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Weirdly, it is not the real musician in the family who keeps me informed about what the kids are up to these days.
Which means that it is littler e. who gets me to go to shows to make sure I occasionally see/hear stuff by musicians that are new to me.
And, so, Friday night we rode the seawall, starting from the big sphere at the east end of False Creek, downtown to take in the group 'Wednesday' at the Vogue on Granville.
To be honest, I couldn't imagine riding downtown on a Friday night without those divided bike lanes.
Which is not to say that being cut-off by a Tesla or seven is any more dangerous than the most energetic and surf-obsessed mosh-pit we witnessed from our perch at the front of the balcony.
The music itself was most interesting, although somewhat screamified in the live version by both the opener, 'Gouge Away' and Karly Hartzman and compatriots.
And then there was the fact that half-way through the show I was struck dumb by the realization that one of my favourite Wednesday tunes, 'Phish Pepsi', resembles that first hit tune from days of yore by Sheryl Crow - both musically and thematically.
As we exited the theatre, ears ringing, and me with a small dollop of 1992-era young man's blood pumping through my veins, I briefly locked eyes with a fellow departing reveller which left us both thinking that maybe, just maybe, one of us was not the oldest person in the building.
Selah.
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I know the feeling. I was listening to Yes' Roundabout when my teen son said, "I know that, it's a meme! Sigh...
When you hear something your parents warned you against, or you thought once was the absolute greatest whilst waiting in a dental office or worse still in a supermarket, a sense of hopelessness washes over you and you realize this is what it has come to.
Reminds me of my Thursday night! I was in the basement lounge of the WISE lounge, listening to a local surf band ( remember this is a genre that peaked around 1962), and there was a bunch of young(er) people upstairs in the main hall, square dancing of all things! It was fun to watch the lamp over the pool table bounce up and down when they really got going. The dance ended, and a lot of them came down stairs to see what we were up to. That's when the band chose to hit them with their cover of Misirlou. The square dancers went nuts!
Cap--
Fair enough.
On the other hand, at least he didn't include you in the meme, a la DadRock or some such thing.
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Keith--
I recall Joe Strummer mentioning that when you heard his stuff in such muzakal venues that's how you would know he was dead.
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GF--
Out of control square dancers?
Now that's a mosh pit to be wary of!
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Back in the day, when PC's and cell phones were stuff of Arthur C. Clark and to place a long distance call, one had to book time well in advance of the call, I found myself in Nottingham, upsetting the parents of a little blonde girl I met (which is a story in itself).
Nottingham was turning from an industrial centre to a University town and to cater to poor students (the Royal Children offered the cheapest "pint" at 5p) there were several clubs using former regatta boating barns, which were very long and narrow.
It was at clubs like this, all over the UK where the top bands came to test their new music and it was hit and miss because it was never announced who was playing where. It also ensured full houses!
it was at one of these clubs that, by chance, I bought one of Led Zeps band a beer after a set (naive me I didn't know who he was), but the music in my "Home Ales" daze was and still is unforgettable. Queen playing Jesus, from their 1973 album was always a crowd pleaser, but mostly unheard of on this side of the pond.
The other bands, just memories.................
Oh what a time it was, it was,
A time of innocence,
A time of confidences,
Long ago it must be,
I have a photograph,
preserve your memories,
They are all what's left you.
Sorry, a little flash in the Wayback machine.
The Anatomy of a Handover: Regulatory Capture:
The BC government didn’t just stumble blindly into this American acquisition. The timeline proves they were lobbied, and they actively prepared the ground for it.
May 2, 2022: LifeLabs hosts an “Informational Reception” at the BC Legislature in Victoria. Public lobbying records show Health Minister Adrian Dix in attendance, alongside a massive list of MLAs and senior health bureaucrats.
July 2022: The BC government begins quietly outsourcing thousands of cervical cancer screenings (pap smears) directly to Quest Diagnostics in the United States This “pilot program” acted as the foot in the door, establishing the American corporation as a trusted, cross-border vendor for provincial health data.
October 2022: The provincial government downgrades provincial testing, implementing the automated IDP test and sacrificing thousands of accurate parasite diagnoses for operational efficiency, perfectly priming the system for an automated buyout.
August 2024: Quest Diagnostics officially buys LifeLabs, inheriting a lab system optimized for high-volume, low-labour profit extraction.
About 1985 or so before I or the pal I went with to see ZZ Top had one grey hair, the observant lady at the hot dog counter said, " You guys are a bit old for ZZ Top aren't you" which went down about as well as the hot dog.
During the evenings proceedings when Billy, Dusty and Frank opined that "every girls crazy 'bout a sharp dressed man" for two of us in the audience and a hot dog vendor that wasn't always the case.
Breaking: Thanks to independent media's endless efforts the "Normals" are finally seeing the disaster of the UN's UNDRIP/DRIPA. Eby's polling is disastrous and the BC Conservatives have no leader yet, and are still polling 10% higher. Keep exposing the UN's diabolical agenda for Canada to anyone that will listen!
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