Tech N9ne is out to show he's still got some life left.Byline: Serena Markstrom The Register-Guard POP NOTES Tech N9ne is like a cat, not like the Energizer Bunny The Energizer Bunny is the marketing icon and mascot of Energizer batteries. It is a pink rabbit that beats a bass drum and wears sunglasses and blue sandals and has been appearing in television commercials since 1989. . However the long-lasting rapper describes his staying power, you'll have two chances to see him perform, Tuesday and Wednesday at the WOW Hall with guests Cool Nutz, Critical Bill and Pot Luck pot luck Noun take pot luck Informal to accept whatever happens to be available: we'll take pot luck at whatever restaurant might still be open . The rapper is out promoting his new album, "Eveready (The Religion)." "I wanted to name it `Eveready' because if you look at the old Eveready batteries, their logo included nine lives," Tech explained in a news release. "The album title symbolizes nine lives. ... `I've had a lot of deaths in the music industry and there's still life after all that." In the last three years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time rapper from Kansas City Kansas City, two adjacent cities of the same name, one (1990 pop. 149,767), seat of Wyandotte co., NE Kansas (inc. 1859), the other (1990 pop. 435,146), Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties, NW Mo. (inc. 1850). has sold more than half a million albums independently, performed in front of hundreds of thousands of people and established himself as one of underground rap's most respected artists. "Eveready," his third national album, features his two daughters rapping about how they miss their dad. That's cute as a kitten. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. Both shows start at 8 p.m. at the WOW Hall, 291 W. Eighth Ave. Intervision 5 Today, Luna Intervision 5 is a group of, you guessed it, five musicians Five Musicians (also known as FM) was a music group / netlabel with origins in the demoscene. It was active between the years 1995 and 2000. The idea of limiting the group to only five members caused the group to be very selective. . They met while music students at Clackamas Community College Clackamas Community College (CCC) is a community college located in Oregon City, Oregon, United States. It is located at the junction of Oregon Route 213 and Molalla Avenue, nearly at the southern edge of the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area. in Oregon City, and have since honed a fused vision of soul, rock and funk. You could call it an "Inter- vision." Within the first month and a half of its debut release, "Inside," the band was featured in a weeklong spot on Portland radio station KINK-FM, were booked on the Bite of Oregon main stage, selected to play at Musicfest NW and made a television appearance on KATU's `AM Northwest,' according to a news release. The band's sound has been compared to Steely Dan, Stevie Wonder and Jamiroquai. The Oregonian called the album "a sweet listen." The show starts at 9:30 p.m. at Luna, 30 E. Broadway, for $5 at the door. Tulasi Today, Cozmic Pizza Tulasi plays earthy music that will make you feel good. Unless, of course, you don't like earthy music. But if a blend of soul, jazz, reggae and blues with lead female vocalists sounds like something that will make you feel good, head over to Cozmic Pizza, 199 W. Eighth Ave., today for the late show. Tulasi brings J Ross-Parrelli and special guest Fogatron for a three-hour show. Featuring a three-piece horn section, known as JAH! Horns, plus keyboards and powerful vocals, Tulasi integrates styles from the likes of Ella Fitzgerald, Steel Pulse, Marvin Gaye, Spearhead and Jill Scott, according to its press materials. The seven-piece Tulasi also mixes cumbias and dancehall dance·hall n. 1. or dance hall A building or part of a building with facilities for dancing. 2. See ragga. dancehall Noun a style of dance-oriented reggae styles, along with spoken word. The show starts at 9 p.m. for a $5 cover. Acoustic 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 the Deadwood Deadwood, city (1990 pop. 1,830), seat of Lawrence co., W S.Dak.; settled 1876 after discovery of gold. A Black Hills tourist center, it is also a trade hub for a lumbering, stock-raising, and mining region. Revival is playing the early show at 6 p.m. for $4. The Hanson Family Singers Saturday, St. Mary Catholic Church With a far different type of feel-good music, the Hanson Family Singers will showcase Seraphim seraphim six-winged angels of the highest order, distinguished by their zeal and love. [O.T.: Isaiah 6:2; Benét, 915] See : Angel , the female sibling vocal branch of the family tree, during a Saturday concert. The event is a fundraiser to help send the girls - Christa, Lisa and Theresa Hanson - to 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 to compete in a singing contest they qualified for in April. The girls won the `best Christian music group' category at the McDonald's Gospelfest competition. Saturday's show also will include the rest of the family performing everything from Bach to barbershop, gospel and cowboy yodeling yo·del v. yo·deled or yo·delled, yo·del·ing or yo·del·ling, yo·dels v.intr. To sing so that the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal chest voice and a falsetto. v.tr. . Brother Daniel, 12, holds an international youth yodeling title. The concert starts at 7 p.m. at 1062 Charnelton St. An offering will be taken. Four Shillings Short Saturday, Tsunami Books Aodh Og O'Tuama, from Cork in Ireland, and Californian Christy Martin perform all over the United States and Ireland, living as modern-day Gypsies and on a perpetual tour since 1997. They come to Eugene armed with 20 instruments, including the hammered dulcimer, mandola, mandolin mandolin (măn'dəlĭn`, măn`dəlĭn'), musical instrument of the lute family, with a half-pear-shaped body, a fretted neck, and a variable number of strings, plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum. and bouzouki bouzouki Long-necked lute used in Greek popular music. Developed from a Turkish instrument early in the 20th century, it has a pear-shaped body and a fretted fingerboard. , tinwhistles and recorders. "Like a medieval fair in New Delhi, the music of Four Shillings Short is intriguing and worth investigating," the New Times in Miami reports. "Their music is a global potpourri where keening vocals meet lilting north Indian sitar sitar (sĭtär`), fretted string instrument with a gourdlike body and a long neck, similar to the lute. It has from 3 to 7 gut strings, tuned in fourths or fifths (or both), and a lower course of 12 wire strings that vibrate sympathetically with and Renaissance woodwinds." The show starts at 5 p.m. at Tsunami Books, 2585 Willa- mette St. The duo will play for donations. Laura Kemp and Katie Henry Sunday, Sam Bond's Garage Laura Kemp and Katie Henry haven't shared a gig in Eugene for years, but some of you may remember them as a duo and as half of Babes With Axes. Henry has relocated to Davis, Calif., but will join the still-local Kemp for a Sunday show. The two met in 1991 during a Persian Gulf War Persian Gulf War or Gulf War (1990–91) International conflict triggered by Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in August 1990. Though justified by Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein on grounds that Kuwait was historically part of Iraq, the invasion was presumed to be protest. They made their debut as collaborators at the Willamette Valley Folk Festival, which concludes the same day as their reunion show. They will perform songs separately and together. Kemp has a solid reputation on the local folk scene, repeatedly winning the `best female musician' category in the Eugene Weekly's annual poll. Henry now plays in the trio, MudLark For the Australian bird, see . A Mudlark is someone who scavenges in river mud for items of value, especially in London during the Industrial Revolution. Poor peasants would scavenge in the River Thames during low tide, searching for anything of value. . The show starts at 8:30 p.m. for a $6 cover. Sam Bond's is at 407 Blair Blvd. The Ingredients Band Wednesday, Cozmic Pizza You've got to hand it to the members of the Ingredients Band for being the stars of their own show. They've self-produced an album, "Bears Driving Trains," and will be the subject of the feature film, "Ingredients The Band The Movie." The movie features other local celebrities, such as Frog and Mr. Appliance, so it's probably a really good movie. The recipe for this band includes four energetic, creative rockers: Jon Timm and Carey Phelps on guitars and vocals, Bryan Wollen on drums and Ian Finneran on bass. Prone to jumping into the audience when the stage is too small, the band's cadre of fans always support the local kids. The free show starts at 8 p.m. M. Ward Thursday, WOW Hall M. Ward opened for Bright Eyes at the WOW Hall in 2002, and now he's back as the headliner with Mike Coykendall as support. People say M. Ward sounds like an old person from the South with a smoking addiction, but in fact he is a 31-year-old from Portland who doesn't smoke. "I started recording in my parents' house when I was 16 and, not wanting to wake anybody up, you just start to sing quieter and play quieter," he explains in his bio. His new CD, "Transistor Radio," waxes nostalgic about a time when commercial radio was a more vital force in America life. Tickets are $13 in advance, $15 at the door and the show starts at 9 p.m. CAPTION(S): Tech N9ne will perform Tuesday and Wednesday at the WOW Hall along with Cool Nutz, Critical Bill and Pot Luck. |
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