Entertainment
Paul Dickow, organ, synthesiser, drum machine; Michael Hamilton, electric guitar; Eleanor Roper-Ater, vocals, flute; Melissa Heggen, electric bass. There are no known (extant) photographs of this mysterious group.

Discography: November, privately released cassette tape 1995; ARCH002 "Venusian Lover" b/w "Stupid" 7" EP 1998

Entertainment existed for a short time during the academic year 1995-1996 in Portland, Oregon. Founded by Dickow, Hamilton, and Roper-Ater shortly after their arrival to Reed College, the group formed as a platform for testing pop music hypotheses. Heggen left the group due to 'creative differences', the reason cited which is a common euphemism for 'not getting along', etc.
The eve of 1996 saw youth culture immmersed in a cult of kitsch lounge pop, the beginning of a profound trend to start bands based on historical research and mimicry, and the inflation of prices of vintage electronic gear. Eschewing the deadpan delivery of groups of the space- and post- rock varieties, Entertainment incorporated humor and irony into its arsenal.
One of the primary reasons for starting the group was to attempt to replicate pop music of various kinds, most of us just having been improvisors (ie, we had all gotten out of songwriting duties by being in "jam" bands). We figured that due to our lack of skills, the "pop" music content we produced would be highly corrupted, and therefore more interesting.
This 7" single, the first in Archigramophone's "posthumous reissue" series, is comprised of the best selections from the privately released cassette, November. This edition includes liner notes by the group's longtime friend, Zachary Pall of New Haven, Connecticut. This cassette, as well as documents concerning two live performances, are the only remaining traces of this mysterious group. They split in the spring of 1996 for acrimonious reasons.

Where are they now? Paul is busy with many new projectsHe and Michael Hamilton have been in several bands together the most recent of which is One Human Minute. Ellie Roper-Ater has just completed her degree and is about to leave Portland this spring in search of adventure (and a master's degree). She and Michael had a punk band called The Tomorrow with Ozi Friedrich (aka Hazelrah) and Davis Hooker (aka A John Henry Memorial.)

Michael Hamilton is currently part of the collective Meaning Liberation Front.

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