First ever PDX Pop Now! open mic!

Just finished a strange and wonderful first hour. While the The Sort Ofs were on stage, it turned out that Libretto wouldn't be able to make it for his 12:30 slot. After scrambling a bit to get in touch with some of our backups, we decided to turn to PDX Pop's best resource: the people of Portland. We put out the call to the crowd for an impromptu open mic and got a great response! PDX Pop's own, Ross Beach, Ben from Meyercord, a gray haired protest singer, and a trembling young dude each played a song a piece, entertaining the crowd with everything from odes to Portland to anti-Bush protest songs.

They turned what could have been an awkward few minutes there into another memorable Portland moment.

Due to the scrambling, I didn't catch enough of The Sort Ofs' set to really do them justice, but here's what they looked like at least: