Another HOLY SHIT! Post

'Cause that's all I could think to say after seeing this. Amazing!Hat tip to PopLife of I Fry Mine in But...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for Tuesday, May 25th

Hello Dear Readers,I went to the 28 Days of May Mansion last night. Y La Bamba played. I was pretty fun. Then I left and dropped off people including my roommate. Then I got home and remembered that I do not have a key to my place because I lent it out to my other roommate. This meant driving all the way to the Tube and watching part of a band's set...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for Monday, May 24th

Hello Dear Readers,Did I mention my laptop got stolen? It did and has made blogging almost impossible to do unless I am at work. I tried to blog on my roommate's laptop on Thursday and it just didn't work. No offense roommate, who I shall not mention by name (drummer of AristeiA), but your laptop does not work so hot. Or maybe our Internet didn't work...

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JESS interviews Matt Finney!!!

Can a person be both competent and incompetent, arrogant and humble? Within their lifetime, certainly. Within a career, definitely. Within a single work? How about in a single blog post? Well, watch me go, as I "swallow the dilemma" and attempt to be everything that I love and hate about both myself and my haters.In this interview...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for Wednesday, May 19th

Hello Dear Readers,How you guys doing? I am feeling fine, thanks. Last night I played at Poises an introduced saw to the Meyercord mix. I think it went pretty well. I also wanted to thank Audrye for coming out to the show. She totally said "Hi" to me. She also went freshman Literature with me. In Denton, TX. Where I started doing Meyercord as a musical...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for Tuesday, May 18th

Hello Dear Readers,Last night I did not see a show. I had a Meyercord practice that got out at like 11 pm. I knew that I missed most of all the shows so I just headed home. Not to mention I currently do not have any ID to let me get into clubs anyway. Tonight there are some things going on around this fair city of ours. Check them out:Poises Cafe is...

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DRAGGING AN OX THROUGH WATER refuses the bait...

In my pretentious little black notebook, the note about the opening act from that show reads "SHIT NIGHTMARE." I have to say in all honesty I don't really like this band. However, that being said, a lot of people in the P-town do. Including some of our very own Crappy Indie Music bloggers whose taste I respect.So what then?...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for Monday, May 17th

Hello Dear Readers,I have kinda had a rough few days. To sum it up I no longer have a laptop computer of an intact drivers side window in my van. That means that yesterday I did not make a post. I have tried to blog from my phone but it is really frustrating. I don't even now who played yesterday. I heard that maybe Alan Singley played at Valentine's?...

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Eyjafjallajökull

Iceland, Eyjafjallajökull - May 1st and 2nd, 2010 from Sean Stiegemeier on Vimeo. For those who don't know, the Canon 5D MkII does amazing things with light. Observe this beauty and report back. The music in this is a track called Kolniður from Jonsi. So pretty..... I need to go to Icela...

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Hello Dear Readers,Last night I played in AristeiA for our neighbors to the North, Seattle. We played with some really kick ass bands like X-ray Press, Panther Attack, and The Fruiting Bodies. We had played with X-ray Press one other time before. I was impressed with them then, it was like three years ago, and I was even more impressed with them last...

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Zach Galifianakis Interviews Moby

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for Friday, May 14th

Hello Dear Readers,Last night I played at The Jupiter Hotel in Y La Bamba. It was for a fundraiser for Bridge Fest. Basically some people are going to cover the Hawthorne Bridge with grass and have brunch on it. It sounds crazy. Tonight I am playing a show in Seattle with AristeiA so I will miss all of these shows. Damn. You should check them out:The...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for Wednesday, May 12th

Hello Dear Readers,Last night I wanted to go out. I truly did. But it seems that I have some lingering winter time laziness still lingering within me. Which sucks. I am trying to combat it. Actually it might be that I am doing a whole lot all of the time. Either way I am trying to get better. Here are some shows that I am going to try to get...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for Tuesday, May 11th

Hello Dear Readers,I am not perfect. Yesterday I was all pumped about an Orca Team show. So pumped that I thought it was that day. So pumped that I thought it was a 7 PM. It is actually on Friday...at 9 PM. I am going to miss it because I will be out of town. Boo. Anyways, I ended up not seeing a show last night and inadvertently got enough sleep. Whoops....

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for Monday, May 10th

Hello Dear Readers,Last night I went to the Ah Holly Fam'ly, Tu Fawning, and Hosannas show at Mississippi Studios. It was the CD release show for Hosannas new collection of older material. Man I am glad that they had it there. It was the perfect size. Plus because of the height of the ceiling, they were able to arrange a forest looking structure on the...

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TURN MY HEADPHONES UP!!! Volume 5

My headphones have been all out of whack. Sorry about that. There are some good things on the way, though, and hopefully you will like them too.THE NEW EVILS- "Piece of Tomorrow"As I may have mentioned before, there are many benefits to being a music critic, not least of which is inflicting your opinions on a captive audience....

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for Sunday May 9th

Hello Dear Readers,Happy Mothers Day. I mean if you are a mother. Or if you have a mother, to her (call her). Yesterday I played in both Y La Bamba and Sean Flinn & The Royal We as part of the Willamette Valley Music Festival. It was really cool because fellow Portland bands Wampire and Joggers also played. I really like both of those bands....

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