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Last night I was a contestant in The Amazing Stumptown Spelling Bee presented and hosted by the talented Adam Garcia. The bee, held at the Someday Lounge, began with about thirty (fully grown) spellers. The rules were simple: If you spell it correctly you’re handed a can of Pabst Blue Ribbon and you move onto the next round. Spell it wrong and you’re out. I made it three rounds. The first word I got was “freight.” Nailed it. Second round: “perspiration.” No problem. Third round: “laryngitis.” Ouch. Spelling it “laringitis” sent me packing. Being the nerd I am I had to look it up later. Turns out it stems from the larynx and therefore has a “y” in it. Ok then, now I know. The goal for next month’s bee: go more than three rounds. See ya there.

Last night I was a contestant in The Amazing Stumptown Spelling Bee presented and hosted by the talented Adam Garcia. The bee, held at the Someday Lounge, began with about thirty (fully grown) spellers. The rules were simple: If you spell it correctly you’re handed a can of Pabst Blue Ribbon and you move onto the next round. Spell it wrong and you’re out.

I made it three rounds. The first word I got was “freight.” Nailed it. Second round: “perspiration.” No problem. Third round: “laryngitis.” Ouch. Spelling it “laringitis” sent me packing. Being the nerd I am I had to look it up later. Turns out it stems from the larynx and therefore has a “y” in it. Ok then, now I know.

The goal for next month’s bee: go more than three rounds. See ya there.

Heads up: The OCB (Office of Clifton Burt) headquarters is now located at ADX. ADX is a soon-to-open workspace nestled into the bosom of Portland’s southeastern quadrant. The building, an old plastics factory, is full of tools, saws, a laser cutter, a CNC router, a planer, welding apparatus, an industrial sewing machine, and almost anything else you can think of. And…it has desk-spaces which is where the OCB is bivouacked. The sign out front says ADX is “Building a community of thinkers and makers.” And there’s a hell of a lot of it going on. I can’t even keep up with the level of activity around here. Right now in the next room, the saws are rollin’ on Core 77’s parade float, a bunch of people are prepping for an upcoming gallery show, and some dude just rolled out of here on a cargo bike he made out of plywood. It sounds like every machine in the building is going at once, and surprisingly it’s not loud, it’s invigorating. I recognize the irony of the think-make-think guy working in a place that’s building a community of thinkers and makers. It’s enough thinking and making to make you projectile vomit. This Friday is the grand opening. There’s gonna be pizza from Sizzle Pie and kombucha on tap; probably some beers or whatever too. So, stop by and say hi.

Heads up: The OCB (Office of Clifton Burt) headquarters is now located at ADX.

ADX is a soon-to-open workspace nestled into the bosom of Portland’s southeastern quadrant. The building, an old plastics factory, is full of tools, saws, a laser cutter, a CNC router, a planer, welding apparatus, an industrial sewing machine, and almost anything else you can think of. And…it has desk-spaces which is where the OCB is bivouacked.

The sign out front says ADX is “Building a community of thinkers and makers.” And there’s a hell of a lot of it going on. I can’t even keep up with the level of activity around here. Right now in the next room, the saws are rollin’ on Core 77’s parade float, a bunch of people are prepping for an upcoming gallery show, and some dude just rolled out of here on a cargo bike he made out of plywood. It sounds like every machine in the building is going at once, and surprisingly it’s not loud, it’s invigorating.

I recognize the irony of the think-make-think guy working in a place that’s building a community of thinkers and makers. It’s enough thinking and making to make you projectile vomit.

This Friday is the grand opening. There’s gonna be pizza from Sizzle Pie and kombucha on tap; probably some beers or whatever too. So, stop by and say hi.

jgspdx:

Brad and I watched this amazing Bill Walton documentary last night, that covered the Portland Trailblazers 1977 winning season, for research for our piece in Clifton Burt’s Boomshakala show at Land.

I like how the film makes the people of Portland today almost look like a parody of what was going on back then that was somehow more authentic. Bill and the coach biking to practice, how awesome is that! They weren’t doing it to be environmental or self righteous, they were just doing it because they were naturally awesome.

I’ve often felt that, though there are adequate places in Portland to watch Blazers games, there hasn’t been an outstanding place. Now there is. Last night, Spirit of 77 opened to the public and we were on hand to celebrate. The people behind the Spirit of 77 are OMFG Co and the Ace Hotel. They’ve put together a dynamite place that I’m looking forward to visiting again soon. And here was my favorite thing: indoor bike parking —hell yes!. Blazers season just got even more fun.

I’ve often felt that, though there are adequate places in Portland to watch Blazers games, there hasn’t been an outstanding place. Now there is. Last night, Spirit of 77 opened to the public and we were on hand to celebrate. The people behind the Spirit of 77 are OMFG Co and the Ace Hotel. They’ve put together a dynamite place that I’m looking forward to visiting again soon. And here was my favorite thing: indoor bike parking —hell yes!.

Blazers season just got even more fun.

theokbb: Collateral Matters  We start installing on the 16th. Today consisted of color correcting images and designing a 6 foot by 8 foot poster for the front window of the museum. The text will be vinyl on the window with the image hanging behind. Lots to do. Paint colors picked today for the gallery walls. Wall text needs to be laid out. Going to make a few stop motion movies and design some rubber stamps tonight. One. Two. Three. GO!

theokbb:

Collateral Matters 

We start installing on the 16th. Today consisted of color correcting images and designing a 6 foot by 8 foot poster for the front window of the museum. The text will be vinyl on the window with the image hanging behind.

Lots to do. Paint colors picked today for the gallery walls. Wall text needs to be laid out. Going to make a few stop motion movies and design some rubber stamps tonight. One. Two. Three. GO!

Illustration by Frank Chimero, photo by Pat Castaldo Frank Chimero filled the space at Land Gallery with somewhere in the neighborhood of 146 pieces of new work last night. Surrounding the mounted work, he incorporated hand-written asides onto the walls. The illustration pictured above was a favorite of mine as well as this one. Pat’s got a bunch of images from Frank’s show over in his flickr set (including one of me where I look like a giant)

Illustration by Frank Chimero, photo by Pat Castaldo

Frank Chimero filled the space at Land Gallery with somewhere in the neighborhood of 146 pieces of new work last night. Surrounding the mounted work, he incorporated hand-written asides onto the walls. The illustration pictured above was a favorite of mine as well as this one. Pat’s got a bunch of images from Frank’s show over in his flickr set (including one of me where I look like a giant)

We’re also working to make every section of Portland a complete 20-minute neighborhood to strengthen our local economy. Two-thirds of all trips in Portland and in most American cities are not about getting to and from work. […] if I can create these 20-minute complete neighborhoods all over Portland—it strengthens our local economy. […] because we don’t manufacture cars, produce oil, or have car insurance companies, every dollar that we don’t spend elsewhere, will stay in Portland’s economy.
Portland Mayor Sam Adams
poster by omfgco If you’re in Portland this weekend, please come to the Publication Fair this Sunday, 11am-6pm at The Cleaners at the Ace Hotel (SW Stark between 10th + 11th). I’ll be there working the Pinball Publishing table and Kate will be there with her zines working at the Reading Frenzy Table. She’ll also have a handful of Food Journal Scout Books as well which she’s had a lot of requests for and we print at Pinball. The participants include: Ace Hotel / Ampersand / Container Corps / Cooley Gallery / Dill Pickle Club / EM-SPACE / fourteen30 Contemporary / Hawthorne Books / IPRC / Mark Searcy / Marriage Publishing House / Publication Studio / Octopus Books / Official Manufacturing Co. / Ooligan Press / Peaches + Bats / PICA / Pinball Publishing / Reading Frenzy / Red 76 / Stand Up Comedy I’ll be at the Pinball table from 4pm to 6pm, so stop by and say hi. You can either receive a fist-bump from me or a high-five. Your choice! Publication Fair | Sunday December 20, The Cleaners / Ace Hotel 1022 SW Stark St, Portland, OR

poster by omfgco

If you’re in Portland this weekend, please come to the Publication Fair this Sunday, 11am-6pm at The Cleaners at the Ace Hotel (SW Stark between 10th + 11th). I’ll be there working the Pinball Publishing table and Kate will be there with her zines working at the Reading Frenzy Table. She’ll also have a handful of Food Journal Scout Books as well which she’s had a lot of requests for and we print at Pinball.

The participants include: Ace Hotel / Ampersand / Container Corps / Cooley Gallery / Dill Pickle Club / EM-SPACE / fourteen30 Contemporary / Hawthorne Books / IPRC / Mark Searcy / Marriage Publishing House / Publication Studio / Octopus Books / Official Manufacturing Co. / Ooligan Press / Peaches + Bats / PICA / Pinball Publishing / Reading Frenzy / Red 76 / Stand Up Comedy

I’ll be at the Pinball table from 4pm to 6pm, so stop by and say hi. You can either receive a fist-bump from me or a high-five. Your choice!

Publication Fair | Sunday December 20, The Cleaners / Ace Hotel 1022 SW Stark St, Portland, OR

Just back from Aaron Draplin’s sold-out talk tonight at the AIGA Portland event down at the Ace Hotel / Cleaners. He killed it, it was one of the best presentations I’ve seen. Really. I wrote some notes down in a Field Notes notebook appropriately. Here are the highlights: The merch table was off the chain. Whenever I’m around Aaron, I cuss 46% more than normal. Draplin told Tall Tales about three selected logos: 1. The Most Fun - Cobra Dogs (shown above) was made for his friend’s hot dog cart. It happens to be one of my favorites and I’m glad to hear that it’s a favorite of his as well. 2. The Biggest - the Obama administration’s Stimulus Act logos for recovery.gov and TIGER. and 3. A job he did for a person in Illinois that owned an organic farm. Near the end of the job, that person turned out to be John Hughes. That John Hughes. Because of his days as a young snowboarder and his subsequent design work in the that realm, he often gets asked what the best way to break into the snowboard industry is. His answer: “move to the mountains and live that shit.” That answers nail it, not only for snowboarding, but for how to become anything. You wanna do it? Then you gotta live it. Aaron’s dialogue is always soulful, honest, and visceral and this excerpt from his talk best captured that from tonight: It doesn’t take briefs and client-meetings and hate and all that shit to make something great. Just go for it. Get in and get out. What else can I say beyond that? Nothing. draplin.com

Just back from Aaron Draplin’s sold-out talk tonight at the AIGA Portland event down at the Ace Hotel / Cleaners. He killed it, it was one of the best presentations I’ve seen. Really. I wrote some notes down in a Field Notes notebook appropriately. Here are the highlights:

  1. The merch table was off the chain.

  2. Whenever I’m around Aaron, I cuss 46% more than normal.

  3. Draplin told Tall Tales about three selected logos: 1. The Most Fun - Cobra Dogs (shown above) was made for his friend’s hot dog cart. It happens to be one of my favorites and I’m glad to hear that it’s a favorite of his as well. 2. The Biggest - the Obama administration’s Stimulus Act logos for recovery.gov and TIGER. and 3. A job he did for a person in Illinois that owned an organic farm. Near the end of the job, that person turned out to be John Hughes. That John Hughes.

  4. Because of his days as a young snowboarder and his subsequent design work in the that realm, he often gets asked what the best way to break into the snowboard industry is. His answer: “move to the mountains and live that shit.” That answers nail it, not only for snowboarding, but for how to become anything. You wanna do it? Then you gotta live it.

  5. Aaron’s dialogue is always soulful, honest, and visceral and this excerpt from his talk best captured that from tonight:

It doesn’t take briefs and client-meetings and hate and all that shit to make something great. Just go for it. Get in and get out.

What else can I say beyond that? Nothing.

draplin.com

was there for two days.

was there for two days.