Ok, after starting out at 3PM Saturday afternoon I managed to roll around town catching the CD Forge party, the Music Millenium party and then meet Jenny Tatone and head off to see Ghostface Killah. Here’s where our day got weird….when did PDX import those giant paramilitary, black-clad security guys? What a buzz kill, and of course a sad commentary on how hip hop shows are viewed in Portland. As poster guru, Mike King said to me, “welcome to White Chocolate City, Dave”. Ouch!
Anyway, back to Ghostface. I suppose it was nice of Nike to help bring artists to town for the festival but it felt strange and Jenny and I couldn’t get into the vibe, boredom set in as well as heat exhaustion so we went for dinner. After food we went over to Towne Lounge to mellow out with electronic/analog composer Ethan Rose. Watch the video. Brilliant atmospherics. We caught some of the Jackie-O Motherfucker set and then went over to Satyricon to arrive at the end of Yacht’s set, damn. Hung out with Danny from Menomena and Maggie Vail and Portia from Kill Rock Stars. From there it was to the Roseland to catch the mayhem that is Girl Talk.
I’m posting all of my MusicFestNW videos here on Brightcove and here on YouTube.
Highlights – Girl Talk, Aesop Rock, The Blue Scholars, Sandpeople, Eskimo & Sons, Ethan Rose and Black Joe Lewis and the KEXP shows during the day at Doug Fir.
Lowlights – Missing Spoon, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Yacht, Dirty Projectors and Okkervil River due to schedule conflicts, not being able to cover as many shows as I’d have liked due to pass restrictions and discovering that my press pass wasn’t of any use at a bunch of venues….and heavy-handed security folks…
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October 8th, 2007 at 9:01 am