Question of the Week: Best of 2009

Sorry about not posting last week. I guess I could make the excuse that I was taking a holiday vacation, but I'm not sure, as I didn't actually travel or anything. Oh well.

It's the end of the year, and I'm obligated to pose a best of 2009 type question, so what was the best live show you saw this year?

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Animal Farm @ PDX-POP NOW '09.

Gonna keep it short and sweet.

I had fun @ the Animal Farm set. Although I did not wave my hands in the air, because I just didn't care.
A lot of people made some snide comments about the only hip-hop act of the day. Whatever though, I'm used to that. Which led me to leave early despite Soul Plane (Unrated Mile High Edition) playing on the dance party screen upstairs @ Rotture.

And upon leaving, I swear I didn't make this up, some dude approached me by the korean taco truck.

Absolute Stranger: Hey bro! You got some weed?
Me: Nah man.
AS: OK. I got some.
Me: All right. You're set then.
AS: You wanna buy some?
Me: Nah. I'm good man.
AS: You got a piece at least?
Me: Nah. Sorry. (pretends to text on my phone)
AS: That's cool. I got one. If you wanna get lit in a bit just hit me up. My car's right over there.
Me: OK. *puts headphones on and walks away awkwardly*



Looking forward to Luck-One manyana.

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PDX Pop Now! 2009 line up with links to music pages

PDX Pop Now! Friday July 24th - Sunday July 26th 2009

Check the music and find some favorites. I like having an idea of the bands I don't want to miss.

sweet poster by Dylan McConnell

Ah Holly Fam’ly
Animal Farm
Au
Autistic Youth
Benoît Pioulard
Breakfast Mountain
Chamber of Commerce (Blue Cranes + Paxselin Quartet)
Church
Cull
Daniel Menche
DASH!
Deelay Ceelay
Don Hellions
Explode Into Colors
Fear No Music
Fist Fite
Grouper
Guidance Counselor
Inside Voices
Jeffrey Jerusalem
Laura Gibson
Lightheaded
Luck-One
Magic Johnson
Menomena
Morning Teleportation
MY-G
Nice Nice
Nucular Aminals
Nurses
Peter Broderick
Pierced Arrows
Purple Rhinestone Eagle
Red Fang
Rob Walmart
Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside
Strength
Tara Jane O’Neil
Teeath
The Andrew Oliver Sextet
The Estranged
The Mint Chicks
The Minus 5
The Old Believers
The Quick & Easy Boys
The Shaky Hands
Thrones
White Hinterland

Hey Eriq are you gonna live here by then? - Ste. Goldie

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