meet the scene

I hope people come out to the show at cyber city on tuesday because it should be rad. I'm worried nobody knows who the bands are. I'm not really that familiar with them, but jamie plays in-flight safety on the playlist sometimes and they're good. raising the fawn has members of broken social scene, and I just read a good review of mico in exclaim! magazine. and maybe the under-agers miss old phoebe? I hope so. I miss dance dance revolution. somebody please come and challenge me to a match.

I got an email this week from a guy who just moved to nanaimo and wants to get in on the indie scene and meet some fellow artists and musicians. know anyone to introduce him to? wait! I just thought of about twenty people! so for andrew and anyone who wants to know who exactly is who or who they might like to meet, or start a band with or start a fanclub for I'm going to do a series of profiles of local people who are doin stuff and makin stuff happen and stuff. I'll start with mini band profiles for people in bands, and start it off with myself in case you are wondering who the hell I am anyway.

BAND PROFILE: OLD PHOEBE
myspace: www.myspace.com/weareoldphoebe
together since: november 2005
members: jamie anderson, erin o'brien, pietro (the bike)
cd: apartment rock (april 2006)
bands they've played shows with: dustin and garret, the bash brothers, the bike's mine, the sheds, colourbook, hot birds and bees, you say party! we say die!, ukulelele, the razoowah, fury and the mouse, the 97th airborne
bands they've been compared to: a punk rock cat power, joanna newsom, arcade fire (seriously, someone I work with said we reminded her of them), a pinch of the pixies, the shaggs
other info: won the cambie/got pop? battle of the bands (october 2006)

MEET ERIN O'BRIEN (that's me)
band: old phoebe
instruments: vocals, guitar, bike, typewriter
previous band: apricot rock
radio shows: the playlist (tuesdays 11pm-1am) and indiecontextual (thursdays 4-5pm) on chly
blogs: stay at home, indiecontextual/enthusiasm radio!
day job: I work in a photolab and a mall store
aspirations: indie rock star, improve the world
most recent cd purchase: scout niblett--kidnapped by neptune, and frank black and the catholics--black letter days
favourite bands: wolf parade, sunset rubdown, the white stripes, modest mouse, beck, nirvana
favourite writers: gertrude stein, william carlos williams, jacques derrida, j.d. salinger
years in nanaimo: 2
first rad person met in nanaimo: jamie anderson
hero: spencer krug
local heroes: kristjanne vosper, tanner matt
aesthetic values: artful incongruity, imperfectionism, raw honesty, rough enthusiasm, deceptive simplicity, intellectual exhuberance, the absurd

MEET JAMIE ANDERSON
bands: old phoebe, urbane decay
instruments: vocals, piano, bicycle, harmonica, banjo
radio show: the playlist (tuesdays 11pm-1am) on chly
day job: record store
aspirations: for old phoebe to make it to halifax on tour
most recent cd purchase: thanksgiving, tahiti 80
most recent musical instrument purchase: 5-string banjo
favourite band: black keys
years in nanaimo: several
first rad person met in nanaimo: christopher arruda
hero: wayne coyne
local heroes: everyone else above and below me on this page
aesthetic values: I just like to know everyone is having a fun time but being safe about it

now playing: scout niblett--hot to death