Now let me paint a picture 4 u of what this building looks like...1st of all its on east Hastings st in vancouver which is where all the heroin , meth, crack and such, junkies come 2 ether hang out, die, or both.
now the door to the "jam space"building is sandwiched in between a head shop/psychedelic relic emporium and a "seed shop" where all the potheads "hang" n smoke mad amounts of dope man... across the street is the amsterdam caffe where u can go n get a cup of coffee n a hooka full of weed, piggion park is 2 doors down ( pigeon park is a park(duh)where pigeons and used needles rule, and "proper" people don't step foot near)
The door leading in to the jam space building has a hole cut about eye level with a piece of, for lace of better words, 1 way plastic taped 2 it from the inside. u can see the street and whose at the door when lookin out but when standing on the street all u see is a door covered in old band posters and " bits of black plastic". Way 2 stay true 2 form H.A....
Now once u pass the threshold u see a hall ending in a T intersection with about 5 doors on each side, the decor consists of a few holes punched in the walls,permanent marker graffiti and crude saying's floor 2 sealing on the walls n doors, butts and roaches( i dont mean the animal.. well im shure they have those 2) decorate the floor and a permanent haze of pot and cigarette smoke drifts before your eyes.
now once in the actual "jam space" room, the graffiti and "but " decor scheme follows but added is a mass of wires spillin over every where and amps, guitars, drums, and such are all jumbled up with the empty beer bottles. very try 2 form of the heavy metal sheam.
so now that u have i hope a decant visual, on with my story... like i was saying i met up with my friend and his band the other day 2 listen 2 them practice and after wards the other heavy metal / schreemo band " stella" frum across the hall met up with us in the hall and had a few beers... now this isnt anything u wouldn't expect frum a couple of rock bands, drinking smokin weed and talking music... pretty standard right...? well i was talking to the other bands 2nd guitarist "d" and Michael Jackson's death got brought up and how he had such an impact on millions of ppl around the world so on and so forth. I happened to make the comment that i would have never thought some one in a heavy metal band would like the "pop king" and he( this is where it gets weird) replies by starting 2 sing some Michael jackson song... he knew every word.... now this gets even stranger, my friend "j" his guitarist and drummer the other bands 1st guitarist, lead singer, and bass player all join in.... they all new every word.... i swear 2 gowd and everything good and pleasurable on this earth it was like watching lamb of gowd turn in to the back street boys!
iv never seen anything that funny in all my life!
i have no words , nuthing after this will EVER be able to make me even blink....
tru story , really happend.
