http://ignoregon.com/rss/portland Aggregated Blog Posts From Portland Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:31:27 +0000 en http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/daveknows/~3/e0B1qagzIlA/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/daveknows/~3/e0B1qagzIlA/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:05:00 +0000 Timbers have a bad Wednesday, more MLS Coach/John Spencer rumors, and join the 107ist! An automatically generated list of possibly related posts:Portland Timbers Roundup, Festivus Edition (12/23/09) Portland Timbers Roundup (07/16/2010) Match Day 05/15/2010: Portland Timbers vs AC St. Louis http://thenonconsumeradvocate.com/2010/07/do-coupons-deserve-their-bad-reputation/ http://thenonconsumeradvocate.com/2010/07/do-coupons-deserve-their-bad-reputation/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:00:00 +0000 Coupons get a bad rap. Sure, there are countless coupons for Lean Cuisine, Count Chocula and Sunny Delight. But there are also huge numbers of coupons for butter, bread and pasta. Add in store specific coupons, and there’s no reason to turn a blind eye to this opportunity for grocery and general savings. I just [...] http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nonlineargirl/YJBK/~3/IJafekdT_6g/random-quote-and-unrelated-photo-of_30.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nonlineargirl/YJBK/~3/IJafekdT_6g/random-quote-and-unrelated-photo-of_30.html Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:19:00 +0000 And if you wanna be a friend of mine Cross the river to the east side Sleater-Kinney Light Rail Coyote  http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/daveknows/~3/uAL5y9JO2yE/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/daveknows/~3/uAL5y9JO2yE/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:11:00 +0000 Have you hugged your system administrator today? An automatically generated list of possibly related posts:Happy Sysadmin Day! Happy 4th of July Happy Australia Day! http://www.oregonlive.com/music/index.ssf/2010/07/pdx_pop_now_plenty_of_pop_for.html http://www.oregonlive.com/music/index.ssf/2010/07/pdx_pop_now_plenty_of_pop_for.html Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:00:00 +0000 PDX Pop Now! offers up something for everyone, and it's all local, and it's all free. http://www.oregonlive.com/music/index.ssf/2010/07/review_3_leg_torsos_new_cd_app.html http://www.oregonlive.com/music/index.ssf/2010/07/review_3_leg_torsos_new_cd_app.html Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:00:00 +0000 3 Leg Torso's fifth album moves as fluidly as ever between wild and serious fun. http://www.oregonlive.com/performance/index.ssf/2010/07/park_music_portland_festival_s.html http://www.oregonlive.com/performance/index.ssf/2010/07/park_music_portland_festival_s.html Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:00:00 +0000 The orchestra takes Haydn to the parks. http://danceswithanxiety.blogspot.com/2010/07/day-30-your-favourite-song-at-this-time.html http://danceswithanxiety.blogspot.com/2010/07/day-30-your-favourite-song-at-this-time.html Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:22:00 +0000 My favorite song this time last year was the same as it is now, "Remember the Mountain Bed." Back then, I had Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon and Rush's 2112 in heavy rotation, apparently in the thrall of 1970s earnestness rock. I also recall that at about the time of last year's bike calamity, which was close to exactly a year ago, I had only just discovered the acoustic version of the Foo Fighters' "Everlong." Plus ca change ...This is part of the 30-Day Music Meme. http://michael5000.blogspot.com/2010/07/more-movies-frostnixon.html http://michael5000.blogspot.com/2010/07/more-movies-frostnixon.html Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:40:00 +0000 Frost/Nixon Ron Howard, 2008Ebert: 4 StarsRotten Tomatos: 92%My Official Preconception: "A dramatization of the Frost/Nixon interviews. I saw a trailer for it! It looked very tedious!"----As it turned out, the trailer I saw included all of the key moments of the film, focusing on the dramatic revelations, so my preconception was fairly accurate. A movie based on a play that was in turn based on a series of conversations, Frost/Nixon is nothing if not talky. And although I am certainly not going to condemn a movie just because it doesn't blow up helicoptors for me, I'm also a big fan of events that unfold and situations that develop in my narrative entertainment. So although I can certify that this is a pretty good film -- and in particular, that it was magnificently acted -- it is, yes, a bit on the tedious side.What I admired most about Frost/Nixon is its gesture towards the Shakespearian tradition of historical drama, in which the lives of kings were adapted for a sort of civics-based entertainment. Since Nixon was functionally an American king, or thought he was -- hence the troubles at the end of his, um, reign -- he is a great vehicle for the neo-Shakespearian treatment. (He makes good opera, too -- John Adams' Nixon in China is one of the most successful operas in the last twenty-five years.) And in the Shakespearian tradition, the principal characters are given some terrific soliloquies. Some are taken more or less from the historical record (I checked):I let them down. I let down my friends, I let down my country, and worst of all I let down our system of government, and the dreams of all those young people that ought to get into government but now they think; 'Oh it's all too corrupt and the rest'. Yeah... I let the American people down. And I'm gonna have to carry that burden with me for the rest of my life. My political life is over....whereas some are obvious fabrications, although no worse for that:Nixon: That's our tragedy, you and I Mr. Frost. No matter how high we get, they still look down at us. Frost: I really don't know what you're talking about. Nixon: Yes you do. Now come on. No matter how many awards or column inches are written about you, or how high the elected office is, it's still not enough. We still feel like the little man. The loser. They told us we were a hundred times, the smart asses in college, the high ups. The well-born. The people who's respect we really wanted. Really craved. And isn't that why we work so hard now, why we fight for every inch? Scrambling our way up in undignified fashion. If we're honest for a minute, if we reflect privately, just for a moment, if we allow ourselves a glimpse into that shadowy place we call our soul, isn't that why we're here? Now? The two of us. Looking for a way back into the sun. Into the limelight. Back onto the winner's podium. Because we can feel it slipping away. We were headed, both of us, for the dirt. The place the snobs always told us that we'd end up. Face in the dust, humiliated all the more for having tried. So pitifully hard. Well, to hell with that! We're not going to let that happen, either of us. We're going to show those bums, we're going to make 'em choke on our continued success. Our continued headlines! Our continued awards! And power! And glory! We are gonna make those motherfuckers choke!This second speech, a fictional drunken phone call from Nixon to his interviewer David Frost's hotel room, is the fulcrum of the film's narrative. The story of Frost/Nixon is that of two highly ambitious, highly intelligent men, each suffering in a kind of obscurity and disgrace. They regard each other with a growing respect, but enter their interview sessions as a sort of personal combat from which only one can emerge a victor, at the expense of the other. In the film, Frost goads Nixon into a confession of criminal wrongdoing and emerges triumphant, while Nixon slouches off to obscurity in his seaside California mansion.Well, Shakespearean history isn't big-H History, of course, and we shouldn't expect Frost/Nixon to be either. Yet we do, somehow. That the movie is framed as an early-1980s documentary (why?) doesn't help. And because of its pretense of veracity, the film's success has probably warped our collective memory for a generation or so. Here's something closer to the truth: David Frost was between jobs, but widely respected as a intellectual talent who would give Nixon a run for his money. He did not, in point of fact, wrangle any significant confessions from Nixon; the movie implies he did only by carefully cutting and splicing the interview transcripts. Nixon used the interviews, and a meticulously fine-tuned expression of confession-free regret, to set the stage for the partial rehabilitation of his reputation, an entirely remarkable achievement of public relations executed against overwhelming odds. Both men gained enormously from the interviews. And both men laughed all the way to the bank (Nixon got a substantial cut of the net, something the movie interestingly leaves out of its long treatment of the contract negotiations).A few rankling details: In this movie about two men and their male advisors, I wince at the inclusion of The Girlfriend, a character whose frail narrative purpose is to demonstrate Frost's charm but who mostly just wanders around looking pretty. Similarly pointless is Kevin Bacon's character as Nixon's chief of staff, played rather ridiculously as a fawning Smithers to Nixon's Mr. Burns. Shakespeare would have at least made these minor characters proper bumpkins and given them some naughty puns and pratfalls.Prognosis: * * * Seized by a sudden desire to give stars, I'll give it 3 out of 4. Worth watching, but have some handwork ready for the slow bits. And although it's possible it might tell you something True, don't assume it's telling you anything true. http://bojack.org/2010/07/is_your_email_coming_across_as.html http://bojack.org/2010/07/is_your_email_coming_across_as.html Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:08:00 +0000 These folks promise to help you figure that out. Thank goodness they haven't come up with one of those for blogs yet. We might be out of business. http://victoriataftkpam.blogspot.com/2010/07/seiu-compares-az-sb-1070-to-berlin-wall.html http://victoriataftkpam.blogspot.com/2010/07/seiu-compares-az-sb-1070-to-berlin-wall.html Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:01:00 +0000 Who is the fearmonger? H/T Sweetness & Light http://bojack.org/2010/07/having_trouble_sleeping.html http://bojack.org/2010/07/having_trouble_sleeping.html Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:45:00 +0000 This is just what you need. http://larryfire.wordpress.com/2010/07/29/american-idol-news-ellen-degeneres-out-jennifer-lopez-in/ http://larryfire.wordpress.com/2010/07/29/american-idol-news-ellen-degeneres-out-jennifer-lopez-in/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:32:00 +0000 Fox announced today that Ellen DeGeneres has decided to step down from her role as a judge on American Idol. DeGeneres joined the panel in its ninth season. The network released this statement today: “A couple months ago, I let Fox and the American Idol producers know that this didn’t feel like the right fit for me,” said DeGeneres. [...] http://zoehoeltzel.org/2010/07/wildflowers/ http://zoehoeltzel.org/2010/07/wildflowers/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:27:00 +0000 Wildflowers. Portland, OR. Photo by Zoe Hoeltzel. ………… http://www.urbanmamas.com/urbanmamas/2010/07/four-weeks.html http://www.urbanmamas.com/urbanmamas/2010/07/four-weeks.html Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:16:00 +0000 I cannot remember the last time I've posted under my real identity, partly because the craziness of maintaining urbanMamas and partly because it feels a bit more "safe" posting just as urbanMamas. It's a bit more anonymous, you know? So... http://andsewitgoes.blogspot.com/2010/07/this-is-what-i-pictured.html http://andsewitgoes.blogspot.com/2010/07/this-is-what-i-pictured.html Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:08:00 +0000 When I began to imagine a little patio out in front, and when I was working away on the mosaic and when the rain filled up the hole and it was nothing but a mud patch and a pile of paving blocks, and then the tree fell and it seemed like we were never going to get that little patio built, I kept this picture in my mind. And it came true.A beautiful evening in the garden. Chocolate fondue and strawberries. A fire. Marshmallows. S'mores. Moonlight, lamplight, firelight, candle light.The first of many such evenings, I hope. http://weblog.pell.portland.or.us/~orc/2010/07/29/000/index.html http://weblog.pell.portland.or.us/~orc/2010/07/29/000/index.html Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:07:00 +0000 I went back to the same railroad crossing tonight, but this time I had the 21-35mm zoom instead of my 55mm Super-Tak. I do need to drill and tap the base of the lens so I can put a little metal tab over the aperture button, because the image quality suffers when I can’t get any slower than f3.5. http://victoriataftkpam.blogspot.com/2010/07/dem-candidate-hits-gop-candidate-for.html http://victoriataftkpam.blogspot.com/2010/07/dem-candidate-hits-gop-candidate-for.html Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:58:00 +0000 A little antisemitism to go along with the historic racism the Democrats were known for? The New York Observer "But in an effort to show that Grimm (GOP) lacks support among voters in the district, which covers Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn, the McMahon campaign compiled a list of Jewish donors to Grimm and provided it to The Politicker." "The file, labeled "Grimm Jewish Money Q2," for http://aroundthesunblog.com/2010/07/29/free-events-in-portland-july-30%E2%80%93august-1/ http://aroundthesunblog.com/2010/07/29/free-events-in-portland-july-30%E2%80%93august-1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:45:00 +0000 Another exciting weekend of fun free events! Admission is free for all events below. Enjoy! All weekend (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday) PDX Bridge Festival (view the website in Firefox): The two-week celebration continues. Some events are free including a concert, book reading, guided walk, and more. Trail Blazers Street Jam: Head down to the Rose Quarter to watch the 3-on-3 basketball [...] http://jalpuna.com/archives/2010/07/sunrise_at_oaks.shtml http://jalpuna.com/archives/2010/07/sunrise_at_oaks.shtml Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:17:00 +0000 Worldwide Photo Walk Day is a neat idea: On July 24th, tens of thousands of people in cities all around the globe headed out on organized photo walks, and then they shared the photos online. "Isn't that what happens on flickr every day, minus the photo walk bit?" Well... yeah... but hey, I'm a sucker for a photo walk, so I decided to check it out. As luck would have it, I found a really intriguing photo walk to join, and I talked two friends into joining me. The photo walk was at Oaks Park from 5:30 to 8 AM. The park was empty except for our group of photographers and the occasional park employee. The rides were empty and mostly still, though a few were being set up and run towards the end of our photo walk. Here are the shots I posted: Click any thumbnail for a larger view: I particularly enjoy the bumper car shots. Their sad faces cracked me up! Who, in good conscience, can ram someone driving a sad bumper car with a sad bumper car?!? Oh, those poor little guys! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/dpp/bigshow/all/~3/KX5BXq2n13k/big-208-trickle-of-pee.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/dpp/bigshow/all/~3/KX5BXq2n13k/big-208-trickle-of-pee.html Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:06:00 +0000 An exclusive interview with Nathan Fillion. Will Bill Murray ever be funny again? A ^&*@! movie about the Angriest Man in the World. Plus Fred's Dad likes Elton John. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Technoearthmama/~3/qGH4p4eK-hI/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Technoearthmama/~3/qGH4p4eK-hI/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:03:00 +0000 The big girls are quite steady on their bikes now, so I threw the youngest on the back of the Xtracycle tonight and took them all to the park. They played, and I ran/walked the walking/jogging trail. I’m continuing on to Day 6 and beyond – is anyone else ready to post a comment or [...] http://danceswithanxiety.blogspot.com/2010/07/heat-no-light.html http://danceswithanxiety.blogspot.com/2010/07/heat-no-light.html Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:23:00 +0000 For the next couple of days, I will be off a-tromping through distant and not-so-distant places for reasons I can't be bothered to dredge up. There will be heat. Here on this precious, precious blog, a post or two is queued up to keep the dismal tide in something like its regular motions. Whatever this is stands to resume Sunday.(photo of mosquito via Gustavo) http://mattdavisopenshismouth.com/2010/07/one-of-my-favorite-things-combined-with-one-of-my-least/ http://mattdavisopenshismouth.com/2010/07/one-of-my-favorite-things-combined-with-one-of-my-least/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:12:00 +0000 From here. http://blogtown.portlandmercury.com/BlogtownPDX/archives/2010/07/29/new-police-prez-stands-behind-chasse-cops http://blogtown.portlandmercury.com/BlogtownPDX/archives/2010/07/29/new-police-prez-stands-behind-chasse-cops Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:02:00 +0000 DARYL TURNER: We must "vindicate their names, careers, and integrity" Newly elected Portland Police Association President Daryl Turner has issued a statement of support for the police officers involved in the in-custody beating and death of James Chasse Jr.: Chris Humphreys, Kyle Nice, and Bret Burton. Read more from the Oregonian here; the statement is after the jump. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ] http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EmptyEasel/~3/-wZLf3HMyo0/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EmptyEasel/~3/-wZLf3HMyo0/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:48:00 +0000 I had driven past Normal, Illinois many times before. Hell, half the country has �" it’s at the crossroads of I-55 and I-74. I had only seen the town from the interstate until my first show there almost 10 years ago. My first 12 hours or so in Normal were worrisome. Crumbling streets, closed restaurants and [...] http://www.movermike.com/illegal-immigration/the-amnesty-memo/ http://www.movermike.com/illegal-immigration/the-amnesty-memo/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:02:00 +0000 National Review, writes that the the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services memo (USCIS) is considering ways in which it could enact “meaningful immigration reform absent legislative action” �" that is, without the consent of the American people through a vote in Congress. Perhaps the most egregious suggestion is to “Increase the Use of Deferred Action.” “Deferred [...] http://cyclotram.blogspot.com/2010/07/eternal-constant.html http://cyclotram.blogspot.com/2010/07/eternal-constant.html Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:58:00 +0000 As seen near NE 33rd & Sandy. I'm not really a historian of commercial art, or a historian of any kind really, but I'd guess this "Cocktails" sign was created somewhere on the far side of 1960, maybe 1950, maybe even earlier. Since the sign doesn't appear to have moved between then and now, I'd imagine the adjacent building has been home to one bar after another for at least half a century if not more. All of them presumably offering cocktails.A couple of years ago this spot was home to a Mexican restaurant & nightclub, but a fatal shooting in January 2008 seems to have put an end to that. More recently -- and controversially -- the building reopened as an upscale (by Portland standards) gentlemens club. So I can't help but wonder what some of its previous incarnations were like. Perhaps an outrageous 60's tiki bar, with ridiculously strong cocktails in ceramic moai mugs, and a house orchestra covering Martin Denny's greatest hits. In the 50's it could have featured an ooky racist theme, trying to compete with the infamous Coon Chicken Inn 20 blocks to the east. Could be there's an authentic vintage 70's disco ball gathering dust in the attic, next to a crate full of 45 singles and long-expired Quaaludes. NE Sandy was kind of a dump in the 80's, so I doubt this spot ever featured ferns and wine coolers and Nagel prints and cokehead stockbrokers. Unless they were slumming, which is possible of course.We may never know for sure, as "real" historians aren't overly interested in this sort of thing. Perhaps if it gets turned into a McMenamins someday we'll get the full story. Generously embellished, of course, and presented as a wacky psychedelic mural. But hey. http://mediamonarchy.blogspot.com/2010/07/new-world-next-week-jul29.html http://mediamonarchy.blogspot.com/2010/07/new-world-next-week-jul29.html Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:30:00 +0000 wikileaks + msm hype = ?* Ladies & gentlemen, welcome to the 40th episode of New World Next Week - the video series from CorbettReport.com & MediaMonarchy.com. This week we look exclusively at the massive media hype surrounding Wikileaks, wider wars & the future of the web. Sources & Documentation: Wikileaks Drops Afghan War Diaries Secret/Leaks: Truth Serving Lies with CIA/Mossad Oversight Wikileaks 'Revelations' Will Comfort Warmongers, Confirm Conventional Wisdom Wikileaks Plays the Sucker with Afghan War Logs Video: John Young of Cryptome.org on Wikileaks SkepticismNow you can go to NewWorldNextWeek.com to get hi-quality episodes for your device of choice. And as always, stay up-to-date by subscribing to the feeds from Corbett Report here & Media Monarchy here. Thank you. download mp3 version of 'new world next week'* previous episode: jul22 - food bubble, government weed, competing currencies http://www.oregonlive.com/washingtoncounty/index.ssf/2010/07/washington_county_fair_opens_w.html http://www.oregonlive.com/washingtoncounty/index.ssf/2010/07/washington_county_fair_opens_w.html Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:40:00 +0000 The green sheep barn is the most full this year, sheltering 270 sheep, more than any other livestock barn at the Washington County Fair, which opened today and runs through Sunday http://cyclotram.blogspot.com/2010/07/summer-oregon-park.html http://cyclotram.blogspot.com/2010/07/summer-oregon-park.html Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:26:00 +0000 Taken earlier today. Contrast these with an earlier post that featured rather grim & wintry photos of the same spot, taken April '09. http://mediamonarchy.blogspot.com/2010/07/729-newspurge-ugly-truth-lies.html http://mediamonarchy.blogspot.com/2010/07/729-newspurge-ugly-truth-lies.html Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:25:00 +0000 9/11 updates: 2 pulled off toronto plane over 9/11 video* video: "do the orders still stand?" - who was he?* biowars/envirohealth: bpa found in paper receipts* new immunization required for ohio students this fall* video: fda approves new permanent birth control* drugwar: life sentence for (ex-state dept) florida drug smuggler* video: mexican drug mafia invades texas* denver pot reviewer gets paid to get high* econocrash: US rescue may reach $23.7t* video: sec says new financial regulation law exempts it from public disclosure* over 160,000 michigan utility shutoffs from jan to may 2010* small texas city terminates all but 2 in police force* geopolitiks: video: hayden says attack on iran 'seems inexorable'* japanese tanker damaged in straits of hormuz; outside attack considered* david de rothschild: skull & bones belt buckle & masonic handshake in sydney* holy hexes: uk government acts to prevent arrest of pope* gay priest sex scandal as undercover berlusconi reporter 'films clerics at gay clubs'* media/memes: video: corporate news calls for crackdown on bloggers* study: journalists starting to accept the fact that their print publications will eventually fold* oliver stone: 'jewish-dominated media' prevents hitler from being portrayed 'in context'* alan moore turns down offer to regain rights to 'watchmen' in exchange for authorizing sequels* 25 years later, 'brazil' still enthralls* roman polanski faces another rape allegation* rock concert halted due to pigeon droppings* from braveheart to big fan* video: larry hagman: all politicians should try lsd* murder/mayhem: 19 killed in stampede at germany's love parade* pakistan jet crash kills 152 people near islamabad* crash of experimental plane kills 2 in western pennsylvania* deaths of law enforcement officers on the rise* obamessiah: obama, 'the view' & spin control* schwarzenegger to speak at bohemian club conclave* 3/4 of oil & gas lobbyists worked for government* napolitano's dhs filtered foia requests through political aides* labor dept rejects 98% of whistleblower protection requests* oregon oddities: video: gore interviewed by portland detectives* video: 25yrs later, dee snider gets the last word* police state int'l: the future is being written right now* privacy concerns raised as wal-mart puts smart tags on men’s clothing* we the people will not be chipped: positive id axes its scary medical records implant* rangel's hr5741 'universal national service act' in committee* police, activists prepare days ahead of arizona law* wv worry: protesters chained to coal mining equipment arrested in wv* http://cyclotram.blogspot.com/2010/07/timaria.html http://cyclotram.blogspot.com/2010/07/timaria.html Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:00:00 +0000 Not sure what a "timaria" is, but their website is here. Sounds like a weird tropical fish to me, but I'm probably thinking "tilapia". FWIW. http://www.oregonlive.com/performance/index.ssf/2010/07/stumptown_stages_extends_run_o.html http://www.oregonlive.com/performance/index.ssf/2010/07/stumptown_stages_extends_run_o.html Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:45:00 +0000 There now are a few more chances to catch the hit musical in a well-received Portland production. http://bojack.org/2010/07/the_founding_fathers_vs_salem.html http://bojack.org/2010/07/the_founding_fathers_vs_salem.html Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:40:00 +0000 I've never liked the Electoral College, which we use to elect the President. But if we're going to change the Constitution, let's do it the right way -- by a duly ratified constitutional amendment. Having our brilliant state legislatures try an end run around it just doesn't seem like a good idea. http://blogs.wweek.com/music/2010/07/29/metal-shakespeare-company-shuffles-off-this-mortal-coil/ http://blogs.wweek.com/music/2010/07/29/metal-shakespeare-company-shuffles-off-this-mortal-coil/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:33:00 +0000 Metal Shakespeare Company, née Dagger of the Mind, will shortly be no more. The Maidenesque, literary metal band (to this writer’s knowledge the world’s only purveyors of Bardcore), fronted by former WW and current Oregonian contributor Jason Simms, posted the following missive on its Facebook page today: In the four and one half years since first [...] http://endhits.portlandmercury.com/endhits/archives/2010/07/29/pdx-pop-now-primer-witch-mountain-ylang-ylang http://endhits.portlandmercury.com/endhits/archives/2010/07/29/pdx-pop-now-primer-witch-mountain-ylang-ylang Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:24:00 +0000 The 2010 PDX Pop Now! Festival kicks off tomorrow. Until then, take a moment to get a little better acquainted with two of the acts that will be performing. As previously reported, the part of Subarachnoid Space will be played by Witch Mountain. Please make a note of it, take a rip, and enjoy.LISTEN:Witch Mountain - "A Power Greater" Since he (supposedly) put his Panther persona to bed—I heard a little something about a solo set at Tube last month—Charlie Salas-Humara has been a busy man, joining forces with some fine PDX musicians to form new groups Astrology and Ylang Ylang—the latter of which will be performing at the festival. LISTEN:Ylang Ylang - "Endless Eclipse" You have officially been primed. See you at the fest! The PDX Pop Now! Festival takes place from July 30 — August 1 at Rotture (320 SE 2nd Ave, Free to all ages) [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ] http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Theportlander/~3/4PEYXIGwaT8/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Theportlander/~3/4PEYXIGwaT8/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:21:00 +0000 Often we take for granted the place we live and fail to explore the museums and other cultural destinations the area has to offer. When was the last time you went to the Portland Art Museum or the Japanese Garden? Sure, attending all of these cool attractions around Portland can cost a pretty penny. Thanks to [...] http://maxredline.typepad.com/maxredline/2010/07/hoorah.html http://maxredline.typepad.com/maxredline/2010/07/hoorah.html Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:18:00 +0000 Almost unbelievably, Marine Cpl. Matt Garst stepped on an IED and got blown up - and out. Witnesses noted that he flew eight feet up, and some fifteen feet away from the site. He absorbed the blast, landed on his... http://blogout.justout.com/?p=20171 http://blogout.justout.com/?p=20171 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:17:00 +0000 Ellen Degeneres is leaving American Idol after just one season as a judge. The fancy-footed talk show host and lesbian icon announced the news on her official blog: A couple months ago, I let FOX and the American Idol producers know that this didn’t feel like the right fit for me. I told them I wouldn’t leave [...] http://badazzmofo.com/?p=2372 http://badazzmofo.com/?p=2372 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:15:00 +0000 I’m five years old, in the first grade, and I can’t see a thing. Nothing. Just blackness. But I can hear my mom. She’s crying, almost hysterical, and trying to do her best to hold it together. The doctor in the emergency room is explaining stuff to my mom that I’m having trouble understanding, but [...] http://blogtown.portlandmercury.com/BlogtownPDX/archives/2010/07/29/columbia-river-crossing-pro-and-con http://blogtown.portlandmercury.com/BlogtownPDX/archives/2010/07/29/columbia-river-crossing-pro-and-con Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:13:00 +0000 Check out this debate between CRC Co-Director Richard Brandman and Stop the CRC Coalition member David Osborn. Also of note: Metro released findings showing that a 10- or 12-lane bridge with light rail and tolls would increase North Portland employment by 1.5 percent and spur a minimal increase in unwanted suburban growth in Clark County. Unwanted by Metro, at least. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ] http://www.oregonlive.com/performance/index.ssf/2010/07/south_pacific_comes_to_the_nor.html http://www.oregonlive.com/performance/index.ssf/2010/07/south_pacific_comes_to_the_nor.html Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:12:00 +0000 Long-lauded as one of the greatest of all musicals, Rodgers & Hammerstein's 1949 hit has proven both popular and relevant in its return to Broadway and the tour coming to Portland's Keller Auditorium. http://blogtown.portlandmercury.com/BlogtownPDX/archives/2010/07/29/bargain-hunting-101 http://blogtown.portlandmercury.com/BlogtownPDX/archives/2010/07/29/bargain-hunting-101 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:45:00 +0000 I was chatting with a boutique owner last night, and I asked if she just continually marked her merchandise down until it was finally gone, or if she eventually just started giving it away. I'd always wondered, and it turns out that she ships off what little remains of a season to a consignment shop in California, or sometimes just rolls down to the nearest Buffalo Exchange to sell them. I'm sure every shop owner has their own method of dispersal, but for all those that haven't the time to ferret out the treasures at Buffalo, nor the inclination to spend full price, another round of Bargain Hunting 101 is around the bend, where a whole bunch of Portland boutiques and independent brands band together to offload last season at prices that're as low as they're gonna go. There are over 50 vendors this time, with men's, women's, and kids' clothing (I usually go into these things thinking of basics, rather than statement making pieces, but manage your own expectations), but also gardening and art supplies, furniture, and since it's at the Crystal (main space and Lola's) for only one day and will be a madhouse, booze. You will want it. This all goes down Sunday, August 15, from noon-5 pm. Get 'er done. A jacket by Reif, one of the Portland designers participating this year The battle to balance our budgets with our expensive tastes is always raging on MOD. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ] http://www.movermike.com/uncategorized/not-the-race-card/ http://www.movermike.com/uncategorized/not-the-race-card/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:32:00 +0000 Rep. Mike McMahon (D-NY) compiled a list of Jewish donors to Mike Grimm, the G.O.P challenger for has seat in Congress.  Apparently McMahon wanted to show that not all of his campaign contributions were coming from inside the district, but he singled out just the Jewish voters.  To me McMahon just threw down, not the [...] http://bojack.org/2010/07/its_like_richard_dreyfuss_with.html http://bojack.org/2010/07/its_like_richard_dreyfuss_with.html Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:30:00 +0000 We just got a bill from the kids' doctor. When you meet with her, it's no longer a "visit." Now it's an "encounter." http://blog.oregonlive.com/blazers/2010/07/trail_blazers_street_jam_brack.html http://blog.oregonlive.com/blazers/2010/07/trail_blazers_street_jam_brack.html Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:24:00 +0000 The Trail Blazers Street Jam 3-on-3 basketball tournament and festival kicks off this weekend. http://blog.oregonlive.com/blazers/2010/07/trail_blazers_street_jam_brack.html http://blog.oregonlive.com/blazers/2010/07/trail_blazers_street_jam_brack.html Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:24:00 +0000 The Trail Blazers Street Jam 3-on-3 basketball tournament and festival kicks off this weekend. http://www.oregonlive.com/performance/index.ssf/2010/07/triangle_productions_new_music.html http://www.oregonlive.com/performance/index.ssf/2010/07/triangle_productions_new_music.html Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:23:00 +0000 Inspired by sexuality best-sellers of the flower-power era, writer/director Don Horn collaborates with musicians such as Marv Ross and Michael Allen Harrison on "'69: the Sexual Revolution Musical." http://blogtown.portlandmercury.com/BlogtownPDX/archives/2010/07/29/tonight-last-thursday http://blogtown.portlandmercury.com/BlogtownPDX/archives/2010/07/29/tonight-last-thursday Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:20:00 +0000 Tonight's Last Thursday artwalk over on NE Alberta offers a handful of openings that sound worth the trek— Jill Bliss, Betsy Walton, and others at Together Gallery, Gary Wiseman at Little Field, Tabor Robak at Appendix Space, a group show called I Dream Animal at Alicia Blue Gallery, and another over at the Goodfoot with new work by Gabe Decker, J. Shea, Eyeone, Codak, and Racecar13— though my top pick of the night goes to Abraham Ingle's If A Tree Falls... at False Front, presenting (take it away press release!) "six all new Social and Studio practice projects that explore notions of presence in the age of 'always on.'" Read on for details about Ingle's show at False Front. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]