This week, InSider hears about Gouger Street’s panda problem, spots a Harvest Rock Headliner and updates the playbook of a state pollie’s nickname.

InSider can reveal The Strokes (may) have been seen wandering around the CBD Last Nite and this morning, with nearby residents and restaurant owners catching a glimpse of the high-profile rock band.

In The Modern Age, there is an abundance of eateries on Pirie Street, and it seemed the New York rock legends were indecisive in their choice of lunch, perusing several menus ahead of their headline gig at Harvest Rock tomorrow night.

Tomorrow’s Harvest Rock will be Under Cover of Darkness, with heavy rain and thunderstorms expected to drench the more than 28,000 festival goers.

This year’s stacked festival lineup is expected to attract the largest audience to date and to add to the combined $34.5 million generated for the state economy in the first two years of Harvest Rock.

It remains unclear where The Strokes settled on for lunch and hopefully Someday a decision will be made…

This week, the town hall lineup included not one but two city street upgrades and a speed limit change, so InSider knew we’d have plenty of column fodder.

As we braced........

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