MUSH!—Dogs pulling sleds through miles of freezing Alaskan wilderness? CRUEL! Human drunks pulling shopping carts filled with other human drunks through miles of rainy Portland streets? HILARIOUS! While it’s too late to enter, you can still watch the Portland Urban Iditarod—one of the most boisterous, bizarre (and therefore fun) events of the year! WSH
route announced at keepportlandweird.org/urbaniditarod; afterparty at Grand Cafe, 832 SE Grand, time to be determined, FREE
ZOMBIE VS. ROBOT—We don’t fully understand this one, but we know a good thing when we see it. PDX.fm presents Zobotica, a zombie vs. robot boxing match complete with contests, raffles, and five bands! The party’s a benefit for the Red Cross and Free Geek, so get your costume ready, and may the best man… uh… person… uh… oh, whatever. NL
Dante’s, 1 SW 3rd, 7 pm, $10, details at zombotica.com
Like a stuck Toyota accelerator pedal. My, What a Busy Week!
The Zombie vs. Robot show was kind of a failure, unfortunately. The 7:00 start time was way too early – the place was still almost empty when I left at 10. I’m sure the normal Dante’s crowd showed up at midnight, wondering where all the bands were. Dante’s only had 1 bartender working until 10!
After the first bout, they blew out some circuit breakers and couldn’t get things fixed. It took out some of the lights and speakers on the stage and the bouncy castle for the boxing tournaments – after that it was a pretty sad party. The next band to go up had to play with no mic on their keyboard…the poor cute keyboardist girl just stood up there looking lost!