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Photographic Evidence by Johnny Arguedas The House of Blues in Boston Thursday, 11/19/09 Grace Potter and the Nocturnals in Boston this week YOUR TICKET - On the road with Brett Dennen, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals arrived in Boston this week and played an outstanding set. Check out these red hot photos! "Stop the Bus " from This is Somewhere RSL Streaming Photo Album Grace Potter at...
prefixmag (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
The xx + jj = whoa. This is not an algebra problem, though it may solve the puzzle of who jj is. The mysterious Swedish group, who have never revealed their identities, are making their U.S. debut this fall with another electronic band of the moment, the xx. Will they play behind a curtain? A U.K.-based electro group, the xx are making many Best of 2009 lists with their self-titled debut, and are...
Ednotes Online - The Blog (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Mike Antonucci reported over at Intercepts on Tuesday: SEIU Threatens to Organize Charter School Teachers? Can’t find confirmation anywhere other than in this story about the infighting between SEIU and the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW). Reporter Randy Shaw says SEIU is upset with United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) for supporting NUHW. UTLA reportedly sponsored a fundraiser for...
BlueOregon (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
By Ivan Maluski of Portland, Oregon. Ivan is the Conservation Program Coordinator for the Oregon Chapter Sierra Club. Last week, the Sierra Club, the Northwest Energy Coalition, and numerous other Oregon conservation and ratepayer organizations sent an open letter (pdf) to Governor Ted Kulongoski, asking him to work with other regional Governors to push the Northwest Power and Conservation Council...
sallydog | 11/19/2009
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sallydog | 11/19/2009
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prefixmag (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Wild Beasts' few North American tour dates have mostly been relegated to the weeks of CMJ and SXSW, but that'll change early next year when the four-piece takes North America (by strategy). The band hit L.A. on Feb. 10, winding their way to Washington, DC on Feb. 27 before heading back to the U.K. Still Life Still open the dates. Here's the band's full itenerary: 11.20 London, England: Brixton Academy...
Rock on the Streets (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Wild Beast are heading Stateside for their first-ever North American tour. The band are announced a slew of U.S. and Canadian dates with the first date kicking off February 10 in Los Angeles. Among the dates announced are shows in San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto, and New York. The band will be playing in support of their latest album, ‘ Two Dancers ‘. Wild Beast Tour dates: Los Angeles,...
One Angry Man (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Free Pot with your blooming onion? Portland, Oregon. The Cannabis Cafe opens. Its the nations first place to openly smoke marijuana. Remember that blip on the news last month about Barack Obama telling federal attorneys to ease off medical marijuana prosecutions? The federal ban remains in place but the prosecutors have been instructed to ignore laws concerning “medical [...]
Petrelis Files (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Radical Ideas for Future Gay Ballot Props If you count the devastating California Prop 22 loss in 2000, which does not show up on list of gay marriages propositions we've lost , our list of such setbacks is 32, not 31 times we failed to persuade voters to uphold gay marriage principles. The 32 number is part of the more than 100 gay-specific measures we've lost. With so many failures hanging around...
Reuters (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - The United States' first marijuana cafe opened on Friday, posing an early test of the Obama administration's move to relax policing of medical use of the drug.
Wash Park Prophet (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Do zoning laws really have much of an impact? In my experience, developers who want to build in undeveloped or blighted areas not zoned for a proposed project are often effective in securing zoning law changes. Zoning laws may stifle innovation and change in more prosperous, already developed areas. But, most of the time, that is not where developers want to build, because the cost of acquiring improved...
ascott1 | 11/13/2009
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mel.opho.be (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
I should admit right away that I don’t play video games. I think they’re a silly waste of time and I often stereotype gamers as pale dorky recluses who probably have poor social skills and sometimes sad little lives. Harsh? Well, at least I’m honest. How in God’s name, then, did I find myself at a Video Games Live concert on a soggy Saturday night? And what’s more, actually...
prefixmag (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Baria Qureshi, keyboardist and guitarist for The xx , was mysteriously absent from the band’s post- CMJ London homecoming show on October 28 th . Her band mates chalked it up to exhaustion, but when they subsequently cancelled several European tour dates, rumors started to circulate. Was Qureshi leaving the band for good? The answer is yes, says band member Romy Madley Croft: Baria has left...
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sallydog | 11/19/2009
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