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Article: The Results Are In, and “The Most Portland Thing Ever” Is…

Posted February 22nd, 2012, 12:02 PM by Claire Evans

Remember earlier this month when we asked you to comment on this blog (and our sister Facebook page) with stories of your Most Portland Ever experiences? In a week, we received well over 400 submissions, which ran the gamut from sordid tales of vegan stripclubbery to hijinks of personal hygiene, from picky vegan bums to…

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Article: Keep Paris Portland

Posted February 21st, 2012, 6:02 PM by mpsinger

How many times have you heard Portland referred to as “the Paris of the Northwest”? Oh, never? Well, perhaps it makes sense, then, that the French appear to be nearly as fascinated with Portland as the New York media is. But even Brooklyn hasn’t had a Portland-themed cultural festival (yet, anyway). In April, the Paris-based…

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Article: This is How Portland Does Valentine’s Day

Posted February 20th, 2012, 7:02 PM by Claire Evans

Hey America, how was your Valentine’s Day? Did you buy your sweetheart a box of chocolates, have a nice dinner, and tuck into some DVDs on the couch? Sounds nice, but it doesn’t hold a candle(lit dinner) to this fantastically Portland act of love-gone-awry. On Valentine’s Day, Portland artist Sarah Johnson decided to deposit an…

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Article: Yet Another New Unknown Mortal Orchestra Video: “Strangers are Strange”

Posted February 20th, 2012, 4:02 PM by mpsinger

Just a few weeks ago, Portland-via-New Zealand psyche-breakbeat three-piece Unknown Mortal Orchestra premiered the Lynchian video for “Thought Ballune,” a highlight off its great 2011 self-titled debut. Now, here’s yet another clip for a song off that album. This time around, instead of going in the kooky-creepy direction, the video nods toward ’70s spy films,…

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Article: New YACHT Video: “Shangri-La”

Posted February 17th, 2012, 4:02 PM by mpsinger

YACHT member and my partner-in-blogging Claire Evans is much too modest to post this herself, so I’ll go ahead and do the honors. Typically, just leaving Portland for Los Angeles — let alone writing a song describing L.A. as utopia — is an offense to Stumptown punishable by death (or, y’know, a stern finger-wag), but…

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Article: Portland’s Most Ill-Advised Valentine’s Date Spots

Posted February 14th, 2012, 8:02 PM by mpsinger

(Photo by Todd Mecklem) Hey guys: So, I realize it is pretty late to change any Valentine’s Day plans, but it’s not too late. Especially if you’re planning on taking your date to any of the places I’ve listed below. It’s not that there’s anything wrong with these establishments 364 days out of the year.…

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Article: S#!@ Portlanders Say

Posted February 14th, 2012, 2:02 PM by mpsinger

Yeah, yeah. I know I’m a couple days late with this. But Portland itself was disturbingly late jumping on the “Ish People Say” meme, anyway. Seriously, I thought we’d be one of the first cities to produce one of these videos. Now we’re about a month behind. I guess we’re not as hip as we…

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Article: The Portlandia Interview: DJ Douggpound

Posted February 13th, 2012, 4:02 PM by Claire Evans

Doug Lussenhop, a.k.a. DJ Douggpound, is a rare bird in the comedy world: part joke D.J., part real musician, part video editor, writer, performer, and all kinds of amazing on Twitter. He’s the go-to editor for the surrealist comedians Tim & Eric, and has lent his chops to Jon Benjamin Has a Van, Funny or…

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Article: Q&A: Jason Simms of English, baby!

Posted February 10th, 2012, 5:02 PM by mpsinger

It’s often said that English is the hardest language to learn. A classroom setting can only teach so much; Portland-based instructional Web site English, baby! goes beyond the typical curriculum, teaching non-native speakers the way Americans really converse. Among other methods, the site employs celebrities — particularly NBA players, but also musicians like Sheryl Crow…

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