Last week was a busy week too. On Wednesday night I showed up at Richards on Richards anticipating another amazing show by Patrick Watson. We saw him a couple of years ago at a small pub on the UBC campus and were quite blown away by the musicianship. The power had even gone out during one song and the band jumped right into an acoustic style without skipping a beat. It was so smooth that we never realized the power had dropped out until it came back on!

Richards didn’t have the same power issues and the band was still as awesome as I remembered them to be. Imagine Radiohead performing an eclectic set that blends great music with kazoos, mandolins, and even a megaphone with a toilet plunger head as a horn! Patrick Watson is a show not to be missed. Hopefully he’ll be through Vancouver again in the near future.

Thursday night I got together with the North Shore crew to see the new Star Trek movie. It was good. A little cheezy in the right places and lots of action. A couple girls even showed up wearing Vulcan ears. I’ve been seeing photos of trekkie geeks dressed up in the paper which led me to comment, “I’ve gotta go put on my Klingon outfit to see Star Trek” at work. Everyone looked at me like I was serious and I had to explain that, no, I’m NOT some trekkie geek who has outfits in my closet. Good lord people!

This weekend’s been all about clearing up my new place and that’s mostly done. My living room looks like a properly organized room now and I’m feeling like I’ve finally settled in. Just in time to head to Sasquatch next weekend for three days of music festival goodness! I’m pretty excited. Gogol Bordello, TV On the Radio, Janes Addiction, NIN, Blitzen Trapper, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Mike Watt, Fleet Foxes, and too many more to list! Sasquatch has had wicked lineups the last couple of years and I think this is going to become a yearly event for me.