Scoop: Don't Call Us Chicken.

1. TWO DOZENDRUMMERS NEEDED: Beginning next September, 23 Portland bands will be in need of a new drummer. Papi Fimbres, one of the city’s busiest musicians, is moving to Germany for a year. “With all the development in the city, I said, ‘Fuck it,’” Fimbres tells Scoop. “Instead of complaining about it, I’m going to do my own thing somewhere else, just for a minute.” While Fimbres doesn’t have any firm plans for his sabbatical from Portland, he says he and his wife will play shows with their new duo, Dreckig (German for “dirty”). As for the nearly two dozen other bands he performs with, including prog-punk trio Sun Angle and cumbia ensemble Orquestra Pacifico Tropical, Fimbres says he intends to play with as many of them as possible between now and next fall, and some may eventually join him overseas. A documentary about Fimbres, made by the people behind the Into the Woods video site, is also in the works.

1. WINE RUN: New Yorkers made a run on Portland urban winery Division Winemaking Company’s inventory, nearly cleaning out the winery of its stocks. In The New York Times’ Nov. 10 roundup of wines to drink on Thanksgiving, critic Eric Asimov singled out Division’s gamay noir as the best red to pair with a holiday meal. Division winemaker Thomas Monroe said their supplies of multiple wines went “lickety-split” thereafter. “We got as many calls in one day as we’ve ever received,” Monroe says. “It’s been really great, except we don’t have any wine to sell.” The winery is down to its pinot noir “Un,” cabernet franc, chardonnay and nouveau. Division’s spring release of 1,000 cases will be in March.

1. GHOST OF HIP-HOP PAST: The former Southeast Portland location of the Blue Monk—which made headlines after a March 1 hip-hop show featuring Illmaculate was disrupted by police—will get new life in December as a bar, art gallery and venue called the Liquor Store, which will be outfitted with a new, state-of-the-art sound system downstairs. Booking will focus on indie rock and electronic music, says owner Ray Morrone, and the neighborhood and city are on board. >> Meanwhile, a strip club at 8102 NE Killingsworth St. has applied for a liquor license. The Viewpoint XXX “will never be known for hip-hop/rap music” owner Perry Nelson stated on the application, noting he wasn’t associated with hip-hop events recently held at the location. “My vision is a tap room.” Of course, the bar will also feature nude dancers.

1. STAND DOWN: Last week, Scoop reported that five Portland comics—Amy Miller, Nathan Brannon, Bri Pruett, Barbara Holm and Lonnie Bruhn—were recently called to Los Angeles to audition for Last Comic Standing. Well, so much for that: NBC put production on hold, and it’s not clear if the show will return next summer. “It is on hold for now while we work on revising the format with the network,” executive producer Page Hurwitz told comedy blog the Comic’s Comic. “Once we have something we all like, we’ll get rolling.”

WWeek 2015