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5C THE DAILY ASTORIAN FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 2016 W H A T ’ S O N T H E I R PLAYLIST T he Daily Astorian invites people to share the music they are enjoying and describe a few thoughts about the work. This week, Brian Bovenizer, an Astoria musician who plays with the surf country band, the Koala Cowboys, gives us his playlist. The “ambassador of marketing ambiance” at Fort George Brewery also played in Holiday Friends. To submit a playlist, send to news@dailyastorian.com Q: What are you listen- ing to currently? A: Some of my current go-to’s are: Eilen Jewell, Char- lie Parr, Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen, Tom T Hall, Luther Dickin- son and Jason Isbell. A lot of roots/psych-country, new and old. Q: How did you dis- cover it? What’s its special appeal? A: I guess I don’t really keep track much anymore. I’m always trying to ind the next ix in music, which is a lucky addiction with how much music is accessible these days. Some of the ways — I try to keep up on vari- ous different music sites (No Depression, Consequence of Sound, The Bluegrass Situa- tion, Saving Country Music, Pitchfork, etc.). Without tak- ing a stance on streaming, that “related artists” tab is also a valuable tool. Most importantly, I also like to listen to REAL radio. There was a while where I could have been quoted very often saying the now cli- che, “Radio is dead.” I thought that “Internet radio,” what- ever that meant, was going to take over. I was comfort- ably wrong. While an algo- rithm can introduce you to new music, it can’t curate the same emotion as some- one personally picking out an ordered group of songs. It isn’t until you’ve completely surrendered to a feeling that some songs can really get you. If that DJ does not have an monetarily-driven agenda, they can mix old and new in a way that old music can be new (or new again) and vice versa. A song can course KMUN (Astoria) wher- ever I might be in the coun- try. When I hear something I like, I write it down or save it on my device to check out more. Outside of that, I keep up on all of the major festi- vals and venues that I trust in major cities. Those names down at the bottom of the poster often end up to be the diamonds in the rough. Or the names at the top. How’d I miss out on that?! It’s always fun to watch the music that you love, “blow up.” It’s great fun to see anything blow up really as long as nobody gets hurt, but I guess that is inevi- table with rock ‘n’ roll. Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Brian Bovenizer. take on an unforeseen emo- tion depending on how and where it is played in a set. Independent radio has been huge for my discovery in the past few years, while that wasn’t the case for a long stretch. Though I don’t use an actual tuner much anymore, I’ve been using apps and radio streams, keeping up with stations like KEXP (Seat- tle), WNCW (North Carolina), KBOO, WXRT (Chicago) and of Q: What music do you keep coming back to? A: I have music for differ- ent parts of the year that I can always go back to and then there are those albums that I can play over and over again forever, regardless of the sea- son. It’s good to have both on hand for the un-inspired day. Neil Young for the fall and Dylan for the spring. The ones that get the most wear are the ones that are dearest to my taste, mostly so I can sing them out loud and unabashed. John Prine’s, “Bruised Orange,” Guy Clark’s “Dublin Blues,” Wilco’s “Being There,” or the Michael Hurley/Jeffery Frederick and the Clamtones/Unholy Modal Rounders “Have Moicy” are probably annoying the neighbors. Q: What advice would you give to discover new music? A: Don’t segregate or pigeonhole an artist because of a genre that they are clas- siied into. Most of the time, the folks making the music are not the ones that pick their genre. Everything gets labeled as “Americana” or “Indie” these days, but those words do not tell you any- thing about what the music sounds like. I spent too many years ignoring great music because of a claim that “I don’t like country music” and I sneer at the word Ameri- cana now, even though a lot of what I listen to could fall into that genre. My other advice to all lis- teners is that some music requires, even demands, a few listens. Some of my favor- ite albums did not get my ini- tial thrill, but like a good beer they took a couple to become my favorite and are there for me every time I need another taste. Dogs: Animals that have to wait to get adopted can get depressed Continued from Page 1C Full house With stereotypes working against him, Louie is lucky to have found a home, especially given how many dogs he had to compete with. During the last few eco- nomically sluggish years, the shelter’s dog occupancy has been consistently over capac- ity, hovering around 20 avail- able dogs at any given time. “We’re full. We have dogs living in vet rooms,” Hildreth said. “That’s pretty regular anymore.” The cat room is pretty packed most of the time, too. About half of the animals housed in the shelter have been surrendered by owners who lack the resources to keep them. “People cannot afford to take care of their animals,” he said. “They’re losing their homes.” One diabetic dog, for exam- ple, was turned over to the shel- ter because her owner couldn’t pay for her medication. And when people need to scale down their lifestyle, they ¿QGWKDWPDQ\SURSHUW\RZQHUV in the area won’t allow dogs on the premises; the dogs become a liability. The same goes for many folks who move to the area and search for affordable housing: Their options often preclude pet ownership, or require a nonrefundable, pro- hibitively large pet deposit. And keeping a pit bull — even docile, tempera- Photos by Erick Bengel/The Daily Astorian LEFT: Deputy Steven Hildreth, supervisor of Clatsop County Animal Control and Shelter, points out Angus, a dog he babysat before it was adopted. Behind him is the wall of crit- ters, a collage of adopted animals and shelter success stories. RIGHT: Presenting Punkin Butt, Deputy Steven Hildreth’s Boston Terrier tattooed on his calf. He has more than a dozen animal tats on his body. ment-tested specimens like Louie — is often out of the question. “It’s either: They give their kids a home, or they get rid of their dogs,” he said. In January, it was eight dogs and 23 cats; the month before it was 17 dogs and 25 cats. “If it’s a popular kind of breed, they can be gone in a day,” said Linda Dygert, a shelter volunteer and secretary Compassion fatigue of Clatsop Animal Assistance. The adoption numbers vary The shelter advertises the wildly from week to week, DQLPDOV RQ 3HW¿QGHUFRP WKH said Dunning, who also serves day they become available. as president of Clatsop Animal :LWK D VWHDG\ LQÀX[ RI $VVLVWDQFH D QRQSUR¿W WKDW critters and volunteers occa- raises money to pay for virtu- sionally burning out, “we ally all of the shelter’s veteri- always need more volunteers: nary bills. dog-walkers, people to be in “Some days we’ll have four the cat room socializing the animals go out, and then we’ll cats,” Dunning said. go a week with nothing,” she “People who work at ani- said. “Sometimes we feel like mal shelters and volunteer here we’re sending our children out — these people are different. into the world because we get They’re more sensitive,” said to know our animals so well.” Hildreth, who is fostering two Last month, the shelter dogs in his home. adopted out 20 dogs and 41 cats. “They get tired of com- ing in every year and seeing the same dogs in that kennel,” he continued. “You get a little down.” The average length of time that people stay in animal con- WURO SRVLWLRQV LV DERXW ¿YH years, a phenomenon born of “compassion fatigue,” he said. “It’s a hard job to deal with constantly,” he said. “You’re bombarded with animals that Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian come in abused.” Jeff and Judy Rusiecki adopted Louie. A new opportunity Animals that have to wait, and wait, to get adopted can also become depressed, Dygert said. “It’s like a stir-crazy thing. Some animals will spin in their cages, and it’s an obsessive thing that they do,” she said. “That doesn’t really happen very often because the animals don’t stay a horrible length of time — except for somebody like Louie.” For these rare cases, the volunteers make a point to spend extra time with them to keep them from slipping into a funk. “We try to keep them mentally kind of engaged,” Dunning said. This way, when they’re ¿QDOO\ KDQGHG RYHU WR D QHZ owner, the animals are ready to adjust to a domestic envi- ronment. And even a pit bull used to getting passed over is prepared to enjoy a new life in a love home. “Every animal that comes in here is a new opportunity,” Dygert said. “And we make people happy, too.” W hile other n ew spa pers give you less, The D a ily Astoria n GIVES YOU From left: H illa ry Borru d , M a teu sz Perk ow sk i, Pa ris Achen O u r n ew M ORE C APITAL B UREAU covers the sta te for you
