Breathe Easy

Well, I've got photos of bikes and bars and deals and whatever, but this is really good.

Portland band, The Dandy Warhols, have organized the Breathe Easy project.

I think their words are better than mine in terms of describing this project:

"Called Breathe Easy, the project calls on the talents of artists like the Raveonettes, the Black Angels, J Mascis, Saul Williams, Midnight Movies, and of course The Dandy Warhols, to bring their separate musical perceptions and abilities to finished product. Genre becomes loosely articulated; what unites the pieces is the emotion, the spontaneity that comes from collaboration and inspiration. It’s music that conveys both the individual contribution and the integrity of the whole.

Beginning October 21, 2008, a series of 12 tracks will be sold digitally at specified Breathe Easy sites and embedded stores, and 100% of profits will go to the Three Rivers Land Conservancy.

The Three Rivers Land Conservancy is a non-profit organization that works to conserve and preserve land by the Clackamas, Tualatin, and lower Willamette Rivers against urbanization. The Dandy Warhols and the Three Rivers Land Conservancy believe that conserving land and protecting against errant urbanization creates stronger healthier communities now and for future generations."

Anyway, I really dig the Dandys, Spindrift, Saul Williams, and of course the BLACK ANGELS!!! Who would have guessed they all could have come together, and for a good cause no less?


Here's J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr.) getting busy with the drummer of the Dandy's and the Black Angels. The opening riff sounds like Danzig's "Am I Demon" but played on bass and then it goes completely sideways and awesome from there.


-L