Top Five Actual Lines From Tasha Miller Press Mailings.

Top 5 5. “MY PRESENCE WILL BE COMMMANDING. MY REPERTOIRE SENSITIVE AND FULL OF GOODNESS. MY ARRANGEMENTS PRACTICALLY ILLEGAL. MY VOICE OF REASON RIGHT ON.” 4. “my new seamstress from portland o   More

 

Wednesday, December 14, 2011 WW MUSIC STAFF

Top Five Middle States

by Appleseed Cast’s Chris Crisci

Top 5 5. Texas On the merit of some very good friends that live there, Texas comes in at No. 5 for me…and what’s not to like about Austin? Texas has many flaws. Its state flag sums it up: the American   More

 

Wednesday, November 9, 2011 WW MUSIC STAFF

Top Five Queer-Ass Slow-Jams

By John Cameron Mitchell

Top 5 Teddy Pendergrass, “Turn off the Lights” “Would you rub me down in some burnin’ hot oils, baby, yeah?” Probably the best slow-dance song ever by the (reportedly tranny-chasing) King of the   More

 

Wednesday, November 2, 2011 WW MUSIC STAFF

My Favorite Road Movies

by Fountains of Wayne’s Chris Collingwood

Top 5 Tommy Boy I was wrong to dismiss this movie as a throwaway when I first saw it. I know this because it’s 16 years later and I’m still reflexively quoting it like an annoying Monty Python fan.Zab   More

 

Wednesday, October 5, 2011 WW MUSIC STAFF

Stand in the Place Where They Were

Portland artists’ favorite R.E.M. songs.

Top 5 Kyle Morton (Typhoon): “What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?” “I listened to my parents’ copy of Monster when I was a little kid and concluded that this song is what ‘rock and roll’ sounds lik   More

 

Wednesday, September 28, 2011 WW MUSIC STAFF

Top Five Badass Women in Pop Culture

by Amy LaVere

Top 5 Lynn CohenI met Lynn on a film (The Romance of Loneliness) and fell in love with her craft and philosophy regarding acting and life in general.Dory PrevinDory Previn made seriously personal honest mus   More

 

Wednesday, September 14, 2011 WW MUSIC STAFF

The MusicfestNW Diaries 2011: Saturday and Sunday

Bleeding ears and bouncing asses

Music And so that was Musicfest. As we come down hard from our music-induced highs on this sad, silent Monday, join us in reliving the final glorious days of summer fun.   More

 

Monday, September 12, 2011 by WW MUSIC STAFF

The MusicfestNW Diaries 2011: Friday

Teens take the Roseland.

Music Day three of our five-day MFNW blog, and we're finally getting into the thick of things: big acts, big crowds, and, inevitably today, big hangovers.   More

 

Saturday, September 10, 2011 by WW MUSIC STAFF

The MusicfestNW Diaries 2011: Thursday

Puke, Pancakes, and butthole sinkers

Music The fun continues in day two of our epic, five-day MFNW blogging.   More

 

Friday, September 9, 2011 by WW MUSIC STAFF

The MusicfestNW Diaries 2011: Wednesday

A slow, sweaty start.

Music We start slow. We start slow because MusicfestNW would literally kill us if all five days were as packed as, say, Saturday.   More

 

Thursday, September 8, 2011 by WW MUSIC STAFF