I got accepted to the Gresham Artwalk again this year so if you live in the area come on by and say hi. It is the third weekend of July and if you mention this blogspot I will give you a Frog Island Tiki T shirt.

I went and saw an all-time favorite of mine last night at Dantes. The Secret Chiefs 3 are a great instrumental band and did a fantastic one hour set combining all kinds of instruments, sounds, and influences. A lot is very middle eastern sounding, with some surf, spaghetti western, metal, and punk. One guy played the keyboards, guitar, violin, and trumpet all with a crazy sort of vail over his face. I was also surprised that the opening band was U Sco, locals that I had seen a few weeks ago. They are another instrumental band that matched up with SC3 very well, but I can not say the same for the headlining band Dengue Fever. They play a 60s sort of Hanoi rock with a Cambodian gal as lead singer. Very syrupy soft sound that brought the mood down too much. A highlight of the evening was the guy (girl?) dressed in brown galoshes, tight leggings, brown vinyl raincoat open at the chest, an "F" on his t shirt (fly person?) and a cloth green bug mask. The mask was open at the mouth so it could drink a Pabst 16 ouncer or three.