Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Canyon de Chelly

Another stop on our 4 corners trip in October. Our favorite place. (click to enlarge)


Chinle Wash near Spider Rock


Chinle Wash




Antelope Cliffs Site


Canyon del Muerte




Mummy Cave Site



Autumn Cottonwoods in Canyon de Chelly


Hogan through Tunnel

Sunday, December 16, 2012

5 songs this week 12/17/12


All over the map this week, and so has been the week. ~ enjoy 

Young Marble Giants - N.I.T.A 

Sonic Youth - Schizophrenia 



Radiohead - House of Cards 

Broadcast - Man Is Not A Bird 

Tamaryn - Afterlight  



Thursday, December 13, 2012

Chaco Canyon, New Mexico

Last October Beth and I journeyed down a dusty dirt road in the northwest New Mexico countryside towards Chaco Culture Site. A set of puebloan ruins dating to around a thousand years ago. I had been trying to get to this place for many years and finally got the chance. We enjoyed the hikes around the various pueblos and the sunny pleasant weather after spending the previous days in higher and colder altitudes. These are a few of the things we saw. I will have to venture back to get more photos another time. (click to enlarge) Enjoy ~ 



Pueblo at Sunset


Fajada Butte


Doors in Pueblo Bonita


Stone Craft


Petroglyphs on Wall


Supernova Petroglyph near Penasco Blanca


Full Moon from our Camp

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

5 songs this week (12/2/12)

Some songs Portopia is diggin right now:


Tamaryn - While You're Sleeping, I'm Dreaming 







Slowdive - Souvlaki Space Station 






Slowdive - 40 Days 




Broadcast - The book lovers 




Flying Lotus - Getting There 



Recording in Philadelphia

We are working with our old friend Kyle again on our new material, which should be available soon. Over thanksgiving week in Philly, we went to Surreal Studios and recorded several new songs. Some were also made in Charlie's basement. We are hoping this is the beginning of a new era and sound for us. The plan is to play some live shows in a few months once we've played these songs enough. Some photos of our recording session: (click to enlarge)