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Let's be honest: You're not going to remember New Year's Eve. Any money you spend to get into a show that night will be flushed out of your consciousness and down the toilet on a wave of that last, ill-advised shot of Hornitos. But you've still got to go somewhere, right? So why not let the preferences of your soon-to-be-pulverized liver decide where?
CHEAP BEER – QUASI
Sam Coomes and Janet Weiss' long-running
guitar-keys-drum project (now with bass!) doesn't believe in frivolous
bullshit. If you feel the same way about getting blotto, you should
spend the final moments of 2012 pounding swill with the kooky aunt and
uncle of Portland indie rock. Bunk Bar, 1028 SE Water Ave. 9 pm. $12 advance, $14 day of show.
CRAFT BEER – WEINLAND'S NEW YEAR'S EVE SUPERGROUP
For the past four years, the indie-folk
quintet has spent New Year's Eve playing covers with its buddies. In a
room full of Portland musicians, nobody worth their flannel is allowed
to offer a midnight toast while holding a pale ale available in more
than two counties. Doug Fir Lounge, 830 E Burnside St. 9 pm. $22 advance, $25 day of show.
MOONSHINE – TWO BEERS VEIRS NEW YEAR'S EVE CELEBRATION
Don't let Laura Veirs fool you: She might bill herself as
"Two Beers Veirs," but the traditional American folk songs she performs
under that name were written on stronger stuff than two measly beers.
If'n you're swiggin' homemade hooch and lookin' to party like it's the
Prohibition era, this is where you should head—provided you don't go
blind first. LaurelThirst Public House, 2958 NE Glisan St. 8:30 pm. $25.
OVERPRICED CHAMPAGNE – PINK MARTINI
Thomas Lauderdale's ballroom swing
orchestra is musical luxury porn, so after renting a limousine, dropping
a paycheck on dinner at El Gaucho and another C-note to secure the best
seats in the Schnitz, it's totally natural to still feel the compulsion
to pop the most expensive bottle of bubbly when the ball drops and
pretend you can taste the difference between Cristal and Cook's. Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 1111 SW Broadway. 7 and 10:30 pm. $45.50-$105.
A 25-YEAR-OLD BOTTLE OF COLT 45 – EGYPTIAN LOVER
That 40-ouncer you threw in the mini-fridge after the Mantronix gig in 1987 and subsequently forgot about is probably still good, and so is electrofunk sex machine Egyptian Lover, another well-preserved relic of the neon Reagan years. It works every time, in any time! Yale Union, 800 SE 10th Ave. 9 pm. $15 advance, $20 day of show.
PAINT THINNER OUT OF A HOBO'S SKULL – THE MENTORS
Go extreme or go home, right? When
partying with these Seattle shock-punk antiheroes, who've dealt
exclusively in tasteless extremity since the late '70s, no typical
alcoholic beverage will do. Grab some random household chemicals, mix up
a fuming cocktail, and ring in 2013 the right way: by wandering around
82nd screaming at parked cars, then losing a knife fight with a mailbox.
Red Room, 2530 NE 82nd Ave. 7 pm. $10 âor female nudity.â
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