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rts ^Entertainment ^^LAdKAMASPfiflf April 13, 2005 • J reat music for a great cause m Krause ¡Clackamas Print ¡is Thursday and Friday, a | of nationally known musi- lare raising money for non et organization the Pangaea let with their jam-band, The fcone Orchestra. Krticipating in this year’s 1 is a lineup of stellar per ks from many different r bands. Included are Kai iardt of Garaj Mahal, Tye I of Leftover Salmon, Billy hi and Michael Travis of g Cheese Incident, and Jon pan of Phish. Also involved (Everyone Orchestra found- Itt Butler. Each concert uses the band and the audience reate awe-inspiring perfor- es. n the second day of the l there will be two cominu- sorkshops for musicians and Istedpersons. One workshop be a community drum and issive session. This work- I will be headed by Fishman, jer and Travis, the drummers le band. However, if you lot interested in participat- ing in what seems to be a really exiting and large drum circle, then tiie other workshop might be for you. At the same time as the drummers’ workshop, there will also be a singer/songwriter workshop with Billy Nershi, vocalist Libby Kirkpatrick and guitarist/mandolinist Scott Law. This is the first time the work shops have been organized, and they may prove to be firn, as well as educational. The Everyone Orchestra is a nationwide effort to promote non-profit organizations by bringing accomplished musi cians together for monumental jams. Past performances have raised money for the Conscious Alliance, the Sierra Club, the Buckeye Forest Council, and the Make-a-Wish-Foundation. Deb Delman and Stephanie Tolk are the founding members of the Pangaea Project. Thé organization was created to send low-income teenagers from the northwest to non-westem coun tries. Students that qualify go through four-and-a-half months of intensive training and educa tion. Subjects studied include local customs, history, religion, gender roles, local language and dialects. During the summer, students are paired off and spend a month with a host family. They will explore local traditions and issues that might plague the nation or village. After the trip, students are expected to partici pate in local community activi ties that are relevant to what they have learned abroad. Once all of the students have completed the program, they present what they have learned in an artistic medium. Show times are April 14 and April 15 with doors opening at 8 p.m. and festivities to start at •9 p.m. The workshops will also be at the Crystal Ballroom at 4 p.m. on the second day of the concerts. Tickets for one show are $20 in advance/$25 at the door. If so inclined, a two-day pass is available for $35. But wait, there’s more! A VIP pass ranges from $35 to $70, but this includes a meet-and-greet with the band after the shows and entitles you to a poster signed by the performers. Remember, this show is for a good cause, which is Hard to find these days. BUTLER Photo courtesy of máttbutler.com The Shins rock their hometown $ 4K VW Authentic-. S . Vietnamesa Katie Wilson Clackamas Print James Mercer works the crowd as The Shins channeled their energy for an amazing show at the Crystal Ballroom last Thursday night. Opening were The Kingdom and The Minders. FOOD jgl Xomlie SÿM Kati&Wilson I Ben waras f The Clackamas Print Joanne Bergstrom Clackamas Print in Hanh is located at 8446 S.E. Division in Portland id offers many inexpensive vegetarian Wishes.." (egetarian foodtfind panne Bergstrom [The Clackamas Print I If you should have the cour se to go in, you will be very Fell rewarded. That is, if you Ike tofu in numerous forms, I, There is fake ham, chick- pi, beef, pork, shrimp, fish, Ind even actual tofu. Tt is 111 prepared in a traditional Vietnamese fashion, with fresh fauces and vegetables. II happened in around New Fear’s, and they had all sorts |f prepared delicacies io go. ¡t like the Catholics,” aitress explained, “at ■ to steamed buns and spring rolls. Hot tea is , served with the meal. The service can be slow if it gets busy, but this is because they will sit down and explain what each menu choice is. Even if you are not Asian, when you walk into Van Hanh, you are treated like family. Prices a\ erage about $5 per entrée, with $2 appetizers. At those prices, I will go back and be adventurous. Music fans and enough beer (in the 21 and over bar) to kill a herd of elephants packed the Crystal Ballroom in downtown Portland last Thursday. As a cardboard cutout of John Wayne made announcements from the stage, tech guys scurried around randomly turning dials and making ear-piercing sound checks. Finally, a little after 9 p.m., the first opening band popped up onstage. The band called themselves The Kingdom, which should have warned us. They promptly launched into a prolonged nasal whine, which we later found out was called a song. Our ears have yet to recover. Their set was a bit like eating a handful of raisins that turned out to be flies. Let’s put it this way: If you turned Hilary Duff into a man (but kept her voice), gave her a guitar and had pianos fall on her while she sang disco songs like a country singer, it would still not approach the awfulness of this band. When the second opening band took the stage, we didn’t know what to expect, but fortunately, Portland band The Minders were a pleasant surprise. They performed an energetic and exciting set, mixing the bass with catchy guitars and drums, original (that’s meant in a good way) keyboards, and a vocalist who could—gasp—sing! The Minders could have easily stolen the show had The Shins not risen to the occasion for what was their first concert in some time. “Hey, everybody! Nice to see you,” said excited keyboardist and bassist Marty Crandall to the roaring welcome of the crowd, before launching into “Caring is Creepy,” from their first CD “Oh, Inverted World.” Everyone in the audience went into their respec tive happy-highs. The band was loaded with an energy channeled by making the songs faster and louder, sprin kling acoustic fare in between so that the pace never got too Slow or too fast. Lead singer James Mercer, who rarely spoke between songs, seemed to have a more nasally voice than usual, but we’ll for give him that because otherwise The Shins’ performance was per fect. “Hopefully,” said Crandall, “we’ll have a new album together by the end of the year.” The band demoed some new songs (they sound good, but they still need to be polished) and played nearly all tibie songs from their first two releases. Some of the crowd favorites were “New Slang,” which introduced a bubble machine and a smoke machine, “Pink Bullets,” and “Kissing the Lipless,” which was performed with a fake snowstorm which grew to a blizzard so thick that tiie band could barely be made out by some audience members. “Thanks for coming to see us! You make us feel good,” said Crahdall as they closed the song and exited the stage through the torrent of fake snow (read: soap suds). The crowd—not ready for the concert to end—kept on applaud ing. That failing to produce the desired results, they began to stomp. We were lucky the floor didn’t break under us. Eventually, Mercer stepped back onto stage, followed by drummer Jesse Sandoval, guitar ist Neal Langford and Crandall. They played a long, trance inducing instrumental set that morphed into “Pressed in a Book” off their first release. All the while more bubbles rained down from on high, popping upon a grateful fan base. To close the concert, they selected a faster, and more upbeat version of the painfully catchy “So Says I.” “Thank you, people of soap!” said Crandall, blowing bubbles into the audience. All in all, the concert provided excellent entertainment, and a musical kick in the sh—well, you know. If you missed The Shins, don’t worry—John Wayne says they’re coming back in May to play two consecutive nights in their home town of Portland.
