Musicfest NW 2008 Picks

I happened upon a free Musicfest NW bracelet this week so I've been thinking about which shows I'll attend. As with any music festival there are some serious decisions to be made.

Looking at the performers, I'm glad that I passed on Bumbershoot this year. Nearly every band that I would have wanted to see at B-shoot is playing MFNW.


[WEDNESDAY]

Berbati's Pan
9:00 pm The 1900s
10:00 pm Norfolk & Western
11:00 pm Langhorne Slim
12:00 am Old 97's


Crystal Ballroom
9:00 pm Griffin House
10:00 pm Xavier Rudd


Roseland Theater
9:00 pm Fuck Buttons
10:30 pm Mogwai

[THURSDAY]

Ash Street Saloon
9:00 pm Sharpening Markers
10:00 pm Pure Country Gold
11:00 pm Coconut Coolouts
12:00 am Scared of Chaka


Berbati's Pan
9:00 pm Love As Laughter
10:00 pm Port O'Brien
11:00 pm Pseudosix
12:00 am Nada Surf


Crystal Ballroom
8:20 pm Eskimo and Sons
9:00 pm Calvin Johnson
10:00 pm M. Ward


Dante's
8:00 pm Ian Moore
9:00 pm Richmond Fontaine
10:00 pm Sleepercar
11:00 pm The Blakes
12:00 am The Whigs


Doug Fir
9:00 pm Hungry Ghost
10:00 pm The Thrones
11:00 pm Iommi Stubbs
12:00 am Red Fang
1:00 am Steel Pole Bath Tub


Holocene
8:00 pm Silver Summit
9:00 pm Oxford Collapse
10:00 pm Bodies of Water
11:00 pm Starfucker
12:00 am Deerhunter


Roseland Theater
8:00 pm Animal Farm
9:00 pm Cool Nutz & DJ Fatboy
10:00 pm The Cool Kids
11:00 pm Del The Funky Homosapien


Wonder Ballroom
5:30pm No Age
7:00pm Battles


[FRIDAY]


Ash Street Saloon
8:00 pm TK Webb and The Visions
9:00 pm Graveyard
10:00 pm Akimbo
11:00 pm Danava
12:00 am Witchcraft


Backspace
7:00 pm The Rainy States
8:00 pm Southern Belle
9:00 pm Typhoon
10:00 pm Best Fwends
11:00 pm Matt and Kim


Berbati's Pan
9:00 pm Nick Jaina
10:00 pm Portugal. The Man
11:00 pm Alela Diane
12:00 am Langhorne Slim
1:00 am The Builders and the Butchers


Crystal Ballroom
8:30 PM Lackthereof
9:30 PM John Vanderslice
10:30 pm Vampire Weekend


Dante's
8:00 pm Rapids
9:00 pm The Muslims
10:00 pm Colour Revolt
11:00 pm These Arms Are Snakes
12:00 am The Night Marchers


Doug Fir
8:00 pm Micah Blue Smaldone
9:00 pm Laura Gibson
10:00 pm Dolorean
11:00 pm Death Vessel
12:00 am Crooked Fingers


East End
9:00 pm The Whips and the Whales
10:00 pm The Bugs
11:00 pm Hey Lover
12:00 am Cafeteria Dance Fever


Hawthorne Theatre
8:00 pm Gray Matters
9:00 pm Living Proof
10:00 pm Sandpeople
11:00 pm Jedi Mind Tricks


Holocene
8:00 pm Joshua Morrison
9:00 pm Dyme Def
10:00 pm Pwrfl Power
11:00 pm Truckasauras
12:00 am Throw Me the Statue
1:00 am U.S.E.


Jimmy Mak's
9:00 pm DJ Santo
10:00 pm Trio Subtonic
11:00 pm Velella Velella
12:00 am Rupa and the April Fishes


Mission Theater and Pub
1:00 pm THE GITS MOVIE


Rontoms
5:00 pm Blue Horns
5:30 pm Team Evil
6:00 pm Dakota Slim
6:30 pm The Skinnyz
7:00 pm Invisible Rockets
8:00 pm Autopilot is for Lovers
8:30 pm Kurt Hagardorn
9:00 pm The Love Language
10:00 pm Anders Parker
11:00 pm The Mommyheads
12:00 am Oh Captain, My Captain


Roseland Theater
9:00 pm Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson
10:00 pm Jaguar Love
11:30 pm TV on the Radio


[SATURDAY]


Ash Street Saloon
9:00 pm Diesto
10:00 pm Totimoshi
11:00 pm Pierced Arrows
12:00 am Nebula
1:00 am Flipper


Backspace
7:00 pm Strangers Die Every Day
8:00 pm Monica Nelson
9:00 pm We're from Japan
10:00 pm A Weather
11:00 pm An Intimate Evening With Mirah


Berbati's Pan
9:00 pm Black Elk
10:00 pm The Joggers
11:00 pm Trans Am
12:00 am Polvo


Crystal Ballroom
8:00 pm Mimicking Birds
9:00 pm Blitzen Trapper
10:00 pm Fleet Foxes
11:00 pm Menomena
12:00 am The Helio Sequence


Dante's
8:30 pm Looker
9:30 pm The Fucking Eagles
10:30 pm Fireballs of Freedom
11:30 pm Supernova
12:30 am Seaweed


Doug Fir
8:00 pm Matt Sheehy
9:00 pm Weinland
10:00 pm Loch Lomond
11:00 pm Fernando
12:00 am Bobby Bare Jr.
1:00 am Centro-Matic


East End
9:00 pm Monstrous
10:00 pm Logan Lynn
11:00 pm Hazelwood Motel
12:00 am The Upsidedown


Fez Ballroom
8:00 pm The Freddie Steady 5
9:00 pm The Slants
10:00 pm Blind Pilot
11:00 pm Hypatia Lake
12:00 am Outtasite
12:30 am Sir Mix-A-Lot


Hawthorne Theatre
8:00 pm Dirty Mittens
9:00 pm Dykeritz
10:00 pm Copy
11:00 pm Dan Deacon


Holocene
9:00 pm Horse Feathers
10:00 pm Panther
11:00 pm The Shaky Hands
12:00 am Thao with Get Down Stay Down


Jimmy Mak's
9:00 pm Tony Ozier
10:00 pm Barry Hampton & The Triple Grip
11:00 pm Copacrescent
12:00 am The Devin Phillips Band


Mission Theater and Pub
1:00 pm BEAUTIFUL LOSERS


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Roseland Theater
8:30 PM Bitchin Summer
9:30 PM Bouncing Souls
11:00 pm Hot Water Music


Rotture
9:00 pm Carrie Clarke & The Lonesome Lovers
10:00 pm The Wherewithals
11:00 pm Lael Alderman
12:00 am Morgan Grace
1:00 am Blue Skies for Black Hearts


Satyricon
7:00 pm Street Plant
8:00 pm The Strange Boys
9:00 pm Crystal Antlers
10:00 pm Past Lives
11:00 pm Sex Vid
12:00 am Fucked Up


Slabtown
8:00 pm Scotland Barr and the Slow Drags
9:00 pm The Dry County Crooks
10:00 pm Michael Dean Damron & Thee Loyal Bastards
11:00 pm Hillstomp
12:00 am Rachel Taylor Brown
1:00 am Chris Robley & the Fear of Heights


Someday Lounge
8:00 pm Iretsu
9:00 pm Flaspar
10:00 pm The Retrofits
11:00 pm Pleasae Step Out Of The Vehicle
12:00 am Another Cynthia
1:00 am Caves


The Towne Lounge
9:00 pm Paper/Upper/Cuts
10:00 pm Atole
11:00 pm Eskimo and Sons
12:00 am Chicharones


Wonder Ballroom
5:30pm Ratatat
7:00pm Les Savy Fav

Autoharp Maintenance

Brittain left me in charge of her new Autoharp. She could only bring
one back to NYC, so she took her old faithful axe and left the newer
electric one with me. She broke a couple of strings on tour and I also
noticed some cracks in a plastic piece of the instrument.

I'm settling in back home and anxious to be productive. While waiting
for laundry, I decided to replace the plastic piece. It was a fairly
easy fix but it made me feel better.

I'm also dealing with my finances and looking for work. Feel free to
send me leads. I have been looking for work for some time, but I am
not giving up hope.

Le Voyeur, L'Etranger

I decided to spend a little QT in Oly today on my way back to PDX. I
haven't been here in years on my own time and I don't think I've ever
been here completely alone.

It's a little after noon and a burger at Le Voyeur sounded like a good
idea. I remember liking their food back when I was an omnivore, and I
remember hating playing music in the back room. Regardless, here I am
feeling a little road-worn and restless.

I wish you were here.

End of the line

The tour is officially over but I have one more drive a head of me
before I'm settled back into my regular civilian life.

I'm currently resting in my Honda Civic in the Capitol Hill
neighborhood of Seattle. It makes me feel like a hobo or something.
Napping midday in the middle of the city. I don't know quite what to
do with myself.

It was nice to have purpose over the past few months, even if the
purpose was only a few handfuls of shows.

It was an amazing experience to be out visiting the world and
performing music with some of my favorite people. It was fun,
stressful, relaxing, boring, exciting and so much more.

Now, that I have dropped Gary off at his West Edge apartment and
Brittain at Seatac, I feel kind of deflated.

I suppose it'll pass once I'm back in PDX. That city always makes me
feel better. I'll probably head back tomorrow so I can catch The
Parsons Red Heads at the Artistery.

Old Ironsides

Last night we rocked Sacramento with Angel/Devil, a hard rocking band
of really sweet guys from Los Angeles. The pairing of hard rock and
folk pop was unexpectedly refreshing and fun.

We stayed the night with my old friend Liz who I hadn't seen in
probably 6 years! That one thing I really have enjoyed about my time
touring this year, reconnecting with old friends and making new friends.

San Luis Obispo

We drove the 1 and 101 from Santa Monica to Santa Cruz today. We took
a short break at the beach near San Luis Obispo for a makeshift lunch
of cheese sandwiches and chips.

Last night we swam in the ocean by moonlight, but today we didn't go
past the waist.

Breakfast on I-5

Ritual Coffeee

We are about to start our drive to LA, but we stopped by Ritual Coffee
to grab a coffee with our good friend Maggie.

Tour Posters!

We are in San Francisco on tour today. We are playing in the street for free in front of City Lights Books in the next hour. Later tonight we are playing at The Hotel Utah (4th and Bryant) at 8pm. Come out and join us. Buy a screen printed tour poster for $5 (we only made 25 and they are going fast.

Tour Sedan

We jam Honda. This is the second tour that we are taking in my 1992
Honda Civic.

It is a tight squeeze for two and almost womb-like for three of us.
Gary is right at home in the back seat.

I'm about to take over the drivers seat for the next 250 miles.

Downpour

Today seems like a great day to get out of Portland. I woke up this
morning feeling slightly ill from all the free Dead Guy Ale that I
drank at last night's show at the Someday. It was raining cats and dogs.

The show was great. Lael & Grey Anne are class acts and both gave
inspiring performances. The sound engineer was really easy to work
with and he really knows how to make music sound good in the room.

Songs For Moms

Last night we shared the stage at the Boiler Room in Port Townsend
with Songs For Moms (San Francisco) and Benjamin Blake (Oly).

It so happens that I know and have met (many in the last week) a lot
of common friends of the ladies of Songs For Moms who's effervescent
pop/folk/punk is not to be missed. You might have a chance to catch
them on tour as the head south with two shows in Seattle in the next
couple of days, a show in Olympia, a show at the Coop in Portland with
our good friends Meyercord & Y La Bamba and much more, check their
website for all the deets http:// www.myspace.com/songsformoms