The Common Loon PDX

BEFORE THE ALGORITHMS, THERE WERE TELEPHONE POLES.

Before sponsored posts and endless scrolling, there were flyers. Stapled to poles, taped to windows, stacked on record store counters. Little declarations that something was happening. That somebody was making noise. That there was somewhere worth being.

And there’s something beautiful about seeing them everywhere again.

Not just ours. ALL of them.

Every poster is proof that somebody in this neighborhood is creating something, organizing something, and inviting the rest of us to be part of it.

That’s how you know a neighborhood is alive.

And Lents? Lents is alive as hell.

So here’s our contribution to the telephone pole renaissance:

THE FIRST ANNUAL COMMON LOON HALLOWEEN BASH!

Saturday, October 31. Three tributes to artists who made being a little weird feel like the most important thing in the world.

THE PRIXIES (Pixies tribute)
Quiet, loud, surreal, explosive. The band that helped rewrite the rules of alternative rock.

BEER FOR BREAKFAST (The Replacements tribute)
Beautifully ragged, gloriously imperfect, and capable of breaking your heart between two songs about getting drunk.

JUDY JOHNSTON (Daniel Johnston tribute)
Fragile, fearless, and devastatingly sincere. Proof that you don’t need perfection to make something unforgettable.

Three celebrations of the weirdos, misfits, and beautiful outsiders who changed music forever.

And when the bands finish?

KJ CAMILLE ROSE takes over for HALLOWEEN KARAOKE UNTIL CLOSE!

COSTUME CONTEST!
Show up before 11 PM in costume and you’re automatically entered to win prizes. Plus giveaways and plenty more Halloween madness.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31
THE COMMON LOON
5836 SE 92ND AVE — LENTS, PDX
DOORS 6 / MUSIC 7
NGTAFLOF

The internet can tell you what’s happening.

But a telephone pole covered in flyers tells you something better:

YOU LIVE SOMEWHERE THINGS ARE HAPPENING.

Support your neighborhood. Support live music. Support the weirdos who make things happen.

LENTS IS MORE.

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