Hi! Back with another weekend full of music in KW! Some great popup concerts and tons of other shows all over the region.
As always, check out kwconcerts.ca for ticket links and more info on all the shows :) and feel free to follow on Instagram @kwconcertsca for a similar post to this every week!
Friday, Jun 9, 2023
Hotel Mira With Antisocial Surf Club & Red Output @ The Hub
Ryland James @ Maxwells
Jonathan Chapman @ The Jazz Room
Sunset Sessions 7:30PM (Two Secret Artists) @ Vogelsang Green
Summer Music Series feat. Jones + The Jackpines @ TWB Brewing Co.
Saturday, Jun 10, 2023
Bass Drum Of Death With Dearly Beloved & Basement Revolver @ The Hub
Wannabe - A Spice Girls Tribute @ Farm League Brewing
Junior Santos @ The Jazz Room
Alt Indie Night @ Maxwells
Foods, Marcelle, Stevedave @ The Yeti
Sunny Sounds 10:30AM (2 Secret Buskers) @ Hong Kong Plaza (near the market)
Sunday, Jun 11, 2023
Badflower @ The Hub
Anatomy of the Recovering Brain (NUMUS) @ The Registry Theatre
Elvis Punkley, The Essential Letdowns, Gourmet, Blue Freezie @ Jane Bond
Check out the full listing and information for all concerts coming up in KW this year at kwconcerts.ca.
Let me know if there are any concerts coming up that I've missed!

English is not my first language, so please excuse any mistakes. My boyfriend and I have been together for 2.5 years and have been living together for the last year. A few weeks ago, I bought tickets for a concert that my BF wanted to go to. Yesterday, we went and it was great. The only problem was that we were a bit hungry from the beginning of the concert and there wasn't anything to eat. So we said we would go eat elsewhere after the concert ended. After the concert, we headed to a bar near our house that serves nice food. I wasn't that hungry because I was drinking (he was driving), but I had a nice time and didn’t want the night to end, it had been a while since we went on a proper date because we are both students. When we got there, there was a waiting list. My BF didn't want to wait because at this point he was starving, so we headed across the street to another place. They were closing, so my BF headed to Domino's. I told him I didn't want pizza, but he could go ahead and order, and I would just grab something when we got home. He offered to get something else for me that's not pizza, but I didn't want anything. It's worth adding that I was interested in getting something from those previous places because I like the food there. We eat pizza at least once a week because my BF loves pizza, but yesterday I wasn't hungry and just not in the mood for anything from there. When it was our turn to order, my BF ordered a large pizza and a meat sandwich (he is vegetarian, so it was obviously for me). I told him I didn't want anything and I wasn't going to eat it, but he didn't care. So I approached the lady who took his order and told her to cancel it. He told her to keep it, and we went on for an awkward minute. I took a chance and paid for the pizza just to make it over, only for him to place another order for a meat sandwich. I was so frustrated and furious because he was so stubborn and wouldn't listen to me, so I got out and started crying. When he came, he didn't understand why I was like this. I told him to stop thinking that he knows what's good for me better than I know. He said I was making a scene in front of people, that it was childish, and a new side of me that he hadn't seen. I didn't back down, and he said that I was walking on thin ice so I told him to break up with me…It wasn't pretty. We got the pizza and headed home. On the way home, I saw the events without a fight in my eyes, so I calmed down and was ready to talk about it. I don't remember what we talked/fought about when we got home, but it ended with him coming to hug me while I was crying. Today, I had to get up early to visit my parents (it was a planned visit), and we talked on the phone to clear the air. My BF thinks he did nothing wrong. He said that I overreacted and he wanted to do a nice thing for me. He didn't want me to have nothing to eat while we sat together and he ate. He also said that 80% of the time when I say I don't want to eat, I end up having a slice. I told him that it's true, but this was obviously not the same case because I was so clear that I didn't want it, and he could tell that. This is not the first time he has done something like this (I'm not going to get into the previous time, but it has to do with him meddling in my school work. He knows it was wrong on his part, and he took responsibility for it). I told him he was being controlling and toxic. He said that I'm influenced by my parents' relationship and that he is not like this. All he wanted was to give me something to eat, and sometimes in a relationship, people make decisions on their own, and he believed my reaction was way out of proportion. I agreed that it wasn't a big deal on its own, but it built up with all the other things. I wanted to know why he insisted on ordering that sandwich when he had a chance to drop it. I said it looked like he wanted to show me who is the boss, and after I pushed him for an answer, he said that he didn't want to give in in front of people and that it wasn't my place to meddle with his order in the first place because he was the one having the conversation and he was planning on buying it, so I have no say in it. We got to the part where each thinks he is right. He kept telling me to tell the story to an outsider so I can get some perspective. So, what do you think? Who is in the wrong here?

This is a rant as I feel none of my friends takes me seriously when I try to talk about my fears and stuff, so perhaps some of you on the internet will.
I am, partly by choice, still a virgin. It’s not something I’m ashamed but I don’t tell people I know openly because it’s obviously a private matter.
The reason why it’s partly by choice is because I was SA’d by a classmate when I was young, it has left a huge impact on me and still fills me with guilt when I think about it. At that age I had no idea what sex and touching each other actually meant or that it was for older people, I was a very sensitive and naive kid. But he made it seem all like a game, and I naively thought we did nothing wrong.
As I grew older I didn’t actually learn to deal with my emotions towards this in the proper way, so I started eating a lot, making me gain quite some weight. So while still being very cautious about having sex I also became very unattractive for people my age. The options I got was older guys who thought I’d be satisfied with them since I couldn’t get anyone else, like they thought I was an easy target. Parts of me just wanted to get it over with, just sleep with them and be done with that, but at the same time the little girl in me was super scared and wanted to look for a safe environment to lose my virginity. I’m also not a very physical person and don’t like when people touch me to much or to hard, which might have to do with my past but it could also just be the way I am.
The years went on and now I’m 26 and still haven’t had sex yet, I’m not suffering from it though to make that clear, and I’ve been in situations where I could’ve, but I’ve not felt safe so I’ve backed out of them. It’s like I’m now scared of having sex, it’s like climbing a huge wall.
The issue now to what I’m supposed to do is that I started seeing this guy recently, we have tons of mutual friends and he’s the sweetest guy walking on this earth. We hung out this weekend and he kissed me a couple of times. I was so nervous but I still felt good about being physical with him in that way, and when he held my hand the whole ride home until I dropped him off I felt like I knew he’s the one to do it with. He’s the one over all.
I’m still scared though, and I don’t want to lie to him about it being my first time, but I’m scared he’ll accidentally slip to someone about it and everyone will know I’m a virgin, which would crush me as it’s very personal. I’m also scared cause I don’t know what to expect and how to act, my best friend says I’ll know instinctively what to do but I’m a very nervous person so I’ll probably end up making everything so awkward…
As I know have finished writing I feel a bit better about getting to say this out loud. If anyone has any good advice or positive words to say I’d love to hear them…

Just wondering how long it usually takes to get a response back to a repair request in Canada? I crashed my drone while in Ecuador, sent it back to Canada with my father and have been trying to get in contact with them to get it fixed before I fly back home for a few weeks. I really want to have it back before I fly back to Ecuador, but time is slowly running out and scared it won’t be fixed. Note that I don’t have insurance on it, but happy to just pay to have it fixed.
I sent them a request more than 4 weeks ago
Should I just send find another repair option?

Went to my nephews highschool graduation. Proud of him, great kid, needs a little discipline but i think he would do well in college. What I am really proud of him for is his rizz. Kid has a baddie for a gf whom i just met. A tear came to my eyes. I hugged him tight and told him i was proud later that evening. Watched him grow up. Goofy kid not bad looking. Now hes becoming a man with the rizz of a god.
Later that night on the ride home i thought to myself. “Imagine if you will. A kid 18yo already more experienced than you in dating and with an 8 no less. By the Nine could not be me”. It was a funny thought.
Thats life 🤷🏽‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️😭😭

Hi everyone, I posted here a few days ago looking to spread some good vibes and am hoping someone somewhere would be willing to send some in return.
Background: I had a sacroiliac joint fusion scheduled for today for 2 months after two years of advocating for myself as a 32-year-old female in agony. Already have had another spinal fusion in my neck.
I received a call yesterday from the surgical coordinator at my surgeons office that my insurance (Cigna) had not received PSYCHIATRIC EVAL CLEARANCE from my PCP that a psychological condition was not causing the perception of pain. My primary submitted everything but it was still "pending" as of this morning, so the surgery was cancelled as we were 15 minutes away from the hospital, which is over an hour drive for us.
Apparently Cigna is one of a handful of insurance companies that require this type of evidence for SI fusions only. I am devastated. I have a reschedule date of July 14th and am promised all will be set then. But it FUCKING SUCKS. My husband had to put in for the day off a month ago, my kids have been a wreck and now I have to postpone the inevitable and prolong their apprehension, I have been the primary caretaker for my mother who is bedridden from similarly extensive joint degeneration and recently had to admit her and discharge her within 72 hours of a nursing home comparable to hell on earth all because of this surgery. We have a new caretaker hired, had enrolled my daughter in early morning school care for the remainder of her school days. I am just so frustrated by the entire scenario.
I have anxiety managed through medication and had become an alcoholic due to the pain from this condition but am stabally managed on naltrexone (7 months sober!)
But you're right, Cigna. Perhaps the unrelenting pain I have every form of documentation for diagnostically may be wrong and it is all a fabrication due to my mental health. Fuck. Off.
Sorry everyone, but I knew I could post here because I'm sure others have had to deal with similar insurance issues, especially if they're in the US. If this isn't allowed here I apologize and feel free to remove it, I feel better getting these thoughts out. I don't know if it's because I'm a woman of childbearing age or the fact that I have documented mental disorders, but this all feels very discriminatory and quite honestly, patriarchal.
Love to all you lovely witches and wishing everyone a safe and happy pride✌️ 🌈 🏳️‍🌈 💙 🤍 💕

Yesterday, I went out with someone I met on the Hinge app. We went to watch a movie together and ate afterwards. We are around the same age (I’m 22 and he’s 21) and we’re both college students entering our senior year.
The day of the movie he messaged good morning to me and we talked for a little bit. When I got to theatre I saw him and we both greeted each other. We made our way to the seats and he wanted to buy me something but I kept saying I was alright because the lines were super long and if we both went, no one would watch our stuff/potentially take our seats. So while sitting down, he asked me about my job and I explained. He said I was a sweetheart and also said I smelled good as well. I think we just watched the movie after this.
After the movie, he was super stunned (he really enjoyed it) and we talked about it for a bit as well as what I enjoyed about the movie. So I think atp, we were heading to a food court at a mall nearby.
Once we got to the food court, he saw something he wanted and I agreed to get it as well. He paid for the food we ordered and found a seat. Now, at this point there was some silence between us. I jokingly asked if it was still the movie and he nodded yes. After we sat down, I started eating but he didn’t like the food he ate. I felt bad and there wasn’t anything else around he wanted either. There was still a lot of silence even though I talked a little about where I go to school (which he asked me about) and the journey to where I am now. He said I was smart smart and then asked if I had any questions for him. The only question I asked was about his job and I said I was really impressed by him. Other questions didn’t come to my mind even though I was trying to think of some. We also talked about music tastes for a bit, which I blanked a little on, and then anime. He then wanted to go home and I agreed. He wanted to drop me at my bus stop I got lost a little so we just hugged goodbye.
After I got home, he texted me saying that he enjoyed our movie date and thanks with a thumbs up emoji. I responded by saying that I also enjoyed it and if he was still interested in going out with me and where this goes to let me know. He reacted with a thumbs up emoji.
Honestly, I feel like he’s not that interested in me because there was a lot of silence and his message after I got home. I can’t really pinpoint it but I felt like he was way more interested in the movie than talking to me. But then also feel like I could be reading him wrong.
What I can say is, whichever girl he really likes and wants to be serious with is very lucky.

Please understand that despite the beauty of these products, the company has always been actively trying to deceive you.
I bought a 2nd Gen Freewrite AND a Traveler because of the sleight-of-hand on their website at the time (which is still there btw). There, one can find this extremely exciting text:
"If you have a more flexible writing style, you’re also in good company. Many writers choose to use both the Freewrite and the Traveler. The Freewrite 2nd Gen and the Traveler were designed to work together. The portable Traveler is your everyday carry companion and the Freewrite the device you write on at home. The devices sync to the same backend, meaning you can start at home and add to that draft throughout your day whenever and wherever you feel inspired."
This never worked. I could never start a document on one machine and continue it on another. There was no function to allow me to see the document I'd started on the other machine. UNLESS I LOOKED AT MY POSTBOX ACCOUNT ON MY COMPUTER.
NOW... I find out that literally the feature I've been waiting for--uploading--the ability to move documents between the two machines owned by the same company--is only available behind a paywall????????
I'm going to lose my mind!
That said: I've already sold my Traveler, but now it seems like my 2nd Gen Freewrite is already woefully obsolete and its firmware will never update again.
Don't do it, people! Do not support this company!!
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Hi everyone, I am(20) in desperate need of advice. Last year I met this guy (19) who seemed to be great, I mean off the bat the chemistry was amazing. Unfortunately how we met had little to nothing to do with morale. He did have a girlfriend at the time but they were long distance and on the brink of separation. I also had a partner but this was a domestic violence relationship hard to escape from. Yeah I know how it goes, you lose them how you get them blah blah blah. So we made the decision to seperate from our previous partners because we discussed and made it clear we had grown more and more attracted to each other on the daily basis. I mean with every conversation, touch, quality time, dance and exchange, it was like there was just this irresistible force between us that couldn’t be broken. Not too long after we were beginning to establish the seriousness of our relationship, he had to move to New York with his father to get his life back together and get on his feet. I let him know that I am not into long distance relationships and while he’s up there he could do his thing, since we’re both young and still foolish. For about 8 months he stayed gone and as soon as he came back, I was the first person he came to see. It was almost like he was back like he never left and the chemistry remained the same. After a few weeks arguments were being had because I was going through a rough time and I felt like he wasn’t there like I felt he needed to be. To be fair, we both have strict parents and jobs to work so the was rarely time for us to talk about my issues, but he did the best he could with our schedules. Little did I know, he was going through a rough patch at home as well, he just wasn’t willing to communicate the way I would about his living situation because of his pride. His mother kicked him out and now he lives with a random girl from tinder. He’s sleeping with her and helping pay her rent and he’s let me know he’s not in love with her. Recently she found our chats in one of his phones and was upset, but she didn’t kick him out. I didn’t want him on the streets so I just didn’t say anything plus I don’t know her and I don’t want to bust her bubble because I don’t like mess. He is staying there until he gets back on his feet and gets his own place but for now that’s the situation he’s in. I am somewhat okay with it because I’m about to go into the military but in the other hand I just don’t feel like he needs to live like that if he’d just learn to communicate with the people around him. I only wish for him to confide in me as I did him but it’s something about his pride that just won’t let him. I really need advice because I love this man with my heart and I want better for him, but at the same time I want to know if this is a waste of time. I don’t want to move onto somebody and easter their time when I know I’m not over him. We are just two young adults in love trying to figure it out step by step. I wish I would have heard him out more when he told me about his mother (who is Jamaican by the way) She was taking all of his money that he earned himself, showing up to his jobs and taking his phone, constantly yelling about things that were already done. Just a lot of bad energy from her and he’d always remain respectful to her. I understand he needed to get out but I just don’t think it was the right way.

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Hi everyone, I am a 35 year old female who enjoys reading, travelling, food cooking, movies and sports. I am a life-loving person who likes to try new things and challenge myself. I love to read books of all genres, from fiction to history, from science fiction to biography, and I can immerse myself in them. Traveling is another hobby of mine. I like to explore different cultures and landscapes, and experience different lifestyles. Of course, traveling has also made me love food even more, and I like to taste different foods and try to cook them at home. Movies are also one of my hobbies, I like all types of movies, from romantic comedies to thrillers, they can make me feel different emotions and experiences. Finally, I also enjoy sports, such as running, yoga and swimming, which keep me fit and active.
I am looking for a friend who is over 33 years old with common hobbies to share the bits and pieces of life together. If you also enjoy reading, travelling, food cooking, movies and sports then we are sure to have plenty to talk about. If you are interested in my dating posts, please leave me a message, let's start a new adventure together!

I've just noticed that while checking the recent eShop sales in Europe.
I'm a bit tempted to play a Diablo game for the first time (solo though), and I think it might be the most interesting deal for many people - both games for less than 20€.
The Prime Evil Collection has a -67% discount while Diablo 3: Eternal Collection is only at -50%, which makes it at 30€.
Unless I'm mistaken, you get the exact same version of Diablo 3 with the Prime Evil bundle so it's actually more games for less money, hence why I'm sharing about it.

A lot of folks are having a hard time and in my experience I’ve ended up with jobs I would’ve never even considered had someone not pointed it out. You don’t know what you don’t know.
My input: ANYONE can be a PCA at a hospital. You’re essentially an assistant to the nurses. You see a lot and you learn a lot. The pay isn’t great (starting from $16-$20/hr generally) and you WILL clean up poop a lot but it’s a solid foot in the door. If you think you want to work in healthcare but have no education for it and/or no experience you can still get hired. If you like it, many places will pay for schooling should decide to become a nurse or X-ray tech or whatever. Also, you can work 3 days a week (12 hour shifts). For me that’s key because you can work another job if you want or stay home with your kids or take up juggling.
What’s out there that folks may not know about?

Hello !
I want to buy a budget bikepacking/gravel bike for week-end outings and after some researches I think I want to ambition X but I would like opinions from people with more experience ! I would be carrying a small tent, camping gear & necessities and a sleeping bag. I also want to do "off road" (it's more like a trail tbh) at a local park and its mostly flat with bumps here and there.
I'm probably going to do 60-40 or 70-30 road-gravel most of the time.
My logic was that I'm used to carbon road bike and the ambition X looks like a road bike so it's close to home for me while having bigger tires. It's not as bulky as the redwood and other popular budget gravel bikes. It's also very affordable for a carbon fork bike, here in Canada we dont have as many cheap options.
I'm definitely open to suggestions however if anyone has bike recommendations in the 1200$ cad range (900ish $ usd) !
Thanks you for your insight !

I am so happy to have found this reddit full of people with similar experiences to mine! Would like to share about my loss. I had a best friend (f28years old) for over 16 years, and we spent many years living & also working together. While she always had issues with her mental health and depression, everything rapidly declined two years ago. During a major depressive episode she got a prescribtion for antidepressants and adderall, which spiked her first fullblown manic episode. In hindsight I remember a few periods of hypomania in 16yrs, but they were never as bad as the manic episode. She suddenly started seeing strangers for sex every night, not sleeping anymore and often she would come home and I wouldn‘t even understand what she was talking about because her speech was so disorganized. It took a whole year until she finally got diagnosed with BP2. During this year I would take a lot of shit from her and still stay and try to be supportive, because I was sure that something was seriously off with her mental health. After the diagnosis I felt so much relief, because I believed that she would now be able to get the care she needs. You can‘t imagine how heartbroken I was when I finally realized 8 months after the official diagnosis, that she wouldn‘t seek help and was still (now consciously) abusing adderall+antidepressants and alcohol. I always thought that we would be able to work through the trauma that her illness has caused her and also our friendship, but she didn‘t want to seek counseling and also didn‘t want to take her mood stabilizers, so I eventually felt that she „would never come back“. I set clear boundaries 4 months ago and told her that I can only remain friends with her if she starts therapy and proper medication (because her behaviour is just becoming more and more irratic and hurtful). She flatout told me that she doesn‘t intend to do so, because „she likes her new self“. I am still in shock that she would be able to throw away a 16 year friendship, my heartbreak over this is just massive.
I feel very lonely in this experience, because people just don‘t „get it“. I can‘t talk to mutual friends about it, because I don‘t want to reveal her diagnosis, since she doesn‘t share it openly. But without the diagnosis the whole conflict lacks any sense. I feel that I lost so much, my best friend, our shared home (had to move out obviously), many mutual friends because I avoid her and subsequently them. We live in a small town in Europe and I suspect that she talks a lot of s*** about me while (hypo)manic. I don‘t want to be as hurtful and childish as her, but that often leaves me feeling isolated.
Would love to hear from similar experiences, how you learnt to cope & what helped you along the way. also I still feel like I don‘t really understand what the hell just happened, I know it but I don‘t understand it in my heart, if that makes sense. Thanks for reading

From 2013-2017 i was a full time seller, a sole prop in CA and did a couple million in revenue. I made a nice chunk of change but Amazon consumed my life. I started a landscaping business last year in a different state all, it's going decently well money wise and I love working outdoors .
So i have a corporation, a gmail, a Google voice, a mailbox, an EIN, a bank account and credit card for my landscaping business. My previous seller account is still open and in good standing, but inactive for years(of course Amazon being amazon, sometimes over the past 6 years they have found inventory and I'd get charged a couple bucks in storage fees..)
I'd like to open a new account using my new business. What steps should i take? Email seller performance? During the account sign up process for a corporation, i saw legal contact person for ID verification or beneficiary person. I don't want my name publicly on my seller profile and Google results. Is there any avoiding that?
Appreciate any input

Started the show 23 franchise last night. Opening day in Boston. Grayson: 7 IP with 4 H, 0 R, 7 K and 0 BB.
We win 2-0. Mateo 2-4 with a double, RBI and a single off the monster (didn’t go for second cause I thought it was gone…).
What a weird world that Mateo and Grayson were by far the stars.
Also can I just say that game makes Sale so hard to read. I straight up cannot see his delivery. I just lose it in the corner of my eye.
Anyway! Away we go.