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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 Other Openings on May 12th, 2008
Lie back in the video lounge that TJ Norris has crafted for us to experience an endless city. Let the soundtrack by Christen Renou allow your thoughts to flow. The endless/seemless looping of two image channels on the ceiling provide impulses of the images of a moving city. Feel the fact that [...]
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 [...]
Posted in Misc on Dec 2nd, 2007
Great weather in the northwest to take two days off from anything serious and just ski. Today started with 14″ of new overnight and continued by adding 8″ during the day! Yesterday had a foot of new as well! Yeah HAH!
I was skiing with my buddy Dave. Years before we met [...]
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 [...]
Posted in Music on Sep 26th, 2007
This past weekend I saw two bands. Some might be wondering why the posts on music when I talk a lot about art. I think there is a deep connection. In fact after this week’s posting on the band “Battles” one of my friends told me that he understand’s why I [...]