This is Portland, we do what we like. This is Portland, we do what we like.

i think it's safe to say that cheap pbr's will be available as long as pdx exists, no? and i don't go to bars so i know nothing about that place, sorry -- though a web search says they had shuffleboard in there?! cool.

i was just thinking that another thing to love about this place is how (in part thanks to actual city planning) the "yuppies" tend to live in three areas, each of which might as well have a moat around them: the northwest 23/ 21st corridor, the pearl district condo city-states, and that south waterfront condo-land next to the base of the tram.

and yes, of course, we have a tram now. i've yet to ride it but it looks a little bit like the future. i need to take my nephew on it shortly...

We call that moat "the Willamette".

That mystery bar sounds familiar but it's been nearly 5 years since I've been in that boozey neck of the woods really.

Yuppies are now spreading to Irvington, parts of Mississippi, and Alberta

If yuppies = white people with money, then you can pretty much count everything in the city limits, at this point.

No, not necessarily. I'm talking about the areas of a particular flavor of gentrification.

At any rate, for those who are around, head to Ash St Saloon tonight. Poison Idea is playing a free show, and one of the opening bands is Dead Moon's Fred & Toody doing the first show of their new group.

If yuppies = white people with money, then you can pretty much count everything in the city limits, at this point.

haha yeah the vicious class warfare between groups of white people in adjoining tax brackets is one of the things i miss least about portland.

best place to american shuffleboard: the black cat in sellwood.

I like your fair city! Initial impressions:
1. Many restaurants, public places play this bizarre mix of lite jazz/muzak I haven't ever heard.
2. There are more strip clubs per capita than any place else I have ever been except for maybe New Orleans.
3. The homeless keep to themselves. I encountered well into the double digits today and not a single one asked me for change. This would never happen in Chicago.
4. A la the Chris Rock routine, unlike every other city in America, MLK Blvd here is not sketchy--well, at least the parts I've been on.

I think I might be at my free show tonight at Langano instead. We might be the last band to ever play there! I feel like the kiss of death for nice small clubs.

Noctural, we hardly knew ye, but at least we got to play in ye just before you stopped doing shows.

Red & Black, I remember you telling us our show was going to be the last "full band" show you were going to have. I can't imagine that you stuck with that, but it was an honor to be told we'd be the last "full band" to play there.

If the Towne Lounge ever books us they are doomed.

my roommate books the towne lounge (i think she still does anyway) so i'll warn her, okay.

Yes. I met her once a million years ago when I played a show at a previous venue that she booked, but there is no way she'd remember me.

Also, this is a smallish town sometimes. Not necessarily in a bad way.

yeah it took me about a week living here to figure that out. sometimes it's a good reason to go out -- running into lots of people -- and lots of times it's as good a reason (for me anyway) to just stay home, knowmsayin?

and if i were to go out tonight i'd most certainly go see the new dead moon people's "punkier" band, am fairly sure that'll be great.

Got back from wandering around downtown. the line for ash street was around the block, and still there 1.5 hours later, so we went to Ground Kontrol/the Shanghai Tunnel instead. A couple of pushers tried to offer their wares as we wandered off to the car, which was funny in that i haven't had that happen before, and there was a cop car about 10 yards away.

That must have been officer Muldoon.

Wait, really? A Car 54 reference?

A genuine Car 54 reference would have been officer Tooty.

Well, that's what I was thinking, but...

Also, apparently: "Toody". Who knew?

I did, suprisingly. Damn my nick at nite-centric youth.

I imbibed Car 54 from the pure source - as a network series -- wa-a-a-y back when it was still possible for Khruschev to land at Idlewyld (soon to be renamed JFK). Likewise, I was present when Dobie Gillis first hobnobbed with Maynard G. Krebs. Behold my hoary locks and kowtow lowly to my elderwit!

We're heading to the Pug Crawl today. Hopefully the break in the weather will stay.

And it didn't. Much rainy pug action, tho. Photos to come.

http://flickr.com/photos/13803131@N00/sets/72157600237591825/

Pug faces ahoy

Well, whaddayaknow, it seems that our esteemed Republican senator and Senate Majority Leader is in portland today, and hidden Bothan spies found out the where & when:

Just wanted to give you a quick heads-up. In just a few hours, there's a group of Oregon Democrats and folks from Veterans in Action that are gathering to "welcome" Senator Gordon Smith and Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) when they arrive at a fancy-pants $1000 fundraiser.

Here's the best part. The fundraiser is on a boat in the Willamette -- and we've figured out what time they're departing.

It'd be fabulous if you could join the crew. Here's the story: At 4:30 p.m., folks are gathering at the corner of SE Water and SE Caruthers. Here's a map. From there, the group will walk one block to the boat dock.

We're expecting press. Should be fun.

i really want to go to school in portland :-/

I will be there tonight and am excited. Not sure about this 50 degree weather in June though.

a contact number for the event, if need be

river wolf what schools are you looking at? ohsu?

today i went and got 5 gallons of paint for the price of 2 at metro paint (all recycled/ city-run non-profit paint that goes on real thick) and also scored some amazing stuff from vinyl resting place, including all 3 volumes of the harry smith anthology in real nice shape (and they're the 1952 originals, even) at half what they'd be anywhere else.

so it's fair to say i'm in super consumer love with pdx today. yay.

that protest sounds awesome -- hope it goes well -- i have to go hang with my pops now, though.

Today was the Portland Adult Soapbox Derby.

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More to come.

Gallery also at http://soapboxracer.com/

argh

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The Portland Beavers are considering changing their name to the Green Sox or Wet Sox (not a joke)

Bucky Wet Sox will not be as nice a mascot.

thankx pdx for Pok Pok

Today's parade/artcar thing up on Alberta(w/ pugs).

Photos from the Adult Soap Box Derby back in august(none of mine are on here, unfortunately).

and I'm employed again. Hooray.

anyone going to the Animal Collective show at teh Roseland? I'll be there in an old leather jacket.

watching Wizard Prison (openers)

Oh I wanted to go to that, but I've been splitting wood all day so, eh.

http://www.hplfilmfestival.com/current/schedule/img/2007poster.jpg

http://www.hplfilmfestival.com/

H.P. Lovecraft film fest this weekend at the Hollywood! I'm be there volunteering and fixing shit and being head of general security, i guess.

The main event this year is a screening of John Carpenter's They Live.

Hope everybody survived the deluge without too much property loss or general bitching!

Had horizontal rain yesterday. Basement is leaking. Got to wander around today in the rain while doing a service call at some shithole outdoor mall.

Weather report for today was for an ice storm. It is pouring rain and 60 degrees.

God I love this place.

I have been giving daily thanks for our relative lack of leakage. There is one south facing window that I need to work on but right now all I can do is cover it in plastic until it dries out a bit.

I chuckled at the NPR story on the van Gogh at the Art Museum that referred to PDX's 500,000 "moist inhabitants." (this was before the flooding.)

Holy crap today is a beautiful day so far. So many pretty shades of grey!

For eleven years running, my doom metal band has found inspiration simply by looking up at the roiling black clouds in the sky.

jesus, the rain wasnt that bad in portland. fucking foreigners.

Supertrash film fest is going at the Bagdad this weekend. Saw Petter Lorre's "Mad Love" and "Big Trouble in Little China" tonight.

Excellent.

Return of the Dragon is on saturday.

Hi Portland. I'm back in you. Brr.

PORTLAND I MISS U SO MUCH RIGHT NOW

This is a difficult time of year to imagine someone missing Portland, even though it is technically not that bad out.

THIRTEEN INCHES OF SNOW YESTERDAY IN WISCONSIN

Urban Iditarod is today!

11:30am sharp!

anybody going to see Michael Hurley in Astoria tonight? He's playing at the Voodoo Lounge. I'm driving up from Eugene and should be there around 4 or 5.

Senator Obama Coming to Oregon

Chicago, IL – The Obama campaign announced today that Senator Obama will visit Oregon on Friday,

March 21 and Saturday, March 22.

Senator Obama will hold Stand for Change Rallies in Portland and Eugene. Further details will be

announced as they become available.

FRIDAY, MARCH 21

Portland, Oregon

STAND FOR CHANGE RALLY WITH BARACK OBAMA

Memorial Coliseum
500 North Winning Way
Portland, OR 97227
Doors Open: 7:30 AM
Program Begins: 9:30 AM

This event is free and open to the public, but tickets are required. For your free ticket, please visit

http://or.barackobama.com/portland or visit our Portland headquarters:

Obama for America Portland HQ
3016 Division Street
Portland, OR 97202
Wednesday 2:00pm to 8:00pm
Thursday 10:00am to 8:00pm

***For security reasons, no bags are allowed. Please limit personal belongings. No sign or banners

permitted. Admission is on a first-come first-served basis. Parking is limited. Please use public

transportation.***

Sue Hagmeier
Communications Secretary
communicati✧✧✧@multd✧✧✧.org Senator Obama Coming to Oregon

― kingfish, Wednesday, 19 March 2008 08:14 (seventeen years ago)

any PDX-ers going to see the BOREDOMS tonight at Crystal Ballroom? I will be there in an old leather jacket and a Dog Faced Hermans t-shirt.

Bob Mould + band tonight at Doug Fir

X tomorrow at Crystall Ballroom

wheeeeee

portland i was in u yesterday. thanx ur great like alwayz

I'll be at the Obama campaign volunteer orientation tomorrow, anybody else going?

I was at Boredoms. Pushed my way passed all the lazy hippies and stood right underneath Eye's swinging locks. It was glorious. But they were better when I saw them at Crystal back in '98.

Did any of you come to my March Into Darkness festival last weekend?

I wanted to.

I'll also be at the Obama thing tomorrow, at least the first bit at 10.

Bob Mould show tonight was great.

Weather is fuckt: snow, rain, hail, snow, rain, snow.

Yay Portland, with the infinitely better strip bars than Seattle.

The Lucky Lady peep show in Seattle had a fantastic slogan on its marquee one March: IN LIKE A LION...OUT LIKE A LAMB

I sometimes forget there are strip clubs aside from Magic Gardens here.

And what the fuck was up today -- went from snow to sun to hail to sun to rain to just plain cold.

I fully expect raining frogs tomorrow.

That is equinoctial weather around here.

Hail is a common feature in March. Also rainbows. We get these cold fronts from the Gulf of Alaska. After the cold rain comes through, the aftermath is all this freaky unsettled sun-hail-rain stuff. The snow was a little unusual, I must say.

Portland I was in you yesterday as well in an attempt to get onto Jeopardy!. You are still my favorite town even when you snow at times, which is not pleasant.

It snowed for just a few minutes, I thought, and didn't stick.

Walking around in hail was not superfun, although my friend (who grew up in Beaverton) didn't know that they were called hail "stones", which I thought was odd.

Hey city, I will see you again in the summer. K.

Obama campaign hq opening today was mobbed. 400-500+ showed at the ex-Wild Oats on SE Division. Lotsa fun.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080412/D9000MJ00.html

...There have been more than 600 quakes over the past 10 days in a basin 150 miles southwest of Newport. The biggest was magnitude 5.4 and two others were more than magnitude 5.0, OSU reported. They have not followed the typical pattern of a major shock followed by a series of diminishing aftershocks, and few have been strong enough to be felt on shore.

It looks like what happens before a volcanic eruption, except there are no volcanoes in the area, Dziak said...

Hello again PDX. Summer, you are rad.

moving here soon! yes!

Hp lovecraft filmfest starts tonight at the hollywood. Mike mignola and brian lumley are here wandering around.

Come on, snow! Come onnnnnnnnn, snow!

I am looking out my window at a hazel bush with 2" of snow piled on every twig. It's our first real snowfall in about 22 months. I'd post a pic, but I'm too lazy.

(this can't be posted enough)

hey, at least it isn't mid-Tennessee drivers on ice

I am so glad I anticipated this and bought a shit-ton of groceries yesterday! Sure the weatherman has been saying it would snow all week, but it takes a native to really predict the weather within 24 hours around these parts. Time to build a fire!

tell me intersting facts about portland for my giant final projects!

Has one of every type of bridge known to man

^^^(possibly not 100% true)

Nobody has a job. Everyone is stoned all the time (+ superior coffee & microbrew selections). There are strip clubs on every corner. You aren't legally allowed to pump your own gas. There is no sales tax. We are the home of the biggest bookstore in the world.

What else do you want to know?

Pinball is a valid local industry

You aren't legally allowed to pump your own gas.

This always gets me in trouble.

Portland has Voodoo Donuts.

y'all ever been to portland opera?

I haven't been. Let me know when there's a really great (heavy) one.

I almost made it out to see the Symphony do Beethoven's 9th a few months back, but all my buddies chickened out when they found out that it's not a $5 show.

Just got back from trudging to the Alberta Market. I have enough supplies of diet coke, beer, and chicken wings to hold me over.

That's ice on the streets, and it's not going away tonight.

they are doing britten's the turn of the screw in feb - totally awesome/heavy/crepey.

Ok, that got my attention! I love Britten and James. Thanks for the tip!

starring anthony dean griffey, an awesome britten singer (did grimes at the met last year!)

And tickets are only $40-$160! Ouch.

I just thought I could drive the 10 blocks to freddy's to load up on groceries. Brakes went out twice and the car slid into some pretty heavy intersections but hey, I got my damn milk and beer and frozen pizzas.

Yikes. My housemate just split to pick up his girlfriend from work. I told him to leave her behind but he wouldn't listen.

Dropped my roommate off at the ER tonight after his body started shutting down due to the four day bender he's been on. Roads were icey, but you cruise around at 10-20mph and you're fine.

I hope I get tomorrow offa work.

dont hafta go in til later!

Son of a bitch my new employee orientation got cancelled today cuz of the weather, another week without a paycheck.

Seriously PDX you know I love you but way to be a whiny little bitch just cuz of a few inches of snow.

They probably could have started it late, but chose not to hassle with it. Sorry about the paycheck drought.

Srsly though, it's unfair to compare Portland's snow situation with places where snow is common all winter. The city doesn't have many snowplows or sand trucks, because it would be a waste of money to invest much there. It is illegal to use salt on the roads in Oregon. The drivers are largely dolts in snow, because they have no experience in it, plus few of them own chains or snow tires, and they think their SUV is a magic snow machine.

Lastly, and most importantly, the snow here falls wet, packs down quickly, refreezes at night, and is more like glare ice than anything a Midwesterner would call snow. It is a bitch to drive on, especially where there is any kind of a hill - and there are lots of hills.

You put all this together and 3 inches of snow is a lot worse than it sounds.

Some places are warmer than Portland.
Some places are colder than Portland.

What's up with that?

I hear there's been a lot of that going around.

I know I know you're totally right I'm just pissy because of money and such

For the record, though, I will be maintaining my "these guys are such wimps running and hiding after a couple flurries" posture in any bus stop intra-midwesterner small talk.

wtf? It's healthy to maintain a "these guys are such wimps running and hiding after a couple furries" posture!

oh flurries

sorry i bit your steez portland thread, didn't know i was at the time: THIS IS HSTNGS WE DO WHAT WE LIKE (SOMETIMES KILL WAHT WE EAT TOO) - HSTNGS COMPAINION THRD PART: !!

think of it as an homage

I'm going to work tonight. It's Heavy Metal Ladies Night @ Tube (18 NW 3rd). Come out and have a drink my fellow sissies!

Actually I have plenty of practice driving in snow and ice and plan to just take it real slow...

Most main roads have been plowed and sanded by now. Have fun. Drink slow.

I'm going to work tonight. It's Heavy Metal Ladies Night @ Tube (18 NW 3rd).

Hey, my brother-in-law is DJing there on Friday.

Cool. What's his Dj handle?

He's Doctor / Professor / Adam or some combination of any or all of those three.

A Damn Assessor Proctor?

I see him listed on the Tube myspace as DJ Prof Adam

Y'know, if we're going to have weather like this we might as well have a football team.

4" on my front walk so far.

It looks like a good six or so out here, with no indication it'll stop anytime soon. Just praying that nobody loses their power.

I hope the max lines are still running. I'm supposed to go do booze & board games at a friend's tonight, so i just needs to go from the 72 to the yellow line. Hmm.

While catching about 10 minute of the local news hysteria I vaguely noticed a crawl at the bottom of the screen about MAX dififculties. You might want to check out the Tri-Met website.

If there is freezing rain, as predicted, somebody's going to lose power. I hope it isn't me. I am south of town, so I am further from the Columbia R gorge, which is the main perp in freezing rain events, so I have good hopes for keeping my power tonight. Good luck.

Usually the max stays up unless there's enough ice to freeze over the lines, iirc.

xpost, guess i'm wrong on that one.

I'm close enough to downtown that I figure if I do lose power (which I never have at this apartment) it will be restored quickly. I doubt the city likes downtown going off-grid even briefly.

good news everyone! the buick can get around in this mess!

so after testing the car up & down the street a bit, i found my iphone power cable. Both main and black & decker auxiliary batteries for the iphone are now at full charge, so i'm set.

The ice has arrived. We lost power for about 5 hours this a.m. It came back about 30 minutes ago. It could go out again pretty easily. Luckily our house has a fireplace and we have wood. Because we camp a lot, we have all the stuff we need to camp out at the house, if necessary. We've done it before. We even have a kerosene heater.

I hope kingfish didn't stay out too late last night.

crashed at friends house after latenight boardgame and Bill & Ted party, took bus home since max train never came.

Good day for a walk. Bad day for motorcycling. Stay warm.

kgw is saying another 1/3rd inch of ice today then 4-6 more inches of snow tonight. City's basically a wasteland until Saturday. The shit Greyhound is pulling with their cancellations/way they're treating the people they've stranded is totally disgusting.

My girlfriend was supposed to fly out to Chicago to see her family today. Flight was canceled, and they rescheduled her tomorrow... in Seattle. With no trains available and Greyhound shut down. A++, everybody.

The good spirits of Portlanders helping one another out has been uplifting, though. Hope you're all warm and well.

Seattle just cancelled a whole bunch of flights right now. I imagine PDX would be in BETTER shape. SeaTac is not a happy place right now.

Alberta St Pub is still open, so i'm heading there on foot to get warm and read a bit.

daaaamn and I was feeling sorry for myself cuz it is summer solstice here in Peru, in the upper 50's at night and pouring down rain. I will now feel better. I imagine Eugene is almost as fucked as PDX. I had read in the Farmer's Almanac that it would be a cold winter, but this is almost unheard of.

Damn this place is jumpin'

Eugene isn't bad. 40 and raining. Blazers had to take a bus down there to make it to Denver for tomorrow's game.

Hope the airport's running normally tomorrow; i need to fly to knoxville.

Made it to work with no problem. The Buick can conquer all this shit!

aaaaand now my flight's been cancelled! hooray!

You all think Lake Oswego is big enough to get the "Lake Effect"?

We've got more than a foot of snow piled up here. Another 4 inches fell on top of yesterday's ice. Yesterday's ice was on top of about 8-9 inches of accumulated snow. All the shrubs in the yard are kissing their toes. But I still have electricity, and a cellar full of food, so I am golden.

Hooray! I made it home! Found out that the chains I had borrowed were too big and i needed a push to get out of the snowbank I was parked in, but it worked!

now i need ot figure out how the hell i'm going to fly out of here.

I was pretty gung ho about driving in this snow until 2 days ago when I very nearly didn't make it up the hill between SE Burnside and Stark on 60th.

I had plenty of momentum but the knob in front of me hesitated after the light turned green and I slid backwards 3 times. Finally put some Opeth on the Vanagon's stereo and made it to the apex on my 4th try.

Since then, I've just been cooking and building fires and staying inside.

Okay, flight was canceled, am now waitlisted for next flight later in morning. This ought to be interesting, but i'm bringing my laptop and iphone(w/ aux batteries), so i should be set.

Woo-hoo! Made my flight and the one afterwards(standing around by the desk = the most literal "standby" i've done in a while). Managed to escape the city and am here at parents house in Knoxville. Whee.

Is it snowing? Is it raining? Any of you drunks near Alberta st tonight?

I'm at the Nest.

Snowing in the Seattle area!

looks like we got maybe a quarter/half inch or so then it turned to rain.

And back to snow

Twitch/Stirmonster from Optimo in Portland tonight just FYI

Tuesday January 20th - Portland Holocene (Twitch)

OH SHIT! Any Seattle show?

'fraid not bld - LA tomorrow (which i was going to spam too but i don't know if there are LA regional threads or how to look for one).

At bagdad for new bsg ep tonight. They actually let people in early tonight.

Are they doing that every week now?

yeah, every week til the show ends in mid-March

so, uh, anybody know anybody who needs a place to live? The other two rooms in my house in the King neighborhood in close-in NE are empty, and landlord is getting increasingly desperate to fill them. Here's the CL advert:

http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/roo/1005438160.html

Seems like those rooms should be easy to fill. I passed the link along to someone I know...

carpetted

apparently only idiot space cases have been applying, so there ya go.

xp yeah, he did that a coupla times

In the 'If it bleeds, it leads' department, check the frontpage of today's Oregonian

two words in dark black: 'BLOOD EVERYWHERE'

Tron is on the big screen on saturday night at the Bagdad at 11.

http://mcmenamins.com/index.php?loc=9&id=177&eventid=68065

http://wweek.com/photos/3512/large/12140.jpg

We Fight for the Users
(MOVIES) Listen up, Hollywood: Movies shouldn’t cost $10. We don’t care if they have fancy computer graphics. We want what all Americans want—cheap thrills and beer. The Bagdad Theater agrees, and is hosting a weekend with the greatest computer-graphics movie ever: Tron. Screenings are $3, but if you attend the 11 pm show on Saturday, Jan. 31, and say the phrase “Copy Blue Leader,” you’ll get in for $1.50. Same deal with Double Indemnity on the Bagdad’s $2 Tuesdays—mention WW on Tuesday, Feb. 24, and get in for a buck. Oh, and don’t forget that weekend matinees at the Mission (currently showing that new Bond thing) are always $1. Bagdad Theater, 3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 236-9234. Mission Theater, 1624 NW Glisan, 223-4527.

Weather!

Ah great, i get to drive up Bull Mountain today.

pls to provide a list of things to do in portland that are essential for getting a feel of life in the city.

thankig u!

tza, since you love hoops and I have the hookup I can probably get you tix to a blazers game when you're in town, if you'd be interested in that sort of thing.

^_^

CLASS ACT

When are you going to visit? If you time it right, you can be here during the next Urban Iditarod

hit me up on the AIM at 'Senor Funkapus', I should be able to provide plenty

Shucks it's no thing, really. Just hit me up on webmail or somethin' before you head out this way.

Smoke weed and go to Powell's.

ah, kingfish, i will miss the iditarod. will bein seattle 3/19-3/25, not sure which day(s) i will go to portland yet (definitely not 20 or 21 though).

Monday, March 23: Philadelphia 76rs @ Portland Trail Blazers

Zompire filmfest is May 9-10th.

awesome
xpost

Get here by mid-march and you can come watch the last ep of BSG with us at the bagdad.

Anybody up for wandering down to Pioneer Square to laugh at the Teabaggers today? Apparently they're going to be there at 6pm on...

well that was depressing. I need a drink now.

haha

anything noteworthy?

1000 different versions of 'FUCK YOU / GOT MINE' on placards, held up by suburbanites, chanting either USA or 'Our Voice will be heard,' b/c holding your demo in a city that voting overwhelming for the democrats in power and turned out for Obama to the tune of 75K in May makes obvious sense.

KPAM was there to provide rightwing vitriol and a PA.

Handful of counter-protestors, but the whole vibe was horrible so I had to relocate to the Low Brow for booze and to play with the new wireless toy here.

Photos to come. These people are pathetic & infantile.

I will probably be at the trail blazers rally at the same location tomorrow afternoon. It promises to be a little bit more fun than today's shenanigans.

Okay, several beers at the Low Brow and now home and I'm doing better now.

Still need two housemates, so, like, if y'all know anybody, gimme a holler.

Anybody going to the Stumptown Comics Fest this weekend? I'll be there helping out.

Might be doing if i get back into town on time

Warm day finally. Taking a break from Stumptown for nap run. Place is filled with people, and the Wondermark guys are here.

I'm in LA for the weekend. Sounds like I didn't miss much. If I was in town, I'd go see Spinal Tap acoustic at the Keller tomorrow.

Jesus Christ. We finally have warm days here and what happens? Some lady goes shopping at Bridgeport Village and leaves her pug in her SUV. Oh, but she leaves the window cracked a few inches!

The results were predictable, and here's the kicker:

She then covered the dog with a carpet and went back to the store.

Well, 39th Avenue is now officially Cesar Chavez Blvd!

Glad to see we have our priorities straight. Unemployment is at 12.4, second in the nation. And we have the added perk of having the 25th worse traffic in the United States.

Thanks Portland!

I wish they wouldn't have named it that; 'Cesar Chavez Avenue' has a much better flow to it.

God this really happened? I'm so glad I live on Mt Tabor.... hope it erupts soon and lays waste to you all!

Trek in the Park starts today at 5pm! Woodlawn Park in Northeast, where they're doing a live production of "Amok Time"

Also, today is the Mississippi Street Fair, and it'll probably thunderstorm! hooray!

Move to Portland? Maybe? Good idea or no?

Yeah dude. Portland is great. I've lived here most of my life and have a hot and cold relationship with the town, but today I officiated an old friend's wedding, dj'd the reception, drank rad beer at the afterparty, then came home and walked to this amazing Korean taco truck in my neighborhood ($2 bulgogi tacos!) and am now drinking more awesome beer in my favorite bar. Good day that couldn't happen for me anywhere else.

I guess that's less to do with pdx and more me bein' like hell yeah life occassionally surprises you by being fuckin awesome but it's as good an argument as I can muster: sure, come to Portland because I had a great day.

rev, NO!!!

Portland is awesome, just go ahead and move here, you'll love it. But get a job lined up first. The market's a nightmare atm.

Also Clay I think my roommate was at that wedding.

Korean taco truck

heresy!

I was planning on getting a job lined up before leaving. Thinking I want to get some interviews lined up for next week. That would be a good time to go down there.

So where do I want to live? Where do I not want to live? How's the weather compare to Seattle?

(don't you worry tza, I'll only be a few hours away)

portland is dope imo

Rev - definitely get a job lined up first. If you have one, it's the best city you could hope to live in.

Are you in Seattle now? What neighborhood? Do you like it? That will help me recommend where you want to live here.

Blindly, I'll suggest SE (west of 39th and north of Powell) or North Portland in the Mississippi area. Fuck living on the west side.

I live in lolEverett, 25 miles north of Seattle. I do not like it.

So basically, meth-infested, working class suburbs are out.

that came out kind of bad

Nick, if so plz apologize to your roommate for how nervous I was. Hadn't had a hundred strangers staring at me in awhile.

Rev -- what kind of work are you looking for? Portland's a real you gotta know people to get a job sorta place and I'm sure we'd all ne happy to put feelers our for you in whatever line your in.

I'm lol drunk excuse me.

Move to Portland?

On the plus side:

It is a real city and it is a mostly very pleasant place. This is not a combination you find very often. The climate is moderate, never too cold and only rarely hot. You can drive to Mt Hood, the Columbia River gorge, or numerous ocean beaches, spend the day there, and drive home to sleep in your own bed that same night. Good restaurants. Powell's City of Books. Active local music scene. Trees everywhere.

On the minus side:

Unemployment is just a bit behind Detroit and ahead of almost anywhere else you can name. You rarely see the sun from November to April. Second rate museums, library and other high-culture amenities. Enough like a small town that you can't avoid meeting the same people wherever you go - even people you loathe. Go back and read the first "minus" again; let it sink in.

Aimless speaks the truth. Our museum is second rate at best. But we do have OMSI!

I love it here, just wish I could find a job.

fwiw, I have a rather specialized skill set (tap dance instruction) that a few ppl in the PDX area seem to be looking for (in contrast to Seattle) at the moment. That's what drew my attention in the first place. Most of the stuff Aimless describes is either a non-factor (lol when does my uncultured ass ever go to a museum? does anyone in the active Portland music scene make music I'd be interested in? I have my doubts) or pretty much the same as Seattle so

More than likely there are people around here who make tunes you'd dig.

So my brother-in-law called my wife tonight with a crazy story. He was walking home through downtown and ran into a guy who said he was from Burkina Faso, and was in Portland to settle an insurance claim for his brother who died in a plane crash (which my b-i-l had heard about). Guy was allegedly on his way out of the country, couldn't bring the money, and was waiting for an airport limo that was about to pick him up. He wanted to give him $30,000 to give to a homeless shelter and keep $2k for himself. They were sitting a coffeeshop somewhere, the guy showed him a huge stack of money, and refused to take a business card or any personal info - he just wanted the money donated in his name. Wrapped the money up, said some incantation, gave a name and address in Burkina Faso, and asked him not to open it for 8 hours before getting into a limo and driving away.

Brother-in-law gets back to his apartment, super suspicious, starts wigging out, and IMs my wife, we're trying to figure out what was going on, debating if he should talk to a lawyer, the cops, or just stress that some random gangsters bust into his place at 4am looking for their money. He goes out for a smoke, can't take it anymore, opens the bag...and finds a big stack of newspaper. Checks his shit, isn't missing wallet, phone, laptop, anything at all.

Anybody heard of anything like this before? A test run for some sort of scam, I presume, like a real-life 409 scam? Did my brother in law give off some clue that he wasn't going to actually get scammed out of money and the guy cut it short? Dudes's pretty savvy, has traveled quite a bit, is really smart, and isn't the type of guy to fall for anything obviously flakey so we're all wondering, what was the point?

woah.

i don't even know what to do with this.
it's like the nigerian money guy but irl and what????

....that's an odd story.

yurrr

Yeah the whole thing is very odd, and nobody can figure out the point. Best guess is that there's a step missing where the guy gets you to wire money to him or hit the ATM or otherwise gets money from someone, which for whatever reason he didn't pull on my brother-in-law because he didn't seem like he'd have money or wasn't gullible enough. I was just curious if real life Nigerian money scams are the new thing in Portland.

Oh yeah, kids are always pulling irl Nigerian scams on their fuckin' fixies around here. No brakes, of course. Dicks.

the internets be whylin out irl

This happened to my sister about 20 years ago, except the woman with the stack of money claimed to not trust banks (they were thieves, in her country) and had my (incredibly naive) sister show her that she could take out as much $$ from her account as she wanted. After my sister withdrew a significant sum from her bank account, the woman wanted to wrap it up with her own money in a special cloth, cast a spell over it, and then gave the package back to my sister for safe-keeping until the next day. (IIRC, some guy claiming to be the woman's relative showed up at this point with some sort of family emergency claim.) Of course when my sister finally unwrapped the package it was nothing but newspaper. So it's a scam that's been around a long time, but maybe the guy your BIL ran into forgot the part about the matching funds.

on the bright side, now your b-i-l has a bunch of free newspaper

So maybe I biked away from Pioneer Square too early tonight....

http://siliconflorist.com/2009/07/15/dave-chappelle-portland-twitter-rumor-hoax/

I just moved out here from Tampa about 8 months ago. I can't believe I haven't gone out to see some live music yet; that was one of the main draws to get me out here in the first place (that and getting a job). I only know one other person out here, but he's not really into music.

Not sure if it was a typical winter here in PDX (everyone says it wasn't), but I think I'll be moving back to Tampa again soon, lol.

bye

musicfantic - you should check out Musicfest NW (mid Sept) or pdxpopnow (end of this month) before you go. They're both reasonably sized festivals that give you a chance to sample lots of local bands (and a few national).

man see u

So long. I'm tired of people moving here.

pdx I luv u boo but you gotta stop it with the nativism

and I'm tired of the Pearl District and the Alberta Art District, but whatchya going do?

strip club on powell. GET DIRTY MAN.

Too much stuff going on today. the free PDX Pop show at City Hall is at 5:30, Ignite Portland is tonight, the local alumni chapter of my university is meeting right amongst all that, etc.

kinda hot imo

I just saw Daniel Menche absolutely destroy pdxpopnow fest.

Really? How so?

I spent the better part of the afternoon/evening at the Barfly Mag anniversary party, with too much free food and seriously cheap beer

then biked home, which is a bit much in the heat

wait Daniel Menche and PDX Pop are like two mutually exclusive things!

Bleah

I have been to Portland three times this year with vegans! I am not a vegan, but yr vegan food is great, I have been happy every time. Portland: Books, Good Beer, and Tempeh.

from a friend's facebook status:

Some cities that Portland is forecast to be hotter than today: Beirut, Cairo, Nyala (Sudan), Mogadishu, Addis Ababa, Tripoli, Abu Dhabi, N'Djamena (Chad), Dubai.

on the bright side i just found out Prins Thomas will play there September 4th, so see you then portlanders!

I'm hiding out again at the Central Library. I think I'll head to that western wear shop over on 3rd to get some bandannas, a big white hat, etc.

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/6820/weathere.png

I am so glad I found that dusty old A/C unit in the garage. Without it, I'd be... well not at home right now.

I saw a guy playing bagpipes while riding a unicycle down Hawthorne today.

I was on my way to Laser Rush @ OMSI.

HA ha. I'm sitting outside shirtless, reading "The Ridiculous Race" about two tv comedy writers deciding to race around the world without using airplanes(one of them cheats), and drinking my roommate's beer.

Tonight is far more tolerable than last night.

Had vegan cupcakes tonight (a friend started working at Saint Cupcake recently). Gooooood.

back in 4 days, plz cool down

I hear we might get rain on Monday. Fingers crossed!

I saw a guy playing bagpipes while riding a unicycle down Hawthorne today.

They need some sort of Bearded Trust Fund Casualty sign on that part of town. It's Height-Ashbury for tourist retards and they peel up a new Reed student off the ground like every other day over there.

^needs more region- and subculture-specific buzzwords imo

Has anybody gone to the Sisters Folk Music Festival? Is it worth going to?

Energy Food - the bagpipe-playing, unicycle guys on Hawthorne bring out the worst in all of us. It's just what they do.

Sunday nights at Beulahland has music videos by request after 8 or so. It's pretty much a DIY 120 Minutes/Headbanger's Ball. I try to go there weekly, and it's a blast.

Meanwhile, my experiment of trying to cool my bedroom down with two box fans facing opposite ways in different windows seems to have worked.

Also, adult soap box derby is on the 22nd

http://www.soapboxracer.com/

Grand re-opening of the expanded/remodeled Farm Cafe is on wednesday night. Love that place.

Oh man I totally forgot about Beulahland on Sundays, and here I was being all friendless sadsack wishing I had something to do tonight.

Also Darin what the hell this was like the first time I got all zing-style on ILX and you come back all concilliatory and the bigger man? Bullshit. Let's try again:

fuk u ur gay

Your move.

xpost -- I'm looking forward to the adult soap box derby -- I haven't been in a few years even though I live just a stone's throw away from Tabor. I've always been out of town that weekend. But then the week after that I'm moving out to east county, so future visits will be more difficult.

http://www.bumpertalk.com/bt/images/thumb/BD233A.jpg

i just visited portland last week, was thoroughly amazed by the number of bars and restaurants and indie boutiques. portland is the new oakland, i think. if i didn't have things tying me down (like a wife and job) i'd move there in a heartbeat. good job portland!

ps - i ate at gravy. what an incredible restaurant!

mmm yeah it is good

I have not tried Gravy yet. But I've heard tales.

Finally checked out the new and improved Mississippi Studios tonight. It's nice.

is it bigger now?

For those wanting cheap entertainment, i'm throwing a birthday pizza party for me tonight at Ground Kontrol from 7pm onward. It promises to be appropriately loud & stupid.

I like loud n' stupid! I might stop by after my roommate interview thing for some Dr Who pinball.

PS it is hard to find people to live with up in this piece, everybody wants me to be a vegan woman non-smoker.

And if anybody is about to suggest a Bosom Buddies scheme, rest assured have already had that dream.

That Portland/Oakland thing is funny, since from time to time in Oakland I'm struck by how much it reminds me of of Portland. Berkeley and parts of Seattle factor into this as well.
Also, had breakfast at Gravy a couple years back and it was good, but the most unforgettable part was that it took like an hour and a half to be served!

was in portland last week. ate at Pambiche, Waffle Window, India Something Something Cart, La Jaracito, KoiFusionPDX, Whiffies and Crema Bakery. holy shit, perfect food experience the whole trip.

KoiFusionPDX,

<3 this truck so so so much

i'm visiting portland for a week starting tomorrow. can anyone recommend a dj/dance night, or good shows in general? willamette week hasn't updated its music listings yet, don't know where else to check.

also would be interested in hearing about anything else particularly cool going on. excited!

Never been to any of them but my brother-in-law seems to always be DJing at some club somewhere when he's not a philosophy professor at other places. I know he veers pretty heavy towards hip-hop rather than straight up dance:

http://www.myspace.com/doctoradammusic

hip-hop's not really my dancing choice, but thanks for the suggestion. may look at the list of clubs he spins at and see if they have other, more electronic-dancey nights

holocene is the first best choice for dance music, depending what's going on. also check a night called Nightclubbing (i think their myspace has the most up-to-date info). they do it at various venues, might be a monthly.

Sept 4 Prins Thomas Holocene
i am driving down for it, might be past when you're there

http://www.holocene.org/calendar/
^YACHT tomorrow night, might be fun

rock place
http://www.dougfirlounge.com/cal.php

somebody's bored at work!

went through the mercury listings, here are the best couple that i found:

soul stew, DJ Aquaman. I think this is the weekly that's been going on forever, he's friends with somebody famous, i forget who
http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/Event?oid=1322026

liked the name on this one, heard Dunes is cool though i've never been
Deep Space Disco: DJ Honeydripper, DJ Rainbow Pudding
http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/Event?oid=1594341

Dunes is... not very cool. It's like a haven for underagers with fake IDs mostly.

You could always come to my DJ night Thursdays! But it's at a rock & roller dive bar where I get looked at sideways for playing like bizarre love triangle, much less being able to keep a sustained dance thing going on.

I've said this before on board, but Pierced Arrows was great last night

some day when i have money, i will come to yr night, clay!
some day.

aw! <3

I should be back in Seattle sometime in the middle of next month, doing another band session! We'll have to get together for a drink one night!

i will invite myself along and actually go this time

i'll believe that when i see it!

Clay, where do you play? I'll come and request Bizzare Love Triangle, so when you get looks you can point at me and roll yr eyes.

ha, i always play BLT. It's just the aging punk rockers sneer at me for it. Which is a pleasure really.

The Matador on W. Burnside. Thursday nights.

I have various other gigs too but they're more irregular. Second Saturday here, one Friday every three months there, etc. Everybody's a DJ in Portland, it's hard to get gigs/get noticed!

last time i was in portland i saw chromatics at holocene & then danced, it was great. i'll be gone by the time prins rolls through, too bad. thanks for the tips. i definitely want to check out the doug fir, i missed it last time.

clay, where is your dj night? xpost - nevermind. w burnside, i think my friends may live near there

no wait, i think they are on the southeast side? it's all backwards from how we do in dc

nobody lives on the west side except me and a bunch of douchebags.

does the Matador still do the free popcorn?

no, but they have decent beer now and still have the stiffest drinks in town, probably. sometimes there is a terrible spanish-language rock band that opens for me. god i should have this thread de-googled now so i don't get fired!

was that the place with the shirtless dj dudes?

yes.

Check the Portland Mercury for events. You have stuff like Rock Band Night at Ground Kontrol on tuesday, or $5 free-play there on wednesday night all night. There's also the Fez for dancin'.

Saturday, they're showing "The Room" at Cinema 21 and I'll be damned if I'm not going.

Thankig u for the many stuff goin on updates, they are v useful for the bored and locally friendless (yo).

Sunday is the pug playdate in the off-leash area of Irving Park at Fremont & NE 7th at like 2:30pm or so. It's always amusing.

Also, if you're up for a beer, post on here and I'm sure a few portland ilxors would be interested

Will you might also want to try Branx (http://www.myspace.com/branxpdx). i've heard it's small and can be worthwhile, depending who's playing. also Rotture is right there http://www.rotture.com/ though i don't know the first thing about that place

Rotture is appaz the hipster meatmarket; this is second-hand information, mind, and from someone who might be a bit quick on the h-word trigger, but rather reliable.

And yeah I'll get a beer! Mini-FAP should happen at some point, though I should warn my work schedule is shit and I'm not available many nights until like 12:30.

W I L L, go see Atole at Work/Sound on the 28th. They always put on a great dance party with live music.

And if you swing the other way, my doom metal band of 12 years -- Witch Mountain, is playing at Dante's on the 28th with Jucifer and Lickity (a synth/punk duo featuring the original drummer from FEAR).

thanks for the tips, all. i kept pretty busy, didn't really have time for a FAP, but thanks for the offer. <3 portland. you all are some fortunate people to be living there!

kingfish, that wasn't you sitting next to me at b-side tonight, right? cuz there was a dude who looked a lot like you (I think, been awhile since I saw a wdyll) with a ground kontrol shirt, but his beard was black so I assumed no.

Nope, not me. I was at Billy rays.

oh btw I am moving to yo city in a few days

Rock.

hey congrats rev. that's awesome.

Do you know what part of town Rev?

Welcome, rev.

Oh wait I mean

Go back to where you came from and stop taking jobs from we native (aka been here more than 9 months) Portlanders! Grrr! Anger!

How many ilxors do we have here now?

Dope btw.

best of luck in p-land, r!

If I just want someone to travel to for a solo vacation, hang around and catch some local food and stuff and do low-key stuff for a few days, is Portland a decent idea at this time of the year?

Yes, get out here soon before we enter... The Rain Tunnel

It's an awesome place to do that kind of vacation where you just hang around, eat out, and basically act like you live there and it's just a long weekend.

I will temporarily be in SW off Barbour, hopefully moving to north somewhere near the yellow line (seems to be the area that with the most optimal combination of affordability/convenience) soon. Any location advice accepted and appreciated.

nick: I'm from WA, not Cali, thus more human than monster

How many ilxors do we have here now?

About as many as would fit in a clown car.

1 and 1/2 clown cars

If anybody needs a place to live, my landlord's wife is trying to fit folks into a large house at 57th & NE Sandy. It's a decent place in the Hollywood neighborhood for a decent price.

I know some hippie chicks in NE that need a roommate.

NOOOOOO hippies. Uh uh. Not happening.

57th/Sandy looks like somewhere from which it would be a pain in the ass to get to downtown Vancouver by public trans.

Yeah, if you're commuting to Vancouver then North Portland is def. the way to go. I haven't spent a lot of time up there, but I looked at renting house a few months ago that was cheap and really cool about 5 blocks from the center of the little Mississippi neighborhood. It seems like a really nice place to live.

If you don't already have one, get a bike, it's soooo silly to live in city with such great capacity for biking and never use it. I'm not trying to push you to become hardcore biker dude commuting across the Columbia (even though it's only five miles) but if just to run out and do errands and explore, bike is u+k.

It's an awesome place to do that kind of vacation where you just hang around, eat out, and basically act like you live there and it's just a long weekend.

awesome, i am doing this at the end of the month. looking at someone on ilm's list of portland music was as far as i was gonna go in terms of planning activities

Be sure to eat at least one cart meal (e.g. Wolf and Bear's at 20th and Belmont, holy shit, get the coffee with the cardamom).

Food carts are my current PDX fixation, they're so goddamned good and cheap, and the people who own and run them seem to have just figured out their lives.

Musicfest NW is this weekend as well

I've spent many a long weekend pretending to live in Portland doing mundane stuff, roaming around, eating, and so on. It's pretty perfect for that.

Reverend, I think if you stay close to I-205 then you won't have too bad of a commute.

Also, speaking of awesome food carts, Taqueria Los Gorditos on the corner of SE Division and 50th Ave. is superb.

That was kind of one of the pleasant surprises when I moved out to east county a couple of weeks ago -- there are taco trucks everywhere with buche, lengua, tripa, cabeza, etc.

close to I-205

rong end of Vancouver

I have a bike but it needs fixing and I'm totally penny-pinching at this point. In any event, it won't be coming down with me, at least not right away.

Yeah, do whatever you can to fix your bike; once you do that, you can get around the city with ease

Can't stress that enough. Portland is uniquely suited to biking, in some ways because it is ill-suited to other forms of transit: driving sucks a lot, things are just a bit too spread out for walking, and transit is good but not excellent.

I didn't realize this at first and spent a few months trapsing around waiting way too long for bus transfers on trips that would have taken ten minutes to leisurely ride.

http://www.threadbombing.com/data/media/18/sup_fagz_cat.jpg

Alright when is beerztime for up and coming ilxor.com population center Portland, OR? I've got the next three nights off, just FYI.

I'm in Seattle until Wednesday :(

I am up for this if it happens in the next week and a half

HAY CLAY

I have to bounce back & forth between pdx & Astoria for the rest of the week. Will be up for this on friday onward, tho.

Also, "the Room" screens next at Cinema 21 on the 26th.

HEY TZA! are you up for dinner tomorrow with me and a couple friends maybe? I'll call you!

off at 7 if that's not too late. let me know :)

Perfect!

I could actually do any night for the next while except Sunday, I'm just off properly for the next three days.

PS What the fuck should I do with three days off and no car around here? Haven't had three days off in a row for like a year.

Drinkin', obv.

Yes, well, doing that.

Beerztime should happen at some point when I have beerzmoney. (Or before then if y'all should have beerztime without me.)

North Portland: tell me about this place.

North Portland is awesome.

Which part?

Tell me about different parts of North Portland! I don't know anything.

Are we talking St. John's and the fifth quadrant proper, or like Mississippi/Alberta? Both are awesome in their own ways. I'd live in Mississippi if I'd found a place. St. John's is v cool, but difficult to travel from to SE and other normally pertinent areas. I'd happily live there if I only rarely had to go west/southeast.

St Johns looks far outside of walking distance from the yellow line, which is the most important thing. Mississippi looks like a good location. In what ways is it awesome? The areas north and northwest of there would work, too.

I think Mississippi (haven't actually spent that much time up there, but did look at living there) is at that point in a neighborhood's development where there are shops and bars and restaurants but it's still mostly people who live close whom you'll see on a daily basis. Not that that's such a huge thing, it just feels very neighborhood-y. Housing also cheaper, I looked at a 2-bedroom house for $900 that, if I'd faxed in the application 2hrs earlier, I'd be living in right now.

Fuck, I just got my first speeding ticket ever on the way home from Astoria. It was on that fraction of the roadway right in Clatskanie where the limit halves, then goes back to normal over the course of like less than a mile.

Hey, I don't post here much, but since I live in the Mississippi area, thought I'd respond. I've lived up here for about a year now (used to live further out in NE), and it's really a great place to live. A lot of cheap food (there's a block of food carts just going in this month), good bars, parks, etc.

In terms of the areas directly adjacent to the yellow line, it kinda seems like the one with the most urban neighborhood-y feel; the areas to the north of it (Piedmont, Kenton) are more straight residential, I think mostly families living there.

I'll second the recommendation to get your bike working here as soon as you can. Trimet connects NoPo pretty well to downtown, but not as well to other parts of the eastside. Before I started biking most everywhere, I often would have to take the bus downtown, transfer, and come back across the river to get to where I was going.

As of right now, I don't really have anywhere I need to go except for Vancouver, Downtown, and maybe the occasional trip to Southwest. Of course this is all contingent on my employment situation and how that changes. Hopefully I can get a bit of exploring done tomorrow.

Fuck, I just got my first speeding ticket ever on the way home from Astoria. It was on that fraction of the roadway right in Clatskanie where the limit halves, then goes back to normal over the course of like less than a mile.

― kingfish, Wednesday, September 16, 2009 5:50 PM Bookmark

Never speed in small towns.

hey i'm back, let's drink!

into it

it wasn't even a small town! It was like an intersection than quickly went back into forest!

I am also back and thirsty

xp Clatskanie is an incorporated city. Small towns like that are notorious for speed traps.

Might have a job, might not have a roof. :/

Totally a better and less common situation than the converse. If you need any practical housing finding advice, I am a recent expert, feel free to webmail.

And for the record, any newcomer PDX ilxor has a standing offer from me for a night's free beers in the event of a Portland FAP.

(One night per ilxor, certain restrictions apply, must be willing to get Drunked)

hmmmm, might have to take you up on that, plans tomorrow night, tho

Whenever, I work swings aka The Lush Shift.

Not playing favorites tho, when some pseudo-lurker moves here in a year or two, f'real, let me know. Gotta weird Quantum Leap ethos wrt PDX noobs.

so fucked :(

nah man it'll work out. if you've got a job you'll find housing pretty easily, it's plentiful. it's jobs that nobody can find.

I didn't hear back.

Plus I have to be out of my friend's place by Monday and don't have a month's rent's worth of money.

So as of now, I have no job, no place, no money.

hey we have a small empty Airstream trailer in Eugene if you get desperate, just sayin'. we could put you up for a week at least with no problem. but it might be hard to commute for jobhunting.

Yeah, Eugene is a bit too far away to be useful. Thanks for the offer, though.

Not as fucked as I thought.

What is your job and how soon do you need a place?

Plus I have to be out of my friend's place by Monday.....So as of now, I have no job

Money is no longer an immediate issue, though.

Well that's good.

Ugh. No one has space until the first. And I can't stay where I am. I might have to leave back home tomorrow. So freaking bummed.

Shit, worst case scenario, just hit up one of the hostels around here.

Or craigslist.

I've been all over craigslist trying to find a place, but like I say, no one is trying to fill a room til the 1st.

Are you on Livejournal? Post to the damnportlanders community.

not on lj

What about this sort of thing

http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/sub/1385836715.html

I mean, totally not ideal, but cheap and with an immediate move in.

http://www.portlandhostel.org
http://www.nwportlandhostel.com/

Feels kinda spammy, but I'd rather do it here than on a Trumans thread.. Trumans Water/Castanets show at the house here (Woodstock area) on Saturday if anyone goes for that kind of thing.

so, I am staying in the nw hostel for now, hopefully to have own place soon

Which hostel, rev? You might in my hood.

the nw hostel, like I say

Ah. If it's the one I'm thinking of I am like five blocks away from you at a bar. HEY!

what bar?

I was just at the blue moon and another one I didnt note the name of

The matador. It's my local. Stop by if you'd like! (but I'm not sure how much longer I'll be out tonight tbh.)

Oh I was there a few nights ago. I think I will drop by shortly.

Good prospects on a place on 74th NE off Sandy

Nope.

Still can't find a place, super frustrated.

Gorgeous day today, though, amirite?

Meh. I'm couped up inside scouring cl anyway.

Okay, so I got called back by someone offering me a place. Way SW, practically in Lake Oswego. Not ideal, but doable. I hope the people whose house I checked out today get back to me tomorrow so I can have a better location.

Found a more desirable place, right off the 82nd St. MAX.

Tomorrow I become an official Portland resident!

yay!
(boo)
yay!

My landlords wife is renting rooms at 57th and NE Sandy, if anybodys looking for a place

Okay srsly and for real:

Saturday night. Drinkin'. All are welcome. I'd love to do it at my local (the B-Side) because it's v. friendly to me and has a covered/heated smoking patio, but alternative venue/date suggestions can be made.

oh man that's my birthday, otherwise i'd be there with bells on.

alternative venue/date suggestions can be made.

Important information for u 2 consider.

:) :)

It's a trap!

What about earlier in the day? On Saturday night, they're doing a singalong versin of Hedwig & the Angry Inch at Cinema 21, and I'm probably heading there.

The HP Lovecraft Film Fest is also this weekend. I'd volunteer again, but I've done that for the last 4 years, so I'll take a break this time.

http://hplfilmfestival.com/sites/hplfilmfestival.com/files/HPLFF09.jpg

singalong versin of Hedwig & the Angry Inch at Cinema 21

oh fuck yes

http://www.plgff.org/2009Fest/Hedwig.html

Sing-Along Hedwig and The Angry Inch
October 3 at 10:00 p.m.

It’s back! Hedwig and the Angry Inch, the fiercely inventive rock and roll movie musical returns to the big screen and this time you can sing-along! An emcee will get you warmed up and provide you with props to use as the movie plays. There’ll even be a costume contest with special prizes!

Will be there, no doubt.

we should do a pre-show boozey fap

Indeed. Working that day till 7:30, tell me where to be at 8 and I'm there. Wouldn't mind if you made it earlier with me as a late arrival, either.

what are you booing at tz?

you living in portland and not seattle!

oh yeah, what an awful person I am

I was saying boo-urns.

I signed my lease!

My housemates play Ultimate. They have invited me to accompany them.

Haaaaaa. Welcome to Portland.

what can ya do

Congratulations! Check out Montavilla neighborhood (which I presume is near you). There's a nice new cocktail bar on 79th and SE Stark that has organic/sustainable snacks, fancy pre-prohibition drink recipes, and also $2 PBRs for those inclined. It's across the street from the Academy, a $3 beer theater with 5 screens.

Oh yeah, the bar is called Vintage.

http://vintagepdx.com/

Apparently that is the next hood south of mines, which is Madison South according to this google map?

You're around 82nd and what? I-84?

Portland sounds great.

Okay, who's up for pre-Hedwig fap tonight? I'm thinking Blue Moon on NW 21st. I don't know any place closer which also ain't douchier.

xxp Yeah, 82nd & Thompson, a few blocks northwards.

I'd be down for the Blue Moon. Not a bad place at all.

Okay, let's do it then. 8pm, Blue Moon. NW 21st and Everett or whatever it is. Find the dude wot looks like an ilxor.

N-I-C-K, you still down for this?

My housemate is hanging art and playing music at a house on 37th & Alberta tonight. 7pm. They're called Wizard Rifle. Loud and fun.

That sounds cool. Maybe cooler than the Blue Moon.

Pretty sure Blue Moon is 21/Glisan btw

Well if you come down, I look like this: myspace.com/nanotear

Say hi!

Nevermind: that party/art show is aimed at kids and run by censors.

Okay, won't make it by 8, but I'll be heading down to Blue Moon for a bit before the movie tonight.

happy birthday, clay!
btw

Oy, so, something I ate around 6 caused spectacular stomach pain and disorientation, so I'm out of commission tonight.

At Blue Moon now with friend, heading to theater in 30.

bummerz nite: went to both Alberta/37th and Blue Moon and did not encounter anyone I recognized

I did find a shelf and a pair of girl jeans for free and saw an awesome west african drumming/dancing troupe tho, so the day was not all a wash.

thanks so much tza!

<3

Theater is filled, and they're having a hairdo-judging contest.

Sorry I bailed Rev. I tried to shout a warning on here first.

I Dj heavy metal vinyl at Ground Kontrol (a retro-video game/pinball arcade that serves beer & wine) from 8-midnight Sunday 10/4.

Come down. It's free. I will totally buy you a drink or two. :)

And there's no cover this week, if anyone was wondering.

oh hey nate, i play there every second saturday!

small town :)

I have already randomly ran into random people I met in random locations.

Welcome to Portland, Reverend!

I second all of Nate's recommendations (I'm in South Tabor). Also check out The Country Cat (great southern-inspired food menu next to vintage), The Observatory (great burgers), and Flying Pie (extremely filling pizza and calzones). All of these spots are around 82nd ave. and Stark. You should also check out Mt. Tabor park for some good hikes and nice views of PDX.

Wotta night

I live on the north side of Mt Tabor and I love it.

btw yall, Nate is quite the awesome dude

Aw, shucks.

Having a Still-Untitled British TeeVee night at the Low Brow on Tuesday the 20th. 7pm til 10-11 or so. Free, all invited, bring your friends, etc.

Figured we'll start with some easy picks(Doctor Who, Blackadder, Jeeves & Wooster, whatever else we can find on Region 1 dvd) and go from there.

For Columbus day, I have the amazing OvO (from Italy) playing at Tube (18 NW 3rd) tonight. BTW, every monday I Dj there; it's Heavy Metal Ladies Night ($2 Hamms & well drinks for the ladies).

This should be a really good one. Come one, come all!

myspace.com/ovobarlamuerte

I'll take "Sentences that you read and think: Portland" for $1000...

"Prosecutor Eric Zimmerman told Judge Eric Bergstrom that Harris plans to get a memorial tattoo of the fish and wanted Fite to pay for it."

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/13/national/a144550D00.DTL&tsp=1

The judge ordered Fite to stay away from Harris, but said he could have contact with fish.

Ba-da-dum.wav

Butthole Surfers at Crystal Ballroom tonight!

cats and dogs tbrr

btw I somehow miraculously found a job and start on monday

it's actually in a convinient location, too. just 2 stops down the max from my place

Congrats!

Also YOU TOOK OUR JOBS

I'm proud of taking your jobs.

Gloat if you like. You earned the right to. Jobs are hard to find now.

My nissan had an alternator die on thursday night, and i got the thing as far as the garage two blocks away! So i'm car-less(again) assuming they get the part in on tuesday...

in better news, they're showing a Gordon Liu kung-fu flick tonight at the Hollywood at 7:30!

My parents brought a bunch of stuff down, so now I have a bike, stereo, dresser, musical instruments, among other things. We had lunch at the Thai Peacock and explored Powells. Luckily the weather decided to clear up for us.

Kingfish, do you live in the Hollywood area? That's where my new office is.

i live about 1.5 miles NW of it, just south of MLK park.

See Reverend? Things work out here. It's awesome :)

foie gras profiteroles at le pigeon?

lol

my budget right now is more like top ramen at le home

Food stamps man. Then you can be like me and buy nice cheeses and peppered salamis and organic produce.

Naw, I'm eatin' a little bit better than that, but still very much on the cheap. More like pickin' up Colby instead of Cheddar because it's 2.20 for half a pound rather than 2.50 is where I am. No matter, money should start rollin in by the beginning of November.

I had a great time in Portland this weekend:

Laurelhurst Market was delicious as was my second visit to Le Pigeon. The PSU farmers market is incredible and the Applefest had more apples than I'd ever heard of. Also, I got absolutely drenched on Saturday afternoon but at least it was never cold.

Avoid Beaker and Flask, though. Ugh.

I just want to rep again for Vintage on 79th and SE Stark. That's a cool (tiny) cocktail bar. vintagepdx.com

In that case, I'll rep again for The Country Cat next door. I'm addicted to this place. Dinner is a bit spendy, but their brunch menu is reasonable.

www.thecountrycat.net

Darin, I figured you guys would never go back after you ate that deep-fried head cheese and thought it was a hush puppy.

The deep-fried head cheese is great, btw.

My annual music festival Fall Into Darkness is only 9 days away. 3 nights of heavy, artful music at Berbati's Pan 10/29-31. Earth, Agalloch, and YOB headline.

myspace.com/intodarknessfest

Gonna finally catch Chariots of Rubber tonight. And Hump tomorrow. Yay!

Zombiewalk is on Saturday the 24th, starting at 3:00pm at the south park blocks. I'll be there.

Wish I was going to that fest Nate

It was amazing. I'm still tired...

Hosting another British TeeVee Night at the Low Brow Lounge this tuesday(12/1), 6pm til whenever.

Facebook event link

Dang, is it cold.

Hooray for subfreezing temps. I got a cold from Saturday's santacon event, and the weather since hasn't helped.

29º in seattle right now! sheesh, they told me seattle was moderate!

I wish I had a thermometer so I could confirm that it is about 40 degrees in my apartment atm.

the rooms in my house other than my bedroom are completely uninhabitable

haha the thermostat (only tells me deg in increments of 5) was btw 55 and 60 when i woke up this morning (heat off all night but some sun coming in the window!).

if I turned my heat off while I was asleep I would surely perish.

36mph wind gusts are a special kind of bullshit

Heat is out in our office and it's freezing! I can barely type.

No space heater. No heater heater. Basement bedroom is brrrr.

it is nice to not have to keep beers in the fridge upstairs tho

http://www.swiss-miss.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/photos/uncategorized/2008/05/21/lemons.jpg

That reminds me. I'm hosting a special Christmas Edition of Jeremy's Cleverly Titled British TeeVee Night at the Low Brow next week. Tuesday, 12/15, 6pm on.

fuckin' freezing down here in Eugene as well.

walked the 6 blocks from the max to my house with groceries (i.e. I couldn't tuck my hands into pockets) and my fingers were completely stiff by the time I reached my door

Get yourself some gloves, Rev!

While I was able to bike around during the heat wave, I don't think I can tolerate biking in this.

tonight! 6pm at the Low Brow downtown!

snowing imo

The snow's piling up here, just south of P-town. Today's offical forecast: afternoon rain and a high temp of 40.

Took me 1.5 hours to get back to NE from the Lego Store at Wash SQ.

Currently on a way-off-course #9 bus heading south on MLK, which is cool since it will take me straight by the Low Brow.

Rev -- best place to get affordable gloves (assuming you boycot Walmart) is Andy & Bax. It's the army surplus store next to the delicious Nicholas Restaurant down on SE MLK. Go!

Also, people in this town need to learn how to drive in snow, or stay home. I had to do a lot of illegal passing to get to my house because all these stooges were stuck on a hill. Stay home retards!

Stomping home thru this shit whilst listening to Neu '75 is an interesting experience, one I haven't had in years since living in Ann Arbor

Already bought gloves $3 at the Portland Closeout down the street.

Stay home retards!

^ the gist of pretty much every fb status update posted by my friends in portland, all of whom are originally from michigan

looking forward to a pair of gloves on gettin back. and also, not leaving woodstock

I think people were more trying to get home, but yeah, totally agree about Portland's inability to drive in very little snow and I've lived here for 20 years! People around here don't even know how to drive in the rain anymore.

Yesterday was more a freak thing, as it just started storming at 3pm an didn't stop.

http://blogtown.portlandmercury.com/BlogtownPDX/archives/2010/01/18/voodoo-doughnut-to-marry-little-fluffy-kitty-cats

Cat wedding at Voodoo Doughnuts!

Local transient beats up thief!

http://www.kgw.com/news/local/Shell-robbery-caught-on-cam-83413372.html

Newspaper totally needs to use this as a pull quote: "I kicked him twice in the nads and proceeded to fight all the way out the door.”

Portland, I'm planning a trip in the summer. Is the weather better in July or August generally? I'm coming from DC so don't mind if it's cool as it'll be a nice break from the swamp-pit, but if there's any way to minimise the rain risk...

August is a bit better, as the week- to two-week-long heat wave hits in July

Both July and August tend to hover in the 80s, occasionally tipping into the 90s. Summer out here just isn't as mild as it used to be imo. There's pretty much no risk of rain from late May until early September.

That'll count as mild for those of us escaping from here, but will still go for August - thanks. I'll be back with more stupid questions later...

As a lifelong Portland resident since 1954, I can tell you with complete assurance that the weather here is a crapshoot. But, if you wish to play the odds, the least odds of soggy weather would fall in the last week of July and first two weeks of August. However, anything after July 4 and before Sept 1 is likely to be quite acceptable.

We do get the occasional spell in the low 100s or upper 90s, but the low 80s are the norm throughout both July and August.

If you want to fall in love with the place, manage to arrive in mid-September when the weather gods are smiling on us. We have been known to achieve perfection at such a time.

GI Joe Stop-Motion Film Festival! This thursday at the Hollywood!

http://www.gijoefest.com/

gonna be there

what's good folks?

Thems good folks

ehhhhh

Hello Portlandians! (I live outside Portland, ME, so have to differentiate from the local Portlanders) I'm making my first trip to your fair city over Memorial Day weekend - any suggestions of places to go, things to do, where to eat? It's a combo vacation/scouting trip for possible move, so a mix of touristy and not touristy would be cool. Also, I wouldn't mind meeting people for a beer or coffee, if anyone's interested.

Memorial Day weekend? It will rain.

bring some extra socks!

Extra socks - check.
Rain expected - check.

Seriously though, where in town will you be staying?

We're renting a little garden apartment on NE 15th. I understand this is Irvington - a few blocks north of the Lloyd Center.

It is indeed Irvington. There are a ton of shops and restaurants near there on Broadway but it is a little more upscale than some other areas. Not Pearl District upscale, but more than other areas.

I think any one of us could send you to any different number of places -- what is it that you are looking to do or are interested in doing?

Like I said, I've never been there, and am open to everything. Not interested in going to the Rose Festival, but I'm hoping to get a feel for the city to see if it is somewhere my wife and I might want to relocate. So places to eat, arts locales (my wife is a fiber artist), and cool neighborhoods that might be nice to live in. I like just walking around with no particular plan, but any tips as to where I should wander would be great. Any "must dos" if I may never be back again?

if i were going to walk someone around i'd choose these streets:

alberta
mississippi
belmont (20th-39th)
burnside (river to 28th)
should probably walk 21st/23rd (burnside north) though all the eastside streets mentioned above are more interesting

Ok. To help you get around, here is a quick primer on how the city is laid out. For the most part the city is divided into 4 sections. Burnside demarcates north and south. The Willamette river demarcates east and west. On the west side of town, the streets are alphabetical going north starting with Ankeny, Burnside, Couch (pronounced 'cooch'), etc. The same thing works on the eastside but more sporadically.

If you stay on the eastside, especially SE, Cesar Chavez (r.i.p. 39th Ave) is your friend.

Some of the neighborhoods I would check out are Hawthorne, pockets of inner Division, Alberta in NE.

Obviously you will need to go to Powell's. Also, if the weather is in fact nice check out Mt. Tabor park.

Places to eat:
Lucky Strike
Pok Pok
Screen Door
Any place that starts with the word "Pho"

One place I forgot to mention if you want to spend a bit more dough for dinner is Le Pigeon. Spendy, but worth it.

Pok Pok

otm