East Portland Blog’s Japan Correspondent, Darren McKellin, has written and performed a song dedicated to everyone in Japan since March 11, 2011.
One of the biggest NW music legends passed on today, after fighting cancer. I’ve met Kent Morrill of the Fabulous Wailers several times, and he had class and talent to spare. Mr. Morrill was 70, just a kid when he started turning Tacoma upside down. Hendrix was a fan, enough said. – Steve Stav . …
“I wanna love you, But something’s pulling me away from you Jesus is my virtue, Judas is the demon I cling to” Thought-provoking, eh? From Glenn Beck to Sarah Palin to Billy Graham to Franklin Graham to other Christian dynasties (think of all those who have somehow anointed themselves) to Lady Gaga to Dancing with …
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Youtube description says, “UK Based Artist Tinie Tempah performs his hits in Portland, Oregon, U.S in Peter’s Room at the Roseland Theater”: .
In this episode, Kidd Russell and his homeless DJ head to Highland Park High School’s Focus on the Arts to talk to the kids and perform some new music. Mayhem ensues, kinda.
Behold the most popular video in America this morning:
Here’s an interesting blog piece about the Replacements one and only appearance on Saturday Night Live in January of 1986. (Thanks to Tim Midgett.)
When you get to be my age much of the experience of listening to new music is about reference points. I remember a half-decade ago hearing for the first time the song Munich by the Birmingham, England-based Editors, a dark, muscular band that managed to evoke all the grime and grit, the monotony of industrial, …
This new video from PJ Harvey is stunning. The song, ‘Written On The Forehead’, does an amazing job of being a shimmering thing of beauty, as Polly starts off singing about “throwing dinars at the belly dancers” and it is only then that the import of the lyrical content is realised. For me, this is …
Here’s a 47 minute preview of the entire album: