After years of watching and re-watching The Wire I was surprised to learn last night that a pair of the show’s characters—Avon Barksdale and Preston “Bodie” Broadus—were based on a real person, Nathan Avon “Bodie” Barksdale. The show’s creator, David Simon, wrote about Barksdale for his day job (print journalist) and now this low-budget DVD, […]
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Portlander Raises $20,000 for Homeless via Internet Poker
Portlander Dusty “Leatherass” Schmidt became obsessed with internet poker after a heart attack four years ago left him bedridden for months. Overcome with medical bills, Schmidt bet his last $1,000 on a hand and won back not only enough money to cover his bills, but enough to make a good living, too. In the last […]
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Mayor Adams’ Year in Review: Shiny Happy People Holding Hands
Hey, it’s Mayor Adams’ year in review video! This week the mayor’s team posted a video looking back on 2009. Can you guess what’s not mentioned even in cryptic diplomatic language? That’s right, the mayor’s vision of 2009 includes absolutely zero mention of any scandal. I thought he would spin it with some sort of […]
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Menomena “Queen Black Acid” Surveillance Video
We previously mentioned Menomena breaking out a new song at PDX-Pop, and now there is a video to go along with it. A creepy video. Part of P4K’s Surveillance Video series—clearly influenced by what happened to Erin Andrews—the band is filmed performing “Queen Black Acid” in a New York hotel room before their slot at […]
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Welcome to Your Nightmare (Again): Greg Oden Injured
Greg Oden fractures his patella. “Likely out for the season,” according to the team.
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Josh Martinez – “Underground Pop” Video
I’d say that Josh Martinez is a local treasure, but the raspy-voiced emcee is just as much a product of his other hometown (Vancouver, B.C.) as he is a Portlander. Regardless, last year’s The World Famous Sex Buffet was a fantastic record—despite its goofy title—and Martinez has completed videos for eight songs from the album, […]
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Are You Familiar with Weng Weng?
This may be old news to you, but it blew my mind a little bit: Why have I never seen this movie? Best moment: 1:36
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The Decemberists’ “The Rake’s Song” Video
Since we’re on the Decemberists‘ payroll—they pay us in the shiniest of doubloons—we’re required to post this new video for The Hazards Of Love‘s “The Rake’s Song.” The clip was directed by a pair of students from London’s St. Martins College (I heard that to attend that school you need to they have “a thirst […]
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Cell Phones Will Kill You Dead
What is the greatest danger posed by cell phones? Brain cancer or illegally sexting minors, right? W-R-O-N-G! In fact, it’s those damn service bars that Hollywood seems to remind us of again, and again, and again, and again, and again… This is why I refuse to carry any phone that doesn’t transform into a stun […]
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In Which I Don’t Say Goodbye
Seasons change and old father time grumbles and throws his big dick in the dirt and… what was I talking about? Anyway, summer’s over, dudes! Today is the last day I’ll be classing up this office with my august presence. Before you start having dangerous heart palpitations, calm down. It’s more than likely you’ll see […]
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Turkish E.T. is a Flatulent Little Pervert from Outer Space
It’s Turkish Cinema Tuesday! If there’s ever been a good argument for the abolition of copyright, the award goes to the Turks. Long before any arguments about digital sharing, long before Creative Commons was even a glimmer in Lawrence Lessig’s eye, long before Abrams shoved Star Trek into the 21st century, the Turks were taking […]
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The Portland Web Show: Hype, Reality, and The Free Box.
In the ebb and flow of Portland’s creative community, people are always ready to jump up and shout that the next big thing is just around the corner. That kind of buzz happened this summer around the web series Wage Slaves, and last summer around another web series, The Bicyclist. While Portland didn’t invent the […]