Oregon Country Fair Info & Pictures | Daily Stank Image Bank

2009 Oregon Country Fair.
Oregon Country Fair
July 10, 2009
Photo by GeoffK of OnPDX.com

Oregon Country Fair is just one of the many interesting events going on this weekend. check out this list for many more: 75+ Portland & Oregon Weekend Events, Parties & Free Tickets | July 9-12

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Worth Watching: Rocket, Belle of the Monkey Bars

Interview by Saundra Sorenson
Photos by Christine Taylor

Rocket by Christine Taylor

It isn’t often you meet up with a girl you’ve already seen naked and suddenly have an overwhelming desire to be BFFs. But that’s how I felt over a cup of coffee with Rocket, the (currently) blue-haired knockout who stands 6’3” in Lucite heels and maintains a chameleon-like presence on the web as she becomes increasingly recognized for her skills on the monkey bars. Think of her as an urban Dita von Teese, crafting a career in both entertainment and nude modeling.

Portland isn’t a city where “exotic dancing” is a particularly divisive issue; you don’t find yourself getting into many discussions about naked dance’s place in Third Wave Feminism, nor do many residents seem up in arms about the Starbucks-like presence of strip clubs throughout the city. And if you want to dance, you don’t necessarily argue semantics. Well, Rocket doesn’t.

“I’m a stripper,” she says plainly, although she regards it as a craft (“Hands-down the best pole dancer I’ve seen anywhere is Cricket,” she says with reverance), lugging a suitcase full of costumes and paying special attention to her playlist as she hones her unique agility onstage.

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Portland Modern Pinup: Tobias Berblinger

Tobias Berblinger
Model: Designer and DJ Tobias Berblinger; dorklab.com
Location: Portland Oregon
photography by Christine Taylor; happyplayground.com

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Portland Fashion Shoots: Seaplane

Portland Fashion Shoots: Seaplane by Christine Taylor

Fashion provided by Seaplane
Pieces for sale at: seaplanedesign.com
Model: Lia Richardson
Wardrobe styling by Sara Moskovitz
Hair and makeup by Meagan Lee
Photography by: Christine Taylor www.happyplayground.com
Location: Mount Tabor
Portland, Oregon

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Portland Fireworks Pictures: July 4th | Daily Stank Image Bank

Fireworks!
Portland Fireworks
July 4th, 2009
Photo by Andrew Curtis

From Andrew:

I’ve taken “normal” fireworks photos before with pretty good success, so this year I decided to experiment with this focus blur technique. For the first half of the show I started to wonder if I’d even get a single good shot out of it, so I’m pretty blown away that so many of them turned out well.

I came across the technique here:
www.flickr.com/groups/fireworks/discuss/ 72157594204503765/

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Portland Modern Pinups: Sasha Barshuk

PDX Pipeline presents Portland ‘Modern Pinup’, by photographer Christine Taylor, featuring locals in their natural sexiness, for you to check out every Wednesday. You may see some familiar faces, but you will have never seen them quite like this.

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Model: Sasha Burchuk
Photography by: Christine Taylor www.happyplayground.com
Location: Portland, Oregon

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75+ Portland Weekend Events, Parties & Free Tickets | June 25-28

Leigh sent out his weekly email of Portland weekend events earlier today. It is reproduced below. 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 that we think will be good, well attended, or should be interesting.

Reminder: Also, 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.

From Leigh Feldman:

Portland Weekend EventsThings I’m currently jocking…

Free entry to Snap! the 90’s Dance Party @ Holocene before 11pm on Friday night. Get your 90’s neon on and dance…. Free entry to Massive on Saturday at the Crown Room if you say ‘LifeisaParty’ before 10pm. There are dj’s, designers, a dance party, a fashion show, a PBR wheel and lots of (model) mayhem. This is absolutely one of the best parties in the city!…. Free champagne at the Bella Foccia Anniversary Party. Tell them LifeisaParty sent you! … Free craziness at Last Thursday on Alberta. Talking to some of the organizers it sounds like it’s gonna be madness!!!

Free music ish… This mix from DJ Ayres who will be destroying the dancefloor at Massive on Saturday night at the Crown Room. If you don’t know DJ Ayres, he’s most known for his role in the party The Rub, his remixes for house hold name artists like Jay-Z and Madonna and this is It’s his recent ‘Dance Till You’re Dead Mix’ -http://therub.crewcial.org/DanceTilYoureDead.mp3

The satisfaction of knowing that someone from PDX should/could/and probably would win this … http://www.worldbeardchampionships.com/

PS – I finally got twitter and will be talking about all the things I see. Twitter.com/leighfeldman3. I promise it will be absolutely ridiculous.

Life is a party, everyone is just waiting to be invited.
See you all out and about! Leigh Feldman

Thursday, June 25

  • Last Thursday!! @ Alberta St. (lions, tigers, bears… hipsters with beers, art galleries, thai food carts, oh my!)
  • Last Thursday After Party @ The Church (fire dancing, drinks, nekkidness)
  • Sleep of Old Dominion Video shoot @ Momentum Studios (wear a dark hoodie and be in a rap music video!)
  • Blue Spectral Monkey DJ Set @ Common Ground Wellness Center (ambient)
  • From Pipeline’s Twitter: @equalizeit is having a bake sale at Last Thursday tonight! http://bit.ly/8uV6E #pdxeats #pdxvegan #pdxevents
  • 80’s Themed Flavour @ The Agency (hip hop, club, dance)
  • Brittlestar Art Opening Event @ Moment of Truth on MLK (art art art)
  • X-otica Go Go @ Dante’s (go go dancers, bass music, dj’s)
  • M-64 7” Release Show @ Someday Lounge (live band hip hop)
  • Budzik’s Music Video Class Project Presentations @ Aalto Lounge (drinks and displays of music videos)
  • Floating World Comics Animation Festitval w/ Flaspar @ Holocene (video, art, comics, illustration, animation and bands)
  • Creative Music Guild Improv Session w/ Urs Leimgruber and 20 other musicians @ Worksound Gallery (one master saxophonist and 20 other musicians doing jazz improv)
  • Superfest Pre Jump Off w/ Dat Politics, Strength, Breakfast Mountain and DJ Solomon @ Rotture (electro, disco, rock and dance)
  • Wormholes 20 Artist Art Celebration @ Grass Hut Gallery (drink, eat, see friends, look at the stars)
  • Beaker & Flask Opening Party @ Beaker & Flask (food and drinks)
  • 3 Year Anniversary Mabel & Zora Party @ Mabel & Zora (wine, cupcakes, giveaways, sales)
  • Button Magazine Ladies Night Slumber Party @ Jupiter Hotel (drinks, music and girl only activities … keeping my fingers crossed for erotic pillow fight)
  • Delicious @ Crown Room (weekly alternative dance night)
  • House Call @ Groove Suite (house music)
  • Reflux @ Branx (electro futurist disco party)
  • Breakdown Thursday @ Pala (dubstep, dnb, electro, breaks)
  • Chervone @ Alberta St. Public House (balkan brass fun)
  • Danava @ East End (good ole’ fashioned rock)
  • Goodfoot Last Thursday Art Opening @ Goodfoot (Art! Beer!)

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Portland Modern Pinups: Gloria Holer

Portland Modern Pinups, photo by Christine Taylor

Model: Gloria Holer
Photography by: Christine Taylor www.happyplayground.com
Location: Portland, Oregon

Featuring Gloria Holer of local performance band Hotter Than a Crotch, raging rock-n-roll that will break your heart, playing tonight at Plan B. They will be, “Ripping the scene in two with the Slutty Hearts, and the Naughty Things (visiting from Tempe Arizona)“.

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Portland Fashion Shoots: Makool Loves You

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Fashion provided by Makool Loves You and Time Bomb Vintage.
Pieces for sale at:
Makool Loves You; store.makoollovesyou.com
Time Bomb Vintage; www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5981826
Model: Sasha Burchuk
Photography by: Christine Taylor www.happyplayground.com
Location: Portland, Oregon

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75+ Portland Weekend Events, Parties & Free Tickets | June 18-21

Leigh sent out his weekly email of Portland weekend events earlier today. It is reproduced below. 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 that we think will be good, well attended, or should be interesting.

Reminder: Also, 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.

From Leigh Feldman:

Portland Weekend EventsThings I’m currently jocking…

The fact that it’s Father’s Day on Sunday! As a young child (read: ages 4-26) I used to go into his closet and gift wrap something he already owned and give it to him. This year I got him something much better .. Congrats you’re gonna be a grandfather!! Just kidding. No child yet, but I would like to take this chance to tell you how wonderful you are Dad and hope that everyone here does the same on Sunday, not just for their father, but for anyone and everyone around them that they love.

Free music ish… This mix from DJ 208, who held it down at the Michael Jordan party recently. It’s pretty partytastic – http://tinyurl.com/nk8lhh

All the weird stuff going on this weekend – Swinger Clubs, Air Sex, Bike Rides, Free Beer Events, Fashion Shows, Dominatrix led Comedy Events. This city is fantastic. PS – I finally got twitter and will talking about all the things I see. @leighfeldman3. I promise it will be absolutely ridiculous.

Life is a party, everyone is just waiting to be invited.
See you all out and about!
Leigh Feldman

Thursday, June 18

  • Commotion and Bounce Brigade @ Goodfoot (funk, Afrobeat, bass, live party tracks)
  • White Light @ Valentines (free disco/electro dance party)
  • Art Spark @ Rontoms (a gathering of artists in PDX to meet and collaborate on possible projects)
  • Girls Rock Camp Benefit Show @ Rotture (bands, bands and booze)
  • Pink Party Planned Parenthood Benefit @ Holocene (DJ Global Ruckus and DJ Anjali, plus Brazilian percussion group Samba Gata will keep you moving to world beat sounds)
  • PDX Burlesque Event @ Hawthorne Theater (dance performance and cabaret show)
  • Diamond D @ Someday (only $5 to see this famous hip hop producer and record collector)
  • Flavour @ The Agency (hip hop, club, dance, upscale party)
  • X-otica Go Go w/ DJ Izm & DJ Nature @ Dante’s (booty bass, booty and bass)
  • Cinema Project ‘Amar Kanwar’ @ NW 13th (screening of film project)
  • Builders and Butchers CD Release Show @ Wonder Ballroom (some good ole’ Appalachian folk)
  • Midnite @ Crystal Ballroom (some good ole’ reggae)
  • Boy Eats Drum Machine @ Mississippi Studios (abstract sounds and samples played live)
  • Humane Society Party @ Pala (raffle, music, fashion, pets)
  • Delicious @ Crown Room (dj’s, dancing, decorations)
  • Inviting Desire @ IFCC (a performance based on women’s sexual fantasies, plus some naked ladies)
  • NW Club DJ Spinoff Semifinals @ Dirty (club and top 40 dj competition)
  • Luncacy Stageworks presents ‘Sight Unseen’ @ Sellwood Masonic Lodge (pay what you will Thursday’s for live theater)
  • 3rd Annual Rocky Butte Sunset Ride @ Irving Park (food, dancing, portable sound systems, bikes, sunset)
  • Quasi @ Disjecta (indie rock and readings from someone involved in porn)

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