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October 22: The Cort and Fatboy/Funemployment Radio Giant Size Crossover #2

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The Cort and Fatboy/Funemployment Radio Giant Size Crossover #2Cort and Fatboy celebrate 364 days without a corporate firing with Funemployment Radio‘s Greg Nibler and Sarah X. Dylan on Friday, October 22nd at 10am on Cascadia.FM, it’s the The Cort and Fatboy/Funemployment Radio Giant Size Crossover #2 show!

Friday’s special 2 part show (part 1 airs 10am-11, part 2 will be available for download on FunemploymentRadio.com later in the day) . . .

. . . will likely include behind-the-curtains tales of life in the belly of the monolithic beast that is corporate radio, along with equal parts of the typical brand of pop-culture comedy from Cort and Fatboy, and the mildly-inebriated charm and wit of Greg and Sarah.

Both Portland-based shows have steadily increased their audience over the past year, and consistently rank among the top 100 comedy podcasts on iTunes.

Video Interlude: Willamette River Time-lapse

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Willamette River Time-lapse from Jeff Greene on Vimeo.

Jeff Greene‘s description on Vimeo:

On a recent trip to Portland, Oregon I was fortunate to be upgraded to a hotel room with a river view and a balcony on the 11th floor.

From this single vantage point I was able to capture over 7000 images using a variety of lenses and different compositions. The video shows about a twelve-hour span of life on the Willamette River around the Hawthorne Bridge near Waterfront Park.

Music: “Threadbare”
Composed by Peter Prince
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October 23: KillerBeerFest 2010

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Brewpublic KillerBeerFestThe climax of Brewpublic‘s 2nd Annual KillerBeerWeek is the KillerBeerFest at Bailey’s Taproom (213 SW Broadway), on Saturday, October 23 2010. Taps start pouring at 4pm!

On this special night, Brewpublic has curated a line-up of never tasted before beers from the Pacific Northwest. barrel-aged brews, Belgian-style specialties, fruit and spice beers, and other mind melting one-of-a-kind and one-off brews. Most of these beers will not be available again. Bailey’s provides a great environment for tasting these beers.

I’m sure you’re curious about the amazing beer list? Well here you go:

  • Astoria Brewing – Blueberry Lambic
  • Barley Brown – Trappist Strong Ale
  • Beer Valley – Jackalope (a pumpkin imperial porter!)
  • Block 15 – Jack Straw (amber ale with pumpkin, spices, and molasses!)
  • Breakside Brewery – Ghost Chile IPA
  • Cascade – TBA
  • Coalition – Liquid Sterling (single and fresh Sterling hop ale)
  • Double Mountain – Killer Green Fresh Hop IPA
  • Fort George – Kentucky Coffee Girl (coffee stout aged in bourbon casks!)
  • FiftyFifty – Totality Imperial Stout
  • Gilgamesh – Fresh Hopped Oktoberfest
  • Laurelwood – Bay Laurel Ale (fresh Bay Laurel leaves!)
  • Lucky Labrador – Force of Nature (Pinot barrel aged imperial pale!)
  • Mt. Tabor – Sibeerian Bull Imperial Stout
  • New Old Lompoc – Bourbon Barrel-aged Monster Mash (Bourbon barrel aged imperial porter!)
  • Ninkasi – Oak-aged Total Domination
  • Oakshire – Collaborative Belly of the Evil Beast Imperial CDA (blend of a imperial porter and imperial red!)
  • Pelican – Full House Imperial Brown
  • Prodigal Son – Bruce/Lee Porter
  • Upright – Cask Four with Rose Petals
  • Vertigo – Midnight Harvest VSB (ESB with hops from the brewer’s backyard!)
  • Walking Man – Hop-Along Fresh Hop IPA

For more detailed beer descriptions visit Brewpublic, and for hyperbole visit the Bailey’s Taproom blog!

Portland Timbers Sign First MLS Players

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TimbersThe Portland Timbers provided a surprise today at the press conference introducing the first four signings to the 2011 MLS Timbers roster: English forward Eddie Johnson. Johnson played this past season for the Austin Aztex, where he scored 14 goals in the regular season, finishing one spot behind Portland’s Ryan Pore in the race for the Golden Boot.

Ryan Pore, Bright Dike, and Steve Cronin round out the first four signings. Timbers technical director Gavin Wilkinson announced too that we can expect the likely future signing of two other players from this year’s team, a central defender and a midfielder. In all likelihood he was referring to Mamadou “Futty” Danso and Kalif Alhassan, respectively.

For more on the signings, visit the Portland Timbers blog at The Offside, OregonLive, and Dropping Timber.

The photographs below were taken by yours truly at the press conference today.

John Spencer and Bright Dike
Manager John Spencer and the first announced 2011 MLS Timbers signee, Bright Dike
Ryan Pore
Ryan Pore poised to answer a question from Timbers broadcast analyst and press conference MC, John Strong
Your first MLS Portland Timbers
Johnson, Pore, Cronin, and Dike stand at attention
Steve Cronin
Steve Cronin answers John Strong's questions
John, Gavin and John
Technical director Gavin Wilkinson and manager John Spencer wait patiently for John Strong to finish

October 21: 7th Planet Picture Show presents Romeo + Juliet

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Romeo + JulietPortland’s weekly answer to MST3K, the 7th Planet Picture Show, takes place at 7pm this Thursday, October 14 2010 at the Mount Tabor Theater (4811 SE Hawthorne).

Join host Will Radik and guests as they provide commentary to accompany yet another crappy movie: Romeo + Juliet:

Shakespeare’s famous play is updated to the hip modern suburb of Verona still retaining its original dialogue. The gun-toting members of the families wage a vicious war on the streets as the star-crossed lovers, their tragic destiny.

Show is free, but there’s an entirely optional suggested donation of $5. There’s a bar too, so you must be 21 and over to attend!