At 5am last night, I staggered home from the Dawson City Music Festival's afterparty. It was at a log cabin. There was a canoe full of beer and a replica hollow log in honour of headliner Fred Penner. It never got truly dark.

It was a wonderful weekend here, in one of Canada's northernmost settlements, steps from the Klondike River, where the Constantines' furore rang out over Jack London's former home. I will try to gather my thoughts for you later this week, but in the meantime you can read The DCMF Listener, the zine I was brought here to write. As for Sappyfest last year (and again this year, later this month), I wrote about my experiences every day, wrote 'em down and in print, and these thoughts were distributed around the festival site. It was a privilege.

The weekend's highlights included Elfin Saddle, Tune-Yards, Constantines, A Young Linthead, Diyet, Burning Hell, Pat LePoidevin, and Fred Penner singing "You Gotta Fight For Your Right to Party". Because there was no Monday issue of the Listener, there is no description of last night's performance by Matana Roberts. This was brave and moving.

All this, quickly; I have to run and catch a helicopter over the Tombstone Mountains.