(Originally Published on The Huffington Post on 1/2/2014, HuffPost Entertainment Section)

Portland’s Crystal Ballroom — an iconic, historic entertainment landmark for the city since 1914 — is celebrating its centennial birthday on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014.

To ring in the anniversary, McMenamins Crystal Ballroom has amassed an epic, 100-night celebration, appropriately called “100 Nights!” The party has been going strong since this past October and keeps churning out banger shows nightly until the 21st, with a special performance by Colin Meloy of The Decemberists.

Any band who has ever played the Crystal Ballroom, any person who has every been to a show in that special place, holds some piece of this rich, 100-year history as their own — myself included.

This past week I caught up with Carrie Brownstein (Sleater-Kinney, IFC’s Portlandia), Courtney Taylor-Taylor (The Dandy Warhols), Calvin Johnson (K Records Founder) and Jimi Biron (Music Director, Crystal Ballroom) to chat about the 100 nights of shows, what this birthday means for the NW music scene, and some of the more memorable moments from the ongoing Rock and Roll spectacle that is Portland’s Crystal Ballroom.

Big thanks to everyone who came out to Sabala’s to vote for me at the ROCKSTAR MIX IT UP semi-finals…it paid off! I was chosen as one of two “bands” who will join the other 6 winners performing on November 18th in the final show at the Crystal Ballroom with Storm and the Balls! 🙂 Ah, yeah! Winning is awesome…YOU GUYS ROCK IT FOR SURE!!!

Come to Sabala’s at 8pm on Saturday, November 4th to hear me play…and watch me win! Audience favorite takes the prize, so be there by 8:30 to cast your vote! Go HERE for details!

If I win, I will be having a big show at the Crystal Ballroom at the end of November with Storm and the Balls. Also included in the prize are ten free days at Kung Fu Bakery Recording Studio!