound, from where I was sitting (near the soundman) was terrible, though. The vocals were almost too muddy to hear.

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