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Adrienne LaBelle has played in The Barcelona Chair, Aunts and Uncles, Movieland, Garbage Dreams, Supermoon, Lazy Bear.Hoko's poster

Venues visited: Red Gate (855 East Hastings), 121 Heatley, Hoko’s (362 Powell), The Astoria (769 E Hastings), Spirit Vegetable studio (876 Cordova Diversion), Ironworks Studio, the Zoo Zhop (223 Main Street), Chapel Arts (305 Dunlevy

Other venues mentioned: La Casa del Artista, Toast Collective, the Cobalt, Little Mountain, Railway Club, Red Cat Records, The Waldorf, Pat's Pub

Also mentioned: the Wind Whistles, Johnny de Courcy, Lié, They Shoot Horses Don't They, Ian Mackaye, Japandroids, Chris-a-riffic, Kidnap Kids, Apollo Ghosts

Music Waste is Vancouver's diy music festival which started in 1994.

Mint Records an independent record label in Vancouver founded in 1991.

Steve Louie has been documenting the Vancouver music scene since around 2007.

Shindig is UBC radio station CiTR’s annual battle of the bands, going since 1984.

Safe Amp was the Safe Amplification Society, a non-profit which worked to create an all-ages Zoo Zhop postervenue in Vancouver in the early 2010s. They established a venue at Astorino's for several years.

Fake Jazz is a long running experimental music series in Vancouver. It continues today after a few hiatuses.

Huge thank you to Kellarissa for the original theme music.

Music clips used with artist permission.

Supermoon: Powersuits from Comet Lovejoy (2015, Alarum Records)

Movieland: Politics of Ecology from blows up (2013, Green Burrito Records)

Garbage Dreams: Tooth & Nail from Demonstrations (2018)

This conversation was recorded on December 12 2023.