Tuesday, April 28, 2009
magic johnson
Magic Johnson is a rad band that moved to Portland recently from and have been tearing it all over the NW. These pictures are from a halloween show at the home of my pals in World's Greatest Ghosts-- another of Portland's best current bands. The other band pictured here was called Skip Roxy, and I believe it was their first show.
More Ketchup-- Kickball @ the Coop
Speaking of Explode into Colors-- the reason I was at their first show to take pictures, the reason why I had stayed up late to watch them even though I had to work @ 7 AM the next morning, the reason why I had called all my show-going buddies and told them to come and see this show it was sure to be classic-- the reason I was sure they would be good even before I had ever seen or heard them, was because I knew that their drummer was the girl from Kickball, the Olympia band that blew me away the first time I saw them, for various reasons but mainly because of their out-of this world drummer!
Frustratingly, I did not have my camera the first time I saw Kickball play. It was an amazing show at the Modern Age, a club in the basement of Portland State University. thankfully, I DID bring my camera to see them for the second time, almost a year later, in the smelly and extremely PACKED basement of the Coop. Marah and I had to get there almost an hour early to get a spot near the front, and once we were in, there was no hope of moving. We were separated when Marah got pushed behind one of the huge amps, so I had no one to talk to other than the guy behind me who kept asking me about my camera. We sat there for about 45 minutes talking about Nikons, until finally the bass player was able to fight his way through the crowd, and Kickball started playing. Of course, it was worth the wait.
Frustratingly, I did not have my camera the first time I saw Kickball play. It was an amazing show at the Modern Age, a club in the basement of Portland State University. thankfully, I DID bring my camera to see them for the second time, almost a year later, in the smelly and extremely PACKED basement of the Coop. Marah and I had to get there almost an hour early to get a spot near the front, and once we were in, there was no hope of moving. We were separated when Marah got pushed behind one of the huge amps, so I had no one to talk to other than the guy behind me who kept asking me about my camera. We sat there for about 45 minutes talking about Nikons, until finally the bass player was able to fight his way through the crowd, and Kickball started playing. Of course, it was worth the wait.
The Best Band award
My favorite band to come out of the year 2008 was (and is) the all-girl Portland-via-Olympia super group, Explode into Colors!!
Here is a collection of some pictures I've taken of them over the past year, because I have been to so many of their shows I may not be able to include them all here. They were also featured in a previous post from almost a year ago this month, playing their first show @ the Dekum manor!
Here is a collection of some pictures I've taken of them over the past year, because I have been to so many of their shows I may not be able to include them all here. They were also featured in a previous post from almost a year ago this month, playing their first show @ the Dekum manor!
It's been a year, let's ketchup.
I dont even know where to start. I guess I am just gonna post pictures with dates, starting with the earliest and going forward. A lot is probably going to get skipped over, so please czech out my flickr page for more stuff.
This first stuff is from the Japanther show last summer, at the now-no-longer all ages venue, No Exit. Saw lots of good shows there, including the LAST ERGS SHOW IN PORTLAND.... :( ... but more on that later. So also playing this show was Here Comes a Big Black Cloud, who brought all the clown-punk-hoolahooping-bike riding crowd out with them, and The Pharmacy, from Seattle.
This first stuff is from the Japanther show last summer, at the now-no-longer all ages venue, No Exit. Saw lots of good shows there, including the LAST ERGS SHOW IN PORTLAND.... :( ... but more on that later. So also playing this show was Here Comes a Big Black Cloud, who brought all the clown-punk-hoolahooping-bike riding crowd out with them, and The Pharmacy, from Seattle.
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