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Mt. St. Helens Anniversary Online Poll: Which natural disaster would you most rather have kill you?

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010

Mt. St. Helens blew up 30 years ago today. I remember putting a bandana over my face and sweeping ash from the sidewalk of my parents’ Portland home.
Would you rather die in a volcano eruption, a tsunami, an earthquake, a flood, a hurricane or a tornado?

Mt. St. Helens blew up 30 years ago today. [...]

Joe, Online Polls, Oregon, Places, Portland, Washington | No comments

I remember the first time I trusted a record review.

Sunday, July 16th, 2006

I trusted two, I don’t remember why. I bought Spiritualized’s “Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space” and Yo La Tengo’s “I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One,” one from Music Millenium and the other from Everyday Music (both in Portland). Those were significant music decisions to me, and those are great albums. [...]

Joe, Music, Portland, Rock | 1 comment