Stay Informed Without Trying That Hard

Kid Tyger's previous blog post has a link to a story about how kids don't watch TV or read newspapers. The story is from Wired (like the magazine) Blog Center called " How American Youth Will Screw Viacom"This got me thinking about how uninformed most of us can be. If we aren't sitting down in our car listening to the radio...

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Everybody's Working For the Weekend....

Was gonna post the MTV clip here, but Ste. Goldie beat me to it.Kinda crazy right?! Especially since kids don't watch MTV anymore.Mad props to my boy B* Meyercord, but I think I gotta get the eff outta dodge this weekend.So...

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Listen Portland House Party Goers: RESPECT THE HOUSE

The folks at PC-PDX.com, Portland's best show guide*, have something to say to you:Leave your garbage dumping, bad mannered friends at home!"It's not just that one particular show. House shows in general seem to be suffering from a lack of the understanding of 'RESPECT THE HOUSE'. There was a garbage incident at The Coop (my...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for July 30th and 31st

Hello Dear Readers,More shows this week. Check it.Wednesday, July 30thThere are some really good shows tonight. Like this:At Chaos Cafe I am playing as Meyercord a long with Clifford Libby (of Westfold), Dio McCloud (of Old Town Pizza), Ian Hooper, Andrew Sounderson, and Evan Fairmont. This is a FREE and ALL AGES Show....

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Dear Noah, I couldn't resist...

MTV has a boner for Portland's indie music epidemic:MTVMusic VideosMTV ShowsEntertainment NewsI would like to hear everyone's opinion on this matter. It's been discussed at almost every other blog in town... now it's our turn.I will go first [Super Snap Judgement]:Fucking hipsters. Did the white belt get traded in for white sunglasses? There I said it!...

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CIMTB Exclusive Interview: The Great Northwest

This is a Crappy Indie Music -- The Blog! Exclusive video interview of Slow-core/Psychedelic music group The Great Northwest:The Great Northwest's album "The Widespread Reign of" is released today by The Kora Records.Read what other bloggers are saying about "The Widespread Reign of":Guilt Free PleasuresThe Mark OutImpressionable...

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think outside the bun b

i thought that this was pretty funny.especially since i think i know that very taxi driver.i think this is funny too.....

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for July 28th and 29th

Hello Dear Readers,I went to PDX Pop Now 2008! This weekend. Lord I love those things. I can't go into much detail right now (time constraints), but I want to tell you what bands stuck out in my mind. Without looking at a schedule or anything the ones that jump out at me were Nurses, Sweater!, Loch Lomond, StarFucker, Wooden...

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PDX POP Fest Day 2

photo: Living ProofI am so overwhelmed right now.Swim Swam Swum! Sweater! Reporter! Nurses! Living Proof!STARFUCKER!Too exhausted slash drunk slash lazy to go into detail of another awesome day of the festival. That said check it......urbanhonkinglocal cutHad a blast and got some sweet footage too. More soon......

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pdx POP '08

pdx-pop fest 08.it's hella hype.see you there manyana?SLEEP killed it though. nick jaina too.oh. and guidance counselor and his sweet ass driggedy dream catchers rocked it too....

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Explode Into Colors - "Sharpen The Knife"

On July 18, Explode Into Colors played a set with The New Bloods and Yellow Fever at Dekum Manor. As usual, they played an amazing set. You really need to see them. Here is a video of them performing "Sharpen The Knif...

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the cutest portland band you haven't heard of yet - tonight!

If you're looking for something to do tonight, check out Best Supporting Actress at DUNES (1905 ne mlk) Andrea plays drums and Jason (also of Chrome Wings) plays guitar and sings, it's noisy, punk rock, pure fun. If you go, you won't be sorry.<-- look! they're clearly bada...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for July 21st to July 24th

Hello Dear Readers,Last week I played four shows. One with each band and then another one. So, I didn't actually see any shows that I did not play. But wanted to say how much fun I had at Doug Fir on Thursday for the Y La Bamba (I play bass and sing in this band, but I was a fan before that) and Nicoluminous show. Nicoluminous,...

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the sound of my soul being murdered by portlands music scene

Will someone please dump a bucket of water on me so I can have some pea...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for July 14th to 20th

Hello Dear Readers,I want to say that last week I had fun at some shows. The reason being that I actually danced. I saw two bands that made me get up off my ass and dance around and spazz out a bit. The first was Hockey (God they made me want to shake my ass). The second was the Blue Horns (very good for flailing yourself...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks Weekend Edition: July 11th to July 13th

Hello Dear Readers,Sorry I had to break up the post again this week. Sometimes I actually do work at work and that messes up my blogging schedule. Anyway, there are so many great shows to go to this weekend. I hope you enjoy yourselves.Friday, July 11thI could only find a few worthy shows for you this Friday.The first show...

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Hey Kids, I'm on Internet TV!

Yeah, I know it's been forever since I posted - extra hours at work, playing in two bands, and preparing for my birthday have kept me busy. But I wanted to stop by and belatedly let you know about an excellent website - portlandnoise.com. This site, inspired by and in league with the sanfrancisco-based pacificnoise.com and worked on by the super-awesome...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks Weekday Edition for July 7th to July 10th

Hello Dear Readers,This past week was great for me. I actually didn't see that many shows only three in fact (one of which I played). I saw Shelby Sifers play twice this past week before she headed out on tour. She was great by herself and was super fun when she played as a band at the Green House (I would also like to add...

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Myrrh Larsen podcasting tonight...

Hello, CIMTB readers.This is a brief note to tell you about tonight's RoseDropMediaCircus podcast...First reason to show up: the inimitable and ubiquitous Myrrh Larsen will be playing.Do you really need another reason, you musical heathen?Well, okay, fine. Second reason: RDMC recordings will be on hiatus for about a month and when they resume they may...

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