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The Cornucopian @cornucpoian.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I saw like 5 anti-Jackson ads last night in PDX and assumed they got the wrong Portland.

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The Cornucopian @cornucpoian.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Yep! Seems like a good way to negotiate, but you still have to go through the dealers ultimately.

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The Cornucopian @cornucpoian.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Abolish the dealership model, or at least let Costco sell Subarus.

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The Cornucopian @cornucpoian.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I would make a case for the Blind Willie McTell version of “Dying Crapshooter’s Blues” from the sessions he did with Alan Lomax. A southern gothic mythological drama and an incredible, propulsive performance.

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The Cornucopian @cornucpoian.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Me and my wife both liked Digger. It captures how our age is both grotesquely and subtly demoralizing at the same time. Maybe not a recipe for box office success, but I have a soft spot for movies that are commercial train wrecks. Give me Digger over another tired remake or sequel.

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The Cornucopian @cornucpoian.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Probably the concentration of the entertainment industry and the high concentration of Hawaiian and Hillbilly/Western artists who came to try their luck in films. “Singing In the Saddle” is a book that has a bunch of great background info about the era. Also “Kika Kila” by John Troutman.

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The Cornucopian @cornucpoian.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

George Beauchamp at Rickenbacker had the first patent, but the Hawaiian music craze was driving the industry. Freddy Tavares did design the Stratocaster for Fender. Dobro, National, Rickenbacker, Fender, Bigsby, Weissenborn, and others around LA were all interacting and competing in the 30’s.

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The Cornucopian @cornucpoian.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Rickenbacker frypan in my profile pic is pushing 90 years old. Still sounds great! There was a generation of Hawaiian musicians that straddled the acoustic and electric ages. Sol Hoopii, Eddie Bush, Sol K Bright, etc. It’s fascinating to hear how they adapted their style to the new technology.

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The Cornucopian @cornucpoian.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

When I was young I didn’t know “Maneater” by Hall and Oats was a metaphor or whatever. I imagined a Lovecraftian horror waiting around on the streets at night literally eating men. It was the time of Thriller and Ghostbusters, and the top 40 was spooky.

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The Cornucopian @cornucpoian.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Disintegration loops. We have a post-apocalyptic Fred Meyer where it would really nail the vibe.

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The Cornucopian @cornucpoian.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Yaowarat, Moon Pocha, Jade Rabbit, Bless Your Heart Burger, Tamale Boy, Heart coffee.

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The Cornucopian @cornucpoian.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Proud Mary is great for brunch. Unusual and Australian. Flying Fish Company is great. Por Qué No is a crowd pleaser. Broder for Scandinavian brunch. Pizza Otto is great. New Cascadia for gluten free treats. There’s really so much good stuff. Eem/Hat Yai are good.

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binp @binp.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

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Bloody urine (haematurea) was recorded by Ancient Egyptians in papyri 5,000 years ago. They called it Aaa. The first scientific report

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The Cornucopian @cornucpoian.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Generally agree, but I was playing through the headphone out of my buddy’s Milkman class D Pedalboard amp, and with the speaker sim activated it was pretty good for clean steel guitar. I usually use a 60’s Princeton. If I was usimg it for overdrive it would probably be different.

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The Cornucopian @cornucpoian.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

There are all kinds of little powered mixer-with-speakers combos that would work. I’d look for something all-in-one and not a big system with a separate board, amp, and speakers. Roland, Fishman, and Peavey make little acoustic guitar amps with microphone inputs. That could work.

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The Cornucopian @cornucpoian.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

It really kind of feels like fall just blew in.

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The Cornucopian @cornucpoian.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I would have to wear a tophat when driving that.

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The Cornucopian @cornucpoian.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

This is a very Portland-y post. There are probably actually a bunch of people in town who are like “oh yeah, what did we do with that child-sized sea-shanty melodion?” Like asking around for a banjo in West Virginia.

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The Cornucopian @cornucpoian.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

This is true. When they say “You pick the place for dinner,” they mean “You need to guess the place I’ve selected for dinner.” This applies to GenX too.

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The Cornucopian @cornucpoian.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Also, you could smoke in the grocery store. Even the employees. They had ashtrays at the end of each isle at the Ogletree’s in GA. Everyone smoked. The cashiers smoked, the produce guy smoked at a little stand in the produce department where they weighed and priced your produce.

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The Cornucopian @cornucpoian.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

They used the yeast that was all over Otzi the Ice Man to make bread. I think we might be seeing the birth of archaeo-forensic cuisine.

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The Cornucopian @cornucpoian.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I play Hawaiian steel guitar AND press the sampler button. Sometimes the wrong sound comes out and it’s awesome. I’m shooting for “performative relaxation”. Maybe I play a really difficult arrangement of Lehuanani in th B11 tuning, maybe I press the sampler button and the wave noise happens.

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dave @gloomfather.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

yeah man "woke 1" sucked ass. I "woke 1" morning from uneasy dreams to find myself transformed into a giant insect

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The Cornucopian @cornucpoian.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I just want to move Thanksgiving to the lunar calendar, so it kind of pops up randomly throughout the year.

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The Cornucopian @cornucpoian.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

As always, the limitation is talent and creativity

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The Cornucopian @cornucpoian.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Practicing for a show in PDX with my “Sound Cargo” project. For fans of Hauntology and vintage Hawaiian music. We’re playing at Turn Turn Turn tomorrow with Twingle and fleur bleu.e.

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The Cornucopian @cornucpoian.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Yep, it’s insane how much you can do on the cheap. Recording gear, instruments, everything.

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The Cornucopian @cornucpoian.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Sounds like things are less bleak out there than I’ve been lead to believe. That’s good news.

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The Cornucopian @cornucpoian.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

What’s crazy to me is that the Eastern OR and WA are pretty solid for Trump. They want to defect to Idaho. State officials can now turn around and say “sorry, Trump hung you out to dry. We’re doing everything we can though.” Those are “his people”. Seems short-sighted.

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The Cornucopian @cornucpoian.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I’m finding a lot of things too loud lately. I’ve worn earplugs in movies. Live concerts in small venues are mixed way too loud for the room. Lately the best shows I’ve been to are house shows with the volume at a “reasonable” level. I’m probably just getting old.

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The Cornucopian @cornucpoian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

How about Stephen Malkmus and the Chicks?

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The Cornucopian @cornucpoian.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

We need a Minotaur in that thing. 19 years in Portland and I still get turned around every time I dare to enter that maze.

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The Cornucopian @cornucpoian.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

This is my teacher! Alan is the best and I’ve learned so much from him. He’s an incredible player, a living link to tradition, and a skilled and generous instructor. He’s bringing up a whole generation of new talent and getting all of these kids in front of audiences.

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The Cornucopian @cornucpoian.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Also, the fabric and wallpaper. It’s the most incredible looking movie

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The Cornucopian @cornucpoian.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Portland was second to Chicago in light rail and interurban trains.

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The Cornucopian @cornucpoian.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Hot tip: go to stamp collector meetups and buy the ones that aren’t collectible. Going rate is about 50 cents on the dollar. Like most with collectible stuff, there are a lot of common stamps that people end up buying in lots to get the few they want. Everyone wants to get rid of the non-rare ones.

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The Cornucopian @cornucpoian.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Nice job. It has the makings of a classic

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The Cornucopian @cornucpoian.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Shrimp discourse days are some of my favorite days on this app.

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The Cornucopian @cornucpoian.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Maybe I’ll start at tonight’s gig….

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The Cornucopian @cornucpoian.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I’ve been putting this off for 35 years.

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The Monarch Diaries @monarchdiaries.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Watching them work, here's what they did: spray a section, let it sit for hours to days, then spray the next one feathering over the cured edge. This lands FAR outside the 4-hour application overlap window (worse in hot humid weather). The seams never got a chemical weld in the first place. 4/

Image from People.com; process of polyurea coating of Lincoln memorial reflecting pool. Coating happened in stages, with significant delay between applications of adjacent sections.

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The Cornucopian @cornucpoian.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I’ve thought of opening up a dad-centric venue in PDX: Shows would run from 6:30-9:00 PM, starting with a detailed rig-rundown and ending with a Q&A by the performers. Adjoining arcade in case the kids get bored. Gluten-free food and drink options and plenty of seating for those with bad knees.

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The Cornucopian @cornucpoian.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

He played in Portland and a relatively small venue and I forced my friends to go. Everyone had their mind blown. I’m so glad I got to see him in person.

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Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

historians are divided on whether trump was actually a real person, or the stories of a large series of petty tyrants over a period of perhaps 100 years whose stories got merged and blended together back when AI was unsophisticated and new

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The Cornucopian @cornucpoian.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Yes! This would be popular. Direct sales from the manufacturer, transparent pricing. No one but the dealers and GOP insiders likes the dealership model.

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