after some helpful reminders from g.animalz, i finally got around to watching fred armisen's new sketch comedy show about portland. it's called portlandia, and also stars carrie brownstein of sleater-kinney and all songs considered. it's on the IFC channel on friday nights. set your dvr's, you won't regret it.
Remember when that old professor at the University of Tennessee told us that no one had ever really looked into the influence that the TVA projects around the east tennessee region had had on the architecture of its time...
well someone decided to put together a picture book and exhibit to hint at just that. check it out and report back if you are close enough to go.