Aw shit.
Yeah, I had the best of intentions of doing a nice big write up of my Vancouver trip. I honestly did. However, I wasn't counting on work to be such a pit of rabid dogs this week, so that plan went down the shitter. Instead, enjoy this Reader's Digest condensed version.

Highlight

Radiohead, fer sure. A full on sensory experience. It was like being born and seeing the world for the first time (while surrounded by thousands of pot smokers).

Lowlight Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks.
"Hi, I'm Stephen Malkmus. I hope you don't mind if I waste everyone's time for the next 40 minutes with a truly half-assed set of the most inaccessible gibberish going, do you? Thanks."

Best Bar The Railway Club.

Best demographic observation by an obsessive fan
Sue, the Dandy Warholoholic who was rocking out during the (rather mellow) Dandy's set on Friday, on the rather aged appearance of the crowd in the Zone (a fenced off area in front of the stage, apparently reserved for the elderly and infirm): "Look, there's a guy wearing a fuckin' Peter Gabriel shirt!" Yeah, everyone knows Peter Gabriel sucked since he quit KISS. (Note: Sue was heading down to Bumbershoot on Saturday for the Dandy's show there. Hope it was fun)

Best Dive
The Cambie, baby.

Best way to kill 2 hours on a hot afternoon
TAFU on Granville has cheap suds and an itty-bitty, but strategically located, patio. Perfect for sighting gap*.

Best stage banter
Wilco's Jeff Tweedy: "I just had sinus surgery, so I may sound a little funny. I don't know why they had to shave my scrotum for that, though."

Weirdest phenomenon
The lack of men's medium T-shirts at every wacky boutique on Granville. Still kicking myself for not buying the kick ass shirt with the cover of the "London Calling" single on it, though.

Fuck-me-in-the-ass-that's-expensive!
$7 pints at YVR's lounge. If we hadn't been so drunk already, we wouldn't have stood for it.

Well that about wraps it up, kids. Stay tuned for highlights from One Night Stand, the Weakerthans and a bunch of other shit that no one but me will give a crap about.

*Gap: (n) The visible portion of a girl's back between the bottom of her shirt and top of her pants. See also: awesome.