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.🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉🧡✊🏿🤘🏼
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.
Our Zone isn’t on the list thank gods but we’re close and one and a half blocks away from the water but uphill. All zones except ours have been called tho (we’re green)
July 30, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Our Zone isn’t on the list thank gods but we’re close and one and a half blocks away from the water but uphill. All zones except ours have been called tho (we’re green)
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.
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.
Please explain to me my own reminder
May 8, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Please explain to me my own reminder
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
However, dear bands: stop with your infernal dry ice and back or side lighting, I have taken hair-pullingly shite and grainy photos of you at the last few gigs. We love your pasty faces, even if you don’t - put some light on them. 🤘🏼😫
April 26, 2025 at 12:51 AM
However, dear bands: stop with your infernal dry ice and back or side lighting, I have taken hair-pullingly shite and grainy photos of you at the last few gigs. We love your pasty faces, even if you don’t - put some light on them. 🤘🏼😫
How much do I love “Remurdered” by Mogwai live? A rather enormous amount. It’s consistently my fave, and I’ve probably seen the band like 10 times now since 1999. This was last night in Vancouver.
April 26, 2025 at 12:43 AM
How much do I love “Remurdered” by Mogwai live? A rather enormous amount. It’s consistently my fave, and I’ve probably seen the band like 10 times now since 1999. This was last night in Vancouver.
Fontaines DC this past weekend in Vancouver. One of like three terrible photos I managed to get with their heinous side- and backlights 🤣😭
April 23, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Fontaines DC this past weekend in Vancouver. One of like three terrible photos I managed to get with their heinous side- and backlights 🤣😭
Please enjoy my rental dog Lily doing the very least she has to, to ask for pets (sound on)
April 23, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Please enjoy my rental dog Lily doing the very least she has to, to ask for pets (sound on)
Anyone remember the 90s alt flick “KIDS”? And the song “Natural One” by lo-fi legends Folk Implosion? I do! So lucky to have brought my longtime friends Lou Barlow (Dinosaur Jr. & Sebadoh) and John Davis up to Vancouver recently and to hear all those songs (old and new!) again live. Here’s us 💕🤘🏼
April 13, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Anyone remember the 90s alt flick “KIDS”? And the song “Natural One” by lo-fi legends Folk Implosion? I do! So lucky to have brought my longtime friends Lou Barlow (Dinosaur Jr. & Sebadoh) and John Davis up to Vancouver recently and to hear all those songs (old and new!) again live. Here’s us 💕🤘🏼
A few shots I took late last month of the always flawless @franzferdinandhq.bsky.social in Vancouver. We missed you here!
April 12, 2025 at 9:37 PM
A few shots I took late last month of the always flawless @franzferdinandhq.bsky.social in Vancouver. We missed you here!
I mean, how much more fucking perfect can one live song be? Zero more. Refused just KILLED on Monday in Vancouver, with my mates ACTORS, opening. Grateful to see them again (my 4th!) on this final tour ☠️
April 11, 2025 at 7:22 AM
I mean, how much more fucking perfect can one live song be? Zero more. Refused just KILLED on Monday in Vancouver, with my mates ACTORS, opening. Grateful to see them again (my 4th!) on this final tour ☠️
What a pleasure to be @dennislyxzen.bsky.social of Refused’s first repost on this channel. My work here is done 😂Here we are hot n’ sweaty and, uh, smeared in Austin in 2014 at SXSW when he was out with his other band INVSN. 🤘🏼
April 11, 2025 at 7:18 AM
What a pleasure to be @dennislyxzen.bsky.social of Refused’s first repost on this channel. My work here is done 😂Here we are hot n’ sweaty and, uh, smeared in Austin in 2014 at SXSW when he was out with his other band INVSN. 🤘🏼
@dennislyxzen.bsky.social welcome!! Thanks for Monday night in Vancouver! 🤘🏼🖤🤘🏼
April 11, 2025 at 4:58 AM
@dennislyxzen.bsky.social welcome!! Thanks for Monday night in Vancouver! 🤘🏼🖤🤘🏼
Caught our rental dog in the act of bare-faced aggression #dogsofbluesky
March 22, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Caught our rental dog in the act of bare-faced aggression #dogsofbluesky
You know what I find adorable - when tourists get excited by our Canadian Geese / cobra chickens. I suppose it’s like me losing shit over a big iguana in Mexico
March 15, 2025 at 12:55 AM
You know what I find adorable - when tourists get excited by our Canadian Geese / cobra chickens. I suppose it’s like me losing shit over a big iguana in Mexico
Rain and sun, at the same time, Vancouver-style
March 11, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Rain and sun, at the same time, Vancouver-style
I always preferred them to
March 10, 2025 at 4:42 AM
I always preferred them to