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Thursday, March 1, 2012
We Fucked Up The Fix Farewell: Not A Free Show!
Posted by Marjorie Skinner on Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 2:07 PM
Whoops. Somehow an error ended up on our listing for tonight's 5th anniversary/farewell edition of The Fix. We mistakenly listed it in the paper as a free event: NOT TRUE! However, the $12 cover is well worth it for one last Fix with Maseo of De La Soul, Rich Medina, and residents Rev. Shines, DJ Kez, Dundiggy, and Ohmega Watts.
So, let's try this again:
THE FIX IS OUT—After five glorious years of ass-shakin' shenanigans, hiphop dance party The Fix is going out in style. Join the gang for the final Fix ever with Rev. Shines, DJ Kez, Ohmega Watts, Dundiggy, and special guests Maseo of De La Soul and Rich Medina! Dance! WSH
Someday Lounge, 125 NW 5th, 9 pm, $12
Thursday, June 9, 2011
We Fucked Up Today in Poorly Thought-Out Concert Discounts
Posted by Courtney Ferguson on Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 3:03 PM
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
We Fucked Up Blaze One Up To Devin the Dude
Posted by Travis Ritter on Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 4:20 PM
- Derek Erdman
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Upcoming / We Fucked Up Tesco Vee's TOUCH AND GO Fanzine Reading/Signing This Saturday
Posted by Travis Ritter on Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 10:29 AM
Last year, The Meatmen's Tesco Vee and Dave Stimson released the book TOUCH AND GO The Complete Hardcore Punk Zine '79-'83, which includes all 22 issues of the Touch and Go zine they self-produced in East Lansing, Michigan, plus bonus archival material from some of punk rock's greatest luminaries (Ian MacKaye, Henry Rollins, and Keith Morris) and critics (Byron Coley). This Saturday at 5pm, Jackpot Records on Hawthorne is hosting an in-store signing/reading with Vee, who may read some excerpts from the widely praised and iconic punk zine that he turned into a behemoth 576 page book.
Edited by Steve Miller of The Fix, TOUCH AND GO provided first-hand accounts of the blossoming American hardcore-punk scene that was happening at the time, along with record reviews, candid interviews, and essays. Unsatisfied with the punk scenes at the time, TOUCH AND GO gave Vee the foundation and inspiration for the label of the same name he launched in 1981, who released undoubtedly the best in American underground music in the '80s and '90s. TOUCH AND GO was an essential primer for budding punk kids looking for the next great hardcore band and punk rock wouldn't be the same it is/was without it.
Tesco Vee will be at Jackpot Records on Hawthorne (3574 SE Hawthorne Blvd) Saturday, April 9th at 5pm. That night, Tesco Vee will be onstage at Plan B, performing with The Meatmen.
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Upcoming / We Fucked Up / Video Ween Week Countdown! Day 7: "I'll Miss You"
Posted by Travis Ritter on Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 12:29 PM
If Dean saw Gene crying in his sleep and they both shed a tear for Eddie, then everyone has the right to least one Ween song to weep over. "I'll Miss You" is that song to me. "I'll Miss You," which appeared on the soundtrack to the 1996 flick Beautiful Girls, is one of those songs that can hit you square in the heart and leave feeling crippled, drowning in your own puddle of tears. It is the swan song to a relationship that is going away. I can't count the times the song has wormed itself back into my life to coincide with a recent or pending break-up. "I'll Miss You" last struck in September, when a gal I had been dating for a few months and recently broke up with was about to leave the country. When Gene sang "You're packing stuff for your big big move," I practically lost it. I knew that when she returned, we wouldn't speak to each other again. Considering my nearly perfect track record of maintaining solid friendships with exes, it was a harsh toke to stomach. This song evokes the good times shared in a relationship, the things we like about being in a relationship with someone, that just don't work out in the end.
Regardless, it was nice what we had.
Monday, January 24, 2011
Upcoming / We Fucked Up / Video Ween Week Countdown! Day 6: "Booze Me Up and Get Me High"
Posted by Travis Ritter on Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 11:18 AM
If there is one thing Ween fans love, it's getting loaded. Though "Booze Me Up and Get Me High" was never officially released, Ween shared an mp3 of this outtake from The Mollusk sessions on their website, and it instantly became a set-in-stone anthem for Ween fans worldwide. No liquor is left untouched, with Ween depleting the bar of it's red wine, Goldschläger, whiskey, tequila and Guinness. What's most surprising is that it's an outtake from The Mollusk, not from 12 Golden Country Greats, the country album Ween recorded a year prior with Nashville session players. Even without the southern drawl and barroom piano,"Booze Me Up and Get Me High" has all the makings of a country anthem, fit for an arena with lighters blazing. It also makes you very, very thirsty.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Upcoming / We Fucked Up Ween Week Countdown Day 5: "L.M.L.Y.P"
Posted by Travis Ritter on Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 5:56 PM
Another highlight from God Ween Satan is "L.M.L.Y.P," also known as "Let Me Lick Your Pussy." At nearly nine minutes, it's the longest song on the record and a concert favorite among fans (the longest live version I've heard is from a 2003 concert at Stubbs in Austin, clocking in at 47 minutes.) As with R. Stevie Moore, Ween were also influenced by the man in purple himself, Prince. Many people have claimed that "L.M.L.Y.P" is a Prince cover, but the distinction between cover and homage is blurred here. While Ween essentially pulled lyrics of "Shockedelica" and "Alphabet Street," they were written around the gist of the song, where slobbering stoners repeatedly slip "Let Me Lick Your Pussy" refrains and ways in which to do so off their tongues (pun intended). It's Ween's attempt at making a fuck song, with that low down and dirty slap bass funk and unintelligible pillow talk of things they will do to get their face between the legs. This is the sort of song Ween fans take their clothes off for. Then again, you can also blame that on the drugs. People fucked up on drugs love taking their clothes off in public.
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Upcoming / We Fucked Up / Video Ween Week Countdown! Day 4: "Dr. Rock"
Posted by Travis Ritter on Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 12:04 PM
R. Stevie Moore is a legend and a pioneer of D.I.Y., anything-goes home recordings, who influenced Ween like no other. "Dr. Rock," from Ween's second full-length The Pod, has every touchstone of being a tribute to Moore, both stylistically and lyrically. Moore, who has lived around New Jersey and New York since the '80s, and regularly appeared on local cable and public access television programs, was just a stones throw from Dean and Gene in New Hope, PA. It's not hard to imagine teenage Dean and Gene getting high in their bedrooms, watching Moore on TV, and being inspired to follow his lead. "Dr. Rock" is to Ween what "Cool Daddio" was to Moore - in-your-face noise pop with a serrated punk edge, capable of giving you "everything you need." And the message, "see what you can make of it," rings particularly true for both Moore and Ween, who have done it themselves, defied conventional music styles, never had a chart-topping record or single, and yet have amassed dedicated cult followings that will keep them going til death tells them to stop.
Friday, January 21, 2011
Upcoming / We Fucked Up / Video Ween Week Countdown! Day 3: "Birthday Boy"
Posted by Travis Ritter on Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 4:16 PM
"Birthday Boy," off the terrific God Ween Satan, is the precursor to "Baby Bitch," the song which the lyric "wrote 'Birthday Boy' for ya, babe," falls. Like "Baby Bitch," "Birthday Boy" is a backhanded kiss-off, but it still maintains a glimmer of hope that everything will eventually work itself out. (Obviously it didn't). Like most early Ween recordings, it is lo-fi at its rawest, like a rough 4-track demo with hiss, distortion and background noise (if you listen closely, you can hear Pink Floyd "Echoes" playing). "Birthday Boy" is not as harsh or mean as the cock rocking cut "You Fucked Up" (also on God Ween Satan), but it still delivers the message to someone, that despite any differences that may have arose, there are both reasons to stay and walk away completely. To whoever these songs were addressed to: thank you for inspiring Ween to write songs about you. But I hope we never, ever date.
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Thursday, January 20, 2011
Upcoming / We Fucked Up / Video Ween Week Countdown! Day 2: "Baby Bitch"
Posted by Travis Ritter on Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 12:32 PM
"Baby Bitch" tells you to fuck off beautifully. It's a break-up song that lets you down gently, but viciously. Chocolate and Cheese didn't have "Push Th' Little Daisies" as I had hoped, but I quickly discovered that it was ripe with fine pop tunes whose backs were against the wall of revenge, mockery, and humor. "Baby Bitch" embodied a soul, a broken one mind you, that later lead to my proclamation that Ween are the Beatles for our generation. Never had I heard a song that could gently address a "stinking ass hoe" and conclude "the most beauty I've seen, you've come from a dream, but I can't close my eyes anymore." It was a break-up wake-up. There are other songs that could cause equal emotional reckoning as "Baby Bitch," but this one tops 'em all.
Monday, August 9, 2010
We Fucked Up / Tonight! / MP3 Dunes in Portland (The Band, Not the Bar)
Posted by Ethan Jayne on Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 1:24 PM
Every once in a while, our fine publication will miss a truly kickass show that should have been written about but wasn't. Usually, it's because the concert in question is a house show, but this one is at Valentine's so we really dropped the ball on it. I suppose the good news is that everyone else missed it as well, so here's our chance to one-up the competition.
- Photo by Brian Vu
Los Angeles trio Dunes—featuring (left to right) Kate Hall, formerly of Mika Miko, Stephanie Chan of Finally Punk, and Mark Greshowak from Talbot Tagora— are playing their first ever Portland date tonight. Hearing members of your favorite punk bands conjure up Cocteau Twins-inspired dream-pop is every bit as amazing as it sounds, plus their hand-numbered, 500-pressed debut 12" on Mexican Summer is one of my favorite records of the year so far. If you haven't picked up a copy yet, you probably won't anytime soon—it went out of print like that—so don't miss your chance to see them live tonight.
LISTEN:
Dunes - "Blue Fire"
Dunes performs tonight at Valentine's (232 SW Ankeny) with Magic Johnson and Psychic Feline. There is no cover, but donations for the touring band will be collected at the door.
Monday, March 8, 2010
We Fucked Up / R.I.P. Sorry, Sparklehorse
Posted by Ezra Ace Caraeff on Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 8:57 AM
Following this weekend's tragic suicide of Sparklehorse's Mark Linkous, I looked at our archives to see what sort of coverage we gave his previous appearance in Portland.
Really? We ran that as a headline and kicker? I am so sorry.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
We Fucked Up I Didn't Mean It, Rivers Cuomo.
Posted by Raquel Nasser on Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 7:37 AM
- Slippers, flowers and a messy hospital bed...
Shoot. A while back, I wrote a brief/stupid blurb about the Weezer Snuggie in which I essentially told Rivers Cuomo to shut up and die.
While browsing the New York Times online today, I noticed a headline from a few days back that reads: "Weezer Singer Released From Hospital." Turns out that Cuomo got into a serious accident in his tour bus last week that ruptured his spleen, cracked three of his ribs and punctured his lung. He can't walk without a cane, can't fly in a plane and can't finish the remainder of the Ratitude tour. Fuuuck! I didn't really want Rivers Cuomo to (almost) die; I just wanted Weezer to make another record as good as the Blue Album! I don't actually think they were serious about the Snuggie; I just didn't think the ironic pop culture reference was strong enough.
Anyways, just wanted to apologize to Cuomo, his family, and all of the high schoolers in Suburban Connecticut who discovered that Rivers is from the Nutmeg state and used that fact to convince Dad to put (now cancelled) concert tickets on his credit card. Beware of what you say on the web, folks; it might come true.
I leave you with the Jaws of Life that pried Cuomo and his family from the capsized tour bus and me from my critical stance. Read more about the accident here.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
We Fucked Up "Children of the Revolution" is a T. Rex Song
Posted by Ezra Ace Caraeff on Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 2:00 PM
CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION: MAGIC JOHNSON, FUCK YOU SAFARI, NUCULAR AMINALS, & MORE
(East End, 203 SE Grand) No, not the U2 song. In this case...
Wait, what? U2 song? What the fuck were we thinking?
Actually, "Children of the Revolution" is a fantastic T. Rex song that U2 covered. This is totally like that one time we thought "Cat's in the Cradle" was written by Ugly Kid Joe. Our apologies to T. Rex, Marc Bolan's yellow blouse, and the people of Portland.
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