In this musician's world, 'hot' has a different meaning.Byline: Serena Markstrom The Register-Guard When singer-songwriter Jenny Owen Youngs covered hip-hop star Nelly's "Hot in Herre," she might have had global warming global warming, the gradual increase of the temperature of the earth's lower atmosphere as a result of the increase in greenhouse gases since the Industrial Revolution. rather than sexual energy in mind. POP NOTES Either way, the result is a humorous if not emotional rendition of a club song - right up there with Alanis Morissette's "My Humps" video on You- Tube. Youngs and Vienna Teng are on the Green Caravan Tour, which stops at John Henry's Monday. And the two are doing what they can to reduce their environmental impact. The leadoff track from Teng's 2006 release, "Dreaming Through the Noise," is called "Blue Caravan." It's a song of a haunting A Haunting is a television series on Discovery Channel that, according to its website[1] chronicles the "terrifying true stories of the paranormal told by people who experienced real-life horror tales. lost love and a popular selection on KLCC's "Fresh Tracks." Blue caravan is a wish to take the singer to a place of an imagined lover. The touring Green Caravan is trying to do something more attainable: save the Earth. The musicians are selling eco-friendly merchandise and giving part of the proceeds to charity, working for Habitat for Humanity Habitat for Humanity, nonprofit ecumenical Christian organization that enables low-income people to own affordable, livable housing. Headquartered in Americus, Ga., it was founded in 1976 by businessman Millard Fuller and his wife. on their days off, reusing water containers to cut down on waste and buying carbon offsets for travel, a news release says. Youngs originally released her debut, "Batten the Hatches," in 2005. But last month, Canadian indie label Nettwerk put it out again, remixed with one new song. Sorry to say, "Hot in Herre," is not on the CD. You can hear it on her MySpace.com page. The show starts at 8:30 p.m. at John Henry's, 77 W. Broadway. Tickets are $13 at the door and $10 in advance. Brooklyn Roeman benefit Today, Cozmic Pizza Local musicians want to help a young girl with a rare disease raise money for equipment that will help her better cope with her condition. Members of the Sugar Beets and the didgeridoo didj·er·i·doo or didg·er·i·doo n. pl. didj·er·i·doos A musical instrument of the Aboriginal peoples of Australia, consisting of a long hollow branch or stick that makes a deep drone when blown into. player from Reeble Jar, Tyler Spencer, are set to play tonight's concert, a benefit for 5-year-old Brooklyn Roeman. Brooklyn's syndrome, named after her, hinders muscle development and speech. The money raised will go toward leg braces and a special computer that will help her communicate. The event starts at 7 p.m. for a suggested donation of $5 to $50. Cozmic Pizza is at 199 W. Eighth Ave. That 1 Guy and His Magic Pipe Saturday, John Henry's That 1 Guy, Mike Silverman, is sure weird. But he's fascinating. On his new CD, "The Moon Is Disgusting," the mix of tracks demonstrate his fruit fetish fetish (fĕt`ĭsh), inanimate object believed to possess some magical power. The fetish may be a natural thing, such as a stone, a feather, a shell, or the claw of an animal, or it may be artificial, such as carvings in wood. , name-checking "Bananas," "Oranges" and "Guava guava (gwä`və), small evergreen tree or shrub of the genus Psidium of the family Myrtaceae (myrtle family), native to tropical America and grown elsewhere for its ornamental flowers and edible fruit. ." And he takes on the moon in the title track. Not all the songs make a great deal of sense. But That 1 Guy has an amazing sense of rhythm; even if you can't connect one line of a song to the next, you'll feel something. "I love music that takes you on a trip, a journey," Silverman says in a news release. The classically trained bassoonist invented his "magical pipe." That 1 Guy is a festival favorite playing the creation - made from miked steel pipes with a single bass string wire from top to bottom - with his hands and feet. The contraption also includes an Appalachian hand saw and an electric cowboy boot, and it belches Belches may refer to:
The release quotes Silverman as saying he's some sort of spliced version of Dr. Seuss, Captain Beefheart, Frank Zappa, Stanley Kubrick and Rube Goldberg. The album, his second, isn't out until June, but you can hear some of the songs from it Saturday at John Henry's. Wolff opens the show at 9 p.m. Tickets are $12 at the door, $10 in advance. The Red Haute Ribbon: HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. Alliance Benefit and Fashion Show Thursday, WOW Hall Fire dancing, hip-hop, burlesque burlesque (bûrlĕsk`) [Ital.,=mockery], form of entertainment differing from comedy or farce in that it achieves its effects through caricature, ridicule, and distortion. It differs from satire in that it is devoid of any ethical element. and popping. Oh my. Some popular local acts are pooling their talents to raise money for the HIV Alliance. Between performances by Animal Farm, ENDR ENDR Endurance 1, Allure, DragonTribe and the Lane County Poppers poppers Drug slang A regional street term for amyl nitrate or isobutyl nitrite , models will show off fashions from local shops. Brandi Frederick, a senior in the Family and Human Services program at 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. and an intern at the HIV Alliance, is the host. She is producing the show as her senior project. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. Showtime is 8 p.m. at the WOW Hall, 291 W. Eighth. |
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