Top 5 Paul Collins, bassist/multi-instrumentalist for Beirut, is from Pendleton. Sometimes he gets homesick and misses... DIY shows in PendletonNever have my artistic intentions been so pure, exciting, and   More

Top 5 5. Stendhal syndrome A rare disorder in which the afflicted experiences rapid heartbeat, dizziness, fainting, confusion and occasional hallucinations when faced with a particularly breathtaking piec   More

Top 5 5. ’66 Rambler Classic 660 When you need a car to be your best friend, this is it. You can make the seats into a bed and the air-pressure-powered wipers never work (that was a terrible idea!). You    More

Top 5 BOAT’s most popular driving game is the aptly named “the ice cream flavor game,” where we pick a category and name ice cream flavors that would work for it. It should be noted that this lineup   More

Top 5 Gang Gang Dance, 6/16/2007 Such a wonderful, trippy journey. They should be coming back soon. Bon Iver (opening for Phosphorescent), 3/24/2008 Line around the block for the support act. One of those �   More

Top 5 D.J. Rogers, “If You Didn’t Love Me (Don’t Go Away)” I love the sincerity in his voice and the tenderness of the lyrics.  It really touches my heart every time I hear it. Gary Bartz, “C   More

Cover Story Quick! Name your 350 favorite Portland bands. Yeah, it’s kind of a tough one. But that number represents the shared wisdom of the 161 local music experts   More

Top 5 BBC Radio’s A History of the World in 100 Objects Fascinating Radio 4 documentary that begins with the Mummy of Hornedjitef and ends with a portable solar-panel lamp and charger. Radiolab I’m sure   More

Top 5 By earthquake My sperm torpedoes will rip Portland’s fault lines. By destroying infrastructure I will indelicately stretch City Hall’s corrupt intestine; politicians will howl. By relaxing My meta   More

Top 5 5. Jordan VI (1990) Fairly minimal design, but the extra color near the air sole is very effective. 4. Jordan VII (1991) To me, these are the first Jordans to have a heavy ’90s style. They are the m   More