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Ethan Maffey
Both a writer and a fan of vinyl records since age 5, it wasn't until nearly three decades later that Oregon Native Ethan Maffey derived a plan to marry the two passions by writing about music. From blogging on MySpace in 2007 and then Blogspot, to launching his own website, 83Music, and eventually freelancing for publications in the Pacific Northwest, like Spokane’s alt-weekly Inlander, Ethan’s aim has been to provide fans of music alternatives to the mundane and overplayed. This included a nearly two year stint as the music editor for the Source, where he scoured the Bend music scene drawing attention to local talent and notable touring acts as they passed through town. In addition to deep knowledge of the local music scene, Ethan has an uncanny ability to quote lines from the television show “Friends.” He also has an eye for women’s fashion and feels a kinship with Lucky Day, Steve Martin’s character in ¡Three Amigos!
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Protect Those Ears: Revisit our acoustic earplug review
Flashback: Last year’s review of custom acoustic earplugs (with video)
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Unplugged
You won’t find Redwood Son online
It is par for the course in 2013 that musicians trying to make it must do a certain amount of online grunt work. Websites, free downloads and using social media to acquire fans outside their ZIP code. What club time was in the '80s and '90s is now done online. But Portland folk pop singer/songwriter […]
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Intelligent Folks
Bay Area music students earn high marks for their after-school band Aquadeer
Some things can’t be learned in school; like the meaning of the word “Aquadeer.” “Let your imagination run with it,” says Linnea Sablosky when asked to define the name she and her three California Institute of the Arts classmates chose for their band. The fictitious hooved marine mammal likely has nothing to do with a […]
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Earnest & Brutal
Not what you expect: Hopeless Jack and the Handsome Devil
Hopeless Jack and the Handsome Devil are the Laurel and Hardy of blues rock. Jack Beisel—Hopeless Jack—is a tattooed guitar player with bruising chops, and Pete Thomas—The Handsome Devil—is the subdued and unassuming baby-faced drummer. And while they may be different in stature, they are both bullheaded rockers, hell-bent on claiming a slice of the […]