Clublist Spotlight: Space Oddity
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Fear not, earthlings: The recently renovated Space Room (4800 SE Hawthorne Blvd, 235-6957, spaceroomlounge.com) retains its just-off-the-Vegas-strip vibe. Glowing murals of Mount Hood and the Portland skyline also remain intact. Overhead lights are still intergalactic. And Dean Martin would still happily endure an anal probe after two gigantic fishbowl cocktails—including a deadly Long Island ($7.25) and the Purple Alien ($6.75), which tastes like incendiary Purplesaurus Rex Kool-Aid. New is the bar’s annex, which once looked like Grandma’s favorite diner stapled to side of the bar. Now it resembles an alien swinger pad, with mod hanging lights, dangling UFOs and Warhol-esque alien paintings. The menu also got an upgrade: It now reveals an obsession with ciabatta bread (including a juicy ciabatta burger, $6.75) and pulled pork (as in a pulled-pork burrito, $8.25, and Unidentified Flying Sliders, $8, served on—yup—mini-ciabatta). The unification of Space Room’s two sides and the tastier food make Southeast Portland’s strangest bar even better—and the corpse-stiff drinks and psychedelic elements are enough to make the staunchest nonbeliever see little green men.
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Our weekly calendar of live music in venues throughout the city.
Compiled by Casey Jarman
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5 events this weekAladdin Theater
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6 events this weekAlberta Street Public House
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1 event this weekArlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
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3 events this weekArtichoke Community Music
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2 events this weekThe Artistery
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6 events this weekBerbati’s Pan
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4 events this weekBiddy McGraw’s
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6 events this weekBuffalo Gap Saloon
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2 events this weekClyde’s Prime Rib
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4 events this weekCrystal Ballroom
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3 events this weekDevils Point
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7 events this weekDoug Fir Lounge
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6 events this weekDuff’s Garage
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4 events this weekFez Ballroom
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1 event this week45th St. Pub & Grill
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3 events this weekGotham Tavern
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1 event this weekGreek Cusina
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7 events this weekGround Kontrol
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7 events this weekHawthorne Theatre
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1 event this weekHollywood Theatre
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1 event this weekIt’s a Beautiful Pizza
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3 events this weekJade Lounge
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7 events this weekJimmy Mak’s
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7 events this weekThe Knife Shop
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1 event this weekKennedy School
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7 events this weekLaurelThirst Public House
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1 event this weekLiving Room Theaters
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3 events this weekLola’s Room at the Crystal Ballroom
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6 events this weekLondon Grill
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1 event this weekMacadam’s Bar & Grill
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7 events this weekMcMenamins Edgefield
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2 events this weekMcMenamins Hotel Oregon
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7 events this weekMcMenamins Rock Creek Tavern
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2 events this weekMcMenamins-Grand Lodge
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7 events this weekMississippi Pizza/Atlantis Lounge
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7 events this weekMississippi Studios
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4 events this weekMuddy Rudder Public House
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0 event this weekMuddy Waters Coffeehouse
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2 events this weekMusic Millennium
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2 events this weekO’Connor’s Vault
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1 event this weekThe Old Church
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2 events this weekRock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery
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2 events this weekRock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery
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3 events this weekRoots Organic Brewing
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1 event this weekSapphire Hotel
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3 events this weekSellwood Public House
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5 events this weekSomeday Lounge
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4 events this weekTeaZone and Camellia Lounge
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4 events this weekTreasury Ballroom
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6 events this weekTwilight Cafe & Bar
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1 event this weekTwilight Room
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5 events this weekValentine’s
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2 events this weekWonder Ballroom
Tonight’s Events
Saturday
AMA (Agaisnt Musical Advice) @ Sellwood Public House
Amanda Richards @ Buffalo Gap Saloon
Ante Up: DJ Nature, Doc. Adam, Ronin Roc @ Crown Room
Autumnal Beats with DJ Vision Quest an DJ Acidwash @ Valentine’s
Axton Kincaid @ East Burn
Big Freedia, Beyondadoubt, Brice Nice @ Holocene
Blue Cranes @ The Art Bar & Bistro
Blue Skies for Black Hearts, Midnight Callers, Future Historians @ Backspace
Brad Parsons @ Fire on the Mountain East
Chris Ingold, Josh Nielsen, Rob Wessels’ Lil Bastard @ Mt. Tabor Theater Lounge
Cool Breeze @ Clyde’s Prime Rib
Cory Sterling Project (10 pm); Beth Willis (7 pm) @ McMenamins Edgefield
Dance Party With DJ Mestizo @ Dante’s
DJ Tigerstripes, DJ Maxx Bass @ Ground Kontrol
Eli Reischman (5:30 pm); Jean Ronne (9:30 am) @ London Grill
ERS-ONE, Alter Echo, Ryan Organ, Monkeytek @ Branx
Fair Game, Jordan Rain, Dizz, Yung Jordan @ Tiger Bar
Indubious, Monk, Alcyon Massive @ Mt. Tabor Theater
Intellectually Sound, Basicshapes, Moodswing, Guerilla Cillin, DJ MOM @ Ash Street Saloon
Jake Kelly (9:30 pm); Peter Mulvey (7 pm) @ Alberta Street Public House
Jim Boyer, Lynn Conover, Dan Haley & Tim Acott (9:30 pm); Little Sue Band (6 pm) @ LaurelThirst Public House
John Vincent @ Tiga
Jon Bunzow @ Muddy Rudder Public House
Kelli Schaefer, Telegraph Canyon, Leonard Mynx @ The Woods
Key of Dreams @ Heathman Restaurant and Bar
Laura Ivancie, Dan Miller, Joe Conrad, Beth Rhodes @ Burdigala Wine Shop
Lisa Mann @ Gotham Tavern
Live Wire: Helio Sequence @ Aladdin Theater
Mark Ransom Duo @ McMenamins Hotel Oregon
Dance Party With DJ Mestizo @ Dante’s
Nathan Detroit, Very International Love, Freaky Outy @ Berbati’s Pan
Oblivion Seekers @ Duff’s Garage
One Brick Shy @ Macadam’s Bar & Grill
Oregon Bluegrass Association Fundraiser with Whiskey Puppy, The Sawtooth Mountain Boys (9 pm); Geoff Berner (6 pm) @ Mississippi Pizza/Atlantis Lounge
Orion Walsh w/Stacy Clark @ TeaZone and Camellia Lounge
Puffer, Devil Riding Shotgun, Endless Rage @ Twilight Cafe & Bar
Snapdragon Bluegrass, Magrane Hill, Jake Ray (9:30 pm); Ben Graves and His Bassless Trio (4:30 pm) @ White Eagle Saloon
St. James Gate @ Kells
Stag Bitten, Brevi Amor, Leather Tom & The Dirty Dudes @ The Know
Stephen Ashbrook @ Virgo and Pisces
Strangled Darlings, Virginia Cohen @ Treasury Ballroom
Dan Balmer Trio @ Jimmy Mak’s
The Brothers Jam @ McMenamins Rock Creek Tavern
The Disciples Of Rock N Roll, The Fast Takers, Qwong @ Ducketts Public House
The Helping Hands @ Jade Lounge
The Low Bones @ Roots Organic Brewing
The Sale @ Biddy McGraw’s
Tosh Onizuka @ Andina
Venus In Furs, DJ Jenny Hoyston, Chelsea Starr, Noisy Pig @ Rotture
Will West @ McMenamins-Grand Lodge
Wizard Attack, Getup Getdown, Andrew Norsworthy @ The Knife Shop
After Dark @ Groove Suite
Hive @ Plan B
Dan Balmer Trio @ Jimmy Mak’s
Dave Fleschner Trio @ O’Connor’s Vault
Dinosaur Jr., Lou Barlow & The Missingmen, Violent Soho @ Wonder Ballroom
DJ HazMatt @ 45th St. Pub & Grill
DJ IZM @ East Chinatown Lounge
DJ Maxamillion @ Tube
Doug Westberg @ Aaron’s Wine Cellar & Piano Bar
Eli Reischman (5:30 pm); Jean Ronne (9:30 am) @ London Grill
Eye Candy Ass Shake @ Fez Ballroom
God’s Pottery, People’s Republic of Komedy Featuring Kevin Hyder & Derek Sheen @ Lola’s Room at the Crystal Ballroom
Hive @ Plan B
Juno What?! (Joey Porter, Dave Watts); The Panda Conspiracy @ Goodfoot
Laura Gibson, Musee Mecanique, Rauelsson @ Mississippi Studios
MDC, Guests @ Red Room
Noah Peterson Soul-Tet @ Local Lounge
Open Mic With Punkbaba @ Pub at the End of the Universe
The Raveonettes, Crocodiles, The Upsidedown @ Doug Fir Lounge
Revolution With DJ Robb @ C.C. Slaughters
Rock the Socks: Alan Singley, Jacob Johnson, Noah Beck, Pedal Home and the Lost Highwaymen @ P:ear Gallery
Rollerball, Zugwrack, Datura Blues, Paint and Copter, Tres Gone, Plant Family, Pink Snowflakes @ East End
S.I.N.: Gregarious, Flight Risk, Colin Sick @ Matador
Saturday Song Circle with Richard Colombo @ Artichoke Community Music
Shel Bailey & The Big Package @ Thirsty Lion
Siren Nation Festival: Tender Forever, Y La Bamba, Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside, The I’s @ Someday Lounge
Swollen Members, Common Market, Big B and Dirtball, Bliss n Eso, Serge Severe @ Hawthorne Theatre
Tropical Saturdays W/ DJ Sweet Piz @ Club Calabash
The Welfare State, Caguama, The Tezeta Band, Cicada Omega @ Slabtown
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