Music Review: The Downer Party "Cities" EP

San Francisco band the Downer Party offers up a delicious serving of female-fronted indie rock in their forthcoming EP, "Cities". The band's singer, Sierra Frost (Who mentions that that IS her real name - and she hates it..) describes their sound as "mellow", but though not loud, they have a driving energy that refutes that...

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Books That Rock: Fools Rush In by Bill Carter

Some might call Bill Carter a madman.  Many might call him a hero of sorts.  No matter how you decide to decipher or explain the things he has done or seen as a man who had to place in a war zone, yet, went to a war zone, his amazing and aptly titled book Fools Rush In tells the tale of a lost young man who puts the...

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Two Miles From POW!

Well, the Portland Women's Film Festival is right around the corner.  It will be happening on March 9th-13th 2011 at the Hollywood Theatre.  And at the risk of sounding like male chauvinstic pig, I will admit that I have heard not heard of any of the films to be showcased.  Except for one.  And it's a good one.  The irony...

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Music Review - Resident Scout

Resident Scout is the solo project of 17-year-old Hobey Kuhn from Nashville, TN. He recorded and mixed his entire album, My Greatest Sympathies, in a studio built by himself and his brother, playing all the instruments himself. The music has a fairly straight-up instrumentation; drums, guitar, bass, and Kuhn's deep voice. The...

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Alien Boy: The Death and Life of James Chasse

On September 17th, 2006, James Chasse got his ass beat.  Half of his ribs were broken.  Not just a couple ribs snapped through conflict.  No, police officers in Portland, Oregon literally beat this man to unconscious and left him lying on the street to die as an ambulance stood by, and several witnesses were...

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Thom Yorke dances to 'All The Single Ladies'

I found this and other Thom dancing videos here: Dancing Thom Yorke Dances To EverythingIn other Thom Yorke news:Stream: Radiohead's 'The King Of Limbs': he...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for Saturday, February 19th

Hello Dear Readers,I have been on the McMinaamen's Great North West Tour as Y La Bamba/Meyercord. It was kind of a last minute thing for Meyercord. I went on a Y La Bamba/ Meyercord tour years ago. It was pretty fun. Double duty. I am excited to be doing this. But it also means that I am unsure of my blogging time. I guess we will see how it goes....

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for Sunday, February 13th

Hello Dear Readers,I had an Y La Bamba practice last night, so I did not go to any shows. But I will definitely will be out tonight. You will can read more about that in a second. But I want to say this next week is gonna be kinda crazy for me. I'm not sure how much blogging I will be able to do. So like always I suggest you check out Pc-pdx for...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for Saturday, February 12th

Hello Dear Readers,I went to Mississippi Studios for the AgesandAges show. It was a lot of fun. Arch Cape opened up the show. I was surprised to See Adam Thompson in their ranks. He added some more keyboards, guitar, vocals, and additional drumming. There is a lot going on in their music. And even more so with the new member. Apparently there...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for Friday, February 11th

Hello Dear Readers,I didn't go to any shows last night. I practiced with the Dirty Mittens who will be having some back up singers (including myself) join them at Rontoms on Sunday. I will get to that show on Sunday though. Anyways, here are the shows that look good tonight:Mississippi Studios is having a show with AgesandAges, Billygoat, and Archcape....

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for Thursday, February 10th

Hello Dear Readers,I didn't go to any shows last night. Again. Looks like I am getting back to my winter habits. When I stepped outside this morning I remember why. It is cold out there. Not that it's an excuse, but that's my excuse. Anyways, here are the shows that look good tonight:The Wonder Ballroom is having a show with Sebadoh and Quasi....

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for Wednesday, February 9th

Hello Dear Readers,I didn't go to any shows last night. Here in the light of a new day, I am not sure why. There were some really good ones last night. I don't even remember why I didn't go. Tonight there are some shows:The Woods is having a show with Cowboy and Indian (Austin), Hello Mtn, and Ari Shine. Texas is known for country and roots music....

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for Tuesday, February 8th

Hello Dear Readers,Last night I finished recording a little song thing of Meyercord songs. It meant I skipped out on any show seeing. But I think it was worth it. I will keep you posted of what I am going to do with them if anything. But then again maybe not. This isn't a Meyercord blog. It's a music blog. I would never use this blog for my own gain....

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for Monday, February 7th

Hello Dear Readers,Last night, I went to Rontoms. I have to work this morning at a place without a computer, so I am writing this on Sunday (yesterday). I assume that The Sarcastic Dharma Society was awesome. Remember the thing with thing and the other part that was really cool? Oh, who am I kidding*? Anyways, these are the shows that look good...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for Sunday, February 6th

Hello Dear Readers,Yesterday, I cleaned my room instead of going to a show. I picked up the room. I did laundry. I did the dishes. Does that sound lame? Probably. But it was awesome. I feel great. But enough of all the boring details of my life. I wonder if anyone is gonna want to go see a show after the Superbowl. I will (I am not a football...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for Saturday, February 5th

Hello Dear Readers,Yesterday, I tried to be social. I went to two things. Then at about nine I was hit by tiredness. Hard. I was this close to going to a house show that I heard about last minute with Alameda, Mike Midlo, and Run On Sentence. But it didn't happen. Anyways, here are some shows that look good to me tonight:Mississippi Studios is...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for Thursday, February 3rd

Hello Dear Readers,Yesterday was a long day for me. Wait. Isn't that how I started yesterday's post. Yes. I just checked. Yeah yesterday ended up being even longer than the previous day. I pretty much went to work from 5 am to 4 pm and then went home got my gear and went to band meeting/practice and got home at 9:30 pm. That is a long time of continuous...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for Wednesday, February 2nd

Hello Dear Readers,Yesterday was a long day for me. It started in Sacramento and ended in Portland. There was a period of about four hours where I was driving to Chehalis, WA and back in order to take care of a ticket. I got $450 off. Yay!. I then very very stupidly agreed to work a shift from 5 am to 4 pm today. It was 30 degrees this morning. I was...

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