Music Is everyone ready for PDX Pop Now!?! With the festival beginning in just a few hours, I wanted to share a bit of last-minute technical information for the weekend. For anyone outside the city (or people to lazy to make it down to Rotture) you can tune into two online radio stations to hear every minute—both PRA and KPSU are live streaming all three days. Also, I'll be there for most of the weekend ...   More

News What more refreshingly cool image during this brutally hot stretch than the thought of an ice rink playing host to a National Hockey League team in Portland. My admitted penchant for idle NHL-to-Portland speculation on this front was awakened by this Newsday column throwing Portland into the mix of cities where the New York Islanders could move. This idea probably will melt faster than yesterday's ...   More