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Cyndi Lauper

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2012

    Attention The Voice Fans: Season 1 Champion Javier Colon Is Playing Neumos Tonight

    In this week's Short List I made a subtle jab at The Voice champion Javier Colon and the fact that runner-up Dia Frampton is playing the KeyArena this week while he's at Neumos tonight. (Frampton's first post-Voice record, Red, also outsold Colon's Come Through For You). I think Frampton is supremel ... More >>

  • Arts

    October 5, 2011

    The Weekly Wire: The Week's Recommended Events

    In this week's Short List I made a subtle jab at The Voice champion Javier Colon and the fact that runner-up Dia Frampton is playing the KeyArena this week while he's at Neumos tonight. (Frampton's first post-Voice record, Red, also outsold Colon's Come Through For You). I think Frampton is supremel ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 28, 2011

    '80s Video Dance Attack

    In this week's Short List I made a subtle jab at The Voice champion Javier Colon and the fact that runner-up Dia Frampton is playing the KeyArena this week while he's at Neumos tonight. (Frampton's first post-Voice record, Red, also outsold Colon's Come Through For You). I think Frampton is supremel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 4, 2011

    With Good Cause, Locals Shone the Brightest at Saturday's Bumbershoot

    Morgan KeulerBrite Futures​Despite Chris's cries that this year's Bumbershoot feels nothing like the fests of yore, even a lazy festival-goer could find pockets of good energy throughout the fest yesterday. You could feel it among the hormone-addled teenage fans at Brite Futures on the main st ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 4, 2011

    With Good Cause, Locals Shone the Brightest at Saturday's Bumbershoot

    A band playing in front of the Mural at a long-ago Bumbershoot (and showing off the Mural Moat-- crazy!) Photo stolen from Kerri Harrop's twitter.​Despite Chris's cries that this year's Bumbershoot feels nothing like the fests of yore, even a lazy festival-goer could find pockets of good energ ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 25, 2011

    4 Generations of Miles

    A band playing in front of the Mural at a long-ago Bumbershoot (and showing off the Mural Moat-- crazy!) Photo stolen from Kerri Harrop's twitter.​Despite Chris's cries that this year's Bumbershoot feels nothing like the fests of yore, even a lazy festival-goer could find pockets of good energ ... More >>

  • Music

    May 25, 2011

    The Short List: This Week's Recommended Shows

    From Lykke Li to Partman Parthorse.

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2011

    Do Right Woman, Do Right Man: The Top Ten Gender-Bending Covers of All Time

    At Tuesday's Fleet Foxes show, Robin Pecknold covered the folk ballad "Silver Dagger," popularized in the 1960s by Joan Baez. As I listened to him sing from the perspective of a young maiden turning away a suitor, I got to thinking about other artists who have covered songs without changing the gend ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2011

    Apropos of Nothing: The 10 Craziest Hair Styles in Rock

    Surfing the interwebs yesterday, I stumbled across this handy infographic by Pop Chart Lab* which reduces pop stars to their haircuts. Identifying Cat Stevens by his unruly mop is fun and all, but it got me thinking about some of the archetypal styles in rock and even their evolution. Did hair metal ... More >>

  • Music

    February 16, 2011

    The Genius of Ke$ha

    The next Madonna? The next Lauper? Either way, you love her.

  • Arts

    October 27, 2010

    Opening Nights: Money Changes Everything

    A heist tale better suited to TV.

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2010

    Tonight: Hootenanny For a Healthy Gulf at the Moore, Cyndi Lauper at Woodland Park

    Laura Musselman​Hootenanny For a Healthy Gulf, with Duff McKagan, Mike McCready, Pete Droge, Shawn Smith, the Fastbacks, Rachel Flotard, Star Anna, Mark Pickerel, Kim Virant, Justin Davis, Tim DiJulio, Chris & Rick Friel, Rebeqa Rivers, Jeff Rouse, Ty Bailie, Kristen Ward, Gary Westlake, Rusty ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 1, 2010

    Cyndi Lauper

    Laura Musselman​Hootenanny For a Healthy Gulf, with Duff McKagan, Mike McCready, Pete Droge, Shawn Smith, the Fastbacks, Rachel Flotard, Star Anna, Mark Pickerel, Kim Virant, Justin Davis, Tim DiJulio, Chris & Rick Friel, Rebeqa Rivers, Jeff Rouse, Ty Bailie, Kristen Ward, Gary Westlake, Rusty ... More >>

  • Music

    September 1, 2010

    The Short List: The Week's Recommended Shows

    Laura Musselman​Hootenanny For a Healthy Gulf, with Duff McKagan, Mike McCready, Pete Droge, Shawn Smith, the Fastbacks, Rachel Flotard, Star Anna, Mark Pickerel, Kim Virant, Justin Davis, Tim DiJulio, Chris & Rick Friel, Rebeqa Rivers, Jeff Rouse, Ty Bailie, Kristen Ward, Gary Westlake, Rusty ... More >>

  • Music

    June 30, 2010

    Prelude to a Miss

    What entrance music should Ichiro and his teammates use?

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2010

    Tonight: Starfucker at Neumos, Sonny Rollins at the Paramount

    ​Starfucker, with Truckasaurus, Copy. Neumos, 925 E. Pike St., 709-9467. 8 p.m. $12. Starfucker is back. Last year, the Portland electronic band changed their name to Pyramiddd in hopes that dropping the expletive would make them more marketable in the mainstream. But recently, they came to th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2010

    The Latest Weigh-Ins on Lady Gaga: Jack White's a Fan, Joanna Newsom Really Isn't

    ​Everyone's getting a piece of Lady Gaga these days - who else is there to talk about? Christina Aguilera's copying her, M.I.A.'s dissing her - and now the yodeling indie harpist Joanna Newsom is joining the fray. Newsom recently told the Guardian: I'm mystified by the laziness of people looki ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 5, 2010

    Starfucker

    ​Everyone's getting a piece of Lady Gaga these days - who else is there to talk about? Christina Aguilera's copying her, M.I.A.'s dissing her - and now the yodeling indie harpist Joanna Newsom is joining the fray. Newsom recently told the Guardian: I'm mystified by the laziness of people looki ... More >>

  • Music

    April 7, 2010

    Sia: Death of Cool

    The hipsters’ daughter has changed her tune.

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2010

    An Interview with Canadian Synth-Pop Princess (and World of Warcraft Enthusiast) Lights

    Lights plays at the Paramount Theatre on Thursday, April 1 at 8 p.m.​Lights (Valerie Poxleitner) is pretty, petite, and plays a mean keytar. She started off creating and distributing synth-pop via MySpace in her teens; now her résumé includes a well-received full-length album The Listening, ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 24, 2010

    Nellie McKay

    Lights plays at the Paramount Theatre on Thursday, April 1 at 8 p.m.​Lights (Valerie Poxleitner) is pretty, petite, and plays a mean keytar. She started off creating and distributing synth-pop via MySpace in her teens; now her résumé includes a well-received full-length album The Listening, ... More >>

  • Music

    December 30, 2009

    What We Listened to in 2009

    Even if the music came from 1956, 1995, or … the future!

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2009

    Live Review: Starfucker's Second to Last Show as a Band... Sort Of.

    ​ Who: Starfucker When: Friday, October 9, 2009 When: The Vera Project As fans of Starfucker already know, the band will no longer exist by month's end. Well, sort of. They announced in September a contest for fans to submit new band-name suggestions by e-mail or at the merchandise table at ... More >>

  • Music

    October 7, 2009

    Once a Starfucker, Always a ...

    The Portland band aims to be less vulgar, but will their career suffer in the process?

  • Music

    September 30, 2009

    Let’s (Not Just) Dance

    Datarock keeps sweating out clever social commentary.

  • Music

    December 24, 2008

    Ebony & Irony at Canlis

    The unexpected repertoire of an iconic restaurant’s silver-haired piano men.

  • Blogs

    November 27, 2008

    What are you listening to?

    What Are You Listening To? For this week's blog, I interviewed a friend who was listening to music in a different way. Instead of whipping out an iPod or other personal music player, she had her computer and was listening to the internet radio station Pandora. Curious about her station choices and w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2008

    Saturday Night: Celine Dion (and white wine shortage) at Tacoma Dome

    What Are You Listening To? For this week's blog, I interviewed a friend who was listening to music in a different way. Instead of whipping out an iPod or other personal music player, she had her computer and was listening to the internet radio station Pandora. Curious about her station choices and w ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 25, 2008

    True Colors Tour

    What Are You Listening To? For this week's blog, I interviewed a friend who was listening to music in a different way. Instead of whipping out an iPod or other personal music player, she had her computer and was listening to the internet radio station Pandora. Curious about her station choices and w ... More >>

  • Music

    February 20, 2008
  • Calendar

    September 26, 2007

    Edie

    A 6’2” diva fabs up a Broadway eatery

  • Music

    December 27, 2006

    Gold Needles in the Pop-Rock Haystack

    The best end-to-end albums from a singles-driven year.

  • Arts

    February 15, 2006

    Wedding Singer Crashes

    Big '80s hair, yes, but no Hairspray.

  • Music

    November 30, 2005

    Gwen Stefani at Key Arena

    Big '80s hair, yes, but no Hairspray.

  • Music

    September 14, 2005
  • Arts

    June 15, 2005

    Stupid Kids

    Also: The Ugly American.

  • Arts

    July 14, 2004

    Arts Picks

    Also: The Ugly American.

  • Music

    May 26, 2004

    Summer Music Calendar

    Also: The Ugly American.

  • Music

    December 24, 2003

    CD Reviews

    Also: The Ugly American.

  • Music

    July 30, 2003

    The Gits, The Fever, and More

    Also: The Ugly American.

  • Music

    April 9, 2003
  • Music

    February 26, 2003

    Grammy Recap

    The good, the bad, and the ugly; plus news on Yo La Tengo, Dee Dee Ramone, White Stripes, and more.

  • Music

    May 22, 2002

    CD Reviews

    The good, the bad, and the ugly; plus news on Yo La Tengo, Dee Dee Ramone, White Stripes, and more.

  • News

    April 3, 2002

    Q&A

    Depends on who you ask

  • Music

    January 10, 2001

    More freaks, please

    Depends on who you ask

  • Music

    December 15, 1999

    O, Christmas Cheese

    These holiday CDs aren't for the lactose-intolerant.

  • Food

    November 10, 1999

    Manray

    These holiday CDs aren't for the lactose-intolerant.

  • Music

    May 26, 1999

    PUGET SOUNDS

    These holiday CDs aren't for the lactose-intolerant.

  • Music

    April 28, 1999

    A traveler's tribute

    Cassandra Wilson hits a high note in homage to Miles Davis.

  • Music

    December 16, 1998

    Chestnuts toasted

    Judging from this year's Christmas releases, it's best to stick with the classics.

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