Holey Moley, I can’t believe I didn’t know that Whipped Cream had a Seattle connection…. the model being a former “Miss Greenwood” and all. Now 77! – Steve Stav shares his wisdom here and at SteveStav.com. Here’s an article from SeattlePI.com which will explain it all.
Month: August 2012
The best part of having a camper is the ability to pick up and go whenever the mood strikes. If your camper isn’t as ready as you are, your spontaneity can be severely interrupted. If you and your family are the types that like to pick up and go at a moment’s notice, it’s important …
10 yrs ago my dad wrote me this note and hid it my stuff, I’m just seeing it now for the first time. Aren’t my parents wonderful, loving people? They are completely unlike this close-minded fellow, Victor Lundberg, who had a top ten hit in 1967 with this recitation record below… – Pat Thomas is …
The business world is incredibly complex, and good leadership goes a long way toward ensuring success. However, good leadership is difficult to define, especially since every organization has unique needs. That’s why strategy plays an important role in the long-term success of any enterprise whether it’s large or small. Every leader needs to be able …
For the sole proprietor, knowing when to take on an employee can be difficult. Not only will you have to start paying someone a salary, but you may feel as though you’re giving up some of the control that you’ve enjoyed. Having to rely on someone else to complete the work that you’ve been doing …
Killer version — check out the 5:20 mark when the drums kick in! – John Petkovic and his band, Cobra Verde, enjoy life to the fullest in Cleveland, Ohio.
Friday, August 17th, 2012 was the hottest day of the summer. It was even hotter inside The Funhouse where The Swinging Utters headlined. The Swinging Utters, based out of San Fran, are led by Johnny Bonnel who struts around the stage like an out of control marionette. Wearing shredded jeans and a plaid shirt, he …
…Once upon a time country music sounded like this, some of the most honest and heartfelt music you could ever hear. Of course this was before “country” artists were co-opted by NASCAR, the NRA and American right wing political groups like Focus on the Family…… – Marc Marshall
Neither Paul Ryan nor almost any other spending ‘hawks’ — dem or repub — talk about cutting military spending. Which accounts for 20% of the budget and has increased 14 years in a row (a feat we didn’t even see during the Cold War). Mindboggling, when you look at this list of spending per country …
My only thought is that I loved the first two Big Country albums, The Crossing and Steeltown. Legendary producer Steve Lilywhite is said to have preferred their first album, The Crossing, which he produced, over any other record by any band which he produced. This is high praise, given Lilywhite’s long-career and impressive output. I …
Excellent, my suspicions are confirmed, Mr Revo Ziganda does in fact have a real name. But I’ll keep that to myself, he’s earned the right to a nom de guerre, and to congratulations for the solid impact he is having on live music in Liverpool. It is regularly tempting me away from that (not so) …
Scott McKenzie died yesterday at age 73. My central 1980s memory of this song is of a colorful hardcore politico of the 1960s ironically claiming it to be his favorite song and then being befuddled that, due to our late– more punk than boomer– births, we failed to grasp the irony. And in those days …
In 1996 Steve Earle was clean for the first time in his life and his shows were better than ever, even though here he looks like a bad Elvis impersonator. I was lucky enough to see this tour, his first electric tour after being released from prison. The first thing he said from the stage …
It was my birthday on August 16th, the same day that Elvis died by chance, and also the day of a friend’s memorial service. Unable to take the day off from work, I did somehow manage to attend the funeral and as I sat down for the service, all I could think was that I …
Ian hunter on on rock n roll, Cleveland and how Mott the Hoople, Roxy Music and Bowie caught on first in the midwest… – John Petkovic and his band, Cobra Verde, enjoy life to the fullest in Cleveland, Ohio.
Author and Semisonic drummer Jake Slichter has been gigging and recording in NYC lately with Resistor, a post-modern post-punk ensemble of the first order. Slichter keeps the rhythm solid. Doug Halsey, operator of the fine animal rescue website, Ready4rescue.org, is the main songwriter/singer/rhythm guitarist. Shawn Tracy, a veteran of some excellent 90s bands such as …
Here’s the description from the video’s Youtube page: “For those of you who never knew. And for those of you who haven’t forgotten.” The video contains 69 cuts from the three hour Woodstock documentary directed by Michael Wadleigh and released in 1970. Song: Jefferson Airplane – Wooden Ships (written and composed by David Crosby, Stephen …
When Girl In A Coma hit the stage they come out covered in tattoos and ready to rock. GIC is a powerful all-female trio from San Antonio, Texas which features Phanie Diaz on drums, her sister, Nina Diaz, on guitar and vocals, and the mighty Jenn Alva on bass, who answers the questions below. Whoever …
Country music legend George Jones has announced plans for one more tour before retiring from the music business. He is also said to be working on a final album with Dolly Parton. Full story is here.
The air is permeated by the sounds of delicious jam bands, filling the valley with soulful guitars, tight hypnotic grooves, and the occasional scream of ecstasy at the top of some festival goer’s lungs. Nighttime arrives with myriad lasers, smoke machines, and possibly the happiest family of festival goers in all of Washington. While Summer …
I love Don Delillo‘s novels, and serenely enjoyed, Cosmopolis, his short novel/long-short story of a few years ago. I wouldn’t have guessed that it could be made into a movie, however, as the text was low in the action quotient. Well, live and learn. It’s out soon as a movie with everyone’s favorite cuckolded vampire …
This ad is from an August 1975 issue of Billboard reminds me that although I’m long since tired of Rumours – I’ve never tired of this album, as the quote at the bottom says, “Their best album ever.” – Pat Thomas is the author of the recently released work, Listen, Whitey! The Sights and Sounds …
This could be one of the best things I’ve ever seen. – Marco Collins is currently working at JetCitystream.
The new independent feature film WALK-IN which will be showing at the Laurelhurst Theater in Portland starting September 21st. This film is based on a bestselling book from Scott Blum, was filmed entirely in Oregon, and recently played to sold out crowds at the Varsity Theatre in Ashland. You can view the trailer here:
Your outdoor living space can become an extension of your home and your own private retreat. Before this can happen, you need to take control of the weather and elements. With the right canopy or enclosure, you can enjoy having shade from the sun and protection from the rain. Here a few different options you …
Thought you might enjoy this early Christgau piece (Village Voice, Jan. 1970, see attachment), which makes some interesting points and distinctions re: what you and I now refer to as “Conceptual Panache”, and about the late-Sixties Music Biz more generally! It’s also a nicely tart summary of the terminal phase of “Super Group Syndrome”, taken …
Jesca Hoop has been compared to Kate Bush, Björk, and Fiona Apple. She has also previously toured with KCRW’s Nic Harcourt, Elbow’s Guy Garvey, and most recently the Punch Brothers. Last month she released her third album The House That Jack Built, and 8/16 she will be in Portland, OR @ The Alberta Rose Theatre, …