The Return of the Blogger, Kleenex In Hand

Cough cough hack hack sniffle grump growl. Somebody tell my body I've had enough of the flu, already.

How bad? I had tickets to Third Angle last Friday. I was sitting with a friend during a rare few moments out of the house in the past couple of weeks. She said, "You can't go, you're sick." I said ok, and coughed.

Monday I met with Lynne Clendenin, head of OPB radio. She's having one-on-ones with all the KMHD DJs prior to the move from Mt. Hood Community College. After the meeting, I went downstairs to say hello to my friend Spud Berry who took one look at me and said, "You look like shit."

That's how bad.

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IT'S OFFICIAL KMHD MOVES TO OPB IN JULY

Last week the Mt. Hood Community College board voted to take the deal. As of July 1, KMHD will be operated by OPB. Things got a little ugly toward the end, with a few disgruntled MHCC employees trying to fight the deal, and not doing a very good job, given that everyone knew their arguments were self-serving.

OPB is working out the details and hiring someone to run the station on a day-to-day basis. There is a newly built studio with a new-er board. It's still up in the air whether enough work will be done enough in the next seven weeks to actually begin broadcasting from OPB on July 1, but I wouldn't be surprised if I was sitting in the new studio on Saturday July 4. Unless they decide to not include me. Hey, it's broadcasting.

I know I speak for 90% of the DJs when I say that we all hope that Calvin Walker is included in the management of the station. There's no question that he was always on the side of common sense.

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Cough cough

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THE RETURN OF DAVID VEST---FRIDAY

David Vest, who you have read about and heard on this blog will be at Duff's Garage on Friday, May 22 with the Willing Victims and the Mythocratic Transformation Horns
plus special guest Chris Miller on guitar (formerly with Marcia Ball & Irma Thomas)
and other surprise guests!

Yes, doing some Sun Ra!

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TRY THIS WITH NEW EARS
I got hired at KCET TV in Los Angeles not long after this tune came out. I may have been the first guy to use it as a show theme. Subsequently, it got overused. Over and over and overused. Now it's a cliché. Listen tho, with new ears, and re-discover why everybody liked it.



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3 LEG TORSO AT CANNES

The 2009 short film "Walter Ate a Peanut," conceived and directed by Robin Willis (that's Willis not Williams)—and with an original score by our own 3 Leg Torso—has been accepted into the Short Film Corner at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. It's also one of 10 finalists in two of the competitions within the festival: Amazon and The Film Board of Canada.

They tell me:

Based on a short story by Darrell Williams, "Walter Ate a Peanut" explores the complexity of relationships, the notion of truth, abuse, codependency and the strengths and liabilities of the family structure and generational resonances and patterns. It is, of course, a comedy.

Wanna see it?


The Legs will also be at Tony Starlight's (say what?) on Saturday, May 30. Everybody attending will get a free download of one song from their upcoming album. You boys.

Note to Courtney. How come I'm not playing it on the radio?

They'll also be playing with the Metropolitan Youth Symphony at its 35th Anniversary Concert at the Schnitz called It Came from Outer Space, featuring Gustav Holst's "The Planets" and a world premiere orchestral work composed and arranged by 3 Leg Torso artistic directors Courtney Von Drehle & Béla Balogh. 3 Leg Torso joins the MYS Symphony Orchestra for the premiere piece and other 3 Leg Torso symphonic arrangements.

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BAD OLD MOVIE, GOOD NEW SOUNDTRACK---LIVE

Take one really bad movie: Ed Wood's Plan 9 from Outer Space, one we never wanted to see again.

Delete: The audio

Add: A live performance of the soundtrack music by the Classical Revolution PDX string quartet and Sugar Short Wave.

Also add: Dialogue dubbed in the orchestra pit by a cast of voice actors from Willamette Radio workshop with sound effects and foley by Heather Perkins.

And you've got:

FILMUSIK: Plan 9 From Outer Space
May 27th and 29th, 7pm
Hollywood Theatre
www.filmusik.com

The result: I'm going.

Plus: On June 3 & 4 they'll be doing the same thing to Missle to the Moon

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Cough, cough. Pass the codeine, please.
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CATCHING UP
Next year I'll go to Jazzfest. Or die.

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CONGRATS BILL ROYSTON

He was nominated as a finalist in the 2009 TEXT Jazz Awards in the Events Producer of the Year category.

Winner announced in mid-June.


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DRAGGIN MY SICK ASS TO THE SECRET SOCIETY WEDNESDAY

Reporting on a story for the O on photog Brandy Kayzakian-Rowe as she shoots a recording session with Reggie Houston.

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BELATED HAPPY 90TH BIRTHDAY TO PETE SEEGER



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Cough, cough. Sniffle. Blow. Fall asleep at the computer. So I will soothe myself with some Ralph Towner



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