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Portland

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The Whole Wide World playing at Langano Lounge. Josh Kalberg's shoegazey/hazey guitar/vocal stylings and Charlotte Engler's amazing high-pitch-perfect ethereal voice seem to have combined with the night flash on my camera to set the bass player's head on some kinda neon-drenched fire. Yes, they've got that vibe!

Listen to The Whole Wide World here .

Ah me, the unseen pains of the middle-class white-boy on tour: all those books at Powell’s and out-of-print zines at Exiled Records I didn’t buy will haunt me for a long time. Sniff sniff. But seriously – meeting so many welcoming talented kind-hearted people and leaving so quickly is the strangest thing about being On the Road. “Like an arrow I was only passing through.” Onwards to Olympia!

p.s. Disclosure: I DID buy a used hardcover copy of Ciardi’s Divine Comedy translation (with Gustave Dore’s illustrations) at Powell’s. Yep – just what my suitcase needed. . .

p.p.s. I am on a train. Amtrak wi-fi = tu meke!

Eureka / Mad River

The Monster Women playing their effortless strain of feel-like-I've-known-this-all-my-life-but-still-so-fresh rock 'n' roll at The Shanty in Eureka, CA - a wonderfully crazy dive bar with a great selection of beer on tap. They had to move the pool table and pinball machine so we could play!

Silhouette of a rugged up Barbara Manning playing at The 2nd Annual Beach Party in the Sky - held at Mad River Beach in Arcata, CA. Watching so many artists and bands play in such a magical setting as the sun sank behind the sand dunes was one of the more memorable experiences I've had on any tour anywhere, in any of my lifetimes.

Listen to The Monster Women here , and read about the Beach Party here.