Dan Deacon’s Dope Ass Ride
Check out Dan Deacon‘s tour bus. It’s an old schoolbus modified to run off of two fuel systems, diesel and vegetable oil. I had a couple of friends in Eugene who did a very similar conversion to a 24-foot Grumman bread truck so they could go on tour. It’s a ton of work, and an [...]
Read MoreExperimental Dental School Featured on Dig for Fire
The Portland experimental rock duo Experimental Dental School was recently featured on Dig For Fire, which is quickly becoming one of my favorite music series. This was shot in New York while XDS was on a 6-week tour with Deerhoof. Here is a quote from the video: “Greg from Deerhoof, he’s worked on a couple [...]
Read MoreBen Folds’ A Capella Odyssey
So last night I was poking around on Youtube looking for something to tuck me in and I stumbled accross this well-shot, 15-minute documentary. Ben Folds Presents: Unviersity A Cappella!. I’m no aficionado but I do enjoy A Capella quite a bit. I think my appreciation comes from living with a guy in college who [...]
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