When Girl In A Coma hit the stage they come out covered in tattoos and ready to rock. GIC is a powerful all-female trio from San Antonio, Texas which features Phanie Diaz on drums, her sister, Nina Diaz, on guitar and vocals, and the mighty Jenn Alva on bass, who answers the questions below. Whoever …
Country music legend George Jones has announced plans for one more tour before retiring from the music business. He is also said to be working on a final album with Dolly Parton. Full story is here.
The air is permeated by the sounds of delicious jam bands, filling the valley with soulful guitars, tight hypnotic grooves, and the occasional scream of ecstasy at the top of some festival goer’s lungs. Nighttime arrives with myriad lasers, smoke machines, and possibly the happiest family of festival goers in all of Washington. While Summer …
I love Don Delillo‘s novels, and serenely enjoyed, Cosmopolis, his short novel/long-short story of a few years ago. I wouldn’t have guessed that it could be made into a movie, however, as the text was low in the action quotient. Well, live and learn. It’s out soon as a movie with everyone’s favorite cuckolded vampire …
This ad is from an August 1975 issue of Billboard reminds me that although I’m long since tired of Rumours – I’ve never tired of this album, as the quote at the bottom says, “Their best album ever.” – Pat Thomas is the author of the recently released work, Listen, Whitey! The Sights and Sounds …
This could be one of the best things I’ve ever seen. – Marco Collins is currently working at JetCitystream.
The new independent feature film WALK-IN which will be showing at the Laurelhurst Theater in Portland starting September 21st. This film is based on a bestselling book from Scott Blum, was filmed entirely in Oregon, and recently played to sold out crowds at the Varsity Theatre in Ashland. You can view the trailer here:
Your outdoor living space can become an extension of your home and your own private retreat. Before this can happen, you need to take control of the weather and elements. With the right canopy or enclosure, you can enjoy having shade from the sun and protection from the rain. Here a few different options you …
Thought you might enjoy this early Christgau piece (Village Voice, Jan. 1970, see attachment), which makes some interesting points and distinctions re: what you and I now refer to as “Conceptual Panache”, and about the late-Sixties Music Biz more generally! It’s also a nicely tart summary of the terminal phase of “Super Group Syndrome”, taken …
Jesca Hoop has been compared to Kate Bush, Björk, and Fiona Apple. She has also previously toured with KCRW’s Nic Harcourt, Elbow’s Guy Garvey, and most recently the Punch Brothers. Last month she released her third album The House That Jack Built, and 8/16 she will be in Portland, OR @ The Alberta Rose Theatre, …
And here it is. As if you didn’t have enough to do… I have launched a second blog, which can be found at http://www.burningluv.blogspot.com/ Why Burning Love?? Burning Wood (my original blog) is approaching its 4th year, and if there is one thing I’ve learned in four years, aside from how many of you hate …
Sharing files between computers is fairly simple. That is, it’s simple when all of the computers within that network use the same OS. Macs and PCs don’t have a good history when it comes to working together; they’re the computing equivalent of the most dysfunctional married couple someone could imagine. There are ways to make …
This year, Rosh Hashanah– the Jewish High Holidays or the Jewish New Year– will fall on September 16. For this time frame, I was hired to re-write a fundraiser letter for a Jewish Community Center in London. As I looked into it, I was a nudged from my comfortable spot of complacency. I learned something …
No matter how well things are going, unexpected problems can arise at any moment. Some of those problems can be a huge threat to someone’s financial stability. Debt is more than a number on a spread sheet, it’s a commitment. Money can’t simply be given back once it’s spent, and while bankruptcy is always an …
I’m an angry man. Not a day goes by when I don’t feel infuriated by one thing or another. A friend took me to lunch at the Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills. We were in the middle of a stimulating conversation that lasted more than two hours. The restaurant was almost empty, with no one …
Buying a home is a rite of passage; it’s the point where someone’s hard work pays off, and he can finally settle down with his family and build wealth for the future. However, things happen, and sometimes people need to move. Sometimes it’s because they find jobs elsewhere, and sometimes it’s because they want a …
Legendary Two Tone band The English Beat played to a packed audience Saturday night August 11th. From the entrance all the way to the stage was nothing but packed bodies waiting in anticipation for Dave Wakeling and friends to emerge. Wakeling came on stage commenting about our (rare) sunny day and thanking us for it, …
Paul Ryan liked Ayn Rand in high school and now he gives her books to all his staffers. Maybe I should give all my co-workers cassettes of Black Flag’s Damaged. – NPR’s John Moe is the host of Marketplace Tech Report and Wits.
At Western Recorders in Hollywood on July 25, 1966, The Monkees recorded Mike Nesmith’s song “Mary, Mary” – meanwhile at nearly the same time, at Chess Studios on 2120 South Michigan Avenue in Chicago, the Paul Butterfield band with Mike Bloomfield was recording it as well. I’ve always loved it when doped up, kick ass …
Ok, first thing, I am not too embarrassed to admit I really did not think Mitt would choose Paul. Everything thing about Romney’s style and campaign has led me to view him as a cautious, careful politician. One who tries little new, but wants to perfect the doing of what has been done before. Thus …
The legendary Joe Jackson (the musician, not the shoeless ball player) is on tour in the US in September and October. His only Northwest date will be in Seattle on October second at the Moore Theater. Jackson, who started out in the punk/new wave scene over thirty years ago, has now switched to more eclectic …
Total Victory is a band I know next to nothing about. I came across this track very randomly on the internet and was moved to share it here. The vocal starts off feeling Fall-esque but once it gets into its stride, the whole thing is quite a hypnotic sucker-inner. The lyrics are straaange …. sci-fi? …
Producer Ted Templeman remarked that he went through three engineers during the recording of the LP, due to Morrison’s “ability as a musician, arranger and producer”: “When he’s got something together, he wants to put it down right away with no overdubbing … I’ve had to change engineers who couldn’t keep up with him.” Morrison’s …
“I never saw a frown,” recalled Tom Robbins, who wasn’t yet a famous author but was writing for The Helix, Robbins also had a radio show on KRAB-FM, “Notes From the Underground.” “Everyone was happy and smiling. It was such a utopian event. There was a feeling of freedom and sharing and loving.” The germ …
[Howlin’ Hounddog & the Infamous Loosers will perform Saturday, August 11, at the East Burn (1800 E. Burnside, Portland) from 10PM to 1AM. A good time will be had by all who attend, so make certain to be there.] I met Howlin’ Hounddog at the recent Rocket party where he told me that he and …
August fifth, Saturday, was a beautiful day in the Seattle area. After a cloudy and rainy June and July, I welcomed the sunny, hot weather as I headed to The White River Amphitheater for the 2012 Warped Tour. For those of you unaware of what the Warped Tour is, allow me to briefly explain. The …
The True Spokes‘, “Back Porch” video was directed by feature film director Jeff Ferrell (Ghostlight) and produced by Soul United Productions with assistance and support from Summer Meltdown. The True Spokes recently changed their name from Flowmotion and released a self titled debut that reflects new aspects of their maturing sound and development as a …
Hello, dear readers. August 5 proved to be another hectic day for Mr. Renton. Sunday began by covering the Seafair Cup races at Lake Washington, including another mindblowing aerial display by the Blue Angels. Nighttime found yours truly catching, simultaneously, JESSE SYKES at Gainesbourg and KASEY CHAMBERS at The Triple Door. In between, Mr. Renton …
Recorded in the summer of 1969 at 1457 National Street in Memphis with Terry Manning on bass, Richard Rosebrough on drums, and Jeff Newman on steel guitar. Produced and engineered by Terry Manning (who had mixed Led Zeppelin III that summer at the same Memphis location). Manning and Chilton flew to LA with the tapes …