Archive for July, 2007

riaa sues portland woman, she sues right back

Saturday, July 21st, 2007

So my buddy Alex Maiolo over on the east coast sent out an email making me aware of the battle going on in our own backyard here between Tanya Anderson, her 10 year old daughter Kylee and the RIAA. Alex writes “Have y’all seen this? - Suburban mom falsely accused of downloading violent lyric rap [...]

boy eats drum machine live from doug fir

Saturday, July 21st, 2007

boy eats drum machine tonight @ doug fir

Friday, July 20th, 2007

Portland’s latest and greatest upcoming band, Boy Eats Drum Machine, will celebrate the release of their sophomore CD two ghosts with a show at the Doug Fir Lounge tonight. Local favs Dat’r and Junkface open. BEDM hits the stage at 11 prompt so be there or be square…
Boy Eats Drum Machine
Doug Fir Lounge
Doors 8pm / [...]

something goes terribly wrong in space genre

Thursday, July 19th, 2007

It is my favorite film genre. Classics like 2001, Alien, and more recently films like Pitch Black define a genre where there can be no greater tension than what can transpire in the vacuum of space.
The latest from Danny Boyle (director of 28 days, trainspotting, the beach) is Sunshine.
The basic premise is that the sun [...]

why prince’s free cd ploy worked….

Thursday, July 19th, 2007

When Prince’s new album Planet Earth was released in the U.K. on July 15, almost 3 million people picked up a copy. Normally, that kind of news conjures up images of record industry execs high-fiving each other and fans streaming into record stores to empty the shelves of their hero’s latest offering. But in this [...]

94.7 fm offers up tons of local music via hd radio

Thursday, July 19th, 2007

Portland’s 94.7 FM is probably the best station in town if you measure radio stations by how much they support local music and local artists. They’ve now launched their new-fangled HD radio channels, and no, that HD does not stand for Hi Def like your TV - confused? Go to their site and check out [...]

cracked.com describes pornography…

Thursday, July 19th, 2007

“CRACKED.com contributor Michael Swaim wanted nothing more than to host a little pornography on his video log. But when he asked for our permission, we said something like, “Hell no. We’re all good Christians, here, and if any of our still-alive grandparents saw such filth on CRACKED, they’d literally die.” So he settled on describing [...]

cd retail store hypocrisy and my interview in the willy week

Wednesday, July 18th, 2007