Amanda Blank

It's been a minute since I've posted anything to the ol' bloggo so I felt compelled to add SOMEthing. And since our summer concert season seems to be at a grinding halt for the moment, I thought I'd hit our readers with what I've had stuck in my headphones lately (for what it's worth). They're all fairly new releases or newly re-issued. So without further adieu, let get into it ...

Barbara and I drove up to the Gorge last Saturday to check out Rock the Bells ... probably one of the best hip hop lineups I've ever seen. Tribe Called Quest + Pharcyde reunited! That's enough to make you wanna drive 6 hours alone. Here are some photos from the day. Click any image to see the whole gallery. BiG THANX to Tre and Martha for the hospitality! Good seeing y'all again. & if you missed the Camilla's cover story last week that featured them, be sure to check that out.

Mos Def, Green Lantern and Maseo of De La Soul

The Pharcyde

Tre crowd surfing

Booty Brown gettin' down

Fatlip & the dudes killed me with the Bobby Brown cover.

Dave and Posdnuos of De La

Barbara with Michael Rappaport ... who was running around with a video camera doing interviews (or so it looked)

The mighty Mos

Spank Rock lounging

Amanda Blank and Spank

Cool Kids blazed out on the couch

See earring for caption info

Nas

I got the news that I had just became an uncle right before Tribe went on ... needless to say I split from the show and missed their set. I'll catch 'em if there is a next time.