Jasper as Performed by The Malahat Revue

The Malahat Revue

So the CBC started doing this cool thing called Musical Nooners, where they get a band to play outside the Ceeb on the stage for an hour during weekdays...

The first one? Said The Whale, Hannah Georgas, Jeremy Fisher and Aidan Knight as The Malahat Revue before they began their bike tour to Vancouver Island.

David Vertesti, Aidan Knight, By Divine Right @ The Media Club

Pho Sho

Post-St James Hall concert, we went for late-night Pho.
It was taste, and fun:

41st and Home...Grown

Friday was 41st and Home's CD Release at St James Hall with performances by Aidan Knight, We Are The City and In Media Res as well. Aidan opened the show with a 9 piece band (including all of We Are The City)...it was pretty epic, then WATC, followed by 41st and Home and In Media res closing the show:

Road Regrets

I'm very, very jealous that Mr. Jonathan Taggart gets to tag along on a short jaunt out to the Praries and back with Dan Mangan and Aidan Knight. Logistics and van-space left me in Vancouver instead of on the Zolas/We Are The City tour, so I'm even more jealous.

Anyways, Jon's going to be photo blogging along the way: http://jonathantaggart.com/blog/?p=255 and it will be co-posted on regulars VIA!, NXEW and Soundproof.

If you mosey over to Dan's website right now, you'll see this post about his performance in Los Angeles with my photo from Junofest:

"Everyone Should Come Play In Here...

...the lighting is AMAZING."

I've come to realize that clothing stores know how to light their merch.
Thus, put a musician in the store and the lighting is already set to Amazing.

This was the case at the Sitka store on 4th Ave in Vancouver when Aidan Knight came back into town to play. (There was also art on display and an open bar, which made me miss Toronto art openings pretty bad.)

Here are the shots (many familiar faces in the audience):

Catch Up/Wrap Up!

I can't believe it's been almost a month since I've blogged...but it makes sense given that I shot 5 shows in 6 days and then flew to Ontario for Christmas.

So to sum up my last days in Vancouver before Christmas:

Saturday the 12th:
Aidan Knight @ The Media Club, where I finally met/got to hear the WONDERFUL Jody Glenham



Monday the 14th:
The Aidan Knight Experience continued with a show at the Biltmore, where We Are The City also came to support. Very nice guys. And THEN I ran (and taxied) as fast as I could The Media Club, but still missed Dave Vertesi's set...my friend and fellow photographer Mark Cohene was having an art show that night. After I checked that out, I went and relaxed for the rest of the night at the Racoon's Christmas Party:





Tuesday the 15th:
Racoons @ Fortune! See post.

Wednesday the 16th:
DAY OFF! zzzz.

Thursday the 17th:
Ridiculous spandex suited Topless Gay Love Tekno Party took over my 2nd home (aka the Media Club)(with opening act For British Eyes Only) and a giant dance party began, which led to my going home covered in sparkles and confetti...




Friday the 18th:
The Zolas & Hey Ocean at the Vogue. I seriously love the lighting in this venue. My favourite part of the evening was getting access to the closed off balcony to take some shots, and then taking a 2 minute dance break...which amused me because only the band could see me. Dave-O even waved...







Saturday the 19th:
NIGHT BEFORE MY 8AM FLIGHT!
I was once again at the Media Club (they're so good to me) for Undercover Brothers...a selection of cover/tribute bands, of which I caught Neverland (Michael Jackson) and Wheezler (Weezer). It was great fun and I even cut my knee wide open:






Longest Post ever! Hope you liked all the shots.