Setlist #2

By Sonam Maki

August 24th 2022                                                                                  953 Bruce Ave, Nanaimo BC

sweaty august afternoon gives way to a perfumed evening

            the tongue coating concoction of  dried out grass and residual supercharged asphalt

stirred in the vat of neon maple tree branches,                 on an urban farm in the south end of town

it's the occupied territory of burnt- out hippy families and the blue collar professional backbone,  

maybe some exchange student adventurers, braving the kilometer trek between liquor stores every night

STRAIGHT OUTTA HAREWOOD!       CO-OP THIRD SPACE!            I AM REALER THAN REAL! 

a wild gaggle of teenagers congregate next to late summer blackberries and free range chickens

fragrance notes are:

indica flower curdled in raw papers,

 sickening lychee vapour,

    hyper pheremonic body odour

on a small wooden platform sinking into the bramble, the band serenades the frontman goodbye,

what greater things could even lie beyond this?

 ELECTRICITY TRAPPED IN VINTAGE TWEED AMPS AND PEDALS IS STARTING TO REEK!

shrieking and moaning,            conjoined twins attached through the patch chord 

the set ends as darkness creeps in, and the melancholic testosterone hits via intravenous lightning strike

a crowd favourite cover of our nerd revenge anthem brings out sparks in even the most despondent

post show task list:

                           lucky lager in the old truck

                                                            enjoy a silicone bong rip in the bush,

                                                                                                    hum along with the frogs and crickets

there are small logs ready, for a high risk fire, where awkward connections brew eighty proof sarcasm

what greater thing could ever lie beyond this? 

Salmon on the Moon, by Francesca Pacchiano

Water colour and ink, 2023