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Music and Movies
Freeform Portland DJ’s roundup some of their favorite film-inspired music. DJ Mrrranda from Spider in the Ear Giallo and 60s-70s “artsy” horro...
Music and Attention Spans
by William Vance We, as human beings, have access to almost every detail and soundbite known to man, all within only a few clicks of a few buttons on a touchscr...
Songs for Autumn
A roundup of favorite fall tunes from Freeform Portland DJ’s:
The NEW Sounds of Summer
By: DJ Ducky / Jessie Stepan We’ve all heard The Beach Boys. You can’t live in America, especially on the Western seaboard, without hearing at least ONE song by...
Remembering DJ Anita Sarko: The Only Downtown Club Trendsetter That Mattered
by Taylor Hill Taylor Hill’s tribute episode “Danceteria: Selections from DJ Anita Sarko” will air live on Freeform Portland Wednesday June 26th at 4pm Pacific....
How The Moog Synthesizers Helped Revolutionize the Sound of Hip Hop
by William Vance When Robert Moog sold his first vacuum-tube theremin kit back in the early 1950s, one would scarcely imagine he envisioned the world-changing i...
Punks Not Dead, but Maximum Rocknroll Is: A Farewell Letter to the MRR Zine
At the beginning of this year, Maximum Rocknroll announced that their print publication would be ending its 37 year run. The May issue would be its last. When t...
Zines In Stereo Spotlight: Melanie Fey
I first met Melanie many years ago in my hometown of Flagstaff, AZ. She was one of many fellow Navajo teens who were into punk and metal. At the time, there was...
The Descending Tetrachord Of Doom. It’s Everywhere…
The story of humanity’s international melody of lamentation, which can still be heard in popular music everywhere, starts, as many things do, in ancient Greece....