What would you do if you were a band from Newcastle who had just released a great debut, dance worthy rock album in the states and had a current UK tour ending on February 26th? Why, you’d come to Sasquatch of course! Okay.
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Why Doesn’t Bend Have Tourism Ads Like Leavenworth?
Apparently, people go to Leavenworth to get all crunk.
I just came across this video which appears to be an official tourism advertisement for the small Bavarian-themed town of Leavenworth in central Washington.
And yes, it appears to be real and commissioned by the town’s tourism bureau.
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’80s Video Dance Attack Becomes a Monthly Event in Bend
After a successful showing last Saturday, the Video Dance Attack is becoming a monthly event in Bend.
So, it looks like that big ’80s Video Dance Attack at the Domino Room on Saturday night was a hit. And that might be an understatement.
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The White Stripes Officially Call it Quits
After a long silence, it’s now official: The White Stripes are breaking up.
There hasn’t been much noise from the White Stripes camp as of late, mostly because Jack White has been busy forming a million other bands and running a record label.
But today the band announced via its website (which appears to be temporarily down or overloaded) that it would no longer be making records or playing live.
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Yonder Mountain String Band Returns to Bend in April
Yonder Mountain String Band is set to play Bend on April 13.
After a couple years off, Yonder Mountain String Band is returning to its mid-spring habit of stopping off in Bend.
The high-energy bluegrass band that’s well known to Oregon audiences, thanks to its annual Northwest String Summit festival outside of Portland, is slated to play Bend’s Midtown Ballroom on Wednesday, April 13.
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Fleet Foxes Release New Single
Fleet Foxes release the first single from their new record, “Helplessness Blues.”
After three years of waiting, Fleet Foxes fans finally have a reason to rejoice today now that the band has finally released a new single, “Helplessness Blues,” the title track from their new record, which won’t be out until May 3.
The band is playing in Portland and Seattle around the release date.
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Video of Mosley Wotta’s Trip to the Sundance Film Festival
A look at Mosley Wotta’s trip to Utah for the Sundance Film Festival.
As I wrote about last week, Mosley Wotta — Bend’s much-buzzed-about live hip-hop band — was invited to play at the Sundance Film Festival. Here’s some footage they put together from the trip, which began with a show in Portland before heading out to Utah.
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Camalli Book Co. Discusses James Baldwin
Book discussion about James Baldwin’s Go Tell it On the Mountain.
To honor and celebrate Black History Month, Camalli Book Co. will discuss James Baldwin’s classic coming-of-age saga, Go Tell It On the Mountain on Thursday, February 3rd beginning at 6:30 pm.
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KPOV Pays Tribute to Bendite Dave Sheldon on Saturday
Bend’s community radio station pays tribute to one of the city’s finest members this weekend.
In December, Dave Sheldon, a longtime Bendite who was incredibly active in the local community, was killed when a tree fell atop the van in which he was sleeping. He’d been over in Roseburg for work and decided to sleep in his vehicle, as he often did during these frequent trips, rather than making the drive back home.
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Mudfest: Warm weather doesn't equal good mountain bike trails
The mid-winter warm weather hasn’t made for the best mountain bike riding around Bend.
After the past week of mild weather, avid mountain bike riders are probably of a mind that the trails at the Maston, for example, are dry and mud-free. Think again. The Maston trails are still extremely muddy in sections from the daily freeze/thaw cycles that are drawing up all the moisture from deep in the ground and depositing it on the surface.
So the riding at Maston isn’t ideal, and worse, the number of ruts being carved into the muddy sections of trail are going to take a long time to smooth out once the weather either gets colder and a freeze occurs, or when the trails finally dry out come spring.
A suggestion is to give riding the Maston trails a rest for at least a week, or if in the area, go to the north trailhead and ride east on the “red road” and south when you come to the gray cinder road for a nice, and not muddy, out-and-back trip.