Archive for the 'urban interactive' Category

MusicFestNW, Grammys and Nemo Present Two Music Panels

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

On September 6th, during Portland’s annual MusicFestNW music festival, Nemo will play host to two panel discussions presented by The Recording Academy Pacific NW Chapter, Nemo Design, The Musicians Union Local 99 and Spectre. This event is Free for MusicFestNW attendees and for Recording Academy members.
From 1PM to 4PM on Saturday September 6th there [...]

Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head and That Go

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

natalie portman’s shaved head - sophisticated side ponytail from thatgo on Vimeo.
Today’s Digital Youth are already well-versed in Trust and Fame, they understand very clearly that their song, their video, is only as good as the one that went before it on YouTube unless it is awesome, catchy and fun. Seattle’s Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head [...]

SUPERTRASH 48-HR FILMFEST PORTLAND: The World Premiere of HEMPSTERS: PLANT THE SEED

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

Thursday, August 14
Night Fix and Floating World Comics present Day One of
SUPERTRASH 48-HR FILMFEST: The World Premiere of HEMPSTERS: PLANT THE SEED featuring appearances by Woody Harrelson and Willie Nelson
An entire weekend of films, indulgence and more
7 p.m. | $3 | 21 & over. More information here.
After breaking records in Feb 08 with 2000+ ticket [...]

Girl Talk, is Gregg Gillis a Musician or Just a DJ?

Sunday, August 10th, 2008

Girl Talk live in Detroit. Photo - Christos/Detroitartist.org

On my other blog, Social Cache, I appear to have lit a fire over whether Girl Talk is a musician or merely a talented DJ who puts together amazing mashups. Have your say here.

Talking Heads reunion? Brian Eno and David Byrne, new album, free mp3

Friday, August 8th, 2008

[Update: I removed the video of Byrne discussing the album as, rather annoyingly, I was unable to undo the auto-play function.] It’s been many years since Byrne and Eno released the ground breaking album ‘My Life In The Bush of Ghosts‘ an album that was an analog precursor to the sampling habits of today’s musicians. [...]

Aaliyah, Talking Heads, Van Halen, Cure Mash Up with me on bass

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

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 [...]

Viral Vinyl, Tallulah Rendall trying something new

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

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 [...]

Facebook and me, we are not getting along

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

I received yet another lovely notice from Facebook today about “possible infringement” not “actual” but “possible.” Read on -
Notification of Alleged Copyright Infringement
We have removed your video entitled “Cut Copy, party at Dave’s, Nemo puts up the posters” uploaded at 2:23pm April 29th, 2008. We did this because we learned that your video might include [...]