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The discovery of a coffee shop a mere two blocks away has saved me from total collapse. I believe I can speak for the entire audience when I say that Mattress's earlier set grabbed an emotional spot in the pit of all of our stomaches, lifted it up past our esophaguses, past our larynxes, right through our heads, and then set it down somewhere on our frontal lobes. After that, our brains exploded. It was quite a cathartic experience.

What a surreal experience. Podington Bear has decided to turn his set into an all-star karaoke session with tracks he produced especially for each song. Nick Jaina sang R.E.M.'s Everybody Hurts. Somebody from Graves whose name I didn't catch sang a song I didn't recognize, and now Podington Bear is asking for participants from the audience to join the fun. Nobody's biting, yet.

As the Portland Cello Project starts their set, the inside room is packed, possibly at capacity. This crowd just came from a hip-hop show outside, and now they're just as excited to hear cello music. As Doug Friend just said over my shoulder, "we're definitely living in a special place."

Eskimo & Sons are starting their set as I start this post. I can see a tuba bell peaking over from behind the crowd and a crooning voice leads the band before eventually being overtaken by it.

It's been a great weekend and it's only getting better. Normally, I wouldn't be sitting down for a band like Eskimo & Sons, but I need to take a breather before I find my second wind. I know Starfucker is going to take a lot out of me tonight, so I want to make sure I have a lot of energy for them to take.

KPSU - Portland's college radio and NW Film Center team up to bring music to the TOP DOWN film series. TOP DOWN is set atop the Hotel deLuxe's parking structure (SW 15th at Yamhill) and happens every Thursday evening July 24th through August 28th. Music starts promptly at 8pm followed by each evening's film at dusk.

JULY 24 - LOVE MENU with film BIG TIME