Adam West is “Lookwell” in this 1991 pilot episode from Conan O’Brien and Robert Smigel
I’m glad to live in a world where awesomeness can still lurk quietly nearby, only to be discovered through chance occurrences. While on a IMDB vision quest in search of the works of prolific writer/actor Robert Smigel (who among other things, plays Triumph the Insult Comic Dog) I stumbled upon Lookwell, the pilot episode of [...]
Read MoreMattress Rolls Holocene
Instead of attempting to navigate the haze of genre-identification in the realm of music I’ll drop Portland duo Mattress into the sub-genre of Gnarly. The tunes, full of atmosphere and off-the-rails confidence, can’t adequately be lumped into a one-line description. And this is a principal reason why I’m so smitten. Case in point: this video, [...]
Read MoreJ.C. Rises: The Return of John Carpenter
PREAMBLE: John Carpenter has been so influential to my life and has entertained and engaged me to such a tremendous degree that I’ll attempt to merely relay this bit of news without allowing myself to elaborate my love into a dissertation-sized jerk-off piece. Another day. A couple of “Masters of Horror” episodes not withstanding, John [...]
Read MoreThe Beatles Rock Band Cinematic Trailer
Check out the cinematic trailer for what may be one of the most serendipitous cross-platform experiments to date, Beatles Rock Band. The game is well into development and slated to come out this September – ushered into existence by Dhani Harrison, son of George Harrison. The game is a complete retooling of the Rock Band [...]
Read MoreNew Viva Voce video, “Octavio”
It’s a hell of a season for new music in Portland. Double Dutch is recording dance tracks with orchestration from Alan Singley, The Builders and the Butchers‘ “Salvation is a Deep Dark Well” comes out tomorrow, hot on the heels of Viva Voce‘s “Rose City,” out May 26th. This Fresh-to-the-Internet-track “Octavio” from “Rose City” is [...]
Read MoreTrue Blood’s Media World, New Web Only Commercials
My favorite new show of last season, True Blood, is back for season 2 starting this Sunday, June 14th. One of the most charming qualities of the show, and what helps it differentiate itself from other vampire epics, is the way the writers create an alternate world where even the most mundane topics are affected. [...]
Read MoreWhat Happens When Shady Degenerates Get Their Filthy Hands on Methamphetamine?
I was tipped of by my coworker Chris of a post over on Our PDX that mentions a new film, produced in Portland, called “Trucker Speed Hooligans.” It’s a fantastic coincidence as we too are located in Portland, and in the film game. But I wouldn’t chock it up to anything more than coincidence, and [...]
Read MoreBlack Lips + King Khan & BBQ = The Almighty Defenders
Rare is the case that I feel a bit of news is aimed at me and only me. It’s selfish and arrogant to think a single human can warrant an entire news piece in an age when the same information has been digested a few million times by the time I react to it….
Read MorePortland Art Museum Offers Mindfuck Tutorial
The Portland Art Museum recently opened an exhibit called “Virtual Worlds: M.C. Escher and Paradox” which features a gallery filled to the brim with prints and drawings by Maurits Cornelis Escher (his best buds called him Mauk). He was one of the preeminent artists in the Dutch school of mindfuckery and flunked the second grade. [...]
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