tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38496316589081992182008-12-30T18:23:24.675-05:00News. Shows. Music. Photos. Videos.<br>Official Site of 90s-00s hardcore band on Ebullition records.Robert Pettersennoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849631658908199218.post-35203432618816643862008-12-26T23:10:00.002-05:002008-12-26T23:14:13.820-05:00<span style="font-family:arial;">Check out KXLU for a live broadcast of the Portraits of Past show at The Smell in Los Angeles tomorrow, 12/27/08!</span><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.myspace.com/neuzpollution">http://www.myspace.com/neuzpollution</a><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.kxlu.com/">http://www.kxlu.com/</a>Robert Pettersennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849631658908199218.post-71563995237763191462008-12-20T14:05:00.002-05:002008-12-20T14:06:08.609-05:00<span style="font-family: arial;">We are all excited and rehearsed. We have never played Los Angeles before.</span>Robert Pettersennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849631658908199218.post-4112873922428097272008-12-08T14:52:00.002-05:002008-12-08T14:53:50.217-05:00<span style="font-family: arial;">The yellow/green buttons are all sold out. Plenty of white/black and red/grey are left.<br /></span>Robert Pettersennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849631658908199218.post-37358532568208302008-12-08T10:06:00.007-05:002008-12-08T10:12:29.250-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://portraitsofpast.com/misc/LA1208flyer/LA.12.27.08.V2_800Med.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 414px;" src="http://portraitsofpast.com/misc/LA1208flyer/LA.12.27.08.V2_800Med.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The Portraits of Past show in Los Angeles will be at The Smell at 247 S. Main St., Los Angeles, CA 90012. It is $5 and starts at 9pm. It is an all ages show.<br />For directions and additional info about the venue, check <a href="http://www.thesmell.org/">www.thesmell.org</a>.<br /><br />The line-up is as follows:<br />Portraits of Past<br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">Dangers</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Drowning With Our Anchors</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Glaciers<br /><br /><br /></span>Robert Pettersennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849631658908199218.post-34299998942858461462008-11-27T13:50:00.007-05:002008-11-27T15:04:04.975-05:00<blockquote style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;">I sweated about 5 lbs of liquid out of my body. I went home emaciated and glowing. I can only hope for more shows like this.</span></blockquote> <span style="font-family:arial;">This </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://zen-face-punch.blogspot.com/2008/09/portraits-of-past-live-cake-shop-nyc.html">show review</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> by Blend77 from Zen and the Art of Face Punching blog caught my eye.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">It captures a bit of the feeling of these past shows.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3034/2831471792_a558146a1a.jpg?" /><br />Photo by </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://flickr.com/photos/pastdue/">Pastdue</a>Robert Pettersennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849631658908199218.post-8392270742986148502008-11-26T12:51:00.011-05:002008-11-26T16:40:08.761-05:00<span style="font-family:arial;">We have leftover buttons for sale from the reunion shows.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">They are $2 postpaid in the USA for one button. $3 for 2; $4 for all 3 colors.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">They were professionally printed and made and will be mailed in a plain envelope. They are the typical one inch size.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">Colors are white on black; yellow on medium green and red on steel grey. The Green color is running out.<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://portraitsofpast.com/Merch/POPbuttons.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://portraitsofpast.com/Merch/POPbuttons.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />I'm accepting "well-hidden cash" sent to my address:</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Rob Pettersen</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />14 Bedford Ave.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />apt. 1</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Brooklyn, NY 11222</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">If you want to pay with Paypal, there is an additional $.50 Paypal fee (sorry, it's their fee, not mine). Email first before sending money via Paypal.Robert Pettersennoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849631658908199218.post-29045238107494985572008-11-23T15:03:00.002-05:002008-11-24T09:34:13.503-05:00<span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >Portraits of Past is playing on December 27th, 2008 at The Smell in Los Angeles.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />$5 door</span><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" href="ttp://www.thesmell.org/"><br />The Smell - directions and info.</a>Robert Pettersennoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849631658908199218.post-33236320143844106592008-11-02T16:03:00.004-05:002008-11-02T16:10:25.046-05:00Rex's other project - <a href="http://www.myspace.com/imagesmusic">Tamaryn</a> - is playing tomorrow, Monday 11/3 at the Independent in San Francisco, opening for the Secret Machines.<br />Jeremy and Matthew are handling the rhythmic duties.<br />Go check it out if you are in the area.Robert Pettersennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849631658908199218.post-46923581719301730222008-10-13T17:17:00.009-04:002008-10-13T19:46:54.568-04:00<span style="font-family:arial;">Matthew's other band Who Calls So Loud recently lost a guitarist and, as a consequence, had to cancel their Japanese tour. They are still at it though, and</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> have a new 12" out too. See their myspace site for more details: </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.myspace.com/whocallssoloud">http://www.myspace.com/whocallssoloud</a> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />Rex has a new project that just announced a couple record releases, one of which is on Troubleman Unlimited. He co-wrote all the songs, engineered and produced. They recently played a well-received gig in New York and are working on more songs. <a href="http://www.myspace.com/imagesmusic">Tamaryn</a> is the voice and the name of the project.</span>Robert Pettersennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849631658908199218.post-66182476030913276872008-10-13T17:13:00.002-04:002008-10-13T17:17:00.233-04:00<span style="font-family: arial;">Hi there.<br />We have decided to change the site to a blog format, as it will be much easier to keep it updated that way. A little uglier, but hopefully more relevant. We promise to keep it up to date.<br /><br /><br /></span>Robert Pettersennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849631658908199218.post-45986836058645638742008-10-13T12:25:00.002-04:002008-10-13T17:12:32.508-04:00<span style="font-family:arial;">- We are interested in touring Japan and Europe in Spring/Summer 2009. If you are an experienced and dedicated promoter looking to handle this project, please contact us our email address below.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">- Reunion shows 2008 are over. Watch the videos or check the photos. We will play more shows in 2009.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">- CD released!</span><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.interpunk.com/item.cfm?Item=159658&amp;">Click to buy CD on Interpunk.com</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">- Former members of Portraits of Past</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">are now playing in</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">BellaVista </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.thevue.com/bellavista/">(site)</a><a href="http://www.myspace.com/bellavistapsychbeat"><span style="font-family:arial;">(myspace)</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Who Calls So Loud </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://whocallssoloud.com/">(site)</a><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.myspace.com/whocallssoloud">(myspace)</a><span style="font-family:arial;">.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">- Vinyl LP is out of print.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Split 7" is out of print.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">contact: portraitsofpast(at)gmail(dot)com http://www.portraitsofpast.com http://www.portraitsofpast.com</span>Robert Pettersennoreply@blogger.com1