A Lot On The Subject of The Surreally Wonderful DANIEL JOHNSTON Live (Plus Photos! Video!)
Cult hero and wondernutter Daniel Johnston played the Rio Theatre in Vancouver on August 27, to a supportive and beer-drunk crowd. It was surreal, odd, and heartbreaking and kinda inspirational, and just the way you’d expect a Daniel Johnston show to go.
2010 in Review: The BackstageRider UnList
Saw, met, interviewed and flirted with about 100 bands in 2010, The (First) Year of the BackstageRider. Here’s a recap of the highlights, because no music websites anywhere are doing recaps and I thought I’d be clever…she says, sarcastically. Happy ’11, folks, and thanks for being here!
Black Angels – Psychotic Reactions… and Photos by Kris Krüg
All hail the return of really good, trippy modern psychedelia. Here’s an introduction to Austin, Texas’ Black Angels, by way of a 70s gonzo journalist and some pins in a map. Oh and an amazing gallery of live pics by Kris Krüg.
Top 11: TV Show Theme Songs…And Introducing Gregory Pepper
Been a while since we’ve had a Top 11 (because our lists go right to 11). But this one’s from Toronto oddball Gregory Pepper/Common Grackle. The BackstageRider loves her some oddballs. So here’s an introduction, as well as his Top 11 TV Show Theme Songs.
Have a Rocktacular Hallowe’en – The Not-Obvious Backstage Rider Recommendations (includes 1970s TV)
Tricks and treats! The best-ever left-of-centre Halloween post on the`entire Interwebs. There’s GOLD in this article. So click through before I suck your blood.
The Sick of Being Sick Playlist – BackstageRider’s House of Pain
Hey guess what! I was in hospital on Monday-Tuesday! And off sick for the rest of it! Hurrah! Or not. Find, herewith, a Top 25 Playlist entitled “Sick of Being Sick”. Miss Misery loves company so bear this in mind the next time you’re fluey.
Press
Thanks for the chatter, folks! BackstageRider has been be featured in the UK’s GUARDIAN newspaper online Check out Mikala’s other articles in the Georgia Straight Mikala talks about her “Band Wagon” tour on the Urban Dig app. Mikala is a “Featured Vancouverite” in Inside Vancouver Blogger Profile: Mikala of BackstageRider #1 of 125 Reasons to…
Friends
The Backstage Rider would like to thank the following rocktacular people. You are encouraged to make with the clicking and visit these fine musical peoples’ sites: Timbre Concert Productions – Promoters of tremendous awesomeosity. And lots of great indie/alternative Western Canada gigs. Big thanks to Erin, my fave promoter in the city. Sealed With a…
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“Thank you for making my trip such a pleasure” – Alex James, Bassist, Blur, October 1991 What’s a Backstage Rider? A rider is the list of things that a band asks a promoter or venue to provide when it plays. You know the Van Halen thing with “No Brown M&Ms”? Smoking Gun has a great list…