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By admin, on February 19th, 2012%
Like fighters in a boxing match, raucous Seattle music writer Chris Estey goes ‘toe to toe’ with cagey music maverick Calvin Johnson about beards and other mysteries of life in the new film, Have You Ever Had a Beard?
A study in contrasts, this film compares the lyric heavy songwriting of Calvin Johnson . . . → Read More: Have You Ever Had a Beard? – A New Movie Featuring Calvin Johnson of K Records/Beat Happening to Premiere Friday February 24th at Hollywood Theatre in Portland and March 5 at Northwest Film Forum in Seattle
By admin, on February 15th, 2012%
[LISTEN, WHITEY! author Pat Thomas will be reading / presenting / playing music from the book and companion album on Sunday, April 22nd at Powell's Bookstore in Portland.]
Over a five year period in Oakland, CA, archivist Pat Thomas befriended key leaders of the seminal Black Power Movement, . . . → Read More: Listen Whitey! Author Pat Thomas to Appear at Powell’s Bookstore in Portland April 22
By admin, on February 5th, 2012%
If you haven’t seen this, it might be the funniest skit in Portlandia history. And the Parson Red Heads are in it, the quartet posing around Fred Armisen.
– Steve Stav
. . . → Read More: The Dream of the 1890s is Alive in Portlandia, By Steve Stav
By admin, on February 4th, 2012%
This is just awful. I don’t want to live here anymore. KGW’s lovely Abbey Gibb files an informative news feature on just how Portland’s awful history of human trafficking is revealed in a network of underground tunnels downtown:
http://www.kgw.com/entertainment/Sha-138610174.html
Thanks to Ben Easher for this 1999 article from Anodyne Magazine Online which includes such . . . → Read More: Portland’s Awful History of Human Trafficking Revealed in Network of Underground Tunnels Downtown
By admin, on January 31st, 2012%
Stone in Love, the West Coast’s foremost Journey tribute band is based right here in Portland. They will perform at the Neptune Theatre in Seattle on February 11 at 8pm and the Star Theater in Portland on May 19 at 6pm. Just watch the videos here or listen to the sound clips on . . . → Read More: Stone in Love Journey Tribute Band to Rock the Neptune Theatre in Seattle, 2/11 and the Star Theater in Portland 5/19
By admin, on January 28th, 2012%
By admin, on January 22nd, 2012%
Video: Finding Oregon Time-Lapse
By admin, on January 18th, 2012%
Summer is just around the corner and it is time to start making vacation plans. Will you be traveling to Portland? If not, why not? Portland has many things to entice tourists including proximity to Oregon scenery such as Crater Lake. Robert has compiled for you below some excellent photos of one of his . . . → Read More: Visiting Portland and Crater Lake? Here’s What You Can Expect to See – Photos By Robert
By admin, on January 7th, 2012%
“How much does the weather in Portland affect the spirit of the city, and the sort of things you explore and satirize?”
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/la-et-portlandia-20120106,0,6119096.story
By admin, on January 4th, 2012%
Jonathan Toubin is a New York DJ who was on a tour stop in Portland and sleeping in his downtown motel room Dec. 8 when a cabbie had a medical episode and crashed his cab into Toubin’s room, injuring Toubin severely. He’s still in ICU and Gail Worley writes here about the upcoming fundraiser . . . → Read More: NY DJ Injured in Pdx Motel Room is Still in ICU but Improving – Benefit to Take Place 1/12 in NYC
By admin, on December 25th, 2011%
10:33pm Christmas Night – Fear not, Portland, I’m back. It’s late on Xmas day and the Bard of Black Friday, the poet of post-Christmas discount shopping, is back in the snippy, brisk Walmart parking lot coming to you live and bringing you all the latest news of crowds, shopper’s riots, pepper spraying for bargains . . . → Read More: Post Christmas Bargain Hunting in East Portland Begins at Wong’s King
By admin, on December 25th, 2011%
By admin, on December 24th, 2011%
Peacock Lane, the Grotto and the Zoo Lights are all overrated. The best Christmas lights in the Portland area (and perhaps the world) are the free Starkwood neighborhood display. You may drive or walk through. Just about every house in the neighborhood is lit up and they’re beautiful together. To get there, just head . . . → Read More: The Best Christmas Lights in the Portland Area (And Perhaps the World)
By admin, on December 18th, 2011%
At this time last year, KGW’s Abbey Gibb was shivering in Spokane’s cold and laboring at that market’s woebegone NBC affiliate, KREM. She was just a recent San Diego State, Magna Cum Laude, Valedictorian, journo grad with a dream to anchor in the big leagues and a Society of Professional Journalists award for . . . → Read More: Best of 2011 – Portland News Anchor Abbey Gibb
By admin, on December 14th, 2011%
By admin, on December 8th, 2011%
“… for as long as the world still spins and still hums, wherever you are, and no matter what comes — the best part of Christmas will always be… you beneath my Christmas tree.”
— The Spirit of Christmas, 2009
The best children’s book is one that always prompts a kid’s heart to soar . . . → Read More: “You Are Loved” – Bestselling Author/Artist Nancy Tillman Discusses the Spirit of Christmas, the Love of a Parent and the Power of Pugs, By Steve Stav
By admin, on December 7th, 2011%
I am no stranger to lefse, having eaten the delicious, Norwegian, tortilla-like potato pancake/flatbread in such vaunted centers of Scan-American culture as Chicago, Mineapolis and Seattle. I can say with certainty that the 21st Century Lefse served at VIKING SOUL FOOD (VSF), Portland’s only Norwegian inspired soul food fusion cart, is the best I’ve . . . → Read More: Portland’s Viking Soul Food Has Best Lefse in America
By admin, on December 6th, 2011%
There was a notorious crash here in Portland in the early morning hours of December 3, 2011 wherein Ndamukang Suh, a professional football player, was driving. One passenger was hurt. Seattle musician, Davin Michael Stedman, a member of Staxx Brothers saw the accident and says in this article that Suh, the driver, watched too . . . → Read More: Ndamukang Suh “Watched Too Much ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ as a Boy” Says Musician Who Witnessed the NFL Star’s Car Crash
By admin, on December 6th, 2011%
When this blog recruited me to introduce a YouTube clip of Dead Moon playing “It’s O.K.” in Hannover, Germany, two thoughts came to mind. First, the history of the band. The long version can be found on their archived website and in the documentary film Unknown Passage. The short version: Longtime Portland musical couple . . . → Read More: Dead Moon and the Fate of Independent Music Video, By Ben Easher
By admin, on December 4th, 2011%
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