Michael Fortes concludes his visit with the Parson Red Heads in L.A. with a tour of their blissfully communal pad and an unexpected run-in with the LAPD.
Michael Fortes
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Michael Fortes began writing for Popdose upon its launch in January of 2008, following a music writing journey that began with his high school newspaper and eventually led to print and web publications such as Performer Magazine and Bullz-Eye.com. Born and raised in The Biggest Little State in the Union (otherwise known as Rhode Island), Michael relocated in 2004 to San Francisco, where he works as an office professional during the day, sings harmonies in Sugar Candy Mountain at night, and religiously supports the local San Francisco Bay Area music scene nearly every chance he gets.
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Michael Fortes takes the Parlour to Parlour adventure down to L.A. as he reveals some drunken shenanigans in Oxnard with our favorite band of harmonious folk rockers, the Parson Red Heads.
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He’s on the road with Chicago and on store shelves with a new CD, but Bill Champlin isn’t too busy to talk to Michael Fortes in a new Popdose Interview.
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Michael Fortes wraps up the first leg of his visits to Bay Area indie bands in a jovial session with the guys from The Aimless Never Miss.
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Immediately after I had wrapped the Daniel James interview (which you undoubtedly watched last week) on February 15, the second part of the day began as I made my way to the train to cross the San Francisco Bay into Oakland. My appointment was at a practice space, which turned out to be a more convenient location for everyone than an apartment. Awaiting me there were Robin Landy and Eric Kuhn, the instrumental indie rock duo known as Silian Rail. I had met them on an assignment for Performer Magazine that, due to the company’s restructuring, was never published. I hope this episode can make up for it.
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Michael Fortes drops in on Daniel James from the San Francisco-based trio Leopold and his Fiction as the Parlour to Parlour journey continues to cover the Bay Area.
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The Parlour to Parlour journey begins in earnest, as Michael Fortes visits the the young ragtime singer and frequent Craig Ventresco collaborator Meredith Axelrod.
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Parlour to Parlour begins today with Episode 0. This footage, filmed in San Francisco, CA, during the weekend of November 14-15, 2008, on my grandfatherÁ¢€â„¢s old analog Hi8, was Á¢€Å“just practiceÁ¢€ and not originally intended for the series. But we liked it so much that it deserved a place in the series, even if it was out-of-concept in that it was the band visiting me, rather than the other way around. Hence Á¢€Å“Episode 0.Á¢€
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Stay tuned throughout the weekend as we continue our tribute to Michael Jackson, with reflections and remembrances from the Popdose staff.
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This week, Michael Fortes introduces a new multimedia series on Popdose, featuring video interviews and performances by indie musicians in their own homes and studios. Enter Parlour to Parlour!
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In just two short years, the Happy Hollows have racked up some impressive milestones since their formation in L.A. Á¢€” theyÁ¢€â„¢ve released two EPs (with a full-length album on the…
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Juliana Hatfield – When I Grow Up: A Memoir purchase this book (Amazon) Á¢€Å“Á¢€¦ if you’re timid and looking for mercy, stay on the road that leads to a more…
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Standing inside the Knockout in San FranciscoÁ¢€â„¢s Mission district late on a Wednesday night, August 27, 2008, I couldnÁ¢€â„¢t help but feel a sense of dÁƒ©jÁƒ vu. I know IÁ¢€â„¢ve…
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While a large chunk of San FranciscoÁ¢€â„¢s concert-going population was crowding Golden Gate Park for that big olÁ¢€â„¢ Outside Lands festival, Saturday night, August 23, 2008, at KimoÁ¢€â„¢s was a…
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Listening to rock radio in the early ’90s — particularly the college and ‘alternative’ varieties — was an experience like no other. The ratio of tolerable to intolerable music was…
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Few bands in the history of rock n’ roll have been simultaneously as lucky and doomed as Badfinger. Lucky because they were not only one of the wildly eclectic assortment…
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I’ll tell you one thing about today’s guest Chart Attacker: the man knows music. A prolific writer for Bullz-Eye, West Coast Performer and his own blog (to name a few),…
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I am not one to toss around the word “hero” lightly. It takes extraordinary courage to earn such a designation. I am also not one to write one of these…
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What were you doing in 1986? If you were a suburban kid with access to a radio or MTV, you were experiencing the dawn of rap as a commercial force…
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