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.🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉🧡✊🏿🤘🏼
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!
Happy 45th birthday to @raffic.bsky.social’s Baby Beluga! Wow!
a beluga whale is swimming in the ocean and looking at the camera .
ALT: a beluga whale is swimming in the ocean and looking at the camera .
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July 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Happy 45th birthday to @raffic.bsky.social’s Baby Beluga! Wow!
Is my day of birth today. Have had a rough ol’ year tbh. Woke up in a dark hole, but pulled myself out with the help of a long reflexology session, a free Starbucks drink, a massive bouquet of 💐, messages and a dinner with mom and man. Also ate a bánh xèo bigger than my head. Roll on what’s next
May 30, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Is my day of birth today. Have had a rough ol’ year tbh. Woke up in a dark hole, but pulled myself out with the help of a long reflexology session, a free Starbucks drink, a massive bouquet of 💐, messages and a dinner with mom and man. Also ate a bánh xèo bigger than my head. Roll on what’s next
I spent an evening being mildly stepped on, spittled on, staring into the crotch of, and enjoying every last second of the glorious, never-gives-less-than-110% Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, the remarkable Bad Seeds and Colin Greenwood of Radiohead. Just. Always. Stellar.
May 14, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I spent an evening being mildly stepped on, spittled on, staring into the crotch of, and enjoying every last second of the glorious, never-gives-less-than-110% Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, the remarkable Bad Seeds and Colin Greenwood of Radiohead. Just. Always. Stellar.
It’s Friday right?
May 14, 2025 at 1:50 AM
It’s Friday right?
Please explain to me my own reminder
May 8, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Please explain to me my own reminder
Anyone local know of any deals on for Scandinave? @miss604.com
May 8, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Anyone local know of any deals on for Scandinave? @miss604.com
Lily is gently interrupting you to ask if you like her haircut #dogsofbluesky
May 4, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Lily is gently interrupting you to ask if you like her haircut #dogsofbluesky
Shakes fist at cloud
May 4, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Shakes fist at cloud
I live on a marathon route in Vancouver. Spring is HELL. So many runs. We are trapped. Cheering at 7am. We had a fam emerg and had to get to our car parked 2 blocks away (b/c our roads get closed) but still literally had to cross a marathon to get it - it was like Frogger. Fucking healthy city ugh
May 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I live on a marathon route in Vancouver. Spring is HELL. So many runs. We are trapped. Cheering at 7am. We had a fam emerg and had to get to our car parked 2 blocks away (b/c our roads get closed) but still literally had to cross a marathon to get it - it was like Frogger. Fucking healthy city ugh