This month we’re at work producing Northwest Passage: 50 Years of Independent Music from the Rose City, a book and audio CD highlighting the history of Portland’s burgeoning independent music scene. From taking photos, transcribing interviews, editing an audio program to layout, we’re on schedule to release the publication in time for the Portland Zine [...]
Tag Archives: music lecture series
sitting alone at the movies
Thanks Karl Lind and Elias Foley for this great documentation from Northwest Passage!
streets callin’
UPDATE: 5/13/ 10 –
WE ARE DARN NEAR FILLED TO CAPACITY FOR THIS EVENT, AND HAVE JUST A FEW SPOTS LEFT. WE’RE TAKING DOWN ADVANCE TIX — PLEASE JUST SHOW UP AT THE DOOR AT 7PM! – The Pickles
The last NORTHWEST PASSAGE music lecture is happening NEXT THURSDAY, MAY 13th. We have about 20 pre-sales, so [...]
we’ll come back for indian summer
Tix for the third (and final!) NW PASSAGE music lecture, THURSDAY, MAY 13th are now live. This one should be a doozy. The line-up:
“WHAT WAS ME”
CALVIN JOHNSON
(K, Beat Happening, Dub Narcotic Sound System, the Hive Dwellers, etc.)
Playing songs and talking on ‘80s / ‘90s / ‘00s / ‘10s punk / independent music scene
VANESSA RENWICK
(Oregon Dept [...]
tix up now for NW passage music/ lecture series
The Dill Pickle Club and PDX Pop Now! are proud to partner in presenting NORTHWEST PASSAGE, a 3-part dinner lecture series examining the history of independent music in the NW.
Portland, a city known for its vibrant independent music scene, has a relatively obscure and unknown musical history. Through this ongoing series, we hope to celebrate [...]












