My Two Web Shows

In addition to my duties at the Pedal Powered Talk Show I also host a show on YouTube's DIGS Channel called Extreme Craft Challenge. In each episode I challenge two artists to make a unique craft with some unusual ingredients. In the past few weeks we've made celebrity portraits out of macaroni and killer robots out of old electronics:

In between releasing full fledged episodes I also post some short videos online and in the latest one I made a not-so-casual mention of my favorite pedal-powered-project:

Yes, I may have other web shows but you know where my allegiances lie.

A Recap of Our Live Event at the Mission

On a Wednesday evening in March we pedaled into the Mission Theater in NW Portland for a night of conversations with independent filmmakers, animators, and artists. We watched hilarious and moving clips, music videos, and short films and it was a pretty wonderful evening. Here's a little of what you missed:

 

Special thanks to the Oregon Jewish Museum and the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland for putting the event together. And thanks to Daniel Stark (of Daniel Stark Photography) for filming!

A Photo Wrap-Up from Our Live Show

Our live show at the Bagdad Theater was a pretty action-packed afternoon and, as always, Daniel Stark documented the experience.

I look out at our incredibly handsome audience.

My nephews ask author Jon Raymond a question via my laptop.

Jon Raymond reads from his soon-to-be-released book, Rain Dragon.

The How Long Jug Band performs a tune between guests.

Paul Guinan and Anina Bennett chat about their two books, Boilerplate and Frank Reade.

Paul Guinan and Emi Lenox (of EmiTown fame) duke it out in a high stakes drawing challenge.

Ritah Parrish and Katie O'Grady chat about their film Rid of Me.

We made Bicycle Times Magazine!

Check it out! We're mentioned in the latest issue of Bicycle Times Magazine (now available at newsstands):

We're Hosting an Evening of Local Independent Media!

What are you doing next week? Want to come hear from some renowned independent filmmakers? Of course you do!

I'll be curating/moderating an evening of local independent media on Wednesday, March 28th (at 7PM) at the Mission Theater (1624 NW Glisan) for the Oregon Jewish Museum.

I'll be chatting with Peter Richardson (director of the award-winning How to Die in Oregon), Rachel Blumberg (acclaimed musician and animator), Alissa Creamer (international documentarian), and Alicia J. Rose (photographer and music video director). I'll be chatting with each of them in addition to sharing some of their work. Tickets are $10 (and available to buy here) but the experience will be priceless.

Hope to see you there!

On (or rather, in) The Edge!

I still remember the enjoyment I got each morning as a kid when I pulled out the 'Living' section of The Oregonian and read 'The Edge.' It was an always-entertaining round-up of jokes, strange news, clever haikus, or whatever else they jammed into the narrow column that was curated by the mysterious "Uncle Edgester."

So I was thrilled when I heard yesterday that we, The Pedal Powered Talk Show, made our way into 'The Edge.' Here's how yesterday's column started:

An Edgester remarked recently, "You know you live in an interesting city when you can no longer tell the newspaper stories from the 'Portlandia' episodes."


Ding ding ding! A bell went off, and we knew we had our next Edge column.


Here with, a quiz: Which of these is a real story, and which of these is a synopsis of a "Portlandia" sketch?

And what was the first line of the quiz?

1. A bike-powered talk show uses a cargo bike to carry recording equipment and a desk for the host.

That's us! We're a bike-powered talk show that uses a cargo bike! And you can read the rest of the column here.

I couldn't be happier right now. My 12-year-old dream just came true. This is almost as good as winning one of their famous haiku contests.

The writer of 'The Edge' has always been kept anonymous, but whoever you are - thank you! You made my day.

PPTS Live Was a Hit!

Thanks to everyone who came out yesterday to cheer us on. It was all a blur but I'm pretty sure I had a great time. And of course, thanks to our crew, the folks at the Bagdad Theater (especially Doug), our peeps at the Portland Hawthorne Hostel, and our rockin' guests.

Stay tuned for photos, videos, and more juicy tidbits coming soon!