As some of you might already know I was ask to be a photographer at the Pickathon Musical Festival in Portland, Oregon this weekend. Jody Orsborne was kind enough to invite me to be her sidekick for this indie folk festivus in forests just outside of Portland. In addition to being a photographer, we will also be interviewing many of the bands and making music videos of them in the woods. As part of our interview series Jody and I have decided that the questions should come from the fans directly, so we will be pinging people in the audience for inqueries but if you would like to ask a question please feel free to comment here. The bands at the festival include: Blitzen Trapper, Dr. Dog, John Doe and the Sadies, Vetiver, Alela Diane, Horsefeathers, Justin Townes Earle among others. Check back for videos and photos soon.

Peace and Love,
Capt AKAK

Bruce: Blitzen Trapper is from Portland, OR. Now I’m beginning to hate every band from Brooklyn just because they’re from the east coast hipster hot spot, but so far so good for our side of the country: Portland is where it’s at my scarves and skinny jeans wearing friends!

Bobby has finally given me a tiny bit of say on upcoming shows (otherwise, God knows how many times we’d see The Dodos!) and I can safely assure you – BT is the real deal.

I recommend buying their new record Furr and illegally downloading Wild Mountain Nation. It’s what I like to call the buy one, steal one deal.

Capt AKAK: I just got 8 tickets to see Blitzen Trapper on November 30th.

1. Bobby (aka Capt AKAK)
2. Bruce (aka Stone Junkie)
3. Jeff P (aka Stalliondilly)
4. Luisa (aka ALHP)
5. E Bee
6. E Bee’s Friend
7. MRoyed
8. Erik B