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Friday, November 16 Cold night, kids
For those not looking forward to a night at home, hearing the rain against the window, the Portland music offerings for Friday night are generous. 
So-Cal indie rockers Cold War Kids and Richard Swift play a show at the Crystal Ballroom. Swift's newest, Dressed up for the Letdown, garnered 7.5 stars on Pitchfork earlier this year. Elsewhere, Johnette Napolitano plays at Berbati's tonight, with David J. (formerly known as Bauhaus bassist David J. Haskins). Locals Brothers of the Baladi will bring out the odd meters and exotic drumming of their Middle-Eastern folk-rock, compete with (belly) dancing and all, at McMenamins Kennedy School. 
Shows continue this week in the series "Voices for Silent Disasters", to benefit Mercy Corps and support their relief work in Uganda. Friday night's bill includes Vagabond Opera, Third Angle, Portland drummer Obo Addy and Pepe and the Bottles Blondes. Then on Saturday it's Dirty Martini with samba percussion ensemble Lions of Batucada and Crosstide. 
Both nights are at the Baghdad Theater. And both benefit a very worthy cause.
Comments:
On Wednesday, November 21 at 1:28pm, James said:
Can you give me some more info about a piece of music I believe I heard on OPB?
David Lang "percussion Music"
On Saturday, November 24 at 3:04am, David said:
James, it was the group So Percussion playing part of a longer piece by David Lang, "The So-Called Laws of Nature." Lang founded Bang on a Can, btw. Here's a video of some of the Bang on a Can players with Thurston Moore.
On Saturday, November 24 at 10:57pm, Roy said:
What about the voice of Geddy Lee....anyone?
On Sunday, November 25 at 0:08am, jpetersen said:
How did it get so high?
No regular blog posts this weekend for the holiday, Roy, but thanks for the Pavement shout out!
On Wednesday, November 28 at 2:56am, wg said:
BTW out of curiosity what are those playlists that you invite people to browse. They seem to have nothing to do with what I hear on 91.5 in Portland.
On Friday, November 30 at 0:40am, David said:
WG -- Yeah, we have some new features coming to the site (very soon!) and while testing those we inadvertently mixed up sections of the playlists here. Tonight's Eclecticity playlist is correct.