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Match Day 08/11/2010: Portland Timbers vs NSC Minnesota Stars

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TimbersAfter a month on the road, the Portland Timbers return to PGE Park this Wednesday, July 11 to face the NSC Minnesota Stars. The match kicks off at 7pm.

In the teams’ last meeting the Timbers won 2-0 in Minnesota, but that was two days after Minnesota beat Portland 1-0 at PGE Park. All of this took place in June. The Timbers’ recent form has not impressed, drawing once and losing three times on this most recent road trip. Minnesota, on the other hand, has earned points in their last five matches (1 win 4 draws). That stretch included a 1-1 draw at Vancouver, which isn’t too shabby.

Wednesday’s match is the annual Bark in the Park, which means that yes, you can bring your dog! Fewer than 2000 tickets remain available to this game, so buy your tickets now – the crowd will be a good one!

Match previews:

Game 21: Portland Timbers v. NSC Minnesota Stars by mao at the Portland Timbers USL Blog at The Offside

Game day: Minnesota at Portland by Geoffrey C. Arnold at The Oregonian

July 12: 7th Planet Picture Show presents Laboratory

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Martin KovePortland’s answer to MST3K, the 7th Planet Picture Show, takes place at 7pm this Thursday, August 12 2010 at Mount Tabor Theater (4811 SE Hawthorne).

The movie is one I’ve never heard of: Laboratory.  It stars Martin Kove, who’s one of those actors I recognize, but couldn’t really tell you where I’ve seen him . . .

The Laboratory is the principal setting for this derivative sci-fier. A few cultures, left alone in petri dishes, begin spontaneously generating tiny and malevolent creatures. It all turns out to be the handiwork of predatory extraterrestrials. Once the lab mutations have reached maturity, they set about to take over the world. Camille Mitchell, Corine Michaells and Martin Kove (the bad dude from The Karate Kid movies) costar in The Laboratory.

Oh yeah, the evil coach from Karate Kid! (For the life of me I can’t find a photo from Laboratory, so I’ve illustrated this post with a shot of Martin Kove in The Karate Kid)

Show is free, but there’s an entirely optional suggested donation of $5. 21 and over only, there’s a bar!

2010-2011 Portland Trailblazers Schedule

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Portland Trailblazers

OCTOBER
Tuesday Oct. 26 Phoenix 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday Oct. 27 at L.A. Clippers 7:30 p.m.
Saturday Oct. 30 at New York 4:30 p.m.
NOVEMBER
Monday Nov. 1 at Chicago 5:00 p.m.
Tuesday Nov. 2 at Milwaukee 5:00 p.m.
Thursday Nov. 4 Oklahoma City 7:30 p.m.
Saturday Nov. 6 Toronto 7:00 p.m.
Sunday Nov. 7 at L.A. Lakers 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday Nov. 9 Detroit 7:00 p.m.
Friday Nov. 12 at Oklahoma City 6:30 p.m.
Saturday Nov. 13 at New Orleans 5:00 p.m.
Tuesday Nov. 16 at Memphis 5:00 p.m.
Thursday Nov. 18 Denver 7:30 p.m.
Saturday Nov. 20 Utah 7:00 p.m.
Friday Nov. 26 New Orleans 7:00 p.m.
Sunday Nov. 28 at New Jersey 4:00 p.m.
Tuesday Nov. 30 at Philadelphia 4:00 p.m.
DECEMBER
Wednesday Dec. 1 at Boston 4:30 p.m.
Friday Dec. 3 at Washington 4:00 p.m.
Sunday Dec. 5 L.A. Clippers 6:00 p.m.
Tuesday Dec. 7 Phoenix 7:00 p.m.
Thursday Dec. 9 Orlando 7:30 p.m.
Friday Dec. 10 at Phoenix 6:00 p.m.
Sunday Dec. 12 at San Antonio 4:00 p.m.
Monday Dec. 13 at Memphis 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday Dec. 15 at Dallas 6:30 p.m.
Friday Dec. 17 Minnesota 7:00 p.m.
Saturday Dec. 18 Golden State 7:00 p.m.
Monday Dec. 20 Milwaukee 7:00 p.m.
Saturday Dec. 25 at Golden State 7:30 p.m.
Monday Dec. 27 at Utah 6:00 p.m.
Tuesday Dec. 28 at Denver 6:00 p.m.
Thursday Dec. 30 Utah 7:00 p.m.
JANUARY
Sunday Jan. 2 Houston 6:00 p.m.
Tuesday Jan. 4 at Dallas 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday Jan. 5 at Houston 5:30 p.m.
Friday Jan. 7 at Minnesota 5:00 p.m.
Sunday Jan. 9 Miami 6:00 p.m.
Tuesday Jan. 11 New York 7:00 p.m.
Friday Jan. 14 at Phoenix 7:30 p.m.
Saturday Jan. 15 New Jersey 7:00 p.m.
Monday Jan. 17 Minnesota 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday Jan. 19 at Sacramento 7:00 p.m.
Thursday Jan. 20 L.A. Clippers 7:30 p.m.
Saturday Jan. 22 Indiana 7:00 p.m.
Monday Jan. 24 Sacramento 7:00 p.m.
Thursday Jan. 27 Boston 7:30 p.m.
FEBRUARY
Tuesday Feb. 1 San Antonio 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday Feb. 2 at Denver 6:00 p.m.
Friday Feb. 4 at Indiana 4:00 p.m.
Saturday Feb. 5 at Cleveland 4:30 p.m.
Monday Feb. 7 Chicago 7:00 p.m.
Friday Feb. 11 at Toronto 4:00 p.m.
Sunday Feb. 13 at Detroit 3:00 p.m.
Monday Feb. 14 at Minnesota 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday Feb. 16 New Orleans 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday Feb. 23 L.A. Lakers 7:30 p.m.
Friday Feb. 25 Denver 7:30 p.m.
Sunday Feb. 27 Atlanta 7:30 p.m.
MARCH
Tuesday March 1 Houston 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday March 2 at Sacramento 7:00 p.m.
Saturday March 5 Charlotte 7:00 p.m.
Monday March 7 at Orlando 4:00 p.m.
Tuesday March 8 at Miami 4:30 p.m.
Friday March 11 at Charlotte 4:00 p.m.
Saturday March 12 at Atlanta 4:00 p.m.
Tuesday March 15 Dallas 7:00 p.m.
Thursday March 17 Cleveland 7:00 p.m.
Saturday March 19 Philadelphia 7:00 p.m.
Sunday March 20 at L.A. Lakers 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday March 22 Washington 7:00 p.m.
Friday March 25 San Antonio 7:00 p.m.
Sunday March 27 at Oklahoma City 5:00 p.m.
Monday March 28 at San Antonio 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday March 30 at New Orleans 5:00 p.m.
APRIL
Friday April 1 Oklahoma City 7:00 p.m.
Sunday April 3 Dallas 6:00 p.m.
Tuesday April 5 Golden State 7:00 p.m.
Thursday April 7 at Utah 7:30 p.m.
Friday April 8 L.A. Lakers 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday April 12 Memphis 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday April 13 at Golden State 7:30 p.m.
*All times Pacific

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Portland Sucks Returns!

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Portland SucksMonday, August 9th marked the return of Portland Sucks, your daily dose of rants and immature and quasi-clueless observations from Robert Wagner.

The final broadcast of the original Portland Sucks was on Friday, May 7th, 2010.

Live from the crystal meth strip club capital of the Pacific Northwest, the subject of the first new episode‘s ranting is The Bite of Oregon, one of the more disappointing annual Portland festivals. Robert also regales us with the story of witnessing his first citizen’s arrest, and a heaping helping of self-congrats for making the return back from the dead, or something.

The new PDX Sucks is live every weekday at 9:30am on PDX.fm.

Details Magazine on the “Oregon-ization of America”

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Details MagazineArtisanal America is the title of an article in the August 2010 issue of Details magazine which examines how the artisanal movement became our national consumer religion.

Exalting the handmade, the painstakingly crafted, the authentic, is not just for hipsters in Portland and Brooklyn anymore— small-batch has mass appeal.

Cataloging how the American public is all hopped up on the spirit of the handcrafted, the painstakingly procured, the small-batch, writer Adam Sachs delves into the recent resurgence of interest in the artisanal. Portland, it should come as no surprise, garners several mentions.

Stumptown is described as excellent coffee purveyors out of that capital of easygoing hipness, Portland, Oregon, before Sachs starts waxing effusively about some mysterious Maine-made “Quoddy” shoes, and reporting on J. Crew’s new marketing campaign.

But, it’s not just about fashion, he writes, if the whole country feels like Portland these days, it’s because there has been an Oregon-ization of America.

It’s also about cured meets, pickled beets, and more Amish-like affectations.

In the accompanying photo gallery, Portland’s own Vanilla Bicycles and New Deal Distillery are featured.

Read the rest: Artisanal America

Hat tip @BrianLibby on Twitter