This evening, I leave Portland for a week in Mobile, Alabama; this is the first time in six years that I have been able to visit my family for Christmas. Working retail, I'm not afforded a lot of options, so if I want a nice holiday, I'm usually stuck with Thanksgiving.
But, this year I gave Christmas time a shot.
I fly from Portland to San Francisco to Houston to Pensacola, Florida.
My mom's picking me up in Pensacola, then we're on the road to Mobile.
12/22/2010
tumbling down
Last week, I had a customer tell one of my co-workers that he "just [was] not a fan of Gary's."
As a response, I have started up a Tumblr "blog," simply call Not A Fan.
As a response, I have started up a Tumblr "blog," simply call Not A Fan.
12/17/2010
12/16/2010
My 2010
My Top 10 Albums of 2010 (in alphabetical order):
Allo Darlin'
A wonderful album by a wonderful band that proves what I've been trying to tell people all along -- when done right, twee pop can make your heart melt and your knees buckle. A beautiful voice, a ukulele, and wonderful, bittersweet lyrics combine to form one of most adept guilty pleasures to come along in quite some time.
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Broken Social Scene -- Forgiveness Rock Record
After a bit of a break, releasing a series of "solo records" that weren't really solo records, BSS return to form with a full-on, family band album that's filled to the brim with everything that makes Broken Social Scene a great band. Given how bloated their self-titled third album was, this album could easily have been a blown-out, over-produced mess. But, with the exception of one or two tracks, Forgiveness Rock Record clips along, leaving this listener wanting just a bit more.
Good thing they also released the limited-run companion EP, Lo-fi for the Dividing Nights -- a collection of mostly instrumental pieces that probably would have slowed the proper album down.
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Diamond Rings -- Special Affections
If you can imagine an alternate reality where Ian Curtis didn't hang himself, but instead went on to become a pop star. That's the reality that Diamond Rings seems to live in: minimal instrumentation, a captivating (sometimes baritone) voice, and lyrics that can cut right to the quick.
Plus -- rainbow eye makeup!
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Explode Into Colors -- Quilts
Explode Into Colors, R.I.P.
It's not quite clear why these ladies called it quits, but the Portland music scene is certainly worse off for it.
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The Fall -- Your Future Our Clutter
There's really nothing to say about this one -- by now, you're either a fan of the Fall or you're not. Unless you've never heard them. And if that's the case, you could certainly pick a worse album to start with. This one finds Mark Smith more fired up than previous albums, but like most of the recent Fall records, it's not reinventing the wheel.
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Hunx & His Punx -- Gay Singles
The lone male in Gravy Train! sets out on his own to record a series of tributes to the girl groups of the 1960s. This collection is nothing but fun. Flamboyant, queeny fun.
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Liars -- Sisterworld
A new Liars album is always a cause to celebrate -- especially when that album finds them moving away from the straight-forward, Jesus-and-Mary-Chain-apeing of their self-titled release, and back towards the arty, Einstürzende Neubauten influenced sound of previous records.
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Scissor Sisters -- Night Work
For some reason, I resisted picking up this album for some time. And, to my surprise, any worries I had about the record were unfounded. While fun in its own right, Ta-Dah seemed like the 'Sisters were kinda going through the motions: it re-covered a lot of the same ground as their first record, only overproduced and more self-aware. Night Work, however, finds the band a bit more sure of itself and attempting to move forward -- out of the rollicking disco of the 70s, into the rollicking synth-pop of the 80s. It's a transitional album, but one that comes across stronger than most transitional albums out there.
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Butch Walker & the Black Widows -- I Liked It Better When You Had No Heart
As with Liars above, a new Butch Walker is always a cause to celebrate. Sadly, most out there are completely unaware of his genius. Before, it might have been easy to understand how he could be so criminally overlooked -- he started out in hair metal, then shifted to "funk"-pop, then to glam-infused power pop, then on to a solo career in which he has covered over-produced stadium rock, 70s AM radio rock, full-on Bowie/Bolan glam, ELO/Tom Petty-style "roots" rock, and with this latest album, he's now tackled Americana. He's currently at his most appealing for the majority of music listeners, even the casual ones.
Words cannot express my love for this man. If you don't know his work -- do yourself a favor and check him out.
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Watain -- Lawless Darkness
Given all of the old Darkthrone albums I picked up this year, I kinda felt obligated to throw some black metal on to this list. Thankfully, Watain released a killer black metal album!
Problem solved.
Allo Darlin'
A wonderful album by a wonderful band that proves what I've been trying to tell people all along -- when done right, twee pop can make your heart melt and your knees buckle. A beautiful voice, a ukulele, and wonderful, bittersweet lyrics combine to form one of most adept guilty pleasures to come along in quite some time.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Broken Social Scene -- Forgiveness Rock Record
After a bit of a break, releasing a series of "solo records" that weren't really solo records, BSS return to form with a full-on, family band album that's filled to the brim with everything that makes Broken Social Scene a great band. Given how bloated their self-titled third album was, this album could easily have been a blown-out, over-produced mess. But, with the exception of one or two tracks, Forgiveness Rock Record clips along, leaving this listener wanting just a bit more.
Good thing they also released the limited-run companion EP, Lo-fi for the Dividing Nights -- a collection of mostly instrumental pieces that probably would have slowed the proper album down.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Diamond Rings -- Special Affections
If you can imagine an alternate reality where Ian Curtis didn't hang himself, but instead went on to become a pop star. That's the reality that Diamond Rings seems to live in: minimal instrumentation, a captivating (sometimes baritone) voice, and lyrics that can cut right to the quick.
Plus -- rainbow eye makeup!
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Explode Into Colors -- Quilts
Explode Into Colors, R.I.P.
It's not quite clear why these ladies called it quits, but the Portland music scene is certainly worse off for it.
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The Fall -- Your Future Our Clutter
There's really nothing to say about this one -- by now, you're either a fan of the Fall or you're not. Unless you've never heard them. And if that's the case, you could certainly pick a worse album to start with. This one finds Mark Smith more fired up than previous albums, but like most of the recent Fall records, it's not reinventing the wheel.
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Hunx & His Punx -- Gay Singles
The lone male in Gravy Train! sets out on his own to record a series of tributes to the girl groups of the 1960s. This collection is nothing but fun. Flamboyant, queeny fun.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Liars -- Sisterworld
A new Liars album is always a cause to celebrate -- especially when that album finds them moving away from the straight-forward, Jesus-and-Mary-Chain-apeing of their self-titled release, and back towards the arty, Einstürzende Neubauten influenced sound of previous records.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Scissor Sisters -- Night Work
For some reason, I resisted picking up this album for some time. And, to my surprise, any worries I had about the record were unfounded. While fun in its own right, Ta-Dah seemed like the 'Sisters were kinda going through the motions: it re-covered a lot of the same ground as their first record, only overproduced and more self-aware. Night Work, however, finds the band a bit more sure of itself and attempting to move forward -- out of the rollicking disco of the 70s, into the rollicking synth-pop of the 80s. It's a transitional album, but one that comes across stronger than most transitional albums out there.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Butch Walker & the Black Widows -- I Liked It Better When You Had No Heart
As with Liars above, a new Butch Walker is always a cause to celebrate. Sadly, most out there are completely unaware of his genius. Before, it might have been easy to understand how he could be so criminally overlooked -- he started out in hair metal, then shifted to "funk"-pop, then to glam-infused power pop, then on to a solo career in which he has covered over-produced stadium rock, 70s AM radio rock, full-on Bowie/Bolan glam, ELO/Tom Petty-style "roots" rock, and with this latest album, he's now tackled Americana. He's currently at his most appealing for the majority of music listeners, even the casual ones.
Words cannot express my love for this man. If you don't know his work -- do yourself a favor and check him out.
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Watain -- Lawless Darkness
Given all of the old Darkthrone albums I picked up this year, I kinda felt obligated to throw some black metal on to this list. Thankfully, Watain released a killer black metal album!
Problem solved.
12/11/2010
Strange Powers
This evening, I caught the Stephin Merritt/Magnetic Fields documentary, Strange Powers at the Hollywood Theatre. It left out quite a bit of the band's story -- cutting out most between the first album and 69 Love Songs -- but above all else, it was a fun, competent document of a misunderstood modern genius.
11/15/2010
Jay can't hold it
A few weeks ago, my friend Matt and his partner (husband? [they're Canadian...they can do such things]) Jason were in town for a visit.
My other friend Jay and I met up with them for brunch, and a brief walkabout of the city. I was able to snap a few photos during that time.
This weekend I had a photography workshop with the fantastic Susan Bein. I've uploaded a lot of the original images, and a few 'Shopped images.
Hopefully, once school backs off, I'll be able to work on more of the photos.
11/12/2010
10/24/2010
Hot Shit!
Last night's Pond/Quasi show was easily one of the highlights of the year. It's always a treat to see Quasi -- one of the rare bands that never disappoints live -- and a Pond reunion added to that, all to help say good-bye to Portland venue Satyricon, made for a truly wonderful night.
The night started in a line about 50 people deep, outside, in the pouring rain.
Once inside, M99 kicked the night off with an OK, if a tad over-long, set of typical 90s post-feminist white-trash grunge.
After that was Pond, pulling off one of the most under-the-radar rock band reunions I think I've ever been a part of. They brought in the largest crowd of the night, with people packing the club from wall to wall -- old fans, new fans, scenesters of yore, folks out for the nostalgia trip, and people like myself who never got a chance to see them perform during their initial reign.
The songs have aged quite well (the "grunge" sound was very much of its time, but there have been a few bands whose output can stand on its own), even if the guys in the band were struggling a bit. With a band that hadn't been on stage in nearly a decade, who was performing with only three practices recently under their belt, perfection isn't expected. And with all of the excitement and energy of the crowd, the warts and flubs were easily overlooked in exchange for the rare opportunity of seeing these guys on stage together once again.
After Pond, Quasi took the stage to close the evening.
Going into it, I had kinda hoped that, in honor of their early days playing 2-3 nights weekly at the Satyricon of legend, it would be a throwback show of sorts -- Sam and Janet reverting back to the keys-and-drums duo they once were and playing a ton of old shit. I got about half of that one.
Quasi is officially now a trio, and that's how they played their set. A few newer tracks, but mostly material pulled from far back in the past. Lots of fun, and even a few surprises. I was sad that they didn't play "It's Raining" (especially given the night's weather, but more appropriately my own mood these past few weeks), however they certainly made up for it by closing the night with a cover of Black Sabbath's "War Pigs," complete with the electric piano filling in for the guitar.
The night started in a line about 50 people deep, outside, in the pouring rain.
Once inside, M99 kicked the night off with an OK, if a tad over-long, set of typical 90s post-feminist white-trash grunge.
After that was Pond, pulling off one of the most under-the-radar rock band reunions I think I've ever been a part of. They brought in the largest crowd of the night, with people packing the club from wall to wall -- old fans, new fans, scenesters of yore, folks out for the nostalgia trip, and people like myself who never got a chance to see them perform during their initial reign.
The songs have aged quite well (the "grunge" sound was very much of its time, but there have been a few bands whose output can stand on its own), even if the guys in the band were struggling a bit. With a band that hadn't been on stage in nearly a decade, who was performing with only three practices recently under their belt, perfection isn't expected. And with all of the excitement and energy of the crowd, the warts and flubs were easily overlooked in exchange for the rare opportunity of seeing these guys on stage together once again.
After Pond, Quasi took the stage to close the evening.
Going into it, I had kinda hoped that, in honor of their early days playing 2-3 nights weekly at the Satyricon of legend, it would be a throwback show of sorts -- Sam and Janet reverting back to the keys-and-drums duo they once were and playing a ton of old shit. I got about half of that one.
Quasi is officially now a trio, and that's how they played their set. A few newer tracks, but mostly material pulled from far back in the past. Lots of fun, and even a few surprises. I was sad that they didn't play "It's Raining" (especially given the night's weather, but more appropriately my own mood these past few weeks), however they certainly made up for it by closing the night with a cover of Black Sabbath's "War Pigs," complete with the electric piano filling in for the guitar.
10/06/2010
lolslater
If you go down to Battery Park right now, there is a 90% chance you will see Elizabeth Berkley in this costume, selling pictures of the World Trade Center to tourists.
Seriously -- lolslater.tumblr.com is the best snarky, esoteric blog you're (more than likely) not following.
Then again...I spent years of my life watching two hours of back-to-back reruns of Saved by the Bell, five days a week, every week; not to mention any weekends, and/or prime-time specials. So, I might have a bit more invested in this one.
9/26/2010
7 7 7
My rolls of film from NYC have been developed and are making their way up on to my Flickr page.
9/14/2010
9/12/2010
9/11/2010
NYC: Day 3 / Back Home
Woke up later since no one had to be at work.
Rode the train to 5th Ave., saw the current Macintosh holy land, went to FAO Schwartz.
Walked through Central Park to Columbus Circle.
Parted ways with Jeni who had a production to prepare for.
Walked through more of Central Park.
Took the train way out.
Attended The Forge's Sinner to Winner production/fundraiser (Jeni is a member of the Forge)
Late night food at Manhattan Diner, interrupted by Richard Belzer's dog -- followed quickly by Richard Belzer.
Back to Queens.
Sleep.
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Today it's my trip back home.
Started on the E train, then on to NJ Transit Bus 107, missed my stop, transferred to Bus 34, to Newark (NJ) Airport, to Phoenix airport, and soon to be on to Portland.
It's been a wonderful time spent with some fantastic people that I had not see in far too long.
Pictures will hopefully be coming soon.
Rode the train to 5th Ave., saw the current Macintosh holy land, went to FAO Schwartz.
Walked through Central Park to Columbus Circle.
Parted ways with Jeni who had a production to prepare for.
Walked through more of Central Park.
Took the train way out.
Attended The Forge's Sinner to Winner production/fundraiser (Jeni is a member of the Forge)
Late night food at Manhattan Diner, interrupted by Richard Belzer's dog -- followed quickly by Richard Belzer.
Back to Queens.
Sleep.
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Today it's my trip back home.
Started on the E train, then on to NJ Transit Bus 107, missed my stop, transferred to Bus 34, to Newark (NJ) Airport, to Phoenix airport, and soon to be on to Portland.
It's been a wonderful time spent with some fantastic people that I had not see in far too long.
Pictures will hopefully be coming soon.
9/09/2010
NYC: Day 2
Saw Renata and Jeni to work.
Rode the train out to Brooklyn.
Walked around, snapped some photos.
Hung out at the Brooklyn Museum for a while: later-period Andy Warhol exhibition, promised Mitch Epstein photography that was not to be found, and, um, the guy who won Bravo's Work of Art(?!?)
Spent a few hours at Brooklyn Botanical Gardens.
Walked around Brooklyn some more.
Met back up Renata and Jeni after work.
Rode back into Manhattan.
Walked all over, had a fantastic vegan dinner, followed by outstanding vegan ice cream (they're vegan, I'll eat almost anything).
Came back to Queens, exhausted.
Rode the train out to Brooklyn.
Walked around, snapped some photos.
Hung out at the Brooklyn Museum for a while: later-period Andy Warhol exhibition, promised Mitch Epstein photography that was not to be found, and, um, the guy who won Bravo's Work of Art(?!?)
Spent a few hours at Brooklyn Botanical Gardens.
Walked around Brooklyn some more.
Met back up Renata and Jeni after work.
Rode back into Manhattan.
Walked all over, had a fantastic vegan dinner, followed by outstanding vegan ice cream (they're vegan, I'll eat almost anything).
Came back to Queens, exhausted.
9/08/2010
NYC: Day 1
Made it into JFK airport later than scheduled (delayed flight out of San Fran) last night.
Met up with Renata and Jeni.
Had dinner at a 24-hour place near their apartment in Forest Grove, Queens.
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Saw them both off to work.
Hopped the subway for a few blocks to a credit union I could bank at.
Took photos of the neighborhood.
Rode out to Flushing Meadows park.
Crowds of people headed to the U.S. Open.
Took photos in the park.
Rode back.
Met Renata and Jeni after work.
Hanging out for a bit before heading back out.
Also a multi-hour stroll around Union Square, then Times Square & surrounding area.
Tomorrow: Manhattan?
Met up with Renata and Jeni.
Had dinner at a 24-hour place near their apartment in Forest Grove, Queens.
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Saw them both off to work.
Hopped the subway for a few blocks to a credit union I could bank at.
Took photos of the neighborhood.
Rode out to Flushing Meadows park.
Crowds of people headed to the U.S. Open.
Took photos in the park.
Rode back.
Met Renata and Jeni after work.
Hanging out for a bit before heading back out.
Also a multi-hour stroll around Union Square, then Times Square & surrounding area.
Tomorrow: Manhattan?
9/07/2010
PDX to SFO to NYC
I'm up way too early this morning, sitting at PDX airport, waiting for my flight to SFO, then on to NYC to spend a few days with some great friends that I haven't seen in far too long. It feels a bit weird -- I think this is the first time since my 2006 Canada/Europe month-long blow out(!) that I've traveled anywhere other than to Alabama to see family/friends.
It will be nice to get out of Portland for a few days.
It will be nice have new subjects to photograph.
It will be nice to get out of Portland for a few days.
It will be nice have new subjects to photograph.
9/06/2010
happened / happening
Friday night was 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift -- the Portland stop on Everything is Terrible's Quest for the Magick Crystal Tour. As an experience, it was nearly indescribable; even if you're a fan of EIT's niche schtick. It was two hours of mind-melting found (VHS) footage blended together into dada oblivion. Or something like this...
Complete with stripping motivational speakers, alien overlords, and an altar of Jerry Maguire VHS cassettes.
Tomorrow (Monday) night, photographer/Yeah Yeah Yeahs guitarist Nick Zinner will be at Powell's, along with Zachary Lipez and Stacy Wakefield, to present the new collaboration, Please Take Me Off the Guest List.
Zinner's photographs, Lipez 's essays, Wakefield's book design.
Zinner is a fantastic photographer, so it's worth checking out for the photos alone. But Lipez's essays are pretty great too; and short, so they're easy reads.
8/24/2010
rejoice
"In the 1960s, I worked at Time-Life when everyone seemed to be named Astor or Auchincloss."
"...We had to have cool pick-up lines. We were all amphetamine thin with long dirty hair and hip huggers and funny black boots that zipped up the side and denim cowboy shirts with pearlescent pressure-pop buttons..."
Until today, it somehow escaped my notice that from as far back as 2003, Edmund White has been submitting short pieces to Seattle's alt-weekly, The Stranger (five have been archived on the website; I wouldn't be surprised if there are/were more). The topics range from the mundane (reactions to Obama winning the presidency) to the maddening (the stupification of the modern gay man), with the latest two quite bawdy ("My Night Getting Peed On" should make it to the title of something soon).
With White's current output rather rare and sporadic now that he's in his twilight, anything new(ish) is a cause for celebration.
"...We had to have cool pick-up lines. We were all amphetamine thin with long dirty hair and hip huggers and funny black boots that zipped up the side and denim cowboy shirts with pearlescent pressure-pop buttons..."
Until today, it somehow escaped my notice that from as far back as 2003, Edmund White has been submitting short pieces to Seattle's alt-weekly, The Stranger (five have been archived on the website; I wouldn't be surprised if there are/were more). The topics range from the mundane (reactions to Obama winning the presidency) to the maddening (the stupification of the modern gay man), with the latest two quite bawdy ("My Night Getting Peed On" should make it to the title of something soon).
With White's current output rather rare and sporadic now that he's in his twilight, anything new(ish) is a cause for celebration.
8/15/2010
new blog
Recently, I have started up a new blog dealing strictly with photography.
Most of it will be my own, but I do plan on showcasing others as well.
It can be found at http://livingthroughthelens.blogspot.com/
Most of it will be my own, but I do plan on showcasing others as well.
It can be found at http://livingthroughthelens.blogspot.com/
8/05/2010
7/29/2010
New Obsession #2: the Long Blondes
As seems to be the case more and more these days, I was a bit late to the Long Blondes' party. By the time I stumbled upon them, thanks to a Pandora-fueled whim, they had already called it quits, with members moving on to other projects. Regardless, the two LPs they produced in their time are pretty stellar; the first one, Someone to Drive You Home, has been in near-exclusive rotation in my car for weeks now. The follow-up, Couples, is pretty great, too -- but it took a little while to grow on me.
7/28/2010
New Obsession #1: the Blue Hearts
This past weekend, I watched the film Linda Linda Linda -- a wonderful, pretty recent Japanese film about a group of high school girls who decide to start a band, to perform at their school's summer festival. Since their former band is no longer, and they don't have time to write any original material, the girls decide that their band will perform covers of another Japanese band: the Blue Hearts.
There's a bit more to it than that (reconciling friendships, overcoming language/communication problems with music [the singer of the girls' band being a recently transplanted Korean], etc.), but that's a different entry all together. For now, let's focus on the music...
As mentioned, the girls' band is a Blue Hearts cover band, which means that the music of the Blue Hearts is present throughout -- from the title of the movie (referencing the ubiquitous single, "Linda Linda), to the finale of the girls' performance. I found the music to be interesting and catchy and fun, so I dug a bit into the story of the Blue Hearts (not to mention, dug around bit torrent and ended up with a wealth of material that would probably cost me around $40/disc to wrangle up physically).
Seen as the Japanese equivalents to the Ramones, the Clash, and the Sex Pistols, the Blue Hearts were pretty notorious in their day, and their legacy seems to remain a notorious one. Spitting into the camera during a televised performance (and subsequently getting banned from television for a year), using the taboo/unutterable word for "insane," being a full-formed independent rock band thriving amidst a pop-idol-centric Japanese music industry. They were one of a kind, it seems.
7/27/2010
on the horizon
The 2010 PDX Pop Now! festival is happening this weekend -- a free, all-ages, three-day gathering of a myriad of Portland bands, all at Rotture, alternating between the inside stage and an outside stage.
This year's line-up is kind of insane...sooooooo many great acts. For free!
If nothing else, be sure to catch Tu Fawning on Friday, the Joggers (!!!) on Saturday, and Atriarch on Sunday. There are plenty more bands worth your time and attention, but those three are my sure-fire recommendations.
And while I don't support the all-ages scene as much as I should, supporting the scene is something I am very passionate about. There are kids who need it. I was one of those kids at one time. So come out, support the all-ages scene. (For some reason, it really struggles in Portland.)
But more importantly, come out and support the bands. Portland is creating some amazing music right now, and this is a great chance to hear it for free.
7/17/2010
...
I just won an Ebay auction for a Polaroid One-Step 600 camera with a few packs of film.
And now, I want to have a really sleazy, (black-bars-over-the-eyes style) Motel Room photo shoot. But doubt I could find anyone willing to be the model.
And now, I want to have a really sleazy, (black-bars-over-the-eyes style) Motel Room photo shoot. But doubt I could find anyone willing to be the model.
FELS Portland
Some friends of mine are down from Seattle this weekend, and with them also came their weekly Friday Evening Libations Society. They've been doing this for months now in Seattle, but I believe this is the first time it's made it down to PDX.
Eight or nine of us took over the barstools at Thatch Tiki Bar on NE Broadway, partaking in some wonderful rum drinks ($5 Mai Tais during Happy Hour) and amusing the bar staff. A wonderful time with wonderful people at a pretty great place -- I hope to make it back to Thatch soon, and can hopefully make it to the next FELS Portland stop.
image courtesy of Stephen B.
Eight or nine of us took over the barstools at Thatch Tiki Bar on NE Broadway, partaking in some wonderful rum drinks ($5 Mai Tais during Happy Hour) and amusing the bar staff. A wonderful time with wonderful people at a pretty great place -- I hope to make it back to Thatch soon, and can hopefully make it to the next FELS Portland stop.
image courtesy of Stephen B.
7/12/2010
7/07/2010
7/06/2010
Portland self orbit
One from the vaults; taken at the now defunct Club Portland.
This is one of my favorite self portraits.
6/28/2010
BEE + GCL = BFF
In less than six hours, I will be sitting down to interview Bret Easton Ellis.
It will be my first ever interview, and will eventually find its way to the Powell's Books blog where it will be read by thousands (if not millions) of people worldwide.
I'm only a tad nervous.
6/26/2010
Hobbes
I found out today that my mom had to have my cat put down on Thursday. The past few months he had been dealing with kidney problems/failure, so it was only a matter of time.
He will be missed.
6/18/2010
Stumptown 2010
I finally got my sketchbook from this year's Stumptown Comics Fest scanned in.
The rest of the sketches can be found here.
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