04.08.2005 Arts County Fair - Thunderbird Stadium Vancouver, BC

arrived at the venue around the time the first band was on stage. went to the media entrance and gave them my name. yep i'm not on the list. but wait i learned from yesterday. i brought a copy of the email. which didn't really say much, but did confirm that he got the passes. the will call girl gives me a backstage pass wrist band and a guest list laminate. i ask her does this give me video clearance, cuz that's pretty much what i asked for. she sorta rationalizes it for a few seconds and gives me a media pass. this'll prolly be the best i can get so i leave it at that hoping there are no restrictions like 3 songs only.

march in there see stabilo. they've come a long way from when i last saw them almost a year ago. they've got a kind of jam band feel to them now. 'everybody', their money shot song had a sort of jamy ending. the end of the set was capped off by let it by the beatles and marley's no woman no cry, with karl their bassist and chris the lead guitarist switching instruments.

Stabilo Setlist

go get your guns
paperboy
enemy
one more pill
everybody
habit
lazy eyes
let it be (beatles) -> no woman no cry (marley)





metric was eeehhhhh, good and bad. good barricade. bad everyone with a media pass went in to try and film/take pictures. the head of security ended up kicking everyone out but the epk people. i moved onstage. kinda sucked. but turned an A+ into an Aish. they had a pit going during their set. i don't know what to think.









K-OS, i wasn't paying full attention to because half the time i was having my way with the catering backstage. i was impressed by what i saw. i totally respect what he does.

Matt Good, it might be me, but i thought he sounded terrible in the 3 mins that i saw. just saying...