News from Monday, August 13, 2007 @ 9:44 AM, PST
DLa Tuf in Portland, 2007 What a blast! Dead Letter Art rolls tough to Portland, Oregon for the 2007 PDX Zine Symposium. The trip began Friday as BHBW professionally navigated the mighty Suburban across the desert plains of the Basin and along the rolling banks of the Columbia. The journey was filled with casual conversation, fascinating philosophical discussion and heated political debate. After arriving in the early evening, BHBW and Perishable rendezvoused with ThaneC for coffee and a delightful tour of his recently acquired homestead. Later that night, we found ourselves downtown, enjoying a round (or two) of ice-cold beverages, hand-tossed pizza, and half-mad banter. An excellent opening to an otherwise incredible weekend adventure..
DLa @ PDX Zine Symposium Up early on Saturday, we enjoyed an easy breakfast and hit the PDX MAX for a straight shot into town. With our arsenal of DLa back-issues in hand, we made haste to the zine convention, which was held on the beautiful campus of Portland State University. The convention itself seemed more popular than ever, apparently attracting hundreds of zinesters from around the country. Diving into the DIY chaos, DLa hit table after table, consuming as much as possible from the endless cornucopia of independently published material. Trading issues and sharing ideas, DLa heads enjoyed several hours of zine mayhem, receiving a near-fatal dose of zines, comics, books, buttons, flyers, postcards, adverts, and other DIY propaganda. Finally, after stuffing our bags with plenty of chunky zine booty, we fled the scene and returned to the streets of downtown Portland.
Having accomplished our primary objective, the remainder of the weekend was spent wandering through art exhibits, chatting with locals, digging through bookstores, enjoying delicious cuisine and consuming vast quantities of piping-hot coffee and ice-cold beer. During our adventure, the city was buzzing with activity, festivals, and the enchanting sound of bagpipes echoing in the refreshing evening breeze..
Perishable
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Comment by 88teeth
[ Monday, August 13, 2007 ]
Aye!a grand weekend - despite rubber-gloved cops, corporate sculpture, topless stewardess attacks, and the highLife of Bite of Portland.. or, maybe, because of?…It was a lot of fun
Comment by Perishable
[ Monday, August 13, 2007 ]
most definitely a wild time - i can’t remember the last time i was so wired on coffee and drunk at the same time!