Bob’s Burgers is my favorite show of all time. Every night except Sunday I forego whatever’s on now in order to re-watch and re-enjoy the utterly perfect first season of Bob’s Burgers. On Sundays I patiently wait for whatever new episode of Bob’s Burgers awaits me. Sleater-Kinney is one of the most stupendous rock’n roll …
Jeff Tweedy, of Wilco fame, learns how to write an honest folk song on Portlandia:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUj3hVWdpv0
http://youtu.be/fyyDpGJG9UA
Full story is here.
If you haven’t seen this, it might be the funniest skit in Portlandia history. And the Parson Red Heads are in it, the quartet posing around Fred Armisen. – Steve Stav
“How much does the weather in Portland affect the spirit of the city, and the sort of things you explore and satirize?” http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/la-et-portlandia-20120106,0,6119096.story
http://youtu.be/TCDbY_lXS5A
Yes, the hilarious Carrie Brownstein-Fred Armisen tv comedy, Portlandia, will be back next year. This is very good news. Full story is here.
The New York Times has decided to have some fun at Portland’s expense in an article titled, “Can a City This Self-Serious Take a Joke?” which contains such big city literary observations as the following: “For years, many residents here have reacted with practiced apathy and amusement toward the national fascination with Portland. Outsiders and …
The Dream of the 90s is alive in Portland! This new cable TV series, called Portlandia, starts January 10 and promises either quirky greatness or an epic meta hipster fail. Starring, along with SNL’s Fred Armisen, one-time Portlander Carrie Brownstein of Sleater-Kinney, author of “Call the Doctor,” one of the great tunes of the 90s, …