Urban Honking

My last solo art show in PDX in a loooong time opens on Friday at Nationale. 6-9Here’s the info:Sarah Gottesdiener presents new work at NATIONALE, with contributors Jenstar Brockman, Michelle Calvert, Lacy Davis, KaetlinKennedy, Aaron Montaigne & Publication Studio“One of the temptations of an artist is to believe himself solitary….But this is not true. He […]

The Portland Timbers once again failed to find a victory this past Thursday night against the NSC Minnesota Stars, unable to recover from an early goal despite 60 minutes of continuous pressure. From the first kick, Minnesota made it clear that they wanted to win, out-working the Timbers, pushing the tempo against a confused defense […]

Audio Dregs & Supernature are proud to present: Superfest2! Electric Boogaloo All-Ages Electronic and Dance Music Festival @ Rotture, 315 SE 3rd Ave (21+ Bar in Branx) Friday, July 16: Copy (Duo Debut w/ Andy from Guidance Counselor/Dirty Mittens on drums!), Wampire, Fake Drugs (members of Starfucker), Hosannas, Strategy, Joey Casio, Rude Dudes DJs Saturday, […]

Live Thursday night at Holocene! Strategy, Cloudburst, Unrecognizable Now, Mike Jedlicka, Jetfinger and Solenoid’s Drum Machine Orchestra playing live on a six channel PA! We have upped the ante with a high end Meyer PA and (I think) a subwoofer. Come join us and feel the 3-dimensional sound explorations in the next installment of this […]

J. P. Townley created the poster above, riffing on the WW II messaging below. Free download to use or print as you like, the images are also free for changing and updating. Townley says the poster is “not quite there.” Give it a shot yourself! — plazm blog has moved to http://blog.plazm.com — — plazm […]

J. P. Townley created the poster above, riffing on the WW II messaging below. Free download to use or print as you like, the images are also free for changing and updating. Townley says the poster is “not quite there.” Give it a shot yourself! — plazm blog has moved to http://blog.plazm.com — — plazm […]

If you don’t follow my tumblr blog I don’t blame you. It’s a pretty stream-of-web-consciousness flow of what I’m thinking, reading, and seeing. But occasionally I’ll do a little original writing there when the content doesn’t seem to fit elsewhere. I just posted a few thoughts about Personal Synergy that was initially an email I […]

While many of us are enjoying what the Onion hilariously reconsidered as a series of Vuvuzula Concerts being disrupted by international soccer events, Portland began its run in a lesser-known but well loved tournament of its own, the venerable U.S. Open Cup. The Timbers’ Cup (not the one in South Africa) experience began against a […]

I’m looking forward to the new Good vs. Evil #5; Man vs Metal, featuring some of my favorite artists these days like Val Gesto, Leon Stadler, Tetsunori, plus a little E*Rock in there as well. On sale now.

Somehow I never saw the wonderful “Cocktail,” the 1988 Roger Donaldson film in which Tom Cruise plays a saucy bartender (Gary: “Oh, Roger Donaldson!” Me: “Who’s Roger Donaldson?” Gary: “NOBODY.”). In my memory of the poster of the film, the entire film is just Tom Cruise and another guy throwing bottles around and singing and […]