Subject: Portland (Oregon)

• Dude Had It Coming

  February 27, 2007

• Some Candy Talking

  June 22, 2006

• You Should Know Holland Buffalo

  January 4, 2008

• Dandys Rule, OK?

  May 8, 2008

• Daily Briefs: KC Cycling; GM is a dick; John McCain: Older than one might think!

  May 15, 2008

• Shannon, Doozie and Molly at the Uptown Theater

  October 20, 2008

• Incoming: The Kills to the Bottleneck

  That sexy couple of Kate Moss-dating, death-blues wailers Jamie "Hotel" Hince and Alison "VV" Mosshart are headed our way. The Kills come to the Bottleneck on April 23, backed by the Horrors and the Magic Wands. Full tour list after the jump. "Tape Song" by the Kills, from Magic Boom (Domino)

  February 3, 2009

• Viva Voce

  June 4, 2009

• Listen Up

  October 16, 2003

• Haggis Heaven

  August 11, 2005

• Steal This Joke

  March 8, 2007

• Blitzen Trapper

  March 5, 2009

• Musée Mécanique

  January 29, 2009

• Starfucker

  October 9, 2008

• The Dandy Warhols

  September 25, 2008

• The Download

  Blitzen Trapper

  September 4, 2008

• Meat and Beats

  June 12, 2008

• Blitzen Trapper

  April 10, 2008

• Sterilize Stereo

  November 29, 2007

• Alt-Weeklies Provide Web Links to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Home Address

  Action taken in solidarity with Phoenix New Times.

  October 18, 2007

• Bronwyn

  Tuesday, October 21, at the Brick.

  October 16, 2003

• You Kill Me

  October 11, 2007

• Critic's Choice

  July 19, 2007

• Sterilize Stereo

  July 19, 2007

• The Download

  The Decemeberists

  November 23, 2006

• The Prids

  September 7, 2006

• 31 Knots

  November 3, 2005

• Night & Day Events

  Week of July 21, 2005

  July 21, 2005

• Big Country

  Hillstomp gives KC a lesson in lineage.

  April 7, 2005

• For Better or ... Better

  Viva Voce hasn't let the rigors of the road diminish its marital (and musical) bliss.

  March 10, 2005

• The Decemberists

  Saturday, April 3, at Mojo's in Columbia.

  April 1, 2004

• The Prids

  Thursday, December 11, at Benders.

  December 11, 2003

• Lifesavas

  Spirit in Stone (Quannum)

  November 27, 2003

• Anarchy At KU!

  How they misspent their summer vacation – or, a traveler's guide to misguidedness.

  August 14, 2003

• I Can Lick Any SOB in the House

  Saturday, July 26, at the Bottleneck.

  July 24, 2003

• DJ Vadim and the Russian Percussion

  Thursday, March 6, at the Bottleneck.

  March 6, 2003

• Horse Feathers

  May 14, 2009

• Claire Askew for Generation V

  When Claire Askew was a freshman in high school, she made a decision that's had a profound affect on the rest of her life -- she decided to give up meat. Six months after her initial decision she went further and became a vegan, a transition she describes as a "natural step." Askew, who just graduated from Shawnee Mission South High School, said that at first many parts of the diet were difficult, especially for a person her age. So being a writer, she turned her experiences into Generation V: T

  June 15, 2009

• Incoming: The Pogues @ Midland

  I couldn't have come back from a four-day, computer-free weekend to better news: the Pogues are coming to the Midland by AMC on October 25. Pogues.com Tickets go on sale this Friday, June 26, at 10 a.m. But a pre-sale is available today beginning at 3 p.m. to anyone who signs up for the Pogues' online community. In recent years, it seems like the storied Irish trad-rock-punk band has only played in New York (and maybe one or two other select cities) when they've bothered to come to the U.S. Ev

  June 23, 2009

• Eating on $50 a week

  Several months ago, blogger and cookbook author Emily Farris moved back to the area from New York City (Plog covered her journey). Since moving back she has co-founded the blog Fifty Bucks Per Week, where she and two other writers (one living in Brooklyn, the other in Portland, Oregon) try to eat on $50 a week. Not so hard if you've got ramen noodles and mac-n-cheese. But the catch is they have to eat well.  Yesterday, Time Magazine featured Farris and her cohorts in a wide-ranging intervie

  July 15, 2009

• Blind Pilot

  August 13, 2009

• You're not a man if you don't drink wine

  ​In the face of declining sales, winemakers are starting to market their product to a new group of consumers: men. Theories as to why men don't drink wine are numerous, including the idea that they don't want to be told what to drink. It's also generally accepted that most men know nothing about wine. Wineries have crafted labels and names like Kung Fu Girl, Red Truck and Maximus. Targeted marketing has also led to some unusual sponsorships, like the decision by Bennett Lane Winery (the produ

  August 17, 2009

• Defeat a hangover with Pepto ice cream?

  ​Hangover cures never appear to be designed with the average person's tastebuds in mind. And that's probably your first thought when you hear about the latest hangover cure: Pepto-Bismol ice cream. Blogjam sought to combine two reliable hangover consumables in one meal. The ice cream seems to help with sweats, while the dairy and eggs provide Vitamin B12 -- vitamin deficiency is one of the suggested causes of hangovers.  In the ice cream recipe, vanilla and sugar were used to cut the flav

  August 21, 2009

• AU

  August 27, 2009

• The Dandy Warhols

  September 3, 2009

• Portugal the Man

  October 1, 2009

• The Shaky Hands

  October 8, 2009

• Breakfast Buffet: Tuesday, October 13

  Thoughts on U-Gene's Deli & Pizza being reviewed on Check, Please! [Hot Blog On A Stick]Cooking with pumpkin is apparently a lot like having sex -- instructions for one of those included in this blog post. [Kansas City With The Russian Accent]It's never too early to pre-game for Thanksgiving -- here's more than you've ever wanted to know about the history of cranberries. [The Boston Globe]If you've ever imagined a keg on wheels, now your dream has come true. You just have to move to Portlan

  October 13, 2009

• Who will be on Top Chef Masters 2?

  ​The world has had a week to digest the news that Bravo has picked up a second season of Top Chef Masters. The show, in which celebrity chefs competed in elimination challenges, regularly drew 2.22 million viewers; the new season is scheduled to air in 2010. Food and Wine writer Gail Simmons will join critics Jay Rayner, James Oseland and Gail Greene as a judge. There is joy in attempting to guess who will make up the cast for next year's show. I'd give you even money that chef Art Smith will

  October 26, 2009

• Could you live without a fridge?

  ​Living without a refrigerator seems wrong on some level -- like having a hole in your living room where the television used to be. But one couple in Portland, Oregon, has been without a fridge for the past seven years in an effort to reduce their carbon emissions. It's a difficult concept to grasp from my kitchen in Kansas City, where the day doesn't start until the milk and coffee concentrate is poured over ice cubes -- all of which come from my fridge. Although I'll admit that having an ice

  November 18, 2009