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That makes perfect sense, especially with the Bend/Eugene/Gorge aspect; there are plenty of artists who actually haven't been in town for a while because they hit up Bend/Hayden Homes and cruise straight up to Seattle.

I don't have skin in this game but I was talking to a coworker Friday who said they were seeing Phish at the Moda Center here in PDX on 4/20, and that it was their first show here in 25+ years? How the heck did that happen? They administer Phish stickers with your DEQ emissions test here.

Book 10: Swann’s Way (In Search of Lost Time, Vol. 1), by Marcel Proust I didn’t think I’d ever try to read Proust. But I dropped into The Strand on a work trip in New York last month, and this “new” (20 years ago) translation jumped out at me. It seemed like the right moment. This was a...

I'm late to the game on Common Side Effects but it's great. Excellent animation, weird mix of funny and paranoid tones.

I'm not sure I understand the question

I will believe a new Star Wars movie when I'm seated in the theater

Book 6: Babel-17, by Samuel Delaney Delaney’s loomed in my list of to-reads, particularly his dense opus Dhalgren. This is an early novel from him, a Nebula winner considered his first major work. The ideas certainly fall into the category of mid-century progressive sci-fi, where a lot of...

A very uneven movie, but "Won't somebody save Curlie?" lives in my head.

(more. Pulp)

I'm in a bad place (middle age) for this Craig Finn album.

End of October, so I think right after the next sale. 🤞

Dang, these coupon codes may have added expiry dates, but the one they just sent for the Channels' bday is $25!

I thought it was good! Kind of a bummer, kind of cathartic. I know this was a slower season, but it worked for me.