Look what arrived in the mail today, a Gang of Four biography. Just skimmed it. Lots of fun facts, lots of inaccuracies. More later.

No Age live at MusicFestNW 08, a song and a chat from Dave Allen on Vimeo. Here we have a chat backstage at MusicFestNW 08 with Dean and Randy aka No Age in which we discuss Wire's Pink Flag, Dean asks about Gang of Four and I don't reply, they both discuss Portland and vegans and [...]

The UK's Independent newspaper asks the question. It's too long of an article to summarize efficiently so I encourage you to read it here and then discuss. Also I'll send a free Gang of Four 7″ single with a Shepard Fairey artwork cover to the person that tells me what the image above is parodying [...]

Gang of Four (l-r) Gill, King, Allen, Burnham Allen (l) and Burnham (r) in happier times, May 5th 2005 backstage at Portland's Crystal Ballroom (pic: Jamie Francis) GANG OF FOUR MINUS TWO The original and best-loved line-up of famed post-punk icons Gang of Four reunited in 2005 to great acclaim and success - unfortunately all good things must [...]

Doesn't look like a Portland-related story on first look, does it? But longtime Portland resident Dave Allen, of Pampelmoose.com fame (pictured at left with Burnham above), is generally considered a local celebrity. He's bowing out of Gang of Four (again!). No real reason was given by the press release folks, but this time around, the [...]

My good friend Jon Ragel of Boy Eats Drum Machine invited me to "join" his band for a show at Portland's Wonder Ballroom on Saturday August 16th. The premise being that it is a Talking Heads and Cure cover show! Ha! But put Jon and Dave in a room and you're not going to get [...]

Sam Adams held his 45-er at Blitz bar smack dab in the middle of the Brewery Blocks (above with former Gang of Four member Dave Allen, who is not Sam's boyfriend). Not only was it a chance for his friends and colleagues to wish him well, it was also a chance to help him retire his campaign debts, which he says are somewhere in the vicinity of $30,000. Below you can watch a lil' film I made full of birthday greetings (make sure to stick around until the end for the request from his "friend" and fellow commish Randy Leonard, who last week produced a 16-page report slamming the Portland Police Bureau). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMfQi1LEUFw

Last summer I enjoyed Mexican food and beers while Roy Christopher threw some questions at me. Upon reading the result of that discussion now it doesn't feel so much as an interview as it is two friends discussing the state of "things" over a drink. As Roy writes "Dave's ideas about the state of the [...]