Listening to The Replacements check out great old footage from 1981 on the TwinTone site! Just bought The Modern Lovers and The Feelies first albums online (none of the local shops had em) hurry hurry hurry. Next up OLD Soul Asylum and old Lemonheads. Also, check Beck's site for two great new songs streamin... Nausea, a beat-a-rific tune and Strange Apparition a Stonesy romp.

drive tunes: The Police, Jim Carroll, Danger Mouse: Jay-Z/Beatles, The Minutemen, Sham 69, Janes Addiction, Tribe Called Quest, Wilco

Eat fish safely and in environmentaly sensitive manner...
Monterey Bay Aquarium - Seafood Watch
The Fish List
Oceans Alive
New York Times

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mmmm, vacation!!!

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Go Timbers
Allez PSG
Hup Ajax

Best pizza in PDX? Nostrana, hands down. Also, closest to Italian pizza I've had in the US, be sure to spring for the Mozzerella di Bufala... that's fresh mozzerella made with buffalo milk, excellent stuff!!! And, if you like their pizza plates, they are made by Steelite and you can order them from Bargreen Ellingson in the industrial NW area.

"Those who would sacrifice liberty for security deserve neither" -- Benjamin Franklin

Home brewer? Need a cheap way to control the temp of your fermentation carboy? We went to Boxer (a restaurant supply store) in Portland and bought a big tub (~1.5ftX1.5ftx2ft). Then we went to a local tropical fish shop and bought a submersable water heater (make sure it goes below 70) and a submersable pump to keep the water moving. Threw the pump & heater in the tub, poured ~10 gallons of water in, placed our carboy in the water, and our hefeweizen has been sitting happy at 70.4 degrees ever since. Total cost ~$60!

Went to Kalga Kafe last night, a very nice place. Nice and dark atmosphere, and every table is a window seat. They have a bevy of vegetarian international goodies from Mexican to Japanese, but seem to specialize in Indian and Thai. I had the Thali plate, an Indian sampler with Dal, a potato, pea and cabbage mix, a yogurt and cucumber side and rice pudding. Got it medium and it was plenty hot, and very delicious. Wife got the Pad Thai, which was also wonderful. Service was pleasant and attentive. My only gripes were that the food was served on metal dishes, and some of the food picked up the metal flavor, and that my Oatmeal Stout was served too cold. Maybe that's what you serve bud at, but when the beer has actual flavor you want it a bit warmer so your taste buds can sample all the nuances, ok its a minor gripe. Main dishes topped out at $10. Overall a wonderful evening was had by all. 4147 SE Division St. 503-236-4770

Here's some other brews from around the world that I've enjoyed
Heubacher Hefeweizen (Heubach, Germany)
Brauwerij 't IJ Tripel (Amsterdam, Nederlands)
Belle Vue Geuze (Brussels, Belgium)
A La Becasse Lambic (Brussels, Belgium)
plus a great pale ale at a little brew pub in Florence Italy.

Microbreweries of Portland OR
BridgePort
Portland Brewing
Widmer
Rogue (close enough + they have a pub in PDX)
McMenamins
Lucky Labrador
Full Sail (again see Rogue comments)
Alameda
Laurelwood
Amnesia
Roots Organic
Tugboat
Hair of the Dog
New Old Lompoc
Tuck's
+ a new one is going in on NE Alberta

A couple others from around the state, which I've been to...
Pelican Pub
Bend Brewing
Deschutes

Oregon Brewers Guild
Oregon Brew Crew

there's more, its seems like every Portland neighboorhood has a brewpub, and many of the smaller towns around the state have their own brewpubs. Its exciting to try all wonderful flavors!

Beer Expedition
Real Beer
Beer Hunter

So apparently the NCAA doesn't want schools to have their team names reference Native Americans or their tribes, like Seminoles or Utes. My question is what is the difference between Fighting Illini or Fighting Sioux and Fighting Irish? Seems to me they need to treat all references to races/ethnicities equally or they're headed for a heap of legal problems. Seriously though, if you can explain the difference (legally speaking of course, I think I could point out where Illini and Irish are from on a map) I'd like to know.

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I like Smarts!

On the Zen Touch on the way to work today.... Fluke, Placebo, Amon Tobin, Madvillian, Johnny Thunders & Testament. What a great mix.

Also, Portland Timbers tied Seattle in the 85th minute last Saturday to scrounge up 1 pt. 6 more games left, 4 on the road to seal 6th place.

Sunderland AFC plays at home today vs Manchester City.... Allez Black Cats Allez!

Currently listening to a whole bunch of EARLY punk like the Stooges, New York Dolls, Johnny Thunders and the Hearbreakers and Richard Hell and the Voidoids. Also finished reading Please Kill Me an oral history of the early punk scene. will update later.... GO TIMBERS!

So, WOW, the Timbers Army is gettin HUGE!!! Section 107 in PGE Park was packed last Sat for the preseason game against the Seattle Flounders, which we won 2-1! Another BIG preseason game coming up, tomorrow, Wed April 13th vs the LA Galaxy of the MLS @ 7pm. For more info on the Timbers Army check out soccercityusa.com and the Message Board for all the latest news, rants and gossip. The regular season starts April 23rd vs. Toronto at PGE Park @ 7pm. Also, feel free to join the Timbers Army at the Bullpen before and after the games... ya never know, your favorite Timber may even show up!

Currently listening to: The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds. Finally broke down and bought it after almost 40 years (holy crap!) of rave reviews. I really like most of it. Could do without stuff like Lets Go Away For a While. I got the version with the original mono mix and the 1996 stereo mix. The stereo mix is almost too cleaned up. When you have that first drum hit at the beginning of Wouldn't It Be Nice, the original has just a little distortion on it which gives it a nice kick, a little crack. The new undistorted mix with too much reverb on it looses the impact. I love the timpani, there just isn't enough timpani on rock albums these days. Sweet album, I could go over all the highlights but you already know them, and if you don't you should buy this album!

Just got back from Everyday Music (the one on W Burnside) and bought these...
Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde
Kaiser Chiefs - Employment
Primal Scream - XTRMNTR