Off_White Posted February 5, 2006 Posted February 5, 2006 Last Thursday was a very good day. The hand doc declared my torn ring finger tendon to be healing well and gave me the thumbs up to climb and swing a hammer. I picked my daughter up from school and we went down to the gym for my first climbingish play in several months. To cap things off, Dead Moon, one of my favorite bands, was playing in Portland that night for just $5. I blew out of town and made the 100 mile drive to Portland, stopped to pick up the wee bairn at his house, and we booked down to Dante's in Downtown PDX, arriving about 10 minutes before the opening band. Clorox Girls were first up, and turned in a charming set. These cleancut lads were all hopped up like Wire on a triple espresso, and with songs like "Yeah, We Smoke Dope" and "I Need A Blowjob" all delivered in less than a minute and a half per, how can you go wrong? Clorox Girls - Walks The Streets.mp3 Clorox Girls - Don't You Take Your Life.mp3 The Hunches are held together by their rhythm section, the guitarist makes periodic forays into melody, and the vocalist emulates a stiff limbed slobber lipped certifiable neurotic as he tries to explain what's wrong in his world. Honest to pete, he spent half the show singing while curled in the fetal position on the floor of the pit. As Ben said at the end of the set: "Now, that's showmanship." The Hunches - Got Some Hate.mp3 The Hunches - Dance Alone Dead Moon are one of the most venerated bands in Portland, Fred and Toody (guitar and bass) are not only married, but bona fide grandparents. Combined with Andrew on the drums, they're certainly among the ugliest bands I've ever been smitten with, but they're one of the best live acts out there, and this night serves up a prime example of why this band rules. From the first song, the packed mob turns into a surging mass of humanity. Poindexter nerds, careening drunkards, thrashing punk betties, sleeveless flannel shirt ball cap wearers, metrosexual hipsters; a broad cross section of Portland is converted into sweaty wrecks over the course of a very long set. The offspring does me proud, ping ponging through the crowd with abandon. Afterwards, we walk back to the truck leaving vapor contrails behind us in the cool Febuary night. Fuck yeah. Dead Moon - 54-40.mp3 Dead Moon - Black September.mp3 Dead Moon - Walking On My Grave.mp3 Tonight it'll be Romantic Retard Nation and The Gossip in Olympia, then that Wobbly rabble rouser Utah Phillips on Tuesday, followed by I Can Lick Any SOB In The House and The Supersuckers thursday down in PDX again. Music soothes the soggy saturated soul. (Note: right click on the links and save the files to download mp3's of your very own to have and to hold) Quote
olyclimber Posted February 5, 2006 Posted February 5, 2006 all that, plus you got a PM from olyclimber. you must be sitting on top of the world. Quote
Dr_Flash_Amazing Posted February 5, 2006 Posted February 5, 2006 Nice to see you, Mr. Busyshowgoer! Glad your finger's better, though, that s. Add to your social calendar: Hell's Belles (with new frontwoman...we'll see, but must try at least) with PDX lounge-punk favorites Storm Large & the Balls. Doug Fir, Fri. Feb 24th, 9 p.m., tix via the evil Ticketswest. Quote
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