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Ned Lannamann is a writer and editor in Portland, Oregon. He writes about film, music, TV, books, travel, tech, food, drink, outdoors, and other things.
All Smiles is the chum that attracts Portland’s finest sharks—er,
musicians.
If you’re stuck at home and are tired of whiling the hours watching local TV snowstorm coverage, Funny or Die has a very special snow day treat: They’re showing the first episode of the new season of Flight of the Conchords, that comedy/musical show about Bret and Jemaine, two New Zealanders attempting to make it […]
End Hits interrupts its ongoing Arctic Death™ series to bring you the following bulletin: Due to weather, tomorrow night’s (Wednesday’s) Blind Pilot/Loch Lomond show at the Aladdin Theater has been rescheduled for Jan. 17, 2009. All tickets will be honored at that show. Just so ya know!
We have to hand it to Muntazer al-Zaidi for nearly hitting President Bush with his shoes. However, while his accuracy was nearly spot-on, he used a standard, everyday, regular-issue shoe, which—while suitable for work and play, and nearly undetectable by security—is a poor choice of shoe for both aerodynamics and potential inflicted damage. So, with […]
Pixar makes great 3D animated movies. Too bad they didn’t make
Delgo.
Drew Grow and the Pastors’ Wives and Katrina Skalland make for an
excellent combo platter.
The long-awaited release of 1961’s The Exiles proves to be disappointing.
Portland band Blitzen Trapper refines their sound and garners national attention.
Yahoo! has posted their top searches for 2008 (never mind that there’s still nearly a full month left in the year) and therefore it must certainly be an entirely accurate representation of what’s on the world’s collective mind. You’ll be pleased to see that information on Britney Spears and pro wrestling is much more sought […]
Vice Magazine‘s web TV series Soft Focus is taping locally this Thursday, December 4, at the Bagdad Theater (3702 SE Hawthorne). Soft Focus is an “off beat music interview show” and this installment sees Ian Svenonius interviewing Fred and Toody Cole (currently of Pierced Arrows and formerly of Dead Moon) as well as Stephen Malkmus. […]
I just wanted an excuse to post this picture again.And here’s a tune from the Kinks’ Ray Davies, who is surprisingly good at writing holiday songs. LISTEN:<param name="FlashVars" value="autostart=no&bg=0xCCCCCC&leftbg=0x0056A5&lefticon=0xFFFFFF&rightbg=0x0056A5& ‘rightbghover=0xE87217&righticon=0xEEEEEE&righticonhover=0xffffff&text=0x666666&slider=0x666666& ‘track=0xFFFFFF&border=0x666666&loader=0x6CB112&soundFile=http://www.portlandmercury.com/images/blogimages/2008/11/26/1227741086_1127-rd.mp3″ /> Ray Davies – “Thanksgiving Day”
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