Tag Archives: Punk Rock

When a Poison Idea is No Longer Lethal

Posted on September 22, 2019 by Jim Blackwood Jr

In downtown Portland, around midnight, at the corner of 3rd and Burnside, the apocalypse is upon us.  OK, not all of us, but maybe for a few hundred souls wearing all manner of inscribed black t-shirts. In my new book, I tell … Continue reading →

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Anthony Bourdain: The Traveling Brother I Never Met

Posted on June 8, 2018 by Jim Blackwood Jr

I don’t do celebrity but I did Anthony Bourdain.  His death by suicide this morning was a gut punch.   Like most folks, I met him via his book Kitchen Confidential.  He immediately seemed like a fellow traveler.  Punk as an … Continue reading →

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