Line Out - Comments on MTV Introduces the World to Portland, OR

Comment by B=Lo

B=Lo — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:11:35 -0800

Perfect d�j� vu bookend to the SP20 festivities.

Comment by ty

ty — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:42:27 -0800

Wow that guy from Yacht sucks.......

Comment by J. Burns

J. Burns — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:44:48 -0800

So, this is probably as good a place to ask this as any.

Why does Line Out make Firefox gobble so much RAM?

Comment by beenThereDoneThat

beenThereDoneThat — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:39:24 -0800

Hmmm, Do you think all those people watched "Hype"? Production values, same. Band quotes, same. Oh wait, does that make me jaded? First watch Hype, then watch this bit....what do you think?

Comment by mackro mackro

mackro mackro — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:50:37 -0800

So MTV basically told every Soulcracker in the U.S. to move to Portland? Have fun, peedee-exers.

Comment by I'm a Nuclear Bomb

I'm a Nuclear Bomb — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:26:52 -0800

Seattle:

1. The Saturday Knights.
2. The Dutches and the Duke.
3. Coconut Coolouts.
4. Sunday night shows with the King Khan & the Shrines.
5. The Spits.
6. McLeod Residence.
7. Truckasaurus.
8. Moondoggies.
9. Sonic Boom/Easy Street Records.
10. Happy Hour at El Camino in Fremont.
11. Kurt Bloch.
12. Hills to ride bikes up.
13. PartMan PartHorse.
14. The Comet Tavern
15. The Intelligence.
16. Punk shows at the Wildrose.
17. A-Frames.
18. Cal Anderson Park (shotgun beer parties).
19. The Dead Baby Downhill Bicycle Race.
20. 20/20 Cycle.
21. Shows at the Trashies' house.
22. Ezell's chicken.
23. Cheap wine at Trader Joes.
24. Skinny dipping at Howell Park (near Kurdt Coabain's house).
25. Bonfires on the beach.

Comment by tiktok

tiktok — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:32:40 -0800

Oops! Coverage like that always marks the point where a scene starts to take on water--quickly "HEY POSER WANNABES ACROSS THE NATION!!! MOVE HERE!!! IT'S HEAVEN!!!!"

Enjoy the influx of fly-over wannabes and escalation in rents, PDX. You guys had a nice deal while it lasted.

"Hype! 2:PDX"

Comment by overblown

overblown — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:23:39 -0800

I have a tape of the MTV Week in Rock that was shot in Seattle. Soundgarden and Alice in Chains give Tabetha Soren a tour of the city. Except for the haircuts and the fashion, it's pretty much the same as the Portland profile. We're all a community, these are our weird stores, it rains a lot, etc.

Comment by pete maravich's socks

pete maravich's socks — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:32:05 -0800

Yeah, but does Portland have Slats?
I rest my case.

Comment by Biggie J

Biggie J — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:56:27 -0800

Cute but I would get annoyed with it if I had to live in and around that scene. Good for them but does the average mtv watcher really care? With the internets does anyone even watch that channel?

Comment by dan10things

dan10things — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:53:13 -0800

They still talk about music on MTV?

Comment by bronkitis

bronkitis — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:55:42 -0800

@7: All the assholes started moving there 10, 15 years ago. And stories like this always leave out the massive, crushing unemployment part.

Comment by hello? hello? what the fck hello?

hello? hello? what the fck hello? — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:17:21 -0800

What's "Portland"????

Comment by mh

mh — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:36:32 -0800

@4.... HYPE PART DEUX

Comment by Hank

Hank — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:31:10 -0800

Portland has a great music scene. I hope this type of publicity doesn't make it lame like our scene here in Seattle.

Comment by E

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:56:44 -0800

Hank, YOU suck, whoever you are.

@5 and 7 -- you sound like a moron if you think that A) the Seattle music "scene" sucks, and B) the reason it is that way is because in the FUCKING 90s MTV gave it too much attention?

That is fucking bullshit. It takes a special kind of angry old person to think that too much attention is a bad thing cause it brings all the "posers" -- if you ask around, most of the people who live in seattle werent born in seattle, and the suburbs don't count, so we're all posers ya know. Also, is it lame to move to a city because that city has a robust music community and you think it'll help advance your own musical goals? I dont think so. I think that's ballsy.

Comment by Ro Bust

Ro Bust — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:41:21 -0800

Hey E: You're a poser for even saying that shit. You'll be old in 2015 and talking shit about the current scene because you're not a part of it. Move to Sunnyside where it'll be a hotbed of local music in 2028 and then you can bitch about the same thing these 'old posers' are going on about. Fucking poser. Okay, I'm drunk but so what? Your still a fucking poser. Shit head. Go fuck yourself.

Comment by E

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:12:23 -0800

@17 - Glad to offend you.

What the fuck is Sunnyside?

You're a pussy and I'd be glad to hand you a beatdown. Go get laid, sucker.