Music Friday!

Super busy with work, but have a concert to watch!!

Music Friday

Check out little baby Robert Smith in this concert. THE CURE Apeldoorn, Netherlands 18 Jul 1980 FULL CONCERT

Overlook Porch Fest 2023

Fun little day of music going on here in Portland this Sunday. If you are in the area check it out. I’m playing at 1pm somewhere on this map ;)

The Bandcamp Guide to Deerhoof

I do enjoy me some Deehoof. It’s not exactly easy listening though and some mornings I need some mellower sounds. But you can’t deny that they are for sure pushing the limits.

“A conversation with Deerhoof founder and percussionist Greg Saunier is as likely to touch on French writer and philosopher Édouard Glissant’s concept of opacity and Naomi Klein’s The Shock Doctrine as it is on Beck’s early album chronology and Melvins’ drummer Dale Crover’s technique. Saunier retains an encyclopedic knowledge of not only Deerhoof’s history but of the social, cultural, and political forces that were at play when the band were composing their albums.

Speaking of encyclopedic, a whole collection of volumes could be written about each of Deerhoof’s albums with lengthy individual entries that delve into the philosophy and creation of each song. Using a consensus approach to song crafting, they strive for a balance of voices between Saunier, bassist and singer Satomi Matsuzaki, and guitarists John Dieterich and Ed Rodriguez on each album.”

Thanks Josh!

RIP: Jeremiah Green

45, yikes.

I first found Modest Mouse during a visit to Portland in 2001, just after 9-11. I was at Music Millennium and picked up probably one of the last CDs I ever bought, “The Moon and Antartica”. Back in LA, they became a soundtrack during skate sessions, backyard pool hunts, surf trips and many nights better left unsaid.

“Jeremiah Green, the longtime Modest Mouse drummer, has died, the band announced. Green’s bandmates had recently disclosed that Green was undergoing treatment for cancer. Jeremiah Green was 45 years old.

Green co-founded Modest Mouse with frontman Isaac Brock and bassist Eric Judy in Washington in the early 1990s.”

More Talking Heads and some new portfolio stuff.

Added some new stuff to the portfolio the other day, some renders and some serious color ups / product swaps. I really do not enjoy making those galleries for some reason, lol!

And for whatever reason, I am really digging early live Talking Heads. It’s so stripped down yet holds up as full songs. Some real artistry going on without just doing anything flashy.