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Posted by Mike Harper

Hi, how are you, Portland?

If you have never heard of Daniel Johnston, I wouldn't be surprised. He is one of those musicians with a cult following that, despite his overwhelming talent and voluminous album of music, has slipped under the general public's radar for decades now.

If you want the run down, and want to watch a good documentary filled with home-written, basement recorded, well-rounded folk-popish tunes, go pick up The Devil and Daniel Johnston from Movie Madness and take in the secret legend that is Daniel Johnston.

And if you don't have time to pick up the movie, just buy your tickets for the Wonder Ballroom and see him live. I promise you it will be worth it, even after "convenience charges."

Daniel Johnston @ Wonder Ballroom
September 3; 8pm $18

Related: Portland EVENTS LISTINGS

Posted by Sasha Burchuk

Alright, we live in Portland, a city with a proud literary tradition that has very few writers that it can call its own. Yes. I know Chuck Palahniuk lives here now. What. Still. Good readings in Portland are few and far between, and this is more likely to be on the live-action side of things as it is likely to generate a good dialogue between the audience and the kinkers; and much like the ironically elaborate scenarios that Erik Bader and Matthew Korfhage will construct that could only feasibly happen once, this too is one time only, a novel opportunity.

This Sunday, Matthew Korfhage and Erik Bader invite you to Worksound Gallery to witness Novels In Progress — which just as the title would suggest is an exhibition of the authors' unfinished novels.

"You remember how Prince tried out Purple Rain in front of Read the rest of this entry »

Looking for Portland weekend events? Check out our list here!

Posted by Meagan Kate

Well, PDX Pipeline readers, we have exciting news! Fellow writer Nathalie Weinstein and I will be attending the Bumbershoot Music Festival next weekend.

Bumbershoot®: Seattle's Music & Arts Festival is in it's 39th year drawing the best in comedy, music, theatre, dance and visual art – right in Seattle Center. Its organizers expect more than 150,000 attendants from all over the world.

So Nathalie and I will be hopping on the train, crashing on my cousin's couch and sending you information from the hot and steamy Bumbershoot press room!

I've never been in a festival 'press room' before, so I assume it will be hot and steamy. I imagine Nathalie on an old rotary phone yelling “Did ya hear the news? BIG NEWS!” every half hour or so. I will run around carrying stacks of paper; yellow #2 pencils will be holding back my unkempt mane as I chain smoke.

My fantasies are neither here nor there. Apologies.

However – this is where you all come into play. Read the rest of this entry »

FIRST, You have to be a member of our Facebook group to win. I will check the names against the group. Join here before entering if you are not a member. Don't worry, we only send out one message a week about portland events and free tickets.

Get Your Pipeline T-Shirts Right here

If you want one, donate $12 or more to the Pipeline cause on Paypal. We use this money to pay for tickets and drinks, expensive new email system for our ticket giveaways, plus other stuff to expand our coverage and web backend (TWSS). I don't really know what we'll spend your donation $$ on, but we are going to enjoy it.

Looking for something to do this weekend?

75+ Portland Weekend Events & Parties | August 27-30

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Every week, Pipeline gives away many tickets to great shows all around Portland (and sometimes outside of Portland). We usually reserve many/most of these for friends of ours on Facebook & in our Email list.

For a month, we are showing everyone the tickets we are giving away and anyone can enter to win. However, you will need to join our email list here (ideal) or be a member of our Facebook Group to see these deals in the following weeks.

Free Tickets and info after the break… Read the rest of this entry »

Did you know that Mos Def rescheduled his May show to this Saturday!? It is true and you can win tickets from us right here until 4PM today.

Related Posts and Info:

• Win Portland Tickets: Roseland, Backspace, Rotture, Wonder Ballroom
• 75+ Portland Weekend Events & Parties | August 27-30
• Mos Def at Roseland: Free Download + Win Tickets
  

From Roseland:

Initially regarded as one of the most promising rappers to emerge in the late '90s, Mos Def turned to acting in subsequent years as music became a secondary concern for him. He did release new music from time to time, including albums such as The New Danger (2004), but his output was erratic and seemingly governed by whim.

Mos Def nonetheless continued to draw attention, especially from critics and underground rap fans, and his classic breakthrough albums — Black Star (1998), a collaboration with Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek; and Black on Both Sides (1999), his solo debut — continued to be revered, all the more so as time marched forward. Mos Def often used his renown for political purposes, protesting in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the Jena Six incident in 2007, for instance.
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Leigh sent out his weekly email of Portland weekend events earlier today. It is reproduced below with some additions by Pipeline. You can get the email and your chance to win hookups for shows and deals by emailing leighfeldman3 @ gmail and asking to join

There are many listings so we have put events in red (or blue = linked!) that we think will be good, well attended, or should be interesting.

Reminder: We give out free tickets every week to our Portland Facebook Group including to many of the top music and art venues in Portland. Join it if you like free stuff.

Related: Portland EVENTS LISTINGS

From Leigh Feldman:
Things I'm currently jocking…

Free ish… Ok. Take a breath. This week's ticket giveaways are ridiculous. We have 4 passes to Bumbershoot next weekend, 2 tickets to Keith Sweat/Teena Marie at Spirit Mountain Casino on the 4th, two tickets to Al Green (fri), two tickets to Joe Rogan's comedy special (fri), 1 pair of tickets to Mos Def (sat), 1 pair of tickets to Gilberto Santa Rosa (tonight!), 3 pairs of tickets to Orgone (the 31st), 1 pair of tickets to Betty Levette (the 31st) and 2 VIP booths for Massive/The Mos Def After Party on Saturday night!! … Whew. Take a breath. Ok. Wanna win any of them? Forward this email to a friend, have them write us asking to join the group and we'll enter you both in a drawing to win! (These are from Leigh, not Pipeline. Email him to join his list & win: leighfeldman3 @ gmail)

More free ish … Goorin Brothers is giving away 4 gift certificates each worth $50 (they are also giving away tons of goodies and free drinks at their party on Friday — see info below) to the first four people that send me a picture with the worst haircut you can find on the interweb.

Free music ish… Doctor Adam's mix for Karmaloop.tv x Massive 10. Definitely grab it. A lot of people will be hearing it playing in stores soon. http://divshare.com/download/8273860-212

Awesome ish … Massive this Saturday at the Crown Room is the Mos Def after party and Karmaloop.tv will be there along with a gang of other folks/goodies/giveaways! Free entry before 10pm if you come to the door and say ‘LifeisaParty' — never been to Massive before? Check the article in the Mercury this week!

Life is a party, everyone is just waiting to be invited.

See you all out and about! Leigh Feldman

Portland Thursday Events, August 27

• Last Thursday @ Alberta St. (art, drinks, street party)
• Fiesta Italiana @ Pioneer Courthouse Square (bands, opera singers, food, dance, drink, sterotypes)
• Great Mundane w/ Ian of Alpaca on drums @ Report (bass heavy live PA and drumline)
• Chervona @ Alberta St. Pub (Balkan brass)
• Fleshtone and Guidance Counselor @ Holocene (electro rock party!)
• The Art Of Melancholy w/ De'Angelo Raines & DJ T.Rust @ Elevated Coffee (art, music, good times)
• Miller Lite Thursday @ PGE Park (wear any college affiliated clothing item and get in for $5)
• HyDrive @ Zilla Sake House (sexy groove)
• Hard Ticket to Hawaii movie screening @ Mercury Parking Lot (they show the movie on their van, bring your own food and drink)
• From Pipeline: Last Thursday — Klutch & Ripper 1331 @ Goodfoot Lounge
• Guntherfest @ Rotture (indie rock bands and DJ F)
• Alan Singley @ Mississippi Studios (indie pop/cabaret style songs with a ten piece orchestra)
• Gilberto Santa Rosa @ Roseland (salsa)
• Scion Metro Party w/ Treasure Fingers, Eli Escobar, Roy Davis Jr. and Cosmo Baker @ Branx (make sure to rsvp at scion metro)
• From Pipeline: Ground Kontrol 10th Anniversary
• Last Thursday Boogie Party @ Lotus Seed on 29th & Glisan (yoga, dance party, snacks)
• I Hate Your Job w/ DJ KG @ Tube (soul/r&b and rock)
• Chariots of Rubber @ IFCC (a play about cars, hookers and carnivals)
• Psychedelic Sock Hop w/ DJ AM Gold @ The Tanker (Psych, Rockabilly, Surf, Early Soul and R&B and Fuzzed-out Garage)
• Flavour @ The Agency (hip hop, club, dance)
• From Pipeline: Cuban Missile Tango @ Imago Theater
• The Fix @ Someday Lounge (hip hop)
• Delicious @ Crown Room (weekly alternative party with super cheap drinks)
• From Pipeline: A Three-night Event Exploring Rock Poster, Book Cover and Type Design Presented By AIGA Portland
• X-otica Go Go @ Dante's (bass and booty)
• From Pipeline: Rotture — Benefit In Memory of Gunther Jose Frank
• Rose City Sirens @ Hawthorne Theater (burlesque performance)
• Twisted Thursdays @ Calabash (hip hop)

Friday, Saturday and Sunday after the break… Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by Meagan Kate

Adam Marsland has long been considered a staple in the Los Angeles music scene after his time a member of Cockeyed Ghost and his solo work over the last ten years. Though he may not be a household name around the world – his talent is hard to ignore and his passion for songwriting is clear.

Marsland's new double album Go West has been more of a personal challenge rather than a musical one. During the development for the album, Marsland's brother passed away suddenly and his sister-in-law was brutally murdered. Most people would give up the recording process here – but Adam Marsland kept going – until someone stole his recording equipment.

After strangers came across Marsland's equipment at a swap meet and returned it to him, asking nothing in return, he felt it important to power through. Go West became a double album, and he's starting his tour tomorrow – right here in Portland. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by Stephanie El-Hajj

Got plans Saturday night? Break them.

Summer's almost over, you need to spend your remaining weekends wisely.

You're going to 2009: A Bass Odyssey at 2410, and you won't regret it. Bring your friends, even that one who's not impressed by the dance scene. Even they won't be disappointed.

Bass Odyssey has all the elements for a killer summer party: top notch headliners, End,User, and Belladonnakillz and Loki as well as an impressive lineup of more than ten local and national djs spinning crazy thumpin' drumnbass, dubstep, breakcore and more.

Three different lighting crews are coming, and there'll be a VJ on hand to light up your night. When you need a breather, kick back and mash buttons as you play video games (VIDEOGAMES!) — you'll be the visualizations on room two.

You will dance. You will dance a lot. And you will have a really, really good time.

Says Mortalgrey, of UndaDawgz, "If you love hard heavy beats, the linuep speaks for itself. I can say that the crews working on this have over 20 years of experience throwing parties… With the three lighting crews, there will be a full on visual assault in addition to the massive sound…"

Once the dubstep starts, I'm going to dancing front and center. Where will you be?

Dress to impress – $100 to the person with the best space theme costume! Read the rest of this entry »

The bigtime fight is this Saturday. Our beloved Meagan Kate will be there swooning over her man Randy Couture. Her interview with him is here: Interview With UFC Legend Randy Couture

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From Press Release:

Heavyweight Legends to Headline First-Ever UFC Event in Portland at the Rose Garden Aug 29

What: The Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC®) is headed to Portland for the first time ever and it's bringing a couple of true heavyweight heroes. Mixed martial arts legends and former UFC champions Randy "The Natural" Couture and Antonio Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira will face off for the first time in their storied careers at UFC 102: COUTURE vs. NOGUEIRA, live from the Rose Garden on Saturday, August 29, 2009.

"We're extremely excited to be heading to Portland," UFC President Dana White said. "When you get two mixed martial arts legends that are all heart and have wanted to fight each other for years, plus the fact that Randy has roots in Oregon, that tells me that not only Read the rest of this entry »