Thank Christ: Bigtime Creepface Guillermo Del Toro And Disney Team Up to Terrify Children
This is a little tidbit that hits me at the opportune time in my life. In the past few years I’ve come to the definite conclusion that children need to be scared more.
It’s hard to tell if it’s because I’m older (and fending off exaggerated-by-nostalgia feelings of enthusiastic terror) or if it really is a [...]
Michael Moore Aggressively Bites the Feeding Hand
Michael Moore obviously doesn’t give a fuck. That being said, he definitely gives a fuck.
And that’s the essence of his persona. He’s the rebel with a cause. He’s the little prankster that utilizes the sheepish grin in defense of God’s Americans. He’ll throw a tantrum and scream and yell until some Momma somewhere show’s the [...]
Experimental Dental School Get Song Captured by Video
When faced with spare moments during the course of a day one has to make many difficult choices. These moments that have been wrestled from hustle and bustle should not be wasted on activities of superfluous nature. No regrets. If you suffer from indecision in regard to how to use these rare minutes I suggest [...]
Read MoreA Night at the Museum, sans Ben Stiller, add Free Beer
The Portland Art Museum is continuing their rabid pursuit of youth-oriented hi-jinks by assembling, with care and precision, Shine a Light: A Night at the Museum. A special event taking place on September 19th from 6pm until the stroke of midnight.
Here’s some words detailing the intricacies of the evening:
“The event consists of six hours of [...]
The Biggest Record Collection in the World
This short documentary is a Sundance Selection from 2009 about Paul Mawhinney, a man who is believed to own the largest record collection in the world. He amassed the collection while running a record shop in Pittsburgh for many years and archiving vinyl as he went. Now, the collection of about 1 million [...]
Read MorePan and Scan Deconstructed by Famous Directors
At this point the injustice of practice of pan-and-scan (cropping movies to fit the standard 4:3 television screen) is widely accepted. Once the ire of filmmakers, savvy film viewers are increasingly in the same boat with the opinion that changing the format of a movie in turn changes the moviegoing experience. And never [...]
Read MoreKRS-One Kickstarts New Religion
EXTRA! EXTRA!
Hip-hop legend KRS-One has written a six-hundred page text dubbed: The Gospel of Hip Hop: The First Instrument, which he would like to someday serve as the anchor to a religion of hip-hop.
This sort of tidbit could easily be laughed out of memory and left to die a miserable anonymous death due to the [...]
2009 Adult Soapbox Derby
I didn’t make it to the Soapbox Derby this year, but I’ve been a few times so what’s the difference. Let me set the scene: a couple thousand people hang out and watch a couple of dozen teams race homemade cars down the side of Mt. Tabor here in Southeast. The crowd drinks [...]
Read MorePuppy O’Shaughnessy Remembered
“I had a different name for the guy: leave-em-for-dead O’Shaughnessy.”
Check out this mockumentary about a fictional bike messenger in Portland. It was made by Joe Lumbroso, who runs a design and new media firm in San Francisco (it appears he used to live here.) I really dig the performances.