I know some internet pals live in Portland. And I have physical friends that live there as well. Regardless, I fucking hate Portland. Never once did I get more cockeyed looks and rude comments than in that city. Yes, the beer and food are both plentiful and delicious. Many good record & book shops are to be found. And I seemed to fall in love with a new girl at every corner I turned. Still, the people there are terrible. I’m guessing there’s a few people who’d like to fight me over these words. Fuck you. My scrawny Mid-Western ass with definitely win. I’ll even buy you a plane ticket down here. Now, setting all geographic animosities aside, I will say that this band , who unfortunately resides in that most pretentious of cities, is actually worth the listen. I know there was all this mystery and controversy surrounding this band but I could really give a fig about that. And speaking of figs, I had some delicious ricotta and candied fig ice cream today. Yummy.
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The secret to our asshole-ishness is that we all came from somewhere else.
ReplyDeletemake sure you spin paa opal prrr whatever and the schrei aus stein material!!
ReplyDeleteIt's true. I only know one person who was actually born there.
ReplyDeleteShe hates it, of course.
ReplyDeleteSeriously, you aren't wrong. I live three houses away from a dude who rides around on a unicycle while playing the bagpipes (in a kilt, of course), so I fully expect the rest of the US to firebomb us any day now.
ReplyDeletewhat's the paa opal thing you mention? I thought Schrei aus Stein was from Colorado.
ReplyDeleteAs someone born and raised in Portland I disagree with you mostly. Portland is full of dickheads but those dickheads aren't from here. People who are actually from Portland are friendlier than anybody else. this album's rad by the way.
ReplyDeleteDamn, I hope Portland isn't that bad. Me and the rest of my band plan on moving there at some point in the near future. It seems a hell of a lot more appealing to us than Idaho, where we currently live. Of course, the fact that it has a much better music scene and less inbred fucktards also helps (not to generalize all Idahoans, of course).
DeleteIf anything, I think I'm being restrained. As I said, it is a beautiful city and there is plenty going on. I'd just advise never meeting anyone in any social capacity and it should be fine. And I love Idaho though my travels there have been relatively brief and typically were in the wilderness.
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