We ventured out to Forest Grove, OR with rapidly-up-and-coming Portland band Radiation City to visit the botanical garden that they help maintain when not on tour. Surrounded by budding rhododendrons, 30-year old bonsai, and the glow of a rare sunny winter day, Cameron, Lizzy and Matt discuss their personal investment in the garden, their work-music-life […]

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Shwood has joined forces with BUSHMILLS Irish Whiskey and Boston, MA boutique, Bodega on a limited run of Shwood’s “Canby” frame style, crafted from genuine BUSHMILLS Irish Whiskey barrels.   Limited to 100 pieces, the White Oak used for the frames dates back over 100 years.  The eyewear is packaged in a custom wooden whiskey crate, […]

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Remed is a french artist known for his brightly-colored large-scale murals and canvas works. His style is instantly recognizable and uses strong shapes and visual images to draw the viewer in. I first discovered Remed in a book I was given for Christmas over three years ago. I remember being instantly intrigued by his unique, […]

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Excellent Portland indie-folk band Y La Bamba‘s new record “Court the Storm” is comes out February 28th on Tender Loving Empire. Until then, check out this video or  listen to the whole album streaming over at NPR’s website.  

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Definition: Refraction : re·frac·tion – [ri-frak-shuhn] The change of direction of a ray of light in passing obliquely from one medium into another in which its wave velocity is different Markus Reugels of Deutschland uses the properties of refraction to create beautiful miniature worlds inside drops of water. Check out more of his work at: […]

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