Tag Archives: rock and roll

Shannon and the Clams

Playing Portland’s Project Pabst festival… its Shannon and the Clams! one of my favorite bands. Listening to them always makes me want to play joyous music.

These are drawings I made of Shannon and the band in 2015. wow 10 years ago! Am I any better now?

I’m working on a new play about a band. I was inspired reading Kathleen Hannah’s book “Riot Girl” and listening to this podcast interviewing Shannon. It sounded like she was a cool person and listening was like hanging out with friends. I’ll let you know when the play is finished 🙂 the plan is it will be a “behind the music” style documentary about a fantasy band.

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The space lady at moon rock records

The space lady used to busk on the street in San Fransisco or in subways. Now she’s playing to large crowds who love her weird unusual take on classic rock covers and her sweet original lyrics and stage persona. She plays Casio keyboards into a heavy phaser effect and uses the tinny drum machines that came with those old casios… then she sings, sometimes changing the melody of the original song wildly and manipulating a delay effect on her voice while she plays keys. It’s a unique show for sure! She also picked up the guitar for a few songs and led the crowd in singalongs, encouraging us to love each other and realize our best selves! Check her out at her Facebook page.

And her Wikipedia page is here.

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