Writing Samples

A few blog posts I wrote for the Cyclone Bicycle Supply blog during my tenure there. I also managed and wrote posts for the Facebook and Twitter feeds, performed print and web design and managed all marketing activities. Cycling Sojourner Book Guides Riders Through Oregon Cycling Sojourner, a new addition to our growing book offerings, provides compre­hensive, [...]

This post was published on Brewpublic.com on Sep 12, 2012 One of the best ways to gain an appreciation for good craft beer is to experience where its ingredients come from. Hood River, Oregon’s Full Sail Brewing has always used locally sourced ingredients, and on Monday they bussed a few dozen lucky folks out to [...]

(Web copy for the Seattle Irish public house, Clever Dunnes. I wrote some home page welcome copy, and an About page about Irish public houses and Irish “craic.” I also created their WordPress website, one of a few WordPress restaurant websites I did in 2011. Welcome to Clever Dunnes Irish House! Clever Dunne’s is an [...]

Wrote press release, web copy, tweets and poster in collaboration with Brewpublic’s Angelo DeIeso. Press Release: Celebrate Oregon Craft Beer Month’s Most Drinkable Brews at Blitz Summer Session Taste over 20 craft session brews at Blitz Ladd’s celebration of discernibly drinkable, low-alcohol craft beers. Blitz Summer Session Saturday July 30, 1pm – 10pm Admission is $5, or free with an Oregon [...]

These posts were written for the craft beer news and information site Brewpublic.com, which I helped co-found and do marketing work for: 28 Beers Later – 2nd Annual Division Street BrewPubliCrawl Recap March 21 2011 http://brewpublic.com/beer-events/28-beers-later-2nd-annual-division-street-brewpublicrawl-recap/ 28 beers sampled, 21 brewers met, 5 bars visited, 1.6 miles traveled in 7.5 hours by around 250 craft [...]

I wrote  the copy, designed and managed print production and distribution of this direct mail piece for the NV Energy Energy Efficient Pool Pumps project account (see other project design samples) which I managed for Ecos Marketing. (Click image to open PDF)

Created campaign concept, wrote tagline and marketing copy for this NV Energy campaign on behalf of Ecos Marketing. NV Energy liked the campaign so much, they adopted the concept for a larger corporate campaign. I was awarded the Ecos Marketing “Marketing RockStar” award for this project.

Web copy written for Ecos in 2009 (ecosconsulting.com). Why Ecos Calls Portland Home (Final copy for: http://www.ecosconsulting.com/about/why-portland/) Ecos does business across the United States, and we’re often asked “why Portland?” Ecos is passionate about the environment, and it’s no accident that our corporate headquarters is in Portland, Oregon — one of the most environmentally sustainable [...]

Here’s a few installments of a series of weekly DJ bio’s I did for the Portland Mercury. Short interviews that often ended up very entertaining. DJ Teenage: DJ Teenage is a “human jukebox” who plays danceable hits of the ages. He moistens the masses “wherever people are in need of dance, wherever parties are in [...]

These brief live music previews were published in the Portland Mercury, PDX Magazine (RIP), the PSU Vanguard, or Earplug (online). Raconteurs By definition a raconteur is a story-teller, and this super-group’s songs by dual singer/guitar players Jack White of the White Stripes and Brendan Benson are rock stories worth hearing. The classic rocking songs and [...]

Magazine feature about Portland Community Media. A version of  this was originally published in PDX Magazine in 2006. —- Your neighbor is on TV Portland Community Media brings community to the airwaves. “This instrument can teach, it can illuminate; yes, and it can even inspire, but it can do so only to the extent that [...]

Various record reviews published from 2000 – 2008 in the Portland Mercury, PDX Magazine, Earplug (online) and the PSU Vanguard. I am in the process of going through my archives and adding more of these. Libretto Dirty Thangs b/w Alma Mater One Drop Slowly bobbing your head in a blunted daze to some indy-hop is [...]

(Originally published in PDX Magazine in December, 2005) How to create music for modern dance, and start a feud with the Dandy Warhols. I’m sitting with Justin Harris and Danny Seim, rhythm section of the Portland band Menomena, in a small car on SW Oak Street. Our conversation has steamed up the windows, and it’s probably [...]

(This op-ed piece was published in the PSU Vanguard, in April, 2004) No queiro labor exploition Fliers around campus promoting the Taco Bell and Coca-Cola boycotts remind me of the awesome power we have as consumers. Purchases are a vote of support for a business. When consumers boycott or vote en-mass against an entity, it [...]

(Music feature published in the Portland Mercury for the “Perfection” themed music issue, March 2004). Adaptation and innovation: these are the harbingers of the most important musical revolutions. For instance, jazz broke free of European confines, reveling in improvisation and celebrated imperfection; meanwhile, the blues spurned the rock and roll revolution. As rock grew, punk [...]

Music preview feature published in the Portland Mercury in 2003.

(Fischerspooner concert preview published in the Portland Mercury, September 2003). The Light of the Spoon Fischerspooner Puts the Art in Artifice Let’s face it: everyone loves watching people in cool costumes do fancy dances to catchy music. Who wouldn’t jump at the opportunity to see a show including choreographed booty moves, smoke, swooshy lights, and [...]

(This reading preview and interview with erotica author Susie Bright was published in the Portland Mercury in Feb. 2003) You can’t wave your favorite American flag without hitting a tacky, hyper-sexualized image. Mass mediated sexual imagery and tasteless porn permeate, but for my money, there’s nothing like well-written erotica. The depth and diversity present in [...]

(This article was published in the Portland Mercury in January 2003) While fortunately not the mainstream media-touted “next big thing,” electronic music as delivered through the disc jockey in nightclub, warehouse, or cornfield has made a strong mark on our collective ass. So why is the delivery person usually a dude? Like a heavy metal [...]

(Originally published in the Portland State University Daily Vanguard Newspaper in 2002) Run-DMC DJ’s murder last week can shed light on negative content. With Twinkies and Hi-C in hand, my best grade school mate and I often snuck into his parents’ den for our forbidden fruit: mid-’80s MTV. Among the videos that flickered rock star [...]

(2002 interview published in the Portland Mercury’s Music issue: “Best Fucking ____ in Portland” issue [2002].) CLAN OF THE CAVE MACKS…BEST DJ CREW IN PORTLAND! When the weather is just right, and you’re patient, you may catch the mysterious and alluring Clan of the Cave Mack, aka the best fucking DJ crew ever, as they [...]

This article was originally published in the Vanguard newspaper in 2001. I used to play in bar blues band. It was fronted by a fifty something guitar slinging romeo who went by the name “Brother Music.” We toured Idaho, Montana and Utah. I heard the Hoochie Coochie Man in my sleep for years. I’m currently [...]

Originally published in the Portland State Vanguard Newspaper in April, 2001. Billy Martin, percussionist for the jazz trio Medeski Martin and Wood talks about the band, his new label, creativity, DJ’s and Napster, before their sold out performance at the Schnitzer. I was fortunate enough to have an opportunity to interview Billy Martin before he performed this [...]