l to r: Pamela, Elijah, Dave, Jon King & Alicia Rose.
Ok, after 4 days of partying, because SXSW is just one big party masquerading as a music conference, the going gets decidedly weird. We play on the rooftop of a 7 storey parking garage to a frenzied crowd of G4 fans all fueled by free [...]
Every picture tells a story but this one needs an explanation. My Gang of Four bandmate Andy and I were invited to spin some vinyl at the V2 Records party with the wonderful Peaches So what you see here, from l to r, is Andy wondering what the hell is going on, Peaches throwing down [...]
Somewhere in this photo you will find a Beastie Boy. We had made our way through the scrum of about 2 thousand folks trying to get in, to find our man, J.C., who squeezed us in amongst the throngs inside the venue. The B Boys were a little rusty, trying hard to keep it together [...]
It’s the 20th anniversary of South By South West (SXSW) and I’m finally here in Austin, TX after a 15 hour day fighting mother nature’s snowstorms in Salt Lake City, spending 7 hours in the airport trying to get out and finally flying to San Antonio to drive up to Austin. Car pooled from SA [...]
Tim from the Music Genome Project is traveling around the country extolling the virtues of Pandora a streaming music player that you can create based on genres. He stopped by Portland, took us to lunch, and we had a great time promoting Portland’s talents. He agreed, it’s all in his
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I sat down for beers on Friday night with Marcus and Brett of Tables Turned a new PDX set up that plans to revolutionize the way indie music is promoted at college radio. From their FAQ:
Q: So, what does Tables Turned do?
A: We promote independent music to podcasters, free of charge. More importantly, we also [...]
Saturday March 11th @ Berbati’s, 94.7 presents She Wants Revenge and local boys, Climber. Should be fun. Over at the Fir meanwhile Sky Cries Mary return to Portland for the first time in a while.