![]() ![]() Honestly, just go to shows when they actually start and see what music this city has to offer. ![]() They’re a Seinfeld-themed punk band that absolutely rips. If you don’t like their sound you probably drink Lucky in the back of your truck and have a pending sexual assault charge. The Mandlebaums are awesome. I always gotta show love to Electric Sex Panther and Quarterback. It just shows that our music scene isn’t as pretentious as people like to paint it.ĭR: Who would you say is your favourite local act? Some bands are actually asking to be made fun of (shout out to Jesse Roper), which is great. I love Troy and the crew down there, but they have some aspects I can make fun of.Īs far as bands go, I’ve already made fun of some of my close friends, so I doubt anybody is off the table. VBM: I joke about Sült being untouchable but that’s also a lie. That’s mental illness’ job.ĭR: Is there any band or venue you won’t take a shot at? A few out of 1500 (and counting) isn’t gonna dampen my spirits. But that’s gonna happen with anything when it gets big enough. VBM: There have been a few people who have openly expressed their dislike for my brand of humour in the comments section. Other than that, it’s been only love, and I love ‘em back.ĭR: What’s the worst thing someone has said about you? So, I can only assume there’s a bias there. But really, the only people who have taken issue with the jokes are the people making money off of those I’m making fun of. So, in that case, some people need to figure out what the fuck they want. Honestly, it seems the two biggest criticisms have been either a roast was too soft or it went too far. I never really expected this to take off the way it has. VBM: If somebody wants to fight me over a meme they have a lot more issues they need to deal with first.ĭR: What kind of responses have you gotten to your posts? Petting other people’s dogs, writing real jokes, enjoying too much coffee, and trying to find that perfect Caesar.ĭR: Are you concerned for your safety should your identity ever become known? VBM: Taking in as much of the music scene as I can. Image provided by Victoria Bar MemesĭR: When you’re not creating memes, what are you doing? People seem to think I’m here to end careers but I don’t have nearly that much influence. Some people in the bar and music scene take themselves too seriously and I figured this is a way to help everyone kinda step back and hopefully have a laugh at themselves. meme accounts are my invention, BCferriesmemes is the king. I don’t like to talk about what I saw back there, at least not in public.ĭR: What gave you the idea to start the Instagram account? We came to this land while I was still a baby and I’ve made it my home. My parents were guerilla fighters trying to make it out of that god-forsaken hellscape. A jack of certain trades, if you will.ĭR: Are you comfortable telling us a little about yourself? A memer, a music fan and musician on occasion, a comedy enthusiast, a man of many renaissance-like tastes. Victoria Bar Memes: I’m somebody who knows a lot of musicians and has a generous amount of free time on my hands. Image provided by Victoria Bar Memes Image provided by Victoria Bar Memes Image provided by Victoria Bar Memes McDonald statue, and Lisa Helps’ old Facebook account, I came face to face with the mystery behind the madness for an exclusive, insightful interview. In a dank and dingy room somewhere in the catacombs beneath the Janion, filled with discarded scraps of the Johnson street bridge, the missing John A. With a rapidly growing Instagram following, Victoria Bar Memes is an equal opportunity offender who seems to take great pleasure in skewering and spoofing an otherwise somewhat sanctimonious scene. With a sly, acerbic wit, they’ve singlehandedly managed to pull together a music scene otherwise denoted by its abstracted artists into a united choir singing “who the fuck is this guy?!” Part Banksy, part Lester Bangs, part Don Rickles, the mysterious figure behind Victoria Bar Memes has made their own kind of mischievous waves in the Victoria music and culture scene this summer. In a city with a long history of breeding roguish ne’er do wells, I found myself with the opportunity to sit across from one of its newest. I was drugged and blindfolded (my idea, not theirs) and whisked away into the anomalous night. This ain’t the Mainland” arrived at my door. At the exact time I was told to expect it, an old plumbing van with a faded Tall Tree decal and a bumper sticker reminding me to “Chillax. The meetup had been planned for days, but I still didn’t really know what I was getting myself into. Either way, it was a strange and surreal night. ![]() Maybe it was the wildfire smoke hanging on the city like a dirty Jesse Roper poncho. ![]()
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