Dawson sings, blogs way through `Juno' hubbub.Byline: Serena Markstrom The Register-Guard Kimya Dawson Kimya Dawson (born November 17, 1972) is a United States singer-songwriter and a prominent part of the Anti-folk movement. [1] She is most well known for being the female counterpart to Adam Green in The Moldy Peaches. seems to have a pretty laid back attitude about all the fame that's come her way since her songs and those of her band Moldy moldy animal feed overgrown with fungus; the feed may be harvested and stored or be still in the ground. moldy corn disease see leukoencephalomalacia, fusariummoniliforme. Peaches were featured on the surprise indie hit "Juno." Pop Notes She personally maintains her MySpace.com, diaryland.com and livejournal.com blogs to connect with fans. After a recent awkward encounter she had with someone in the green room at a venue she wrote the following on the MySpace blog: "I love you all (I hate the word `fan' by the way), but if I say I need space with Panda please just give me that." She had gotten into a screaming match with a fan who was trying to take photos of the singer and her daughter Panda before a March show. "(U)nderstand that soon all this `Juno' hubbub will die down and the shows will get smaller and it will be easier to hang out and meet everyone again, just how I like it," she wrote. "I am very accessible, but this tour is crazy and we need chill time." The Eugene date at the Indigo District was added less than a month ago for the Olympia, Wash.-based purveyor (World-Wide Web) Purveyor - A World-Wide Web server for Windows NT and Windows 95 (when available). http://process.com/. E-mail: <info@process.com>. of idiosyncratic id·i·o·syn·cra·sy n. pl. id·i·o·syn·cra·sies 1. A structural or behavioral characteristic peculiar to an individual or group. 2. A physiological or temperamental peculiarity. 3. , heartfelt songs. Dawson has three solo CDs that predate the "Juno" stuff. "She is one of those rare birds that make you feel like she needs you as much as you need her," a news bio says. She's "on her way to sing you songs and give you hugs, and probably ask to sleep on your couch. Not because she can't afford to stay in a hotel, but because she is on a mission to embrace the whole world." Tuesday's show starts at 8 p.m. with guests Angelo Spencer and French instrumental surf band L'Orchidee D'Hawai opening. The Indigo is at 1290 Oak St. and tickets are $12 in advance and $14 the day of the show. Poor Man's Poor man's is a common slang term used to compare one thing with another. It is not necessarily a derogatory term. It is usually used in a sentence as "X is a poor man's Y", with "X" being the person or thing one is referring to, and "Y" being the superior but similar person or Whiskey Today, Sam Bond's Garage Reportedly the last time alternative bluegrass bluegrass, any species of the large and widely distributed genus Poa, chiefly range and pasture grasses of economic importance in temperate and cool regions. In general, bluegrasses are perennial with fine-leaved foliage that is bluish green in some species. band Poor Man's Whiskey played Eugene the group headed to a Burrito Boy restaurant for an impromptu, late-night show. A news release says the music prevented employees from being able to call out order numbers during the 2 a.m. gig, which we can imagine left more than one less-than-sober person confused and hungry. They are back at Sam Bond's to play their signature sound that a news release says "spills into rock, funk, pop, blues, and even disco." The show starts at 9:30 p.m. for a $5 cover. Sam Bond's is at 407 Blair Blvd. Jon Itkin Sunday, Sam Bond's Garage If Jon Itkin goes far in the Americana singer-songwriter world, Eugene can look on his career with some pride of ownership. He released his first two albums as a college student here, the latest about a year ago. Now he lives in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and is temping at Bear Stearns The Bear Stearns Companies, Inc. (NYSE: BSC) is the parent company of Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., one of the largest global investment banks and securities trading and brokerage firms in the world. . Yes, that Bear Stearns. "Basically, I show up at an office, sit at a desk and do just about nothing," he writes in an e-mail. "Any time I've shown any initiative people are very surprised." In all his do-nothing-for-the-company days he's written 15 songs and a screenplay. "There are a few arrogant, priggish super-capitalists, but most people I've encountered are at least pleasant," he writes. "Sadly, a lot of them are going to get fired." He adds that being a temp in finance is the new waiting tables for creative types. He's met models, actors, writers and comedians at the temp offices and on the job. As for his music, you can listen to it on his Web sites and on our blog, rgweb.registerguard.com/ticketfiles. On the blog On The Blog is a British radio comedy series that was first broadcast in May/June 2007 on BBC Radio 2. It starred Andy Taylor as the nerdish wargaming blogger Andrew Glasgow who was the central character of the series. you also can link to two previous articles about his debut and sophomore albums, "Oregon," and "Big Gold Guitar in the Sky." Since moving to the city he has formed a new band, which played a show with David Byrne in the audience. "I shook his hand and he said he enjoyed the set," Itkin writes. The show is at 8:30 p.m. for a $3 to $5 cover. Anne Weiss Sunday, Axe & Fiddle A month before his official Eugene CD release David Jacob-Strain will play a show with Anne Weiss to celebrate her newest recording and give listeners a sneak peak at his new project. Kenny Passarelli (bassist for Elton John Sir Elton Hercules[1] John CBE[2] (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March, 1947) is a five-time Grammy and one-time Academy Award-winning English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist. , Dan Fogelberg and Stephen Stills Stephen Arthur Stills (born January 3, 1945) is an American guitarist and singer/songwriter best known for his work with Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills & Nash (and Young). ) produced both new recording projects. Weiss's new project is called "Concrete World and the Lover's Dream" and features performances from Jacobs-Strain, Keith Greeninger, Mel Kubik and Gavin Bondy. A news release describes Weiss's vocals as Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman (born March 30, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter, best known for her singles, "Fast Car", "Talkin' 'Bout a Revolution", "Baby Can I Hold You" and "Give Me One Reason". She is a multi-platinum and multi-Grammy Award-winning artist. , Eva Cassidy, Bonnie Raitt and Janis Joplin "all rolled into one Adj. 1. rolled into one - made up of several components combined into a single entity combined - made or joined or united into one ." Jacobs-Strain's new project is called "Liar's Day." The two musicians will play and sing on each other's songs with a backing band that includes Passarelli. Weiss and Jacobs-Strain met when he was just 11 and burying himself in Delta blues, soul, folk, gospel and funk. She's 20 years older than he is but they have had a friendship ever since, the release says. The show starts at 7 p.m. at 647 Main St. in Cottage Grove. The cover is $6 to $12. Roger Clyne and the?Peacemakers This article is about the pacifist organization. For other meanings, see Peacemaker (disambiguation). Peacemakers was an American pacifist organization. Sunday, Agate Hall The University of Oregon The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. The university was founded in 1876, graduating its first class two years later. The University of Oregon is one of 60 members of the Association of American Universities. Cultural Forum is sponsoring the Earth Day "Rock Local and Think Global" event Sunday at Agate Hall. It's free to students with identification and $10 for the general public. Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers are touring with their seventh independent release, "Turbo Ocho!" The group members are "enthusiastic environmentalists," a news release says. RCPM RCPM Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers (band) RCPM Remote CP/M (remote access computer running the CP/M Operating System) RCPM Resource-Constrained Critical Path Method is the only independent band to have had five consecutive albums debut in the top 10 of Billboard's Internet Sales chart, including some No. 1 entries, the release says. The event will "entertain and promote our environmentally active community and increase awareness of global and local issues," the release says. Agate Hall is at 1787 Agate St. and the show starts at 8 p.m. with Shurman. Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks Wednesday, WOW Hall Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks have a new recording project, "Real Emotional Trash," that came out March 4 on the label that used to put out Malkmus' band Pavement's albums. It's his third project since splitting with that influential indie band and Malkmus now calls Portland home. He has commandeered former Sleater-Kinney drummer Janet Weiss into his Jicks. Bassist Joanna Bolme and guitarist and keyboardist Mike Clark are the rest of the band. "`Real Emotional Trash' is a fantastic psychedelic feast, full of cosmic guitar crackle crackle /crack·le/ (krak´'l) rale. and electric piano and (wacky) poetry," a 4.5/5 star review of the album on rollingstone.com says. "It's the album Malkmus has been driving at ever since he learned how to rip off the Velvet Underground and Quicksilver quicksilver: see mercury. (1) (QuickSilver Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA, www.qstech.com) A mobile communications company that specializes in a reconfigurable logic chip for cellphones and PDAs. See adaptive computing. Messenger Service at the same time." The Joggers will open the show at 9 p.m. and tickets are $15 in advance or $17 at the door. The WOW Hall is at 291 W. Eighth Ave. Patty Larkin and Peter Mulvey Thursday, WOW Hall Both Patty Larkin and Peter Mulvey have new CDs and this show celebrates that fact. Larkin wrote, produced, engineered and edited her new Vanguard Records release "Watch the Sky," a news release says. She also sings and plays acoustic, electric and baritone guitars, lap steel, national steel, bass banjo banjo, stringed musical instrument, with a body resembling a tambourine. The banjo consists of a hoop over which a skin membrane is stretched; it has a long, often fretted neck and four to nine strings, which are plucked with a pick or the fingers. , bazouki loops, toy organ and door chimes. During Thursday's show she will play old favorites and new songs, the release says. "I feel that I'm stretching myself as an artist on this one," she says in the release. Mulvey, whose new CD is called "Notes From Elsewhere," will open the seated show. Tickets are $20 in advance and $23 at the door. Showtime is 8 p.m. |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion