So, last Friday was #RecordStoreDay which evidently is a twice-yearly thing now – one in June and one in November, on the Friday after Thanksgiving, all the better to capitalize on the consumer feeding frenzy known as Black Friday. Normally, I avoid #RecordStoreDay like the plague, so to speak; standing in line to for anContinue reading “#RecordStoreDay? Nah, the best stuff is homegrown: the new 7″ from Snake Lips …”
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Kip Brown tribute show at Geno’s honors Portland local legend’s legacy
Way back in 1983, the now-storied Geno’s Rock Club, located in a what was then quite literally an underground space on Brown Street in Portland, began booking local bands. That first show featured a band called Average Rage, fronted by a local musician named Kip Brown, who himself went on to become something of aContinue reading “Kip Brown tribute show at Geno’s honors Portland local legend’s legacy”