Ben Meyercord's live music picks for Dec. 31st to Jan.6th

So I am back in Portland. Man if feels good to be back. I have am no longer stuck at home waiting for something to do. Let me assure all of you people of Portland, you live in city where things happen. And speaking of things happening, this is how the show situation is looking for this week.Monday, December 31stHoly crap!...

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un-conventional top 10 ....piecemeal....

or mincemeat pie...meal???!!!ostensibly, the offices of gkd-landia are ever demanding, ever challenging, and always full of wonderful and amazing suprises....additionally, we all have agendas... and some are more obvious than others... it's true, i'm gonna write about a Portland Asian-American band... and yes, they did make my top 10 of local/indie bands.......

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Thursday night + the moon

Tonight, Thursday, December 27th @ Dante’s, 9PM $5 21+Recently, I read an interview with Chantal Akerman …. Cinema is a shared time, a shared experience, but when we read, we read alone, the text is a separate and individual time… an individual consumes with eyes and absorbs and processes expansive worlds with such limited descriptions… words… …well,...

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Seeking Portland Indie Muisc Lovers

Do you go to shows no one has ever heard of?Do you like music that isn't on a label (or a label that isn't Capitol Records)?Do you love finding music and sharing it with your friends?Portland has hundreds of bands the Mercury and the Willamette Week don't write about. Let's write about them here!Things I want to read about:1....

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Dave Allen hates on me in a nice way!

The following has been copied and pasted from Pampelmoose:Dave Allen Says:December 11th, 2007 at 9:29 pmMr Goldie, if in fact you are a Mr, maybe a Ms, your blog is fine, but such early days….you’ve got to earn the accolades in the blogosphere and it takes years believe me. The ‘tricks’ of getting traffic are out there but they don’t work, there are...

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Ben Meyercord live music picks for Dec. 17th -23rd

Another week another group of shows that we all should attempt to attend. Maybe we should call this weekly list of shows, "Ben Meyercord's Attempt to Attend show list" or "Attempt 2 Attend: Portland shows".I am going back to Texas on Wednesday, so I will only be able to make it to two shows this week. But I will list...

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Wednesday December 12th, 2007: AristeiA, Jon Garcia and Charmparticle @ The Doug Fir

3 wonderful local bands play this Wednesday night at The Doug Fir!Aristeia Photo by Ste. GoldieJon Garcia soon to be known as Castle Photo by Micha UsherCharmparticles Photo by ? (got it off their myspace)All three bands are from Portland, Oregon. If you are looking for a place to hang out this Wednesday night come to the Doug...

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how much is too much ...how much is TMI....

so, last Wednesday night the mighty fab (more than four) Voxtrot came out to the West Coast again...and despite the post-flood roads and I-5 closures, the band made their gig at the Hawthorne Theatre. Their songs are the the good kind of treacle ...the songs are the reflective, exploratory, daring, retro-fresh and sincere....not to sound oddly cliched,...

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Pampelmoose! Dave Allen can you hear me?

ATTENTION BLOGGERS OF PORTLAND OREGON!Dave Allen from Portland band Gang of Four has a blog.Why am I telling you about it?Because I want you to read it and tell me if you get anything from it.This is the only other indie music blog in town.CIMTB is not Pampelmoose but we have a lot to learn from Pampelmoose. OR DO WE?Reading...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music picks for Dec. 10th-16th

It just doesn't get easier does it. Another week full of great shows, and therefore another blog post detailing them.Hello Portland and areas surrounding Portland this is what is going down, show wise, this week:Monday, December 10thThere isn't too much going on at the start of the week but there is this...Strangers Die Everyday...

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What's with your bathrooms, Rotture?

(Hi. I'm Amber)By now, Portland friends, you might quite possibly be familiar with Rotture, a bar and venue in the place of the former Loveland former Meow Meow former B Complex where I had interesting times as a young one. I've only been there a few times, but have always been generally pleased with the experience - it's a nice venue (though shows upstairs...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks For This Week

Damn my inability to be everywhere at once!There are too many shows in Portland.If I could I would be at two or three show every night. Unfortunately I have a lack of money and time. Plus my body tends to slow down and eventually fall asleep on me. But I guess the question is, "is that a bad thing?" It depends I suppose.So...

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i found a blog for you to read AND wanna write a blog?

To read:A thoughtful blog about what it means to a certain blogger to be "Indie" It's a good read and should provoke some discussion (leave a comment).ALSOTo consider:Are any of you out there ready to publish your thoughts and feelings about all things indie music in PDX?If so please consider becoming a contributing member of Crappy Indie Music -- The...

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