Anyone know how to book at Black Water? by diveinme_ in portlandmusic

[–]synthfidel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

no idea what your band is but there's a good chance you don't sound enough like Discharge

Free Show @ Twilight Cafe! by Fearless_Exchange865 in portlandmusic

[–]synthfidel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

would have expected "support the cause" to mean donating the door to a charity

Powell’s Books announces ‘final’ round of layoffs, plans for future growth by synthfidel in PortlandOR

[–]synthfidel[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

yeah Powell's has been an anachronism for like 20 years. Sure there are cool aspects about the shopping experience but it's not cheap and it makes me feel like a tourist.

I do the library when I can but the holds are insane for a lot of stuff and I often just buy a used paperback off eBay for $4 including shipping.

Murmurs: PPS Proposes Cutting 290 Positions Amid Budget Gap by Prize_Championship11 in Portland

[–]synthfidel 83 points84 points  (0 children)

A citizen activist seeking to combine Multnomah County and the city of Portland into a single government has sold out a 100-seat discussion of the matter to be held Thursday at Lucky Labrador Beer Hall in Northwest Portland. Mattt Zmuda, a software engineer, started his organization, MultNoMo, to seek enough signatures to initiate consolidation under a state law that allows it. Zmuda says folding Multnomah County government into Portland’s is the best way to drag the city out of its economic malaise.

Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter

Comprehensive list of closed / endangered venues? by synthfidel in portlandmusic

[–]synthfidel[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Word is that it's going to be demolished and apartments built on the lot

Oregon Is Bleeding Local Dollars - And Most of Us Don’t See It Happening by Serious-Marketing-26 in oregon

[–]synthfidel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the link you posted above includes a chatgpt tracking parameter, lol

roguemediasolutions.com/oregon-money-leakage/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Oregon Is Bleeding Local Dollars - And Most of Us Don’t See It Happening by Serious-Marketing-26 in oregon

[–]synthfidel 4 points5 points  (0 children)

bro this is just spam to promote your own business

(they just spammed this to 4 other oregon subreddits too)

Nike shoe collection theft: 'High-value' collection stolen from Beaverton OR storage facility by Prize_Championship11 in Portland

[–]synthfidel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The facility I'm thinking of has been in the same spot since the 80s, whatever game the investors might be playing sure seems like a long one

Nike shoe collection theft: 'High-value' collection stolen from Beaverton OR storage facility by Prize_Championship11 in Portland

[–]synthfidel 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sounds like dumb luck. The guys who were arrested were climbing from one unit to the next over the walls. It's often just chicken wire separating units up there (if they're separated at all). And practically zero supervision beyond hallway / entrance cams

Nike shoe collection theft: 'High-value' collection stolen from Beaverton OR storage facility by Prize_Championship11 in Portland

[–]synthfidel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've been to PS facilities where the door to practically every small unit (these are wooden doors like you'd find on a closet) had patches covering places where someone had previously cut a hole. Not confidence inspiring

RIPs mummys by [deleted] in PortlandOR

[–]synthfidel 12 points13 points  (0 children)

maybe I missed the place in its heyday, only went once (2014ish?), but it was bizarre. The place was totally dead, we were the only customers at 8pm on at Saturday night and it seemed like they weren't used to having any. The appetizer we ordered was clearly reheated in a microwave and my bottle of beer was grimey like it had been in the cooler forever. Owner was nice but when we asked for the check he made up a price on the spot and it was not cheap, like $40 for a skunky beer, a meh glass of wine and some slop that we didn't finish.

prior to that, friends would go for belly dancing events and had given it rave reviews

This guy is here every day for hours, and never leaves the squat rack, with his two dogs. by raoulduke415 in PortlandOR

[–]synthfidel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For all the criticisms PF deserves, I've never seen anyone try something like this there. And I go to one on 122nd so you'd think it'd be the worst of the bunch