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Maybe they just wanted an early listen. Or maybe they suspect a top-selling Northwest rock group of being a terrorist front. Either way, guitarist and producer Chris Walla of Death Cab for Cutie says Border Patrol guards snagged the master recording of his new solo album as a courier tried to bring it across the border from a Canadian recording studio to a Seattle-based record label.

As Walla writes on his >> Continue reading: Border Guards Snag Rock Recordings

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Can't even get a fight about music cred started with our neighbors to the north. Seattlest tried to get readers to disagree with a new Slate article calling Portland an indie-rock mecca. And guess what? Seattle-ites agreed.

This all got started earlier today when Slate put up a glowing piece by local writer Taylor Clark explaining why Portland is h...

>> Continue reading: Slate: Portland is America's indie rock Mecca

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From today's NY Times, we learn that Springfield, Vermont is not the true home of the Simpsons.

In what state is the Simpsons’s fictional Springfield located? Certainly not Vermont. You’ll find out in the movie. We actually reveal the states that Springfield borders on.

Can you tell me now? Maine, Kentucky and — I can’t remember what the others are. The point is that Springfield is ...

>> Continue reading: Matt Groening's Springfield cop-out

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Tonight's All Things Considered has a fabulous piece on the month in 1941 that Woody Guthrie spent writing songs along the Columbia River.

In what must be one of the cheapest government PR contracts ever, the Bonneville Power Administration paid him all of $266 to promote the Bonneville, Grand Coulee, and other dams. (That would be about >> Continue reading: Woody Guthrie, Columbia river propagandist

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So I'm kicking my feet back a couple of weeks ago, watching the NBA draft when a catchy jingle catches my ear. Turns out it was Portland hip-hoppers Lifesavas. MediaPost reports GMC is trying to get its trucks to appeal to more of an urban audience and picked Lifesavas to provide the soundtrack. Watch the commercials >> Continue reading: Portland Hip-hoppers get national pub

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