Journal of a Sysadmin

Happenstance

Great weekend with a bunch of surprises.

Friday night I went by myself to Dicken’s Pub to listen to the bands playing Sled Island. It was a good venue but the second band caught my attention.

As I’m watching them set up I notice that one of the guys, a guitar player with black Converse Sneakers, a black shirt and those oh so stylish black jeans which are saggy in the ass and tight everywhere else (Sorry Pat, but I really think those are *not* classy looks just like my nephew would at 26ish… So, I pull out the phone and google it.

Sure enough, The Get Down is playing and it’s my nephews band from Edmonton. When the set was over I walked to the side of the stage and got his attention. Complete double take and he almost fell off the stage to give me a hug. We hung out that night for a while and even though I went by myself there were another 3 people that I knew that I ran into and stood around to talk with and my buddy Mark showed up after his date to listen to the last couple of bands.

All of the bands were great and the last band, Monotonix, was completely off the wall. Off the wall enough that Dicken’s Pub was trashed by the end of it and the crowd was doing some serious pulsing to the very loud, very lively music. It was a great night which didn’t end until about 3:30am.

Saturday night I was blown away. Calgary’s own Kilbourne played at Vern’s (the venue we choose to go to that night) and were loud and tight. If I hear of them playing again wild horses won’t keep me out of the venue. Last was Tricky Woo from Toronto and they were also great, and tight and hard rock.

Mark and I showed The Get Down to a late night Chinese restaurant and we all chowed down. Pat and Brett slept on my available furniture and I gave them a ride in the morning.

Sunday was spend biking and skating, also things I really really enjoy.

It was a great weekend, one of the likes I haven’t had in a long time. I have to make a note for the fridge to always try and get out to listen to our local talent. There is a lot of it and some of the music just carries you away.

So by happenstance, I managed to wake myself up. If only for a weekend.