Cloud Cult, Mission Theater, Portland OR

August 30, 2011

Ticket Price=$15 Show Date: August 26th, 2011 First show for YOTS to review at The Mission. Way fun. The Mission is an old church/union hall. It has been converted into a theater for second-run films and shows where Portland can sop up beer and pizza. It is a McMennamin’s property. It is a super humid [...]

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A Perfect Circle, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland OR

August 28, 2011

Ticket Price = ~$65 Show Date = June 29, 2011 The Schnitz for rock shows is always an interesting hang. Like kids invading the grown ups table. The place of symphonies and such. Fine things. A Perfect Circle inhabited the Schnitz and everything was controlled. Only time I’ve ever been patted down for a fucking [...]

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Adele With Wanda Jackson, Edgefield, Portland-Troutdale OR

August 26, 2011

Show Date: August 11, 2011 Ticket Price: $60 Let’s just get this out of the way. I am an Adele fan. A recent convert, I discovered my love for Adele after the originally scheduled show at the Crystal Ballroom was sold out. For a few weeks, I thought of June 3 as “the day I’m [...]

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Sorry

August 24, 2011

Sorry to you out there that care for our little blog. It has been having technical issues, obviously. So apologies for the emails and feed updates if you are on that. Anyways. The Show goes on. Always does. With our without us.

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MFNW 2011 Schedule Heat Check

August 24, 2011

We’ve made our plans. The MFNW 2011 schedule is cool. You can see how many people are planning to go to each show (if they used the applicaton). We live for this weekend every year. We’ve made our dates with destiny. All subject to change on a whim. Or due to intoxication and/or strip club [...]

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Staying Cool Without Freezing

August 1, 2011

I’m on a train (without a dame). From where to where is immaterial. I was assigned to sit next to a guy in his mid 50′s. Call him Mr. B. Type of guy who figured out the system and his life and is now reaping the rewards. In my young-dumb days, I would have bolted [...]

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Diamond

July 30, 2011

Too serious, lately…. Kids. I want to tell you something. Going through a mid-life crisis early in life is the best gift you can give yourself. I suggest age 18. Your opinion, naturally, may differ. But. It gets you to where you want to go that much quicker. Very fulfilling. I think it was the [...]

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Open Mic Night In Winnipeg, MB

July 29, 2011

I’ve always wanted to write something with a huge rock ‘n roll opening. Like the piece the principle in Almost Famous was writing for Rolling Stone. I’m 20,000 feet over somewhere with someone cool and…I’m about to die. The beginning of “Sweet Emotion” by Aerosmith is close, too. Rolling into town in a police car. [...]

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Paperless Tickets : Just Another Dodge

July 28, 2011

The concert industry is instituting a new “fan-focused” ticketing strategy. Essentially, you swipe your credit card (with maybe an ID check) and you are given access to the venue. No electronic or physical copy of the ticket is ever provided. The stated reason for this : to curb scalping. To put the “Fans First” This [...]

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Another Show Review For : The Kills

July 26, 2011

I remember when I started going to what was essentially underground rock shows in my hometown region. And it doesn’t get more underground than that shit. I don’t remember indoor bathrooms in many of the venues. We were fucking hicks. But we knew what we liked. And we knew what we didn’t want to be [...]

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