Even if Vio-lence didn’t, more-or-less, cease to exist as a band 20+ years ago, they still wouldn’t sound as much like Vio-lence today as Lich King does. 😉 Vio-lence came on the scene soon after I left the San Francisco Bay Area in 1986 so I never got to see them. That’s OK because I saw Lich King last night and not only do they sound as good, they have a great sense of humor and “funness” to their shows that I’m guessing Vio-lence did not.
Nick Timney of Lich King
Lich King doesn’t pretend to be carving out some new genre. In fact, they label themselves “East Coast Bay Area Thrash Metal.” I like that they say on their Facebook page, “where we stand out is that we admit [we play old school Bay Area thrash]. We think the sound of thrash was perfected in the 80s and we’re not trying to add anything to the mix.” Actually, they do add something to the mix. While thrash has always been good fun, they make it even funner.
I’m not sure if it was a warm winter or a warm spring, but the blossoms hit their peak a week or two early this year. I took this earlier this week, but it doesn’t normally look like this until the first week of May.
Harland Burkhart of Wild Hunt laying it down @ Club 66
Wild Hunt is such a ridiculously amazing band. Last night they were in Ashland. Tonight they play Springfield/Eugene, and tomorrow night they will wrap up their four night tour of the Northwest in Seattle.
There was a party for the volunteers who helped with the 2013 Ashland Independent Film Festival last night at Scienceworks. Jolene provided the sweets.
Peter DeFazio Bicycle Bridge over the Willamette River
I spent this past weekend in Eugene. The weather on Saturday was fantastic. We walked some trails around Alton Baker Park and Skinner Butte Park. Near the Ferry Street Bridge you can walk over this foot (bike) bridge.
Q&A with the directors of “Slomo” and “Life on Four Strings”
2013 Ashland Independent Film Festival Awards Celebration Still from “The Other Side” being shown on background Song E Kim (Bite of the Tail) enjoying some dinner conversation
