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Music

Getting a Sneak Peek: The Builders and The Butchers

by A. L. Venable

Tonight, Mississippi Studios was host to a sneak preview of the new The Builders and The Butchers video, “Golden and Green,” which is the first track off their new album, Salvation is a Deep Dark Well.
Directed by the fabulous Alicia J. Rose (and I should know…she’s taken photos of yours truly), the event brought [...]

07.13.2009 See the rest →

$20 front row tickets for RENT

by Dieselboi

I got an email from our friends at the Portland Opera the other day letting me know about an upcoming event.  Fred Meyer Broadway Across America is bringing the production of  award winning RENT to Portland next week, June 23-28.  RENT is based on the Puccini opera La Boheme which opens The Portland Opera’s 09/10 [...]

06.17.2009 See the rest → 6 comments

The Parade Haters Club

by Cosmic Charlie

Parade season is in full swing. The crowds have already started forming for the Grand Floral Parade, which engulfs downtown for the next couple of days. However, not everyone “loves a parade,” and one of the more vocal detractors is our own Wizardboots.

In fact, last weeks Haters Ball, loosely disguised as [...]

06.05.2009 See the rest → 2 comments

Get Your Summertime Groove Goin’

by Betsy Richter

The OurPDX authors have been gearing up for summer fun the last few days, oh yeah! We’ve been grillin’… plantin’… picnic-in’… mojito-in’… and soaking up some of that liquid Vitamin D.
And of course, we’ve been groovin’ to our own favorite summertime songs.
Because we’re generous and all that, we decided to [...]

05.27.2009 See the rest → 1 comment

SLL: Once Upon a Storybook Site

by CamiKaos

Once upon a time there lived a girl with very dark hair, blue eyes, tattoos and a snarky personality who loved boots more than almost anything.  But if there was one thing the girl loved more than her beautiful boots it was her podcast… did I mention she had a podcast? One day, a Friday [...]

05.17.2009 See the rest →

SLL: 100 Episodes, Vidoop & No Kind Of Rider

by CamiKaos

Boy did we ever have a full slate Friday night. For our Tech Edition we were joined by Troy Harlan and Sam Alexander from Vidoop. Then we quickly moved into Afterhours where we were joined by No Kind Of Rider. Having a whole band in the studio meant all kinds of shuffling [...]

05.11.2009 See the rest →

Rigoletto RAWKED!

by Dieselboi

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If an Opera can RAWK, Rigoletto did it. That is the best way I can describe my experience tonight. The singing and the costumes and the performances were spot on. Such a tragic story.
Rigoletto, having been cursed by the old man (whom I understand was acted by a gentleman [...]

05.08.2009 See the rest → 6 comments

Intermission at Rigoletto

by Dieselboi

The first act just finished and we’re madly blogging. For my first opera, I’m stunned. Wow! These performers are true to their trade. They don’t use mics and can project their voice to the far reaches of the auditorium. The story goes a little like this: Rigoletto is a [...]

05.08.2009 See the rest →

Portland Opera – backstage Blogger night

by Dieselboi

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We’re here at the Keller Auditorium for Portland Opera’s production of Rigoletto. It is Blogger night here and we’re all sitting at a table blogging while everyone mingles and gets ready for the show. I’ve been live tweeting along with everyone else and our hashtag is #pdxoperablog if you want [...]

05.08.2009 See the rest → 1 comment

Bob Log III and Willem Maker @ Doug Fir

by Dieselboi

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I love the Doug Fir. When it first opened, I was floored by the design and how they created a log cabin inside an old 50’s/60’s style hotel. Also, they were part of the rejuvenation of that stretch of Burnside, an area in much need of revitalization a [...]

05.06.2009 See the rest → 2 comments

March of the… Lebowskis?

by Cosmic Charlie

So, got plans this Friday? Wanna hang out with some Caucasians?
Before you have visions of a skinhead revival doing a jackboot-dance on your head, let me clarify. Caucasians, aka White Russians, are the drink of choice of Jeff “the Dude” Lebowski. One part Kahlua, two parts vodka and a splash of half & half. Yum! [...]

04.27.2009 See the rest →
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