Our winter series of silent film and soundtracking is rolling on with Nosferatu next month!!  We are back in the newly renovated Hollywood Theatre with ultra-comfy seats and a slick paint job.   Strangled Darlings have put together an awesome piece this month for the original vampire feature.   It’s a visually brilliant film if you haven’t seen it.   Come sink into the new seats with a wine or beer and check out Organ Grinder’s February offering!

On February 18th, The Strangled Darlings creep from the crypt and into the Hollywood Theatre. The tome, Nosferatu, FW Murnau’s 1922 tale of purity of heart, vampires, and blood. The Strangled Darlings present a disconcerting mix of styles. They paint an eerily dark portrait that seems like it was made for the classic horror genre. In a special one-time performance, the Hollywood Theatre is transformed back to its vaudeville days of bowler hat bedecked musicians and big screen spectacles.

Organ Grinders: NOSFERATU
February 18th – 8pm
Hollywood Theatre – $12
Tickets available at Filmusik.com and the Hollywood Theatre box office

The Darlings came from outer space upon the Devil’s ship. God was making cookies, peanut butter chocolate chip. He forgot his new creation, as gods are wont to do, and the Devil caught the Darlings & choked them white to blue. Strangled now & heartsick by their true forsaken Lord, the lost & longing Darlings are wobbled troubadours. They sings of things unspoken, to hide from good & bad they always dress immaculate in case conceptions’ had. They flitter through the country side looking for a perch & if you want to hear their tale, the Darlings are your Church.

ORGAN GRINDERS – From under the screen, the sounds of modern groups are paired with movies from a different era, updating the genre of Silent Film accompaniment to the sounds around us today. Organ Grinders revisits the original vision of the Hollywood Theatre, built in 1926 with an orchestra pit and a hydraulically ascending theatre organ.

NOSFERATU – Wisbourg, Germany based estate agent Knock dispatches his associate, Hutter, to Count Orlok’s castle in Transylvania as the Count wants to purchase a isolated house in Wisbourg. They plan on selling him the one across the way from Hutter’s own home. Hutter leaves his innocent wife, Ellen, with some friends while he is away. Hutter’s trek is an unusual one, with many locals not wanting to take him near the castle where strange events have been occurring. Once at the castle, Hutter does manage to sell the Count the house, but he also notices and feels unusual occurrences, primarily feeling like there is a dark shadow hanging over him, even in the daytime when the Count is unusually asleep. Hutter eventually sees the Count’s sleeping chamber in a crypt, and based on a book he has recently read, believes the Count is really a vampire or Nosferatu. While Hutter is trapped in the castle, the Count, hiding in a shipment of coffins, makes his way to Wisbourg, causing death along his way, which most attribute to the plague. Hutter himself tries to rush home to save his town and most importantly save Ellen from Nosferatu’s imminent arrival. In Wisbourg, Ellen can feel the impending darkness as Nosferatu gets closer. But she learns that a sinless woman can sacrifice herself to kill the vampire. Will Hutter be able to save Ellen either from Nosferatu and/or her self-sacrifice?

At the Hollywood Theatre, the Organ Grinders silent film series takes you to a Transylvanian castle guarded by terror and panic.

On February 18th, The Strangled Darlings creep from the crypt and into the Hollywood Theatre. The tome, Nosferatu, FW Murnau’s 1922 tale of purity of heart, vampires, and blood. The Strangled Darlings present a disconcerting mix of styles. They paint an eerily dark portrait that seems like it was made for the classic horror genre.  In a special one-time performance, the Hollywood Theatre is transformed back to its vaudeville days of bowler hat bedecked musicians and big screen spectacles.

Organ Grinders: NOSFERATU
February 18th – 8pm
Hollywood Theatre – $12
Tickets available at Filmusik.com and the Hollywood Theatre box office

The Darlings came from outer space upon the Devil’s ship. God was making cookies, peanut butter chocolate chip. He forgot his new creation, as gods are wont to do, and the Devil caught the Darlings & choked them white to blue. Strangled now & heartsick by their true forsaken Lord, the lost & longing Darlings are wobbled troubadours. They sings of things unspoken, to hide from good & bad they always dress immaculate in case conceptions’ had. They flitter through the country side looking for a perch & if you want to hear their tale, the Darlings are your Church.

ORGAN GRINDERS – From under the screen, the sounds of modern groups are paired with movies from a different era, updating the genre of Silent Film accompaniment to the sounds around us today. Organ Grinders revisits the original vision of the Hollywood Theatre, built in 1926 with an orchestra pit and a hydraulically ascending theatre organ.

NOSFERATU – Wisbourg, Germany based estate agent Knock dispatches his associate, Hutter, to Count Orlok’s castle in Transylvania as the Count wants to purchase a isolated house in Wisbourg. They plan on selling him the one across the way from Hutter’s own home. Hutter leaves his innocent wife, Ellen, with some friends while he is away. Hutter’s trek is an unusual one, with many locals not wanting to take him near the castle where strange events have been occurring. Once at the castle, Hutter does manage to sell the Count the house, but he also notices and feels unusual occurrences, primarily feeling like there is a dark shadow hanging over him, even in the daytime when the Count is unusually asleep. Hutter eventually sees the Count’s sleeping chamber in a crypt, and based on a book he has recently read, believes the Count is really a vampire or Nosferatu. While Hutter is trapped in the castle, the Count, hiding in a shipment of coffins, makes his way to Wisbourg, causing death along his way, which most attribute to the plague. Hutter himself tries to rush home to save his town and most importantly save Ellen from Nosferatu’s imminent arrival. In Wisbourg, Ellen can feel the impending darkness as Nosferatu gets closer. But she learns that a sinless woman can sacrifice herself to kill the vampire. Will Hutter be able to save Ellen either from Nosferatu and/or her self-sacrifice?

For questions, photos, interviews, press tickets or anything else (within reason I suppose) contact:

James Dineen
jamesjdineen@gmail.com
503-724-8364

Hollywood Theatre Box Office: 503-281-4215

At the Headwaters Theatre, the Organ Grinders silent film series takes you to the insane asylum where prophecy, the carnival, and somnambulism are your guards.

On Friday January 13, Boston band Bent Knee attacks with knives out. The victim, 1920 German Expressionist film The Cabinet Of Doctor Caligari. Bent Knee will assault your ears with the sounds of a dark urban circus gone wrong.  With orchestral textures and haunting vocals, this band is unlike anything you’ve heard before. Special venue for our January performance at Headwaters Theatre

Organ Grinders: THE CABINET OF DOCTOR CALIGARI
January 13th – 8pm
Headwaters Theatre
55 NE Farragut St. #9, Portland, OR
$12.50 Purchase tickets online at www.filmusik.com/tickets or at the door the night of the event- CASH ONLY AT THE DOOR

With orchestral textures and haunting vocals, Bent Knee’s live show is an immersive journey and an intimate conversation all at once.   In addition to our original music, they create warped and distorted arrangements of songs like “Creep (Radiohead)” or “Since I’ve Been Loving You (Led Zeppelin)” and play them like you’ve never heard before.

The Headwaters is a black box theatre dedicated to serving local artists by providing an affordable and professional space for launching new work.

ORGAN GRINDERS – From under the screen, the sounds of modern groups are paired with movies from a different era, updating the genre of Silent Film accompaniment to the sounds around us today. Organ Grinders revisits the original vision of the silent era when musicians played live in the pit with silent films.

THE CABINET OF DOCTOR CALIGARI - The deranged Doctor Caligari and his faithful sleepwalking Cesare, attractions at a carnival, are connected to a series of murders in a German mountain village. Fantasy, prophecy fulfilled, and an insane asylum are on the menu in this stylized expressionist tale where things are not as they seem unfold.

At the Hollywood Theatre, the Organ Grinders silent film series takes you to a dark carnival with Lon Chaney and Joan Crawford as your guides.

On December 15th, the Subterranean Howl storms the stage preaching with frequencies not meant for the instruments from which they emanate. The sermon: Tod Browning’s THE UNKNOWN, a 1927 tale of love, lies, murder, and the circus. The Subterranean Howl, taking their name from Kerouac’s “The Subterraneans” and Ginsberg’s “Howl”, indulges the listeners’ ears with dynamics ranging from the howl of a deranged street preacher to the murmur of a subterranean river.

In a special one-time performance, the Hollywood Theatre is transformed back to its vaudeville days of bowler hat bedecked musicians and big screen spectacles.

Organ Grinders: THE UNKNOWN
December 15th – 8pm >
Hollywood Theatre – $12
Tickets available at Filmusik.com and the Hollywood Theatre box office
Click Here for tickets http://bit.ly/u9t9BF

Organ Grinders’ trailer for the event: vimeo.com/32479221

If there’s one thing The Subterranean Howl has mastered, it’s dynamics. As one writer eloquently puts it, “Like the beat writers from which their name borrows, The Subterranean Howl leave style as an afterthought and spontaneously create music that is both catchy and surprisingly fresh.” It is precisely this amalgamation of sweet and tender melodies and dance inspiring grooves juxtaposed with earth-threatening sonic explosions that give the band their unique, a-pop-alyptic sound.

ORGAN GRINDERS – From under the screen, the sounds of modern groups are paired with movies from a different era, updating the genre of Silent Film accompaniment to the sounds around us today. Organ Grinders revisits the original vision of the Hollywood Theatre, built in 1926 with an orchestra pit and a hydraulically ascending theatre organ.

THE UNKNOWN – Alonzo The Armless (Lon Chaney) is a circus freak who uses his feet to toss knives and fire a rifle at his partner Nanon Zanzi (Joan Crawford). However, Alonzo is an imposter and a fugitive who keeps his arms tightly bound to his torso. Alonzo’s right hand has a double thumb, which would identify him as the perpetrator of many crimes. Alonzo is secretly in love with Nanon, who curiously has a strong fear of men’s arms. When Nanon’s father Antonio discovers Alonzo’s secret, Alonzo kills him. The harrowing tale of Alonzo’s secret and the lengths he will go to in order to protect and keep Nanon close reveals Tod Brown as a storyteller at his Shakespearean best.

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THE SUBTERRANEAN HOWL SCORES INTENSE 1927 LON CHANEY CARNY CRIME FLICK

At the Hollywood Theatre, the Organ Grinders silent film series takes you to a dark carnival with Lon Chaney and Joan Crawford as your guides.

On December 15th, the Subterranean Howl storms the stage preaching with frequencies not meant for the instruments from which they emanate. The sermon: Tod Browning’s THE UNKNOWN, a 1927 tale of love, lies, murder, and the circus. The Subterranean Howl, taking their name from Kerouac’s “The Subterraneans” and Ginsberg’s “Howl”, indulges the listeners’ ears with dynamics ranging from the howl of a deranged street preacher to the murmur of a subterranean river.

In a special one-time performance, the Hollywood Theatre is transformed back to its vaudeville days of bowler hat bedecked musicians and big screen spectacles.

Organ Grinders: THE UNKNOWN December 15th – 8pm Hollywood Theatre – $12 Tickets available at Filmusik.com and the Hollywood Theatre box office

Organ Grinders’ trailer for the event: vimeo.com/32479221

If there’s one thing The Subterranean Howl has mastered, it’s dynamics. As one writer eloquently puts it, “Like the beat writers from which their name borrows, The Subterranean Howl leave style as an afterthought and spontaneously create music that is both catchy and surprisingly fresh.” It is precisely this amalgamation of sweet and tender melodies and dance inspiring grooves juxtaposed with earth-threatening sonic explosions that give the band their unique, a-pop-alyptic sound.

ORGAN GRINDERS – From under the screen, the sounds of modern groups are paired with movies from a different era, updating the genre of Silent Film accompaniment to the sounds around us today. Organ Grinders revisits the original vision of the Hollywood Theatre, built in 1926 with an orchestra pit and a hydraulically ascending theatre organ.

THE UNKNOWN – Alonzo The Armless (Lon Chaney) is a circus freak who uses his feet to toss knives and fire a rifle at his partner Nanon Zanzi (Joan Crawford). However, Alonzo is an imposter and a fugitive who keeps his arms tightly bound to his torso. Alonzo’s right hand has a double thumb, which would identify him as the perpetrator of many crimes. Alonzo is secretly in love with Nanon, who curiously has a strong fear of men’s arms. When Nanon’s father Antonio discovers Alonzo’s secret, Alonzo kills him. The harrowing tale of Alonzo’s secret and the lengths he will go to in order to protect and keep Nanon close reveals Tod Brown as a storyteller at his Shakespearean best.

Tickets available here: http://bit.ly/u9t9BF
Hollywood Theatre Box Office: 503-281-4215

For questions, photos, interviews, press tickets or anything else (within reason I suppose) contact:
James Dineen jamesjdineen@gmail.com 503-724-8364

1939 ENSEMBLE SCORES GERMAN SILENT MASTERPIECE WITH JOSE MEDELES OF THE BREEDERS

1939 ENSEMBLE SCORES GERMAN SILENT MASTERPIECE WITH JOSE MEDELES OF THE BREEDERS

1939 ENSEMBLE BRINGS BOMBAST TO 1920′S GERMAN CELLULOID

At the Hollywood Theatre, the Organ Grinders silent film series takes on a classic folktale in a neoclassical way. On November 18th, the 1939 Ensemble takes the stage with secret laboratory worth of drums, mallets and chimes. Their target: Goethe’s tale of the Alchemist and the Devil, the 1926 Silent film by F.W. Murnau. Led by Jose Medeles of the Breeders, the 1939 Ensemble mixes a gaggle of percussion influences into their exciting live performances. In a special one-time performance, the Hollywood Theatre is transformed back to its vaudeville days of bowler hat bedecked musicians and big screen spectacles.

ORGAN GRINDERS: FAUST
November 18th – 8pm
Hollywood Theatre – $12
Tickets available at Filmusik.com and the Hollywood Theatre box office
Click here for tickets: bit.ly/​tpKpD7

1939 are an instrumental duo from Portland Or.  with an unusual line-up: drums, vibraphone & noise. drawing influences from Jazz, Krautrock and No Wave, 1939 Ensemble moves between ominous dissonance and noise to sharp bombastic beats.  The duo features Jose Medeles of The Breeders and David Coniglio . Check out their music online at mysp.ac/vbxcaP

Jose Medeles is the drummer for The Breeders and 1939 Ensemble.  In 1998 played drums for Face to Face as a touring member. He also played drums in 22 Jacks, appearing on Overserved and their final album Going North.

David Coniglio played with Either/Orchestra and side projects with Dana Colley of Morphine.  David moved to Portland, OR in 2006, and is now actively gigging with 1939 Ensemble and M. Village.

ORGAN GRINDERS – From under the screen, the sounds of modern groups are paired with movies from a different era, updating the genre of Silent Film accompaniment to the sounds around us today. Organ Grinders revisits the original vision of the Hollywood Theatre, built in 1926 with an orchestra pit and a hydraulically ascending theatre organ.

FAUST – God and Satan war over earth; to settle things, they wager on the soul of Faust, a learned and prayerful alchemist. During a plague, Faust despairs and burns his books after failing to stop death; Satan sends Mephisto to tempt Faust, first with insight into treating the plague and then with a day’s return to youth. Mephisto is clever, timing the end of this 24 hours as Faust embraces the beautiful Duchess of Parma. Faust trades his soul for youth. Some time later, he’s bored, and demands on Easter Sunday that Mephisto take him home. Faust promptly sees and falls in love with the beautiful Gretchen, whose liaison with him brings her dishonor. Is there redemption? Who wins the wager?