Karl Giant I don’t think I’ve ever had as much fun at TBA as I did on Saturday night. Evidence: cabaret with bluehairs, drag queens galore, and cheese-curd hotdogs. Can’t beat that evening with a glitter stick. I think the Schnitzer crowd got some blood flowing to their wrinkly bits at the Meow Meow show. […]
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Mercury copy chief and appreciator of the most sophisticated form of comedy: PUNS!
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Things I’m Really Excited About Right Now: The Videogame, Film, Comic Book, Cabaret, and Roller Derby Edition
A hot mess of delightful and entertaining starches. This week has been rich with goodness—a steady stream of really awesome entertainment flowing straight into my face. Here, I’ll share the wealth. (And by “wealth, I mean “recommendations,” not cash money, because there’s a dusting of moths currently living in my wallet.) 1. Videogame: Play Gone […]
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Pleasureface (Via) Habesha–Pleasureface, Adam Brock, Bel Mizik, 9 pm, $5 Crystal Ballroom–’80s Video Dance Attack: VJ Kittyrox, 9 pm, $6 Eagles Lodge–In the Cooky Jar: DJ Cooky Parker, 9 pm Holocene–KM Fizzy, 5 pm, free; Ecstasy: Delroy Edwards, Miracles Club, Maxx Bass, 9 pm, $5Hotel deLuxe–Silent Disco Dance Party: DJ Beyondadoubt, DJ TJ, DJ Playtime, […]
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Suicide Notes (Via) Dante’s–Cosmic Psychos, Suicide Notes, Sex Crime, 9 pm, $10 Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall–Oregon Symphony, Lang Lang, 7:30 pm, $35, all ages Holocene–I’ve Got a Hole in my Soul: DJ Beyondadoubt, Nick Waterhouse, 9 pm, $3 Kelly’s Olympian–Fen Wik Ren, 9 pm, $5 The Know–Pleasure Leftists, Criminal Code, Arctic Flowers, 8 pm Mississippi […]
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Blogtown’s Poster of the Week
Love this flyer for the upcoming car and motorcycle show at everyone’s favorite castle-shaped drinking hole, Club 21. It’s by designer Julio Angel Rivera. Nice, nice. Feel free to send me recommendations for next week’s poster. Like this (probably inappropriate) bill for DJ Never Forget at Tiga tonight. Too soon? Not for tall-bike jokes!
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Warm Trash (Via) East End–Gay Ghost, Nerve Beats, Tyrants, Warm Trash, 9 pm, $3 Aladdin Theater–Jason Isbell, Amanda Shires, 8 pm, $20-22 Dante’s–Townes Van Zandt Tribute Night, 9 pm, $8 Holocene–PDneXt: Natasha Kmeto, Graintable, Danny Corn, Plumblyne, 9 pm, $5 Jade Lounge–Adam Brock, 7 pm Mississippi Studios–No, Black Whale, Dresses, 9 pm, $8-10 Rotture–Midday Veil, […]
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Books on Fate (Via) Alhambra Theatre–Here Come Dots, Books on Fate, Quiet Countries, 9 pm Alberta Rose Theatre–Beth Orton, Laura Gibson, 8 pm, $30 Beech St. Parlor–Jason UrickBunk Bar–Souvenir Driver, Psychomagic, 9 pm, $3 East End–Hurry Up, Hornet Leg, Blesst Chest, 9 pm, $5 Hawthorne Theatre–Andrew W.K., Sons of Huns, Black Snake, 7 pm, $17-20, […]
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Hoopsnake (Via ) The Know–Honduran, Hoopsnake, Die Like Gentlemen, 8 pm Doug Fir–Shinyribs, 9 pm, $10-12 LaurelThirst Public House–Douglas T. Cremmons & the Win-Win, 6 pm, free; Kung Pao Chickens, 9 pm, free Music Millennium–Shinyribs, 5:30 pm, free, all ages Wonder Ballroom–Jimmy Cliff, Ethan Tucker, 8:30 pm, $39-40
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Leftover Cuties (Via) White Eagle–Leftover Cuties, 8:30 pm, free Aladdin Theater–MusicfestNW: Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Mt. Eerie, 9 pm, $20, all ages Al’s Den–Heligoats, 7 pm, free Ash Street Saloon–NW Hip Hop Fest 3: Soopah Eype, Kinetic Emcees, Big Bang, Lucas Dix, Gepetto, Masta X-Kid, Saint Warhead, Cray, Diction, Cali Cash, Oso Negro, Woodgrain, DMLH, Abadawn, […]
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Deerhunter (Via) Crystal Ballroom–MusicfestNW: Deerhunter, Lonnie Holley, 9 pm, $20, all ages Aladdin Theater–MusicfestNW: Justin Townes Earle, Hiss Golden Messenger, 9 pm, $25, all ages Al’s Den–Heligoats, 7 pm, free Dante’s–MusicfestNW: Larry & His Flask, Murder by Death, The 4onthefloor, Ewert & the Two Dragons, 8 pm, $17 Doug Fir–MusicfestNW: The Baseball Project, Fred & […]
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The I, Anonymous Blog Quote o’ the Day!
Go read the blog post “Just Ask Already!” over on the I, Anonymous Blog. I think it’s a trick. Right? Couldn’t be bothered to click over? Here, let me re-post it: Look, I’m pretty darn sure you like me and I’m pretty darn sure you know I like you. I’m fairly certain from the way […]
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Prizehog (Via) Ash Street Saloon–Prizehog, Cerberus Rex, Sad Horse, 9 pm, $5 Doug Fir–All-Star Tribute to the Allman Brothers Band: Brother & Sister, 9 pm, $10-12 Foggy Notion–Diesto, Honduran, Fellwoods, 9 pm, $3 Habesha–Sharks from Mars, Bottlenose Koffins, Acapulco Lips, Comaserfs, 9 pm Holocene–Radiation City, 5 pm, free; Snap!: Doc Adam, Colin Jones, DJ Freaky […]