. My 4 year-old daughter Alissa screams “I want to waatch teeeeveeee nowwwww!” and I say “You were mean yesterday when I turned the tv off, so no teeeveeee, todaaaayyyy!” and I insist she comes with me to the hardware store to find a 3/8″ compression to 1/2″ pipe adapter hose for the sink, the …
. So, there I was at SOFA-Chicago (International Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Fair) last month exhibiting my work and not selling much when an employee of Ferrin Gallery, Lauren Levato, purchased a small beaded flower of mine. It is possible that I started gushing about the work of my favorite artist Sergei Isupov, who …
. I didn’t think it possible, but recently discovered a friend on Facebook who’d actually never seen the unforgettable “OK Go on Treadmills” video. As an actual treadmill owner, I can’t even walk by (notice I didn’t say walk ON) my treadmill without OK Go’s one-take masterpiece immediately coming to mind. And it’s not just …
In my book, music is supposed to be fun, and why not. But it also should reach out and grab my ears, arrest my attention, lock in and not let go until its finish. Much like a growling dog biting down on the leg end of your jeans, it’s music that must be attended to. …
Um, what do I have to say about this song? Well, the days of “mix tapes” are gone — so now we have the slightly less romantic (since it doesn’t take as much effort) but still effective act of putting a song on someone’s iPod for them. My husband makes this small gesture for me …
Also in the Michael Jackson Suite at EastPortlandBlog.com: Tribute to Michael Jackson From Patrick Stump of Fallout Boy Brazilian Cab Driver Impersonates Michael Jackson Spectacularly On the Occasion of Michael Jackson’s Death, by Andrew Hamlin Smells Like Rockin’ Robin (Nirvana vs The Jackson 5) – A Mashup Michael Jackson – Thriller (A Cappella) Three Year …
They’re Nerds With Attitude, not Autotune. The Nerd Revolt story can be found here – http://www.dejaded.com/
This from Colette Moran, author of the fine blog, Clearly Nebulous: “I discovered this song because a young actress in a movie my kids like said it was on her iPod because her mom turned her on to the Pixies. (Apparently it was also in “Fight Club.”) So I go to YouTube and found this …
1) We don’t care how you roll, and 2) you don’t roll so much as you accrete. It’s official, the suburban caucasian family rap video parody movement has jumped the shark. Fonzie roared over the tank during the first few seconds of this big budget Toyota “Swagger Wagon” commercial (above) which isn’t embarrassingly bad so …
This just in from Colette Moran, author of the fine blog, Clearly Nebulous: “Sometimes your children will surprise you with a blast from your past. I was curious when my 15-yr-old was playing this vid as she IM’ed on the computer… Of course, then I learned it had been used in a Shrek movie. They …
Stacked with cross cultural hahas, this “song” is the product of Geo Da Silva, a Romanian dance music “artist.” Performed in (barely) English, “I’ll Do You Like a Truck,” reached number five on the Dutch charts, according to Wikipedia. It’s a borscht belt (the original borscht belt) parody of every Budapest parent’s worst nightmare. The …
This just in from Jim Anderson: “Saw ’em with my daughter. Both “You Got Me” and “Mountain Man” are amazing. Check it out. Start with this…” * * * * *
My old friend and one of Pandomag.com‘s stellar photographers, Justin Renney, was involved in putting this amazing project together. He was Director of Photography, Music Director, filmed every scene, and is listed as an Associate Producer on the page called “The Team.” It’s an interactive movie, out now on DVD and available for a limited …
This just in, from Pete Erickson: “A few weeks ago you posted the Banana Splits theme song. Of all the Splits hits, “Doing the Banana Split” was always my favorite. Even if I didn’t know what the Motown sound was about, it always hit the right groove for me. This comes complete with an obligatory …
I have discovered a tersely excellent blog, Hands On, “Life and art in all their moving parts,” which is written by David Handelman, a journalistic veteran, an inked up old soldier, a printmag workhorse which rocks in it’s quality and rolls in industry access. Hands On is NOT about music, but Handelman did write for …
Here’s some bona fide, positive, East Portland news. Food trucks have opened for business at 43rd and Belmont in SE Portland, in the formerly vacant parking lot next to the Movie Madness DVD rental establishment:
This is BernardStreetCred’s take on PJ Harvey‘s version of “Wang Dang Doodle“: “I like PJ, and I love almost all covers on principle — but here’s an instance where the singer and song don’t quite match up, despite what seems like a clever fit (her cover of Highway 61 Revisited that’s floating around out there …
This in from LA-DSH: I watched and enjoyed the pilot of this new show COVERT AFFAIRS on USA last night. I’ve met one of the writers, Chris Ord, a fellow Westsider here in LA. I’m sure they’re repeating it throughout the week, but it’s also STREAMable on their site. It’s quite entertaining and well-done, if …
High quality 1978 Rockpile clip: “I remember the night the kid cut off his right arm, in a bid to save a bit of power…”
“I moved to Chicago for Major League Baseball, I might leave for the same reason.” – Jethro Burns A recent communiqué from BernardStreetCred: If you spy a copy of the rather expensive magazine Fretboard Journal, there’s a lovely, long article about Jethro Burns in it. Good stories from Sam Bush and Don Stiernberg, among others. …
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Happy Slip underwear humor. Happy Slip is the Stan Boreson of Fil-Am culture:
By Bradfordboy60 Transferring from the University of Pittsburgh to North Park College [now North Park University] was a difficult adjustment. It was a hard and lonely first quarter singing the Lord’s song in a foreign land. But, once negotiated, North Park became the place where I made some of my dearest friends and most treasured …
This may be our last chance to sell a screenplay, and here’s the premise: “Lady Gaga is a single mom working for the Mining and Minerals Management Service in New Orleans. She’s just trying to do her job and bring home the etouffee for her dead sister’s adorable child from [whatever country is hot next …
excited dog and baby @ Yahoo! Video
From Jeffy: “These guys I did see live back then/thereabouts – The Suburbs, and i just realized that their song “Cows” must have been stewing in my head for years before i wrote a Pathetic Wannabees tune called “Bovine”!” Jeffy has found something here, an eighties video which is truly of it’s time, but still …
Website for the film can be found at http://www.mostdangerousman.org * * * * * * From Vietnam to Afghanistan
It’s time for the annual posting of “Summer’s Almost Gone,” East Portland Blog‘s guilty pleasure Doors song. And this year there are two bonuses. First, for your consideration, is Juan and Guido’s guileless jungle cover. It’s not perfect by any means, but quite comfortable overall, and almost lifelike in several important spots. And here’s the …
Above is Tom Jones and Wilson Pickett performing a Medley of “Barefootin,” “Midnight Hour,” and “Hey Jude” on This is Tom Jones television show in 1970. Below is Wilson Pickett‘s legendary studio version of “Hey Jude,” which included energetic session guitar work from a then-unknown Duane Allman. Allman’s biting, emotional, guitar work at the end …