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Blogs
May 18, 2012
Coming Off Second Loss, Sounders Open Cascadia Cup Defense in Vancouver
It's been 44 league matches over a span of 14 months since Sounders FC lost back-to-back Major Soccer League contests, dating back to the first two matches of the 2011 season.
Blogs
February 22, 2012
Nü Sensae Make the Perfect Soundtrack to a Slasher Flick Killing Spree
Band: Nü Sensae Release: Tea Swamp Park Label: Suicide Squeeze Release date: Out now A digital reissue from Suicide Squeeze of the Vancouver band's sold out three-song seven-inch, which was originally released by Portland label Fast Weapons. Nü Sensae play doomy, gloomy punk riffs which bassist-v ... More >>
Blogs
February 2, 2012
Defecating Mailman Back On the Job; Here's Hoping He Doesn't Make Anymore Special Deliveries
This may seem a bit far afield, but heck, Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow today, so we're all in the need of cheering up. Which brings us to the poopy mailman who dropped off a very unexpected package at a Portland, Ore., home back in April 2011. Well, the defecating mail carrier was back on the jo ... More >>
Blogs
January 30, 2012
Portland Takes #TacomaByStorm at the 2012 Northwest Regional Barista Competition
One would think that if the 2012 Northwest Regional Barista Competition were going to have a defining word, it might be something like dedication. Commitment. Artistry. Excellence. Detailed. Perhaps, even, obsession. This year, seated at the Sensory Judge's table, after hours of classes and calibr ... More >>
Blogs
December 22, 2011
Tell Me About That Album: Reptilians by Starfucker
Tyler KohlhoffDespite some major jetlag thanks to having just returned from a European tour, Josh Hodges of Portland's elctro-pop group Starfucker, was still eager to field our questions about his band's latest album, Reptilians, even if he hadn't yet had his morning coffee. The LP is a synth ... More >>
Blogs
November 8, 2011
D.B. Cooper Snoops to Gather in Portland for 40th Anniversary Sleuth-Off
Nothing wards off the dozing effects of tryptophan better than a little detective work on America's most famous unsolved heist. Proving this fact, detectives, journalists and fans from all over the country will be spending their Thanksgiving weekend in Portland, celebrating the 40th anniversa ... More >>
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November 2, 2011
Joe Kurmaskie
Nothing wards off the dozing effects of tryptophan better than a little detective work on America's most famous unsolved heist. Proving this fact, detectives, journalists and fans from all over the country will be spending their Thanksgiving weekend in Portland, celebrating the 40th anniversa ... More >>
Blogs
October 18, 2011
Developing a Seattle Cocktail Week for Everyone
For its first-ever Seattle Cocktail Week, the Washington State Bartenders' Guild is planning a series of neighborhood bar crawls next week. But agendas for Cocktail Weeks in San Francisco and Portland--where the festivities kick off this Thursday--provide a hint of what ensuing years might ho ... More >>
Blogs
April 28, 2011
Portland Geeks Release "Badass-Ness Map" That Scores Neighborhoods by Proximity to Hipster Amenities
Watching Portlandia or hearing tales about Portland from one's beflanneled friends, it's easy to imagine that the entire city is nothing but record stores, vintage pinball bars, and bicycle co-ops. But it turns out that dense concentrations of hipster comforts are only found in parts of the c ... More >>
Blogs
March 25, 2011
YACHT'S New Single "Dystopia" Is Almost as Good as Its Press Release
YACHT - "Dsytopia (The Earth Is on Fire)" Portland electro pop/conceptual art duo YACHT today released the first single from their forthcoming DFA album Shangri-La for download. The song is called "Dystopia (The Earth Is on Fire)," and as always with these guys, it comes swaddled in promoti ... More >>
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March 16, 2011
Floater
YACHT - "Dsytopia (The Earth Is on Fire)" Portland electro pop/conceptual art duo YACHT today released the first single from their forthcoming DFA album Shangri-La for download. The song is called "Dystopia (The Earth Is on Fire)," and as always with these guys, it comes swaddled in promoti ... More >>
Blogs
February 21, 2011
Lark's Sundstrom Crowned Prince of Pork at Cochon 555
The annual Cochon555 swept through Seattle Sunday, as part of its annual 10-city tour. The event supports sustainable farming of heritage breed pigs by, well . . . pigging out on them. Much as heirloom tomatoes have a unique flavor that has been bred out of commercially grown, supermarket tom ... More >>
Blogs
February 7, 2011
Duane Sorenson of Stumptown Coffee Out-Portlandias Portlandia in The Wall Street Journal
Photo courtesy readymade.comHe rocks the fat-frame nerd glasses and flies the flannel. He's got a mustache that any '70s porn star would envy. He'll only cook at home if he can score locally sourced ingredients; lives in a sleek contemporary condo crammed in among the leftist bookstores, cafe ... More >>
Blogs
January 20, 2011
A Catchy Theme Song, Farm-to-Table Craziness, and a Chicken Named Colin: Portlandia Premieres Tomorrow Night on IFC
The way I see it, it could not have been more perfect. Portlandia--the new show from Fred Armisen, Olympia's own Carrie Brownstein (ex of Sleater-Kinney), and IFC--is a show in which the entire setup is the skewering of Portland in particular and the Pacific Northwest in general. And the very ... More >>
Blogs
January 13, 2011
Study: More Trees = Bigger Babies
Oh, scientists. Give them a few million bucks and next thing you know you're moving your pregnant wife into the treehouse in the backyard. Don't follow? Check out the new study by Oregon researchers which, they say, shows that more trees in a neighborhood leads to bigger, healthier babies bei ... More >>
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December 1, 2010
Joe Kurmaskie
Oh, scientists. Give them a few million bucks and next thing you know you're moving your pregnant wife into the treehouse in the backyard. Don't follow? Check out the new study by Oregon researchers which, they say, shows that more trees in a neighborhood leads to bigger, healthier babies bei ... More >>
Blogs
September 23, 2010
Portland Child-Sex Trade Marks Rose City with A Scarlet Letter Worse than Las Vegas' (Video)
Mayor SamIt's one distinction that civic braggart Portland won't be lording over Seattle and other U.S. cities: unlike its enviable transit system and most-livable honors, being the most wide-open city for sex in America - as ABC put it in a report last night - isn't a line likely to show up ... More >>
Blogs
September 15, 2010
Portland Police Respond to Report of Armed Man...in Gun Store
The caller told police that the armed man standing outside the Portland shop looked "nervous and sweaty." Officers were called, assault rifles drawn and a perimeter established until someone realized that, hey, that shop we've got surrounded? It's called the Gun Room. And that suspicious dude ... More >>
Blogs
September 14, 2010
Kyron Horman's Parents to Appear on Oprah
Oprah may have lost one Pacific Northwest-centric guest for her show on Thursday -- that would be Bethany Storro, the Vancouver victim of an acid attack -- but she's found a replacement in Kaine and Desiree Horman, the parents of eight-year-old Kyron who went missing more than three months ag ... More >>
Blogs
September 8, 2010
James Beard Awards News: Portland Gets All The Luck
Big Jimmy in actionFirst it was the International Association of Culinary Professionals--that week-long bacchanalia of symposia, lectures, heavy drinking, food, celebrities, more drinking and awards--that was hosted by the lovely city of Portland, Oregon just a few months ago. And I was fine ... More >>
Blogs
June 28, 2010
Kyron Horman's Stepmom Implicated by Facebook Sleuths
UPDATE: Kyron's father has separated from Moulton-Horman. Kyron Horman is the adorable Oregon second-grader who went missing last Friday. His stepmom Terri Moulton Horman dropped the seven-year-old off at school that day and was one of the last people to see him alive. Now, thanks to some int ... More >>
Blogs
May 24, 2010
Wait, You Mean Portland is NOT an Eco- Paradise Populated by Selfless Stewards of the Planet?
Image by Matt Grigsby And you always thought he was better than you.Yep, apparently we've been all wrong about Portland. All these years we've been led to believe that its thriving bookstores, dynamic, rejuvenated historic district, enlightened growth and transportation policies, and genera ... More >>
Blogs
May 21, 2010
Joanna Newsom Extends Summer Tour; Hits Seattle, Vancouver, and Portland in August
Now that's she wrapping up her European tour and finished bagging on Lady Gaga and Madonna, harpy Joanna Newsom has extended her summer tour, in support of her latest, the triple disc Have One On Me. If you live in the Northwest, you now have four chances to see her live: 08-04 Seattle, WA ... More >>
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May 12, 2010
Joe Kurmaskie
Now that's she wrapping up her European tour and finished bagging on Lady Gaga and Madonna, harpy Joanna Newsom has extended her summer tour, in support of her latest, the triple disc Have One On Me. If you live in the Northwest, you now have four chances to see her live: 08-04 Seattle, WA ... More >>
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December 23, 2009
Cultural Transcendence
Now that's she wrapping up her European tour and finished bagging on Lady Gaga and Madonna, harpy Joanna Newsom has extended her summer tour, in support of her latest, the triple disc Have One On Me. If you live in the Northwest, you now have four chances to see her live: 08-04 Seattle, WA ... More >>
Blogs
August 16, 2009
Red Fang to Hit Seattle Again With Kylesa
As anyone who was at the Sunset on Friday night will attest, Red Fang are finally finding their following in Seattle. I haven't found myself this evangelical about a band since I first discovered Monotonix, and it seems that all my prosthelytizing is getting through to a few people. To say th ... More >>
Blogs
August 15, 2009
The Valkryies Tour Wraps Up With Show at The Central
The Valkyries are finally back in Seattle. They spent the past 2 1/2 weeks on tour with the Neon Nights getting drunk, getting really sunburned, and being badasses all over the Western edge of this country. From the string of tour diaries they sent our way, it sounds like they had a really good time ... More >>
Blogs
April 2, 2009
Even Portland's Virtual World Is More Fun
The greater Portland area is your oyster!Here in Washington, we get a budget simulator that won't let you raise revenue, but will let you cut spending on "the health of Washingtonians" to zero dollars. Or you can cut, say, education. It's Sophie's Choice, writ large. Meanwhile, in Portland, Oregon ... More >>
Diversions
February 11, 2009
We Worship Portland for a Reason
The greater Portland area is your oyster!Here in Washington, we get a budget simulator that won't let you raise revenue, but will let you cut spending on "the health of Washingtonians" to zero dollars. Or you can cut, say, education. It's Sophie's Choice, writ large. Meanwhile, in Portland, Oregon ... More >>
Blogs
December 19, 2008
Free Bladen County Records Winter Compilation Download
Click here to download! In case you don't know, Bladen County Records is a Portland, Oregon label that hosts Loch Lomond, The Builders and the Butchers and Oh Captain My Captain, among others. Hooray for the holiday spirit!
Blogs
November 20, 2008
PNBA Short List Announced
The Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association gives its awards next spring. Last year, Sherman Alexie was among the winners for his The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. Notable among the writers below is Seattle's Garth Stein, whose The Art of Racing in the Rain was first featured at S ... More >>
Blogs
July 17, 2008
No Toilet Takers
The Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association gives its awards next spring. Last year, Sherman Alexie was among the winners for his The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. Notable among the writers below is Seattle's Garth Stein, whose The Art of Racing in the Rain was first featured at S ... More >>
Calendar
July 9, 2008
Stuff White People Like
The Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association gives its awards next spring. Last year, Sherman Alexie was among the winners for his The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. Notable among the writers below is Seattle's Garth Stein, whose The Art of Racing in the Rain was first featured at S ... More >>
Blogs
April 4, 2008
David Karsten Daniels Goes Nuts For Residencies
The Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association gives its awards next spring. Last year, Sherman Alexie was among the winners for his The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. Notable among the writers below is Seattle's Garth Stein, whose The Art of Racing in the Rain was first featured at S ... More >>
Calendar
January 23, 2008
Norfolk & Western, Point Juncture WA, WYE Oak
Nonexistent namesakes--but the music thrills, for real
Blogs
September 3, 2007
Photos: Stars of Track and Field
Nonexistent namesakes--but the music thrills, for real
Blogs
March 30, 2007
Tonight: Nick Jaina at the Sunset Tavern
Nonexistent namesakes--but the music thrills, for real
Music
October 18, 2006
Rosewood
Nonexistent namesakes--but the music thrills, for real
Music
October 18, 2006
Heady Rock
Break out the black light; Danava are revisiting yesteryear's riffs.
Arts
July 5, 2006
Giant Eraser Threatens Seattle Waterfront!
Claes Oldenburg comes to the Olympic Sculpture Garden, Sleater-Kinney calls it quits, and West Seattle is on fire.
Food
January 11, 2006
The Road to Beervana
Claes Oldenburg comes to the Olympic Sculpture Garden, Sleater-Kinney calls it quits, and West Seattle is on fire.
News
August 10, 2005
Time To Grow Up
Mayor Greg Nickels says a taller, denser downtown is inevitable, even desirable. But critics like Peter Steinbrueck say bigger isn't better unless you do it right.
Film
March 16, 2005
What the #$*! Do We Know?
Fox Home Entertainment, $29.98
Arts
July 23, 2003
Year of the Rabbit, Chuck Palahnuik, and More
Fox Home Entertainment, $29.98
Food
April 30, 2003
Cascasia Culinary Arts, Kathy Betz, and an All-French Evening
Fox Home Entertainment, $29.98
News
July 18, 2001
The revolution may be wireless
Northwest networkers work toward a complete communications grid, minus the corporate interest.
News
June 27, 2001
So long, Seattle
After bouncing between jobs and getting laid off, the musician's life—and Portland—looks mighty appealing.
Music
September 27, 2000
The Metro Gnome
After bouncing between jobs and getting laid off, the musician's life—and Portland—looks mighty appealing.
Music
August 26, 1998
True Northwest
The NXNW music conference continues to hone its regional edge.
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