Notes from a River’d Styx
I left the show on wings, eager to hit my stereo and drown in that river I’ve loved all my life.
Notes from the weekend: BurntWoodsStock
Together they built a beautiful place, a verdant village of music and joy.
Review: The Beach Boys, “That’s Why God Made the Radio”
What happens once you’ve reached that point when life is more rear-view than road ahead?
Morning potpourri
In other news, Mike Donahue's retiring and Ween broke up. What's this world coming to, man?
‘Mad Men’: A belated appreciation
Five seasons in, “Mad Men” remains the finest, most involving show on television, period.
From the Vaults: “Rather Be Dead Than Cool” (April 2-9, 1999)
Kurt Cobain died 18 years ago today. I was asked to write the following to commemorate the fifth anniversary of his passing, in 1999.
Biological Lovers, “Tour Anthem”
All this week I’ve been semi-obsessed with “Tour Anthem,” one of two new tracks by Brian Smith and Hannah Sheets, recording as Biological Lovers.
The Venetian’s missing history
Those years were short-lived. But man, they were great. And they deserve to be remembered, acknowledged and celebrated.
Styx to headline Northwest Art & Air Festival
Styx will perform on the Main Stage at the Oregon Amphitheater as the headline act for the 2012 ATI Wah Chang Northwest Art & Air Festival, which runs Aug. 24-26 at Timber Linn Memorial Park and Albany Municipal Airport.
Blogorrhea, the mid-day remix
The office is quiet, the cotton is high and the august upper muckety-mucks have requested that I fire up this blog on a more regular schedule.
A Quiet Friday
Last week I bought a copy of Susan Cain’s “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking.” I’m still barreling through it, but thus far I’ve found it a reassuring, and, yes, empowering read.
Tatiana Hargreaves makes “Oregon Art Beat”
Congratulations to Corvallis' Tatiana Hargreaves, young fiddler extraordinaire, who will be featured at 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 12, on OPB's "Oregon Art Beat."
