<p><br /> <a href="http://www.boyeatsdrummachine.com/ ">Boy Eats Drum Machine</a> in-studio @ OPB, 9-18-08. Native Portlander Jon Ragel has made music under the name Boy Eats Drum Machine for the last eight years. After recording a few demos, he released his first official album, <em>Pleasure</em>, in 2005, which he followed up last year with <em>Two Ghosts</em>, a concept album chronicling a pair of ill-fated lovers in a dystopian, not-too-distant future. His latest release, <em>Booomboxxx</em>, comes out this month on Portland label <a href="http://www.tenderlovingempire.com/">Tender Loving Empire</a>.<br /> <br /> Ragel makes his music using guitar, keyboard, sax, a turntable/sampler combo, and uses beats culled from Portland drummers in a collection called <a href="http://www.bridgetownbreaks.com/">Bridgetown Breaks</a>. He performs live using a bed of prerecorded tracks and an array of instruments around him, turntable included. He talks about the new record, learning the turntable as a &quot;virtuoso instrument,&quot; the Portland music scene's evolution over the years, and the perennial Stones vs. Beatles vs. Milli Vanilli debate.<br /> <br /> Recording engineer: Steven Kray, with assistance from Randy Layton.</p> true 2008-10-02T13:00:58-07:00 2008-10-02T13:00:58-07:00 60 image/jpeg b-e-d-m.jpg 98089 2008-11-12T09:04:47-08:00 true 2008-10-02T13:00:58-07:00 &nbsp; Boy Eats Drum Machine 2008-11-12T17:04:47-08:00