that crash worship show at the madrona winery in portland was also one of the many times i'm sure i "ran into" lanny before i ever "met" him. unfortunately, i got there right after crash worship was done performing. i did however catch the first ever show by "transparent thing" that night, made up of spike and megan from "swoon 23". i just saw spike for the first time in about 8 years when i saw him playing guitar on tour with black rebel motor cycle club last year. i do miss the portland of the mid to late 90s. it's insane how many great shows i saw in tiny little venues in portland. the club la luna had a non-stop string of brilliant shows: bjork, pj harvey, tricky, the orb, meat beat manifesto, the legendary pink dots, pavement, mazzy star, spiritualized, rapoon, and a ton more that i can't even think of. oh, i do so miss la luna and satyricon and EJs (which is shamefully now a pawn shop), and the stage 4 theatre (unlicenced booze, yay!). those were some great times!
On Sat, 4 Feb 2006, Lanny Quarles wrote: > I am sick of rain! for the past 60+ days > nothing but.. hey those frogs are pretty bacchic themselves, > i love the pics with the giant females clustered with hundreds > of tiny males.. > > at any rate, i think i got "orgy" from the wine skin association > with our grape-hair gods.. it was a slam pit of sorts but quite a bit > different from the vortex swirls like you would see at a black flag > or JFK show, or the 90's variant the "mosh pit" and nothing like > the new wave "pogoing" you would see at devo or b-52's.. > some groups were interlinked and waving like grass to the waves > of sound, others were enacting gesturalities on the fringes.. > My wife and I were there handing out cards for our home-made Djellabas, > but they were always too expensive, and really too odd for most americans > no matter how eclectic.. we sold a few over the years.. and always > got looks with them.. now, we'd probably get put in jail for wearing a > djellabah! > > > lq > > > > > very interesting, i learn, i learn, out here in the old man in the woods > > listens to mainly to rain and frog songs, what have I been missing? how I > > long for that good old orgy-slamming of yore... > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "phanero" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 6:15 PM > > Subject: Re: M.A.N. > > > > > >>I saw one of my faves on the list.. > >> > >> SMEGMA! > >> > >> these guys are from Portland, I've seen them play many times.. > >> have most of their cds, some are rare oldies. great people. > >> they play the weirdest venues. lately they have David Meltzer > >> read text along with them, but they just overpower him mercilessly > >> and you cant hear a damn thing he says.. its a riot.. > >> > >> there's actually a pretty decent noise scene here, mini-festivals, > >> multiple venue crawls sometimes.. > >> > >> Crash Worship was sort of my introduction to Live Noise, > >> and I still havent seen a noise act to compare to the energy > >> and baccanalian revelry those guys elicited.. > >> > >> girls ripping off their shirts people orgy-slamming in mad bundles > >> crash worship spewing goat skins of wine over the audience.. > >> those were good shows! > >> > >> http://www.geocities.com/bradleybee/smegdex1.html > >> > >> > >>>> > >>> > >> > > >
