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Last night at the ever-surreal Bubba’s Sulky Lounge, Ye, Batshelter, and Haru Bangs got the Halloween weekend started properly with a headbanging and boot-licking-inducing set. Check out the photo gallery here! Looking for fun tonight? Obviously there are tons of parties around town – check out your favorite venue/bar for some sort of awesomeness (I know for a fact that SPACE, Empire, Slainte, and North Star all have great events tonight) and if you happen to take some photos (of bands, parties, costumes, whatever) feel free to send them in (to hello -at- hillytown.com) and we’ll put them on the site next week (especially looking for photos of the aforementioned parties/concerts). Have fun – and if you’re looking for a place to start the night, the vintage store Find is having a grand opening/costume party all day with a costume contest at 7pm! While you’re there, check out our Portland Pins machine! On Friday, Dylan Metrano will bring his new book about the first decade of his band Tiger Saw, All My Friends Are Right Here With Me, and the corresponding tour to Portland with a free, all ages show at SPACE Gallery. The book comes with a cd with 13 tracks featuring other artists covering the work of Tiger Saw. The event will include a reading from the book by the Tiger Saw Family Puppet Players as well as a performance of songs from the new album Washingtons by South China! Check out the videos for a preview of the puppets! Read on for part two of this chapter from the book, courtesy of the Puppets. review by Biscuit Wakefield
I realize that Bryan, Hilly Town’s owner, asked me to review chocolate-chip cookies for this fine web site. I am sorry that my CCC reviews have slowed of late — the summer was busy, my garden was suffering, and other obligations interfered. I promise I will have more cookies to discuss with you soon but first, a brief detour into the world of the savory. As I have mentioned previously, Mr. Wakefield’s boat business takes him occasionally to New York City. I accompanied him on a recent trip and while we were there we decided to visit Luke’s Lobster, a new spot run by a man whose family is from Cape Elizabeth. According to the New Yorkers, this place guaranteed a “real” Maine lobster roll at a reasonable price. I hear this is something of a rarity in New York, those poor souls! But is this “real” lobster roll really real, and is the price reasonably reasonable? Only one way to find out. Below the jump, you will see the results of my investigation. I may be out of town (and apparently missing killer dance parties, a downtown filled with jack-o-lanterns, impending snow, and all sorts of birthdays and assorted ridiculousness) but that doesn’t mean I’ve forgotten you, Portland. The big Hell No On One benefit show tonight (with an all ages version tomorrow) – which supports the No One One campaign for protecting marriage equality in Maine – is sure to be quite an event. The creator of the event, Spencer Albee, appeared on DJ Roy’s show Liberation By Sound last week to promote it, and now you can listen to that show on the LBS podcast. On Saturday, October 3, Sufjan Stevens played to a sold out crowd at Portland’s Port City Music Hall. Review by Jenna Quartararo. “It’s pretty punk rock up here singing ‘dadada’, ” noted Sufjan Stevens at his sold out show at the Port City Music Hall Saturday night. “They put this barrier up here like you guys are gonna stage dive. It makes me feel pretty punk rock.” The sold out show at Port City Music Hall Saturday night was described by Sufjan Stevens to be a live workshop of sorts, an opportunity to try out new material on an actual audience. The band will be on the road only a couple of weeks, hitting clubs of a smaller scale. Cryptacize opened that night, a poppy-60′s sounding band from L.A. that everyone except for that one girl in the black lipstick seemed into. The songs were simple and sweet, but at times the multiple changes in tempo became frustrating, and lyrics such as “We’re all in a cosmic sing-a-long” were a bit too cute (and failed to spark a sing-a-long). Sufjan was greeted with a huge round of applause as he took the stage. “The Mistress Witch From McClure” started things off and despite being described as a live workshop for new material, the set offered a nice balance of older tunes as well. Songs such as “To Be Alone With You” and “Casimir Pulaski Day” even managed to bring a few exceptionally emotional fans to tears. The only part of the set that didn’t go over well was when Sufjan let on to his lack of geography knowledge growing up as he commented, “I always thought Maine was part of Canada.” A few boos later and he was back to banjo and trumpet and all was forgiven. The new material was certainly an experimentation, with “The Age of Adz” (pronounced odds) going on for over 8 minutes and sounding muddled and space agey, filled with (perhaps too much) reverb. Sufjan was most statisfying when he stuck to what he does best, simple melodies back by only a banjo, a trumpet and at times both. One girl spoke for all at the end of the evening when said in the most grateful tone, “We love you. Thank you for coming to Portland.” Jenna Quartararo is the Portland editor of the Deli Magazine New England. I’m out of town for the weekend (at the Camden Film Fest) but there are just too many good things happening in Portland this weekend to go without mentioning them. As always, First Friday in Portland comes with a lot of art walking with performances, new exhibits, and all sorts of surprises. Here are a few things to keep in mind as you put together your agenda for this evening:
Feel free to share any of your own recommendations or interesting things you find along the way in the comments. Moving along to tomorrow… there’s Sacred And Profane on Peaks Island. Keep an ear out for which ferry to take and don’t miss out. Following the Battery Steele insanity (for those not going all out and sticking the night out partying on the island) there’s the sold out Sufjan Stevens show at Port City. Have fun out there! |
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