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may 2.2003 » w a t ; c o r n s witk BEN TAYLOR MAY 11 • CRYSTAL BALLROOM TICKETS AT TICKETMASTER, CRYSTAL A ALADDIN BOX OFFICE SHOCKED & ODD TOUR A0OD ICHELLE SHOCKED PETER BERGMAN MARYEDITH BURRELL She's so unreasonable (FIRESIGN THEATRE) Dyke spoken word artist will shake up the night hrow in one part Alix Olson and one part Ani DiFranco and you have Toronto- based lesbian artist Evalyn Parry. A la DiFranco, Parry runs her own label, Ponygirl Records, and, like Olson, per- forms queer-inflected spoken word and folk music. She performs May 8 at Portland State University’s Take Back the Night and May 11 at the Mississippi Pizza Pub. Parry spoke with Just Out about her creative process, growing up Quaker, her new album and why she’ll sing as a giant maxi pad. Kelly Wallace: How did growing up Q uaker shape your political and worldviews? Evalyn Parry': Gave me a pretty hardcore left-wing perspective from a very young age! And taught me to speak my truth and he a leader. 1 think very early on 1 internalized the notion that our place in the world as humans is essentially about working for justice and equality for every one. I definitely see my art as an extension of that; it’s my way of speaking truth to power. KW: O n your Web site you write, “ It was during university that I started writing with performance in mind: personal monologues, comedy and performance poetry.” Can you describe what that process was like? EP: I was studying acting at university, hut I started to realize I wasn’t satisfied by just saying other people’s words; 1 had so many things I wanted to say myself. So I started to write and perform my own words, and people laughed, and that was so fun! 1 wanted to make them laugh again, and I discovered 1 like being myself on stage more than I like trying to be someone else. KW: Tell me about the album you just released in M arch. KW: W hat was your motivation for w rit ing the song “ Always” ? EP: This incredible advertisement I came across for Always maxi pads, advertising one of their new products with the slogan “Being a woman just got better!” And 1 was like, well, no kidding.. .and 1 started to imagine how I could dress up as a pad and sing from her per spective about how great it is to he a woman, and 1 got this little jazzy tune in my head...and “Always" was horn. ISUZU-VOLKSWAGEN-USED 122nd & E ast B urnside www.reyreece.com J U N E 2 5 • A L A D D IN T H E A T E R TICK ETS AT T H E ALADDIN BOX OFFICE St TICK ETM A STER OUTLETS The Portland Lesbian Choir presents KW: W hat can Take Back the Night-ers look forward to at your performance? EP: A singing maxi pad, ass-kickin’ politi cal spoken word and songs, some laughs and a Canadian perspective on matters of the heart...all in all, a little fuel for your fire. J H E valyn P arry appears 9:15 p.m. May 8 at Smith Memorial Center, 1825 S.W. Broadway, as p a rt of Portland State University’s Take Back the Night. She performs 8 p.m. May 11 at the Mississippi Pizza Pub, 3552 N . Mississippi Ave. Admission is $5 at the door. All ages. As a native Seattle resident. I have a full understanding of your Sunshine needs. Allow me the opportunity to reveal the beauty, warmth and value of Palm Springs and the entire Coachella Valley. View my listings at www.michaelpaduano.com. Email mpaduano@winderemere.com Visit u s online at: www.reyreece.com or schedule your appointm ent REY REECE DEALERSHIPS FRIDAY MAY 16 • ALADDIN THEATER TICKETS AT THE ALADDIN BOX OFFICE & TICKETMASTER OUTLETS ■ M ichael Paduano 5 0 3 -2 5 6 -3 7 0 0 (THE GROUNDLINGS/SECOND CITY) EP: Unreasonable is my second album, and the process of making it was amazing, so much fun and so much learning. I feel like every level of my being got expanded.... Now that it’s made, I hope the result feeds and nourishes and inspires those who listen to it. The first album, Things That Should Be Warn ings, was simpler, fewer instruments and musi cians, less “production,” and 1 feel the songwrit- ing, the craft was less developed. This second album is the next step! I got to work with an incredible producer this time around— Ken Whiteley— he really challenged and inspired me and brought so many new ideas to the tahle. FRIDAY A N D SATURDAY MAY 9 & 10, 2003 When an ordinary Realtor simply won’t do... 850 N Palm Canyon Drive Palm Springs CA 92262 760/831-3761 or 877/718-5600 ext 113 Wltrtofmort) ( ■wHHl» \ mm 3144 SE Belmont Portland, OR 97214 office: 503-238-7617 Bridgeport U.C.C 621 NE 76th A9e One Block North of Glisan 8:00 PM Join us for our 16th Season’s Spring Concert featuring songs of l^yOe and Passion Followed try Dancing With DJ1 -auren Tickets: $ 10 at It’s Fty Pleasure In Other >odords Books and from Choir members $12 at the Door porllandlesbianchoir@holmail. com
