Four years ago on January 4, 2020, we put together a show at bunk bar in Portland, Oregon, called Bike Chain Rain where friends and fans could remember David Cloud Berman on what would have been his 53rd birthday. Today (January 4, 2024) he would have been 57, and he probably would be pretty horrified at the state of things. Here are some photographs and videos of our event. All the proceeds (save for a few expenses) went in support of Moms Demand Action and Write Around Portland. On the TV during the show the Titans stunned the Patriots.
Thanks to Craig Giffen for working on the videos presented below of all the music played at the event. The Franklin Bruno ones have just been added today.
LINEUP Douglas Wolk (MC)
• Mo Daviau read “The Charm of 5:30”
• Gail O’Hara (chickfactor) read a letter Connie Lovatt sent to her mom about David
• Kjerstin Johnson read the Loew’s monologue
• Jon Raymond read “A Letter From Isaac Asimov to his Wife Janet, Written on his Deathbed?”
• Lance Bangs read “Hieroglyphics, Notebook # 5”
• Sophia Shalmiyev and Kevin Sampsell read “Self-Portrait at 28”
• Chelsey Johnson read “Cassette County”
• Portland guitarist Marisa Anderson played her own song “18 to 1” WATCH HERE
• Portland band A Certain Smile played “Wild Kindness” WATCH HERE
• Franklin Bruno played “The Frontier Index” WATCH and “What Is Not Could Be If” WATCH
• Oed Ronne (the Ocean Blue) performed “I Loved Being My Mother’s Son” with Nancy Novotny and HK Kahng – WATCH HERE
• William Tyler performed “Tennessee” WATCH HERE
• Clay Cole performed “We Might Be Looking for the Same Thing” and
“Only One for Me” with Rebecca Gates
WATCH HERE
• Rebecca Gates performed “Snow Is Falling on Manhattan” (WATCH) with William Tyler; and “Albemarle Station” (WATCH)
• Stephen Malkmus & Bob Nastanovich performed…
“Secret Knowledge of Back Roads”
“Buckingham Rabbit”
“Advice to the Graduate”
“Random Rules”
“Welcome To The House of the Bats”
“Trains Across the Sea”
WATCH THE FULL SET HERE
Thanks to Craig Giffen (https://12xu.com) for the audio/video
This post was originally published one year after the event; updated four years after the event.
