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― admrl, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 20:04 (eighteen years ago)

Dutch BROTHERS
http://www.dutchbros.com/

― admrl, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 20:05 (eighteen years ago)

Another great record shop is EXILED, on Hawthorne: sweet selection of experimental/ drone/ folk/ outsider LPs in there (used and new) plus they've got the best Middle Eastern psychedelic selection I've seen anywhere (on disc and LP) -- it's even better than Amoeba or Aquarius.

But Douglas is right -- MISSISSIPPI is the best shop in town, also a great record label doing vinyl only releases that are pretty hard to find esp. now that Damon Albarn's shop in the UK, Honest Jon's, buys up half of whatever they make as soon as they're out. The Thai Orchestra one they just did is super great, kind of like gamelan meets 'Ethiopiques' with a bit of drumcore thrown in. Mississippi is sold out of that LP but Exiled has copies still, I think; it doesn't have a name or any text written in English, so just ask for the Thai Orchestra record. If you don't like it, I'll buy it back from you. (Full disclosure: I'm working with them on some projects that'll be out later this year OK).

More record shops: If you have some time on your hands, there's a big antique mall styled shop on Hawthorne across the street from Big Daddy's BBQ that I always forget the name of -- dozens of dealers all under one roof, really good for '60s rock and the occasional OJL blues LP. ANTHEM is a pretty good shop for new-ish alt-drone-metal stuff, I always find something at the weirdo punk-folk-country shop Q IS FOR CHOIR, if you like metal chek out 2ND AVe. RECORDS, and yeah the EVERYDAY MUSIC on Burnside is so big that they invariably get some good stuff. I myself am satisfied with just going to Exiled and Miss. (I've never liked JACKPOT, but that's just me.)

For my $$, this town also has a lot of great places to eat fresh/ local/ organic/ sort-of-gourmet type food for very little $$: VALENTINES, PROPER EATS, THE FARM, L'ASTRA, etc. There's also some really good Ethiopian food (DALOS being the cheapest and also the only one I know of with both brown rice and delicious shakes offered) and Japanese as well (SABUROS is amazing --large, fresh sushi cuts, very inexpensive-- and well worth the hour-long wait).

Coffee is kind of a big deal here. Thanks largely to the fact that Duane from STUMPTOWN has trained so many people and done so much to work directly with growers and pay them well above "fair trade," this town's crawling with awesome coffee plaes and baristas. You'll get a great shot at any of these places, ranked rougly in descending order: ALBINA PRESS, STUMPTOWN, FRESH POT, CREMA, TINYS, that new place in St Johns, and SOHBET. The Stumptown bean shop on Belmont has fresh cups made with a ridiculously expensive machine that are pretty out of this world, too.

And MAGIC GARDENS, for me, is the best strip club I've ever been to, even though a lot of my favorite people are no longer working there. It's usually got a decent male to female patron ratio (more a bar vibe than a gross/ sleazy one), there's no pole or anything, only two girls work per shift, the woman who runs the plae is super sweet and in her 60s at least, there is no cheesey dude announccing people and reminding you to tip, some of the dancers are actually my favorite DJs in town, and the best dumplings in town are right across the street at the GOLDEN HORSE, old shool Chinese place that's open until 11 or so. Yay.

― Mike McGooney-gal, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 20:07 (eighteen years ago)

hmm

― admrl, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 20:10 (eighteen years ago)

how many pdx ilxors do we have now, anyway?

― kingfish, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 20:12 (eighteen years ago)

I keep wanting to visit my bros over there. Damn you, poverty!

― Andi Mags, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 20:53 (eighteen years ago)

Portland is in walking distance. (Note: I did not say "easy walking distance".)

― Aimless, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 20:55 (eighteen years ago)

Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time (and large water bodies aren't involved).

― Andi Mags, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 20:57 (eighteen years ago)

http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/paramount_pictures/forrest_gump/tom_hanks/gump1.jpg

― Mike McGooney-gal, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 20:59 (eighteen years ago)

What is summer like in Portland?

― admrl, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 21:06 (eighteen years ago)

More record shops: If you have some time on your hands, there's a big antique mall styled shop on Hawthorne across the street from Big Daddy's BBQ that I always forget the name of -- dozens of dealers all under one roof, really good for '60s rock and the occasional OJL blues LP.

that's crossroads. i've found some pretty good stuff for super-cheap there over the years.

― hstencil, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 21:11 (eighteen years ago)

two weeks of horrid heat, made worse by the fact that nobody except movie theaters, powells, and only so many bars have A/C.

Everytime else is just great/perfect. Green trees, sunlight til 9-10pm, attractive people and other drunks out & about, riding bicycles, openly copulating on the riverfront park, etc.

― kingfish, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 21:12 (eighteen years ago)

Please just reassure me that Hung Far Low is still there.

― aimurchie, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 21:14 (eighteen years ago)

copulating? sounds rude.

― admrl, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 21:14 (eighteen years ago)

A/C is bad for you

― RJG, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 21:15 (eighteen years ago)

Hung Far Low building still stand. Hung Far Low restaurant packed it in two years ago ago.

http://www.portlandtribune.com/features/story.php?story_id=30735

― kingfish, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 21:24 (eighteen years ago)

Hung Far Low is now on 82nd and Division.

― righteousmaelstrom, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 21:26 (eighteen years ago)

Hung Far Low? sounds rude.

― admrl, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 21:26 (eighteen years ago)

Hi Portland! I am here too!

― Clay, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 21:28 (eighteen years ago)

http://laurabush.info/website/lookie/pics/45b15b.jpg

For the uninitiated.

― Clay, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 21:28 (eighteen years ago)

That's not the canonical sign.

Former ILXor Martin M. is also in PDX these days. (And in my band, for that matter.)

― Casuistry, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 21:32 (eighteen years ago)

Also wtf why is it so damn hot today?

― Casuistry, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 21:32 (eighteen years ago)

i believe the old sign just got replaced with basically the same sign (minus the graffiti on it) as it's now the hung far low building.

― Mike McGooney-gal, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 21:58 (eighteen years ago)

80 in the daytime, 44 in the nighttime

― kingfish, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 22:09 (eighteen years ago)

BTW hi Mike I've been to your house a bunch on account of tight friending with your roomates.

― bear, bear, bear, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 05:32 (eighteen years ago)

Went to the "Digital Democracy" panel thing at Acme tonight. David Sirota was in town, hosting it, and it was a pretty good time with some interesting ideas.

― kingfish, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 05:45 (eighteen years ago)

Bear: Huh? You sure you mean me? Here a bunch? Ummm, when?

I have three roommates, one's my girl and the other two don't hang out that I know of -- in fact one of them's been away for a few months now, on tour.

― Mike McGooney-gal, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 06:42 (eighteen years ago)

Yeah Mike. Christie lives there right? I came through on tour about a year ago, stayed in the attic that night and didn't leave town for months afterwards. Pretty sure that was your place. Could be totally off on that.
But seriously thread, I miss that city something fierce.

― bear, bear, bear, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 16:46 (eighteen years ago)

Ohhh, that place?! I never really lived there for long -- it got sold right as I was in the process of moving in, which really was not so nice. Anyway, yeah, Kristy's rad and that awas a cool house! Close-in and cheap!

(Now I'm in northern NoPo, and we don't have too many visitors so I was just confused.) You're the Castanets guy, then? How's it going?

― Mike McGooney-gal, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 18:59 (eighteen years ago)

Mike, Douglas, thanks for the tips! Exiled sounds like exactly what I want. I've already been told to go to Saburos. I'm going to sneak out of my conference early one evening to check it out.

― Bill in Chicago, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 19:27 (eighteen years ago)

Don't forget to hit Ground Kontrol.

― kingfish, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 19:29 (eighteen years ago)

Kingfish try Yoga Shala on N Williams, I busted my yoga cherry there. Everyone's nice and the beginner classes are relaxed and unintimidating. Also easy to pop in and out of so you can find a class and instructor who work well for you.

― goth casual, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 21:20 (eighteen years ago)

Dude, Ground Kontrol looks great and Strategy is DJing tomorrow night. I wish there was a place like this in Chicago. No, wait, it would be overrun by Big 10 frat guys and completely suck.

― Bill in Chicago, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 21:49 (eighteen years ago)

Nah, Big 10 frat guys don't have much use for Discs of Tron.

― kingfish, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 21:55 (eighteen years ago)

(which Ground Kontrol finally got, meaning that my bugging their on-duty guys for it paid off)

― kingfish, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 22:05 (eighteen years ago)

Mike - good to see another North Portland person here. Are you in St. Johns then? I live just a few blocks off lombard, right up the street from the movie theater. Also great to see someone repping for the local businesses (James John Cafe and Proper Eats)... St. Johns also has one of the finest tacquarias in town in the back of the Santa Cruz panaderia.

― ianinpdx, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 22:30 (eighteen years ago)

That would've been the place Mike and that would be me. Might be taking Yoni's studio this summer or back into Nick's (Kristy's boy, Shaky Hands) place in the NE. Maybe in two weeks or so. Stoked.

― bear, bear, bear, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 22:31 (eighteen years ago)

Hey Ian -- I'm actually a few blocks from King Burrito, in-between Kenton and University Park. We're off Lombard too, just ten minutes drive or so from St Johns. Really like it up here a lot -- I've been in PDX three years and have only lived in NoPo, though. People who've lived here all their lives consider this area really far away.

It took me a few months living here to figure out that old school PDX-ers not only cling to ideas for what rent should be based on like what they were in 1989 (which makes sense -- I do the same thing for Bklyn, which is the main reason I no longer live there), but they basically think like a drunk when it comes to distance. Everything has to be within stumbling distance: work, friends, bar, etc. I moved here from Seattle though, where I got super used to being 20 minutes from downtown/ Cap Hill)...

Bear-- is Yoni going away again? I always just run into him when he's about to go on tour. great kid. Send me a note when you get into town please. And if yr here for Labor Day would you play the Halleluwah Fest pt 2???

― Mike McGooney-gal, Thursday, 17 May 2007 01:17 (eighteen years ago)

http://lh6.google.com/image/kerdunc/RkvDH4G7U7I/AAAAAAAAAV8/dSzl3MxXDLQ/s800/DSC05164.JPG

Took this yesterday as I was riding by.

― Kerm, Thursday, 17 May 2007 02:54 (eighteen years ago)

That, in the background, is the canonical sign.

― Casuistry, Thursday, 17 May 2007 03:22 (eighteen years ago)

right -- and it doesn't say cocktails with the tails crossed out anymore!
nice picture.

― Mike McGooney-gal, Thursday, 17 May 2007 04:05 (eighteen years ago)

I almost started a Portland thread two days ago to ask about galleries but it looked like most aren't open during the week so I just rode around the city taking pictures instead.

― Kerm, Thursday, 17 May 2007 04:11 (eighteen years ago)

Is anybody else going to the Dino Jr show tomorrow?

― kingfish, Thursday, 17 May 2007 04:13 (eighteen years ago)

I'm going to Reno tomorrow. I saw the Joe McMurrian Quartet at the White Eagle last night. Then I got a Jetta hood slammed on my arm.

It went like this:

A friend of ours' Jetta's alarm system was malfunctioning, so I had to hold the hood sensors down while she started the car, and then I had to jerk my hands out of the way at the last moment when my buddy shut the hood, so:

My buddy: "Ok, I'm gonna go One, Two, Three, Drop"

Me, double-checking: "Wait, so One, Two, Three and then-"

*DROP*

The hood latched shut with my arms in the way. Good thing Jetta hoods are not very substantial.

Then we were going to go to the A-Crop on the way home but someone spoiled the fun by being too tired and having to work in the morning.

What should I do tomorrow before I have to leave for Reno at 4?

― Kerm, Thursday, 17 May 2007 04:29 (eighteen years ago)

Reno? For serious?

― Casuistry, Thursday, 17 May 2007 04:32 (eighteen years ago)

We're stopping in Eugene for din-din and then either crashing somewhere for the night, and then making Reno Friday.

― Kerm, Thursday, 17 May 2007 04:35 (eighteen years ago)

~~either~~

― Kerm, Thursday, 17 May 2007 04:36 (eighteen years ago)

Mike - Yeah I was worried about it being far out and isolated when we moved here but truthfully, with Rte. 30 and Columbia at our disposal it's pretty quick to get to most places in the city. It takes me 30 minutes by bus to get downtown which is just 5 minutes longer than when I was on 30th and Prescott - the distance is greater but I now bypass having to wind through slow city streets. I've become quite a St.Johns booster since moving here and kind of can't imagine living anywhere else in the city. There is a palpable sense that good things are happening up here. Good energy to grab onto.

― ianinpdx, Thursday, 17 May 2007 15:12 (eighteen years ago)

I love the St. John's record store, Vinyl Resting Place. Nice old folks run it. A v. good friend of mine has been living in that neighborhood for about a year, and yes Route 30 and Columbia get you downtown shockingly fast.

― sleeve, Thursday, 17 May 2007 17:33 (eighteen years ago)

i loved st. johns when i lived there. somebody could totally film a movie from the 5os or 60s there no problem

― jergïns, Thursday, 17 May 2007 17:36 (eighteen years ago)

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And now a severe thunderstorm watch until 9 tonight, although from the comments it looks like Washington County has a slightly lower risk:

A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for parts of California, Oregon and Washington until 9 PM PDT pic.twitter.com/XaFuLo6E0k
— NWS Portland (@NWSPortland) August 17, 2024

― bratwurst autumn (Eazy), Saturday, 17 August 2024 21:04 (one year ago)

thunder and rain so far, but no gusts or hail

― pink-haired Marxist (sleeve), Saturday, 17 August 2024 22:29 (one year ago)

lightning too

― pink-haired Marxist (sleeve), Saturday, 17 August 2024 22:43 (one year ago)

my cat is extremely unhappy rn

― Clay, Saturday, 17 August 2024 23:53 (one year ago)

Yeah, same as sleeve here in Southeast. Enjoying it!

― bratwurst autumn (Eazy), Sunday, 18 August 2024 00:37 (one year ago)

One of the dumbass cats didn’t come in till after it had stopped thundering, and the other stayed out until it had alll blown over

― Glower, Disruption & Pies (kingfish), Sunday, 18 August 2024 16:26 (one year ago)

I'll be looking carefully to see if yesterday's lightning started any new fires in the vicinity of the 5 day backpack I'm planning on this week. The fire danger nearly everywhere except the oceanside has been rated at "extreme" for a month now, so any ground strikes are likely to have found dry fuel. The smoke from all the wildfires sucks, but getting trapped in the wilderness by a wildfire sucks far worse.

― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Sunday, 18 August 2024 16:42 (one year ago)

two months pass...

Downtown storefronts getting boarded up today.

― good luck usa (Kim Kimberly), Wednesday, 6 November 2024 00:06 (nine months ago)

Yeah, I noticed that yesterday morning too. Some in Old Town, which is an area I didn’t think any sort of March or protest would congregate

― Glower, Disruption & Pies (kingfish), Wednesday, 6 November 2024 03:17 (nine months ago)

nine months pass...

i spend too much time on youtube

it's these fucking true crime dramaposters, i had one of those recommended to me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkSpIqYAHNg

i had to watch it to see what he said because i know kristine casually. she is _not_ a fascist. it was a fucked up situation and it was extremely traumatizing to her, obviously. it's these fucked up compromises that so many of us have to make. she deserves better.

idk, it's interesting to see the way stuff gets presented for the looky-loos. there's nothing here that's _strictly_ factually inaccurate, but it is misleading, particularly as regards the involvement of the portland police. jo ann hardesty, for instance, was _not_ the police commissioner. she had no power over the police. ted wheeler did. he consistently refused to exercise it. that's why we all hated him. the police here are fascists and are aligned with the proud boys. that's the thing, is that the larger _context_ gets missed. dire trip says the "apolitical furries" didn't like ben being a nazi. what's an "apolitical furry"? i'm not a furry, and the ones i know are queer leftists. ben, being a queer fascist furry, was in the decided minority.

this was a deeply political crime that deeply affected people i know, and what happened, and how it was handled, says a lot about the reality of being queer in portland. i guess "nazi diaper furry" gets more clicks, though.

― Kate (rushomancy), Thursday, 7 August 2025 18:15 (four weeks ago)

Yay heat wave (again)

― Glower, Disruption & Pies (kingfish), Monday, 11 August 2025 18:03 (three weeks ago)

At least it's not 116 degrees.

― Kim Kimberly, Monday, 11 August 2025 20:05 (three weeks ago)

Having moved here from the Midwest, I just love that the temps basically reset overnight instead of staying in the 70s.

― the way out of (Eazy), Monday, 11 August 2025 20:11 (three weeks ago)

That notorious "heat dome" of June '21 scared the willies out of me, but it involved the whole western third of North America, not just us. Truth is, we Portlanders really have nothing to complain about when it comes to the climate here, or our daily weather on at least 350 days of the year.

― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Monday, 11 August 2025 22:20 (three weeks ago)

yeah last couple days sucked, i was too hot to think, and i'm so relieved that it's not that bad this morning

― Kate (rushomancy), Wednesday, 13 August 2025 17:52 (three weeks ago)

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