Yeah so I'm probably never going to go see a show at Shine ever again. First of all, they have a mandatory coat check which is fine I guess but then you have to pay 2$. That makes no sense, why not just take it from the door? Next, the place reeeeked of puke. Not even a pack of popped collars drenched in Axe could overpower it. Next, Neon Indian were set up in a wedge-like corner right next to the entrance thereby ensuring that maybe 10 people were able to see them while the dance floor in the pack was empty. Next, holy shit, I've never in my life heard acoustics so terrible. The entire low end was oozing from the back of the room like brown mud, where in the middle of the room it was met with stabs of treble and an off-time snare. It was like each song split in half and started fighting itself. I shit you not a girl in front of me had a faint. A confusion fit.

Chaos of the good kind ensued at Hotel where Walter TV shrouded themselves in bed sheets and reverb. But it was Recreation Wreck Beach that really warmed my miserable, rain drenched heart- taking cues from the likes of No Gold, Real Estate, and The Drums. After that I went to Babar but unfortunately the po po had the same idea. Hopefully they won't get busted this week as Cosmetics have an EP release.

Went to check out No More Strangers at Smiley's last Saturday. The whole place just reeked of 19 year olds trying to be sophisticated because previously their idea of fancy meant drinking Stella Artois at the Cactus Club. PS guys, pretending you're having a good time by rocking out to the music just looks like you're having a good time.

Ah, but what to do if you aren't 19 (nor faux-fancy)? Safe Amplication Society compiles a database of all-ages venues in Vancouver. Thanks to regular Discorder column Venews for that one.

HOTEL is stepping up as a venue as they try to make rent this month! Three dollar beers and 5 dollar shows. Tomorrow is Walter TV's last show for a while. I haven't the foggiest idea why though. Then on Sunday Haunted Beard plays with some outsider pop master named Akazawa Magic. I'm not positve but I heard rumours that Worf will be there.

The Orr Report is back after a Halloween which can only be described as totally bananas. Perhaps not as debauched as one Surrey man however. What did all of y'all dress up as?

A couple of new venues have popped up in Our City of Perpetual Transition. As Quinn reported The Eldorado, relegated to the far eastern expanses of Nanaimo and Kingsway, will host Needles and Pins, Unfun, Detention, and Born to Run tomorrow night at the very first First Friday. And while you're up on Mt. Dimension get to Se Souvenir de Vancouver, the first solo exhibit by photographer Peter Holmes at The Toast Collective, 648 Kingsway (Kingsway at Fraser). Next Thursday is new work by Devitt Brown aka The Dark at Chernoff Fine Arts.

A few nights ago I went to see Bonobo, a show that had been moved from the old Richard's on Richards to the newly rebranded and remodeled Venue (formerly the Plaza Club). I was interested in seeing inside, as it seems Venue is going to be taking over a lot of the shows that would have been slated for Richard's on Richards, making it a place that will be frequented often (until the new RonR opens, maybe, but we'll see what happens with that).

Here are my thoughts on the place:

Although our site panders to Vancouver-specific things, I must admit that the following is only Vancouver-specific in the sense that it happened in Vancouver.

And, to me. A Beyond Robsonian.

If you work in the media, or in my case specifically, around media, you tend to have the chance to get things given to you for free. There's food, concerts, clothes, and a whole host of other events that one can partake in for free if you so please. Obviously the purveyors of such goods want you to take their free stuff and write up a little review, or post a picture featuring the product because this equals publicity, and somehow you all go out and buy it, which turns into sales and you know, money.

If you're interested in showing up at Vancouver City Council to discuss the current liquor hours of service (I mean who isn't?) your day has finally come.

After the jump, you can check out the info sent to my facebook account from the Profuncity gang (formerly Stop Vancouver's Bedtime Police).