Ziggy (Yuriko Iga) opened Blim in 2003, after graduating from the Alberta College of Art and Design and starting a venue called Kisaten in Calgary. Blim was a music venue performance space, art gallery and much more. Blim hasn't had music events for about 14 years but is still a shop/retail art installation.
Blim began as a venue in 2003 in the penthouse at 23 W Pender St in the old BC Electric Building. It moved to 197 E 17th for 2005-2010 and then to its current location at 115 E Pender. This coversation was recorded on November 26, 2025.
Venues visited: 3 locations of Blim
Venues mentioned: Unit/Pitt, the Sugar Refinery, the Binding Light!, Kisaten, Squib.
Bands mentioned: p:ano, Nicholas Krgovich, Tygh Runyan, Crys Cole, Tunnel Canary, Joshua Stevenson, The Hidden Cameras, Dandi Wind, Josh Rose, Brady Cranfield, Loscil, Fieldhead, Lee Hutzalak, Cartoon Express, connect_icut, Prophecy Sun, Jeffrey Allport, Johnny Wakeham, Standard Grey, Pink Mountaintops.
This episode features the following music:
p:ano: Trouble Ahead from Ghost Pirates Without Heads (Mint Records, 2005)
Kellarissa: Harlean from Superstar EP (2008)
Fieldhead: he'd found the sea from they shook hands for hours (2009)
