Portland’s Wilson High School snowboarding team competed for the first time last weekend. Their first Boardercross competition was a great success. The men’s and women’s Varsity 1 teams both took second place.
The team is part of the Oregon Interscholastic Snowboarding Association
Portland’s E*Rock may have just brought us the new Frykbeat label but he’s been seriously busy over at Wyldfile Go there and check out the Beck “Homeboy Gameboy” video.
Here’s some words from the site - with, CD-Romz out selling CDs, DVDs and box office receipts combined one wonders, “what will technology suprise us with next?” [...]
Meanwhile a new record label has surfaced in Portland Frykbeat run by local electronic artists, EJ and E*Rock.
I’ve often written that the music industry is in serious decline. Yesterday one of the big retail chains, Musicland, filed for bankruptcy protection. I was surprised though to read in the Los Angeles Times that more than 1000 independent mom and pop operations hit the dust lately.
The Times reports that “Rhino Westwood, a Westside [...]
Is that Gossip or The Gossip? Whatever. This album is stellar - forget the comparisons to “punk dance funk” etc this is the blues channeled through a pile of Donna Summer albums. Tres chic. Go and grab a free MP3 from indie workshop
“The first thing that strikes you is the rhythm. The Gossip have been [...]
Starbucks has announced that having shaken up the way music is retailed and distributed, by offering CDs for sale in its stores, it will now do the same for movies starting with the Lions Gate release Akeelah and the Bee
PDX Magazine has entered the Portland print world fray. They do not yet have a fully functional web site but you can visit the link and download a pdf of the last issue here
burn it down, tear it up – the heartbreak dinner. couples might want to stay away from the Tavern on feb. 14th – this evening will be about large groups of people drinking heavily and celebrating the lack of committed love. dj beyonda, the incredible kid, and dj anajali will spin break-up, loveless, records all [...]