Portland, OR—After discovering how much it would cost to purchase the newly released Beatles box sets, one set a remastering of their entire catalogue in stereo and the other set a remastering in mono, Jim Klippets of Portland, Oregon hadn’t any choice but to leave Ricky’s Rockshop and head home where he had stored...
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SHREVEPORT— At a show in Shreveport, Louisiana last night, the Portland-based rock outfit, the Shins, was forced to stop polishing the footwear of their fans by a local sheriff that insisted that they were in violation of several laws—most specifically, “shining shoes without a license.”       According to band members, since the economy...
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PORTLAND—Yesterday, the ghost of deceased, legendary songwriter, Eliot Smith, spoke with Heidi Hilton, news anchor for local Portland news station, KATU.  His message to those that are making music today: “Lighten up!”  “Listen, I know I wrote a sack full of sad songs,” said Smith.  “But look what happened to me.  I ended up...
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