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Rock Star Guide to the Galaxy with The Gossip - Stay tuned February 29, 2008

Filed under: Hot Situation - Oregon — admin @ 12:41 pm

Yes, we finally have dates and confirmation to shoot our next Rock star Guide to the Galaxy with The Gossip in Portland this next weekend. Crazy! But Rock stars know what’s up. They can list their favorite spots in 1.2 seconds and it will be amazing. According to them, “We were raised in Arkansas by women, wolves and cassettes. We formed in 2000 in a cold basement in Olympia, Washington.” Currently they reside in Portland, Oregon.

The plan thus far is that we are featuring Brace who is also a bad ass DJ. My hopes and dreams in this next week is that Beth Ditto will also we be inspired to show us some of her fave spots. After all she is on my hero’s list.

This means I’m also producing a Hot Situation Travel Guide to Portland. Queer kids holler at me from Portland. Thus far we have some special guest art stars….more to come.

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Gus Van Sant, Paranoid Park and Girls skateboarding February 19, 2008

Filed under: Hot Situation - Oregon, Queer Films you gotta see. — admin @ 3:43 pm

No, unfortunaltey Gus Van Sant’s newest film Paranoid Park does not have girls skateboarding in it. Although, it does have cute sixteen year old boys and beautiful color super eight skateboarding footage. ( These days, if those boys were walking down Valencia street in San Francisco, they might be mistaken for dykes.) The film is actually about a murder that takes place near a skateboard park that these boys frequent and includes honestly written coming of age moments. Of course, my favorites parts of the film lean towards the latter such as when he car dances to classical music, relaxes in the driveway after finally landing a skateboard trick, and the beautiful shots of him alone writing a letter on a bench in a grassy field overlooking the ocean.

So, why am I mentioning girls skateboarding? Well, there were a few reasons I was drawn to this film. I love Gus Van Sant’s work, coming of age films, and skateboarding. Well, I used to love skateboarding when I was a young teenager and often rode by myself. And while I can watch Paranoid Park and find areas to identify with him at this point in life, I’m still on the search for girls on skateboards!

I would love it if women and trans folk around the world would upload videos/photos (use youtube and flicker) of themselves skateboarding. I want to know where you are from and where the photo/video is taken exactly. This blog is about exploring queer community through location and travel.

You can send me the link via Ourchart www.ourchart.com/node/306913 or Myspace www.myspace.com/shaevoyuer. Please add me as a friend too! I’ll have that option on my blog shortly.

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