(Matt already blogged about this but I'm making him take it down 'cause I'm proprietary like that, so sorry if you're getting Back Fence inundated this morning.)

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Back Fence PDX is a storytelling series that invites interesting folk to tell unmemorized, eight-minute stories on a given topic; past guests include Metro President David Bragdon, writer Beth Lisick, and Kill Rock Stars founder Slim Moon. The series has grown exponentially in popularity since its first show over the summer, and tonight sees the Back Fence crew moving to a bigger stage for their biggest event yet: A music-themed evening featuring local musicians Danny Seim, Nick Jaina, Gideon Freudmann, Adam Shearer, and Dolorean's Al James, and Joan Hiller Depper.

Let me break down for you why tonight's event is so promising.

-There are no Mercury staffers on the bill.

-In addition to being extraordinarily tall, Menomena drummer and Lackthereof frontman Danny Seim is very funny, as evidenced by this fantastic article he wrote for a Mercury music issue about his Christian upbringing, and the literal fear of God instilled by the Larry Norman song "I Wish We'd All Been Ready."

-Portland Cello Project member Gideon Freudmann's appearance on August's anniversary edition of LiveWire was a highlight of an otherwise snoozy show—when host April Baer tried to get in some digs about cellists, Freudmann (and PCP cohort Doug Jenkins) deftly turned the tables and made cellos seem cooler than ever.

-Weinland's Adam Shearer emceed the Portland Cello Project's CD release party at the Mission this summer, and by the end of the show I guarantee you every woman in the audience wanted to marry him. The PCP can take a while between songs to shuffle their cellists and singers around, and Shearer was low-key and funny as he filled the show's dead air, even hosting a haiku contest and inviting audience members to text him their submissions (until his phone's memory filled up).

-I don't know Nick Jaina personally, but only a damn good storyteller could write "Power."

-Ditto Dolorean's Al James and "Heather Remind Me How This Ends."

The only lady on the bill, Ms. Hiller Depper is the owner of PR firm Riot Act Media (and, when she was living in Seattle, an occasional Stranger contributor). Suffice to say she's the type of woman men write songs about.

Updated at 2:30 pm:-AND! Lisa Marsicek, AKA Miz Kitty of monthly vaudeville act Miz Kitty's Parlor. Sorry I missed that the first time around, I mistakenly thought Miz Kitty was performing at intermission but in fact that honor goes to Katie Jean Arnold.

It's handily their best lineup yet. The only way it could be better would be if Willy Vlautin was on the bill. (Check out his "Jockey's Christmas"—don't be deterred by the "spoken word label," it's a heartbreaker, and the CD itself is beautifully designed.) Buy your Back Fence tickets in advance, as they shall sell out; Mission Theater, 8 pm, $10. Seeya there. (I'll be the drunk one trying to be funny but actually accidentally insulting people.)