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Celebrate Record Store Day

Tomorrow is the third Saturday in April, which means, of course, that it’s Record Store Day. This holiday, which began in 2007, is a national
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Tomorrow is the third Saturday in April, which means, of course, that it's Record Store Day. This holiday, which began in 2007, is a national celebration of independent record stores - a medium that has been slowly going the way of the buffalo in the past decade, as evidenced by the fact that we only have one independent store left in Bend.

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Video from Weinland at McMenamins

Portland folk rockers Weinland dropped some sweet melodies and kicking rhythms on a much appreciative crowd at McMenamins on Wednesday night. Here’s a clip of
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Portland folk rockers Weinland dropped some sweet melodies and kicking rhythms on a much appreciative crowd at McMenamins on Wednesday night. Here’s a clip of the band from last night.

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Laughing in L.A. L.A. land: Randy Liedtke finally returns from Los Angeles to give us some comedy

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He wants you to know he doesn't always wear a bow tie.Randy Liedtke is a funny guy. But when the hefty, fire-red bearded
Redmond-raised comic talks about his new life in Los Angeles and says
that he got a day job as a prep cook at a gay bar in West Hollywood, he
isn't joking.

After hosting a string of packed shows in the winter of 2007-2008
at the Summit Saloon and Stage, Liedtke packed up and headed south to
Los Angeles in the hopes of making a career out of his quirky
one-liners. It's now been more than a year since Liedtke left Central
Oregon and his show at the Summit on April 22 is his first trip back to
town. Why so long between visits? Well, he's been busy hosting a
monthly comedy show at the famed Knitting Factory that has featured
names like Janeane Garofalo, Sarah Silverman and Patton Oswalt while
also appearing in cable television comedy sketches and is currently
being considered for an appearance on a Comedy Central program. And
that's on top of his West Hollywood cooking duties, of course.

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Be a Draft Dodger

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Oh come on, relax. We're not being unpatriotic, but
are rather talking about the NFL draft, which although not until next
weekend has already overtaken the sports websites and taken up entire
hour-long segments of valuable ESPN2 time which could easily be used to
air "Sports Century: Charles Barkley" in its entirety.

We here at
the Left Field desk do indeed care about the results of the NFL draft,
it's the draft itself that we just simply can't invest our valuable
sports-watching hours in. Sure, we might watch to see who the Lions
take as the overall number one pick and what unheard of offensive
lineman the Seahawks squander their first-round pick on, but we just
can't justify watching the whole damn thing. But as for the rest, we'll
just pick up a newspaper and see who went where and call it good until
training camp starts up.

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Warm Fuzzies: New Crystal Chronicles draws from the best

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"I'm dead."

"Just a minute, I'll be right there. I have to kill these… things."
The
things in question are cute, furry orange creatures with fox-like
tails. Called mu, they aren't very dangerous. They mainly hop around,
pouncing on me at inopportune moments. But a gang of them murdered my
friend, and I don't want to resurrect him until the threat is gone.
Mu,
like most monsters, can be vanquished in a variety of ways. There's the
standard beatdown, which is accomplished while standing next to them
(and thereby allowing them to beat me back). I can also jump on top of
them, whacking at them beneath me. And (perhaps most entertainingly)
there's the grab-and-bash, which involves picking up a monster and
whacking them against a nearby wall.

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‘Grass Town, USA: Mountain Standard Time’s accelerated trek from Nederland, Colo. to your eardrum

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Who's that guy in the van waving at?There is a place in Colorado called Nederland. If you listen to
bluegrass or any of the myriad of styles that orbit around that genre,
you probably know about this little mountain town. I've never been
there, but this is how I've often pictured it: Everyone is playing a
banjo, a mandolin or a double bass and some people are playing two of
those things at the same time. I picture people picking together on
street corners, stopping only to wave at passersby and saying something
folksy like, "Have a good day, ya hear!"

In reality, the actual
town of Nederland most likely isn't anything like that, but it is the
home of members of Yonder Mountain String Band, String Cheese Incident,
as well as Vince Hermann of Leftover Salmon and Great American Taxi
fame. Now, you can add another name to the ever-growing roster of
Nederland bands, Mountain Standard Time, a sextet that's touring the
West Coast (which includes stops at Saturday's Earth Day celebration
then another show at the Silver Moon that night) and hitting up the
summer festival circuit before ever releasing a record.

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Our Picks for the Week of 4/15-4/23

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The Prairie Rockets
friday 17
New to the Bend's Americana
scene, but bursting out of the gates with a solid hold on the genre,
this all-female trio of pickers seems on-spot with three-part
harmonies. Their music is folky as a whole, but also hits heavily on
bluegrass and a little bit of blues. Nice old-timey meets space age
name, as well, might we add. 7pm. Parrilla Grill, 635 NW 14th St.
Alley Oop Block Party
friday 17
It's
only April, but how about a block party? The alley between the wine
shop and Thump Coffee is lighting up this (hopefully warm) spring night
with a lineup of six different bands highlighted by Bend veterans
Sagebrush Rock. And thus, we hereby begin the outdoor music season. $5.
The Wine Shop & Tasting Bar Alley, 55 NW Minnesota Ave.

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