Bath Party (Via) Valentine’s–Bath Party, Talkative, Couches, 9 pm, $3 Backspace–The Appleseed Cast, Hospital Ships, Ugly Colors, For the Life of Me, 7 pm, $12, all agesBeech St. Parlor–Dorian Duvall East End–Leopold & His Fiction, Bike Thief, 9 pm LaurelThirst Public House–Portland Country Underground, 6 pm; Kung Pao Chickens, 9 pm, free Roseland–Big Boi, Killer […]
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More Things Moms Love: SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING!
Who knew I would be the ambassador of all things Mother’s Day weekend (example, example), but this event sounds like a home run. It’s vintage footage of synchronized swimming at the Hollywood Theatre! My head is emitting a tiny puff of glitter at the thought of watching synchronized swimming* on a huge screen. GUYS, IT’S […]
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Take Your Mod Mom on a House Tour
I’m perpetually catching up on my TV stories, so it wasn’t too long ago that I got my first lovestruck glimpse at Don and Megan’s bitching pad in Season 5 of Mad Men. That shit is the bomb! If you’re at all interested in mid-century doodads, decor, or architecture, you’re in luck this weekend, my […]
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Red Jacket Mine (Via) White Eagle–The Reverb Brothers, 5:30 pm, free, all ages; Red Jacket Mine, Steelhead, Don of Division St., 9:30 pm, $8 Aladdin Theater–Richard Thompson, 8 pm, $35 Al’s Den–Richmond Fontaine, 7 pm, free Blue Monk–Rare Monk, Damn Divas, The World Radiant, 9 pm Dante’s–The Vandies, Kings & Vagabonds, 9 pm Doug Fir–Kurt […]
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Pig, Pu-Pu, and Polynesian Plaza This Weekend
I’m writing this from the near past, when the sun is beating its wizard rays down on many a pasty Portlander. I’m sitting here wishing Hale Pele‘s Polynesian Plaza event was happening this weekend, but hopefully Ol’ Sunny is still making with the freak freak for this event. The gathering sounds like a tiki-filled good […]
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Make It Pop! (Via) The Cleaners at the Ace Hotel–Make It Pop!: Kelli Schaefer, Monarques, Grandparents, Ezza Rose, DJ Jeremy Petersen, 7 pm, $20-25, all ages Alhambra Theatre–The We Shared Milk, Paper Brain, Bear & Moose, Mister Tang, 8 pm, $5-8, all ages Al’s Den–Richmond Fontaine, 7 pm, free Doug Fir–Laura Stevenson, Field Mouse, Dresses, […]
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Blogtown’s Poster of the Week
The official poster for the St. Johns Bizarre by Meg Hunt couldn’t be finer. And I don’t mean that in a Bizarro World sorta way. You know how much I like it when you send me poster recommendations, right?
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Arrested Development Returns Party (Via) Holocene–Arrested Development Returns Party: Tango Alpha Tango, Animal Eyes, The We Shared Milk, Trim Jones, 8:30 pm, $5-6 Al’s Den–Richmond Fontaine, 7 pm, free Jade Lounge–Adam Brock, 7 pm The Know–Fur Coats, Wett Nurse, Sycamore Smith & the Gray Beast, Big Black Cloud, 8 pm Peter’s Room at the Roseland–Joe […]
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Life Stinks (Via) Doug Fir–UV Race, Eat Skull, Life Stinks, 9 pm, $10-12 Aladdin Theater–Cloud Cult, JBM, 8 pm, $15 Al’s Den–Richmond Fontaine, 7 pm, free The Know–Wooden Indian Burial Ground, Animal Eyes, 8 pm LaurelThirst Public House–Jackstraw, 6 pm, free Mission Theater–The Traveling Imaginary: The Music Tapes, 7 & 10 pm, $13-15 Mississippi Studios–Caitlin […]
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Handsome Devil (Via) Dig a Pony–Handsome Devils: A Smiths/Morrissey Night: DJ Anjali, Chazz Madrigal, 9 pm Alberta Rose Theatre–The Baby Blue Badfinger Tribute: Jeff Dodge, Stan McMahon Band, Rick Bain, Nathan Jr., Lara Michell, Gregarious T. Cline, Justin Thorpe, Cronin Tierney, Matt Rotchford, Leah Hinchcliff, Dan East, Chet, Bobby Caesar, Paul Piche, 8 pm, $8 […]
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Joe Hill’s AV Club Interview: On Locke & Key and His New Novel
Shane Leonard The A.V. Club’s Tasha Robinson has a fantastic interview with Joe Hill. He’s the son of Stephen King, effortlessly carrying on the family tradition of writing horror and weird-ass short stories. He’s also the writer of the best comic book that has ever comic booked—the intensely scary, suspenseful, and downright amazing Locke & […]
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Tonight in Music
Vicious Pleasures (Via) Backspace–Freethought Books Project Benefit Show: Night Nurse, Vicious Pleasures, Wretched of the Earth, Spectral Tombs, Juicy Karkass, 8 pm, $6, all ages Alberta Rose Theatre–Tony Furtado, Kenny White, Dean, 8 pm, $15-17Alhambra Theatre–May Day Music Fest Day Three: Black Prairie, Hook & Anchor, The Lower 48, 7:30 pm, $15-50Al’s Den–Bombadil, 7 pm, […]