Songs about Sara(h)s
I spend so much time whining about NPR that I forget to espouse my love for Portland’s “other” alterna-radio station, KBOO. The production values are super-low (it’s volunteer-run) and they often run...
View ArticleClassic Adventures
Bored? Explore the Adventures Archives this week for fun and profit! Adventures in PeeFrom 2006, when I could still drink things called “Foo Foos” with a straight face. Easily DistractedEven back in...
View ArticleMissing gay pride: No fairsies!
So I flew out of Portland on the day of the Portland gay pride parade/festivities, and I will be flying out of New York on the eve of the same in the bigger of the two cities. How is this fair? I...
View ArticleSeven Sad Songs
It’s not all rainbows, sunshine and unicorns here, people! I was in the throes of making mix CDs and noticed how many of my favorite tunes are about forbidden love/heartbreak – which isn’t difficult...
View ArticleSongs to sing along to
Friday music time! Since I’m too lazy/busy/insert-explanatory-adjective here to write anything heartfelt or insightful today, instead I give you some cheesy songs to listen to. And when I say cheesy, I...
View ArticleSoundtrack for junior high
There comes a time in everyone’s lives where we have to stop listening to Dad’s record player and Mom’s piano and develop our Very Own Taste in Modern Music. For me, this happened in middle school....
View ArticlePop hits of the whenever
Here are some random songs with which I’ve been enamored at one point or another in life. Most of them started out as a sort of ironic love, and then at some point the irony left and the love remained....
View ArticleHappy Friday! and weekend open thread, evil genius edition
Happy weekend everyone! This week’s open thread topics are: One MILLION dollars! Brilliant ideas Evil plans Awesome shit I have been having all kinds of GENIUS IDEAS lately, probably because of the...
View ArticleI want to wear pants!
Delightful thing my roommate brought to my attention. It’s a re-swizzling of Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance,” but it’s about suffrage and it’s way better than the original: Just remember, ladies: Suffrage is...
View ArticleAssorted songs I like, and weekend open thread
Amy Ray came to Portland on Tuesday. Her band was the mutha-effin BUTCHIES, (yay!), and this rad chick named Lindsay Fuller opened. Amy Ray played this, among other awesome songs in her typically...
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