Another PDX POP NOW! is ‘in the can’. Once again it came, it saw, it kicked our ass.

I took some behind the scenes pics on Saturday and Sunday. Also, here’s a group of ‘POP’ pics I put together (for you, baby), including the one above of Fist Fite’s Jonnie Monroe. Aw Yeah. She kicks out the PWRFL keyboard jams and still finds time to make CUTE POP PIX.

I’ll spare you my verbage regarding the weekend whirlwind of sweet Portland musical artists, junk foods, and how many people I hassled into posing in front of that wall that said ‘POP’ on it. I don’t have the energy to type, I need to get to work in a half hour, and frankly, I think these peeps have it covered:

There’s a shit-ton of blogging about PDX POP 08′ hap-nin’ on urban honking. Seriously. >>>>WOW<<<<.

The Portland Mercury did a snazzy fest preview.

Also, Localcut’s Michael Mannheimer has detailed reports of days two and one.

ONLY 352 days ’till PDX POP NOW 2009!!!

Post by Jon Ragel

It’s day (and night) three of PDX POP NOW!, arguably Portland’s best damn music festival ever (and it’s FREE!). I snapped a few pics of yesterday’s behind the scenes action, including the above shot of Norfolk and Western drumkit specialist Rachel Blumberg. What started out as relatively gentle Saturday afternoon culminated around 2 am inside a (very) packed Rotture with a hot-and-balmy set by Starfucker, a caped stage diver, and some karazy kid out in the street in his underwear. YEA.

(to be continued today and this evening)

Post by Jon Ragel

Today is the first day of a long weekend of free, all ages music for Portland. Here’s the schedule below and for more info visit the PDX POP NOW! web site.

Friday, July 25th
Inside
6:00-6:30pm, Love Menu
6:40-7:10pm, The Rainy States
7:20-7:50pm, Sleep

Outside
8:05-8:35pm, Tu Fawning
8:45-9:15pm, Guidance Counselor
9:25-9:55pm, Dykeritz

Inside
10:10-10:40pm, Panther
10:50-11:20pm, Nick Jaina
11:30-12:00am, Devin Phillips Band
12:10-12:40am, The Builders and the Butchers

Saturday, July 26th
Outside
12:00-12:30pm, The Revisions
12:40-1:10pm, Chris Robley & the Fear of Heights
1:20-1:50pm, Swim Swam Swum

Inside
2:05-2:35pm, Y La Bamba
2:45-3:15pm, The Tenses
3:25-3:55pm, Andy Combs and the Moth

Outside
4:10-4:40pm, Sweater!
4:50-5:20pm, Bodhi
5:30-6:00pm, A Ghost’s Face Two Inches From Your Own Face

Inside
6:15-6:45pm, Eskimo and Sons
6:55-7:25pm, The SubArachnoid Space
7:35-8:05pm, Reporter

Outside
8:20-8:50pm, Nurses
9:00-9:30pm, Blind Pilot
9:40-10:10pm, Living Proof

Inside
10:25-10:55pm, Portland Cello Project
11:05-11:35pm, Loch Lomond
11:45-12:15am, Atole
12:25-12:55am, Starfucker

Sunday, July 27th
Outside
12:00-12:30pm, Wooden Indian Burial Ground
12:40-1:10pm, World’s Greatest Ghosts
1:20-1:50pm, Meth Teeth

Inside
2:05-2:35pm, Podington Bear
2:45-3:15pm, Grouper
3:25-3:55pm, Mattress

Outside
4:10-4:40pm, Cower
4:50-5:20pm, Experimental Dental School
5:30-6:00pm, Bark Hide and Horn

Inside
6:15-6:45pm, A Weather
6:55-7:25pm, Dragging an Ox Through Water
7:35-8:05pm, JonnyX and the Groadies

Outside
8:20-8:50pm, Pure Country Gold
9:00-9:30pm, Eat Skull
9:40-10:10pm, White Fang

Inside
10:25-10:55pm, The Warfield Experience
11:05-11:35pm, Sandpeople
11:45-12:15am, Norfolk & Western
12:25-12:55am, New Bloods

Yacht performing at PDX Pop Now! 2007. Pic Jason Quiqley

PDX Pop Now!, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to stimulating and expanding participation in the music of Portland Oregon, has announced the lineup for the 2008 PDX Pop Now! Festival.

To celebrate the festival’s fifth anniversary, PDX Pop Now! will be returning to Rotture (formerly Loveland) on 320 SE 2nd Ave. This free, all-ages festival will showcase Portland’s diverse musical talent on July 25th, 26th and 27th. This year’s festival will feature performances from Andy Combs and the Moth, Atole, A Weather, Bark Hide and Horn, Blind Pilot, Bodhi, the Builders and the Butchers, Chris Robley & the Fear of Heights, Cower, Devin Phillips Band, Dragging an Ox Through Water, Dykeritz, Eat Skull, Eskimo and Sons, Experimental Dental School, A Ghost’s Face Two Inches From You Own Face, Grouper, Guidance Counselor, JonnyX and the Groadies, Living Proof, Loch Lomond, Love Menu, Mattress, Meth Teeth, New Bloods, Nick Jaina, Norfolk & Western, Nurses, Panther, Pure Country Gold, Podington Bear, the Portland Cello Project, the Rainy States, Reporter, the Revisions, Sandpeople, Sleep, Starfucker, the SubArachnoid Space, Sweater!, Swim Swam Swum, the Tenses, Tu Fawning, the Warfield Experience, White Fang, Wooden Indian Burial Ground, World’s Greatest Ghosts, Y La Bamba.

The 2008 PDX Pop Now! compilation is now available for purchase at local retail outlets and online at CD Baby here. Proceeds from sales of the album go towards funding the festival and the rest of organization’s activities. The 2008 installment of the heralded compilation features music from Panther, Chromatics and Au as well as previously unreleased tracks by the Blitzen Trapper, Talkdemonic, Horse Feathers, YACHT, Yellow Swans, the Joggers, Pink Martini, and Faux Hoax (a project featuring Gang of Four’s Dave Allen and Menomena’s Danny Seim).

The PDX Pop Now! festivals – which have provided the public the opportunity to see up to 50 of Portland’s finest bands in one safe venue -have drawn audiences in the thousands. The compilations have generated considerable play from local FM radio and have sold thousands of combined copies, mostly through local independent record stores, and helped fund the festivals. Through outreach programs, PDX Pop Now! successfully worked with the Oregon Liquor Control Commission, local businesses and the broader community to make more all-ages concerts possible in a safe and responsible manner, allowing young Oregonians to participate more fully in their local arts communities.