DeFazio Attack Ads Funded By Wall Street Tycoon
So who’s behind all those mysterious attack ads against local Congressman Peter DeFazio? Continue reading
Year: 2010
Tonight: ‘Hori Smoku Sailor Jerry’
Make Charmingness Even, Uh, Cuter: The Ascetic Junkies’ new video for “Why Do Crows?”
Some people use “cute” as a pejorative. I don’t. So when I say that the new Ascetic Junkies video is the cutest goddamn thing EVER, what I mean is it’s the cutest goddamn thing I’ve seen in some unspecified period of time. Just look at it! Look at the way the little animated Kali Giaritta goes all frowny and slightly evil when the song rocks out! Look at the way the music appears in squiggled lines! Look at the banjo player’s fluffy white cloud of a beard! JUST LOOK AT IT! Continue reading
The Week of Wordstock: Kristin Hersh’s ‘Rat Girl’
This coming weekend, Portland’s convention center once again hosts Wordstock, a weekend (and more!) of readings, signings, discussions and other literary events. All this week on EW! A Blog, we’ll review books by authors appearing at the festival, which is super-affordable, should you happen to be a book-nerd with weekend plans that involve PDX: $7 per day, or $10 for both festival days. Continue reading
DeFazio Confronts Mystery Opponent
Here's a video from the Washington Post of local Congressman Peter DeFazio unsuccessfully trying to track down who's funding TV ads against him: Continue reading
MFNW Saturday: Double-Dipping in the Pool of Portland Awesomesauce
Yes, MFNW continued! And continued to be great! And then I got sick and had Chow to finish and … and … and … And suddenly it’s September Twenty-freaking-third and I’d have to do some serious brain-wracking to figure out how we got this far into the month, but ANYWAY, let’s just relive the magic of MFNW just a little bit longer, and then I’ll shut up about it until next year. Continue reading
Adventure Galley Wins MySpace’s Rock the Space 2 Contest
Adventure Galley from traskblueribbon on Vimeo. Continue reading
MFNW Friday: Maybe, Maybe, Yes, Yes
The theme of MusicfestNW — this year for sure, but probably every year — is apparently Getting a Late Start Due to Food. It’s just awfully hard to resist Portland’s culinary delights, even when you’re forced to choose between rock and a sausage. Wait, that sounded weird. Continue reading
MFNW Thursday: The Thermals win MFNW. Again.
MusicfestNW 2010 began, for me, with cocktails and pickled things at Secret Society. Sorry, Phantogram, who I wanted to see; it’s just that I had a feeling sustenance would be needed over the next few hours. Continue reading
Hey! MusicfestNW Starts Tonight!
Holy crap! It’s already time for my other favorite Portland festival (the other one being Pickathon, of course). Willamette Week’s MusicfestNW starts tonight with just one show — Devonwho and Animal Collective’s Panda Bear — and really gets rolling tomorrow. MFNW sprawls all over town, meaning sometimes it’s a pain when you want to get from Holocene to the Crystal Ballroom in a hurry, but there are enough interesting shows that you can usually keep busy just skipping from venue to venue around West Burnside. Continue reading