2GQ ~ 2 Gyrlz Quarterly ~ Portland, Oregon arts, literature, & madness

CONTRIBUTORS & SUCH

2GQ COLLECTIVE:

Tiffany Lee Brown ~ Director
Also editor of 2GQ site. Participating artist, writer, performer, and curator.

Clare Carpenter ~ Literary Book Arts & Production Manager
And participating artist and letterpress printer.

Nora Robertson ~ Assistant Editor
Participating artist, writer, and performer.

Steve Fritz ~ Photographer
Indefatigable documentarian of 2GQ projects.

John Longstocking ~ Writer
Our newest regular contributor to 2GQ.

Josh Berger ~ Consulting Art Director
Also a participating artist.

CONTRIBUTORS, PERFORMERS, & PAST STAFF:

Watch this space! We have hundreds of amazing people to list here, and we’re hoping they’ll email us (2008zzz at 2GQ.org -- remove the z’s) so we know what everyone is up to in the present tense. Here’s a sampling for now:

Leanne Grabel
Melissa Logan
Dave Eggers
Maggie Gardner
Christopher Rainone
Linda Austin
Jane Hirshfield
LKN/Lauren Newman
Captain Bootybeard
Beth Lisick
Dave Memmott
Camela Raymond
Chloe Eudaly
Kristy Athens
Michael Kroetch
Rob Tannenbaum
Eric Hausmann
Richard Peabody
Farai Chideya
Douglas Rushkoff
Lidia Yuknavitch
David Gans
Angelle Hebert and Philip/teeth
Frayn Masters
Noah Mickens/Nequaquam Vacuum
Alix Sun/Spacefairy
Soriah
Alan Sparhawk/Low
Kevin Sampsell
Lance Olsen
Haiku Inferno
Louie Crew
Claudia Baskind
Lisa Newman
Alaura O’Dell/Paula P-Orridge
Cate Peebles
Llewyn Máire
David Chandler/DJ Brokenwindow/Solenoid/Office Products
Tamara Yeskel
Trevor Dodge
Jemiah Jefferson
Stevan Allred
Richard Kadrey
Miss Murgatroid/Alicia Rose
Julian Tulip
Pollyanna Fishwrap
dAS/Big City Orchestra
Richard Speer
Ovidiu Bufnila
Lilian Gael
Little Sue
Richard Meltzer
Poppy Z. Brite
Nate Query/The Decemberists
Joanna Rose
Shane Allison
Emily Stone
Jessica Bailiff
Sarah Dougher
Janice J. Heiss
Rob Spillman
Amoree Lovell
Lisa Radon
Elissa Schappell
Joshua Camozzi Milligan
Jon Raymond
Andrew Hultkrans
Mistina Keith/The Prids
Tina Ramirez
Joe Matheny
Ninah Pixie/Women Take Back the Noise
Shauna Shastein
Paul Ash
Rachel Blumberg/The Decemberists
Leah Bobal
Amy Subach
Grace Constantine/Serpentine
Andi Olsen
Susannah Breslin
R.V. Branham
Warren Ellis
El Rey Del Art
Mark Gunderson/Evolution Control Committee

UNBOUND IV

I make very little if any of my income as a musician/writer/artist. I make most of my living working for Powells Books on Hawthorne Blvd in Portland OR. It is a fairly famous bookstore and calls itself the "largest Independent bookstore". I work in the smaller of the satellite stores. It is a true neighborhood bookstore. As in most retail outlets, our staff consists of people who are over-educated and over-flowing with talent. Four years ago, now defunct staff member, Julie Underhill, began a relationship with Fresh Pot, the coffeeshop inside the bookstore. Once a year the employees of the bookstore are allowed to showcase their collective artistic talents for one month in their "gallery". Each month they showcase a different local artist. It is very gracious of them to lend us such an opprtunity. We call our show Unbound.  ~john longstocking

JOIN MY CULT OF THE FALLEN NATION!

2GQ blog designer James Curcio has many an iron in the media fire. Catch up with Join My Cult! and other neoclassics of the 21st century oughts at the JMC blog, which includes audiobook subscriptions to Curcio's novel Fallen Nation and details about his podcasts for Disinfo and Jive magazine.

Summer Lovin'

Portland’s latest, greatest storytelling series, Back Fence PDX , kicks off this Thursday, June 19th with a theme that could only be described as hopeful, particularly with this weather lately: summer love. Storytellers include Alison Hallett of the Mercury. Intermission to showcase Pompina’s vintage swimwear, in which 2GQ writer Nora Robertson and a few other local artsy-girl types will “model” the suits for ya. Be there or be…you know the drill.

NO NEW MUSIC IN ST. JOHN'S!

Or, actually, "No.Fest : Nu Music.Arts St.John's." Head to North Portland on Saturday, June 21st for loads of music and goodness, free, all ages. White Rainbow, Evolutionary Jass Band, and Dead Air Fresheners are among the many bands playing.

Quote of the day:
"Astoria is the new St. John's."   -- JD Berger, 2004

ART 'N' PERFORMANCE STUFF: THIS FRIDAY

Installation, warm fuzzy fabric goodness, and performance featuring Eliza Fernand, Molly Enright, Mark Deutsch, and Gary Wiseman at Homeland. 8pm Friday June 20th @ Gallery Homeland, 2505 SE 11th, Portland OR.

PESTICIDE POISONINGS & HUMAN RIGHTS IN NICARAGUA: BENNIE @ HOLOCENE TONIGHT

"The Affected" is a movie being made by Lisa Wells and Catawampus Films from here in Portland.

"Amigo" is a benefit for the film with Point Juncture, WA, Tractor Operator, Hutch & Kathy of The Thermals, and more.

"Human Rights Issues & Pesticide Poisonings" are among the charming side effects of the "veiled genocide" that global agribusiness has inflicted on Nicaragua.

Comprendes, amigo? Thought so. Off to Holocene with you. Thursday June 5th. Details follow.