Groovitate to vintage funk spun by HUB brewers Ben Love and Speck while sipping a pint of their ridiculously wonderful Velvet ESB, ot head over to The Beermongers to see why Mt. Tabor Brewing is building all that well deserved buzz...
Watch a student film from the man who made this summer's best -- and smartest -- film.
"Hey guys! CAT FRIDAY! Wait... what's that? It's not Friday? Oh. I'll put it back." Your turn!
Rachel Taylor Brown is gathering 50 people at a piano store tonight to do some recording for her new record. One of them could be you.
So… we did a quirky press mailing last week- and now we need your help. Lance Ulanoff- a cool dude who runs the show at PCMag.com- received the mailing and said ‘Ain’t gonna do it’ (yes, it is a mullet wig). But then he tweeted a change of heart. So, we are launching the “Show Us Your Mullet
Catching up with former Trail Blazers great, and new assistant coach, Buck Williams.
Catching up with former Trail Blazers great, and new assistant coach, Buck Williams.
How a Beatles song wound up in a new film.
PARENTHETICAL GIRLS, PSYCHIC FELINE, ANNE (Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison) GIRLS CAN TELL—Few acts in Portland, or beyond, can match the dramatic flair of the Parenthetical Girls. Need proof? Their latest limited-edition two-part EP series is hand-numbered wi
My female friend—no, really—slept with a guy recently. Before they fucked, she asked him if he has any STD's. He said no, they used a condom, and she said it was the best sex she ever had. She was hoping to take the relationship to the next level. Later that week, he told my friend that he had
Here are some final tidbits from Comic Con: - Watch the 2010 Comic-Con Joss Whedon Experience - Watch the Full Tron Legacy Comic-Con Press Conference - 5 Biggest Movie Trailers of Comic-Con 2010 - 20 Comic-C0n things to geek out about - 2011 Preview Night sold out already (Thanks for the tips Don)
TYLER KOHLHOFF The lazy freeloaders of And And And have been a band fo
Did you know that "God" spelled backwards is "dog"? Apparently, this guy just figured it out, and decided to disguise himself as a puppy, and freak the ever loving SHIT out of me with this song dedicated to Jesus. Glory, glory, HOWL-a-loo-ya! via
An urbanMama recently emailed about a situation at her child's school. Our child's preschool recently let us know they have started an activity called the "gun game" with the children. The children are making guns out of plastic pipes and...
PBOT wants the legal authority to reduce speed limits on neighborhood streets.(Photo © J. Maus) With funding-related legislation a non-starter in Salem this coming session, the City of Porltand Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) instead sees an opportunity to work toward major, statewide policy changes that would support its
The busy bee protesters at GetEqual are at it again, staging a sit-in Wednesday at the U.S. Capitol rotunda in an effort to push House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to move forward the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, The Advocate reports. A group of about 20 LGBTQ activists sat in the rotunda holding signs that read “Pass E
This will make more sense to those that have watched the film.
Hopworks Urban Brewery's brewers Ben Love and Matt Speckenbach will be funkifying Steve's Cheese Bar this week as they spin bass-heavy, groove-shaking classics from the ‘70s as DJs Dr. Love and Inspector Speck. In addition to sweet beats, they’ll also be tapping into an exclusive cask-conditioned firkin of the always-sm
Taylor Momsen—one of the stars of Gossip Girl—recently "divulged" to Disorder Magazine that her "bes
Peter Kafka in All Things D, says Time Inc. has been unable to get Apple to let it sell and manage subscriptions for its iPad apps — much to Time Inc.’s surprise. Last month, the publisher was set to launch a subscription version of its Sports Illustrated iPad app, where consumers would download the magazines [...]
Good news: the oil on the surface of the Gulf spill is clearing faster than expected. Bad news: There's gonna be cancer in my fish sticks, right? A Pakistani passenger plane goes down,
Note: I am away from the computer for a few days. Below are some of my better entries, re-posted for your amusement. In today's installment, I was ruminating on the question of a good beer town--perhaps following the last silly row with Asheville, NC.Beer is local. In the middle ages
Ian Benardo, who auditioned for American Idol and created a YouTube stir when he freaked out on Simon Cowell for his rejection, has now announced he’s suing the show for discrimination. Benardo was asked back for the 2010 season finale of the show as a paid employee – sparking his rushing of the stage while tapi
Maybe you've seen the work of Sara Barner before (Halo, Seattle's Lamb's Ear, and Una have all carried either her leather or jewelry work). I love these new
Always have loved this tune. Better than the Strokes and cooler than cocaine in the 70s. Does anyone have an opinion of Best Coast? Good band or flash in the pan?
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I had the opportunity to show three condos in this building this past Saturday and thought I’d share what I found. Riverscape is currently the last development on the river heading NW along the Willamette River (just past the Fremont bridge). If you take Front street along the riverfront in downtown you will eventua
See the other 4 HERE. As an added bonus, you can read about an amazing Superman comic book find HERE.
This article has 8 tips that a homeowner should follow when trying to work their mortgage lender to obtain a Loan Modification. Loan Modification Tips
What better way to celebrate summer in this vast land of ours then by taking a road trip? Nestled in between Niagara Falls, Mount Rushmore, Alcatraz Island, and dozens of other destination spots are these nostalgic, gaudy, run-down, kitschy locations. TIME takes a look (in alphabetical order) at 50 of the greatest HERE.
The UK government has [finally] given the green light for regulators to auction “4g” frequencies. UK regulator Ofcom said it aimed to hold the auction at the end of 2011 and will conduct a combined auction of 2.6GHz and 800MHz spectrum, reports the Financial Times. The bandwidth becoming available in the new fre
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1950's black swimsuit with cute bow details. You can purchase this swimsuit for $165- over at Ballyhoo Vintage Clothing NOS 1960's pink and white striped bikini with sheer daisy netting. You can purchase this swimsuit for $42.50 over at Vintage...
Philips and RSA are at it again for the 6th film in their Parallel Lines series. This one is set to be shot and screened in 3D and released this…
This blog's deep concern about the irresponsible borrowing being done by the City of Portland and other state and local governmental units finds strong echoes in this article.
It's been great to see several élevage readers let me know over time that they wanted to get on my now official winery mailing list. This morning I sent out the first offering of our 2009 Vincent wines to the list. This is a futures offering for wines to be released this fall.If you're interest
By Dan Merchant NW Filmmaker Producer of Lord Save Us Movie Sometimes it seems this Lord, Save Us journey I’ve been on has lasted a decade or two, in fact it’s been about 5 years and we reached yet another milestone this past week – our broadcast television premiere on the oldest Christian television network in the wo
annicka: via Zombie(s?)! Coming soon to Colorado Spri
Though both Portland Timbers and Vancouver Whitecaps will be playing away games today, the supporters of each club will be equally focused on the events taking place at half-time of the MLS All-Star game against Manchester United in Houston. A coin flip will give one of the two expansion clubs the choice between the first [
For the first time in three years, Sprint is showing net subscriber growth. Sprint said in a statement that it expects to continue to add net subscribers for the rest of 2010 and cut postpaid subscriber losses in the second half. By the numbers: Sprint had 48.2 million customers in the second quarter, a sum [...]
Modern America has long paired the "America Dream" with home ownership. The idea of staying put, paying property taxes and periodically mowing the lawn belonged to citizens who were somehow more American than the poor saps who could only afford to rent the place they called home.
Our mystery location this time is somewhere in Portland’s downtown area. The building still exists and would be very recognizable standing at this vantage point today. Happy hunting! (City of Portland Archives) Filed under: 1920s, Downtown, Mystery Location
I find the genius on the interwebz for you....This is how we freeze large beautiful berries: especially raspberries and strawberries. But the genius is at the end of the post: I love the technique for Poor Man's Vacuum Seal.
What Hearts Songs For Marjorie (Self-Released) [FOLK POP] I often wonder: What if Simon and Garfunkel had been women? Actually, the first time I ever wondered that was five minutes ago, while listening to “That’s the Way,” from Portland quartet What Hearts’ debut EP, Songs for Marjorie. The disc
A young light in the Portland R&B scene finds time to shine. [NEO SOUL] It feels like Portland’s R&B scene sprouted new legs overnight. What was once a quiet corner of the local music world has, in the past year, gotten younger and more vibrant. “I really think so,” says one of the scene’s br
Our annual look at the seven-year-old festival’s class acts. by Ruth Brown, Casey Jarman & Michael Mannheimer Each year, the PDX Pop Now! Festival presents us with dozens of reasons to love this city’s music scene—some of them old reasons (Rollerball, Autistic Youth) and some of them fresh reasons (Kus
By DJ Prashant Curry Leaf (15325 NW Central Drive, 645-6113) Authentic South Indian-style vegetarian buffet on Sundays. This is the next best thing to being in India! East India Company (821 SW 11th Ave., 227-8815) Take a date to impress; order Goan fish curry for a spicy night. India Oven (3450 SE Belmont St., 872-9687) T
Portland’s most eclectic band gets even more eclectic…with sexy results! [UNBRIDLED ECLECTICISM] “We call it our ‘Wet Album,’” Courtney von Drehle says of 3 Leg Torso’s richest, most colorful record since its 1996 inception. The phrase is both a play on the Beatles’ White Albu
Man, what a classic “dog-bites-man” story this is. I mean, seriously, is anybody surprised that Rudy Fernandez wants to be traded? Or that the team is trying to accommodate him? Man, things change. And this is one of those times when the team definitely waited too long to deal him. A year ago this guy was [...]