Portland, OR, August 24, 2010 — Hot on the heels of AMC’s announcement of the premiere date of The Walking Dead television series, Things From Another World (TFAW) brings you The Walking Dead at McMenamin’s Bagdad Theater to be hosted by local celebrities Cort & Fatboy.

Robert Kirkman’s wildly popular The Walking Dead comic book series, published by Image Comics, follows a group of survivors in the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse as they struggle to survive in a world where food is scarce, people are unpredictable, and danger lurks around every corner.

The AMC television series is being adapted by three-time Oscar nominee Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile), stars Andrew Lincoln, Sarah Wayne Callies, Jon Bernthal, and Laurie Holden, and features special effects make-up by the incomparable Greg Nicotero.

The special 90-minute series premiere of The Walking Dead debuts on Sunday, October 31 at 10PM on the AMC network. The premiere will air, for free, at McMenamin’s Bagdad Theater and will be hosted by Portland’s own Cort & Bobby “Fatboy” Roberts. The talkshow duo are no strangers to taking a TV series and turning it into an event, having previously transformed SE Portland into a giant living room with public screenings of both the final seasons of Battlestar Galactica and LOST, featuring live appearances by contributing writers and actors. Comics and graphic novels will be available for sale before and after the screening and many great prizes will be given away during the event, provided by Image Comics and Things From Another World. Prizes will be awarded for the best Walking Dead-related costume.

That’s right, in celebration of the forthcoming Labor Day weekend, the Morning Submission crew will be doing one giveaway a day, but there’s a small catch – you have to listen to the live show in order to have a chance to win.

The prizes:

• Monday – one case of Tim’s chips (or a single days supply if you eat like Emily Gibson does).
• Tuesday – 2 tickets to Melvins at Roseland on September 24th (courtesy of Mike Thrasher Presents)
• Wednesday – 2 tickets to The Gaslight Anthem at Crystal Ballroom on September 14th (courtesy of Mike Thrasher Presents)
• Thursday – $50 iTunes Gift Card
• Friday – $50 Gift Certificate to Red Lobster (yes, we’re serious)

Remember, you have to listen live to have a chance of winning. Morning Submission airs weekdays from 8:30 to 9:30 on PDX.FM. A list of winners will be posted on Tuesday, September 7th, 2010 on www.morningsubmission.com.

The Back-To-School season is celebrated in a variety of ways: Parents get trashed off boxed wine after a hellish summer of rugrats knocking around the house. Kids pose and preen endlessly in front of their mirror after suckering said parents out of hundreds of dollars in ridiculous fashions that have a shelf-live about half as long as their attention spans. And while stores are advertising sales on Pee-Chees and Pencil Boxes, and Teachers are fitting themselves for hockey pads, we here at cortandfatboy.com are celebrating Back-To-School by championing one of the worst influences of the 80′s as he plays the best game of hooky ever witnessed.

McMenamin’s Bagdad Theater has secured a 35mm print of John Hughes’ teen classic FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF, and Friday, September 3rd, hosts Cort Webber and Bobby “Fatboy” Roberts will be hosting the screening of what many consider to be John Hughes’ most polished and hilarious of his 80′s teen films. $3.00 admission to watch the movie the way it was intended to be seen – in widescreen, on film, and not hacked to hell and back by network censors who cackle over their computers while wrecking classic lines by Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Edie McClurg, Jennifer Grey and Charlie Sheen.

Doors open at 10pm, the film starts at 11pm after a short trailer reel cobbled together from DVD’s, old 80′s TV ads, and various internet detritus deemed humorous enough. Along with the screening, Cort and Fatboy will be joined by film critics Mike Russell of the Oregonian and www.culturepulp.com, and Erik Henriksen, senior editor of the Portland Mercury for a commentary on the film that will be made available online at www.cortandfatboy.com the day before the screening.

Poster artwork, further details, and information about the Cort and Fatboy show can be found at www.cortandfatboy.com. Cort and Fatboy airs Monday-Friday, from 10am to 11am, on www.pdx.fm, and the podcast can be subscribed to via iTunes or any .rss feed reader.

Tune in Tuesday at 2:00PM to find out how you and your kids can eat healthy during this back to school season.

Matt and Phil invite you to join in the fight against Alzheimer’s. They are on the move for the 2010 Memory Walk and need your help. The Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk® is the nation’s largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer care, support and research. Since 1989, Memory Walk has raised more than $300 million for the cause.

They will be walking on Sunday September 26th starting at 10AM and would love for you to join them or if you would like, donations are accepted with open arms as well.

Memory Walk is a community event that joins friends, family and co-workers as they walk to end Alzheimer’s. Participants typically register in teams of 10-12 and fundraise using tools supported by the Alzheimer’s Association. Walks vary from one to three miles and are held in nearly 600 locations nationwide. Please visit their donation and recruitment page to learn more about how you can help end this disease.

This year, Portland Baconfest was even bigger, badder, and more delicious than the last one with more donations to the Oregon Food Bank, more vendors, more booze, louder bands, and certainly a lot more of everyone’s favorite meat product. PDX.FM was on hand throughout the entire experience, all 8 grueling hours of it – and why wouldn’t we be, we threw the party after all, right?

Below is just a taste (pun intended) of the fun we had and we’re already planning Baconfest 2011. But first, we’d like to thank the following people for their generous donations of time, prizes, and effort – Baconfest was a huge success and we couldn’t have pulled it off without you:

Vendors

East Burn, MacTarnahan’s, Get Fit, Cookie Peddlers, Tim’s Chips, Skillet Bacon Jam, Mobster Meatballs, Bacon Skateboards, What Do Bacon Do?, Smokin’ Joes, Bacon Salt, Bakon Vodka, the Timbers Army, and Sugar Buzz Bakers

Prize Donations

Amnesia Brewing, Underdog Sports, Get Fit, Paul Gerald, Bacon Skateboards, Mike Vogel, Mia Sonatina Cellars, Portland Timbers, Gypsy Restaurant & Lounge, and Rose City Rollers

Sights, Sounds, and Other Stuff:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n5T7WNL8Vg

We’ll take what we can get…

We’re working to get as many links to photos, videos, etc. for the portlandbaconfest.com website -- if you have anything you’d like to share, please send it to contact@pdx.fm

PDX Pipeline has videos of the eating contest, click here to check those out.

When:
Thursday, August 26th at 7pm

Featured Movie:
Megaforce (1982)

The peace-loving Republic of Sardun is facing constant incursions from hostile neighbor Gamibia. Unwilling to retaliate and initiate war, high-ranking Sardunian military officials Major Zara and General Byrne-White arrange a rendezvous with MegaForce, a hi-tech and super-secret phantom army of top-shelf fighting men from all over the world, to ask for help in ending Gamibia’s attacks. Ace Hunter, leader of MegaForce, is happy to take on the job as he has a past with Gamibian military leader Duke Guerrera, an old military academy friend who turned to evil.

And he stole Ace’s favorite lighter.

About 7th Planet Picture Show

7th Planet PIcture Show is an MST3K-inspired live celebration of cinematic camp, taking place twice a month at the Mt. Tabor Theater in Portland, Oregon. Will Radik and 2 or more hardened camp cinema veterans will face down some of the most ridiculous, awkward, and tasteless films born unto this pitiless earth, with only microphones (and probably alcohol). Audience members are not only allowed but encouraged to shout at the movie themselves and leave their cell phones on.

Though the live commentary is the heart of the show, it doesn’t stop there. At the end of the film, audiences may want to mill around the luxurious and dark Mt. Tabor lounge, perhaps discussing the finer points of the cinematic piece they’ve just viewed. At this point, Will may show clips or behind the scenes footage pertaining to the film, ridiculous clips of just about anything else, trailers, or even another movie. Beyond the main film and commentary, 7th Planet Picture Show is, well, like a bo-. Never mind.

Did I mention there’s a bar right in the back of the lounge where the movies are shown? Well, there is. You can even watch it from a barstool. Isn’t that grand?

7pm, 21 and Over, Free Admission. Suggested donation $5 (entirely optional)

Asthma causes recurring periods of wheezing (a whistling sound when you breathe), chest tightness, shortness of breath, and coughing. The coughing often occurs at night or early in the morning.

Asthma affects people of all ages, but it most often starts in childhood. In the United States, more than 22 million people are known to have asthma. Nearly 6 million of these people are children

“The following program contains explicit language and subject matter and is intended for mature audiences only. Listener discretion is advised.”

Despite the fact that several of our fine shows contain language and subject matter of an adult nature, it’s been over 90 days since we at PDX.FM have aired that disclaimer. Starting Monday morning at 9:30, it’s back.

Join host Robert Wagner for your daily dose of rants and immature and quasi-clueless observations as Portland Sucks returns to PDX.FM.

For the first episode, Robert reviews The Bite of Oregon and witnesses his first citizens arrest.

Cant listen live?

Download Portland Sucks from iTunes

Hosts Sabrina Miller, Emily Gibson and Rose Harding talk about iPhones from a girls point of view. What’s hot, what’s not, what sucks and what doesn’t. Get the skinny from them every Tuesday at 11AM.

Now in it’s second year, iPhoneSlutz has been listened to by more than 1.8 million people across the world and consistently ranks among the top three audio podcasts on iTunes for iPhone and iPod Touch app enthusiasts.

We’ll talk about his take on the Portland music scene, where his path is leading him and how his Tuesday night show is going. Tune in Thursday, August 19th at 3:00PM.

THE CRYING TREE is that story, told through the lives of two main characters: Irene Stanley, the mother of slain 15-year-old Steven Joseph Stanley, and Tab Mason, the stoic and determined superintendent of the Oregon State Penitentiary who is preparing to execute the boy’s murderer. Powerful and touching, this book provides insight into how murder, death row, capital punishment, and enduring these experiences deeply impact victims’ families.

THE CRYING TREE is a story of things not being what they seem, family secrets and how they reverberate through lives, and being submerged in loss, yet finding ways to go on. It’s a story of forgiveness and redemption and of the difficult decisions that lead people through life and that ultimately give life meaning.

THE CRYING TREE is set in both southern Illinois, central Oregon, and Salem’s Oregon State Penitentiary.

Naseem is an award-winning author and journalist whose stories have been heard on NPR’s All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Marketplace Radio, Christian Science Monitor, and Living on Earth. She lives in Oregon with her husband, son, and many animals. When Naseem isn’t writing, she’s reading, knitting, hiking, gardening, or just watching the seasons roll in and out.

www.studiogeordie.com

On Saturday August 21, 2010 it’s an all new Summer Spectacular at The Gerding Theater at the Armory

Please note: special summer start time 8pm (doors at 7pm)

Live Wire! Radio is pleased to present:
The amazingly brilliant and brilliantly amazing REGGIE WATTS. He’s beyond description. If you’ve attended any of our other Armory shows, Reggie has surely blown you away by his jaw-dropping and ear-popping performance.

DAYNA HANSON – a regular at PICA’s TBA Festival, Dayna is an experimental stage artist, filmmaker and 2006 Guggenheim Fellow for Choreography. She and her troupe will debut a snippet from her latest work GLORIA’S CAUSE, a documentary-infused rock musical, which she will perform at this years TBA Festival.

PDX FOOD CARTS 101 with guests Brett Burmeister, blogger for foodcartsportland.com and Gregg from Whiffies Pies.

Musical guests are: 3 LEG TORSO with their new CD Animals & Cannibals and MENOMENA with their newest CD Mines

Ticket Information
Venue Address:
128 NW 11th Ave.
Portland, OR 97209

Box Office Hours:
Daily: Noon – 5:30 pm
Open at 10 am for Thurs matinees
The windows are open through intermission on performance days. Please call ahead for holiday hours.

Tickets may be purchased in person at the Box Office, online or by calling 503.427.8201. Visa, American Express and MasterCard phone charges are accepted.

Please call our office for more information about tickets or with any questions: 503-548-4920.

More about Live Wire! Radio

Variety for the ears, Vaudeville for the mind

Live Wire is a one-hour radio variety show recorded in front of a live audience. It’s music, it’s conversation, it’s sketch comedy. It’s the show that dared to put tap dancing, juggling and ballet on the radio. Live Wire highlights the best musicians and most fascinating people we can find* once a month at the beautiful Aladdin Theatre in the even more beautiful city of Portland, Oregon. The show broadcasts on stations throughout Oregon and Southwest Washington.

*Search area includes, but is not limited to: all continents and countries of the earth (except Lithuania) and its surrounding planets.

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Live Wire’s mission is to harness the intimacy of the theater experience and the power of the public airwaves to enliven, inspire, and engage audiences—connecting communities through live music and performance, unpredictable conversation, and original comedy. Live Wire! delivers old school variety with a modern twist to you, wherever you may roam.

Of course PDX.FM will be broadcasting this show on Monday at 3:00PM in case you can’t make it!

* Featured image: © Noah Kalina. All rights reserved

The caviar eating commences 9:00AM on Thursday.

Join in the music and conversation Thursday at 3:00.

WHAT:

Jurassic Park is probably the closest Spielberg has come to the thrill-ride heights of Raiders of the Lost Ark. Some might say that nothing he’s done since Raiders has come close to that masterpiece, but let me ask you this: Did Raiders of the Lost Ark have friggin’ DINOSAURS in it? No, it did not. And in a world where we’re inundated with schlock like Dinocroc, it’s nice to be reminded that at one point in the early 90′s, someone knew how to make these things look nice and scary. The people in the movie ain’t too bad, either: Richard Attenborough, Samuel L. Jackson, Laura Dern, and nerd heartthrob Jeff Goldblum at his smarmiest.

Many haven’t seen this spectacle on a screen bigger than their TV. Those lucky enough to have done so, probably haven’t seen it in a theater since the summer of 1993. Now’s your chance to relive those days (for the first time, in some cases) at one of the finest beer theaters in the entire country, McMenamin’s Bagdad Theater on SE Hawthorne Blvd.

Pre-show entertainment will be a blast of 80′s nostalgia: An episode of 1980′s TV series “Amazing Stories” will play while people work their way through the concession line and settle in for a long night of prehistoric mayhem. The chosen episode is “The Mission,” directed by Spielberg, starring Kiefer Sutherland, Casey Siemaszko, and Kevin Costner.

Admission is, as always, 3 dollars. The doors will open at 10pm, the Amazing Stories episode will start shortly thereafter, and the movie will begin at 11pm. A commentary, featuring Mike Russell (The Oregonian) David Walker (BadAzzMofo.com) Erik Henriksen (The Portland Mercury) and Dawn Taylor (Cinematical.com/pdx.fm’s Ham-Fisted Radio & Legion of News) will be made available for download the day before the screening so viewers can, if they choose, load up their iPod/mp3 player and bring the conversation in with them.

About Cort and Fatboy
“Cort and Fatboy” airs 10am-11am, Monday thru Friday, at http://www.pdx.fm. Episodes of the show, along with previous Midnight Movie commentaries, and the Jurassic Park poster artwork, can be downloaded athttp://www.cortandfatboy.com

Actor and comedian, Tom Lenk (Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Transformers, Broadway’s Rock of Ages), is giving Stumptown what she really wants – an alternative comedy/storytelling show live in Portland! Packed full of all new, mortifying and crazy tales, Lenk recounts his recent mis-adventures on and off the Broadway Stage. Take that Portland! Audiences have described his onstage shenanigans as “A one-man comedy spectacle of awesome!” “An irreverent, sometimes moving, always funny tour de force” and “The best way to spend a Saturday night other than getting laid!” His hodge-podge, prop-tastic, show and tell, song and dance, audience interactive, out of left field, Bob Ross inspired stylings are sure to give you laugh induced abdominal soreness…..

This one night comedy event is the fist stop on Lenk’s grass-roots, semi-national tour. Thanks to requests on Facebook and Twitter, Tom Lenk is bringing his live show to the very cities that have demanded to be Lenk-invaded! Be warned, if this show were a movie, it would be rated R! Strong language and adult content! Get the kids a babysitter and and mosey on down to the Thea-tah! Come have some laughs before you go to that hip downtown Friday night loft-party you were planning on…no one shows up to those things ‘til 11pm anyway.

Running Time: 1 hour 45 min. plus intermission.

Listing Info:
What: Tom Lenk Live in Portland!
Where: Ellen Bye Studio – Gerding Theater at the Armory
128 NW Eleventh Avenue
Portland, OR 97209
When: Friday, August 6th – 8pm – 10pm
Admission: $20 tickets available at Brown Paper Tickets

Originally from Montana, she moved to Utah for Massage, then moved to Oregon in 2002. Later Molly decided to attend The Euro Institute of Skin Care and graduated in October 2008 again at the top of her class with a 4.0. She also hold the following certifications:

La Stone Therapy Certified – 2004 (hot and cold stones)
Orthopedic Massage Certified – 2006
Medical Massage Certified – 2008 Treating Clients of Motor Vehicle Accidents
She is currently persuing education in advanced Medical Massage & Manual Lymphatic Drainage

Molly opened Balance Massage and Skin Care in January of 2010. The beautiful treatment center is located at 12923 NW Cornell Rd. suite 104 Portland Or. 97229
Phone: 503-502-2694
balancemassageandskincare.com (will be up shortly)
Molly carries the Dermalogica product line

“Massage was always a part of my life since I was little, so I feel
like it is my calling in life, I added facials to mix it up and have
some fun with it.” ~ Molly Brown

On Saturday, August 21st, 2010 from 12-8PM – PDX.FM is taking over the entire block next to the East Burn to bring you the ultimate summer bacon event, featuring…

NEW BANDS! • NEW CONTESTS! • NEW PRIZES! • MORE BACON!

STILL ONLY $5 BUCKS!

Suggested 2 cans of food will go to help out the Oregon Food Bank.

BUY ADVANCE TICKETS NOW!

Schedule of events:

12:00 Opening Ceremonies + Contest – The Bacon Mile (ends 5pm)
01:00 Live Music – The KOS
02:00 Contest – Bacon Toss
03:00 Live Music – Target for Tomorrow and the Horns of Destruction
04:00 Contest – Bacon Eat-Off
05:00 Live Music – Drain
06:00 Bacon Dance-Off
07:00 Live Music – Kym Krash Band

For more information about Baconfest, check out the site or our Facebook page.

This week: It’s all about The Harvey Wallbanger…..The Harvey Wallbanger was brought to international prominence by then Galliano salesman, George Bednar. Legend has it that the drink was named after a Manhattan Beach surfer who was a regular patron of Duke’s ‘Blackwatch’ Bar on Sunset Blvd in Hollywood during the early 1950′s.

Join us on Tuesday the 27th at 9:15 am the Morning Submission crew will be sucking down a Harvey, or two, or ten live on PDX.FM.

Acoustic Minds, the five-piece folk rock band fueled by twin sister harmonies and deft exploration of contemporary acoustic musical styles, have released their second CD, Live at Mississippi Studios. The CD is the follow-up to last years studio album Time, and has already made a splash on Garageband.coms Folk Rock charts as well their Blues, R&B, and Jazz top picks. Its rare to find a band versed in so many styles and able to bring something fresh to the mix, but this is exactly what sets Acoustic Minds apart from the crowd. They can burn up a stage with Indigo Girls-like power anthems (24 Years), acoustic jazz/blues picking and smoldering gospel-like testifying (Stuck), or sophisticated rhythms and adult contemporary singer-songwriting (Then Ill be Smiling). The 13-track album is a perfect introduction to the raw power of their live shows, allowing listeners to enjoy their tight musicianship, soaring vocals, and, inventive style.

Acoustic Minds features Jenni and Amanda Price (vocals), Nathan Milton (acoustic guitar, vocals), Franklin Gallwas (percussion) and Nathan Carver (bass). Live at Mississippi Studios was recorded at Portland, Oregon’s renowned acoustic cafe Mississippi Studios by Jim Brunberg, and mastered by Ryan Foster. It is available through CDBaby.com or at live shows and Portland-area music stores.

Acoustic Minds began as a three-piece, with twins Jenni and Amanda Price sharing their love of singer-songwriters like Sarah McLachlan and Joni Mitchell with acoustic guitar. They found like-minded artists around the Portland area and eventually filled out their sound to a full band. Their first CD Time was released in 2005, and launched a national 59-city tour. They currently keep to a demanding local performance schedule including a busy summer of outdoor performances.

For tour updates, contact information and media downloads, please visit www.acousticminds.com

Helpful links:
Taste test of our favorite berries, with photos!

West Union Gardens

Homemade blueberry basil vinegar

How to make a perfect pie crust

Tour de Coops

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Calling all of the demented, fanciful, whimsical, and unparalleled inhabitants of the ancient unicorn burial ground also known as Portland, Oregon…

You have been cordially invited to join forces with PDX.FM and march from watering hole to watering hole as we pay tribute to our magical four legged ancestors, the unicorn. The 2010 PDX.FM Unicorn Pub Crawl will commence on Friday, July 16th at 7 P.M. at Amnesia.  From there we shall gallop to Mississippi Pizza, then on to Crow Bar, and finally we’ll encourage you to get horns deep into Das Boot at Prost.  Each location will have a competition including Unicorn Break Dancing, the Glitter Grab, and the Straight Line Gallop.  There will be drink specials, swag to win, and loads of debauchery to be had.

For more details, keep listening to Morning Submission -- weekday mornings at 8am, right here on pdx.fm

And for inspiration, here’s how we dressed up both Sabrina Miller and Emily Gibson on the (extreme) cheap…

www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIi8kxDj-sg

Magically excited,
PDX.FM

Sit on the edge of your seats with anticipation as the mayors hash out the basics of beer, while Susanna and Damian do what they do best! Don’t miss the political punchlines on Brew Happy! Wednesday July 21st at 2:00PM only on pdx.fm.

Portland Arts Watch is an independent Portland, Oregon-based journalism website that looks at the arts, design and culture in the Northwest. Its impulses are historical and observational. It seeks to build open-ended descriptions and open-minded arguments and believes that both are improved by the responses of its community. It respects creative activity and civil discussion wherever it finds them. Portland Arts Watch accepts queries, stories, criticism and essays in text, video and audio media.

The editor of Portland Arts Watch is Barry Johnson, a freelance writer and editor. My professional history includes stints as arts editor, arts columnist, visual arts critic and theater critic at The Oregonian during the past 26 years. Before that I was the arts editor and a columnist at Willamette Week in Portland, and my journalism career began at the now-defunct Seattle Sun, where my various jobs included classified ad manager, dance critic and publisher. I also worked as a freelance sports stringer for the wire service UPI in Seattle. I have written catalog essays for art exhibitions of work by Portland artists Carl Morris, George Johanson and William Givler.

In the past few weeks we have drank some unusual concoctions, most of which you, our listeners have suggested. They’ve included: Cement Mixers (along with some curdled Bailey’s), candy infused vodka, fruit punch flavored vodka, and tequila and pickle juice (which was a favorite).

We invite you to send in your suggestions to weird drinks that we can make and try. Send an email to info@morningsubmission.com with your recipe and we will see if we can knock it back.

— From her MySpace Page —

Portland based singer/songwriter and winner of the 2009 Effigy Award for Best Folk Song of the Year for her song Free, Krista Herring has been called “the best secret kept in the music industry.” After countless hours of work in several studios, she has just released her impressive debut album, “Lay It Down.” Her songs are soulful, elegant prose set to the beat of her acoustic guitar and delivered by powerful, captivating vocals. She is usually accompanied by her band of talented musicians who bring a great dynamic that is a pleasure to witness.

Some believe that the soul and spirit of this generation’s music has been lost to a void of propaganda-driven, money-hungry, industry-manufactured musicians and bands, meant to spoon-feed people what, they are assumed to want to hear. However, it’s safe to say that any listener with an open heart and soulful intellect will find that the lost spirit of this generation’s musical paradigm has been resurrected in the illustrious talents of new musicians and artists such as Krista Herring.

Read more: http://www.myspace.com/kristaherring#ixzz0tkxybDjT

From the trekinthepark.com website:

Trek in the Park is back THIS SUMMER with a live performance of the classic episode Space Seed!! Boldly go…

Woodlawn Park
Corner of Claremont and Oneonta in NE Portland
Saturdays and Sundays at 5:00pm
July 10+11, 17+18, 24+25, 31 and Aug 1
ALL AGES! FREE!

Listen to Cort and Fatboy live on pdx.fm every weekday morning at 10am.

Miss the live show? Visit www.cortandfatboy.com

Check out Live Wire! on the web: www.livewireradio.org

Take a few minutes to fill out the survey below and we’ll draw one lucky winner from the entries on Thursday, July 15th, 2010 and send them a free 64GB iPod Touch – a nifty little device for listening to PDX.FM (or doing just about anything else for that matter).

NOTE: your email address will remain completely confidential and is only collected for the purpose of notifying the prize winner. Contest ends at Midnight PST on Monday, July 12th, 2010. Void where prohibited by law. You MUST be 18 years of age or older to participate. One entry per person.

THIS SURVEY CLOSED AT 11:59PM MONDAY, JULY 12th, 2010

RESULTS WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON

Quite a few listeners of PDX.FM’s Morning Submission have requested that we offer up our own Emily Gibson to enter the Women of Radio Co-host for a Day Search — basically, Emily would take the place of Kelly on Live with Regis and Kelly for a day. What could be better? So, here’s what YOU can do — go to the link above, nominate Emily, and keep your fingers crossed. Better yet, track down other nominees and hobble them, Tanya Harding style … what could be more Portland than that?

Link back to this post when you nominate: http://tiny.cc/regisandemily

We’re trying to make this easy. Thanks.

New episodes of the following will be airing at their regularly scheduled times:

• Legion of News with Rick Emerson and Dawn Taylor
• In Bed: With Matt and Phil
• The Becky and Joe Show

What’s 30 Hour Day?

We’re glad you asked. 30 hour day is a project developed by Cami Kaos of Strange Love Live and Rick Turoczy of Silicon Florist. The concept? Livestream a variety of entertainment for 30 hours straight in an effort to raise money for charities.

What’s PDX.FM doing for 30 Hour Day?

In short, probably busting some serious ass running the audio for the whole damn thing. Beyond that though, we’ll be broadcasting a special Saturday morning edition of Morning Submission at 8am on July 3rd, as well as quite a few other fun little odds and ends throughout the event. Check back for more details as they become available.

What do I do?

Join us July 2 and 3 for entertainment, interviews, and interesting goings on—while helping some very worthwhile causes. All from the cozy warmth of your own Web browser.

More details are now available at www.30hourday.org

INDEPENDENCE DAY (1996)

Maybe the most obvious Midnight Movie pick we’ve ever made, and yet, sometimes the obvious choice is the right one. And hey, if anyone wants to let Leverage Producer Dean Devlin know that we’re showing this thing on Friday, July 2nd, please do. He might like to see it on a big screen with a hungry crowd for the first time since 1996. You might want to, as well. Lotta you haven’t seen it the way it should be seen since then. A lotta you haven’t EVER seen it projected on a giant screen in 35mm. Rectify that.

3$ Admission. 21 and Over. Doors at 10pm, Film at 11pm. Tell your friends. Don’t let them miss the glory of Randy Quaid giving a spaceship an airplane enema. The power of the most badass macbook of all time. The awesome leaping power of a pole-dancer’s beloved pet. And of course, Will Smith saying “Hi” the best way he knows how.

Hope to see you there.

Tuesday-Thursday, June 15-17, 2010
7:00 pm (Various Locations-see below)

Do you know your ham hocks from your chitlins? How about your short ribs from your brisket? If you salivate at the mention of sweet filet mignon, then you can’t miss PDX.FM’s MEAT WEEK at pub quiz locations all over Portland June 15-17!

Grab five of your closest carnivorous friends to form a crack trivia team of expert meat eaters to kick the chuck out of the competition and win PRIZES or even cold hard CASH! PDX.FM’s very own Robert Wagner and Emily Gibson will join Portland’s own Quizmaster Polly at the Bitter End on Tuesday, and hosts Robert and Emily will guest host rounds at Thirsty Lion and Space Room Wednesday night. All quizzes start at 7pm.

But wait, there’s more! Tip the scales in your favor by bringing in plastic meat, one for each of your team members. Each hunk of fake-o baco will bank your team bonus points before the game even begins. Not so good at meat trivia? Not to worry—there will be plenty of other questions about various subjects including potatoes, roller derby, and other non-edible things that make you go mmmmm. So come down to any pub quiz location this week and rip off a meaty piece of bloody good trivia. You and your homies just may walk out with a pound of prizes or a wad of cash for the effort!

Locations:

Tuesday: The Bitter End Pub vs. the PDX.FM team, (1981 W Burnside St.);
Biddys Irish Pub, 6000 NE Glisan (60th & Glisan);
Shanahans Irish Pub, 209 W McLoughlin Blvd. (Vancouver);
Schmizza Pub & Grub, 415 SW Montgomery Street;
Hal’s Tavern, 1308 SE Morrison

Wednesday: Thirsty Lion with DJ Emily, 71 SW 2nd Ave.;
Space Room with DJ Robert, 4800 SE Hawthorne;
Sellwood Public House, 8132 SE 13th Ave.;
Maxwells, 737 SW 185th Ave. (Beaverton);
Horse & Hound, 403 Oak Street (Hood River);
Sonny’s Tavern, 533 Q Street (Eugene)

Thursday: The Belmont Inn, 3357 SE Belmont;
North End Pub & Rivergate Brewery, 3011 N. Lombard;
21st Avenue Bar & Grill, 721 NW 21st Ave.;
Bogeys, 1965 NE Division St. (Gresham);
Parkway Station, 5245 NE Elam Young Parkway (Hillsboro)

Distilling a world of information into one formidable hour: Legion of News.

Ignore at your peril.

Beginning Monday, June 21st, 2010 from Noon to 1pm Pacific.

In the meantime, read more about it all at the Willamette Week website.

That means we will not be broadcasting anything new or live from Saturday May 29th through Monday May 31st. We will resume our regular broadcasting schedule on Tuesday morning at 8AM with The PDX.FM Morning Submission.

Have a safe and happy holiday – and don’t drink and drive dammit!

When: June 17, 5:45pm
Where: Tryon Creek State Park (directions to trailhead)

Tryon Creek State Park is Oregon’s only state park within a major metropolitan area. Get more information about the park, which is only about 15 minutes from downtown Portland, here and here.

We will be hanging out on the steps to Portlands Living Room knitting and talking to all of our friends. Come out, bring your friends, and spend some time with your favorite foul mouthed knitters.

Portland Knit Happens KIP Day Flyer

We would love to have all of our Portland knitters come out and knit in Portlands Living Room with us!