Comment Archives: stories: Music
Re: “The Most Hated Musician in Portland”
Give me a break!!!!!!!! Seriously!!!!!!!!! Your story was written based on "hear say" and rumors (THIS IS THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY!!!) and your ingnorance to even post something like this without checking the facts just portraits your stupidity. Art is one of the sweetest most humbling entertainers in the industry. His heart is made of gold and he has the soul of an angel. You should be sued for this story.....you suck!!!!!!!!!!
Re: “The Lawless Frontier”
I wonder if this chick could take herself more seriously?
Re: “The Lawless Frontier”
I wonder if this chick could take herself any more seriously?
Re: “Magnetic Soul Fire”
Being from Alabama myself I can tell you that these guys are HOT!
In a similar vein is my new album Shaky Floors - digitally released TODAY - buy it now at
http://stevelewis.bandcamp.com/
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/stevelewis1
www.stevelewismusic.com
Re: “Live Music Listings”
Update calendar to January February and March Events!
Re: “Sunlight through the Blinds”
Love them and their vibe! Can't wait to see them at Coachella!!!
Re: “Devil's Advocates”
Ghost (the Japanese band) > *
Re: “Devil's Advocates”
When i first heard about this band, i went to the youtube to see how BADASS i was sure they sounded. I was thinking i was in for something really dark, brutal, and cryptic - much like PORTAL (Australia). I knew nothing about what they sounded like yet. But seeing as how a band that looked like THIS hailed from the unholy land of WATAIN and DARK FUNERAL (both of which are coming to Portland this year), i assumed i might be in for a real treat.
BOY, WAS I FUCKING WRONG! *Does NOT like*
Satan frowns upon this epically weak sauce!
Re: “Forever Young”
I remember buying Punk in Drublic when it came out. I was in Jr. High! Been listening to them ever since. Excited to finally see them live.
Re: “Sunlight through the Blinds”
These guys are fucking lame. I can't wait to hear them in a Target commercial.
Re: “No Longer in Hollywood”
i don't care about Concrete Blonde, other than the fact that my best friend's husband used to sell them heroin. And my dad liked them. What i DO like is this ~ Vampires to Unicorns. i must contemplate what this means.
Re: “Urban Wilderness”
Too bad they're not nearly as good as Slint was.
Re: “Urban Wilderness”
God, that is the worst band name since Slint.
Re: “Nothing Is Permanent”
I wonder if what actually happened here was that power dynamic between Mercer and the label somehow gave the the label the power to force Mercer to fire Sandoval and Crandall in exchange for the LA recording sessions and the higher promotional profile? Perhaps this was one of those "we want the singer, not the band" kind of things.
That said, I still don't understand the personal viciousness some people were expressing here towards Sandoval. Even if he did have substance abuse issues, it's not like nobody else in rock history has had those problems. What the hell did Jesse Sandoval ever do to any of you?
Re: “Nothing Is Permanent”
There seem to be several people who posted about this who were sure that Sandoval had it coming...but rather than really saying why, they just did these snide, insinuation-themed "we ALL know perfectly well why this happened" posts. Would've been nice if they'd actually said what they supposedly know.
I wasn't into the Shins, but it doesn't sound from the article as if Sandoval was THAT much of an irredeemable fuck-up. And also, given that he and Mercer were equals in the band(it wasn't "The James Mercer Band", and Sandoval wasn't a mere sideman)did Mercer really have the right to fire Sandoval as if he were an underling? Nobody would've accepted Paul having the right to fire Ringo, after all(not that The Cute One wouldn't have tried it once or twice if he thought he could).
It might have been different if Mercer or the label had at least offered to set up another project for Sandoval, rather than just treating him like the Pointy Haired Boss treats the whole engineering department in DILBERT.
Re: “BigTime Controversy”
Thanks for the info. I just got an e-mail from them about my soundcloud account, which is super funny because all I have on there is slam poetry and they wanted to book me for a concert
this is the email word for word:
Hey,
Afton Dallas (Ryan Kintz) sent you a message with the subject Id like to discuss Booking you for my Shows:
"
My name is Ryan Kintz and I book shows for Afton in dallas. We are a nationwide concert production company and we've been doing shows for over 8 years. I found your account on here, and I'm digging the vibe. I think you might be a good fit for some shows I have coming up. One of the dates I'm setting up is on 16th Feb @ The Door. But I also have other options in the next few months as well.
I wanted to see if we can exchange info? Then we can see if that show or other shows I have on the books can work out. Contact me at my booking email:
dfw@MyAfton.com
Then I can get you all the info you need for this show and the others I have in the works!!
Ryan
AFTON, LLC
503-914-6597, ext. 757
Re: “Into and Out of the Woods”
Wow, lots of petty douches per square mile for such a smallish town. Lovely venue though.
Re: “Into and Out of the Woods”
Hello notaportlander.. for not liking Portland you sure seem to spend a lot of time ranting about it. Oh, and I've taken planes from Portland to go see Europe, Central & South America, Israel, and others. So if you are missing out on the interesting parts & people of Portland, that is your own useless fault. Now you can get back to your cheese.
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Re: “Up & Coming”
bad