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Keeping Portland's 30-year Master Plan Weird!

2008-07-06T22:07:51Z

Hey guys,

The City of Portland is updating its master plan... That means now is the time to tell the Planning bureau to do their part to KEEP PORTLAND WEIRD! I met with Steve Iwata, who is heading the Keep Portland Weird campaign in Portland's Planning bureau. The next public planning meeting is July 22nd, 2008 at the Portland Building, 1120 SW Fifth Ave., Portland, OR 97204, 2nd Flr in Rooms B and C. Open house meetings will start at 11:30 AM and 4:30 PM.

So, let's discuss, how do we Keep Portland Weird in the master plan?

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Weird Portland sightings

2008-06-30T04:53:01Z

This week there was a teenager on the #75 bus in tiger pajamas. Orange like a stuffed animal tiger, furry, full-body pajamas, plus black tennis shoes and a sparkly blue dolphin toy necklace. He sat in the back seat next to a girl, scowling with his arms crossed. He looked very bored.

This topic is a place to share your glimpses of Weird Portland. That 80-year-old goth couple. The guy with his face painted like a skull you passed on the Burnside Bridge. The teenagers with "Free Hugs" signs outside Powell's Books. The next stall over in the Hawthorne Fred Meyer's that you could hear race car noises coming from. Share.

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Parking violations - WTF!

2008-06-07T04:28:47Z

I just got slapped with a $35 parking violation fine for having my car, parked on the street in front of my house, with a for sale sign in it!

I had no idea that you were not allowed to post for sale signs on vehicles parked on public streets, but I looked it up and this is what the CIty of Portland Office of Transportation has to say about it, along with a list of the 20 most common parking violations:

http://www.portlandonline.com/transportation/index.cfm?a=59926&c=34793#forsale

That sucks!

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The chi of Portland: High weirdness in Nirvana

2008-06-02T01:30:56Z

Hello, did y'all see this article? This seemed like the place to post it. Nothing really new for us, but probably interesting to a non-Portlander. *Puts on crazy hat.* See, we're CRAZY!

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hvePeXZwBJ6XLfFPkyXIcS_7w80gD90FJRHO0

The chi of Portland: High weirdness in Nirvana
By JOSEPH B. FRAZIER – May 5, 2008

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Acupuncture is not just for people. It's also for cities — if the city is Portland.

Adam Kuby has stuck a 23-foot needle into the ground down by the Willamette River and hopes to plant more, choosing locations where he figures the city's "chi," or vital energy, needs some help.

Unusual? You bet. Unusual for Portland? Not really.

For several years, Portland has been reaping praise from lifestyle magazines, from Men's Journal to specialty publications, as one of the nation's more livable cities, listed among the best places to have a baby, grow old, go for a walk, ride a bike, take a jog, breathe clean air, own a dog, take public transportation, start a business (green or otherwise), go out for dinner or not get mugged.

The praises don't stop. Swing a cat and hit 10. On second thought, don't. Portland is rated the third-most humane city in the nation.

But the magazines skim over Portland's quirkier qualities. They aren't bandied about, but they're not hidden either. To some, they make Portland even more endearing.

There's what's left of the 24-Hour Church of Elvis (online only these days), the Voodoo Doughnut Shop, nude bike festivals, the 5K Bare Buns Run in Forest Park and what was billed as the world's longest drag queen chorus line.

Public nudity is illegal in Portland, but in a state where live sex acts are protected as free speech, police involvement generally is limited to keeping order.

For kitsch lovers there's the Velveteria, a black velvet painting museum. Lots of taste, all of it bad in some eyes, unless you love it, and the owners do. Nothing is for sale. Open weekends.

A black light room enhances your favorite Mack Truck Jesus, wahine, Elvis or bandito.

"You will never be the same after a visit to the Velveteria," the Web site promises. And it has "arrived." A monthlong show at Powell's Books, billed as the world's largest bookstore, begins May 1.

"Zoo Bombers" are young adults who race on kiddie bicycles down steep and windy roads starting near the Oregon Zoo. Speeds up to 50 mph are achieved. Details and photos of fractures and ghastly scrapes and bruises are posted on the Internet as badges of honor.

"I used to bomb until a friend of mine biffed it pretty hard. He was in a coma for two months," says Chris Banks, who works the counter at a pizza joint where the Zoo Bombers sometimes gather before starting their wild Sunday night rides.

There weren't any Bombers at the pizza joint on a recent Sunday night.

"They don't always start from here. They're probably up there getting loaded first. These guys are hard-core," said the well-tattooed Banks.

Among the latest additions to the panoply of Portland's oddities are Adam Kuby's giant needles. An artist who arrived from New York four years ago, Kuby says the acupuncture project is an attempt to get people to see the city in a holistic way.

"It is a visual way of expressing what a lot of people already know," said Kuby. The city is "one organism, one body, one very complex, independent system."

Not to mention eccentric.

Ubiquitous bumper stickers proclaim "Keep Portland Weird." They were meant to support small local businesses to keep Portland from being big-boxed out of its identity.

But they've become a focal point for what might be a counterculture elsewhere.

Portland has been called The People's Republic of Portland (land-use rules irk some developers) Beervana, (it's loaded with microbreweries), the Rose City (they are nearly worshipped here) and Sin City, a salute, of sorts, to its frontier past and recent bouts of permissiveness that some people find a bit much. Others just shrug. That's Portland.

The first President Bush called it "Little Beirut" for the hostile receptions he could rely on, and his son hasn't fared any better.

Portland's quirkiness is homegrown as are many other things, some of them under Gro-Lites.

It never got set in its ways. Many of its residents came from somewhere else. You can pick a Brooklynite or a New Englandah out of a chorus, but there is no Portland accent and people here have no pounded-in traditions of doing things a certain way.

So they don't.

At first it was "Stumptown," a just-logged patch of rough riverside cabins in the mud. A wintertime coin toss in 1845 decided it would be Portland, not Boston.

Given the season, it probably was raining. Given Portland's reputation, many probably assume it still is.

It was always a little different.

Tavern-keeper and recent Mayor Bud Clark was photographed a few years back with a raincoat wide open in front of a statue. "Expose Yourself to Art," the poster read, a classic then and now.

Teetotaling lumberman Simon Benson, hoping his workers would show up reasonably sober, gave the city the ubiquitous "Benson Bubbler" brass drinking fountains a century or so back, promoting pure water. Portland's beer consumption plunged. Undaunted, Portland brewer Henry Weinhard offered to pipe fresh beer, 24/7, through a downtown fountain. He got a polite "no thanks."

There's more.

Portland's Skid Road was revered by loggers, sailors and miners flush with pay looking to "blow her in" on a spree. Those who overdid it might wake on a sailing ship, "Shanghaied" as an unwilling crewman. In this, Portland put even wicked San Francisco in the shade. There's a tour available of tunnels said to have been used for the purpose.

And it's Skid Road, not Skid Row, named for the downhill road that horse teams used to drag logs to the mills. Portland claims to have coined the term.

It included Erickson's Saloon, which claimed the world's longest bar. The late historian Stewart Holbrook writes that it measured exactly 684 feet, "a kind of symbol of local greatness and potency" worth fighting over.

The building still stands, duly marked, in the old district, which is reluctantly becoming gentrified, sort of.

The recent glitter and hype is no accident.

Joe D'Alessandro, who headed the Portland Oregon Visitors Association for 10 years until 2006, said Portland lacked a large promotional budget so it focused on impact.

"We were determined to find the niches that were really unique about Portland and tell them to the world," he said.

"We didn't try to make Portland something for everybody. We centered on what Portland's authentic strengths are, what Portland is really good at."

Now, about that rain:

It falls just once a year, from October to about May.

Mobile, Ala., gets three times, on average, more rain a year than Portland. But Portland has three times as many rainy days.

Wettest? Hardly. Rainiest? It's up there.

Bring an umbrella.

___

If You Go...

ZOOBOMB: http://www.zoobomb.net. Weekly bike event, Sundays, 8:30 p.m., across from Rocco's Pizza, 949 SW Oak.

5K NUDE RUN: In Forest Park, June 14, 7:30 p.m; http://www.barebunsrun.com.

ART:

-Velveteria Museum of Velvet Paintings, 2448 E. Burnside St.; http://www.velveteria.com or 503-233-5100, Friday-Sunday, noon-5 p.m., $5.

-Acupuncture Project, http://www.adamkuby.com.

-"Expose Yourself to Art" image, http://tinyurl.com/5arjul

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advice please for a "gonna be traveling then moving to Portlander"...

2008-05-27T04:38:37Z

Hi folks,
My sweetheart and I are moving out there in late March after traveling Tailand for a couple of months. I'd be so happy living on a farm or a fun communal housing sitation with little money and a big imagination (that's how a lot of you do it out there anyway...right?) However, are we crazy for going out there without a lot of security in our pockets? Any suggestions?
My sweetheart is hoping to work on windpower since he has his airplane mechanic license. Any suggestions with that one?

All feedback is appreciated and Thank You Thank You for Kicking ass people
elizabeth

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Busker's Block for Last Thursday!

2008-05-23T18:00:33Z

Hello!
Just wanted to invite you to Last Thursday on Alberta.
Rose City Vaudeville is now hosting a busker's block on 19th and Alberta. We have closed off our block to traffic and we'll be pulling out our double decker bus and hosting performance artists for the next three Last Thursdays.
How it works:
We will start at 6:00 and have a sign-up chalkboard so sign in and we'll announce you, take the stage and you have up to 20 minutes of performance time then you can pass the hat if you would like. Then the next performer takes the stage and so on.
The Accadian Ballroom will be joining in the fun serving food and drink on the street as well. Next month they are wanting to have a beer garden as we entertain the masses.
Rose City Vaudeville will also be scouting for new talent for upcoming shows. (FYI-our unifying theme is turn-of-the-century costuming and ol' time music with a modern flair. You know, bustles and top hats.)
We are building a portable aerial rig but it will not be ready for Thursday but we should have it done next month.

So please come on over this coming Thursday, 19th Ave and Alberta. Introduce yourself, sign up and come play! Please let your other performing friends know to join us at the busker's block!

Maquette and Happy
Rose City Vaudeville

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6/6; Portland premiere of my film, "The Invisible Forest"

2008-05-21T18:54:44Z

Hello everybody. I'm a Berkeley-based filmmaker touring the northwest with my newest feature-length art film, "The Invisible Forest". This is my 11th feature (since 1993); each screening of my work is a rare event as my films are not in mainstream release and never will be; they are simply too 'out there' (they are available on dvd). You can also read more about this at my tribe profile page.

The details for the PDX premiere:

ParaTheatrical ReSearch presents
"THE INVISIBLE FOREST", A Film by Antero Alli
(2008; 111 mn. USA). Filmmkaer in person.

FRIDAY JUNE 6th, 9:30pm, $6.50
HOLLYWOOD THEATRE, 4122 NE Sandy, Portland
http://www.hollywoodtheatre.org

The Trailer (3 min.)
http://www.fractalvideo.com/HTML/IFFV2.html

SYNOPSIS
A sleep-deprived theatre director undergoes hypnotic regression to stop a reoccurring nightmare and unexpectedly participates in an ancient dreamtime ritual that sends him through the labyrinths of madness and transcendence in Antero Alli's surrealistic journey, "The Invisible Forest". Inspired by the radical ideas of French playwright Antonin Artaud, the filmmaker also borrows from Rimbaud's poetics of delirium for the "deliberate disorientation of the senses" to achieve a series of altered states. In Alli's own words, "Cinema is a drug. If some movies put us to sleep like tranquilizers and others jack us up like triple espressos, The Invisible Forest is a 100% organic, user-friendly hallucinogen".

This film reviewed
http://www.verticalpool.com/ifmontereview.html

The Invisible Forest site
http://www.verticalpool.com/if.html

Director's Blog
http://www.paratheatrical.com/forestjournal.html

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Serena's beginner-intermediate Hoop Dance Classes every Saturday...come play!!

2008-05-16T16:32:11Z

Spring is here and the outdoor festival season is soon to be upon us!
come and play and hoop and shine with us!
learn basic hoop dance moves to advanced tricks! beginners are very welcome and encouraged to attend! many of the girls are beginners too...

hoop dance is a great way to burn calories, build core strength, tighten those abs and glutes , and tone your entire body! it also brings balance and inner peace as you lose yourself in the spiral dance. Oh, and you will look incredibly sexy and graceful as you learn flow and how to transition between moves....its so amazing and way addicting!! come join the hoop revolution!!

every Saturday at Euphoria Studios
1235 SE Division at SE 12th, suite 106
1:30-2:30pm
please RSVP as space is limited!
Euphoria is a beautiful dance studio with a wall of mirrors- very helpful for learning...

i make my own professional quality Hoops with fun sparkly glitter and holographic tape and sell them at my class.
i also bring practice hoops to class in case you dont have your own hoop yet.

hoops for sale prices:
hoops with 2 colors of tape are $30
hoops with 3 colors of tape are $35
custom pick your own colors..i have tons of tape you can look through!

drop in rate is $20 for the class, or you can purchase a series of 6 classes for $90, (which comes to $15 per class)
if you sign of for the series, you dont have to come 6 weeks in a row, its no problem if you have to skip a saturday, just come when you can!
please remember to RSVP!

xdoodlbugx@aol.com
917-676-7621
hoopy happiness!
Serena
:)

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Burning Sam Sewing Bees

2008-04-27T06:51:33Z

Burning Sams Wanted:
WHY?
I want to help you make a dreamy Burning "Uncle" Sam costume for Burning Man or just weird parading around town. Rich and I are organizing a parade called "Burning Sam" at BM which will include all manner of patriotic folks and will end with the serving of liquid "apple pie". Early birds will have theirs ready for the primary election. It would be nice to have ALL of these done by SOAK in late June, then you'll also be ready to Yankee doodle it on the 4th of July!

HOW?
Yes, you get to help... I'll even teach you how to use a sewing machine. You supply the pattern, fabric, and cut the thing out. I'll help you fit it and sew. You design it! Weird uncle Sams Welcome- green money, rainbow, psychedelic, B&W , flaming, pink, glitter, Steampunk
Do you have a portable machine and want to help sew? That would be great! Be a regular Betsy Ross!

PATTERN: McCalls Uncle Sam pattern
http://www.mccallpattern.com/item/M8701.htm?tab=costumes&page=7
size & yardage info there

FABRIC:
Patriotic fabrics and novelty stuff it the quilting section
http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog.jsp?CATID=cat3162&start=25
more good stuff in the store including flames and Steampunk clocks and tattoo flash.
Sheets from Goodwill are a great source of stripes.
NOTE: cotton and blends- wash, dry and iron BEFORE you cut it out.
There is a Joann Fabrics Superstore in Tigard and several other places. Watch the paper for coupons

HATS-
ELOPE: http://www.elope.com/estylez_ps.aspx?searchmode=category&searchcatcontext=~100HEAD
perhaps we could do a wholesale order...(or make one to match, one is included in the pattern, but stiff interfacing is expensive

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WHEN?
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Sewing Bees starting next week. Let me know if you can make one of these times....

1. weekday: Wednesday, April 30 or Friday, May 2nd
Noonish till 4

2. Saturday, May 3rd, Tigard either at my place or Max's Brew Pub on Main Street- it has a room with Big Tables- Big screen TV, Beer!
Noonish till 4

3. Sunday May 4th is possibly an option too.

4. Volunteer a place and time

Can't wait to hear from you!

Lorien/ Stormfeather

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Wow

2008-04-18T06:29:56Z

since when did this (and apparently most of tribe since I've been idle) become just one big ad space for local "events"...that isn't weird..just annoying!
so in the interest of being weird..
*Portland Cello Project:: REALLY!! SERIOUSLY AWESOME!!
*breathes* okay..sorry. if you haven't seen our very own cello rockstars, who, by the way, are named PCP...you really should! I saw them at the Aladdin theatre last weekend, and they played with about seven or eight guest bands and two classical pieces, but the best part: Their "hey here's another band setting up/taking down" music: Star Trek the TV show theme songs!! yep. they rule.

uhm..and any town you can take arielist classes from a woman who has been doing it for fifteen years without having to be in a circus..definitely a bonus.

aaaandd go! make this an interesting tribe again!

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Come see us get Crazy and a Half!

2008-02-26T22:19:43Z

The latest play, in our "Season of Comedy," at the Sandy Actors Theatre is Crazy and a Half by DR Anderson. It's six, insane, one act plays that delve into life, love and the lengths that people will go to for a little peace of mind... and maybe a prescription. There are more than a few surprises that will be sure to entertain. This play is rated PG-13 because of some language.

The website (www.sandyactorstheatre.org) contains information about ticket prices, showtimes and directions to the theatre.

Doesn't the cast just look a little off to you? Go ahead, laugh!!!
people.tribe.net/therightr...66ec818627

Now, here's the good news. If you call ahead and make reservations for our preview performances (tonight, 2/26 @ 7:30PM and tomorrow night, 2/27 @ 7:30PM) you get in absolutely free! All we ask is that you come, have a great time and then tell all your friends about this fantastic play! We are also hosting a fund raising night on Thursday, 2/28 @ 7:30PM to raise money for R.A.K. (Random Acts of Kindness). Please make reservations for that night and help us contribute as much love as we can to our local community.

Yours truly, The Right Rev Rap Masta Cornflake, will be playing (among other things) a burned out British rock star named Des Rage. I would enjoy meeting any of you who care to introduce yourselves at the cast "meet & greet" afterwards. Let me know you saw this on Tribe!

Community theatre is an important part of local arts and we want you all to experience it. Sandy Actors Theatre has been here for more than thirty years and the quality of our productions is worth experiencing for yourself. Check us out!

Love and light, dear ones.
Rev (aka Des Rage, aka Vinnie Piccolino, aka... nevermind)

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MAXjacking dance party on Leap Day

2008-02-26T16:27:59Z

This is off the PDX tribe. I went to the one they did two Halloweens back, and it was a blast -- though I'm rather concerned that they're promoting this one too far ahead and it's going to get busted. Shrug.
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This leap day the Communication Reasearch Labortory will be hosting MAXJACK! with two trains! Party in a Box will boarding the Red line at the airport, and the yellow line at the expo center, with dozens of people adorned in the Orange! Start with us at the beginning, or get on along our ride to the Rose Quarter, where the two trains arrive within minutes of each other, to spill Orange upon the Orange Quarter!

Buy a ticket! Get on board on these trains:

8:31 pm Expo Station
Arrives at rose quarter at 8:50 pm
8:25 pm Airport
Arrives at rose quarter at 8:54 pm

After a healthy dance party, we will reboard the train to continue on to downtown! From there we will be heading over to Watershed for a late night party, with a full bar and dancing into the late night. More details to follow!

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I am all for weird but...

2008-02-14T22:21:42Z

I am all for weird but I've lived here on and off most of my life and I've never heard of any anti-wierd forces trying to "deweird" PDX. The only thing I can think of are small groups of anti-porn forces but they usually get stomped by pro-porn factions. Hence the nickname for our fair town: "Pornland". There are more stip joints and and sexshops here percapita than anywhere in the US.

But I'm still lost on this tribe. Who are you attempting to counter? Or is it you feel Portland is losing it's "weirdness" or alternately, that it's not weird enough?

Clue me in,

Swazzie

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Moving to PDX in '09.

2008-02-11T04:28:18Z

After a few years of being stuck in Spokanistan, I am hoping to move down to Portland. I made my decision after my last visit. I love it there! It reminds of the way Seattle used to be until the yuppies and assholes ruined it. I lived in Seattle during the 90's and it went totally downhill by the end of the decade. I am sure there are some of you that are going to say that the shit is starting to happen in Portland. In all honesty, I think there are enough people down there who give a damn and that will fight it. I just got a pretty good vibe when I was down there last. It felt like home! So in the Summer of 2009, I am packing my bags and crossing the Columbia.

ALWAYS Keep Portland WEIRD!

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drunken costumed debauchery

2008-01-28T20:11:46Z

GMP is a ruckus group that turns unsuspecting bars into masquerade events. Join us for our next raid this saturday.

Toy Chest
Saturday Feb 2nd
10 pm

East Burn 1800 SE Burnside Go downstairs unless you want to eat a fancy dinner

Where else in Portland can you play 25-cent Skee Ball or race electric cars for free with a cocktail in hand? Please let us know. The patio here trumps almost all smoking patios with overhead heaters, swinging chairs and mini fire pits built into the tables.

Perfect for a Toy Chest theme, don't you think? Find your favorite childhood toy, and recreate it into an adult sized costume. I would love to see a naughty rainbow bright, or find out if GI Joe's package really is made out of plastic. I would love to see hungry hungry hippos, or a barrel of monkees. What about a mid-evening duel between luke and his father...

Get your thinking cap on and bring it. Skee ball people!!!!

Spread the word, and see you there! I mean, how can you resist? Skee Ball!!!!

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Skirt man sighting!

2008-01-23T16:48:37Z

Recently some of us mentioned seeing a homeless guy in skirts, on the streets of Portland, but he seemed to have been missing for some time.

I work in the Portland building, downtown, and today when parking before work, I saw him, in his usual long ragged skirt attire, making his way up 4th.

He looks much the same. :-)

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DOWN WITH WEIRD!

2008-01-19T07:10:31Z

BOOOO! Down with weird! Booooo....Blek...blaah! Weird is BAD! Weird is not good! No weirdos!

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GMP Party - Toy Chest

2008-01-15T03:54:45Z

I have never posted here before, but it seems like a lot of you might be interested. Guerilla Masquerade Party picks a new theme each party, and raids unsuspecting bars. The location isn't announced until about a week before so we can revel in the surprise of the staff and patrons. I will definitely make sure to post the location to here if it seems like people are into the idea.

Thanks!

GMP Party
Toy Chest
Saturday Feb 2nd
10 pm

Gear up for the super bowl by getting in touch with your inner child. Remember the days where you could spend all day pressing flashing lights names simon... or when hanging out with your friend betsy and she was supposed to wet her pants...or when you could spend all day as ewoks vs. care bears.

Well it is time to clean out that closet, find your favorite childhood toy, and recreate it into an adult sized costume. I would love to see a naughty rainbrow bright, or find out if GI Joe's package really is made out of plastic.

Also, there is a plan to cause a little more of a ruckus than normal. But it is a secret until the event. If you could bring some cheapo toys that would make good prizes to give out that would be swell. Please, somebody bring some chinese handcuffs.

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What would you do with a six-foot inflatable penis?

2007-12-22T20:47:06Z

Some friends of mine just moved to Portland, and in amongst the things their parents sent them, they discovered a six-foot-tall inflatable penis.

I immediately though of several things we could do with it around town, but I didn't immediately think of the "killer app" of giant inflatable penis hijinks in Portland. So I thought I'd open it up to the group.

If you had a giant inflatable penis (with no accompanying inflatable orifice), and all of Portland to defile with it, what would you do?

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Places you'd miss if you left portland...

2007-12-22T10:14:26Z

I moved away for a couple of years and I remember writing a list of places I'd hit up if ever I moved back....well I'm here and can't find the damn list. I can remember a few random places I liked, but was wondering if anyone else can help refresh my memory by naming neat places, stores, locations, music venues, bars....whatever.

The Red and Black Cafe
The Know Bar
Backspace
My Father's Place
[I miss foster grounds coffee :*( ....oh and what the hell happened to coffee people? that sucks.]
Fireside coffee lodge was nice every once in a while
Guapo comic store/cafe

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Threshold N.Y.E PDX Steampunk Stylie

2007-12-19T19:23:41Z

: Threshold : A New Years Eve Gala

Portland’s Black Rock Boutique and Monkey Puzzle art collectives combine forces to present two floors of light and sound where the past and future collapse into a single portal. Join us as we spend an evening merging whimsical retro invention with futuristic virtual elegance. Our destination is a place where innovations are born from the time capsules of our minds.

Tickets and information
www.brownpapertickets.com

CHECK OUT THE SNAZZY WEBSITE: www.threshold.monkeypuzzle.us/

Presale tickets: $20.00
Day of Event $25.00
December 31, 2007 / 9:00 – on /

320 SE 2nd Ave PDX

Art by
Dan Cohen www.burningbushstudio.com
Gabriel Shaughnessy
Richard Cawley
Todji www.todjikurtzman.com
Arun and Starbird Design

Performances by
Monkey Puzzle Players
Batty’s Hippodrome Circus
Cherry
Athena Aura

Audio by Jedi Sound
Lighting by SmartTech AV
Projections by Daflew/Spirit/Jo/Gabe

Creative Black Tie and Steampunk Regalia Encouraged
Breakfast Served 4:00 am

Tickets available online at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/23976
and at Metro, Frock and the bee and thistle

Music:

Kraddy (Refiner Records/ Muti Music)
www.myspace.com/kraddy

Eskmo (Vertical Sound, Eskmo.com)
www.myspace.com/eskmo

Welder (Cyberset, Eskmo.com)
www.myspace.com/weldersounds

Chris Sia
www.myspace.com/chrissiamusic

Solovox
www.myspace.com/solovox

Luke aka SaQi (Native State Records)
www.myspace.com/saqimusic

GlobalRuckus (RuckusRecords)
www.myspace.com/djglobalruckus

HyDrive
www.purevolume.com/hydrive

Gradual Meltdown
www.myspace.com/gradualmeltdown

Nico Luminous
www.myspace.com/luminousmusik

Leif James –
www.myspace.com/leifJames

Angry Buddha
Flying J
Ham and Swiss

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Santas!

2007-12-13T23:42:04Z

Awright, where's everyone going to post their pictures?

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Elvis

2007-12-13T04:33:55Z

Does Elvis still play at Saturday Market? I miss Portland, it's weird but very beautiful.

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Goddess Galactica!

2007-11-11T16:22:24Z

Hey I just saw this show last night,smashing!I wonder if it's on youtube.Any comments?
Anni

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Portland artist on Countdown with Keith Olbermann's Oddball segment

2007-11-04T23:45:55Z

http://www.everyzing.com/viewMedia.jsp?index=8&match=none&expand=true&filter=1&num=6&dedupe=1&start=3&playIndex=2&col=en-all-public-ep&channel=90&res=0&e=13585423

Go to time mark -6:45 to get straight to the Portland segment.

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Channel 12 news story

2007-10-28T16:24:24Z

Channel 12 did a news story on "What Keeps Portland Weird?" last night. Much better than the KATU story. They actually made me proud to be weird!!

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"Portlanders' three lives" hypothesis applies to businesses too

2007-10-20T23:01:14Z

Local author Katherine Dunn ("Geek Love") says that everyone in Portland is "living a minimum of three lives." "Everyone has at *least* three identities. They're a grocery store checker, an archaeologist, and a biker guy. Or they're a poet, a drag queen, and a bookstore clerk."

I realized this week that that applies to lots of local businesses too. Let's take Geektopia, the corner of NW 5th and Davis, where you've got Backspace (gaming/web café, art gallery, performance space), Ground Kontrol (arcade, bar, concert venue), Floating World Comics (comic store, small press bookstore, art gallery), plus Upper Playground and Be Compound.

Or the eye clinic in the Everett Street Lofts that's also an art gallery. It seems like everything here doubles as an art gallery and often as a bar too, if not other things.

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Shitty KATU story talking about Keep Portland Weird

2007-10-16T05:51:44Z

http://www.publicpress.org/entity?action=showEntity

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Have you seen the swifts?

2007-10-11T00:47:03Z

Every September, an elementary school's chimney becomes the layover point for 20,000 Vaux's Swifts as they migrate south. Around nightfall the birds mass and begin doing aerial acrobatics as they gradually enter the chimney for the night. And between 200 and 600 people show up to watch every night. It's damn neat.

The usual viewpoint is the hill-side of the elementary school, on NW Pettygrove around 27th. Here's a map:
http://www.platial.com/post/863923

Last night there were lots of kids sliding down the grassy hill on pieces of cardboard. I totally think we should do a 'sledding day' that same way. Maybe later in the fall or winter, when it still hasn't snowed yet.

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ALTER EGOS: Super Villains & Heroes Masquerade, 10/13 @ Someday Lounge

2007-10-01T01:15:14Z

Sat 10/13
ALTER EGOS: Super Villains & Heroes Masquerade.

Just as the name implies, ALTER EGOS is a costume party in which everyone comes dressed as a super hero, super villain, or anti hero of their own creation. Complete with backdrops created to set the theme of the evening, the party will also feature live music, costume contests, prizes, and a silent auction of p:ear artwork.

Event details:

What: ALTER EGOS: Super Villains & Heroes Masquerade, a costume party to benefit p:ear Where: Someday Lounge, 125 NW 5th Ave
When: Saturday, October 13, 2007
Doors- 7 pm, Music- 8pm
Cost: $7 advance, $10 day of show ($7 with supercitizen discount, aka, for those who come in costume)

Volunteer needs:
1. Postering and flyering.
2. Street theater.
3. Set construction (a big cave structure with Paper Mache around a wooden frame, 8x5 moonscape, a superhero base, a mad scientist's lab and various city models and backdrops along with props for the trophy cases in the superhero HQ that they took from battles with evil menaces.)
4. Night of the event- set up and take down, etc.

Contact Benja: 503-839-5274 or alteregosparty@hotmail.com

More info at www.myspace.com/alteregoesparty

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Places to Crash

2007-09-30T19:09:34Z

Where are the good places to stay in Portland? Not grungy, just something other than a Days Inn.

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Making Portland Weirder

2007-09-23T05:01:36Z

In showing my photos of Weird Portland to friends in other places, I've noticed we've got a tendency to do lots of events that involve putting on costumes and going to bars. And yeah, I love that, but we do it so much that I'm worried it's going to devalue the whole thing. Or that it already has.

So. Lets come up with more strange stuff to do in this town. What weird thing have you always wanted to do? What stuff have you seen in other cities that you think Portland should have? Let's have this thread be a place for ideas.

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Barjacking returns!

2007-09-22T06:21:42Z

One of my friends is resurrecting Barjacking! Below is an explanation. Here's the Tribe to subscribe to for updates on when the events will take place:
http://barjacking.tribe.net
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First we gather as many people as possible at a meet up spot, at 10:31PM.

We gather to vote on a few bars. Once the voting is done, we leave promptly at 11:00 PM to go to the selected location.

Once we all arrive at the selected bar, we meet outside together. Once we have a mob gathered, we bomb the bar with drink orders all at once to distract them, while the few of us roll in speakers, and turntables, and set them up in our scoped out location.

The bartenders and staff are usually too busy being overwhelmed by so many people, that they don't even notice us hooking up tables, and sound. By the time they do notice it's too late, and we have successfully jacked their bar.

We believe that once the bartenders, owners and other staff realize that we are bringing them the green, they won't bother us, and they will let us do our thing.

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Portland Juggling Festival

2007-09-20T09:52:19Z

Sept. 28-30 at the Reed College Sports Center. All kind of juggling weirdos, from carnies to professors, college bums and celebrities, all throwing, catching, rolling, balancing... and best of all, dropping. Workshops to be offered in all sorts of fields.

You want to check this out.
http://www.portlandjugglers.com/

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Journey to the Flames! Burning Man Film Screening Sept. 29th @ Someday Lounge

2007-09-17T19:24:07Z

Hey yall!
Doug Jacobson just put together a freakin fantastic new film Documenting 8 years of Burning Man culture and its coming to Portland!

<* Premiere showing Portland at the Someday Lounge on Friday, September 29th Cover ~$7 *>

____)*(____Journey to the Flames._____)*(_____

What is Burning Man?

Journey to the Flames chronicles 8 years of LA's Doug Jacobson and his trips to Black Rock. It's a funny, probing documentary that contains some of the most compelling BM footage I've seen yet. Skydiving, amazing aerial night shots, much fire, several years of the temples and the man and amazingly deep interviews all melded into a complete experience. This is 8 years of Burning Man folks and from what I've seen and heard this one feels good.

Check out the website here for more info and clips.

www.backtoone.com/j2f/index.html

Come to the Someday Lounge Saturday, September 29th for a fully immersive night of Burner Culture starting @ 7:00 with a screening of "Monkey Puzzle", a 17 minute short documenting Portland's Monkey Puzzle Camp as they plow their way through to the cosmic adventure of Burning Man 2006. Not to be missed! Then its off to the big leagues with Journey to the Flames followed by filmaker Q & A and some fantastic burner Djs guaranteed to rock the joint.

7:00~ Monkey Puzzle - A 17 minute short
7:30~ Journey to the Flames
9:00~ Q & A with filmmakers
9:30~ 2007 Burning Man Footage
Dj's
10:00 Dougj11 (dmtlabs.com)
11:00 FlyingJ and friends

Someday Lounge, Sept 29th @ 7:00 Cover $7
125 NW 5th Ave
Portland Oregon
Map~www.google.com/maps

Call 503-248-1030 for Tix info or
www.backtoone.com/j2f/index.html

Please bring yourselves, some friends and some magic. Lets watch some films, dance and support our amazing community.

AIRSTRIKE!

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MNML night at Pi-Rem w/ BlueTECH (Evan Marc) Phidelity and Jacaranda

2007-09-17T19:19:04Z

A fun night of MNML downtown....Pi Rem is a very chill little join on 433 NW 4th Ave. its from 9-2 and the cover is the roll of a dice 1-6 dollars. Definitely check it out these guys rock...

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Pirates of the Great Salt lake screening!

2007-09-07T15:18:28Z

Finally the Pirates are coming to town!

7:30 pm
Hollywood Theatre
4122 N.E. Sandy Blvd.
Cost: $6.00

For details on WTH this is all about go to http://www.piratesofthegreatsaltlake.com/

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Portland Pagan Pride starts TOMORROW!

2007-09-07T00:26:21Z

Yes, all you wonderful people, PAGAN PRIDE TIME IS HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Starting with our kickoff party tomorrow night, Friday, Sept 7th! Admission is $5 donation (no one turned away for lack of funds)

7:00 Doors Open
7:30 Opening Ritual

8:00 DANCING AND DRUMMING TILL THE COWS COME HOME! (at 11 pm ;)

COME ALL YE BELLY DANCERS, TRANCE DANCERS AND DRUMMERS! COME BE PART OF THE MAGICK THAT IS PAGAN PRIDE!

Beaverton Masonic Lodge
4690 SW Watson Ave
Beaverton, OR 97008

Public Transit is easy. MAX to the Beaverton Transit Center. Then bus 76 or 78 to the Masonic Lodge at 2nd and Watson.

Then SATURDAY the MAIN FESTIVITIES BEGIN!

Doors open at 10 am. Admission is $5 donation and/or a non-perishable food donation for Esther's Pantry.

3 tracks of workshops, Rituals all day long with Main ritual at 5 pm.

Martial Arts in Magickal Practice discussion/demonstration 11-12:30.

EISTEDDFOD (Bardic Competition) hosted by Order of the Sacred Oak 1 - 4 pm

Kids Crafts, Community Square, Artisan's Marketplace, and noshing all day!

2 Raffles with TONS of the most AWESOME stuff donated by our community!

And what else could be going on that day?

CRYSTAL HEART BOOKS is hosting a WELLNESS FAIR just around the corner, with tons of healers, readers, speakers, and specials as it is their 16th birthday.

AND

BEAVERTON FARMER'S MARKET is only 2 blocks away! (WHICH MEANS CARPOOLING AND PUBLIC TRANSIT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED)

For our complete schedule, and map links to the site, please visit our main website:

http://www.portlandpaganpride.org

Thank you all so much for being part of my community and we'll SEE YOU THERE!

Love and Blessings,
Mama Gaea

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is portland weird????????

2007-09-04T21:36:53Z

cute video I found on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7e7lxufde0

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The Morbidly Obese Ninjas of Literature

2007-09-03T22:00:56Z

Hey everyone!
Spend an evening with the Morbidly Obese Ninjas of Literature
Come celebrate the release of the "Falling From the Sky" anthology. Cutting edge fiction for cutting edge minds.

Grit-lit, urban, bizarro, humor, fringe, surrealist, outsider, and experimental.

With readings by:
Carlton Mellick III
Daniel Scott Buck
Jeremy Robert Johnson
Kristopher Young
Santi Elijah Holley
Scott Wayne Indiana
Mykle Hansen
Paul Ash

Thursday, September 6th 7:30 PM at the Aalto Lounge 3356 SE Belmont
Click here to see a flyer for the event: http://www.bizarrocentral.com/announcement_detail.asp?announceid=9

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N.W. Rainbow Gathering directions/HOWDY FOLKS!

2007-09-03T16:42:01Z

www.welcomehome.org/rainbow/index.html (this shows the Oregon 1997gathering, which is the exact location this year. ) The directions are taken directly from welcomehome.org.

Howdy Folks,

Welcome Home to the Oregon gathering in the Ochoco National Forest from September 11, 2007 until September 23, 2007. Seed camp begins September 6, 2007.
For more information, contact:
groups.yahoo.com/group/mountainspirit
or call 240-863-6250 or email mountainspirit@yahoogroups.com.

Where the Ochoco Gathering in Oregon will Be.
The 2007 Rainbow Gathering is in Ochoco National Forest at a place called Indian Prarie in central Oregon. (between Prineville and Mitchell)
From Prineville:
Take hwy 26 east towards Mitchell. Make a right turn onto hwy 23,(this road is not marked, but is the next two lane paved road after the reservoir, a few miles out of town, to the right) which later turns into hwy 22 and continues to Walton Lake. Soon after the lake, turn left onto FS 150, a dirt road. Go a little ways till 150 ends in a T. Go right onto FS 2630, and continue to the parking lot and Bus Village.
From Mitchell:
Take hwy 26 west towards Prineville. A little ways past the Bandit Springs rest area, go left onto FS 2630. This later becomes FS 2210, and 2630 becomes a less maintained road. Follow FS 2210 to hwy 22. Turn left onto hwy 22 and follow past Walton Lake. Soon after the lake, turn left onto FS 150, a dirt road. Go a little ways till 150 ends in a T. Go right onto FS 2630, and continue to the parking lot and Bus Village.
More map details
This is right near the Bridge Creek Wilderness area, and north of the Big Summit Prarie. I can see several springs on the map. Sortof behind the site is the Mt. Pisgah Lookout. It looks to be no more than 6000-6500 feet in altitude.
For general information about the Rainbow Family and regional events, please first look around an unofficial family website- go to Welcome Home at
www.welcomehome.org or email rob@welcomehome.org

www.welcomehome.org/rainbow/index.html

What is a Rainbow Gathering?
Carla's Gathering Basics
What follows is my take on it. No one put me in charge (thank goodness), so you may get other answers from other folks that add or subtract stuff - but basically I think most folks will be in agreement with what I see as being the basics for a gathering.
It is free and non-commercial. This means no entry fee and no money charged for any service at the event (food, medical, etc.). There are people at gatherings who hang out with the barter circle and essentially have a commercial trip going either with trade or cash, but this is their own personal trip and has nothing to do with the actual set-up of a gathering. I personally consider these folks in violation of the basic spirit of the gathering and wish they would go away, or at least put away their trade goods. But since we have no cops, no courts, and no jails, they continue to do as they please, over the objections of many but also with the support also of many. Anyway, with the exception of these folks who are taking advantage of the free space, you shouldn't find any commercialism at a gathering whatsoever.
Rainbow gatherings are non-aligned both spiritually and politically. There is no one right religious or spiritual belief; people of all faiths are welcome to come gather. Often, people from specific churches or temples come set up their own camp and feed lots of folks from their kitchens (the Krishnas and the Bread of Life Christian camp being the most notable). There are no hassles towards any church group proselytizing or trying to win converts - if people want to listen, that's their own business.
Rainbow also does not support any specific political cause, party, issue, or candidate. Many people come to gatherings to recruit for their own specific Peace Walk, Drums around the Pentagon, environmental action, or whatever; but again, that is their own trip. They certainly have the right of free speech to spread the word about whatever event they are sponsoring. But they do nothave the right to call it a Rainbow event or claim they have support of the Rainbow Family. If they do make such claims, they are ripping off the Family name. Folks involved in such actions have every right to also mention, if asked, that yes, they consider themselves to be Rainbows. No reason not to fly your colors, especially when you're doing something you consider a good cause and are proud of being involved in. You just can't say that your event (protesting logging the rainforest, for example) is a Rainbow protest as such.
We have no leaders. We operate by consensus process. No one is in charge, we have no board of directors. For many regional events, a small circle of people often initiates the event, and the circle grows and becomes many. All the labor of getting the gathering together in a safe and healthy manner is done by volunteers.
The only rule we have is that of peaceful respect. That actually encompasses a lot, when you stop and think about it. Sure, no one can tell anyone else what to do, but if someone builds an unsafe fire under a tree, they will hear about it (hopefully in a sweet way) from many people who are worried about the safety of the camp. We like to say that everyone is Shanti Sena (Peacekeeper). The idea is to communicate in such a way that folks doing something non-peaceful, non-respectful, unhealthy, or unsafe will see the error of their ways and choose to get with the program. When something really out of line occurs (a violent individual hitting someone with a club, for example) a Shanti Sena council (consisting in the ideal of all interested parties, as well as some experienced folks from the Shanti Sena Clan to give guidance and physical safety) forms to deal with the issue. If the victim of the violence wishes to press charges, the incident is dealt with accordinly, and the Shanti Sena folks cooperate in turning the perpetrator over to local law enforcement - a controversial move, to be sure, but in some cases unavoidable and sometimes even desirable. If no one wants to see the local authorities involved but a person is considered a danger to the safety of folks in camp, two options are commonly turned to: someone capable of handling the situation volunteers to accompany the offending person 24 hours a day around camp; or the person must leave the gathering and not come back that year.
As per a standing consensus by the Rainbow Family Tribal Council, we don't apply for or sign permits. With the new group use regulations instituted by the Forest Service this year, this has become a difficult position to hold.One regional gathering signed a permit and gathered under a different name than Rainbow. Weird, and lot of people were angry at the folks who signed the permit,but what are ya gonna do? Take away their hippie cards? Anyway, theoretically,if a gathering has a permit, it is by definition not a Rainbow Gathering.
Also, by long tradition, we do not gather anywhere but public land. Occassionallythere may be focussed councils (Thanksgiving Council, regional councils) that happen on private land, but gatherings themselves are always held on public land. Again, if it happens otherwise, it is by definition not a Rainbow Gathering, though the event may be very rainbow in nature otherwise.
We take responsibility for every aspect of the gathering, from set-up to clean-up. We don't ask for help bulldozing roads, getting donations from local charities or food banks. We are self-sufficient in every aspect of our gathering, and responsible for ourselves. Most important, when the gathering is over, many people stay behind to totally clean up the site. No janitors are paid to clean up after folks. Gatherers are expected to use the recycling center set up on site and to pack out what they packed in. The clean up crew takes out all trash to recycling centers and to landfills, then restores and rehabilitates the site. This may involve scarifying the earth to loosen up compacted areas, filling in ruts caused by vehicles, water-barring hilly areas, and reseeding the ground. All shitters and camps are disappeared and naturalized. This is a lot of work folks! If you've never stayed for cleanup, you've never really done a gathering. This is not a dead lot - this is real, this is a labor of love, and it's one of the only reasons, both karmically and politically, that the powers that be haven't put the ax to us long ago.
A Rainbow Gathering is not a rock concert or a platform for speakers. If cars are allowed in the gathering area proper, and if there is amplified music as a central theme, it most certainly is NOT a Rainbow Gathering (the drive-in gathering in Texas was an exception, as we were not allowed to close the road).
If it were up to me to define it, I would say this is the most important aspect of the Gathering: It is a free assembly of individuals who come together to practice peace. The focal point of the Annual Gathering July 1-7 is a coming together in a large circle, each person praying silently in their own way for peace. Most of the regional gatherings also set aside a day for the Silent Circle. A Rainbow Gathering is not a party, although partying certainly happens. It is not just a big hippie campout, although there are lots of counter-culture and new-age types camping in the woods. It is not just the world's largest love-in/be-in/ smoke-in, although a lot of that certainly goes on. For me, without the element of prayer we might as well not gather at all. For me, without the element of the Circle in which we participate, we mights as well have a hippie convention at the Hilton. For me, without the practice of Peaceful Respect and continuing attempts to create harmonyamong each other and all beings of the Earth, me might as well give up any pretense that the human race is evolving.
So, does that make things more clear? You'll probably get as many different answers as you will people answering. Good luck sorting it all out. The annual Rainbow Gathering of the Tribes will take place in the Northwest next July - Oregon or Washington. Stay tuned for directions, which will probably come out about amonth before the gathering!
Love and Light,
Carla

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This is Not an offical document of any kind by the Rainbow Family. This invitation is my own creation, and as such only represents my own ideas. In no way does this mean I or anyone else represents the Rainbow Family, regardless of what the Family wingnuts say.

RAP 107
www.chebucto.ns.ca/Current/.../107.html
Gathering Consciousness
Please protect this Beautiful Land. Walk softly. Harm no living thing. Harmonize - Blend
in. Use only down, dead wood. Cut no living trees. Preserve the Meadows....camp in the Woods. We are caretakers of this land. Everyone sharing makes a strong Human Tribe!
Please Protect the Water Sources by staying out of DELICATE spring areas. Avoid camping, peeing, washing above spring areas. Keep ALL soap out of streams, springs or the creek!
Use a bucket to take your bath 60 feet away from the water source. To be certain of drinking water: boil it! Use the slit trenches or covered latrines - cover your paper & waste with ashes or lime, wash hands. Break the fly/illness connection: shit-fly-food-you! Dig no shitters near water areas or kitchens. Protect our Health! Use your own cup, bowl & spoon! Wash them after eating and rinse in bleach-water. Visit C.A.L.M./M.A.S.H. if you feel ill - especially if you have a contagious disease - or are injured. Camp Together - Establish neighborhoods. Community Fires only! ~ Each with 5 gallon water bucket and shovel for Fire Protection. If you are the last to leave a fire PUT IT OUT! Watch your gear: Be Responsible ~ "Tempt Not Lest Ye Be Lifted From." Pets are discouraged but if you must bring them keep them fed, on a leash and out of the kitchens, springs & fights. Clean up their poop. Love them. PACK IT IN - PACK IT OUT !!! Cleanup begins when you arrive. Bring in only what is necessary. There is no janitor here...you are the cleanup crew. Separate Garbage for recycling. Don't litter - Find collection point. Compost in pits only. You are the Gathering! Participate in Shanti Sena, the peace keepers council, and all activities, councils, work crews, workshops. Volunteer wherever needed: kitchens, welcome home, firewatch, parking lot, shitter digging, supply, front gate, etc. R-E-S-P-E-C-T your Sisters & Brothers energies. Keep the Balance: Earth, Sky, Trees, Water & People! Alcohol is Discouraged, Guns are Inappropriate, Violence is contrary to the Spirit. Please take no photographs or videos of people without permission. Discourage Drug Abuse. Buying and selling endangers our legal right to be here. The Magic Hat is our Bank, donate early to fund our Needs. The Magic Hat goes around at mealtime circles and with the Magic Hat Band. Our power together is many times our power separated. Enjoy the Rainbow with an open heart and you Will see the Vision. Join us for July 4th Silent Contemplation & Prayer for Peace, respect those maintaining silence from dawn. Hold the silence until the arrival of the Children's Parade.

WE LOVE YOU!!!!

Note: If you packed it in then pack it out.

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VOLUNTEER AT THE 2007 STUMPTOWN COMICS FEST! SEPTEMBER 29 & 30

2007-09-01T15:22:47Z

The Stumptown Comics Fest needs volunteers to help us run the fest! Volunteers will take tickets, help guests and attendees find their tables and events, watch entrances, help with AV equipment (if you have AV skills), and basically hang around being helpful.

It's easy and fun, and it comes with free stuff:

* Free admission to the entire Comics Fest
* A free "staff" t-shirt, plus other to-be-determined swag.
* An invitation to a private pre-Fest party the night before the Fest.
* Access to a "green room" where you can store your stuff during the Fest.

If you're interested in volunteering, please visit www.stumptowncomics.com and click on "volunteer" in the top menu, or email barry@stumptowncomics.com.

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Beware the new meme:

2007-08-24T06:58:01Z

Portland: a self-weirding system

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Crazy Tea and Crumpets!

2007-08-17T20:03:47Z

Okay..executive decision here:

Where: Mt Tabor Park--by the statue dude!
When: 7pm-Just post sunsetish Friday August 17th
What: Tea! or rather..at least a shit ton of sun-tea..or as much as I can haul up there...Wear your crazy costumes! Test drive some fun burner things if you're going! Bring crumpets! ...or..you know, cookies, vegan treats, tea, whatever..
*bring a blanket or something to sit on
*bring something to drink/eat if you wanna
*bring your poi/juggling things/fun stuff
*play!

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Pirates add weirdness to First Thursday Art walk 8/2

2007-08-02T00:48:05Z

Pirate Artist Thomas Webb will be showing his new pirate paintings at Urban Grind Coffee House in the Pearl through August 30th.
Opening night with the artist is First Thursday August 2nd.
WEAR PIRATE GARB! The scuttlebutt is that a "to be determined" bar raid follows

Here be the particulars:

New works by Thomas Webb
Exhibition: August 2 to August 30
Artist reception: August 2 at 6:00
During first Thursday artist will be attending.

Urban Grind in the Pearl
911 NW 14th Ave.
Portland, OR
(503) 546-5919

got pirattitude? wanna go raiding?
www.pdxpirate.org

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Formal Dress Pool Party, July 20

2007-07-30T05:20:27Z

I threw this idea out into the i-ether last week, and now I see it in the calendar on the Portland Cacophony Society website. Okay then. I'm going to make some slight changes (we want to do it before the sun sets; otherwise, we're going to get cold), flesh it out, and invite everyone.

FORMAL DRESS POOL PARTY
Friday, July 20, 7 p.m. (not 8:30 as previously announced)
Ira Keller Fountain (SW 3rd and Clay)

Put on formal wear that's way too hot for this weather, and then cool down in Keller Fountain ( http://farm1.static.flickr.com/54/178394348_c4b4b57958_b.jpg ), the series of concrete pools and waterfalls downtown where swimming is allowed.

Dress Code: Formal wear (but probably not your best clothes, and not dry-clean only -- the fountain is chlorinated, so you'll want to be able to wash that jacket and slacks before you wear them again!), possibly combined with pool/swimming gear -- inflatable floaties, kick boards, swimming caps, swim goggles, masks and snorkels, flippers, whatevs.

About the Fountain: The water is about swimming-pool temperature right now. The pools are deep enough to wade or sit in, and you can stand under the waterfalls. Nobody will kick you out of it, because swimming/wading isn't just allowed, there are people there every day doing it. But like the signs say, be careful on slippery surfaces and along the edges of the waterfall.

AFTER PARTY TO FOLLOW? Soggy after party?

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July Pillow fight...

2007-07-24T19:42:02Z

Are we going to do a monthly pillow fight this summer or just a couple? suggestions...?

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Suggestions?

2007-07-23T16:42:07Z

August Pillow fight--I was thinking Friday the 10th or Thursday the 9th. What do you think?

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Pdx Werido's dancing?

2007-07-10T22:00:17Z

Anyone here like to dance?
Anyone like to dance in a space not filled with smoke, and drugs and booze?
Well, get your keesters over to the Crystal Temple this Friday night! Starting at 8pm, we have a line-up of 3 DJ's that are coming to play the finest mix of dancing music.
e-mail me for more info, but seriously folks - you gotta check it out!

Crystal Temple is located at
7525 N Richmond Ave.
Portland Oregon 97203

Right off of the 75, and 4 Bus lines (for our friends without cars).
:-)

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Mondo Croquet, July 29

2007-07-09T05:46:44Z

bring a bowling ball, bring a sledgehammer. if you can,
dress appropriately, (or appropriately inappropriate)
and bring something cold to drink.

Park Blocks, by Powell's Technical Books.

more info here:
http://www.mondocroquet.com/

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When

2007-07-09T01:02:43Z

When did this tribe become mostly a spam filled postings tribe? why the hell aren't we out there making interesting things happen? wtf?
So::
I propose a dress up party in the park.
not sure what theme or where yet..probably mt tabor?
or downtown?
or the rose garden?
come on people...don't let the mass-posted listings outweigh the cool stuff!

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Drag Queen Chorus line...

2007-07-05T16:54:21Z

I friend sent this to me.....its a fund raiser combined with them trying to break the world record for # of Drag Queens in a Chorus Line....

www.dragqueenchorusline.com

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tour the wierd?

2007-06-20T18:08:41Z

Hello all...

I was looking for some cheap or free wierd places or regular happenings in and around the portland area. I know there's a pillow fight happenin on the 22nd, and all about Voodoo doughnuts and the "Lord of the Rings: a torrroidial epic" screening on the 13th, but what else? What kinds of things would you introduce an out of town wierd friend to, to show them how great and strange this city is? Pubs and bars are ok, but there are other threads for that... I know about Rimskeys and pied cow, but what else? Keep in mind... Cheap and hopefully recurring so that time is not an issue.

thanks. ;-)

~bird.

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BROWNCOATS! Serenity Movie Benefit @ Hollywood 6/22 & 23

2007-06-19T15:14:43Z

There are *only four days left* before the Portland of Oregon, founding city
of Can't Stop the Serenity, brings you the first of two charity screenings
of *Serenity* to benefit Equality Now and the Women's Film Initiative.

So buy your tickets <http://serenitynow.pdxbrowncoats.com/#tickets> for June
22 or 23rd the Hollywood theatre today. On the day of show, prices rise. And
remember, last year's screening sold out and we had to turn people away. So
you want to make sure you don't miss out.

Come dressed as a Browncoat!

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Backspace Needs You!

2007-06-17T04:33:42Z

...now all I need is a poster of a robot looking like uncle sam!
no..but seriously. The construction has hit us hard. Even if it just means stopping in when you're in the area to play pinball or buy comics backspace could really use the extra few dollars your coffee/hot coco/computer time means!
I hate being a "solicitor"
but if you like backspace and want it to keep being the weird, quirky, fun place it is show your support by..er...supporting us. *grins*
anyhow, thanks for listening..if you' ve never been here, come down and play, if you don' like it, don't give us your monies, but if you do..we'd love your pennies in our pocketses...

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Flash mob idea for next year's Fleet Week

2007-06-15T19:45:25Z

During Fleet Week next year, when downtown bars are flooded by seamen looking to score, we should join with them in solidarity by dressing like the rest of the Village People and going on a Santacon-style pub crawl.

We could dress up like construction workers, cowboys, bikers, and in sterotypical Native American costumes. And anytime the group is around sailors, we could sing "In The Navy;" and if we were around both sailors *and* police, we could sing "YMCA."

WHO'S WITH ME??

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pillowfight soon?

2007-06-14T07:15:23Z

so i was just wondering. what do you guys think about setting up a pillow fight in the next couple of weeks or so?
i'm moving away from portland in july, and a pdx pillow fight would be my last hurrah. suggestions?

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Plunderathon 6/16

2007-06-13T19:28:30Z

PLUNDERATHON FACTS:
* Sat June 16th
* Dress like a pirate
* 3pm Muster @ Skidmore Fountain
* Board the ship, man the sweeps, work the pumps!
* Drink Rum
* Sing Yar Weasley Black Guts Out!---
Come prepared: download Stormfeather's Shanty Book and listen to two .mp3's
to learn a couple tunes (including one featuring the late "help Me Bob" Kotta)
http://www.plunderathon.org/music.html
* Help with the Keelhaulin'
* Return to port plundered

-Stormfeather
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who is now perched at the railing spying sumethin' shiny!

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This weekend

2007-05-31T21:09:06Z

I have an event on my yahoo calander for this weekend, something that runs through the weekend, but the link isn't coming up. What's going on?

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Pagan Movie Night

2007-05-30T18:12:52Z

VII Firs Grove is hosting a Pagan Movie Night this Friday at dusk to benefit OWOW and Pagan Land. They will be showing THE FIFTH ELEMENT on the big screen! (or at least, the back of the garage).

COMFY back yard. Bring a picnic dinner! Lounge with your friends! Bask in the wonder of THE FIFTH ELEMENT!

10800 SE Holgate Blvd. Portland, OR 97266

$5 donations accepted, though no one turned away for lack of funds.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

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"Once More With Feeling" BtVS Sing-along

2007-05-21T23:59:25Z

Once More With Feeling!
The Buffy Musical

Come and sing along with the musical episode from Buffy The Vampire Slayer's sixth season!

Showing: June 22-23, Midnight Shows
Showtimes: 11:59PM

CINEMA 21

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POTC 3- AWE - UPDATE 5/24, 8pm shows

2007-05-21T16:40:35Z

POTC 3- AWE - UPDATE 5/24, 8pm shows: see www.pdxpirate.org calendar for costume events
Date: Thursday May 24, 2007
Time: 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Type: Movie
Location: Movie theatres everywhere
Good news fer workin' stiffs.

UPDATE: "Previews" of Pirates of The Caribbean-At World's End have been moved up 4 hours earlier to THURSDAY, May, 24th, 8pm showtime.

Check your local theatre or the web for tickets and times.

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PLANNING AN EVENT: Are you going to meet up with some friendly pirates and go movie watching in garb somewhere in *Portlandia for this historic event and want to invite other Brethren of the Coast?
----------------------
Then add your event to the www.pdxpirate.org website calendar....
Be sure to include the theatre address and the show time you will be attending.
Aye, this be a "POST-IT-YARSELF" kinda thing, bucko! We'll not be doing it fer ye!

-OR-

LOOKING FOR A MOVIE EVENT WITH PIRATES:
Want to find a theatre in *Portlandia with other garbed pirates in attendance?
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Just go to the web site www.pdxpirate.org and then navigate to "calendar" to see what's planned and see who ye can join up with.

NOTE: To avoid mailbox clutter, no e-mail reminders will be sent for these movie events.

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*Portlandia = territory within one day's sail from Portland, Oregon

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The First Quarterly Moon Castle Ballyhoo!

2007-05-17T20:00:54Z

my friend kelly peach is planning this four-day wandering festival of weird fun may 31-june 3.

may 31st - family fun day
ne 20th & alberta
* noon - BYOBBQ
* 1pm - Watermelon seed spitting accuracy contest
* 3pm - d.i.y. ice cream race
* 7pm - animal costume parade
* 8pm - movie: 500 Fingers of Dr. T (@ overlook park, n interstate & fremont)
* all day - women’s juggling booth
* all day - blindfolded face painting
* all day - hellfire weenie roast

june 1st - craft/art day
col.summers park - se 20th & belmont
* noon - sidewalk chalk and genitalia pretzels
* 1pm - random letter writing and other mail adventures
* 2pm - tutorial on tearing a phone book in half
* 3pm - wacky haircuts, head shaving, and dye jobs
* 5pm - fort building
* 6:30pm - dance party parade
* 8pm - potluck & movies: The Way Things Go & A Documentary by Cristo (@ watershed, 5040 se milwaukie)
* 9:45pm - fireworks (@ waterfront park)

june 2nd - bicycle day
either alberta park (ne 20th & killingsworth) or penninsula park (n albina & ainsworth)
* 11am - donut hole breakfast
* noon - bike decorating: paint & spokecards
* 1pm - bike games:
• 3 bikes, 2 people, one moving entity. get around the block as quick as possible.
• tall bike jousting
• team riding showcase: bring your most creative way to ride with 2 people on one bike.
• ROLO
* 6pm - bike parade! show off those freshly pimped out bicycles.
* movies TBD

june 3rd - dadaist competition day
several locations
* 10am - conquer mt. tabor as our own!
* 11am brunch/potluck @ hawthorne hostel (se 31st & hawthorne)
* noon - competitions @ Laurelhurst park (se 39th & stark)
• whipped cream speed whipping race
• crepe batter speed whipping race
• lightbulb battle
• car pull
• + more!
* 2pm - lunch, crepes with whipped cream
* 3:30pm - muddy wheelbarrow races
* 4:30pm - hubby bunny and the saltine smash
* 5:30pm - broom acrobatic races
* 6:30pm - marching band parade
* 7:30pm - movie: Sour Death Balls, Squid Vid + more TBD

It's gonna be amazing! http://ballyhoo-pdx.blogspot.com/

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St John's Parade Saturday May 12 noonish

2007-05-17T04:45:39Z

St John's Parade Saturday May 12 ,
noonish

Watch out fer the shanty singing Pirates, mate!, and I hear they are trying to round up some art cars.
Should be some good old fashioned weird Portland Neighborhood fun.....
-Stormfeather

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Faerie Tale Minstrel at Lucky Lab West Monday 5/21

2007-05-17T01:52:54Z

Title: Alexander James Adams- Westside Lucky Lab

Date: Monday May 21, 2007
Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Next reminder: The next reminder for this event will be sent in 9 days, 4 minutes.
Location: Lucky Lab Public House-WESTSIDE Multnomah Village
Street: 7675 SW Capitol Hwy
City State Zip: Portland, Or
Notes: The Faerie Tale Minstrel and Heir to the Heatherlands: Alec performs at 7 pm.
Yes, this is the performer formerly known as Heather Alexander.
Pirate GARB), welcome him and do what we do best! So strongly suggest to yar crewmates that they crawl out from below decks and be there!
Word has it that the barkeep will open the upstairs tap! HUZZAH!
celtic fiddlin' and story tellin'. all ages, no cover, please tip

http://www.luckylab.com/html/directions.html

sign up to hear about garbed pirate events... www.pdxpirate.org

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I'm Bill Party

2007-05-15T21:22:45Z

So..who wants to have a bill pardy party on the last week of Buffy? That is three weeks from this last Tuesday. I say we get together around sixish..do a pub crawl ending at the mission en masse at 9.30/45.
Rules: Much like Santacon. Dress up, put on your flannels, wear a "hello my name is" tag with your Bill Pardy variant, or just with Bill Pardy on it.. come play, get drunk and go watch the series finale of Buffy on the big screen! (here's hoping I don't actually work that night after suggesting this)

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This week's weird bands

2007-05-09T07:47:04Z

How about a perpetual motion thread, where each week people plug the strange bands that are playing, and give a little information about what makes them weird?

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Guerilla Masquarade Party -- Under the Sea

2007-05-09T07:46:09Z

Where are we going to go? Was I persuaded by the nautical theme? Yes. Was I persuaded by the personable bartender? yes. Was I persuaded by the fact that they have a happy hour that starts at midnight? yes.

The location: Maiden in the Mist
639 SE Morrison
10pm.

Are you ready for the next, big event?
We're very excited to announce the next GMPpdx date and theme! Mark your calendars, because we are about to take over yet another unsuspecting location dressed in costume.

Under the Sea: Saturday, May 12th

As we head 20,000 leagues under the sea, we hope to see mermaids, mermen, even Ursula. Perhaps gilligan and the crew will join us, or Sponge Bob Sqare Pants... or his evil twin Sponge Bob No Pants. Let's make Jacques-Yves Cousteau proud!

Join the email list at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GMPPortland/, or
check us out on myspace.com/gmppdx.

Yours in costume,
GMPpdx

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Ahoy! Mark ye calendars! Plunderathon be coming June 16!

2007-05-03T20:37:56Z

Yarrrr, there be piratin' afoot in Portland!

After 164 years of constant raids, ye would think Portland would be ready
fer the likes of these scallywags and buccaneers, but it seems we will
once again take the city bu surprise!

June 16th, 3pm, Skidmore Fountain will be the gatherin' point for hordes
o' Pirates. Last year we had 120 Pirates, a pinata, a cannonball fight and
way too much to drink. This year, all bets are off. Ifn' ye never heard o'
Plunderathon before, it's an awful lot like Santacon, only with Pirates.

Fer more info:

[ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plunderathon
]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plunderathon
[ http://www.plunderathon.org ]http://www.plunderathon.org
[ http://www.myspace.com/plunderathon ]http://www.myspace.com/plunderathon

Sincerely, and with much rum,

-Dave The Horrible
Chief Historian and Owner of a Strange Cat
the Infernal Order of Pirates, Buccaneers, Scallywags, Privateers and
Grocery Store Clerks, est. 1843

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