Here we are 10 days into the month of September already and its evidently clear that September and Portland have a special thing for each other musically speaking. What with TBA festival making every night a hard to miss artistic engagement and with MFNW only days away, is there really anywhere else a passionate music head would like to be?

Tonight continues this fantastic trend with something a little different by way of boogie funk or better yet, the ambassador of boogie funk, Dam Funk! LA’s Damon Riddick is a gifted messenger of the funk—bridging thick snyth-y grooves with a bubbly analog attitude that even fellow soul connoisseurs such as Prince or George Clinton would knowingly approve.

Tonight, The Fixx presents DamFunk at The Someday Lounge—why not give yourself some funk love before that sound of rock really hits the PDX block!?!

Prins Thomas

If it wasn’t for Portland’s finest dance music crusaders—Linger & Quiet—this town would definitely be lacking in the moving our bodies to the beat department. Their eclectic tastes range from house to disco to electro and beyond—and the duo regularly bring in top notch acts that cities like NYC, SF or LA only get to see. Tonight, their “NIGHTCLUBBING” party keeps the music fresh with the appearance of Norwegian disco don Prins Thomas on the decks. Known for his cosmic space-like disco inspired tracks, it’s his late night acid house jams that really make the crowd melt. Portland, this is going to be hot!

In this story from the Oregonian this morning, it appears that grocery chain, Fred Meyer, has accidently discovered the joy of vinyl and the passion that people show for a good record. The accident, according to the story, came when an employee at the store accidently ordered a R.E.M. vinyl record instead of the CD he should have been ordering. The vinyl arrived in the warehouse and was shipped off to the stores and lo and behold they started selling. Of course DJs and vinyl purists have kept sales alive for years and indie music stores such as Music Millennium have had great success selling vinyl, but it’s good to see vinyl back in the mainstream stores.