We bow in awe before Scatter friend Paul Duchene’s annointment as a fellow of England’s venerable Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, or RSA.
“No kissing of ring necessary,” his partner, Sherry Lamoreaux, insists. But we can scarce restrain ourselves.
Apparently as a lad way back in 1968 Paul took the RSA test [...]
Art Scatter is on the road, but some things you can appreciate long-distance. Such as Scatter friend Charles Deemer’s new micro-movie Deconstructing Sally, which the Portland playwright/novelist/essayist/teacher finished a few days ago, shooting it on a Flip minicam and spicing it up with a terrific soundtrack of mostly ’60s songs.
It’s 30 minutes long, and you [...]
Mrs. Scatter is feeling a little high on the Google Glue. Hence, the third person. She did a search for “Large Smelly Boys” to find art for her last post and the bra story came up as the No. 1 hit. The Alvin and the Chipmunks post was a close second.
Just imagine, if you will, [...]
The Monday trifecta: Portland Taiko, a new CD, and sake. Photo: copyright Rich Iwasaki, 2007
The trouble with traveling is that you miss things at home. The trouble with home is that you miss things in other places, but that’s another story.
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During our August wanderings we’re missing a lot of stuff in Portland, including Portland Taiko’s [...]
The Large Smelly Boys hit the road again, this time with technological diversion.
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Someone told us in all seriousness (hard to believe, we know) that word games are good for Large Smelly Boys and their ilk. We know all about ilk. We go through gallons (many plurals) of it every week.
So as a little surprise for [...]
Margaret Sullavan and James Stewart in “The Shop Around the Corner”: heart-to-heart, but not eye-to-eye. MGM, 1940/Wikimedia Commons
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In a world of reality television and cheesy stadium-pop music, finding good, intelligent escapist entertainment is a lot harder than it ought to be. The idea is to tickle your brain, not insult it, and tickling takes a [...]
The Scatter Family hits the road, Mostly Unaware of Wrinkles.
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The Scatter/Condiment Family is on the move again. The pickles have been stacked in the pantry and the beach toys have been packed in the cargo hold.
This week: Points North.
Next week: Points South.
To get from here to there: Get on I-5, go south, drive 10 hours, [...]
Move over, blogsters. Clear the counters. It’s pickle time!
I had planned to tear down a fence this week, in part to keep the Large Smelly Boys busy because it’s the one week all summer when THEY’RE BOTH HOME. But then I realized it was the only few days I’d be in town during pickle [...]
Jem Baggs (”The Wandering Minstel”), from Punch, 1892. The Gutenberg Project
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Tim Brown of Oregon Live has this brief but fascinating report of the Decemberists‘ recent troubles in the great state of Michigan.
The Portland band’s crime? Busking on a street corner. The shock! The horror! The upgrade in the quality of buskers!
Musicians have long resorted to [...]
Rocco Landesman has barely been confirmed as new leader of the National Endowment for the Arts, and already it’s beginning to look like Bull Run.
To be fair, Landesman fired first.
We’re going to get away from this democracy-for-the-sake-of-democracy idea, he told the New York Times, and back to setting some good old-fashioned standards. No more spreading [...]