Breeze Block Gallery 3rd annual 100 Bones Show
By H-Dawg | February 8, 2010
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Cutest Show Ever
By Annie | February 7, 2010
In celebration of Valentine’s Day the folks over at Holocene have assembled a line up befitting the holiday with sets by real life Portland couples. Entitled {{{ LOVEWAVE }}} : A Valentine’s Day Experience, The night will feature collaborative sets from:
Ana Rodriguez & Ethan Jayne (Magic Johnson/Total Bros)
Dan Wilson & Brighid Thomas (Sigmund Henry)
Dusty Springfeelins (Rock set by Emily & Kerby - New Moon Poncho)
And rare dj sets by Miracles Club, Linger & Quiet,
DJ Linoleum & Legolas
Brkfst Sndwch & Magic Impact
And yep, you guessed it, this event will take place on the very holiday it was inspired by at 8pm. For more information, head on over to Holocene’s site right here.
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Fecal Face highlights local artist Meredith Dittmarr
By H-Dawg | February 7, 2010
The Local artist by the name of Meredith Dittmarr was recently interviewed in FECAL FACE. Meredith Dittmar creates clay type sculptures in very interesting displays, using premo polymer-clay and wire. She has a current show on N. Mississippi street here in Portland at a children’s store called Black Wagon, note that particular exhibit was meant for children and has a bit of a children’s theme set. She was also recently featured in the Nov ‘09 Portland Tribune, which you can check out here. Read her FECAL FACE interview here.
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Never heard of Fecal Face?
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Grass Hut store - Local artists APAK
By H-Dawg | February 6, 2010
Apak are the husband and wife creative wonder duo of Aaron Piland and Ayumi Kajikawa Piland. They and some other great local artists have created a small store collaboratively “for fun.” The store is the Grass Hut on Burnside in that small row of boutiques and fancy stuff. Grass Hut shows art every first Friday of each month. On Feb 4th, a show opened called “Staying Put,” which pretty much means what is says, I ’spose, and contains several of the different artists’ print works, including APAK. The store also has tons of independent local zines and books along with plastic toys, printed shirts and tons of other cool stuff. The artists involved in Grass Hut are: APAK, BWANA, SPOONS, LAMENDE, MARTIN and SCRAPPERS. The two members of the team APAK currently reside here in Portland. The two artists who form that name APEK who are known for the cute little hairy creatures on watercolor posters and post cards are not really small at all. The artists have several shows that are currently going on or will be opening up later this month with openings in : LA, NY, NH and here in Portland at the store. I have enjoyed their wonderfully amazingly cool and spacey art for a few years now. I would pick up postcards in the bay area where I saw them and always check in with their sight and blogs. When I re-located here I was pleasantly delighted to find them in most every local small shop around.
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Who will win the Super Bowl?
By nick g | February 5, 2010
Every year I watch the Super Bowl, never caring about the outcome. Since my team, the 49ers, has not been in for 16 years, I don’t really have a reason to watch. But I still faithfully turn my attention to the advertising blitz that is Super Sunday for my annual display of broishness. Like many others, especially girlfriends, wives and children, I really just want to see the commercials. One in particular: The Bud Bowl.
Budweiser vs. Bud Light. It’s a battle waged since the beginning of time, with no end in sight. Kinda like America’s “skirmish” in the Middle East, but much more refreshing. Like the Super Bowl, it’s supposed to be the epitome of competition, but honestly in the beer world that’s like the Rams vs. the Raiders. Whoever sucks less wins.
Why not open it up to all cheap beers? That would be a bowl to remember. Or forget alltogether. Which might actually be better (until tomorrow morning).
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GLK DJ’s at Holocene Sunday
By Erik | January 29, 2010
When you go to the bathroom, do you ever feel like you should wash your hands before you do your business? I mean, your hands are out there all day, getting dirty, when your genitals are sa
fe in your pants and protected from the environment! Why not employ a wash-piss-wash strategy? Speaking of sequential logic, The Gaslamp Killer is a DJ who mixes records together so that the beats match, and then you feel like dancing or moving your body in a provocative manner. He’s gonna be at Holocene this Sunday opening for some guy called Prefuse 73. GLK is no ordinary DJ. He wants you to know as much as he does about music. That’s why, in the middle of his set, he’ll make some remark about what it is he’s playing, and then you can take a mental note of it and use that information to make good consumer choices. As you may well know, an informed consumer is a good American citizen!
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iPad: iJizzed.
By nick g | January 28, 2010
It’s that time of the month. I’m craving technology like nobody’s business, and it’s a weird craving. I want something with a touch screen, that’s thin and light but with a big, 10 inch screen. What do you mean that doesn’t exist? DO YOU WANT ME TO HURT SOMEONE?
By now, you’ve probably seen a review of the iPad. This is a review of a review, because the thing isn’t out yet. Yesterday, Steve Jobs revealed Apple’s new iPad. Today, iJizzed.
It’s basically a big iPod touch. A really big iPod Touch. That’s really cool, and I don’t even own an iProduct. (BUT I do own a Macbook). It does everything an iPod Touch does, including running all iPod/iPhone apps. There are companies also making iPad-specific apps. That’s a big boon.
First and foremost, this will kill other eBook readers. You actually turn the pages like you turn pages, and you can buy books like they’re on a bookshelf. There will be an iBook store. It’s full color.
Secondly, newspapers and magazines are making apps specifically for this thing. It’s going to save print media. I hope the New York Times sent Jobs a really good gift basket, because he featured the newspaper’s Web page during his debut of the product. I mean, we’re talking almond roca and expensive soaps. Maybe even some edible flower arrangement thing. Anyway, something women love.
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Deerhoof is not an opening band!
By nick g | January 27, 2010
Damnit, when will this stop? I understand when a band is just starting they must open for larger acts to gain fans and respect, but Deerhoof is really, REALLY good. I mean, beyond most other music kind of good. If they wanted to, they could become more famous than Linkin Park. IF they wanted to.
But that would probably mean putting out an album of music that is classifiable into one genre, and that would defy Deerhoof’s style. On any given album you’ll be pulling your hair out to compare them to anyone - ANYONE - else in the music industry. “The Runners Four” is so good every song on that album could be expanded into a whole album, like that Bob Dylan song where every line could be a concept or title for a whole song. That might be why they’re routinely praised by a very wide range of musicians and have played with Radiohead and are playing with Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band to kick off the NoisePop festival in SF next month.
It is really no coincidence those are two of the most influential bands of all time. If Led Zeppelin or Elvis Presley tours again (which would both be very strange), check the opening act - it could be Deerhoof.
So with all that praise, why the hell are they still an opening act? They toured with Experimental Dental School a while back, and while a decent act, EDS is nothing compared to The Hoof. They are the definition of an opening band. Not Deerhoof.
If I could ask Deerhoof one serious question is would be something like this: Why are you not widely regarded as the best band of all time?
I guess I would really have to ask the music industry and music listeners at large that question to get the response I’m looking for. I actually had the chance to ask The Hoof any question I wanted, limited to four, for the NoisePop program. I did not choose this question because I was limited to a very small space for responses. But Deerhoof, if you’re reading, feel free to respond!
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YACHT & The Straight Gaze
By TG | January 26, 2010
And so it’s confirmed! Yacht’s Jona Bechtolt and Claire Evans have announced their new project Yacht & The Straight Gaze featuring recent additions Bobby Birdman, Reuben Snyder and Jeffrey Jerusalem. No Portland dates yet, but surely they have to play here!! Correction, Yacht & The Straight Gaze will be headlining a set at Holocene on February 17th. Go to Holocene’s site here for more information and the full line up!
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Rontoms’ 100th Free Show
By Annie | January 24, 2010
Rontoms is one of those bars that has absolutely no information on their website, sports only a small insignia on their building front, and basically leaves people completely reliant upon sites like pc-pdx for a weekly lineup for their free Sunday shows. The drinks may not be as cheap as other venues around town but their backdoor stage area is huge, and they frequently host some of the best bands around Portland, for free. Celebrating their 100th show on January 31st, Rontoms will be hosting a fantastic lineup with the bands Hosannas (formerly Church), and Typhoon among many others. Mark it on your calendars and get ready to celebrate with a night of great local music, cheapish tall cans of Tecate, and the wonderful feeling that you are out seeing rad music instead of just sitting at home streaming shows off hulu–your computer will still be there when you get back.
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