Countdown to Pop Montreal 2012

CJLO's Brian H from Countdown to Armageddon (Mondays 8-10 pm) has different plans during Pop Montreal this year. Here is his day-to-day breakdown of what's happening during the five-day music festival...

WEDNESDAY

I note the beginning of Pop Montreal via Post It near my alarm clock, and realize that it really marks the beginning of the proper countdown to my evening with THE BASED GOD LIL B, making a RARE appearance in Montreal. T-minus two days. I prepare by putting his mix tapes on rotation and humming his catchy hooks to myself a fair amount, both publicly and privately. It would take roughly three weeks for a song to repeat if I were to play his mix tapes on repeat end-to-end.

THURSDAY

I go to work and go through my day, but really my mind is on the show on the next night. I do the cooking dance at work several times to demonstrate my love of the Based God, and then show how I bookmarked all 155 of his old MySpace pages where he uploaded his music before using proper sites to drop new knowledge on this lowly human.

FRIDAY

The day of the Lil B show, I fast and consume only liquids of a clear, transparent nature. I take the day off work and sit in a circle with my two cats, discussing which of the thousands of tracks he may decide to #BLESSUS with. I will sit through Cadence Weapon's DJ set and nod approvingly, and then enjoy the antics of the backpack-wearing Lunice. The moment the BasedGod emerges from behind the curtain, I will enter a new state of consciousness. As the show finishes after Lil B's 11 pm set I will then stumble to the closest metro station and ride it in a daze, almost euphoric. Instead of ending up back home I end up circling the neighbourhood before falling asleep in a park, mumbling the words "hashtag swag" to myself. In the morning I shall emerge and discover that kind souls have left me about $1.57 in change and make my way home.

SATURDAY

Don't remember. Probably comatose in a near-Nirvana state.

SUNDAY

I re-emerge from the pillow fort built in my apartment, a changed man. The cats and my girlfriend greet me as though I am back from a trip from space. I consume sugary cereals and read some news. #RARE #BASEDGOD