Photo Feature! Pink Martini feat. Oregon! Oregon! - Oregon Zoo (Portland, OR; Sept. 6, 2009)

text: melophobe / photos: Angel Priest (Pink Martini 1-16 + Oregon! Oregon! 17-29)

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melophobe was fortunate enough to have photographer Angel Priest on hand as Portland’s Pink Martini helped celebrate Oregon’s sesquicentennial with a rousing performance of Oregon! Oregon!. The basic plot revolves around two 1859 explorers, whose encounter with a witch, results in Oregon’s birth, with the catch that it will be swept into a bottle 100 years later without citizen intervention. Thomas Lauderdale helped create the new fourth act of this curious tale, and from Angel’s photos, it looked like an incredible show!

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4 comments thus far ...

  1. 1rebecca mikesell Wed Sep 23, 2009 | 10:23 am

    Wonderful, wonderful pictures. The type I always wish I had in my own album. We saw 3 of the 4 Oregon Oregon shows, and you captured the essence. Perfectly

  1. 2Ben Wed Sep 23, 2009 | 02:54 pm

    This looks incredible - I wish, like Rebecca, I had seen some of these performances. I guess I’ll have to wait for the bicentennial!

  1. 3charles fuller Wed Sep 23, 2009 | 09:22 pm

    can we purchase some of these pics from the Zoo?

  1. 4derek Sat Sep 26, 2009 | 05:30 pm

    Great post. Saw Pink Martini in their only date in Scotland in 2005. Fantastic show.

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by David on Mon Feb 8, 2010 at 08.35 pm from the entry: Atlas Sound + Neon Indian - E&L Auditorium (New York, NY; Feb. 4, 2010)

Good catch, oh masked marvel.

by Ari Sommer on Mon Feb 8, 2010 at 02.42 pm from the entry: St Vincent + Wildbirds and Peacedrums - Doug Fir Lounge (Portland, OR; Feb. 6, 2010)

St. Sincent...ha.

by anonymous on Mon Feb 8, 2010 at 02.04 pm from the entry: St Vincent + Wildbirds and Peacedrums - Doug Fir Lounge (Portland, OR; Feb. 6, 2010)

Aan was amazing.

by jarrod on Mon Feb 8, 2010 at 01.02 pm from the entry: Blue Horns + Morning Teleportation + Aan - Doug Fir Lounge (Portland, OR Jan. 30, 2010)

I’d like to clarify that for this show they cut off the back half of Neumo’s floor with a curtain and had the upstairs bar closed. It made Neumo’s obviously seem much smaller than it is. Unfortunately, now having seen Neumo’s fully open at another show I can say that this show was very empty. Still White Denim and Brazos rocked.

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I agree, it’s very good. Way to deflate their balloon.

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Love the photos. And that “Walkabout” song is the drugs.

by Beth Doreian on Sun Feb 7, 2010 at 01.14 pm from the entry: Atlas Sound + Neon Indian - E&L Auditorium (New York, NY; Feb. 4, 2010)

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