WHITE GLOVE’S “FRED AND CARRIE” You won’t find this scene in tonight’s episode of Portlandia. The new season of Portlandia airs tonight on IFC with an episode partly filmed at last year’s Pickathon festival. (Parts of it also appear to be filmed at Edgefield.) It lampoons music festival culture in general, with an appearance by […]
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Josh Ritter’s Messianic Oracular Honky-Tonk
Laura Wilson Josh Ritter and the Royal City band perform with Elephant Revival tomorrow night (Friday, January 22) and Saturday, January 23 at Revolution Hall (1300 SE Stark). Details here. Josh Ritter has been a solo artist for more than 15 years, but not until his seventh studio album, 2013’s The Beast in Its Tracks, […]
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Good Morning, News!: Police Scandal, Expensive Houses, and Toddlers at an Anti-Abortion Rally
Welcome to Thursday, Blogtown. Let’s have some news. The Portland Police Bureau last year allowed a 16-year veteran officer to resign with little fanfare after he was caught lying about having sex, both on and off duty, with a woman he met while on a police call. Over in Clackamas County, the cops are keeping […]
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Josh Ritter’s Messianic Oracular Honky-Tonk
Singer/Songwriter Bounces Back After Divorce Album
After a divorce, the singer/songwriter bounces back.
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The Beautiful Bummer of Majical Cloudz
The Canadian Duo’s Muted Music Exists on Binary Spectrums
The Canadian duo’s muted music exists on binary spectrums.
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It’s Happening Tonight!
MUSIC—The word to accurately describe the sounds that Detroit electronic artist Shigeto makes hasn’t been invented yet. Unless there is a word that means “an igneous interplanetary pixel-trellis music-box lightsaber-illuminated bebop balm for your ears and brain.” Webster? NED LANNAMANNw/Groundislava, Philip Grass; Mississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi, 9 pm, $12-14 FILMS—So this is awesome: Portland’s […]
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Good Morning, News: Campaign Gossip, 2015 Was Hot, and Burns Sez, “Hillbillies GO HOME!”
GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! Well I tried to tell you so (yes I did), but I guess you didn’t know. As the saddest story goes, baby, now I got the flow. LET’S GO TO PRESS. It’s day 19 of Oregon’s standoff with the Yahoo Militia, whose very limited popularity seems to be waning by the day. […]
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Steve Novick Has Another Challenger. Architect Stuart Emmons Will Formally Announce Candidacy Today
stuartemmons.com Since January 2015, City Commissioner Steve Novick’s raised a little over $176,000 to fund a re-election bid. In that time, Novick’s also collected a long list of challengers. The latest? Portland architect Stuart Emmons says he’ll formally announce a bid against Novick this afternoon. He’s been quietly assuring reporters this month that he’d go […]
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The Bachelor Recap – Episode 3: Hot Tubs and Airplanes
Courtesy of @bachelorABC Here we are, The Bachelor. Week three. I can’t believe it. You can’t believe it. But here I am, spending two hours of my unknowably short, precious, life watching this unholy baloney. But you know what? It’s not so bad when you just embrace the darkness. Embrace your inner darkness by catching […]
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Pickathon Lineup Announcement! And Slab Sessions, Episode 5: Joseph
Last night Pickathon announced the first part of its lineup for the 2016 festival at a special event at Revolution Hall (missed it? Click here or check out the poster above), and today, to celebrate, we’re posting the latest episode of our Slab Sessions series. This one’s pretty fantastic, with Oregon sister trio Joseph playing […]