As readers of this blog may well know, Portland is the undisputed, independent music capitol of N. America…there I said it. Every night of the week you will find hundreds of bands performing in the hundreds of clubs around P-Town. It’s also well known that Portland is home to The Shins, Spoon, Modest Mouse, Stephen [...]
A typical Portland scene
I’m certainly not alone in understanding that independent music of all stripes and shades is a huge part of the overall music business economy. One of the biggest reasons this blog exists is because of my passion for independent music. I may occasionally get cranky about this particular chunk of the long [...]
Portland band, Hockey, in a social networking environment.
I have some homework for those of you who like to read. Having been on many conference panels in my time, attempting to inform musicians and others about the value of using the Internet for marketing, my research led me to notice how the online social networks and [...]
Day 3 begins and it looks like the best day yet for music and the weather. Stay tuned.
Death Cab For Cutie Backstage
The kids hating on Adam Brody for some reason
Blue Scholars signing session
Meet the Blue Scholars
Muxtape ran into what they called “the prefect storm” yesterday but to their credit they have been open and honest about what went wrong and how difficult it’s been to fix it -
Update #3
“We’ve narrowed down the issue, but we’re triple-checking everything to make sure it doesn’t happen again before we bring the site [...]
Something In Construction & The Line Of Best Fit bring us a free sampler for download. Here’s what they have to say - “It started as a Something In Construction state of the union label sampler but I wanted it to be pretty much brand new stuff, not past glories, so I added in [...]
What do you say, Portlanders? We’ve got some fancy new containers but what are we going to do with all those leftover yellow plastic bins? One container can be used for glass, as everything else gets tossed into the new blue thingy with the wheels, but what about the rest of the yellow [...]
Well not just Pampelmoose but all of us trusty blogheads. Here’s the scoop. The report costs $695.00 which I won’t be shelling out…but I think I know what it would say. Some highlights below.
Once a haven for techies, there are now blogs for everything from celebrity gossip to political commentary to the most mundane personal [...]