Sure, it would have been nice to see the Gossip burn it up in the SE industrial blocks for PDX Pop Now, but they are no longer our band, they are everyone’s band.
That is why the trio quartet (Wait, when did that happen?) was at the Capitol Hill Block Party on Saturday, and it was there that they broke out a cover/medley of the Talking Head’s “Psycho Killer.” It’s a little unorthodox of a cover (needs more “fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa”), but then again, what else did you expect from Beth Ditto and pals?
End Hits: I think her dress just hypnotized me. Hey, I just quit smoking… and I’m a chicken.
These guys are on fire! Too bad they didn’t pick up the chord changes.
Put down the NME. This sucked.
Weird how after so much bad press from the Mercury they only want to play elsewhere. Maybe Floater could open for them in Germany.
Baltar666-
I doubt their tour routing has anything to do with us, besides, I think we’ve been pretty generous to the band in the past. Can you provide us with a link that proves your point? Thanks.
Ezra
dance-punk is gonna be HUGE in 2002
Never understood the appeal.
You’re right, Ezra. I’m sorry. I was being unfair. It’s not the Mercury’s fault that the Gossip don’t play Portland. I’m not sure what the deal is. It seems like a lot of people here just don’t know who they are or don’t give a shit, but once they hear an album they’re all like, “Woah – what the hell is this?
!” I wonder if they keep a low profile in this city because it’s their home and don’t want to be bothered? I dunno. Thanks for the post, though. You do good work. Sorry I was being a jerk.