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aprii 15.2005 ’ FTnrnrWTTTlnewsbriefs and Placenta, the San Francisco Bay Area’s only all-mom hard rock band. In addition to the music and dancing, there will be a silent auction, food and wine, gifts and a DJ. Although this might be a g<x>d event to get a baby sitter for in order to party with the moms, children are indeed welcome. “Things have gotten so ugly politically and economically. Mama isolation on top of that is just tex, much to bear.... So many mama-bands are rocking out right now, we figured it’d be more fun to showcase music instead of just the standard readings. Inga Muscio just called to say she’d be reading at the event, but all the other acts are musical,” notes Gore. This event will be held at Hip Chicks Do Wine, 4510 S.E. 23rd Ave. The suggested dona tion is $ 10-$20, and tickets are available at In Other Words and www.hipmamazine.com. Becky Bilyeu celebrates six years in business at her cozy cafe. who chose BMI for representation in the United States. The license fees BMI collects for the “public perform ances” of its repertoire of approxi mately 4.5 million composi tions—including radio airplay, broadcast and cable television carriage, Internet and live and recorded performances by all other users of music—are then distributed as royalties to the writers, composers and copyright holders it represents. “The musicians who play at my coffee shop are unknown people playing their own stuff. People don’t play cover tunes here, so why should I pay BMI for that? 1 don’t make money having music here; it’s pretty much a place for people to have a chance to play. 1 just want to support musicians,” explains Bilyeu. Dale Schiff, lesbian owner of Haven Coffee, commented that she, too, has been hounded by the people at BMI for dues, which she says add up to about $350 each year. “They harassed me endlessly and threatened me with thousands of dollars of fines,” she notes. “I just see it as a busi ness expense.” If you’d like to check out Touchstone, it is located at 7631 N.E. Glisan St. and online at www. touchstc mecofifeehouse.cc >m. H ip M ama M other ’ s D ay B ash Hip Mama, Portland’s progressive parenting zine, and In Other Words Women’s Books and Resources will play host to a night of serious fun on the eve of Mother’s Day, May 7, from 6:30 to 10 p.m. The event will feature the Mambo Queens, a Portland female percussion and singing group whose repertoire includes sacred music from the Yomba tradition, Afro-Cuban rumbas and lively comparsas that invite the audience to join in the dancing. Also playing will be Illegal Guardian, a band fronted by a 10-year-old singer/songwriter named Rhythm. 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