Hipster Runoff: A Blogger's Blog

Hipster Runoff is a music blog you can use and abuse. Hipster Runoff is doing it right. They break all of the bullshit blogger rules like "develop an online reputation"... there are tons of hilarious anonymous comments... plus they aren't BORING. The way they hate on Pitchfork is quite endearing. Speaking of hipsters, I found...

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Ben Meyercords Live Music for April 28th to May 4th

Hello Dear Readers,The Internet is crazy. Sometimes things disappear. But not really. Such is the case with my weekly show post for this week. I published it yesterday but then it went away. Thanks to St. Goldie and her knowledge of Google Reader. I have put a link to the original post here.Enjoy,Benimage courtesy of...

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WE'RE FROM JAPAN at JACKPOT RECORDS 10 YEAR PARTY

Here is a video of We're From Japan! at the Jackpot Records 10 year anniversary party. I know if you are at work you probably can't hear the QUALITY of the sound but you better just plug your ear buds into that little hole.This awesome video is by Paper Cameras. I would like to offer up the idea: if you subscribe to this guys videos you will be delighted...

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Nick Leyva Vs. Dan Savage (CIMTB Exclusive Interview with VIDEO!)

Vancouver, WA indie music maker Nick Leyva tells his story about meeting Dan Savage of the popular advice column, blog and podcast called "Savage Love". This interview depicts the often blurry line between humor and harrasment.Exhibit A:Nick came to me as a friend to tell me his tale of confusion and possible legal troubles...

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Gabriel Darling to DJ at Portland Radio Authority

Well she is... I just haven't found out exactly when." The Portland Radio Authority is a non-commercial, listener supported radio station. As a free form community media source, we are committed to bringing independent artistry and marginalized viewpoints into regional and international view. We aim to become a trusted source...

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Indie Music Marketing: Blogs and Online Press Kits (and a plea for love)

The Joggers are on tour check out there blog and look at how awesome their Portland indie music blog is.By the way if you are in a band and want to have a sweet online press kit check out the one AristeiA did posted on their blog...Death and The Maiden by Egon Schiele***********************Dear Real and Imagined Readers of...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for April 21st - 27th

Dear Readers,Last Week I think that my favorite show was the Why?/Starfucker/Fall of Snow/Joe Von Appen thing last Friday at Holocene. All the bands played really well but honestly I think it was the inclusion of spoken word artist Joe Von Appen that pushed it over into a great show into an awesome show. It was a nice change...

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P.I.M.P. featuring music by George Turner

Friday night I went to Hollywood Theater and saw Portland Instant Movie Project (P.I.M.P.) ,formally called the Netrino Project, a comedy improv/live film by Curious Productions.Why then, was I not surprised to see George Turner sitting in the corner playing music? Comedy + film scoring + live accompaniment = George Turner....

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Blogs We Love: Gaycondo does Portland band Chores

I found a great Portland music blog post about the Portland band called Chores. (sorry Ben Meyercord but I never heard of them and then I did a CIMTB search *yay new Google custom search bar* and realized you totally know who they are, once again proving if i actually read all of your posts i would be beyond well informed...)...

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Attention Vantucky: All Ages Show Friday April 18th, 2008

Free Music Delivery in Salmon Creek, WAWhere:Peet's Coffee13307 NE Highway 99 # 115Vancouver, WA(360) 576-9052When:This Friday April 18th, 2008Who:Vancouver musicians Pearl District, The Promise Hold, and Red SpadesRed Spades, image from their myspace pageBen says there is an all ages Portland music show on Saturday night....

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Re: Ben Meyercord's live picks for Saturday 19th aka Rererato Not Closed!

Hello dear reader,I just received an email from The Online Romance (I am on their email list). In the email I read two very good things that I would like to share with everyone.Rererato is not closed despite the recent press.The Online Romance is playing on Saturday for Rererato's Greand re-Opening!There are two other bands...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for April 14th -20th

Hello dear readers,Last week was great wasn't it. I went to three of the 30 something shows I listed. They were all fantastic. Especially the 31 Knots, Joggers, and Experimental Dental School show. They were all fantastic. But guess what. There are even more cool shows this week. Some of them will be, dare I say, fantastic....

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Attention CIMTB Peeps! Google Reader is my best friend!

Google Reader allows me to find out when people are blogging about all kinds of things. I've always wanted this community of bloggers to stay in the loop. But you don't have to. I just want you to know how easy it is to be the most informed Portland music blog.On the right hand side of this page I've posted a sweet widget of some feeds I think you might...

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Blogging LIVE from "Hollow Scene"

Aristeia is so frickin' ssssssssseeeeeeeeeeeeexxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxyy and hot.Deal with it.So like where the hell are you? (yeah you bitch)You're not here because this place is near empty. But that's cool because it's "hump day".Love,Ste. GoldiePS -- I'm pretty sure there are many of you out there who can post a better blog than this so why don't...

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starfucker's pickin up the slack....

& bringing sexy b...

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Log Love Part 3

photo: Starfucker?OK, so it looks like this final installment of the Dykeritz/Dat'r/Starfucker show will be a bit underwhelming/anti-climactic. Upon revisiting the rest of my footage it seems I can only blame myself the good people @ Dewar's whiskey.So yeah, due to recently making a valiant attempt to quit smoking I have been...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for April 7th -13th

Hello Dear readers,First off, I would like to apologize for omitting a pretty kick ass show that occurred on Friday. Some of you may have been there. I was not. I am of course referencing the FREE Kill Rock Stars Showcase that went down at Holocene. It featured Panther, New Bloods, and Horse Feathers (all of whom recently...

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Log Love Part 2

Yes Yes Y'all.I finally figured out the video conversion.That said, it's almost 3am and I'm a notorious sleep slutSo the final Part 3 will be up manyana.In the meantime, stay fresh like vegetables. The final song of the Dykeritz set.................

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Log Love Part 1

photo: Dat'rSaturday night I attended the all-local band showcase of Dykeritz/Dat'r/Starfucker @ the Doug Fir and had a blast. I was also able to capture some video snippets, which I was hoping to post links to here tonight. However it's been a while since I've worked out the camera->imovie->youtube transition. So I've...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for April 28th to May 4th

Hello dear Readers,Last week I only ended up making it to like three shows. But they were all good. Really Good. Friday I caught the end of Strangers Die Everyday (Gorgeous music) at Ground Control and stayed for Dance Terror (Fun music). Sadly I missed New Century Schoolbook (features CIMTB contributor Amber Dawn), but I...

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