Mikala / BackstageRider
@backstagerider.bsky.social
Mikala (Mih-Kay-La, She/Her). I created music memoir site BackstageRider.com (which got hacked & I need to rebuild it but am alive on socials @backstagerider). I am a 🇨🇦🇩🇰Music-Obsessed-Writer-Photog-GigGoer-Pagan-Goth-Spoonie-Foodie-Traveller-Settler.🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉🧡✊🏿🤘🏼
Gutted for my partner. He has spent the entire holiday doing family stuff, looking after his mom with dementia, having to hang with my mom, and finally gets 2.5 days to himself to relax …and now has a bad round of gastroenteritis. I feel so bad for the guy. Praying also I don’t get it but man
January 3, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Gutted for my partner. He has spent the entire holiday doing family stuff, looking after his mom with dementia, having to hang with my mom, and finally gets 2.5 days to himself to relax …and now has a bad round of gastroenteritis. I feel so bad for the guy. Praying also I don’t get it but man
Happy Thursday to all who celebrate
January 1, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Happy Thursday to all who celebrate
Hi, it me. If it you also, I send spoons for 2026.
New Years can be hard when you’re chronically ill
People are setting goals for the upcoming year… and many of us can’t participate
Our goal is to survive & lessen suffering
If all you did in 2025 was survive, that’s ok
It’s ok if that’s your goal for 2026 too
Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise
People are setting goals for the upcoming year… and many of us can’t participate
Our goal is to survive & lessen suffering
If all you did in 2025 was survive, that’s ok
It’s ok if that’s your goal for 2026 too
Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise
January 1, 2026 at 6:46 AM
Hi, it me. If it you also, I send spoons for 2026.
Hope has arrived
NEW YORK (AP) — Democrat Zohran Mamdani sworn in as mayor of New York City.
January 1, 2026 at 6:44 AM
Hope has arrived
I am west coast. But did the east coast NYC ball drop with my mom who also turns 82 on NY Day. Chugged a couple of fizzy dranks, had some sushi, home by 10:30, perfect and old. I may hate New Year’s but love to you all. May the year usher in more kindness. A fool’s hope, but a hope nonetheless.
January 1, 2026 at 6:41 AM
I am west coast. But did the east coast NYC ball drop with my mom who also turns 82 on NY Day. Chugged a couple of fizzy dranks, had some sushi, home by 10:30, perfect and old. I may hate New Year’s but love to you all. May the year usher in more kindness. A fool’s hope, but a hope nonetheless.
Thrilled to celebrate the one and only incredible researcher, journalist, kind soul and my unwaveringly unique and inspiring pal @nardwuarserviette.bsky.social on his Order of Canada! He is the best of us. (Ps that first image is us at Halloween)
December 31, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Thrilled to celebrate the one and only incredible researcher, journalist, kind soul and my unwaveringly unique and inspiring pal @nardwuarserviette.bsky.social on his Order of Canada! He is the best of us. (Ps that first image is us at Halloween)
@raffic.bsky.social congrats on the GG Award! So very well deserved - and finally! Much love and happy new year!
December 31, 2025 at 4:53 PM
@raffic.bsky.social congrats on the GG Award! So very well deserved - and finally! Much love and happy new year!
We turfed our Disney+ sub during the Kimmel thing and it expires next week so we’re watching Andor. Holy fuck is it like watching courderoy. It’s so bad.
December 6, 2025 at 4:01 AM
We turfed our Disney+ sub during the Kimmel thing and it expires next week so we’re watching Andor. Holy fuck is it like watching courderoy. It’s so bad.
I can’t sleep
December 5, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I can’t sleep
Awwwwww I didn’t know they were closing! This place IS truly amazing. My friend was the GM there and I hung with Sebadoh there too. A real rock n’ roll motel for sure. That’s such a bummer, but glad we were able to have the experience there, Wayne! Love to you 🤘🏼
Last go round at the Phoenix Hotel, before they close after New Year’s 😢 So many memories… Special shoutout to Mikala @backstagerider.bsky.social for the suggestion many years ago. Truly a home away from home.
December 1, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Awwwwww I didn’t know they were closing! This place IS truly amazing. My friend was the GM there and I hung with Sebadoh there too. A real rock n’ roll motel for sure. That’s such a bummer, but glad we were able to have the experience there, Wayne! Love to you 🤘🏼
I’m finding it virtually impossible to do more than an hour of work without crawling back into bed in this dark and wet November. Anyone else? Like, I legit am fighting off the AhFuckits so hard
November 24, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I’m finding it virtually impossible to do more than an hour of work without crawling back into bed in this dark and wet November. Anyone else? Like, I legit am fighting off the AhFuckits so hard
I - a Gen X goth - went to the East Van Opry last night. Huge talent on stage but these guys were the best because I imagined them actually as Emmett Otter’s Jug Band from The Muppets and that tickled me even more
November 23, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I - a Gen X goth - went to the East Van Opry last night. Huge talent on stage but these guys were the best because I imagined them actually as Emmett Otter’s Jug Band from The Muppets and that tickled me even more
November 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Mikala gets very excited in mushroom season. Rosy slime spikes I have been told #mushroomsky
November 21, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Mikala gets very excited in mushroom season. Rosy slime spikes I have been told #mushroomsky
I learned yesterday that my rental dog will cut a bitch if you try take away this particular fish chew (to prevent her from choking as it got smaller). Tiny wolf in there omg.
November 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I learned yesterday that my rental dog will cut a bitch if you try take away this particular fish chew (to prevent her from choking as it got smaller). Tiny wolf in there omg.
Hanging out with the future leader of the NDP. Hear me out, Canada: Avi Lewis is actually planning to make some noise for the actual good of actual Canadians. It’s time to return to the party we know it can be, not the one it has been. There is change afoot.
November 19, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Hanging out with the future leader of the NDP. Hear me out, Canada: Avi Lewis is actually planning to make some noise for the actual good of actual Canadians. It’s time to return to the party we know it can be, not the one it has been. There is change afoot.
Wait, what? How the fuck is it October?
October 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Wait, what? How the fuck is it October?
I haven’t been on here a lot and I miss it! Been a draining *checks calendar to see how long* ….life
September 29, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I haven’t been on here a lot and I miss it! Been a draining *checks calendar to see how long* ….life
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i’m so old, i remember when going on the internet made you smarter
September 24, 2025 at 12:38 AM
i’m so old, i remember when going on the internet made you smarter
Whoops I slept in until 9am. On a workday. 😂
August 8, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Whoops I slept in until 9am. On a workday. 😂
@cityofvancouver.bsky.social what *is* the City’s tangible, practical, on-the-ground safety plan for tsunami warnings or impacts? Like, do we have signs, sirens, Parks Board patrolling beaches to keep ppl safe etc? Not talking about gov warnings. You’re not winging it, right? RIGHT?
July 30, 2025 at 1:26 PM
@cityofvancouver.bsky.social what *is* the City’s tangible, practical, on-the-ground safety plan for tsunami warnings or impacts? Like, do we have signs, sirens, Parks Board patrolling beaches to keep ppl safe etc? Not talking about gov warnings. You’re not winging it, right? RIGHT?
IF you’re on the very West Coast of BC, in Hawaii and probably the US coast, THERE HAS BEEN A MAJOR EARTHQUAKE (8.7!!!) in the Bering Sea in Russia and we are all on Tsunami Advisories. My zone is close (tho tucked in in Vancouver) but not listed - but I live a block and a half from the water so EEP
July 30, 2025 at 2:09 AM
IF you’re on the very West Coast of BC, in Hawaii and probably the US coast, THERE HAS BEEN A MAJOR EARTHQUAKE (8.7!!!) in the Bering Sea in Russia and we are all on Tsunami Advisories. My zone is close (tho tucked in in Vancouver) but not listed - but I live a block and a half from the water so EEP
@amandaonmaui.bsky.social are you guys ok out there? I know Hawaii is on tsunami alert like the BC west coast. Thinking of you my sweets, stay safe!
July 30, 2025 at 2:02 AM
@amandaonmaui.bsky.social are you guys ok out there? I know Hawaii is on tsunami alert like the BC west coast. Thinking of you my sweets, stay safe!
Please enjoy this photo of me and Del The Funky Homosapien. He is indeed.
July 23, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Please enjoy this photo of me and Del The Funky Homosapien. He is indeed.
Best people, great venue!
Happy 14th anniversary at the Rickshaw, Mo!
Here’s a cover story I did about the venue for @megaphonemagazine.com last year
@rickshawtheatre.bsky.social @bifnaked.bsky.social ♥️ @backstagerider.bsky.social
Here’s a cover story I did about the venue for @megaphonemagazine.com last year
@rickshawtheatre.bsky.social @bifnaked.bsky.social ♥️ @backstagerider.bsky.social
Megaphone - Everybody’s hometown show
megaphonemagazine.com
July 23, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Best people, great venue!