Out of Town Portland New Rave
posted by on May 7 at 12:05 PM
I spent Friday night and most of Saturday visiting our smug neighbor to the south, Portland. I was a guest at Juicy, a nominally gay dance night that is definitely worth checking out if you’re ever down there. But the highlight of my visit came courtesy of a large junk/antique store on Hawthorne (I think it was called “Home” or “House”—there was a veggie dog stand outside), where I found these cassettes tapes (priced at $0.50 each):
The place had dozens and dozens of these things, all with pastel inserts, many recorded at the same “summit” at Stanford (?!) in 1991, a veritable cornucopia of psychedelia-themed audio cassettes (and some vhs too). I haven’t listened to them yet, but if there’s anything particularly funny, I’ll post the audio.
Those tapes look GREAT. That's actually the problem. Don't listen to them, Eric! They're obviously mind bombs from the NSA that have sublimated mnemonic triggers. Fifty cents? Think about it. Irresistible marginalist pop culture debris traps waiting for a sleeper agent to happen.
(Check out Phil Dick's "Radio Free Albemuth" for how The Other Side does it.)
Agreed, Chris. I got over halfway through Dick's RFA. The Berkeley scenes in the beginning were my favorite. But why not just distance yourself while listening to the tapes, could be trash material for a Burroughs type of cut-up collage.
ive got some sugarcubes in my freezer, perfect accompaniment for this kinda mind melt. lets crank these babies up and see where they go.
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I have no idea who thought that it would be a good idea to have bums to a choreographed dance routine with painted on bling...but they are gods. Check out this Bumblebeez video and you'll totally understand. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=novN-7Qzt_o
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