Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for Monday, November 29th

Hello Dear Readers,Last night I went out to Lake Oswego. The L.O. Me and some of the Y La Bamba crowd hung out and with Ben from the Bar Bar Apartment videos and many others who happened to be having their weekly Sunday night Dinner. It was nice though because I knew some of the people who showed up. Anyway Y La Bamba made a kickstarter video that...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for Sunday, November 28th

Hello Dear Readers,Last night I, for some reason, could not bring myself to do anything. I worked went home then eventually went to sleep. It was not very exciting. I think that winter brings out the lazy ass in me. Tonight I am going to be a part of a kickstarter video for the next Y La Bamba album. Hopefully it goes well and I get out early enough...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for Saturday, November 27th

Hello Dear Readers,Last night I did went to a show that I did not list. I did not plan on it, but I was selling CDs (a guy's gotta eat) at Music Millennium when I got a call from a friend about an early show with The Music Tapes. I went because I know that the band leader of that group, Julian Koster, is a part of the Elephant 6 Collective. He was...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for Friday, November 26th

Hello Dear Readers,Last night I ate too much. I bet a lot of you did. Everyone at the dinner I attended my have, "over done it". But I also had a coffee drink. This mixed with the overeating ended up being a bad combination. Especially if of one were trying to "sleep". I got tired at like midnight but didn't fall sleep until 4 in the morning. It was...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for Thursday, November 25th

Hello Dear Readers,Last Night at the Y La Bamba tour benefit, I had a lot of fun. I had a whole lot of cup cakes. I danced to the cuts of DJ Cookie Parker. Denver and Pancake Breakfast were both good. Especially Pancake Breakfast. They killed it, despite some slight technical difficulties (a mic kept cutting out). At one point he suggested that we all...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for Wednesday, November 24th

Hello Dear Readers,Have you noticed that it is ridiculously cold outside. Last night I checked my phone and it informed me that it was 18 degrees outside. Too cold. I do not care. That is too cold. I did not leave my house. I stayed in my bed with a heater dangerously to me. Besides I had already done some music stuff by that time. Y La Bamba played...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for Tuesday, November 23rd

Hello Dear Readers,Last night I did not see any shows. I did however start recording a three song Meyercord demo. IN A STUDIO. I am excited. I have not recorded in quite a bit. It is fun and boring at the same time. Anyway, these are the shows that look good tonight:The Woods is having a show with Prairie Empire, Shenandoah Davis (Seattle), Harlowe...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for Monday, November 22th

Hello Dear Readers,Last night I did not see any shows. I had to help a certain someone with her homework. Sadly she has now gone back to California These are the shows that look good tonight:Valentine's is having a show with LKN, Palo Verde, and The Tyrants. LKN hasn't played a show as LKN in about two years. She recently put out a split with Knife...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for Sunday, November 21th

Hello Dear Readers,Last night I did not see any shows. I had a dinner party and then had to clean it up. To tired to show it up afterwards. These are the shows that look good tonight:The Cleaners is having a show with STLS and Tara Jane O'Neal. I am not sure what the deal is with this show, but These are both noteworthy bands. STLS is a drums only...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for Saturday, November 20th

Hello Dear Readers,Last night I had too many choices. In that situation I usually get overwhelmed and stay home. Last night I got overwhelmed and went to see Cool Hand Luke at Laurelhurst. That movie is pretty great. Anyway, these are the shows that peak my interest today:The Artistery is having a Palestinian Awareness Benefit with Charles Stanyan...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for Friday, November 19th

Hello Dear Readers,Last night I had a person who is very dear to me come into town. This means that I am not sure how much blogging I will do in the coming days, but if you don't see a blogpost on the current day, you can always check out Pc-pdx. So here are the shows that look good tonight Due to me being distorted all day, these descriptions will...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for Thusday, November 18th

Hello Dear Readers,Last night I was too tired to go to a show. I am happy to say that Y La Bamba successfully recorded a Bar Bar Apartment session. You can see the past sessions here. We followed that with a practice which put me at going non stop for about 13 hours (I worked before all of the fun music stuffs). Any way here are the shows happening...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for Wednesday, November 17th

Hello Dear Readers,Last night I played a super fun show at Mississippi Studios as part of the Royal We. There were a ton of people and they all seemed to be having a good time. Then... I cut out. I am tired, you guys. I am have been working full days for over a week often followed by hours of practice, and played two shows during this long work period....

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for Tuesday, November 16th

Hello Dear Readers,I ended up having a Meyercord practice until like 10 PM. After dropping people off at their homes it was about 11 pm. That equated to not seeing any shows. I don't feel bad about missing music if I am playing music. Speaking of which, there are a bunch of shows tonight. I will miss some of them because I am playing music. Here are...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Muisc Picks for Monday, November 15th

Hello Dear Readers,I was out last night by 10 PM. No shows, no problem. I was at home rekindling my love for recorded music. Did you know you can sometimes get music of the Internet for FREE?!!?!? Hosannass, one of my favotite Portland bands just released a remix ep which is really good. There are remixes by some of my other favorite's like Ocean Age...

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