Story time: I live in Everett, Wa. Right before the Iraq war started my Auntie & I, along w/ others were protesting the war…my Auntie & I had a corner…we got many honks, but of course some comments that were not pretty. Well, Vern Fonk drove by, one of his offices is in Everett & …
Last night, February 4th, 2012, I once again headed to Seattle’s El Corazon where ska legends The Toasters were headlining a show. When I arrived, the opening band, Life Afterlife, was just starting. Life Afterlife is a five-piece from the Tacoma area who play a mix from pure punk pop to some harder core punk …
I was recently asked, “Did the Iraq War foment the Arab spring? Is this even a legitimate question?” To which I responded: Yes, absolutely a legitimate question. Although I would do the professory thing and say, well, do you mean it was the sole and exclusive catalyst/cause? or it was a factor? Maybe because my …
If you haven’t seen this, it might be the funniest skit in Portlandia history. And the Parson Red Heads are in it, the quartet posing around Fred Armisen. – Steve Stav
Glorious fragment o’ PiL’s “Chant”, with definitive Postpunk guitar from Keith Levene in Part I. Then a typically poisonous confrontation and walk-off during hapless intvw segment in Part II… – Tom Kipp
This is just awful. I don’t want to live here anymore. KGW’s lovely Abbey Gibb files an informative news feature on just how Portland’s awful history of human trafficking is revealed in a network of underground tunnels downtown: http://www.kgw.com/entertainment/Sha-138610174.html Thanks to Ben Easher for this 1999 article from Anodyne Magazine Online which includes such tidbits …
Why listen to Neil Young when you’ve got Lou Caruso? 89000 people have viewed this bar band cover of Neil Young’s Powderfinger. It’s a surprisingly good cover:
I’ve just been looking at MIA’s new Bad Girls video. It’s real. I mean she’s always the deal, 100%, despite what anyone might say. You can smell the smoke on this one. I’m still not sure about that other video with Madonna. Can’t help feeling Maya and Nikki are fuelling Madonna’s magpie tendencies. http://www.miauk.com/ – …
Let’s talk about Dada. Best known for “Dizz Knee Land,” their album Puzzle is really quite good. The song “Dim” is first rate (reminds me a bit of Flake – whatever happened to them?) and I go back to “Moon” from time to time as the perfect song for certain moods… – Ron Swanson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aJgdok_iRc
Big Steve‘s definitely gettin’ it done! I enjoyed a wonderful steak dinner he and Tim Midgett prepared during my last Chicago visit in October 2009… – Tom Kipp Here’s, Mario Batali Voice, and here’s some commentary in the LA Times.
Polish poet Wislawa Szymborska gave voice to our deepest wonder, imagination, confusion, bemusement, longing and love. She died this week, a Nobel Laureate. I love her poems! Today, an homage.. Then for a few days, her own work. Then, who knows. It is time again to market my blog, Palm Tree in Poland. By market …
Seattle maintains an open marriage with roots music, and has been noted for its dalliances with grunge and hip-hop. However, the Jet City has held pop music — jangle-pop, folky pop, avant-garde pop, power-pop — dear to its heart for quite some time. It’s a reliable mistress. Seatown seemed a fitting stop, then, for eternal …
This person is pleasingly plump, perfectly so. The song is “I’m Good, I’m Gone” by Lykke Li:
People are swallowing force-fed pablum when they watch American Idol, a show that neither Bob Dylan, Neil Young nor Frank Zappa would’ve been considered for when they were in their 20s. (You have to be under age 30.) In 1969, you had the Beatles, Stones, Joplin, Hendrix, Doors, CCR, and other great bands cranking out …
Singer Ann Hitarda has one of the most popular vids in the US today, “Sex and Rock’n Roll.” Little is known about the scrumptious beauty other than that English is probably not her first language and she favors sexual directness in her songs. Previous videos, “I am Freak” and “I Love Rock” are also below: …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrpBTIAWDBM Stone in Love, the West Coast’s foremost Journey tribute band is based right here in Portland. They will perform at the Neptune Theatre in Seattle on February 11 at 8pm and the Star Theater in Portland on May 19 at 6pm. Just watch the videos here or listen to the sound clips on their …
BLACK TUSK will be touring the Northwest at the end of March: 3/27 San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill 3/28 Portland, OR @ Rotture 3/29 Tacoma, WA @ Hell’s Kitchen 3/30 Seattle, WA @ Highline 3/31 Boise, ID @ The Venue Black Tusk‘s latest record, “Set the Dial“, was released last October on …
To protest a bill that would require women to undergo an ultrasound before having an abortion, Virginia State Sen. Janet Howell (D-Fairfax) on Monday attached an amendment that would require men to have a rectal exam and a cardiac stress test before obtaining a prescription for erectile dysfunction medication. Go here.
Apparently it’s “Retro Week.” Well… here’s a 1985 video that made my parents worry about the future of my generation, caused my sister to think I was hopelessly weird, and proves just how unoriginal Johnny Depp’s “Jack Sparrow” character really is. (And by the way, the song still rocks.) – Peter Olson
Punch Brothers, the best post-bluegrass band out there today, are releasing a new album, “Who’s Feeling Young Now?” on Valentine’s Day and will be touring through Portland’s Wonder Ballroom on March 7 and Seattle’s Neptune Theater March 6. See the dashing lads and their tour poster here. Punch Brothers – “Clara” Who’s Feeling Young Now? …
2011 started off with a heavy heart and nothing to do but work through it. Holed up in Los Angeles for an eternal summer, we spent January rehearsing and then recording Only In Dreams. It was surreal and enjoyable to really take DDG out of the bedroom and my head and into a small but …
Surely yer ol’ Stereophile pal Ted would disagree, no?! LOL And c’mon, Marc, just look at that BASE! And that BELT! Plus, their tonearm and spindle are "stiffer than carbon fiber"! (As am I, just reading that…) As you well know, I simply adore the "pervy horniness" of this type of advertising copy, regardless of the product being hawked! And I really …
How amazing is this? This is Ian Hunter and his Rant Band live at Rockefeller Park, NYC, 6/24/09 joined by Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott. – Ron Swanson
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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 are not only an intelligent band, singing about the oppression of the working stiff, they put on a fabulous live show. …
New York City ska legends, The Toasters, are headed to the Northwest as part of their 30th anniversary tour. They will appear: Feb 02 – Plan B Portland, OR Feb 03 – Iron Road Studios Vancouver, Canada Feb 04 – El Corazon Seattle, WA Feb 05 – Shredder Boise, ID More tour dates at Toasters.org …