Scott Rogers is a writer, performer and technology junkie living in Portland, Oregon.Tumblr (3.0; @scottrogers)http://thescottrogers.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4ay63686p1qz9rnco1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>I’d never seen this before on <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com">Kickstarter</a>, but here’s a handy way of looking at how the projects you back break across categories. I’ve backed 16 projects in two years.</p>http://thescottrogers.com/post/23392548363http://thescottrogers.com/post/23392548363Sat, 19 May 2012 20:39:39 -0700kickstarterpie charts<iframe frameborder="0" height="360px" src="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1125637090/anna-and-the-underbelly/widget/video.html" width="480px"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Jump on this.</p>http://thescottrogers.com/post/21703897837http://thescottrogers.com/post/21703897837Mon, 23 Apr 2012 23:22:21 -0700pdxportlandmusic<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1mqqzcgOG1qz9rnco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>La Sera’s new album while reading <em><a href="http://amzn.to/GYdYqd">The Devil All The Time</a></em> wasn’t the mix I was going for, but I’ll take it.</p>http://thescottrogers.com/post/20104396250http://thescottrogers.com/post/20104396250Wed, 28 Mar 2012 21:49:47 -0700booksmusicLa SeraDonald Ray Pollock<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/zcXB3eWl1KE?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>I’ve purchased tickets for their April 8 appearance in Portland. Yeehaw!</p>http://thescottrogers.com/post/19373256508http://thescottrogers.com/post/19373256508Thu, 15 Mar 2012 18:00:35 -0700musichearltess bastards<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/19279095754/tumblr_m0uzztJUdk1qz9rnc&color=FFFFFF&logo=soundcloud" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p>Lot’s of good stuff on the new Heartless Bastards release…and <a href="http://www.theheartlessbastards.com/">they’re in Portland on April 6</a>.</p>http://thescottrogers.com/post/19279095754http://thescottrogers.com/post/19279095754Tue, 13 Mar 2012 22:16:41 -0700musichearltess bastards<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/37565848" width="400" height="224" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Lots of awesome details and bits in this short film about Soviet Submarine Captain and Werewolf, Alexei Ovechkin.</p>http://thescottrogers.com/post/19077461523http://thescottrogers.com/post/19077461523Sat, 10 Mar 2012 13:19:59 -0800vimeowerewolvescold war<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0jzsqGsk41qz9rnco1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Sometimes, a man loves his boots.</p>http://thescottrogers.com/post/18939337278http://thescottrogers.com/post/18939337278Wed, 07 Mar 2012 22:38:49 -0800bootsred wing shoes<iframe frameborder="0" height="360px" src="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1851942952/you-are-listening-to-los-angeles/widget/video.html" width="480px"></iframe><br/><br/><p>I love ambient music and I always love the cross-talk that’s in movies like THX-1138. This is the perfect project that mixes the two. There’s the original <a href="http://youarelistening.to/losangeles">You Are Listening to Los Angeles site</a>, bt you can also listen to other cities. This <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1851942952/you-are-listening-to-los-angeles">Kickstarter project</a> is trying to raise the funds to create an app that accomplishes the same thing.</p>http://thescottrogers.com/post/18167908900http://thescottrogers.com/post/18167908900Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:07:24 -0800ambient musicsoundcloudkickstarterpolice radio“Decades of research have consistently shown that brainstorming groups think of far fewer ideas than the same number of people who work alone and later pool their ideas.”<br/><br/> - <em>From Jonah Lerher’s recent <a href="http://m.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/01/30/120130fa_fact_lehrer">New Yorker article</a>.</em>http://thescottrogers.com/post/17720695629http://thescottrogers.com/post/17720695629Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:25:25 -0800brainstormingcreativity<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lze7kdBeop1qbqgxwo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lze7kdBeop1qbqgxwo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>If only they’d come to PDX…</p> <p><a href="http://www.bestmadeprojects.com/post/17711859310/best-made-company-at-snowgrade-2012-saturday" class="tumblr_blog">bestmadeco</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><em><strong>Best Made Company at SnowGRADE 2012</strong></em></p> <p>Saturday, February 25th Best Made Company will be participating in <a href="http://snowgrade.tumblr.com/#!/post/16256900171" title="SnowGRADE">SnowGRADE 2012</a> in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This one day retail event showcases products made in the good ‘ol U, S of A. Nick Zdon from our Minnesota Outpost will be on hand conducting our fourth axe restoration workshop. He’ll be discussing the history, evolution, lore and maintenance of the American axe. A selection of Best Made products will also be available for purchase.</p> <p>The event and workshop are free and do not require registration. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own axes, for a personal restoration consultation. Other vendor workshops include canvas waxing, traditional shoe fitting, and beer brewing!</p> <p>So stop by, say ‘hi,’ purchase an axe or a patch or two, and hang out for some great axe talk. More info regarding the time of the workshop will be forthcoming. </p> <p><em>SnowGRADE</em><br/>Saturday, February 25th<br/>12-8pm </p> <p><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=architectural+antiques&hl=en&ll=45.002726,-93.25146&spn=0.009968,0.019226&fb=1&gl=us&hq=architectural+antiques&hnear=0x52b2d4cee4e9379f:0xc87291d23fda2e29,Saint+Paul,+MN&cid=0,0,11724434095134374770&t=m&z=16&layer=t">Architectural Antiques<br/>1330 Quincy St NE<br/>Minneapolis, Minnesota</a></p></blockquote>http://thescottrogers.com/post/17711962098http://thescottrogers.com/post/17711962098Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:01:34 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz8nxjpauq1qz9rnco1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>The only problem with @pinest8biscuits is that it obligates me to run 5K later in the day.</p>http://thescottrogers.com/post/17432457789http://thescottrogers.com/post/17432457789Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:15:19 -0800<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/29532876?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>I love watching people hand letter things.</p>http://thescottrogers.com/post/17399265313http://thescottrogers.com/post/17399265313Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:24:46 -0800letteringsigns<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz1968NYpO1qd9a66o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Happy Birthday, Charles! I’m only writing a play about your second tour of the US.</p> <p><a href="http://vintageanchor.tumblr.com/post/17216305432/jennifer-egans-singular-take-on-charles-dickens" class="tumblr_blog">vintageanchor</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><strong>Jennifer Egan’s singular take on Charles Dickens, from “Morning Edition“‘s <a href="http://www.npr.org/2012/02/07/146473441/dickens-at-200-a-birthday-you-cant-bah-humbug">bicentennial story</a> this morning:</strong><br/><br/>If you were force-fed Dickens in middle school and hated him, it might be time to reconsider, Tomalin says. Novelist Jennifer Egan is a fan who came back to the books and unexpectedly found that Dickens felt modern.</p> <p>“The way that Dickens structured his books has a form that we most readily recognize now from, say, the great TV series, like <em>The Wire</em> or<em> The Sopranos,</em>” says Egan. “There’s one central plot line, but then from that spin off all kinds of subplots. And so he would go off in all sorts of directions and create these amazing secondary characters who would go in and out of focus. But then there was also this sort of central spinal column of a plot that he would return to.”</p></blockquote>http://thescottrogers.com/post/17225229088http://thescottrogers.com/post/17225229088Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:29:27 -0800bookslitdickensplaystheater<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lytpupRQnc1qz9rnco1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>UPDATE: I’m an idiot. Beyond posting this on his site, Brian Wood isn’t associated with the <em>Cocotte</em>. Apologies to Kat and Ryan for the mixup.</p> <p>I love eggs. I also love Brian Wood’s work on several titles. I love the idea of a weekly web comic from <a href="http://brianwood.tumblr.com/">Brian Wood</a>. You should too.</p> <p>I also can’t wait for <em>The Massive</em>.</p>http://thescottrogers.com/post/16976627157http://thescottrogers.com/post/16976627157Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:32:00 -0800brian woodcomicskat vapidryan kelly<a href="http://culture.wnyc.org/articles/features/2012/jan/24/folks-aint-normal-joel-salatin-92nd-street-y/">“We have a government that says it’s okay to eat Twinkies and Cocoa Puffs and Mountain Dew, but it’s illegal to drink raw milk and eat compost-grown tomatoes and Aunt Matilda’s pickles.” </a>: <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://92y.tumblr.com/post/16577147440/we-have-a-government-that-says-its-okay-to-eat">92y</a>:</p> <blockquote>That was Joel Salatin at 92Y on January 23, 2012. Via Amy Eddings <a href="http://culture.wnyc.org/articles/features/2012/jan/24/folks-aint-normal-joel-salatin-92nd-street-y/">on WNYC Culture blog</a>. <p><a href="http://earlymorningrun.blogspot.com/2012/01/if-this-guy-had-his-way-wed-all-have.html" title="Here's more from the evening">Read more about the talk</a> by a blogger at Early Morning Run.</p> <p><strong>Related</strong>: <a href="http://92y.tumblr.com/post/16076741237/4-things-you-can-do-right-now-to-prolong-your">4 Things You Can Do Right Now To Prolong Your Life</a></p> <p>[<a href="http://www.92y.org/Uptown/Events/Lectures/All-Culture-Ideas/Food-Talks.aspx?utm_source=92Y_Tumblr&utm_medium=92Y_Tumblr_FoodTalks_Jan2612&utm_campaign=Adult_Lectures" title="Food Talks">92Y Food Talks</a>]</p> </blockquote>http://thescottrogers.com/post/16605148593http://thescottrogers.com/post/16605148593Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:22:58 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyfkw50Dml1qz9rnco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Regarding my performance, it can be said, I have the largest nose of the cast. <a href="http://bit.ly/xoK1UC">They</a> runs for four more weeks.</p>http://thescottrogers.com/post/16548480064http://thescottrogers.com/post/16548480064Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:19:16 -0800fertile ground festivaltheatertheatre<object width="400" height="397"><param name="movie" value="http://www.kcrw.com/music/programs/mb/mb120124alabama_shakes/embed-video" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><embed src="http://www.kcrw.com/music/programs/mb/mb120124alabama_shakes/embed-video" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="400" height="397"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Do your ears a favor, and listen to the Alabama Shakes from yesterday’s appearance on <a href="http://www.kcrw.org">KCRW</a>.</p>http://thescottrogers.com/post/16474226945http://thescottrogers.com/post/16474226945Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:11:33 -0800musickcrw<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyd4pxSpyP1qz9rnco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I like <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/MargaretMeyer">Margaret Meyer’s stuff</a> (and gifted a few pieces at Christmas). A friend thinks it’s too creepy. I don’t think so at all. Me likey.</p>http://thescottrogers.com/post/16468197460http://thescottrogers.com/post/16468197460Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:34:45 -0800artfiguresdollsetsyportland<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/33579839?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Me likey.</p>http://thescottrogers.com/post/16382317971http://thescottrogers.com/post/16382317971Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:42:40 -0800musicvimeo<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly01e3gZ4c1qz9rnco1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>E Pluribus Skynyrd. <a href="http://www.pcs.org/north-plan/">The North Plan</a> at Portland Center Stage.</p>http://thescottrogers.com/post/16062311629http://thescottrogers.com/post/16062311629Wed, 18 Jan 2012 06:54:03 -0800portland center stagetheater