Why was this not covered more widely? Or did I just miss it at the time? – Ron Swanson
A new Giant Sand album will be out in June. Go here.
A dingy bit o’ time travel like I never dared to imagine! The greatest B-52’s song, smashingly performed in what looks like a hole in the wall every bit as unlikely as Missoula’s Moose Lodge would be a few short years later for Ein Heit. Mere WEEKS from the onset of World Domination, they’re lean, …
He’s a shoo-in for the GOP nomination. – Claude Iosso http://youtu.be/bE2m355-JRo
“Let’s Get Lost” – Beck and Bat For Lashes – Haunting vocals, bombastic beats, perfect melody that implores “just for tonight”! – Alicia Dara – @thevolcanodiary – #100songs100days
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayYNAEs0few
Seattle pop-punk band Quickie, who most recently penned a song celebrating Emerald City superhero Phoenix Jones, is taking a stand against domestic violence by teaming up with Phoenix Jones and his wife Purple Reign. The Healing Reign Music Benefit and Auction will take place May 12th at Nectar in Fremont. Ghost Town Riot joins Quickie …
LORD OF THE FLIES at Havre High! With All-Male AND all-Female Casts!, By Tom Kipp and Jay Schuschke
I most certainly read Lord of the Flies at Havre High School, very likely mediated by Mr. Axel Schmaing, though in just what course escapes me at the moment. I also had the great pleasure of seeing the truly harrowing 1963 Brit film during the Spring of 1980, as part of Prof. Robert Arends’ infamously …
I suppose we humans like our numbers rounded. There’s a reason there’s no 49 dollar bill. But when it comes to age, it seems rather pointless to place emphasis on an event simply because it ends in a zero. But society has protocols with which we must comply, so I shall do my best to …
General Public – Tenderness – Cloud buster since I was a kid. Makes lights brighter, colors bolder, takes your hand and runs. – Alicia Dara – @thevolcanodiary – #100songs100days
Nigerian-German pop star Nneka‘s new album, Soul Is Heavy, is an incredibly honest record and a great fusion of hip-hop beats, reggae grooves, brass riffs and African-pop. Coki (Digital Mystikz) also just remixed her single “My Home.” You can check out that remix which premiered on Fader HERE or stream her entire album HERE.
Beastie Boys – Sure Shot – Never fails to make me crank the volume. Kings of Jewish hip-hop forever (sorry, Matis!) – Alicia Dara – @thevolcanodiary – #100songs100days
This is very long, and very media savvy, but my 15 yr. old daughter asked me to share this as far and wide as possible. Never heard but now I know. It’s going viral in her age group… wild! – Anne Seymour Mette
[Flogging Molly will rock Portland’s Roseland Theater on March 11 and Seattle’s Paramount Ballroom on March 13, be there and celebrate St. Patrick’s Day early. More tour information may be viewed here.] Flogging Molly played a free show at the University of Washington campus back in (I think) 2006. I took my kids who at …
Once in a blue moon one encounters an artifact for which language seems ENTIRELY INADEQUATE! THIS would be one of those times…. My thanks to Mike Calkins for sending it our way. JD’s “Atmosphere” has never seemed so….domestic! Nor so furry. Enjoy, – Tom Kipp
Robert Sherman, WWII (Europe) Army combat veteran, painter, and one of the most remarkable composers of the post-War era. Besides a lot of family movie soundtrack work (Disney, Snoopy Come Home, Charlotte’s Web, etc.) Robert and his brother wrote the fabulous “You’re Sixteen,” made popular by Johnny Burnette, and later, Ringo Starr. I highly recommend …
Bettye LaVette, the Great Lady of Soul, packs a punch in this message to you, gentlemen, WOOT! – Alicia Dara – @thevolcanodiary – #100songs100days
Matt Redman and LZ7 – Twenty Seven Million (Official Music Video) from emimusic on GodTube.
[The Staxx Brothers will appear at East Portland’s Mt. Tabor Theater on March 16, and at the Hard Rock Cafe in Seattle on St. Patrick’s Day.] When the larger-than-life Staxx Brothers take action, they think big. For the band’s third video for Jungle Cat —an album with a young prizefighter’s legs under it — something …
http://youtu.be/pgVL-rBq9Fw
No, the last Fleet Foxes record, Helplessness Blues, wasn’t quite as good as the first. That doesn’t mean it didn’t hold some bits of magic. The not-so-simple, tragic beauty of “Lorelai” was one example; this is another. Robin Pecknold‘s gifts are so seemingly divine in nature, they’re almost enough to prompt someone to get religion. …
Starting today Alicia Dara will be tweeting 100 awesome songs in 100 days. “It’s taken months,” she says, “to assemble the list, but these are the ones I don’t want to live on earth without!!” You can follow her on Twitter @thevolcanodiary and the hash tag for the whole project, in which many people are …
This is so Portland (see Portland Bike routes, Portland sustainability). The Argentinian bamboo bicycle. I want one. The web page is in Spanish, but here is the Google translation of some the company’s descriptive language about their bamboo bicycle. (Say “bamboo bicycle” out loud. It’s fun to say, isn’t it? Well, the Spanish, “Bambubicicleta,” is …
Saturday night, March third, I ventured to The Funhouse for the first time to see Guttermouth, the So. Cal punk band I also was seeing for the first time. The Funhouse is a cozy little club sitting in the shadow of Seattle’s iconic Space Needle. This is are Seattle’s foremost punk club. When I arrived, …
I kinda got off the Springsteen bandwagon back around Born in the USA [with the exception of The Seeger Sessions]. The new record, Wrecking Ball, is pretty good. It has flashes of the old stuff, the soul that we heard on The River and even Greetings from Asbury Park. The production isn’t as stripped down …
The esteemed Mr. Mason painted on the moustache so we’d know he wasn’t serious. It’s the 50s version of air quotes:
I wrote this song because I love Chicago. Casimir Pulaski Day has always been a great Illinois holiday. When we were growing up we got a day off from school. Now we get a day off from work which turns into a great 3 day weekend which reminds us that summer is just around the …
This debuted during the Bruins-Rangers game today… very moved by it. If you don’t know who Brendan Burke was, I highly recommend his Wikipedia entry. http://www.broadstreethockey.com/2012/3/3/2842761/you-can-play-gay-rights-hockey-philadelphia-flyers – Steve Stav