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Worshiping the Cargo Cult: The (de?)Commodification of Burning Man Marches On
Black Rock City – Watched thousands of pagans, actual & momentary, roiling wildly counterclockwise around the collapsed symbol. Alone amidst thousands beneath the smoggy sky the decision was made to be there again before any real time for consideration.
Posted in Burnination, Electrocution, I was there, Wanderings
Tagged 'merica, bike thieves, black rock city, broken trust, burnination, burning man, champagne, circle of regional effigies, CORE, electronica, fire, impermanence, live, lub, ludum et refugium, musick, osiris, pdx, portland, radical, self reliance, survival, treehouse, womps
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Montréal, Lachine & Igloofest ft. Vilify, Mimosa & Foreign Beggars
Montréal – Made a run at the border to see what would happen. A polite officer who did her job & a few hours later found Rue Sainte-Catherine bustling through the short lived January sunshine. Disposable camera purchased with recently … Continue reading
Posted in Electrocution, Festivals, Muzak, Wanderings
Tagged border patrol out of control, canadia, drunk french kids, everything, foreign beggars, igloofest, live, madness, mimosa, montreal, musick, muzak, Orifice Vulgatron, parc rené-lévesque, public art, the failure of america, uhhmerica, vilify, womps
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Post Playa (not technically) Decompression at the Refuge with Sandra Collins & Solovox
Portlanding – Reentry is never easy. Burning through the atmosphere to find oneself crippled with the bends. Two weeks into recalibration life muted along. Unfortunately heat shielding may be faulty. Dark of night two weeks afterward found train tracks receding into … Continue reading
Posted in Burnination, Electrocution, Muzak
Tagged 'merica, electronica, live, mr. moo, musick, pdx, refuge pdx, rose city, womps
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Putting a Good Foot Toward Clean Water: UkeLadies Headline One Evening’s Fight Against Fluoridation
Bridgetown – Walked in to a broken camera. After surviving circumnavigation and three years zigzagging the lower 48 the Sony DSC-T90 died sitting on the table.
Posted in Actual News, Bands, Muzak, Politickle
Tagged agua es vida, clean water portland, environmental protection, fluoridization, good foot, industrial excess, live, muzak, pagan jug band, pdx, poisoning children, portland, protest, rose city, the failure of america, ukeladies, water
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Major Lazer Fights to Free the Universe from General Rubbish at the Roseland Theater
Rose City — Late like usual. Still trying to figure out how pedestrians work in these parts. Smiled at the cross dresser huffing a fag before hustling up the street. Dodged a few bumscussions before turning the corner to follow … Continue reading
Posted in Electrocution, Muzak, Politickle
Tagged dancehall, diplo, electronica, free the universe, jillionaire, live, major lazer, musick, pdx, portland, reggae, rose city, roseland theater, secret zombie war, walshy fire, womps
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DJ Wicked Demonstrating Proper Movement at Portland’s Crown Room
Portland — The limousine circled for the third time in its wait for the wealthy, slowing to ease 90° before accelerating to a halt in front of red. Puddles remembered Portland sunshine as the reflection turned green. A short walk up … Continue reading
Posted in Electrocution, Muzak
Tagged dance, dj wicked, king fader, live, musick, pdx, portland, rose city, scratching, the crown room, turntablism, vinyl, womps
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Threshold: Black Water Snake Celebrates the Chinese New Year at Portland’s Refuge
Portland – Saturday night the year ended for many perched upon our rotating orb. The lunar year finished its cycle and halfway around the globe hundreds of millions ushered in their fresh start. An ocean away Oregon’s Acupuncture & Naturopathic … Continue reading
Posted in Electrocution, Muzak
Tagged andreilien, black 22s, black water snake, chinese new year, electronica, jpeace love circus, live, musick, nagasita, pdx, portland, r/d, refuge pdx, rose city, threshold, womp show, womps
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Fertility 2.0 Burning In The Dust )°(
Black Rock City – Holes. Nothing but holes. For day after day. Adirondack cow pastures before company asset reassignment brought a Comfortless Inn on the Delaware and the misery that is New Jersey. Shimmering 2,500 miles past the sunset, a … Continue reading
Posted in Burnination, Electrocution, I was there, Wanderings
Tagged black rock city, black rock syndicate, burning man, dj brett rubin, dust, fertility 2.0, musick, osiris, ride share, self reliance, strangers, survival, wasteland, whoaman, womps
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Ay Fast – Nice Arps
This review was written for and originally published by Upstate Soundscape a radio show on 91.3 WBNY out of Buffalo, NY bringing you the best in experimental sounds cooked up across New York Tuning through the galactic interference of interstellar … Continue reading
Posted in Albums, Electrocution
Tagged ay fast, electronica, experimental, humanity, madness, nice arps, upstate soundscape
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