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I was trying to find a picture of someone who had put their band logo on a bedsheet like we did back in the day... damn you Google image search! Just a quick one here.  I've been notified that BuildASign.com is offering a pretty sweet deal: 3'X6' vinyl band logo banners for... wait for it... free.  You just pay...

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Subterranean Kickstarter Blues, Part 1- Korbl Klemecki

EDITOR'S NOTE:  FUCK THIS SHIT As I write this, the artist has just crowd surfed in roughly a swimming pool sized draping of fabric. She tried to do the same while rehearsing, but the audience was just 18 random college students. Last night, at her concert in Philadelphia, she tried again, but the energy of the crowd...

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"On Shuffle" with Geoff Norman: Writing Mood Music

This is a cliché to confess, but I need bittersweet background music when I write. Said soundtrack is especially necessary when I’m trying ever-so-desperately to be deep. (I’m not, so a little added “oomph” is required.) Where most people would simply turn to iTunes for their melodic fix, I didn’t. Instead, I opted to carry...

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Show Review: Portland Cello Project Performs Radiohead's "OK Computer"

"Ten kinds of amazing." "Fuck yeah!" "I can enjoy a good wine even if it's poured in a different glass." The people have spoken: Portland Cello Project's Saturday evening performance at the Aladdin Theater was by all accounts great. Erik Henriksen at the Mercury even wrote an adulating Open Letter to the Portland Cello...

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Portland Cello Project tackles Radiohead this Saturday!

 Lloyd Bentsen is watching you poop.  Remember, I have been demanding tributes like this forever, so keep 'em coming! Yes, like the fabled chocolate and peanut butter, there is going to be a sublime menage of two great things... local heroes the Portland Cello Project, and non-Doctor-Who-British-spacemen Radiohead. ...

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Dinosaur Jr.'s new one, here's a taste

"You're about to... Feel The Pain, bear!"  That was all I could come up with. I have to be honest- I have never really liked Dinosaur Jr.  To me, they represented some of the least desirable aspects of grunge.  Some may have taken issue with the excesses of the "perishing altrock voice," but for me blandness...

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Get on the dark fairy tale bandwagon with "Death to the Brothers Grimm"

It'll be okay Jacob, they'll get Heath Ledger to play you There are perks to running the damn blog.  One of them is that if I have a book coming out, I get to plug it here.  Well, like my last novel, in this case my contribution to an anthology of twisted fairy tales is music-focused.  Okay, let's be honest,...

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The Harvey Girls new album "Sidereal Time" and album release show

Editor's note: Correction!  THG is playing October 13th, not the 23rd as I had reported. Melissa und Hiram- aka The Harvey Girls The Harvey Girls have been friends of the blog for a long time.  Back in April of '09 I toured with THG (in their solo-Hiram-looper configuration) as one half of Coeur Machant.  It...

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MUSE HERPS AND DERPS

Muse: ripping Queen off since 2273 Uh oh.  Looks like there is another legal tempest in a teapot for the music world.  This just in through the casement: September 11th, 2012 - Los Angeles, CA - The members of Muse have learned that a legal action has been commenced in the US against their record company,...

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Last Minute Show Picks 9/7/12

Just a couple of shows to mention, and one is tonight! Tim from Boneworm is a cool guy and his new stoner metal project is joining some like-minded others tonight at Plan B.  Highly recommended.  Tonight, so get down there! Composer Scott Frieman "deconstructs" The Beatles in his presentation "Looking Through The Glass Onion," September 12...

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"Get. Your. Money." Luck-One x Dizz feat. Tope & Epp The Treatise. So, let's just get this out of the way right up front. My name is Ryan and I'm a pretty big rap nerd. I'm the type of guy who gets nostalgic about the Beat Street OST and my connection to the Wu-Tang Clan is analogous to how I imagine Alan Alda feels...

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Alan Singley Orchestra debuts at The Old Church!!!

YOUR SHIT IS BACKWARDS, ALAN Blog founder Goldie, who is a show promoter for The Old Church, just pulled my coat on a very cool show coming up. Alan Singley, formerly of the eponymous Pants Machine, has made a transition from rock to classical, and will be premiering his works in a benefit show for The Historic Old Church....

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Help Technology Vs. Horse get in a festival

Technology wins, brother! You may remember Technology vs. Horse from previous reviews and the epic "Cage The Elephant sucks" thread.  Regardless, they're a pretty awesome psych prog krautrock sort of outfit, and they need our help! Voting ends Friday for the local band showcase at Kentucky's Starry Nights Festival. ...

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History Pub: Oregon's Country Music Heritage

If you're like many Portlanders, you claim an affinity for all music genres but country, and maybe metal. Yeah, me too. However, I am a serious history nut, and one of my favorite events each month is History Pub—a monthly informal lecture co-sponsored by Oregon Historical Society, the Holy Names Heritage Center, and McMenamins....

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DO NOT EVER QUESTION KEITH EMERSON AGAIN

Because the pictures of him flipping an organ over and stabbing it with a dagger weren't badass enough. Seriously, listen from the 14 minute mark until about 16:30.  Don't think, just fucking do it. That is a...

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New Barry Adamson Single To Benefit CALMZone

Hey everyone, friend of the blog Barry Adamson has just released a new single, "Brighton Rockers".   The proceeds from this go to CALMZone, UK suicide prevention group.  Check it o...

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BAT COUNTRY!!!!! "Get your dick out of your heart" edition

Time for the newest installment of BAT COUNTRY!!!!  It's going to be a doozy. I AM PR artists Watermelon unleash an aptly titled "Boat Show Montage." Okay then!  I like this. Like A Villain is poised to be the next Tuneyards.  I'm not sure how I feel about that. But they are appearing Wednesday at Revival Drum Shop for the Outset...

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