http://renegademag.com Always down so we know what's up® Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:08:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Portland /// Swan Lewis Last Sunday concluded the largest cycle cross collection in the States or world, I can't remember. But there were over 800 cyclists competing throughout the two month plus event. Portland Cross Crusade is an annual event of bike riders with the opportunity to win a couple grand and ... http://renegademag.com/2008/11/20/portland-cross-crusade/ This was an evening to put the past where it is. Raves are the reality shows of parties, an idea WAY past it's time full of people who look like they're about to try-out for American Idol on too many drugs. But this is just the end of the night, there ... http://renegademag.com/2008/10/29/im-a-rave-survivor/ Portland /// Daniel Gill Later this week Talkdemonic will release its first video from Eyes at Half Mast, the Orie Weeks-directed "Duality of Deathening."  The band is also wrapping up its Fall tour this week on the West Coast. The video follows a jovial robot who tries to learn about being ... http://renegademag.com/2008/10/29/talkdemonic-mp3s-and-new-video-stills/ Portland /// Swan Lewis Hi Friends! What do you all like to do on a Saturday night in a really, really dope city? Answers vary, I am sure. Yet I can almost guarantee that what I did this past Saturday night is something no one digs. And now I get the ... http://renegademag.com/2008/10/28/a-cascadian-emergency-liberating-east-aka-the-flatest-little-bar-in-portland/ Portland /// Swan Lewis Last night was the showing of Fresh French Shorts at the NW Film Center, which is actually Whitsell Auditorium in the Portland Art Museum. Fucking crazy, I know, but at least the flics were good. There were a total of ten films divided between two programs with a ... http://renegademag.com/2008/10/18/fresh-french-shorties/ Check it out!! Our weekly podcast with the best independent Cascadian music. These are the people who might live down the street or work with you but they are amazing artists. Only ten minutes long. renegade_13 Featuring in order: ShareThis http://renegademag.com/2008/10/14/music-transmission-13/ A troupe of the dandiest ladies and a lad. A female show full of frolic and humor. Naughty humor with songs and skits with bare... you get the idea. Never boring or going into awkward ridiculous territory these ladies perform with all their hearts minds and magnificent bodies have to give. ... http://renegademag.com/2008/10/14/sinner-saint-burlesque/ Portland /// Swan Lewis Fortunate for me, I stumbled out of the pad on a beautiful Sunday afternoon two weekends ago, and figured out what exactly this Portland Art Open was all about. I had envisioned, for some reason, a lot more of a boring corporate feel, I was quite wrong. This ... http://renegademag.com/2008/10/09/portland-art-open/ Seattle /// Damion Hayes BLVD is proud to present "Fanatic" a group show that explores the enthusiasm expressed in "Fan" art. The artists participating in this show were given the task of creating art that is in tribute to something that they are truly a fan of. It did not matter ... http://renegademag.com/2008/10/09/fanatic-blvd-gallery/ Portland /// Cecil Brown Now, I get out once in awhile but almost never do I make to the Dunes. It's that place just too far off for me. It always seems up hill and blah blah. But a favorite of mine from my days up in Seattle, Same DNA, was ... http://renegademag.com/2008/10/09/brother-of-a-lover-whos-playn-a-mother/