FREE SHOW/BEER this Friday September 23rd

“Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you do criticize him, you’ll be a mile away and have his shoes. “

An unknown wise man said that, and since 2007 the good people at Crappy Indie Music: The Blog have been… um… stealing your shoes. Now is the time for them to show off, and three musical projects from our bloggers will be rocking The Old Church on September 23rd.

The lineup:
Doctor Something and the Pipin’ Hot Love Engines, post electric/folk about science (Dr. Something) http://www.myspace.com/drsomething
Evil Doer, heavy metal party trio (saintgoldie aka Goldie Davich)http://www.myspace.com/evildoerpdx
Goddammit One Of Us Will Be Drunk, acoustic dirty duo from Coeur Machant(Jess Gulbranson ) http://www.last.fm/music/Coeur+Machant

followed by a very special Crappy Indie Music Bloggers supergroup!

A few words on the venue:

The Old Church is a cute church — not overly ornate or fancy. The stained glass is simple. The first time I walked in I felt a sense of reverence, which was tempered quickly enough with the overwhelming and exciting feeling of the historic value and importance of this Portland landmark.
I love to walk around and whistle. The reverb in the empty rooms is intoxicating, so full-sounding. I blow the air into a giant set of lungs, filling it up with little breaths that turn into mighty ‘ooooos.’ I am excited to take an old church and turn it into a place to worship new music. A classical setting for contemporary stuff. Irreverent, modern and fun music and performances against the back drop of a pipe organ. The idea of sitting down at an early show, in a building whose design supports good sound (it’s a giant amp), is appealing not just to me but everyone I’ve talked to about this project. I can’t imagine a better place to book shows. Goldie Presents is thrilled to open the doors to new artists and a new generation of worshippers of Portland’s creative output. -Goldie Presents

Show info:
Goldie Presents
The Old Church
1422 SW 11th Ave
Portland, OR 97201 Doors at 7pm
Show starts promptly at 8pm
All-ages
Free!
beer with ID

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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 Everything

In other Thom Yorke news:

Stream: Radiohead's 'The King Of Limbs': here.

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Ben is doing all the blogging around here!

Let's give the boy a hand!

Dear CIMTB bloggers and readers,

I will admit to this without shame:

I just heard Helio Sequence (knowingly and willingly) today for the first time. I like them.

Does anyone else have anything to add?

Love, Goldie

my new office:

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Crappy Indie Music On The Radio

I am going to be on PDX.FM talking about this blog and music stuff.

Monday June 14th, 2010 1pm-2pm



Love,
Goldie

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Zach Galifianakis Interviews Moby

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Read between the lines: Band Bio

This is an example of when a publicist has to apologize for the unlikable personality of a musician and can only rely upon a weak and arrogant comparison to two, somewhat sympathetic, fictional assholes recognized by hipsters and the literate alike.

The following is a REAL band bio:

______________ is an alt-folk bandleader from ______________ , and his is the story of one man's willingness to be obsessed at his own risk. He is a fine writer of prose and if it weren't for his infatuation with music and performing he'd probably be sitting up in his room churning out novels instead of songs. His band, featuring members of __________ is the result of five albums worth of playing in the streets, touring, sometimes living hungry, and sometimes selling out shows to the ravenous fans who've found them.

From his high concept records to his busking in front of national monuments and his tours in Finland, Alaska and everywhere in the continental United States, _____ loves to experiment, but he's suffered for it. He has run out of money, slept in his car, booked tours from the road, and sacrificed relationships at home for the good of his art. The result is an incredible talent, live show, and band unparalleled in _______ . On tour they often play two shows, one in the club they were booked and one in the street to boost attendance and sell a few records. At the end of the day though all of this patience and dedication has made _____ sort of a loner, conflicted and uneasy, like captain Ahab at the end of the bar, the white whale tugging at the back of his mind. But like Hank Chinaski said in barfly: "No writer who wrote worth a damn wrote in peace."


READ BETWEEN THE LINES version of this band bio:
I am a dick and I play music.

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Music for social change: Tim Minchin’s Pope Song

Tim Minchin is an Australian musician, actor, comedian and writer who has something to say about the A-1 top dawg of the Catholic Church:



Follow Tim Michin's on twitter: http://twitter.com/TimMinchin

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Band Vs Promoter

I have a semi-secret purveyor of the most awesome youtube shit. This is her most recent gift to me. Enjoy!

Love,

Goldie

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Starting a conversation: Women in the Music Industry

Hi.

So here's the deal. I am angry. I can't go into it now. By posting this blog I am hoping to attract people who have an opinion about how women are treated differently than men in the music industry.

Point of contention:

Portland is a progressive city. Yeah. Not really when it come to women in the music community.

I am searching for more women bloggers to contribute to Crappy Indie Music. Your voice is valuable and much needed.

MORE LATER!

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Call of the Yeti

Anything involving 'Yeti' is indie right.



I LOVE all of the songs that come out of The Mighty Boosh. This one in particular hit home. I identify with Howard and his hippy cult self Parsley. How peaceful he looks when he doesn't need his friends or family!

Sing along:

follow me
forget the world
look around at the wonderness of nature
never fear
everything is here
and you don't need your friends or family
we're your family
come with me and then you will see
everything you need within life
hey ho it's easy letting go
when nothing before was real
look into our eyes
you can see the future
look into our eyes
we can see your soul
we will be together
everything is good here
listen to your heart
everything is good here
nothing before was real
never fear
everything is here
and you don't need your friends or family
hey ho it's easy letting go
we're your family
we're your family
look into our eyes
you can see the future
look into our eyes
we can see your soul
hey ho it's easy letting go
when nothing before was real
listen to your heart
everything is good here
nothing before was real

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THIS RULES: Splitting The Atom EP [Massive Attack]

Hey guess what everyone? I love Massive Attack and I couldn't love their latest release, Splitting The Atom EP, anymore! THANK GOD! Wouldn't it suck if it sucked?

I love you love you love you love you love you love you love you love you love you... *BOOM*

Here is 'Splitting The Atom. It's pretty cool:



Here is the song 'Angel' featuring Hoarce Andy. The vocals are extra worbellee-ee-ee-ee:

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AristeiA: new drummer and new recordings

AristeiA drummer Devon Shirley in studio with Adam Steinfink at Toadhouse

I have listened to the rough tracks of AristeiA's most recent recordings. I hear a subtle, powerful new movement forward towards a signature sound. This movement is driven by the drums.

They are coming over this afternoon to listen and make notes for the mixing and shiz. I love watching the process of writing and recording music. It's so not hum-drum. Anyway maybe I will try my hand at a REAL review when it's all finished.

That's all for now. Baby blogs back into the blog of things.

-- Goldie

Music I am currently totally into:
Grails
Sunn_0))))
Julia Kent

Music Podcast I am TOTALLY into:
Sounds Of The Apocalypse

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best idea ever: DON'T MOVE HERE

Hopefully the sentiment of the title of this WKEntertainment show* will be addressed:



Don't Move Here is a series that focuses exclusively on the burgeoning underground music scene in Portland.

Using a combination of interviews and live footage we will expose the world to all the cool bands, record labels, and underground venues that make Portlands music scene so unique.

Featured guests include YACHT, Grouper, Explode Into Colors, Libretto, Rev. Shines, Mississippi Records, Marriage Records, and more.

*is it a "tv" show or what -- NEW MEDIA TERMINOLOGY ESCAPES ME FRIED BRAIN

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Radio 23 do you copy?

Have you heard of or listened to online radio station Radio23?

Jeff Hylton Simmons contacted me about hooking up Clear so he he can broadcast live on Radio23 from PICA: TBA. That's how I heard of it. Now I am listening to it! I love it!

From Radio23.org:

Radio23 is a non-commercial, freeform radio station dedicated to providing an international artistic platform for innovative and creative home broadcasters. Our mission is educational. We teach anyone, anywhere how to make radio with a computer and a broadband internet connection. Join us.

Every two hours, a new live broadcaster takes the reigns from a distant land and offers a view of what’s happening in their creative community. Anyone with high-speed internet can experience underground music and culture from all parts of the globe, created by dozens of weekly live broadcasters.

FUNDRAISER FOR A LOCAL SHOW ON RADIO23 called "The Full Life All-Star Radio Hour" by Full Life an art, recreation, and vocational program for adults with developmental disabilities :

There will be a fundraiser this Friday August 14th, 2009. This fine evening of musical performance will feature sillyROBchildish , Jack Bouba, and bazillionaire, all employees of the fabulous Full Life. The money raised will go toward keeping Full Life's talk-centric shows* on the air. The suggested donation is $5, though no one will be turned away. All ages are welcome.

Time:
7:00pm - 10:30pm
Location:
Full Life Coffee Shop
Street:
3331 NE Sandy Blvd.
City/Town:
Portland, OR

Tuesday mornings from 10-12 and Wednesday afternoons from 2-4 (PST)

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CIMTB blogger update

I'm "working" on a FUN music project directly related to The Great Northwest and Eriq Nelson is moving to The Great Northwest, Portland to be exact, for shizzy.

from http://logicalawesome.com

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What's a Portland hipster?

From the site Portland Hipster:

DEFINTION OF HIPSTER?
Webster's definition: Hip-ster (-ster) n. [Slang]
1. a hip person, esp. a devote of modern jazz
2. same as BEATNIK: a term of the 1950's and early 1960's: cf. HIPPIE

Wikepedias definition: Those individuals devoted to retro fashions, independent music and film, "alternative comics", and other forms of expression that are popular in hipster subculture. The term is sometimes used as a blanket descriptor for fans of indie rock music. More generally, trendsetter's in fashion are sometimes called hipsters.

Hipsters Handbook definition: One who possesses tastes, social attitudes, and opinions deemed cool by the cool. (Note: it is no longer recommended that one use the term "cool"; a Hipster would instead say "deck.") The Hipster walks among the masses in daily life but is not a part of them and shuns or reduces to kitsch anything held dear by the mainstream. A Hipster ideally possesses no more than 2% body fat.

Portlandhipsters.com definition: Non-individuals clone posers fucks with low-self esteem and cocky attitudes who try to look the look (ironic t-shirts, super tight pants, converse, truckerhat) but don't walk the walk (being actual musicians).

image from http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/

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Goldie's Photo Journalism: PDX Pop Now! kick off at City Hall

This is what it looked like when I first got there.


I always get Casey Kasem, Casey Jarmen and Cary Clarke mixed up.


Lynn is quoted as saying that there were roughly 200 people watching Y La Bamba


Sound guy! Sounded great!


These kids came directly from target practice. He can't even hear that shoe!


Ben was there.

all photo's from PDX POP NOW! kick off party at Portland, Oregon City Hall 7-16-09 courtesy of Goldie Davich aka Ste. Goldie

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PDX Pop Now! 2009 line up with links to music pages

PDX Pop Now! Friday July 24th - Sunday July 26th 2009

Check the music and find some favorites. I like having an idea of the bands I don't want to miss.

sweet poster by Dylan McConnell

Ah Holly Fam’ly
Animal Farm
Au
Autistic Youth
Benoît Pioulard
Breakfast Mountain
Chamber of Commerce (Blue Cranes + Paxselin Quartet)
Church
Cull
Daniel Menche
DASH!
Deelay Ceelay
Don Hellions
Explode Into Colors
Fear No Music
Fist Fite
Grouper
Guidance Counselor
Inside Voices
Jeffrey Jerusalem
Laura Gibson
Lightheaded
Luck-One
Magic Johnson
Menomena
Morning Teleportation
MY-G
Nice Nice
Nucular Aminals
Nurses
Peter Broderick
Pierced Arrows
Purple Rhinestone Eagle
Red Fang
Rob Walmart
Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside
Strength
Tara Jane O’Neil
Teeath
The Andrew Oliver Sextet
The Estranged
The Mint Chicks
The Minus 5
The Old Believers
The Quick & Easy Boys
The Shaky Hands
Thrones
White Hinterland

Hey Eriq are you gonna live here by then? - Ste. Goldie

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13-year-old to swap his iPod for a Walkman

Monday, 29 June 2009 11:10 UK
Giving up my iPod for a Walkman

When the Sony Walkman was launched, 30 years ago this week, it started a revolution in portable music. But how does it compare with its digital successors? The Magazine invited 13-year-old Scott Campbell to swap his iPod for a Walkman for a week.

My dad had told me it was the iPod of its day.

He had told me it was big, but I hadn't realized he meant THAT big. It was the size of a small book.

When I saw it for the first time, its colour also struck me. Nowadays gadgets come in a rainbow of colours but this was only one shade - a bland grey. read more...

I thought this story was from The Onion but it's from BBC News! - ste. goldie

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I'm not even kidding.

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