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Portland Weekend Goings-On, March 22th – 25th

I am super bummed that I didn’t write this in time to do a substantial write-up of tonight’s Eddie Money Unplugged show at Asylum, but my friend works at an unnamed hotel and just reported that Money just walked into the hotel and shouted at the staff as he walking through the lobby doors, “HEY […]

Here are some ways you can celebrate New Year’s in Portland, Maine, my friends.

Are you looking for ways to ring in 2013 in Portland? Here I present a robust handful of suggestions. At SPACE Gallery, there will be Mexican wrestling (Super Lucha Explosiva), DJ sets (Nan’l Meiklejohn and Gabe FM) and video projections (David Meiklejohn). I usually end up at SPACE Gallery on New Years Eve and I […]

Let’s make Portland [Nerd] famous.

Long story short: Let’s get Marc Maron’s and the Nerdist’s live shows to come to Portland. A couple weeks ago I posted an excerpt from Nerdist’s interview with Anna Kendrick where Kendrick discussed her upbringing in Portland and some folks were upset with what was perceived as a lack of enthusiasm for our town. While […]

Interview with Jon Spencer of Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion is playing at Asylum this Thursday, and Portland will be better for this. In one form or another, Spencer has recording music since the start of Reagan’s second term, and Blues Explosion is celebrating its 21st birthday this year. I have been fond of Spencer and his music for years. […]