Pat Moran Dance isn’t really my thing. I don’t see too much of it, I don’t know much about it, I have no particular affinity for it. Sometimes in the line of duty I have to write about it, and I do my best with the limited perspective I have. I say this not to […]
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TBA Conversation with the Blow: Porky Piggin’ It
The noontime chats held at PICA during TBA are a fun, free way to hear what artists are thinking about the work they’re showing at the festival. First up today, Khaela Maricich and Melissa Dyne of the Blow, whose performance this weekend, We Put It Together So We Could Take It Apart, is one of […]
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Review: The Julie Ruin and Opening Night at the Works
PAT MORAN Last night was TBA’s free opening night show, featuring original riot grrrl Kathleen Hannah’s new band The Julie Ruin and adorable openers from School of Rock and the Rock ‘n’ Roll Camp for Girls. First things first: God, it’s good to get out of Washington High School. That venue was cool—especially the first […]
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Review: The Julie Ruin and Opening Night at the Works
PAT MORAN Last night was TBA’s free opening night show, featuring original riot grrrl Kathleen Hannah’s new band The Julie Ruin and adorable openers from School of Rock and the Rock ‘n’ Roll Camp for Girls. First things first: God, it’s good to get out of Washington High School. That venue was cool—especially the first […]
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Tonight at TBA: The Julie Ruin
I’m not sure I’ve ever been this excited for a TBA opening night show—yes, even including that year everyone dressed in all-white and paraded across the Broadway Bridge (TBA!). Tonight, the festival kicks off with a free show from the Julie Ruin, the new project from Kathleen Hanna, frontwoman of Bikini Kill and Le Tigre […]
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Tonight at the Works: The Julie Ruin
I’m not sure I’ve ever been this excited for a TBA opening night show—yes, even including that year everyone dressed in all-white and paraded across the Broadway Bridge (TBA!). Tonight, the festival kicks off with a free show from the Julie Ruin, the new project from Kathleen Hanna, frontwoman of Bikini Kill and Le Tigre […]
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Introducing the Mercury‘s 2013 TBA Blog!
TBA—Portland’s annual festival of contemporary visual and performing art—kicks off of this week, with a promising lineup that includes a free fest opener from The Julie Ruin and a “post-realness” drag ball featuring a former member of Sissyboy (remember them?), as well as plenty of heavy-hitting dance programming and the usual lineup of “this sounds […]
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Win Tickets to Meow Meow and Thomas Lauderdale!
Hello! And welcome to the Mercury‘s 2013 TBA blog, your source for news, reviews, interviews, and any other “ews” we can come up with. To kick things off in style, we’re giving a way a few pairs of tickets to one of the most high-profile shows on the TBA bill: The Cat’s Meow, a collaboration […]
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Kathleen Hanna, Kim Gordon, & the Blow: In Which TBA Plagiarizes a Mix CD I Made in 2005
PICA’s annual Time-Based Art festival is just under a month away, which means it’s time to start sifting through the festival’s program. One thing that jumped out at me immediately is that this year’s lineup features some of my favorite musicians, in familiar and unfamiliar guises: The Julie RuinIn 1997, Kathleen Hanna released a solo […]
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Final Thoughts on TBA:12
Pat Moran Keith Hennessy’s Turbulence. Would you believe this show was polarizing? The tenth anniversary edition of the Time-Based Art festival wrapped up on Sunday. We’ve got final thoughts over on our TBA blog, including how new artistic director Angela Mattox’s internationally focused programming fared, and why it’s time to move on from Washington High.
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Final Thoughts on TBA:12
Pat Moran Keith Hennessy’s Turbulence. Would you believe this show was polarizing? The tenth anniversary edition of the TBA festival wrapped up on Sunday. Some final thoughts: • One show this year made my short list of all-time best TBA performances: Gob Squad’s Kitchen. • I’m having trouble thinking of a recent TBA show that’s […]
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Review: Voices & Echoes
PICA Akio Suzuki There was a point during poet Gozo Yoshimasu and experimental musician Otomo Yoshihide’s performance for Voices & Echoes at PSU’s Lincoln Hall when Yoshihide started throwing loose change at his modified turntable— the contact mics inside it amplifying the metallic collisions— and I was reminded of this time that I asked a […]