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Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Music / Portland / Video Oh, Hello MTV.

Posted by Ezra Ace Caraeff on Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 11:45 AM

Like we previously posted, MTV did indeed come to Portland.

And, well, it's decent.

I sort of expected Jesse Camp to VJ the report, but instead the clip is pretty entertaining as they cover a wide variety of bands--from the basement scene to Colin Meloy--in a tasteful manner. Plus they touch on local food, booze, housing, and just about everything else that is Portland. It's old news to us, but not a bad report considering it's from the network that brought us A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila.

 

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From this you'd think there's no other music genre that gets attention in town besides indie-synth-electro-emo-disco-pop.
Oh wait ...
Posted by D on July 16, 2008 at 12:02 PM · Report
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That's because everyone knows that the only creative people around are white, suburban-bred "artists" who moved to Portland to be surrounded by folks just like themselves. I guess there are no basements in the rest of the country.
Posted by jake on July 16, 2008 at 12:46 PM · Report
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BARRRRFFFFFFF
Posted by Chunty McHutchence on July 16, 2008 at 12:48 PM · Report
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Horse Shit! You first three horse shitty commenters must have forgotten you were watching MTV. And so you AREN'T popular and you DON'T get invited to fun parties. Get over it.

I think MTV did a fine job even if I haven't heard of half of those basement dwellers.
Posted by Absolute Horse Shit Guy on July 16, 2008 at 1:06 PM · Report
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That's it, folks. Goodnight!

(Now where's my bat?)
Posted by Kyle! on July 16, 2008 at 1:42 PM · Report
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Yes. Quite a wide variety of bands, indeed. From indie, to pop, to indie/pop.
Posted by Foil on July 16, 2008 at 1:49 PM · Report
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i love that colin meloy " did his time" working at a pizza shop for 3 whole years. man thats why you have a lot of heart, guy. you have had it rough. he deserves a medal. or a plaque
Posted by christina on July 16, 2008 at 2:22 PM · Report
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Am I about to defend MTV?

To address the lack of range mentioned above, bands like Eat Skull, Fist Fite, Au, White Fang, Panther, White Rainbow are hardly indie pop, and in fact, they are all pretty unique.

Sure, they don't cover local metal, hiphop, etc., but considering the source of the video, it's not bad.
Posted by ezra on July 16, 2008 at 2:25 PM · Report
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For an MTV piece, true, it's deeper than one would expect. When I read "MTV" and "Portland" I half expected a video of them interviewing the patrons of Barracuda and the Thirsty Lion.
Posted by Foil on July 16, 2008 at 2:55 PM · Report
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It's MTV, what do people expect ? These bands deserve some exposure. My first Summer in Portland has been great - largely to do with a lot of these bands/shows/parties.
Posted by Nick "muggins" Olmstead on July 16, 2008 at 3:18 PM · Report
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Oh fuck, Portland is fun, just admit it... We got it goooood!
Posted by Robert Crocker on July 16, 2008 at 4:02 PM · Report
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i hate everything so i am awesomer than everyone!!! yeah!

just kidding. this is not 1994. yay portland, and good job mtv.
Posted by old lady on July 16, 2008 at 10:37 PM · Report

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