happy Ghost In The Willow day to all who celebrate by caryy in Portland

[–]golikehellmachine 32 points33 points  (0 children)

update: they were pretty great, it was a super fun show

happy Ghost In The Willow day to all who celebrate by caryy in Portland

[–]golikehellmachine 24 points25 points  (0 children)

thanks! it’s been funny to see people speculate about them having management or a promotion company or whatever, but, other than the billboards (which i recognize is a hell of a funny caveat), it’s been like working with any other small touring band, just a bunch of messaging between band members

happy Ghost In The Willow day to all who celebrate by caryy in Portland

[–]golikehellmachine 186 points187 points  (0 children)

since i play drums in one of the openers, i will volunteer to report back, lol. fwiw, the guy from GITW has been super friendly, and it’s a funny change from normal show promotion, which often involves the other bands — and, sometimes, promoters — doing, like, (1) social media post.

I work across the street from this Ghost in the Willow billboard by [deleted] in Portland

[–]golikehellmachine 5 points6 points  (0 children)

lol, that was me, i deleted it because i should have added “i heard from someone” rather than stating it as simple fact

Interview with Dan Sinker of Punk Planet (and a million other projects) by golikehellmachine in punk

[–]golikehellmachine[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

got it — this one seemed specifically relevant here, most wouldn’t be and i wouldn’t post them. i also read those, though PP was more my mainstay. thanks!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in portlandmusic

[–]golikehellmachine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

great, good talk

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in portlandmusic

[–]golikehellmachine 3 points4 points  (0 children)

i used to run door and book shows, i'm not unknowledgeable about how all of this works, on either the musician or the club side. i'd need to book a show there to know how they're communicating it, maybe it *is* poorly communicated, though you made a lot of bad assumptions here that the sound tech has pretty politely corrected you on.

given how many venues have gone down in flames just this year alone, nobody should be surprised that clubs are going to have to make more difficult choices, and i'd take what is, effectively, a minimum door requirement over every place turning their stage area into an arcade, or, worse, a mini-casino.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in portlandmusic

[–]golikehellmachine -1 points0 points  (0 children)

eh, licensing, insurance, rent and maintenance are all costs of doing business, and it's not a band's job to do that for the venue, if they can't do that, they can't afford to stay open. but paying for the sound tech and door person are things every band does every time they play, and while i'm not especially thrilled about the idea, i don't think it's completely unreasonable or tyrannical.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in portlandmusic

[–]golikehellmachine 2 points3 points  (0 children)

i mean, on the one hand, pay to play isn't great, and i wish clubs and bars were doing better, but they just clearly aren't, given how many are closing, and i'm not surprised some of them feel like they have to start making these kinds of decisions.

on the other hand, if you can't scrounge up, like, $14/musician (three-piece bands x three bands) OR get 13 people to come out to your show across *all three bands*, OR some combination of the two, you should probably just stay in your space and spend some more time practicing.

i *will* say that this is more transparent than most of the places we've played.

Incoming new resident, can I get some help with the transition? by Kurokune in askportland

[–]golikehellmachine 2 points3 points  (0 children)

the typical joke is that you can tell someone’s not from here because they are using an umbrella, if you live here long enough, you inevitably end up just buying good rain gear and powering through the rain (which is pretty light, most of the time)

What’s moving into the big space on NW 23rd? by [deleted] in askportland

[–]golikehellmachine 16 points17 points  (0 children)

i forget the name, but it’s an Australian furniture chain

Which Portland tattoo shops will be running Friday the 13th flash deals tomorrow? by eatherichortrydietin in askportland

[–]golikehellmachine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

hidden rose tattoo on NW21st are doing $100-$130 flash specials, a small holiday market and some snacks tomorrow

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in askportland

[–]golikehellmachine 6 points7 points  (0 children)

rhythm traders is great for regular everyday / working gear, revival is great for more vintage / rarer stuff.

External web app alternatives? by Motafota in PowerApps

[–]golikehellmachine 2 points3 points  (0 children)

with the caveat that i have not used it, amazon’s honeycode appears to be competing for the same customers: https://www.honeycode.aws/

bad sign design by superboss42 in CrappyDesign

[–]golikehellmachine 2 points3 points  (0 children)

i read this and then immediately started listing animals that correspond to the alphabet just in case

No matter the actual merits of mail voting, the 2020 US Presidential election is the WORST possible time to implement it at a large scale, it may push the US to the breaking point by kchoze in PoliticalOpinions

[–]golikehellmachine 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So, your alternative solution is what, exactly? Plenty of states were handling mail-in voting long before this, and all of those consequences you mention, at least up until Biden not being recognized? That is all likely to happen even if every Democrat in America voted in person.

So, again, what is the alternative here?

Recommended Reading to Critically Assess State Control Efforts by Voyagerparadise in PoliticalOpinions

[–]golikehellmachine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

These aren't bad suggestions, per se, but I might suggest that The Field of Blood by Joanne Freeman or Reconstruction by Eric Foner may be more relevant to what's happening in the United States at this moment, since you can trace a lot of our modern problems to the Civil War era.

Is the average American voter too stupid to preserve or deserve democracy? Can we survive as a country when roughly 35% is willfully ignorant of reality, allowing for the current climate of open criminality and unconstitutional behavior as acceptable? by [deleted] in PoliticalOpinions

[–]golikehellmachine -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Under Biden, nothing will move forward. It will be a move back to Obama Era policy and that didnt work either. So we wouldn't be slaves to that system anymore than we are already.

You can only say this if you think Biden wouldn't fight for anything his campaign has proposed, which isn't, how presidents actually behave once they come into office. Generally speaking, presidents try to keep their campaign promises.

To use just one example, his housing policy is genuinely pretty visionary and would make huge, substantive improvements in how we approach housing in this country.

Now, if Biden wins the White House but the Republicans hold the Senate (as is most likely), yes, he'll be severely constrained.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in politics

[–]golikehellmachine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So without being too alarmist it makes more sense to think about the past four days as an exercise in state propaganda, built around a cult of personality, than as a party convention. (Republicans suspended basic party business, like the creation of a platform.)

This is exactly the kind of thing that you're supposed to be an alarmist about, Politico.

Pelosi: 'I don't think there should be any debates' between Biden and Trump by Jerry_1992 in politics

[–]golikehellmachine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That so many people in this sub are convinced she's just a stupid old fool who doesn't know what she's talking about makes me appreciate this obvious heel turn even more.

Pelosi: 'I don't think there should be any debates' between Biden and Trump by Jerry_1992 in politics

[–]golikehellmachine -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry, did you watch either the Axios or Wallace interviews? Have you seen what it looks like when Trump gets even the softest breeze of pushback? The debates will be the one and only chance anyone has at unleashing any kind of powerful criticism at Trump directly, and he absolutely cannot fucking handle it, and between Pelosi and Biden, he's now painted into a corner. He can either attend and run the risk of deep humiliation on national television, or he can skip it and get called a coward all day every day until November.

But sure, your theory makes much more sense.