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Originally Posted by Dead-Air
As a Seattle native living in Portland, I can see why you are dishing the Jr., but it isn't entirely accurate. Portland is like Seattle was in 1985-88 minus the great rock scene but plus a lot of great noise bands and arty strip clubs. It's more like an alternate reality time machine than a descendent.
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Minus the strip clubs and tax rate, Portland just seems like Seattle but on a smaller scale and with more meth. I fail to see the point of having less of the good stuff (music, arts, people, etc). People seem to bounce back and forth between cities to "rebuild" their lives in a new image (bullshit).
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Originally Posted by Dead-Air
He mentioned the 5 blocks of junkies too, and said it'd been a long time since he'd been in that type of scene, and that the club was just pure concrete.
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Damn... he mentioned that shit too huh? Not surprising... it didn't feel real. It was like walking through a hollywood set that seemed over the top.
I think the sound system (or lack thereof) was the venue's worst enemy.
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I've seen bands I really like play on nights like that, and yeah, I felt ripped off even though it wasn't likely their fault. When you are young and punk you can just get wasted and rage and be brilliant in such a setting, but Thurston doing his Nick Drake impersonation sure wasn't going to pull that angle off. Glad I saw him in the friendlier terrain.
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It was a 50/50 coin flip between Portland and Vancouver and going to Canada felt more like a mini-vacation. Bands have off nights... shit happens.