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Oh, I didn't. I had a nice cup of coffee and looked at thrift stores instead.

xp

― admrl, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 19:55 (sixteen years ago) link

Also The Kennedy School was amazing. Detention Bar!

― admrl, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 19:55 (sixteen years ago) link

I wanted to smoke a cigar but did not as I was with my ho (as opposed to my bros).

― admrl, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 19:56 (sixteen years ago) link

Also no sales taxxxx! No self-service gas (if only I'd known this I could have avoided a quite embarassing scene).

― admrl, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 19:58 (sixteen years ago) link

That weird coffee place where people drink coffee....through straws!

― admrl, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 19:59 (sixteen years ago) link

...what? Was it iced coffee?

― Casuistry, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 20:00 (sixteen years ago) link

Rust! Steel!

xp no it's called Dutch Boy or something? I don't have the name right.

― admrl, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 20:00 (sixteen years ago) link

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/140/358549167_362808b345.jpg
Our room at Kennedy school!

― admrl, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 20:02 (sixteen years ago) link

The corridor! creepy!
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/150/358549180_5fabd06eeb.jpg

― admrl, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 20:03 (sixteen years ago) link

Rust! Steel! Asphalt! Rain!
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/146/358549170_f54446e526.jpg

― admrl, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 20:03 (sixteen years ago) link

Portland

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

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

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

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 (sixteen years ago) link

hmm

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

how many pdx ilxors do we have now, anyway?

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

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

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

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

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

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 (sixteen years ago) link

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 (sixteen years ago) link

What is summer like in Portland?

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

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 (sixteen years ago) link

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 (sixteen years ago) link

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

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

copulating? sounds rude.

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

A/C is bad for you

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

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 (sixteen years ago) link

Hung Far Low is now on 82nd and Division.

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

Hung Far Low? sounds rude.

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

Hi Portland! I am here too!

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

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

For the uninitiated.

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

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 (sixteen years ago) link

Also wtf why is it so damn hot today?

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

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 (sixteen years ago) link

80 in the daytime, 44 in the nighttime

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

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 (sixteen years ago) link

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 (sixteen years ago) link

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 (sixteen years ago) link

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 (sixteen years ago) link

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 (sixteen years ago) link

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 (sixteen years ago) link

Don't forget to hit Ground Kontrol.

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

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 (sixteen years ago) link

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 (sixteen years ago) link

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

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

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

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

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 (sixteen years ago) link

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 (sixteen years ago) link

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 (sixteen years ago) link

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 (sixteen years ago) link

That, in the background, is the canonical sign.

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

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― Chewshabadoo, Sunday, 21 April 2024 15:47 (two weeks ago) link

Great seeing/meeting everyone yesterday! And Hawthorne Asylum worked so well on such a nice day. Really fun getting Brits' impressions of Portland.

― paisley got boring (Eazy), Monday, 22 April 2024 17:50 (two weeks ago) link

It was really great seeing folks yesterday :heart:

― Kate (rushomancy), Monday, 22 April 2024 19:01 (two weeks ago) link

Thanks Portland, we had a great time! We’ll be back one day.

― Chewshabadoo, Monday, 22 April 2024 22:55 (two weeks ago) link

Any interest in seeing Drunken Master II next week? https://www.thecinemagictheater.com/cinema-city

― Glower, Disruption & Pies (kingfish), Thursday, 25 April 2024 23:42 (one week ago) link

Up for it!

― paisley got boring (Eazy), Thursday, 25 April 2024 23:48 (one week ago) link

yeah i could be up for this! we'll see how my week pans out :)

― Kate (rushomancy), Friday, 26 April 2024 00:41 (one week ago) link

also i didn't get to see the people's joker last week because brain weasels but it's apparently still playing at the hollywood for another week... anybody up to see it?

― Kate (rushomancy), Friday, 26 April 2024 22:15 (one week ago) link

wkiw all of u, not sure when I will be back up but will bump then

― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Friday, 26 April 2024 22:50 (one week ago) link

What is “wkiw?”

― calstars, Saturday, 27 April 2024 00:08 (one week ago) link

"would kick it with"

― ain't nothin but a brie thing, baby (Neanderthal), Saturday, 27 April 2024 00:15 (one week ago) link

lol thanks

― calstars, Saturday, 27 April 2024 00:25 (one week ago) link

Thursday is the free night I have in the week ahead, so if Drunken Master II doesn't happen am up for The People's Joker (otherwise, I bet the latter will be back often in the months ahead). Plus, I've never seen Drunken Master II and live a quick walk from the Cinemagic.

― paisley got boring (Eazy), Saturday, 27 April 2024 05:06 (one week ago) link

Getting a bit intense at PSU:
https://x.com/AbbyMartin/status/1785094429101162563

― paisley got boring (Eazy), Tuesday, 30 April 2024 05:22 (six days ago) link

Portland State standoff with protesters continues as students, faculty urged to stay away

Portland State University remained at a tense standstill Tuesday amid the second straight day of a volatile standoff between pro-Palestinian protesters who have occupied the main library and the university’s administrators who have asked police to intervene.
Both Portland Police Chief Bob Day and university President Ann Cudd have said that a police response at the now graffiti-covered library is all but inevitable if demonstrators do not choose to vacate the premises.
The university canceled classes Tuesday and it was not immediately clear when they would resume.

― visiting, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 00:29 (five days ago) link

Word has it the fuzz is coming down hard tonight

― Glower, Disruption & Pies (kingfish), Wednesday, 1 May 2024 01:49 (five days ago) link

oof GL PDX

― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Wednesday, 1 May 2024 03:17 (five days ago) link

so quick swerve, i _am_ absolutely down for drunken master ii tomorrow, eazy you know how to get in touch with me, anybody else (sleeve?) my email is my username at gmail

― Kate (rushomancy), Wednesday, 1 May 2024 14:06 (five days ago) link

Planning to go to Drunken Master II tonight at 7 at CineMagic, probably getting there by 6:45. See any and all who are there!

― paisley got boring (Eazy), Thursday, 2 May 2024 17:34 (four days ago) link

I’ll be there.

― Glower, Disruption & Pies (kingfish), Thursday, 2 May 2024 18:08 (four days ago) link

same!

― Kate (rushomancy), Thursday, 2 May 2024 18:39 (four days ago) link

Great movie, and I would have missed it if we hadn’t made plans. Glad it worked out!

― paisley got boring (Eazy), Friday, 3 May 2024 20:46 (three days ago) link

jealous you all got to see that together, great flick and great company from the sounds of it!

― RICH BRIAN (Neanderthal), Friday, 3 May 2024 20:51 (three days ago) link

^^^

― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Friday, 3 May 2024 21:57 (three days ago) link

yeah it was a blast!

― Kate (rushomancy), Friday, 3 May 2024 23:05 (three days ago) link

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