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 on [...]
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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 [...]
Really lame ending to Interpol show in Portland
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. 10 minutes after the set and [...]
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 Lucky [...]
Photography/Music & two bands
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 like Battles, “Their music [...]
Battles coming to Portland 2-Nov
Posted in Music on Sep 24th, 2007
I have Battles new CD “Mirrored” on heavy rotation, they are doing some interesting things. I’m finding a lot of people around here aren’t familiar with this New York band, but get ready Portland… 2-Nov at Hawthorne Theater (1507 SE 39th, ticketswest) Battles plays “Atlas” on “Mirrored” album lots of interesting repeating musical images. They’ve [...]
US release 2-Nov: Documentary “Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten”
Posted in Music on Sep 18th, 2007
In May I mentioned a new documentary called “Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten” which opened in the UK this spring. It has now crossing the pond and is sheduled to open in the US on 2-Nov. Don’t know where yet… “Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten” a Julian Temple film, was released in UK [...]
Helio Sequence
Posted in Music on Aug 7th, 2007
This weekend in three different restaurants and bars around Portland I heard Helio Sequence playing. How cool is that. I went to their Myspace page, where they mention a big fall tour and a release. I can’t wait for more…
Derby Night at the Doug
Posted in Music on Aug 5th, 2007
Last night “Derby” played an energetic and very infectious set at the Doug Fir. Lots of great songs in this tight set. Lots of catchy lyrics… I always like it when the non-mic’ed musicians sing along. Derby is just damn-good indie pop. Some times you just need fun and they are it. They debuted quite [...]
They had me at the words “The Clash.”
Posted in Music on May 23rd, 2007
A new documentary called “Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten” is now showing in the UK, I can’t wait till it crosses the pond. Joe Strummer was co-founder and lead singer of The Clash. Epic Records once proclaimed The Clash as “The Only Band That Matters”. There is a BBC podcast about the new documentary [...]