We played an awesome show in Portland with our pals HOLY!HOLY!HOLY!
Members of H!H!H! were accused by perfect strangers of being unsafe, so we opted to ask the neighboring bar if they'd mind not calling the police if we played on their corner outside. They said yes, and didn't feel like interrogating strangers about rumors first. I'd expect a bar owner over a member of the "radical" "community" to play 20 damn questions with crazy looking/sounding kids, but as Adam & The Ancient Gods mentions in his set (in the VIDEO BELOW!), the "Portland Mentality" often lends to more probation-esque policing with "radicals" than what is typically considered "mainstream society."
The sentiments in the video speak for themselves, so I'll stop at reiterating the amazing time we had with our friends in portland playing music, sharing conversation, and assorted awesomeness.
(*** note: The featured "confrontation," as stated in the video, was undertaken by strangers about issues they have never been personally involved in, at a non-radical space. Myself and the 9 people on our tour have had nothing but incredible personal experiences with Michael and his family, including his two amazing kids and many housemates/friends.)
(Portland is SO PUNK that there was a GBH patch left under a car on the ground. I told everyone that I'd only continue to respect them if they resisted the urges i KNEW they were having to pick it up.)
