“How much does the weather in Portland affect the spirit of the city, and the sort of things you explore and satirize?”
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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 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 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) 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 “… 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 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 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 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 Full story is here. Full story is on C/Net here and Oregonlive here. When people ask why I left Seattle in 2005, I never tell them real reason which was, “Because I stopped drinking the coffee.” Seattle is only fun while you’re drinking coffee. Once you stop drinking their delicious coffee it becomes obvious that you have to leave. I was about 30 when I moved to . . . → Read More: Portland is Way Better than Seattle!
Discounted merchandise at Gap Outlet Store, Troutlet Mall, Troutdale, Oregon, Black Friday 2011. 10PM – Black Friday started early this year, around 6 pm on Thanksgiving Day when my lovely wife and I headed to Portland MOR American cuisine stalwart The Village Inn near 102nd and Stark NE for their Turkey Day bird or . . . → Read More: Liveblogging Black Friday! All is Well in East Portland (So Far) Music historians rarely mention the Rats except when listing bands that Portland singer/songwriter/guitarist Fred Cole played in before Dead Moon. In fact, the Rose City’s alternative music scene of the early 1980s is mostly regarded as a footnote to the hype generated in Seattle a decade later. When former Dead Moon drummer Andrew Loomis . . . → Read More: RETURN OF THE RATS – Vintage Portland Music That Deserves to Live On – By Ben Easher On Thursday, 11/17/2011, Portland’s supercool, cassette-only, indie label, Apes Tapes, will celebrate one full year in business and the release of a sensational new mix tape (Mixed Ape) of local artists with a celebratory show at Holocene featuring ONUINU, ADVENTURES! WITH MIGHT, (a reunion performance of) VANIMAL, XDS and PEGASUS DREAM with special mini . . . → Read More: Apes Tapes Celebrates First Birthday With Holocene Bash and Brand New Mixed Ape They’ve been around since 2003, but I just discovered Portland Radio Authority. Here’s how they explain themselves on their website: The PRA is a non-commercial, listener supported, online radio station. As a free form community media source, we are committed to bringing independent artistry and marginalized viewpoints into regional and international view. We aim . . . → Read More: The Portland Radio Authority: a Non-Commercial, Listener Supported, Online Radio Station I began my journey, nine-years-old, walking up SE Powell St towards my grandmother’s house. My cousin and I had our allowance of five dollars each and could have used the money to get on the bus instead of walking the 100 blocks to her house but it was a beautiful day. The sun was . . . → Read More: SE Portland: Gentrification or a City Torn? By Natasha Piper |
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