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SPORTS TALK RADIO: ADDING UP ADS

Talking the talk on sports ads for sports talk radio. How important is it to connect the dots when you’re figuring things out on sports talk radio? If you don’t make the connections, someone else will, and you’re left wondering what they left out. The rise of sports talk radio is the focus here. How […]

BOOMERPDX COOKS SHEPHERDS PIE

The Best Flock Food? Shepherds Pie Of Course. It’s PFM And BoomerPdx Cooks It. People who like to cook act as if it’s no big deal, but it is. Who likes to cook? Anyone tired of microwave entrees, boiled sausages, and hamburgers that come out of drive-up windows. If you have a group to cook […]

BACK TO THE FUTURE AT 60

Back To The Future Or How’d You Know It Would Turn Out Like This? By 1985 the oldest baby boomers were around 40 years old. They were old hippies by then, or peppy preppies if they cut their hair and learned how to trade bonds. Yes the boomer generation was settling in quite nicely toward […]

AT THE TRIMET BUS STOP, pt 2

One part of weird Portland, the Keep Portland Weird part, is SantaCon near a TriMet bus stop. If you’re a fan of SantaCon and like dressing up in Santa gear and bar crawling Portland, then you’ve seen this. If you’ve never dressed been a Santa, this is your chance. Drinking beer with hundreds of Santas […]

THAT PORTLAND?

What You Won’t See Won’t Bother You. The truth is you need Portland and Portland needs you. When you move here, take a good look in the mirror. You are the ‘new blood.’ You will ‘make a difference.’ You will ‘change things’ by your presence. Soon enough you notice other new people making a difference […]

FOO FIGHTERS THERAPY

Do the Foo Fighters Love the Northwest Or Is It A Touring Coincidence? From Walla Walla to The Gorge to Portland in a couple weeks? Yep, they like it here, they really like it. My boys hit the road from Portland to Walla Walla for Gentlemen of the Road. It sounded like a Traveling Wilburys […]

THE BABY BOOMER GUITAR

How To Fill Empty Hands With Music, Your Music, On Your Baby Boomer Guitar. From E string to E string, Every Body Goes Down An Elevator. Get in tune with a tuner and get busy. Skinny string E to fat string E, low bass to high treble: E, B, G, D, A, E. If you’re […]

SPORTS TALK TAKES A TURN

That’s sports talk brand builder Colin Cowherd on the label of a Rogue beer. Dan Patrick has a beer with his name on it, not his picture, so score for Cowherd. Colin Cowherd is the ESPN guy who questioned Dan Patrick’s work ethic after the last Super Bow. Patrick answered by saying Cowherd was flexing […]

BOOMERPDX ON THE ROAD TRAVEL ADVICE

How To Find Places To Stay On The Road. If two people travel together, one is planner. They’ve got the calendar, the days, the stops, and how long you’ll be in each place. Two planners are a problem. With two planners it won’t be a trip, it’ll be a hostage negotiation where one or both […]

6 POINTS OF YOSEMITE THE UNUSUAL

More Than El Capitan, More Than Half Dome, Yosemite Brings Added Value. 1. A bear made front page news. At least the man it attacked made front page news when he saved himself by flashing back to Vietnam. He went face to face with the Viet Cong and a bear and won both times. 2. […]