The end credits for WKRP In Cincinnati contained a song whose lyrics were shrouded in mystery. Analyzed as much as Hotel California or American Pie, scholars thought the true meaning would be lost to the ages.
Until now.
Its time once again to mentally round up the shows that are coming up in the next few weeks here in the Portland area.
Saturday 9/27 - The Prids are the openers for A Place to Bury Strangers at The Doug Fir. I’m surprised that they are still listed given their near fatal accident earlier this year.
Monday 9/29 - Mission Of Burma at Doug Fir. Saw them here last time and it was a great show.
Tuesday 9/30 - Monotonix and Silver Jews at Wonder. People were raving about their MFNW show at Satyricon.
Thursday 10/02 - Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip at Doug Fir. They were awesome at Coachella this year. A must see show.
Sunday 10/05 - The Dandy Warhols and The Upsidedown at The Roseland. Have to go and say hi to the kids after they return from a national tour.
Monday 10/06 - Sigur Ros at The Schnitz. Heard tickets were going for outrageous prices. Might have to skip it.
Thursday 10/09 - Weezer! and Tokyo Police Club! at the Coliseum? 
plus coming soon The Rumble Strips, Sisters of Mercy, and Ogre…
so, yeah, we went. most of my reviews, though, were through email, so I didnt capture anything here.
fortunately for me, my friend April just put up her reviews. We did nearly the same itinerary, and mostly the same views, so think of this as an Off By One Review.
Read it here at Aprilade.
edit: update link to April’s new url
Lots of stuff coming up in the next week or three. I can’t say that I am going to hit up all of these events, but they are definitely poking at my little brain.
Thursday (7/24) - Portland Timbers home game vs. Carolina RailHawks.
Friday (7/25) Either group outing to the Drive-In or DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist at Roseland (probably drive in - havent been to one in forever!)
Saturday (7/26) Girl Talk at Roseland. This show should be super fun. The Feed The Animals album is great. Listening to Girl Talk Murders Seattle - Live at Chop Suey gives me great hope for this show. (psst - follow the Feed The Animals link and you can download it for free/name your own price).
Sunday (7/27) Chromeo at Berbati’s Pan. May be too tuckered out for this show, considering I just saw them at Coachella.
Saturday and Sunday (7/26/727) Oregeon Brewer’s Fest at the Waterfront
Monday (7/28) Weekly bar trivia at Chez Jose (eastside). Will Sparklemotion return to dominance, or is this the week apathy totally kills us off.
Thursday (7/31) Last Thursday in NE.
Saturday (8/2) Red Bull Flugtag at Waterfront Park.
Saturday and Sunday (8/2/83) Bones and Brew in the Pearl
Sunday (8/10) Providence Bridge Pedal. Our crew has decided to do the 8 bridge/24 mile route. Unless someone signed us up for the 11 bridge/37 mile route. Better step up my daily rides.
(errata: wrote this using MarsEdit to see if I like blogging from a desktop client as opposed to just using the web)
edit: added beerfest and bbq
This sucks. The Prids are one of my favorite local bands, despite their militant vegan attitudes. Apparently, their tour van blew a tire, they lost control, and rolled the van. It was serious enough that a group member was airlifted from the scene.
Go to http://www.theprids.com for a paypal link to donate or simply contact donate@theprids.com.
wow
a great band with a great group of people to enjoy them with.
i think we lose sight of that sometimes. the people i saw this show with were not just bodies taking up space. they were people I love spending time with. the fact that half of them had no idea of the magnitude of the awesome that was about to be poured down their gullet really had no effect.
so… this wont be the standard concert review. of course i loved jamc. what can i say that makes that more evocative. what i can talk about is the fact that:
The past week or so I’ve put my greedy little hands on a bunch of newish music, so I figured a quick roundup was in order.
What new music are you listening to?
After my initial plans for this show fell through, I was almost ready to let my hard earned floor tickets to this show go to waste. Fortunately, new plans were made and I managed to get to the show around 9:15 - two hours after the start. There were two openers, so I figured that it might still be worth seeing.
Got there just as Foo Fighters went on. After a quick beer in the beer garden, we headed down to the floor.
First impression was: wow, there are a lot of people here. I don’t think it was a sell out, but the Rose Garden’s bowl was fairly full (and I do know that the floor tix were sold out). The sound was great - loud and full without being overpowering.
After a few songs, Taylor went into a drum solo, which was our cue to hit the bathrooms and the bar. Five minutes later and we got a nice surprise.
The bar setup on the floor of the Rose Garden is at the back of the arena. I’m not the kind of person who tries to wrangle their way to the front of the crowd, so this was fine by me. When we came back on to the floor, though - wow.
The whole band had moved to a small auxilliary stage at the back of the floor. We basically walked in and were in the third row! The songs they did there were a bit more mellow, more intimate. Then Dave introduced the band. It was at this moment, that he really connected with the audience. He has mastered the art of being the snarky front man of a huge rock band, all with a wink and a nod. After a handful of songs on the back stage, Dave went into an “acoustic” version of Everlong while the rest of the band disappeared. As they reassembled on the main stage, they transitioned into a full version of the song, and completely left the back stage.
The rest of the show was solid. Then they left and the inevitable wait for the encore began. And once again, they did something different. Someone was backstage with an IR camera filming the band rehydrating and taking a break. Through gestures, Dave intimated that he heard the crowd and basically said “ok, one more song”. After a minute or so of this, they move over to Taylor, who started upping the ante, going from one song to four, all playing off the crowd energy.
As they came back on stage, Dave talked to the crowd for awhile, reminiscing over the fact that their first ever live show was here in Portland (at the Satyricon). A couple of solid encore songs and the show was over. A good two + hour performance.
(update a few janky camphone pics)
Really digging this track off their latest album (YT: Weezer Heart Songs W/Lyrics) ( (The Red Album). Basically its the answer to the standard fanzine question of “Who are your influences?” Name checks:
(ps. Weird aside. The extra info in the link is from a greasemonkey script I have that automatically expands YouTube links with the actual video name. No more Rick Rolls and single link youtube metafilter posts for me! - The Internet is serious business! I guess when I previewed it, the extra info came across.)
Ian Curtis’s fame lives on years after his death
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The memorial stone dedicated to former Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis has been stolen from a Cheshire cemetery.
Curtis was 23 when he hanged himself in the kitchen of his Macclesfield home in May 1980, shortly before the band were due to go on tour in the US.
Cheshire Police said the memorial stone was taken from where he is buried in Macclesfield Cemetery.
Officers are appealing for anyone with information on its whereabouts to contact them.
