Tyler will perform LIVE at 9 pm
Vermont Beer, Vermont Band, in Arizona
Chad Hollister Band National Tour
On a whirlwind national tour, the Chad Hollister Band will be dropping into Arizona to play several shows, the first of which will be at The Stray Cat Bar in Tempe. Tyler Christensen will open the show, and his friends Dirty Lingo will perform a one-hour set as well. The Chad Hollister Band will take the Stage at 11pm.
Come see Tyler perform LIVE at the Indian School Street Festival
Sunday November 7th, Noon – 5pm
Car Show, Rock Show, Street Fair
Tyler performs on the main stage at Noon
Indian School Road between 36th and 38th Streets
About the Festival
The third annual Indian School Street Festival will take place on Sunday November 7th, 2010 from Noon to 5 pm. Benefiting PLEA Charities, and St. Vincent DePaul – youth assistance foundation for at-risk youth, and River of Dreams – helping the disabled have outdoor recreation, the Indian School Block Party is a full day of activities. From 125 of the most beautiful cars you have ever seen, to countless booths of neighborhood restaurants and businesses.
The Festival will be located on Indian School Road between 36th and 38th Streets. Tyler plays on the main stage located in front of the Thomas Zoller Building at Noon (with special guest Ehren Stonner on percussion).
Tyler LIVE at the Yucca Taproom this Wednesday
Fresh off of a whirlwind tour of the Northwest US, Tyler Christensen will play a one-hour acoustic set at 9:00pm on Wednesday September 1st, 2010. Tyler will open for local band Dirty Lingo LIVE at the Yucca Taproom located at 29 West Southern Avenue.
Tyler Opens the show with local band Dirty Lingo taking the stage at 10pm.
The Keg Tavern: How’d it Go?
Travelling without a laptop forces one to be creative as to where and when uploads and posts can occur. I have pictures and video to upload. However, finding the time and the proper ports to use can be challenging. So be patient and pictures and video will come soon. For now, here is a preview of the venue I play tomorrow night. If you’re in Portland, come on by… You know me, It’s free!
The Globe is located aty:
2045 SE Belmont St.
The Globe BarCafe:
To sum up Portland, Oregon in an unassuming and plainly profound way one can do it in one word: “Community.” Long since heeding the unspoken mantra, “Community not Competition” Portland Oregon’s foodie, drinkie, and music scene have all been nurtured and flourished by a populace that understands it’s food, loves it’s music, and welcomes new ideas.
The torch is passed gracefully in this town from the die-hard old-school restaurants and pubs to the new youthfully exuberant restaurant concepts staffed with young talent behind the stick, or in the kitchen. There is enough room for everyone in this town, and Portlanders decide if you get to stay and play. They raise their expectations and proprieters deliver. If not, it’s back to the other side of the bar, Chef-fy.
On SE Belmont, my friend and chef Marc Brazeau and his team are in their first year of staking their claim in the infinite frontier of The Portland Oregon Scene. The deed has been written and The Globe BarCafe is fervently supported by this little neighborhood in SouthEast they call home.
Following the cycle of the day The Globe BarCafe evolves. At Sunrise, a place to get a hot cup of coffee and read, By the Mid-day Sun – a quick-serve lunch counter, At Dusk a dinner-spot, In the witching hours – a Bar. Not to get all linen-shirted and Guru about it, but I forsee many sunrises on The Globe BarCafe.
The Ride
For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move. - Robert Louis Stevenson
Before it was utilized as a marketing slogan by InBev, this is the point where I would say something like, “Here We Go.” It is the first day of Northwesticles: A Public Transit Tour. The longest and biggest tour I have yet undertaken, so, a more complex statement is in order. “Joy is the fruition of a journey rooted in the heart”. I fain trust that will not end up in a beer commercial anytime soon.
Little Rock
This little painted rock in my hand was given to me by an old friend. Not directly however. Victoria, an acquaintance of mine from The Unlikely Theater Company makes these. I hadn’t seen her in many years and I stumbled across her booth at an art festival on Grand Avenue. There she was surrounded by a host of items she has made by hand. Things like the artist: Simple, quirky, fun. There is no other way I would have happened upon an artist like Vickey when I hadn’t seen her in years. You don’t bump into people like Victoria at the grocery store. You don’t realize suddenly that you are standing behind her in a record shop. Not that she doesn’t go to those places. But, when you have worked as an artist with other artists, you tend to find them again as they were when you knew them. You see them when they are creating. Because a true artist is always creating. Victoria Safriet is a true artist. I bought this little rock from Vickey, we chatted, and occasionally her and her guy have come to see some Quixote shows. We know each other through our art.
As we were, we are. Creating. Doing. And just being. Somewhere in every city there are those hunkered down putting their hands and hearts to make something from nothing. To take something and change it. To touch the world. To leave that indellible print. The following twelve days will be me doing just that, and just doing that.
Zero Hour 7:30 AM
Today I climb into that rocket tube and they fire it off with the trajectory and intention of landing in Eugene, Oregon in a few short hours. Tonight at Luckey’s I strike the first note on the Northwesticles Tour. Noone knows what will happen when those wheels touch the ground in Eugene, but I am sure of one thing: “I’m gonna YouTube the s#@% out of this thing.”
So, borrowing the now trademarked words of everyone’s ‘favorite’ American Beverage, “Here We Go!”
Luckey, Luckey, Luckey, Lucky me again.
Yes, that’s right. While the young lads were out chasing skirts and scaring up some tail, the Older Gents were sitting around smoking cigars all the while blissfully ignorant of the sheer breath of life and excitement a woman can bring when she’s hollering and whooping it up in a barroom. Which leads me to ask, “What were those old bastards thinking?”
SuperNormal Records has booked the bands for the first annual Arizona WinterFest: Beat the Heat Beer Festival. This event will be a showcase of local Arizona Talent, and great craft beers. No cover bands here. We are featuring your Local Arizona Music Scene on The Venue of Scottsdale’s stage from 3pm-10pm. For more information on the event visit. www.beattheheatwinterfest.com
3-4:30pm Jack Young
Local singer/songwriter who has been playing the Arizona scene loyally for years, Jack Young “The Ambassador of Arcadia” takes the stage at this years BTH: Beerfest.
5-6pm Dirty Lingo
http://www.myspace.com/dirtylingo
Although the band does not have mop tops and Liverpudlian accents, they are heavily influenced by The Beatles. Their bouncy pop sentiment makes for a lively show. Together; Mike Chapman, John Hayden, Adam Wolin and Michael Levin’s combined talent, friendship, and experiences are Dirty Lingo.
6-7pm Kings of Last Call
http://www.myspace.com/kingsoflastcall
Kings of Last Call are a Power Pop/Rock and Roll band from Phoenix, Arizona. Blending Alt-country, rock, and pop, KOLC’s songs hint at influences as broad as Wilco, The Jayhawks, and Tom Petty.
Formed in 2008 from the ashes of Kiras Rage and South Mountain Lights, the band solidified its lineup in early 2009 and released its first full-length CD, From Memory, in December 2009.
7-8pm Little Person Projectiles
http://www.myspace.com/littlepersonprojectiles
Steeped in funk style LPP is blends common elements from disparate genre’s and creates a smooth unique sound layered with sick beats, sweeping guitars, and the one constant; Mister Dinger’s witty lyrical world-view which makes for kind conscious hip-hop.
8-9pm Quixote
http://www.myspace.com/quixotephx
From sinuous extended jams, to tight and terse rock songs; Quixote is a genre promiscuous original band from Arizona. Comprised of three members: Tyler Christensen, Adam Kohler, and Ehren Stonner – Quixote lays down songs that transcend the genre line while serving their one soverign master – The Groove.
Saturday July 16th 9- Midnight.
Buy the album “The Hills of Ubeda” on iTunes, or wherever digital music is sold.
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