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Each week our culture scientists rank their 10 favorite things in the universe. The resulting list is infallible. The list is perfect. If you don't agree with the list, you are wrong. Some items may stay atop the list for weeks, others may only make a brief appearance. Some items are Portland-centric, but only because Portland is at the center of the universe. Please do not write to us, asking for the metrics behind the list. We will not provide source material. We will not be swayed. Bow down to the list. Love the list, as the list loves all things. Let the list move through you. (And, you know, if you have suggestions for the list, stick them in the comments section below.)
1 Milk Fanfic
2. Vancouver as the new 1990s San Francisco
3. Wampire kknd John Norris Forever
Guess which aging ex-MTV VJ is apparently smitten with one of our city's very own pop prodigies? Why, John Norris, of course! Our intrepid New York correspondent, Mykael Wanghammer, reports that Norris was seen rocking out hardcore to buzz-worthy Portland phenoms Wampire during the group's performance opening for Unknown Mortal Orchestra last week. It wasn't just a fleeting infatuation, either. Check out the lovey-dovey Tweets he sent out around the same time.
4. Eddie, the Oregon Zooâs basketball-playing arthritic sea otter
Heâs been shooting hoops to help his own arthritic joints. We hear the same trainers are now working with Greg Oden. [Cue poignant rimshot, soft weeping.]
5. Pickathon 2013
Seriously, it's gonna be great this year.
Seriously, it's gonna be great this year.
6. Portland menopause, part II
And by that, we mean Friday's weather. That's right, Portlandâthe hot flashes ain't over! Nor the cold, cold snaps.
7. This weird-ass kayak commercial
Why is Phil Jackson's younger brother soft-shoeing in a hotel lobby and speaking in a vague Cajun accent? We don't know, but we are going to try our hardest to turn growling "It's tip-tap tiiiiiiime!" into a meme. Maybe you, like, walk into a department store, grab the customer service mic, yell "it's tip-tap tiiiiiiiiiime!" and start tap dancing until you get thrown out? We'll keep working on it.
8. Diego Valeriâs juggling trick
If it were basketball, this would be traveling. And even in soccer, it looked vaguely impossible, except that the rules he was breaking were never written down by anyone.
9. This guyâs juggling trick
Which, from our point of view, is startlingly similar.
And by that, we mean Friday's weather. That's right, Portlandâthe hot flashes ain't over! Nor the cold, cold snaps.
7. This weird-ass kayak commercial
Why is Phil Jackson's younger brother soft-shoeing in a hotel lobby and speaking in a vague Cajun accent? We don't know, but we are going to try our hardest to turn growling "It's tip-tap tiiiiiiime!" into a meme. Maybe you, like, walk into a department store, grab the customer service mic, yell "it's tip-tap tiiiiiiiiiime!" and start tap dancing until you get thrown out? We'll keep working on it.
8. Diego Valeriâs juggling trick
If it were basketball, this would be traveling. And even in soccer, it looked vaguely impossible, except that the rules he was breaking were never written down by anyone.
9. This guyâs juggling trick
Which, from our point of view, is startlingly similar.
10. Revenge of the word hoard
These booksâan art installation by Wary Meyersâforever bust out of an ex-library (and current ad agency) in Portland... Maine. Hello, other Portland.
These booksâan art installation by Wary Meyersâforever bust out of an ex-library (and current ad agency) in Portland... Maine. Hello, other Portland.
WWeek 2015