Hello Portland. My name is Kevin-Michael Moore. I was born in Hollywood, California, and raised in Troutdale—and that will mess anyone up. So, give or take, I’ve spent almost 45 years in Portland, and I love this city. I really do. I have bounced in a number of directions as to what this blog should be about and came [...]
Fire in the Gym Mat Room
Hello Portland, my name is Kevin-Michael Moore and someday I’ll explain the hyphen. I’m an east county boy, raised in Rockwood. A Reynolds Lancer ’78-’82. My Reynolds school was where the Junior High is now on 201st and Halsey, before the Reynolds/ Columbia merger in ’89-’90. Yes, I’ve dated myself. It’s May 1979. I had [...]
Blitz Brewery Blows Its Top
The two men on top of the Blitz Weinhard Brewery are trying to control the Blitz beer geyser. On occasion, when days were warm, “Mt. St. Henry’s” would blow its top, showering those below with beery goodness. This photo was taken in September 1982. The brewery was located on west Burnside St. The KKEY Building is [...]
Portland Has Bad Art
Kevin-Michael Moore has been a member of the 3rd Floor, Portland’s longest-running and most critically acclaimed sketch comedy troupe, for over a decade. He loves his home town. But that doesn’t mean he’s above having a heart to heart about it’s flaws.
The Big Bang, for all your Rock, Punk, and New Wave Needs…
Here is a rare 1993 image of the exterior of the Big Bang on SW Park Ave., located downtown next the the Brasserie Montmartre during the eighties and nineties… A lot of people had been asking for a photograph of the Big Bang, and we looked everywhere; so I was surprised and excited to find this [...]
