Concerts (and a film opening?!) July 23-31
My grandma's ninetieth birthday was on Saturday, and I worked Sunday, so I've been a tad out of touch in terms of live events. Let's see what's coming up...
Wednesday, July 25
Azeda Booth, Beasts and Superbeasts, Balacade
Logan's Pub
10pm
*Also listen to Azeda Booth on CFUV from 4-5pm on Spark's Hydrogen Jukebox.
A bit of an arty show suited for gentle swaying and self-absorbed brooding in cinematic mental images. Yes, I just typed that.
Azeda Booth is from Calgary, a town to which I've traveled many too many times. (Believe it or not, I used to play water polo, and we'd go there every winter for 1-2 competitions. But I've also been there on a family road trip.) I wasn't under the impression that Calgary was very much more than an oil-rich settlement of American cowboys, although I do have friends from thereabouts. Anyhow, I have to wonder if Azeda Booth is just a group of renegade out of town kids going to (art?) school in Calgary, or if they are additionally an indicator of some hidden active music scene in the Stampede city. Earlier this summer, my Lethbridge-Okotoks-Claresholm friend Anne informed me of the Sled Island Festival, a sizable indie music fest in Calgary, which intrigued me enough that I'm going to assume the latter.
I've previously mentioned this show because both Beasts and Superbeasts and Balacade are playing it as well. They are friendly local people who have come to my attention via sincere recommendation from hard-to-please sources.
Intrigued? Go!
Friday, July 27
Film by Pål Gusdal Jomås
Ministry of Casual Living
opens 8pm; runs until August 3
[see invitation]
Pål Gusdal Jomås is a Norwegian artist currently working in Winnipeg. This past spring, he came to Victoria to make film about identity and self projection. I am a total Nordiphile with a violent case of cinema envy, so the fact that a friend of mine is in the film only adds incentive for me to go. (It also gives me a reasonable excuse to attend while I'm procrastinating from writing my term paper.) If you like art and have lived in Victoria for a year or more, I am willing to bet you will recognize if not know some people in the film.
Saturday, July 28
Book and CD Release Party - All Your Ears Can Hear Underground Music in Victoria 1978-84
The Slivers, Jerk Ward, House of Commons, Automatic Shock, and guests
Logan's Pub
10pm
[see poster]
I suspect that seeing who attends this show will be almost as interesting as the bands who come out of the woodwork to play. In some ways, this is a night for nostalgists. But it sounds pretty fun (and educational!) for those who were too young to be in the scene from 1978 to 1984 as well. I really respect AYECH for documenting something that was really important to them and which otherwise might be all but forgotten.
Wednesday, July 25
Azeda Booth, Beasts and Superbeasts, Balacade
Logan's Pub
10pm
*Also listen to Azeda Booth on CFUV from 4-5pm on Spark's Hydrogen Jukebox.
A bit of an arty show suited for gentle swaying and self-absorbed brooding in cinematic mental images. Yes, I just typed that.
Azeda Booth is from Calgary, a town to which I've traveled many too many times. (Believe it or not, I used to play water polo, and we'd go there every winter for 1-2 competitions. But I've also been there on a family road trip.) I wasn't under the impression that Calgary was very much more than an oil-rich settlement of American cowboys, although I do have friends from thereabouts. Anyhow, I have to wonder if Azeda Booth is just a group of renegade out of town kids going to (art?) school in Calgary, or if they are additionally an indicator of some hidden active music scene in the Stampede city. Earlier this summer, my Lethbridge-Okotoks-Claresholm friend Anne informed me of the Sled Island Festival, a sizable indie music fest in Calgary, which intrigued me enough that I'm going to assume the latter.
I've previously mentioned this show because both Beasts and Superbeasts and Balacade are playing it as well. They are friendly local people who have come to my attention via sincere recommendation from hard-to-please sources.
Intrigued? Go!
Friday, July 27
Film by Pål Gusdal Jomås
Ministry of Casual Living
opens 8pm; runs until August 3
[see invitation]
Pål Gusdal Jomås is a Norwegian artist currently working in Winnipeg. This past spring, he came to Victoria to make film about identity and self projection. I am a total Nordiphile with a violent case of cinema envy, so the fact that a friend of mine is in the film only adds incentive for me to go. (It also gives me a reasonable excuse to attend while I'm procrastinating from writing my term paper.) If you like art and have lived in Victoria for a year or more, I am willing to bet you will recognize if not know some people in the film.
Saturday, July 28
Book and CD Release Party - All Your Ears Can Hear Underground Music in Victoria 1978-84
The Slivers, Jerk Ward, House of Commons, Automatic Shock, and guests
Logan's Pub
10pm
[see poster]
I suspect that seeing who attends this show will be almost as interesting as the bands who come out of the woodwork to play. In some ways, this is a night for nostalgists. But it sounds pretty fun (and educational!) for those who were too young to be in the scene from 1978 to 1984 as well. I really respect AYECH for documenting something that was really important to them and which otherwise might be all but forgotten.
posted by An/drea at
10:09 AM
2 Comments:
That's not your show that Azeda Booth is playing on, is it?
I've been meaning to ask for some CFUV show recommendations. Like, shows that I'd possibly enjoy? Once in a while I catch something I like, but often it's bosanova, world music, or whatever (I think that it's elvis presley right now).
- Cody
It's my friend Ming's show, unless someone has traded her and is doing a special (which I doubt).
I will email some recommendations.
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