Employee Picks

Bradford Duval From Corazzo Design 935 NE Couch Bradford’s company makes snazzy, functional riding gear, and his is just one of the many local businesses that help to make Portland the motorcycle and scootering mecca that it is. Here are his faves! • Norton America: “The culmination of Kenny Dreer’s re-building of the Norton brand, […]

DJ Makeout Spring is in the air, and Portland’s repressed winter passion is finally blossoming. DJ Makeout–AKA Abner Gutierrez–dishes his juicy hotspots for gettin’ your love-thang on: • Masu: “It’s the classic romantic date place. Sushi + Making out = Love.” • The Red Light’s dressing rooms: “When it comes to making out, you can […]

Emee Pumarega From The Bridal Loft 2808 NE MLK Seems like everyone spends at least some of their young adult life swearing they’ll never marry. Have you or a friend caved? Here are Emee’s tips to get through wedding season: • Guest Etiquette: “The time on the invitation is when the wedding party starts walking […]

Kasey Jones Oregon Bus Project www.secretplan.org With media outlets being gobbled up by corporate monsters, what’s left for the independent voices? We asked Kasey Jones, an editor for Oregon Bus Project’s Zephyr Magazine, how she filters her press. • Wonkette.com: “Blogs are heaven. I go to Wonkette daily to keep up with what’s up in […]

Nate Preston From Die Monitr Batss Art punk and fixture of hot bars/parties, Nate had a documentary made about him: Nate Preston, King of Portland. And while it might seem advisable to stock your serious record collection with the rare and valuable, he swears these are music DON’Ts: • DON’T COLLECT Tipi Ministerit, Verta Rakastava […]

Magali Corzo www.magalicorzo.com Magali moved to Portland from Argentina, so now we get first dibs on the beautiful dresses she designs. Check out her work, as well as 10 other local designers at this First Thursday’s trunk show at Wieden + Kennedy, 219 NW 12th, 6th Floor, 6 pm. • DO Customize: “Remember what styles […]

Matt Genz From the Portland International Film Festival (PIFF) PIFF selects the best in international film, and you have until Sunday to take advantage. Plus, check out Matt’s foreign recommendations: • Holy Mountain (1973, Chile): “A film about a thief who looks like Jesus, and joins a cult of ‘thieves’ to follow an alchemist to […]

Tara Merrill From The Columbian www.columbian.com Tara is a copy editor for The Columbian, a newspaper you’ve never heard of unless you live in the ‘Couve. A self-described “magazine junkie,” Tara’s drug of choice is the periodical: • Portland Mercury: “Can I say that here? Really, when I need a pick-me-up, I grab the Merc. […]

Viva Las Vegas From Exotic Magazine www.xmag.com Between editing Exotic and working two other jobs, Viva’s finding time to author Magic Gardens: The Starry Eyed Saviors of the Western Night, memorializing her eight years dancing at the club. This is what she reads: – Stairway to Hell: The 500 Best Heavy Metal Albums in the […]

Daniel DeBenedetti From Café Nola’s Side Door Theater 8638 N Lombard Daniel’s selects the noir films that screen Wednesdays through Fridays at Café Nola. Check out his top four underappreciated noir classics: – He Walked By Night (1948): “Based on the true story of one of L.A.’s most notorious criminals, ‘Machine Gun Walker,’ this film […]

DJ Dantronix Between DJing at parties, events, and bars like Tube, making a music documentary, and working at a record store, Dantronix found some records, songs, labels, and artists you maybe never heard, and should: – Glass Candy, “Life After Sundown” (available on the Life After Sundown 12″): “Addictive guitar tones reminiscent of PiL’s ‘Death […]

Jo From Things From Another World 4133 NE Sandy Used to be only goddamn nerds read comic books. But as comics continue to become recognized as legit forms of both art and literature, going into a comic shop can be pretty intimidating. Thankfully there’s Jo, who not only knows her shit when it comes to […]