Meet the Baters! (Incubator Recap)

January 28th, 2008 was another beautiful, wonderful night of magical sounds (thanks to Ryan the sounds guy aka Synchronicity Frequency). Tonight was all music.Here are the people I met for the first time tonight:Port Townsend transplant, WA Usana TronAnna Todaro of "The Biggest Little Art Gallery In Portland!" with Eric McEwenGuitarist...

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Update about tonight plus another list.

So I sometimes find things that have been lost in the cracks. It seems that sometimes places don't have websites and I suppose go by word of mouth. Take Valentine's for instance. There is a place that has pretty cool shows pretty often. Yet they have no website or myspace or anything. Crazy I know. Any way tonight Kele...

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Four Eyed Monsters screening at the Someday Lounge 2/12!

Sometimes in life, really, when one asks for a sign, a gift, a reminder, when looking for purpose and direction in these chaotic times of instability and war... magically, or because fate deemed it so... those messages percolate down through the ether of the clouds and atmosphere... when stories come and inspiring individuals...

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My Heart On for Incubator @ Someday Lounge

Reasons to go to Incubator at the Someday Lounge tonight:1. black leather couches upstairs2. The acoustics3. Feel supported, encouraged to participate.4. Interesting people show up and share their art5. Vive l'arte I LOVE THE SOMEDAY LOUNGE!6. FREE FREE FREE FREE7. Gabriel DarlingTonight if you are broke, brokenhearted, brimming...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for Jan. 28th to Feb. 3rd

Hello Portland Music Scene. How are you? I know it has been some time since I have seen you. I don't know how to say this so I guess I will just say it. I have been have been having a love affair with my bedroom (I did not want to leave it last week and was doing pretty good job, though I occasionally made it as far as my...

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Mattress Monday Tonight 1/28/08: MONSTROUS

MATTRESS MONDAYEAST END (21+)203 SE GrandPortland, ORHosted by Sean Goth...

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List of Portland Music

Here is an alphabetical list of some of what Portland, Oregon has to offer in the way of music. It is not comprehensive nor is it complied as a list of "cool" music. It's just a bunch of names.Recommendations for this list: Click on the names that you don't recognize and take a listen. Then add them to your friends on myspace and then go to one of their...

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Northwest Noise: My Champion!

Oh I feel in love with Northwest Noise. If you love to read about NW music and multimedia I think you will fall in love as well. Subscribe to the Northwest Noise RSS Feed go here: http://www.northwestnoise.com/rss/Check out this article about Vision + Hearing.Northwest Noise was also gracious enough to link to our blog!When you visit Northwest Noise...

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15th Street Pub -- A Music Venue For You To Book A Show At!

Portland bands are always looking at new ways of reaching a broader audience. One way to do that is to head north on I-5, cross the Columbia river and head into adorable downtown Vancouver, Washington (Say WA?).Downtown Vancouver has one place where I would want to see a show and that is the 15th Street Pub.To book shows you...

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MLK Jr. Day @ OTP 4 BBD

Gary Schroeder from Gas House Recording and Ben Meyercord @ Old Town PizzaBen Meyercord and Gabriel DarlingClifford Libby aka Tony Reyes bassist for Westfold, Emily Wilde, Ste. Goldie, Maria Jett, and Adam Steinfink from AristeiAMartin Luther King Jr. Day 2008 was celebrated at Old Town Pizza. It was also Ben's birthday observed....

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Not On The Guest List

Not On The Guest List is "An indie and electro loving blog from someone who sometimes finds themself on the guestlist, sometimes not, yet finds a way in anyways". NOTGL linked to Amber Dawns post about the Children of The Revolution Festival. Show the love! Visit them. Visit them oft...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks Jan. 21st - Jan. 27th

Oh man, I am tired. I tried to got to more shows last week and yet I think I managed to go to even less than normal. I am ready for warmth outside. Or some free time or sleep or a combination of the the two. But what is that you say? This is not a dairy and you want actual music picks. Well hold your horse is, cause here...

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The Mercury has a new Music Blog

It is called End Hits a reference to Fugazi.I don't really know why they called it that. Anyway it seems pretty cool. It is definitely not just local though. Crappy Indie Music -- The Blog! and local cut have an edge!Anyway I just thought you should know and all.-Benps Adam if you read this, check it o...

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Ben Meyercord Live Music Picks for Jan. 14th to Jan. 20th

I am proud of myself. I actually made it out to some shows last week. A whopping 4 out of the 12 shows I had listed. Do the math, (thats a third of the shows I listed, just in case you didn't want to do the math). I plan to do even better this week. And believe you me there some good shows to catch this week.Check it out:Monday,...

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The Best Bands You Didn't See at COTR

Last Saturday, the 5th, was the first day of the Children of the Revolution festival at Audiocinema. Although I find warehouse-type spaces to be aesthetically unappealing, one big plus is that there was plenty of room for all kinds of things to be going on. Unfortunately, when I arrived just before 5:30, almost nobody was there.Yes...

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Blog renaming constest?!?!?!?

You heard correct.The prize has yet to be determined.I have a feeling naming this blog will be a prize in it's self.Leave a comment. Let's through some idea's together? Maybe y...

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Ben Meyercords live music picks for Jan. 7th to Jan. 12th

Jeez. It is seems so cold lately. It makes me so tired. I didn't see any shows last week except for the one I played. These are tough times for seeing shows. Because lets face it, your couch has a blanket and you can fall asleep on it. A show on the other hand requires leaving the home and briefly facing the cold....

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