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Saturday, January 20, 2007

Events Two Magical Events, One Enchanted Evening

Posted by Scott Moore on Sat, Jan 20 at 12:02 PM

Lucky you, Portland. Tonight you have at least two incredible happenings happening—and they’re scheduled so that you can hit up both of them.

First up is a screening of art collective Paper Rad’s eye-melting, mind-bending film Trash Talking, which blends bizarre flash animation with collages of toy advertising from your childhood. I stumbled into the editorial break room one afternoon while Chas Bowie was watching the DVD, and accidentally spent the next 45 minutes staring at the screen, utterly transfixed.

Here’s what Chas had to say in this week’s Mercury:

When Aphex Twin’s Windowlicker video came out on VHS in 1998, I immediately bought a copy and showed it to every person who walked in my house for the next five years. It’s not fair to call the mandatory screenings a litmus test, since nearly every single person agreed it was one of the best things they’d ever seen. Last year, a new DVD came my way that occupies the same role in my life—Trash Talking by psycho/lo-fi/visionary art collective Paper Rad. Clocking in at an epileptic 60 minutes, Trash Talking is a mind-altering collage of 8-bit graphics, dancing Gumbys, trance-inducing RGB color flashes, and troll dolls. Lots and lots of troll dolls. It’s as if Paper Rad collected every videotape, website, radio advertisement, and sticker collection you’ve ever seen, threw it all in a blender, and resurrected the shards into a post-techno monument to the pixilated moment where your childhood and the distant future collide.

And here’s the trailer for the film:

Paper Rad: Trash Talking
5th Avenue Cinemas, 510 SW Hall, 8pm

And once that’s done (the run time is less than an hour), you can take what’s left of your brain and drag it over to Doug Fir to catch America’s Funnyman, Neil Hamburger, drop a steaming pile of terrible comedy on the city. I don’t care what any of you say, this man is hysterical.

Neil Hamburger w/ Pleaseeasaur
Doug Fir Lounge
830 E Burnside
9pm, $10

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WET CONFETTI
LETI ANGEL
GHOST TO FALCO
KICKBALL

@ROTTURE 9PM TONIGHT!!!!!!!!!

Posted by thomas | January 20, 2007 12:54 PM

So many choices!

Posted by scott moore | January 20, 2007 1:15 PM

hey is 5th avenue cinimas charging for that show?

Posted by daniel | January 20, 2007 3:16 PM

Thanks, Daniel, for reminding me that I didn't mention the best part: The Paper Rad show is totally FREE.

Posted by Scott Moore | January 20, 2007 6:07 PM

"Art" Warning: That thing is possibly relevant only to those born between 1974-1980.

And while it may be appropriate, I have noticed a few times of late where "epilepsy" or "seizures" or "fits" were mentioned, I suppose, as a "this is cool" descriptor for these laser light shows of this generation. I have seizures. They aren't cool. If you are warning the epileptics out there, thanks.

As far as this "Paper Rad", I'll just warn those who watched their younger sibs toy cheap offerings in the 80's on their way out the door to get loaded and felt they were being truly shortchanged--this is not the event for you.

Posted by freekaleek | January 21, 2007 10:49 AM

leti angel are gays

Posted by james | January 21, 2007 8:22 PM

Wednesday-Jan. 24, 2006

REFORMING LAW ENFORCEMENT!

Have you had enough yet?

The many videos on television nationwide showing "out of control cops" beating/kicking or shooting restrained people WILL come to an end.

Remember the Kaady Killing on Sept. 8, 2005 near Sandy, Oregon when a Clackamas
County Sheriff and a Sandy Police Officer turned a medical emergency into a unjustafied tasing and shooting of a 27 year old Fouad Kaady, naked, unarmed, burned and bleeding as the law enforcement officers didn't want to get blood on them and they said, he threatned them that he will kill them. Many witnesses said they heard no threat from Kaady.

We Called Oregon State Police's top officer of their training division Lt. Doithit and found out their policy is, "just" assist in the arrest and report it when an officer sees another officer use Excessive Force.

After 8 months of trying to get the Superintendent Ron Ruecker of Oregon State Police to protect all Orgonian's by setting up new procedures, training and report to our new oversight board only until state senators forced him to respond to our many letters, (certified via USPO)did it expose that not one change was implemented by his government agency.

Supt. Ruecker resigned on Dec. 1, 2006 as he stated in the Oregonian Newspaper for the betterment of members, my family and Oregonians.

We are close to the same results with the Sheriff of Clackamas County.

Stay tuned as this is a new way to get the word out as mainstream media will not touch it.

End the Century Old Police Code of Silence and Testilying in Court.....
E-mail to learn much more!!!!

What happens in Oregon goes nationwide!

Only LOVE will Prevail...

Jerry Atlansky-Chairperson
Oregon State Police-
"Independent" Citizens Review Board
Estacada, Oregon
js@atlansky.com 24/366
P.S. Click on: www.dignityanddining.org

Posted by Jerry Atlansky | January 24, 2007 3:02 AM

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