Not only are there going to be some nutty sales (40% off!) this coming Friday?the last day of Music Millennium Northwest's existence, it'll be musically nutty as well. And even more crowded. Space pop outfit Stars of Track and Field (note: I think I used to call them space rock, but now that they're [...]

FOCUS THE NATION: A Green Democracy Forum with Live Broadcast on OPB Radio, comedy from Live Wire! and music from Stars of Track and Field
Chiles Center, University of Portland, 5000 N. Willamette Blvd., Portland
Thursday, January 31, 2008
5:00 PM

Event Type: OPB Standard Event
Cost: The event is free, but tickets are required. To register for a ticket, go to climatechange.up.edu.
Ticket Web Link: climatechange.up.edu
Event Description: OPB will produce this event hosted by NPR personality Sandra Tsing Loh. OPB will broadcast live from the Chiles Center from 6-7pm. The event will be kicked off at 5:30pm by LiveWire! performing 15 minutes of comedy sketches. At 6pm, the event turns more serious. Students from 9 universities from throughout the region will be asking tough questions of politicians including our Governor Ted Kulongowsi and Congressman Earl Blumenauer about climate change. At 7pm, it's back to LiveWire! and then the band, the Stars of Track and Field.

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boy how I've missed you.

1. elvis fucking christ – the cramps
2. hey lloyd, I'm ready to be heart broken – camera obscura
3. I drempt of krushchev in a pink cadillac
4. frontier psychiatrist – the avalanches
5. stars of track and field – belle and sebastion
6. bijou cha-cha – billy may
7. crossroads – bone thugs n harmony
8. systematic death – crass
9. porcupine -
10. baby let me hold your hand – detroit cobras
11. I put a spell on you – dionysos
12. connie francis civil defence PSA
13. casbah aint easy – the kleptones
14. my radiation baby (teenage fallout queen) – george mckelvey
15. cock mobster – mc paul barman
16. johnny b rotten – the monks
17. inflamitory writ – joanna newsome
18. amy – pure prairie league
19. toms diner – susan vega
19. profile me – vomit bomb
20. happy ending

special thanks to geoff for pretty much providing all this new music.

Just a reminder to check out Joseph Arthur and the Lonely Astronauts tonight at the Doug Fir Lounge. Portland's own Stars Of Track And Field are opening. I saw this show in Seattle on Wednesday and it was great! Be forewarned, there's more of a 70's rock vibe than Joe's former down-tempo acoustic style, so be ready to have fun!

www.josepharthur.com

Hat tip to the fabulous Local Cut for this news piece, Stars of Track and Field to Appear on Conan O'Brien Friday.

That would be the night of February 2nd. Watch Stars of Track and Field rip it up on Conan and then head out in the cold on February 19th to catch them with The Thermals at the Crystal Ballroom.

If you miss the show on Friday, don't fret, Guitarist/Vocalist Jason Bell is hoping to get the performance onto YouTube ? that is, unless you guys record and beat him to it! :)

You can listen to a track from the SOTAF on the Stars of Podcasting show from Northwest Noise. Then, head on over to YouTube and watch their live performance at the Knitting Factory in NYC.

I often say that Portland is the best city in the world for music, but I'm not talking the same Portland most people are when they say that. I have never seen the Decemberists or Horsefeathers or the Stars of Track and Field play. Don't get me wrong?I don't have anything against those bands?I just [...]

Portland space-pop outfit Stars of Track and Field have shown up in a lot of unexpected places (even to the band itself) lately: Spin Magazine, Alternative Press, Billboard. It seems the folks over at Wind-Up, SOTAF's record label (and, much ballyhooed by ex-Local cutter Mark Baumgarten, home of Creed frontman Scott Stapp), are actually giving [...]

[SHOEGAZER POP] Portland's Stars of Track and Field is a slickly produced space-rock trio that writes formulaic songs powered by indulgent, swelling guitar-rock choruses and mechanical-sounding vocal harmonies. Basically, this band is the anti-Portland. Making matters more confusing, SOTAF is also really good. The band's new album, Centuries Before Love and War, is a downright radio-rock [...]