PDXBANGNOW!
Despite the images that the title of this post may have conjured for you, this deals with a less corporeal experience, but one no less ecstacy-inducing!
Last night (July 1) was the first actual PDXPOP event. We had a CD release party for the PDXPOP Now! 2004 compilation CD at Holocene here in Portland. We were feeling pretty optimistic about the event, as we'd had some good press in the week leading up to it. But the reality of the event far surpassed our expecctations. IT WAS AWESOME. We had 280 paying customers, each of whom received a free copy of the comp with admission. However, we went through somewhere in the neighborhood of 400 CDs, 6 hand-screened-by-me-and-mostly-Greg tshirts and a ton of raffle tickets. By any criteria, this was an unqualified, bonafide sellout of a success. It was a room full of Portland hipsters, but somehow there wasn't any hipster attitude in the room. It felt like a community. It felt like a city. It felt like people gave a shit about what we've been puring our hearts into for the past many months, which was extremely gratifying. If last night was any indication, the festival itself - next weekend - should be amazing and uplifting for all. And much more press to come this week...
If there's a downside to all this, it's that we're out of the 600 CDs we'd earmarked for retail and public consumption. we'll have to reallocate, and perhaps re-order. Certainly nothing worth crying about.
Will and I had a good talk at the party last night. Just revisited the fact that we've been friends for a long time and appreciate each other in both that capacity, as well as collaborators, no matter what friction we experience from time to time. Mostly, we're just getting excited for tour, something we've all dreamt about for most of our lives and, consequently, want to enjoy as it happens as much as possible.
So, yes, the marathon of exciting AtDusk/PDXPOP occassions has begun. Perhaps this record should have been called The Summer of Promises Kept. Speaking of which, here comes another post...
Last night (July 1) was the first actual PDXPOP event. We had a CD release party for the PDXPOP Now! 2004 compilation CD at Holocene here in Portland. We were feeling pretty optimistic about the event, as we'd had some good press in the week leading up to it. But the reality of the event far surpassed our expecctations. IT WAS AWESOME. We had 280 paying customers, each of whom received a free copy of the comp with admission. However, we went through somewhere in the neighborhood of 400 CDs, 6 hand-screened-by-me-and-mostly-Greg tshirts and a ton of raffle tickets. By any criteria, this was an unqualified, bonafide sellout of a success. It was a room full of Portland hipsters, but somehow there wasn't any hipster attitude in the room. It felt like a community. It felt like a city. It felt like people gave a shit about what we've been puring our hearts into for the past many months, which was extremely gratifying. If last night was any indication, the festival itself - next weekend - should be amazing and uplifting for all. And much more press to come this week...
If there's a downside to all this, it's that we're out of the 600 CDs we'd earmarked for retail and public consumption. we'll have to reallocate, and perhaps re-order. Certainly nothing worth crying about.
Will and I had a good talk at the party last night. Just revisited the fact that we've been friends for a long time and appreciate each other in both that capacity, as well as collaborators, no matter what friction we experience from time to time. Mostly, we're just getting excited for tour, something we've all dreamt about for most of our lives and, consequently, want to enjoy as it happens as much as possible.
So, yes, the marathon of exciting AtDusk/PDXPOP occassions has begun. Perhaps this record should have been called The Summer of Promises Kept. Speaking of which, here comes another post...
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