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May 17, 2012
Salma Hayek Loves La Tarasca, Centralia's Top Mexican Restaurant
When hunger strikes next time you're heading to Portland on interstate 5, skip the Country Cousin, the Cracker Barrel knock-off whose homespun knick-knackery can be seen from outer space, and head in to downtown Centralia. There, right next to the Centralia: Hub City sign (so named Hub City for its ... More >>
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April 6, 2012
Occupy Portland Protesters Go Topless to Get Word Out About Upcoming Hanford Protest
What do bare breast and contamination at the Hanford nuclear plant have to do with one another? In the eyes of Occupy Portland protesters, one can help shine a light on the other.
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February 22, 2012
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What do bare breast and contamination at the Hanford nuclear plant have to do with one another? In the eyes of Occupy Portland protesters, one can help shine a light on the other.
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February 20, 2012
Tell Me About That Song: Nick Hilden, Vocalist and Bassist of Portland's Objects in Space
Objects in Space will be performing Feb. 23 at El CorazonA lot went into writing your favorite song, but how much do you really know about it? This week Nick Hilden, vocalist and bassist of Portland psychedelic trio Objects in Space, delves into the perks of living in a crack neighborhood, a ... More >>
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February 20, 2012
The Dream of Clichés Is Alive: 10 Half-Assed Observations and Dumb Jokes From a Weekend In Portland
1. Let's just get this out of the way now: In 2012, you can't not see Portland through the lens of Portlandia. This moment to them--and it's funny how long this has been coming; slightly lower profile media like Burn Collector were musing about Portland's irrevocable hipsterization as far back as l ... More >>
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January 17, 2012
The Seattle Vs. Portland Comment of the Week
The Seattle vs. Portland debate is one that never gets old, and is a constant source of regional insecurities. When Portlandia's Carrie Brownstein offered up her explanation of the difference between Portland and, well, everywhere else, she opened the wound back up. Two of the comments from "Lotha ... More >>
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January 16, 2012
Bone Luge Mixes Liquor and High-End Meat
Sucking liquor down a beef bone slide may be the next big thing in alcoholic fads, but the habit doesn't appear to have yet reached Seattle. TastingTable last Friday reported on the "bone luge," a Portland invention melding the city's love of offal and spirits. A Tumblr site explains the premise: " ... More >>
Music
January 11, 2012
What's the Difference Between Seattle and Portland Hipsters?
One question for Portlandia's Carrie Brownstein.
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January 11, 2012
Carrie Brownstein Explains the Difference Between Portland and Seattle
Q: How would you describe the difference between the Seattle and Portland hipster? Brownstein: I think Portland and Seattle are pretty similar. But when we did our live shows, there was a difference. It had nothing to do with hipsters. This guy in Portland asked the question: "There's a lot of plac ... More >>
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January 11, 2012
Blouse
Q: How would you describe the difference between the Seattle and Portland hipster? Brownstein: I think Portland and Seattle are pretty similar. But when we did our live shows, there was a difference. It had nothing to do with hipsters. This guy in Portland asked the question: "There's a lot of plac ... More >>
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November 30, 2011
Comment of the Day: A Theory On the Tofu Kitchen Explosion
Today's COTD winner gives a seemingly-plausible explanation to a phenomenon that has stumped the region's top forensic researchers and hipsterologists.
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November 14, 2011
Occupy Portland Goes Out Swinging: Arrests, Threats, and Promises to Regroup
The much anticipated face-off between Occupy Portland protestors and the small army of armor-clad police looking to evict them went down this weekend. The results were both everything and nothing like we would have expected.
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October 26, 2011
Nurses
The much anticipated face-off between Occupy Portland protestors and the small army of armor-clad police looking to evict them went down this weekend. The results were both everything and nothing like we would have expected.
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October 11, 2011
Today Reverb Recommends Picking Up the Newly Released STRFKR/Champagne Champage Split 7"
Seattle's Champagne Champagne toured with Portland electro-pop band Starfucker (or, if you must, STRFKR) this past spring, and they hit it off so well that they decided to release a split 7" together on Polyvinyl. It drops today, and based on Gwendolyn Elliot's review in this month's edition of Reve ... More >>
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October 6, 2011
Today Reverb Recommends Listening to Portland Band Nurses Before It Plays the Sunset Tavern Later This Month
Portland indie-pop trio Nurses released its sophomore album, Dracula, a little over two weeks ago, and it's gotten more and more impressive with each listen. Like a lot of Portland bands, the group has earned a reputation for producing "difficult" or "experimental" pop music, but the new album leave ... More >>
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October 3, 2011
Decibel Day 3: Portland's Awesome Live House Act Miracles Club and a Note About NOT Doing Drugs at Decibel Festival
Miracles Club: great even if you're straight...yeahLike any respectable music festival, Decibel neither encourages nor condones drug use. And, like at any respectable music festival, people are going to do drugs anyway. My last couple reports from Decibel have examined some of electronic musi ... More >>
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September 13, 2011
How Many Seattle Artists Are Included on Stereogum's 40 Best New Bands of 2011 List?
Portland's Wild Flag made the list.Stereogum published their list of 2011's 40 Best New Bands today--their 2010 list presciently included Zola Jesus, Best Coast, Twin Sister, Active Child, Cults, Tame Impala, and a smattering of other now-established names, so who are the future stars they na ... More >>
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September 2, 2011
Why, John Keister?
John KeatleyKeister wants to stop the Portland food truck invasion.The former Almost Live host and longtime Seattle funnyman is an enduring favorite on local comedy stages, whom we've profiled before. Prior to his Saturday gigs at Bumbershoot, we put a few questions to him. Why is Dick's so ... More >>
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July 24, 2011
Saturday's Capitol Hill Block Party: Lovers, Yuni in Taxco, and an Escape from the Fest
Megan HolmesLoversSaturday's Block Party once again started off with a bang with a set from Portland's Hausu on the Vera Stage. The young band played up-tempo, British-inspired rock, topped with frontman (and Seattle transplant) Ben Funkhouser's comically deep vocals. The affected delivery ma ... More >>
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June 24, 2011
The New York Times: No American City Supports Its Soccer Team Like Portland Does the Timbers
Merritt PaulsonYou may have read this article in the paper of record about how the Portland Timbers have the raddest, most (welcomingly) rabid soccer fans in the country. Not to get all defensive about it, but has the Grey Lady never been to a Sounders game?
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June 20, 2011
Sunset Magazine Says Seattle is a Better Food City Than Portland
The food is better in Seattle than Portland. So says Sunset Magazine in its newest issue, which pits eight great western food cities against one another in regional match-ups. A presumably unbiased panel of food writers from Los Angeles, San Francisco and Phoenix weighed arguments put forth ... More >>
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June 15, 2011
Luck-One's Home May Be Portland, But the "Sounds of My City" Video is Universal
When Portland native and Seattle transplant Luck-One released his True Theory project at a post-SXSW Jet Set in March, I quickly latched on to "Sounds of My City" as not only one of the record's best tracks but one of the Northwest's best of the year. And now, it's been given a new life through some ... More >>
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May 4, 2011
Sounders vs. Timbers
When Portland native and Seattle transplant Luck-One released his True Theory project at a post-SXSW Jet Set in March, I quickly latched on to "Sounds of My City" as not only one of the record's best tracks but one of the Northwest's best of the year. And now, it's been given a new life through some ... More >>
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May 3, 2011
U.S. News' "10 Best Transit Cities" Ranking Is Likely Bullshit
Back in February, U.S. News published an article that was picked up nationwide headlined the "10 Best Cities for Public Transportation." It listed Portland as No. 1 and Seattle as No. 11. Terrible! Well, according to a Portland transportation blog (and echoed by a veteran transportation consu ... More >>
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March 22, 2011
Prototype or Archetype? Either Way Luck-One's True Theory Is Worthwhile Conscious Rap
At Jet Set last night, celebrating his album's release.If the above photo doesn't convince you of the energy and emotion Portland native and recent Seattle transplant Luck-One puts into his music, it's hard to imagine what would--that is, except for his latest full-length record True Theory ( ... More >>
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February 28, 2011
How To Pose For A Chef Photo Shoot, According to Portlandia
It's always tough deciding how to pose for a photo. Do you want to look cute, endearing, bored, engaged, innocent (which is especially important for things like mug shots). For chefs--especially those of the celebrity variety--posing for the camera and looking good on film is a kind of survi ... More >>
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February 8, 2011
John Keister On Portlandia: Carrie Brownstein's Great, But the Show's No Almost Live
Nothing against Portland, but Seattle put the Pacific Northwest on the cultural and economic map. And nothing against Portlandia, but Almost Live put the Pacific Northwest on the comedic map. So we figured it'd only be appropriate to ask Almost Live legend John Keister what he thought of IFC' ... More >>
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February 1, 2011
Today Reverb Recommends You Dream of the '90s and Become Addicted to IFC's Portlandia
"Remember when people were content to be unambitious, sleep till 11, just hang out with their friends, have no occupations whatsoever, maybe working a couple hours a week at a coffee shop?" Fred Armisen asks Carrie Brownstein during the song "Dream of the '90s," which opens the first episode ... More >>
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February 1, 2011
Portland Book Store Offers to Trade Real Books for "Soulless" Kindles
Face it, dude. You and your corporate-owned Kindle are ruining print. Never mind that downloadable literature has single-handedly kept books and book authors competitive in the digital age. The point is that old school books, like vinyl turntables, fixie bicycles, and retro coats, show that y ... More >>
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January 31, 2011
The 2011 Northwest Regional Barista Competition: A Reason to Spend a Weekend in Tacoma
Tyler Stevens of Barista in Portland pours his signature coffee beverage, while technical judge Alex Negranza looks on.It can only be by some cruel and slightly twisted scheme that an event such as The 2011 Northwest Regional Barista Competition would be scheduled to begin in the morning. Mos ... More >>
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January 27, 2011
Ten Tweeters Twittering About Liquor
In my last installment of boozy Twitter fiends, I uncover the hard stuff: liquor. This list proved to be significantly more difficult to pull together, and I had to tap into our Portland neighbors to dig up some worthy contenders. That leads me to one conclusion--Seattleites aren't drinking e ... More >>
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December 29, 2010
Neurosis
In my last installment of boozy Twitter fiends, I uncover the hard stuff: liquor. This list proved to be significantly more difficult to pull together, and I had to tap into our Portland neighbors to dig up some worthy contenders. That leads me to one conclusion--Seattleites aren't drinking e ... More >>
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December 29, 2010
Jackie Hell & Friends
In my last installment of boozy Twitter fiends, I uncover the hard stuff: liquor. This list proved to be significantly more difficult to pull together, and I had to tap into our Portland neighbors to dig up some worthy contenders. That leads me to one conclusion--Seattleites aren't drinking e ... More >>
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December 6, 2010
Even Crossroads Music in Portland Respects Fremont's Jive Time Records
Display cases at Portland's Crossroads Music. Further confirmation that Fremont's neighborhood record store is the greatest there is. Recognize.
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November 10, 2010
Luck-One
Display cases at Portland's Crossroads Music. Further confirmation that Fremont's neighborhood record store is the greatest there is. Recognize.
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November 3, 2010
Brutal Beauty: Tales of the Rose City Rollers
Display cases at Portland's Crossroads Music. Further confirmation that Fremont's neighborhood record store is the greatest there is. Recognize.
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October 4, 2010
The Mobile Letdown
The mascot of Pioneer Grill Hot Dogs, which inspired one drunk patron to insist that his date "go dance with the wiener" many times in a row.Food carts are definitely on the rise. Pioneered by the noble taco trucks, ice cream trucks and hot dog stands, the new food cart is exemplified by Port ... More >>
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September 17, 2010
Bus Driver Caught Reading Kindle While at the Wheel (VIDEO)
What's the last thing you'd want to see a bus driver doing as they tried to navigate a busy street? Clip their toenails? Put on lipstick? Read "Infinite Jest"? If you answered in the affirmative on that last option, you probably want to avoid taking public transportation in hyper-literate Por ... More >>
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September 13, 2010
MusicFest NW: The Head and the Heart Dream of Moving to Portland and Shabazz Palaces Wow A Small Crowd
Paige RichmondShabazz Palaces owned Jimmy Mak's jazz club in Portland's Pearl District. Too bad that fewer than 100 people saw them.Although Portland is only 160 miles away, sometimes it seems like the city's musical preferences are light years apart from Seattle's. This weekend marked the 10 ... More >>
Blogs
September 12, 2010
Portland's Red Fang Sign to Relapse Records
It's official: Red Fang has signed to Portland/New York-based label Relapse Records, also home to Coalesce, Rabbits and Baroness, the latter two of which the Fang gang played with at MusicfestNW last Thursday, the very night they signed the deal. I ran in to Relapse label head Matthew Jacobso ... More >>
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September 9, 2010
Menomena's Danny Seim on Cover Bands, New Members and Being a Control Freak
Laura MusselmanMenomenaPortland band Menomena cobbles heady, experimental rock and roll songs out of as many conflicting instruments and ideas that can be comfortably crammed onto a track. The result is music that is both precise and loose, cacophonous and composed, emotive and detached, unex ... More >>
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September 8, 2010
Federale
Laura MusselmanMenomenaPortland band Menomena cobbles heady, experimental rock and roll songs out of as many conflicting instruments and ideas that can be comfortably crammed onto a track. The result is music that is both precise and loose, cacophonous and composed, emotive and detached, unex ... More >>
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September 7, 2010
Finally, Proof That Portland Hates America
As a Seattle resident and full-blooded patriot, you've always had your doubts about the people down in Portland. They sell food from carts parked on the street. They travel in packs in government-subsidized motor-coaches. It's all just a little too.. French. Well I'm sorry to tell you this, y ... More >>
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August 26, 2010
Why Is It So Expensive to Fly to Portland?
It can be frustrating trying to find any logic in the way airlines go about setting ticket prices. So today's peel back the curtain by The Wall Street Journal is welcome, because it does more to explain why a flight to Barcelona can cost less than a flight to Hartford than any other article I ... More >>
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August 25, 2010
Portland Gets a Cool New Food Truck Gadget. Now Where's Ours?
It seems that, these days, everyone wants to jump on the "food trucks are a dead trend" bandwagon. The thought process, over the pat two years or so, has gone something like: 1) Food trucks are so cool! 2) Everyone thinks food trucks are so cool! 3) Food trucks suck because everyone thinks ... More >>
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July 26, 2010
Two (Seriously TWO) Suggestions for Vegan BBQ
'nuff saidLast week, I put what I thought would be a small challenge before the more earth-friendly readers of this column: find me some decent vegan BBQ in the area. True, I had some rules. But there were only three, and they were about as basic and non-invasive as I could make them. The ve ... More >>
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July 14, 2010
Blue Giant
'nuff saidLast week, I put what I thought would be a small challenge before the more earth-friendly readers of this column: find me some decent vegan BBQ in the area. True, I had some rules. But there were only three, and they were about as basic and non-invasive as I could make them. The ve ... More >>
Blogs
June 29, 2010
Listen to The Thermals' New Single, "I Don't Believe You," From the Upcoming Personal Life
Portland's favorite punk rockers The Thermals are releasing their fifth album, Personal Life, on September 7 on Kill Rock Stars -- I can't wait to hear it. In the meantime, KRS will be releasing the record's peppery first single, "I Don't Believe You," on August 10 as a 7" -- but you can hear ... More >>
Blogs
June 24, 2010
Red Fang's Misty-Eyed Sunset Memories
When I interviewed Red Fang drummer John Sherman about his personal history with the Sunset while previewing their show this Saturday as part of the Sunset's 10-Year Anniversary blow-out, it turned out to be impressively extensive and fraught with warmly recollected, beer-soaked memories. He shared ... More >>
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June 22, 2010
Win a Pair of Tickets to See Portugal. The Man at Neumos This Friday Night
The Portland-by-way-of-Alaska experimental quartet Portugal. The Man has an excellent new record out called American Ghetto -- right now you can stream/download the entire album on their MySpace page. The band is also on a tour right now that will hit Neumos this Friday, June 26. Want to chec ... More >>
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