The UK’s Independent newspaper asks the question. It’s too long of an article to summarize efficiently so I encourage you to read it here and then discuss.
Also I’ll send a free Gang of Four 7″ single with a Shepard Fairey artwork cover to the person that tells me what the image above is parodying [...]
My good friend Jon Ragel of Boy Eats Drum Machine invited me to “join” his band for a show at Portland’s Wonder Ballroom on Saturday August 16th. The premise being that it is a Talking Heads and Cure cover show! Ha! But put Jon and Dave in a room and you’re not going to get [...]
British singer-songwriter Tallulah Rendall is doing the right thing - accepting that her fans are music downloaders and accommodating them. Rendall’s newest single, “Only You,” is to be released on “viral vinyl.” This means that anyone who attends her show at Bush Hall on August 6th receives the vinyl single wrapped in artwork, a short [...]
Danny Choo is a self propelled hype machine. How does one generate 3 million UNIQUE visitors in 1 month?! Looks like the secret is deftly mixing the pop culture past, the pop tech future, and his love for the international language of dance.
Tokyo Dance Trooper
Tokyo Dance Trooper in Shibuya
iphone 3g trooper
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Pendleton Rock Camp 2008 Video Scenes from Dave Allen on Vimeo.
Another day, another dollar. Pendleton Rock Camp just wrapped day 2. This is a video of the kids playing in their various group set ups with The Thermals “Your Future” dubbed to the footage.
Another PDX POP NOW! is ‘in the can’. Once again it came, it saw, it kicked our ass.
I took some behind the scenes pics on Saturday and Sunday. Also, here’s a group of ‘POP’ pics I put together (for you, baby), including the one above of Fist Fite’s Jonnie Monroe. Aw Yeah. [...]
This week the Third Annual Pendleton Rock Camp takes place. It’s a week-long event and I am out here in Eastern Oregon volunteering along with members of Point Juncture, WA, Laura Gibson, Casey Jarman, Paul Collins of Beirut and many more. It’s free for the kids and they love it. This morning, Day 1, I [...]
It’s day (and night) three of PDX POP NOW!, arguably Portland’s best damn music festival ever (and it’s FREE!). I snapped a few pics of yesterday’s behind the scenes action, including the above shot of Norfolk and Western drumkit specialist Rachel Blumberg. What started out as relatively gentle Saturday afternoon culminated around 2 am inside [...]