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Posted in Music on Jul 22nd, 2008
Last Saturday (19-Jul), King Black Acid played @ Doug Fir after a 3 year hiatus.
The previous lineup was always known as KBA to local fans. Actually the name for the latest incarnation of KBA is properly called “King Black Acid and the Sacred Heart“. So the new acronym is KBASH(?)
This new [...]
Posted in Main, Music, Ponderings on Jul 1st, 2008
Last November, I read a NYT article that said that Freud and psychoanalysis form a key part of humanities teaching, while in those same universities his teachings are virtually extinct in psychology courses. Read Patricia Cohen’s article “Freud Is Widely Taught at Universities, Except in the Psychology Department”
In the day, I took enough psychology [...]
Posted in Music on Jun 7th, 2008
Portland’s own Derby played at the Wonder Ballroom this past Friday night. This show was a CD Release party for Derby’s “Posters Fade” CD.
I first came across Derby at two different shows at the Doug Fir (including the FirFest) and really liked their sound. At that time I said, “These local boys really [...]
Posted in Music on Jun 2nd, 2008
The Long Blondes are a 5-piece art-rock band from Sheffield England. They played at the Doug Fir this past Saturday night in Portland Oregon.
Lead singer Kate Jackson strutted out …
…then kicked our butts.
The band refers to their music as “glamorous punk.”
They have a new CD out titled “Couples.” Many of their songs dig [...]
Posted in Music on May 21st, 2008
Last night in New York, DeVotchKa put on an amazing show. DeVotchKa melds together an amazing blend of talent and styles.
The play an eclectic rock - Gypsy-punk - Eastern-European - folk sound all created with blend of instruments: violin, tuba, accordion, theremin, bouzouki, and many more.
I’ve seen their name around for a while but [...]
Posted in Music on Apr 1st, 2008
Friday night started off at Portland restaurant the “Rocket”, it is one of a growing number of Portland restaurants that really feature fresh and local food on the menu. Just how local and fresh? In this 4th floor restaurant all you have to do is look up and imagine.
Not only do you get [...]
During the cold war you have been committed if I would have said “…in the future, this crazy Finnish rock band will perform with the full Red Army Choir (Soviet Red Army at that time) and they’ll sing “Sweet Home Alabama” in english together on stage”
Sometimes the past doesn’t give you any clues [...]
Last Saturnite was the “HOWL” and it was great fun. Lots of great people everywhere wandered the 3 main stages both indoor and out, five bars. Yeah it worked. Lots of great music. A Great Party- thanks all!
The Creepy Canopy Area:
Joshua Lee 9-10:30p (Space Time Forgot, PDX)
Manoj 10:30-12a (Your Mom, PDX)
Rithma [...]
Posted in Music on Oct 20th, 2007
Interpol, so what happened to you? I was completely into all of your shows during your past visits. And now this? It was a pretty good 1 hour set, but honestly the older songs seemed much tighter than the new songs. But probably should start with the ending. Lame. [...]
Connections? many, few, or just things I’ve heard about today or doing today. First the very sad news… South African reggae star, Lucky Dube, has been shot dead. This happened when car thieves attacked his car when he was dropping his teenage son and daughter off in a Johannesburg suburb.
I started hearing about [...]