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WHY AM I WRITING THIS PORTASTATIC BIO?
By Tom Scharpling
Why? Because in the bio for BRIGHT IDEAS, Portastatic’s amazing 2005 full-length, my name was mis-spelled. Here’s the offending passage:
“Portastatic first achieved delicacy in 1992, when Tom Sharpling, proprietor of the fanzine 18 Wheeler, persuaded McCaughan to release a 7” of the recordings he had been making for kicks in his kitchen.”
Sharpling? It’s S-C-H, guys. What happened? Was Google broken that day? Who’s in charge of quality control at Merge? You’d think with all that Arcade Fire money, shit like this wouldn’t slip through the cracks. But it did, and as a component of the eventual ugly lawsuit (mental anguish!) I have been granted permission to write the new Portastatic bio.
But seeing the statement above lends some perspective to things—back in the early 90’s, I was lucky enough to be a part of the early early days of Portastatic, when the name was a catch-all for Mac McCaughan’s low-fi side pocket recordings—stuff he was knocking out while being the propulsive songwriting force behind the legendary Superchunk.
Fourteen years later, and it’s a different ballgame. (Mac would prefer I say it’s a different hockey game, because he’s still in Stanley Cup afterglow with the Carolina Hurricanes winning it all.) Superchunk is on ice for the foreseeable future, and Portastatic is where McCaughan gets it done. And get it done he does—it’s shocking to see how the band has grown from such humble beginnings.
By Tom Scharpling
Why? Because in the bio for BRIGHT IDEAS, Portastatic’s amazing 2005 full-length, my name was mis-spelled. Here’s the offending passage:
“Portastatic first achieved delicacy in 1992, when Tom Sharpling, proprietor of the fanzine 18 Wheeler, persuaded McCaughan to release a 7” of the recordings he had been making for kicks in his kitchen.”
Sharpling? It’s S-C-H, guys. What happened? Was Google broken that day? Who’s in charge of quality control at Merge? You’d think with all that Arcade Fire money, shit like this wouldn’t slip through the cracks. But it did, and as a component of the eventual ugly lawsuit (mental anguish!) I have been granted permission to write the new Portastatic bio.
But seeing the statement above lends some perspective to things—back in the early 90’s, I was lucky enough to be a part of the early early days of Portastatic, when the name was a catch-all for Mac McCaughan’s low-fi side pocket recordings—stuff he was knocking out while being the propulsive songwriting force behind the legendary Superchunk.
Fourteen years later, and it’s a different ballgame. (Mac would prefer I say it’s a different hockey game, because he’s still in Stanley Cup afterglow with the Carolina Hurricanes winning it all.) Superchunk is on ice for the foreseeable future, and Portastatic is where McCaughan gets it done. And get it done he does—it’s shocking to see how the band has grown from such humble beginnings.
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Bright Ideas
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The Summer of the Shark
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aboutbeingsober escreveu:
Bright Ideas is great.
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baeblemusic escreveu:
Mac McCaughan and co. take their seasoned act to Jersey in support of Be Still Please. Watch it all here: http://www.baeblemusic.com/concertvideo/Maxwells/Portastatic.html
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kasper_linge escreveu:
Truckstop Cassettes is something big to do
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katarana escreveu:
japanese? lol
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backroomghost escreveu:
I hope the main picture never changes
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cutecyte escreveu:
I love Sweetness And Light.
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Cornholio4242 escreveu:
who tagged this as japanese?
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Night64 escreveu:
Lamento Sertanejo was probably the weirdest thing I ever heard!
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scotthome escreveu:
a 'third' disc of rarities to go along with 'Some Small History' has been released on the Merge site...and the price is right - Free.
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waltzinblack escreveu:
Both are great, but I actually prefer Portastatic over Superchunk. Mac is just so consistently good; it's nice to have an album play through without having to make a move for the 'next' button.
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AnaAerophina escreveu:
Oh man, I'm currently OBSESSED with the song "hang down your head".
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bdbeech escreveu:
really loving this stuff its beauty is that it is raw and full of spirit.
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caleb_01 escreveu:
love You Blanks and Black Buttons from Be Still Please. Amazing songs. Little Fern is brilliant aswell.
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horseinchthree escreveu:
I thought they were just Portastic at first... I think misspelling is probably part of their unpopularity.
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teenyaileeny escreveu:
Saw them at the Duke Gardens this past Sunday and it was one of the most memorable concerts I've ever been to!
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timbo86 escreveu:
so many sugary sweet hooks! my teeth hurt!!
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eeevol escreveu:
The Perfect Little Door e.p. is lovely, highly recommended if you haven't got it, as close to having Mac and co sitting in your lounge jamming away :)
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loBobriDjida escreveu:
i'm surprised this band isn't more popular! they're great :)
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jtn191 escreveu:
I'm surprised slow note... songs are so rarely played.
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palanwen escreveu:
sounds like.. elliott smith and heitmeiser..
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