shawn time 15.14.14..09.09.06 | Comments (5)
hothouse, again
A heads up this morning from Matt that Hothouse Flowers are playing the tiny Mississippi Studios.
So, I scored 4 tix and will be seeing them for the 2nd time in the past year or so.
The venue doesn't hold more than 100 people.
Should be a good show.
shawn time 20.37.30..08.17.06 | Comments (2)
sonic goodness
songs that remind me of why music is cool:
Radiohead's "Like Spinning Plates"
go listen to it.
now, put headphones on and listen to it again.
couldn't tell you what he is singing about, but dang it sounds cool.
in fact, that whole Amnesiac album makes me mad about how ridiculously cool it sounds.
word count:
it = 4
is = 2
cool = 3
shawn time 13.13.32..06.22.06 | Comments (1028)
Festival de Piratas
A cool show is happening this weekend here in Portland.
Come enjoy FESTIVAL de PIRATAS VII.
The headlining band is Captain Bogg & Salty. A pirate band. My pirate friend Lucas plays bass.
It is a fun time.
I will be at the show.
You should be too.
2 days notice.
Make it happen.
Plus, Lucas needs health insurace. So, the mo' people, the mo' money, the mo' insurance.
It's charity for a pirate.
And you get a great show.
Seriously, fun times.
It's at Sabala's up on Hawthorne. Click the Festival link above for details.
Next week: Bela Fleck.
shawn time 04.28.12..06.04.06 | Comments (2)
8-bit music
Caught a good show at Ground Kontrol last night.
Saw BIT SHIFTER and Nullsleep on their INTERNATIONAL CHIPTUNE RESISTANCE WORLD TOUR 2006.
Some pretty rockin' 8-bit music.
They use Nintendo Gameboys as their instruments. They program the Gameboys to play original compositions. Instrumentally, and sonically, the music does not sound unlike Nintendo game music. But its not the Tetris theme song all night long. Its original stuff. Pretty creative stuff. Pretty rockin stuff.
Got to chat with Josh (Bitshifter) during Nullsleep's set. He was standing next to me taking pictures. Cool guy. Kinda inspiring. I might jump into a bit of 8-bit.
Plus, some super-sweet 25 cent "Track n Field", "Joust", and "Burgertime".
shawn time 19.05.28..05.16.06 | Comments (11)
readymade readymade
someday i will play more music.
maybe someday i will play music all the time.
maybe someday music will pay me to play it.
maybe someday i will play with a drummer that will slap a snare drum like chad smith does on the intro to "readymade".
that song makes me smile.
who knows what anthony is singin about, but that unison riff.... and mostly that first snare hit (with rebel yell)....make me turn it up loud, roll down the windows, appreciate that the chili peppers have a new album out in time for summer, and smile real big.
go buy it and wait for the 12th second of the song.
you smiling yet?
shawn time 17.00.30..04.28.06 | Comments (0)
seriously-you want these tickets
sigur ros tix.
need to unload.
have 4.
$47.70 per ticket.
these are great seats, all in dress circle (first balcony).
shawn time 18.38.04..04.22.06 | Comments (0)
xtra tix-Sigur Ros
got 2 pairs of 2 tix (4 total) that I need to unload.
tasty seats.....
all in dress circle (front balcony) at the Schnitz.
The show is Thursday, May 4th.
1 ticket = $50
lemme know if you want some.
specific seat loactions...
Dress Circle E, Row A, Seats 3&4
Dress Circle B, Row D, Seats 9&10
shawn time 03.28.01..04.05.06 | Comments (1)
??? uh.....
why in the world did i just write a book-sized post about the red hot chili peppers of all things!?!?
must use time wisely.
must use time wisely.
must use time wisely.
must blog smarter.
must blog smarter
must blog smarter.
shawn time 01.05.20..04.05.06 | Comments (4)
rhcp in pdx
new chili peppers album in may. a double.
i have been listening to these guys for a long time.
tim reese and shane reaney controversially threw "mother's milk" into the pa system at spartquake in 1990 for all of 1st and 2nd lunch to enjoy. i am not sure the principal quite knew what they were singing about. i am not sure i did either. i am not sure anyone else in the school even knew who the red hot chili peppers were, but when i heard what i heard, it hooked me.
in the fall of 1991 they released "blood sugar sex magik". its their best album. subsequently, they toured to promote that album.
i passed up a chance to see them play in january 1992 at the salem armory. some band named nirvana was opening for them. and another band....what was their name....oh...pearl jam.....pearl jam started the night off. (interesting note: the chili peppers opened for pearl jam in seattle in 2000. 8 years later, roles reversed). i think the only guy i know that went to it was roone meier. the rest of us were dumb. i think eddie vedder and kurt cobain got in a fight soon afer that gig and one of them left the tour. mkinmotion probably knows the trivia on that and can fill in the details.
i dont know why i didnt go to that show. money maybe. a ride to salem maybe. no one knew really who pearl jam was at the time. and i gotta tell ya, nirvana in 1991/2 was not the nirvana that exists today. there was no legacy, no suicide, no legend. heck, there was hardly anything except "smells like teen spirit", which was so overplayed on 970, kufo, and mtv that we all made fun of it. it was not cool to like nirvana in 1992. they were popular, and popular was not cool. nirvana played SNL a week after that salem chili peppers show i didnt go to. chili peppers played SNL a month later. pearl jam 2 months after that.
anyway...i saw them (rhcp) play in portland a few years ago (supported by the flaming lips). i got the tickets before i knew that frusciante was back with them. it was the first time i saw them play live. over ten years (closer to 15) since i started listening to them. it was an alright show. i made me kick myself for missing that show in 1992. missing the chance to hear freaky styley, upliftmofopartyplan, or mothers milk live. missing the change to hear blood sugar. this most recent concert consisted mostly of content off of their last few albums. only a few songs off those older albums (give it away, under the bridge, and i think they did their cover of hendrix' fire). i dont blame them. new music. new times. new fans.
so, now, a new double album and another tour (as well as helping perry ferrell keep lollapalooza back on track this summer). i gotta admit that although these last three albums have not been poor...i still long for some old school, 1st decade chili pepper sounds. i wouldn't be sad if flea slapped it up a bit. if frusciante just played a few chunks here and there. anthony rocked some of that LA whiteboy rap stuff he's got. would that be so wrong? they have a new set of fans that i dont think know that they have a half dozen albums before californication...or that the cool lick in that crazy town song is a chili peppers sample.
looks like they'll be comin' portland first...i think i will go...
screen capture taken from RedHotChiliPeppers.com
and this from their itunes page...
although i could pre-order the album through iTunes and get it the instant it "drops", i think i will find a tower records and go buy it in the store like we did way back in 1992.
oh, and i think i will buy the new ipod if its black...with a red scroll wheel.
shawn time 23.04.50..03.23.06 | Comments (2)
nacho w/chili peppers
chili peppers recently released their catalog on itunes. some cool rarer stuff.
check some mother's milk era instrumental tastiness....
bass in yo' face.
and some jack blackness...
watch all of the podcasts, they are hilarious. there will be some out loud laughing during episode #3. prepare yourself.
shawn time 01.23.10..02.28.06 | Comments (3)
Mardi Gras w/Pirates
anyone looking for something to do on Fat Tuesday...come check out the
Captain Bogg & Salty's show a Sabala's Tuesday night. only $2.
it's a good show and a good time. fairly wholesome. i think.
my friend Mr. Filibuster plays bass. he's also got a new blog you should go check out.
click here for details about the show.
see you there.
photo by Chris Owen. click pic to enlarge.
shawn time 16.24.27..11.05.05 | Comments (1)
open mic winter dates
for those interested...
download the flyer for the winter open mic dates at the Multnomah Village Lucky Lab.
shawn time 14.18.48..10.31.05 | Comments (1)
still sick
sucky for a lot of people.
shawn time 10.36.51..10.26.05 | Comments (3)
david gray cancelled
i have heard of this happening, but never had it happen to a show i had tickets for.....
hmph.
shawn time 14.54.41..10.25.05 | Comments (1)
interview w/bono
evidentally bono is interviewed in the current rolling stone...
the audio from the interview is available too.
haven't listened to it all, but some pretty cool stuff.
shawn time 00.29.14..10.17.05 | Comments (1)
open mics, again
3 more Open Mics planned.
The Lucky Lab
Multnomah Village
7675 sw capitol hwy, portland
Mondays...
October 17th
November 21st
December 19th
7-10pm
come play your music and/or listen to some great local songwriters.
it is late notice for this one on October 17th, so get the word out ASAP. thanks.
shawn time 22.58.39..09.19.05 | Comments (2)
coldplay
also went to see coldplay live last month.
gotta say that it was not such a great show.
sound quality was a bit iffy....
and chris martin and his falsetto....sometimes a bit much.
don't get me wrong...
great band, great sounds on the albums, great videos...
and the song 'fix you' rocks it right....
maybe just an off night.
they want to be a huge, monstrous best-band-in-the-world type band.
the show didnt live up to the hype.
i may be spoiled with the radiohead show last year. and u2 from all previous years. with 3 albums to pull from, coldplay just might not have the setlist to compete. it is a competition, right?
it at least seems like they are having one between themselves with the prices they charge for the stinkin things.
i have some video of the show, maybe i will post it.
rant.
done.
discuss.
next month: david gray
shawn time 09.51.40..08.22.05 | Comments (7)
and...again....
the last open mic of the summertime is tonight (aug 22)
7-10pm
The Lucky Lab
in Multnomah Village
all ages!!
there may be more in the fall, but as of now, none planned.....so you better come take advantage of the opporunity to listen to some music, play some music, and hang with some cool peeps.
see ya there.
shawn time 12.54.10..08.08.05 | Comments (2)
open mic tonight
Open Mic tonight at the Lucky Lab....
come enjoy some music with each other.
musicians....come and play....
7-10 pm.
all ages.
shawn time 02.12.48..07.11.05 | Comments (8)
reminder: OPEN MIC TONIGHT
just a reminder that the first open mic is tonight!
7:00-10:00pm
The Lucky Labrador
in Multnomah Village
sign ups start at 6:30pm.
if anyone wants to show up early with a laptop to record the shindig, i would not mind at all.
throw some rsvp's in the comments if you are coming tonight.
all are invited. come support your local musician and a local pub.
(scroll down a few posts to see or download flyer)
shawn time 17.06.01..06.29.05 | Comments (13)
open mic flyer
here is the flyer for the open mic nights.
if you would like to have your own copy to print and hand out to friends, or to magnet to the fridge, or hang at your local businesses, please download the pdf here.
hope to see many of you there with a guitar in your hand, a song in your mouth, or just some extra bucks in your pocket to buy yourself some pizza.
shawn time 22.18.19..06.19.05 | Comments (4)
open mic
Something that I have wanted to start ever since my trip to Edinburgh last summer, an open mic. I really wanted to check out more open mics around Portland, and maybe I will between now and when this one starts, but I had to just jump in make it happen now that summer is here.
I live a block from The Lucky Lab. They have a great upstairs room that will accomodate the open mic nights.
Save these dates!!!!
July 11
July 25
August 8
August 22
All are Monday nights, all are 7-10pm.
More info soon.
shawn time 17.28.53..03.23.05 | Comments (3)
song post
here is an attempt at posting music to my blog.
its a song i put together a couple years ago. still needs some work, but you get the idea.
let me know if you can't hear it when you click on the link.
shawn time 07.47.40..12.31.04 | Comments (3)
U2 tour dates leaked (UPDATED)
UPDATE
U2 Postpone World Tour
someone spilled the dates.
whoops.
looks like seattle for me.
maybe twice?
vancouver too?
sacramento?
who knows how accurate this is though...on both date and location.
plus, i predict a $200 ticket price.
ouch.
shawn time 23.36.09..11.22.04 | Comments (5)
enjoy U2 (legitimately)
now you can buy it
while you are at iTunes, also notice "The Complete U2". A digital box set.
cool.
....update. just downloaded the album from iTunes Music Store (thanks Boband Mattfor the itunes birthday $$). A "Digital Booklet" was included. Translation: the cd book included in digital format. Not just album cover art, but all liner notes, etc. Kinda cool, as this has not yet been something iTunes has included before (methinks). Kinda lame though, because it looks as if it is just the individual pages, not in order. It would be as if I had pulled apart the actual book and scanned it in. Makes sense, if I am planning on printing out the pages and assembling my own book. Does not make sense if I am going to just view it digitally. Picky picky, huh?
might as well add more....
U2 played a show in NYC today. Picsfrom Getty.
Video to air on MTV, December 10.
....listened to the album. twice.
its a fast album. only 49 minutes.
printed out the "digital booklet". only took me 20 minutes to assemble the stupid thing.
for those interested: page order from bottom to top: 1, 3, 11, 4, 10, 5, 9, 6, 8, 2, 12, 7.
shawn time 01.00.13..10.09.04 | Comments (1)
If I Should Fall Behind
We said we'd walk together baby come what may
That come the twilight should we lose our way
If as we're walkin a hand should slip free
I'll wait for you
And should I fall behind
Wait for me
We swore we'd travel darlin' side by side
We'd help each other stay in stride
But each lover's steps fall so differently
But I'll wait for you
And if I should fall behind
Wait for me
Now everyone dreams of a love lasting and true
But you and I know what this world can do
So let's make our steps clear that the other may see
And I'll wait for you
If I should fall behind
Wait for me
Now there's a beautiful river in the valley ahead
There 'neath the oak's bough soon we will be wed
Should we lose each other in the shadow of the evening trees
I'll wait for you
And should I fall behind
Wait for me
Darlin' I'll wait for you
Should I fall behind
Wait for me
+++Bruce Springsteen+++
shawn time 15.12.03..09.27.04 | Comments (4)
vertigo
go get new U2 @
hola?
shawn time 02.47.02..05.21.04
post-Dido
A gift was given to Portland tonight, although I am not sure how it was received...
...or if the giver knew what she was giving...
And you probably don't want to hear tomorrow's another day
Well I promise you you'll see the sun again
And you're asking me why pain's the only way to happiness
And I promise you you'll see the sun againDido
I know the lyric has been there all along, I just finally heard it tonight.
Live, sung to Portland.
It is better heard than read.
shawn time 11.27.23..05.20.04
Dido
tonight!
