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Expand the range of Urbanhonking


 

How to expand the range of Urbanhonking by richjensen

"I made friends with people in another town through the internet."

How I did it: When I lived in Astoria Oregon, I helped my friend Heidie put on a rock show called Catch That Beat.  It was organized by Jona Bechtolt of Y.A.C.H.T. and it was really fun.  It took place in a little clubhouse in a beautifully forested city park at the crest of the ridge that runs through Astoria.  It was a one day mini-festival of bands from Jona's circle of friends.  They were an incredibly talented bunch and they fascinated me. They felt like distant young cousins of mine through the extended family of K Records.  I had a sense of their energy and values from the inside out and I wanted to spread it around. 

One of the peculiar things they had in their life was a homemade blog server called Urbanhonking that hosted a cluster of postings from their swirl in Portland.  My goal here was to encourage them to expand their horizons. 

Though I can't claim all the credit for it, I do feel that I contributed to this process by simply being an open and sincere friend to this swarm.  In time, we have expanded the range of this project. 


 

Nov 12, 09:47PM PST | 0 comments


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Urbanhonking of Portland, Oregon 2 years ago

Urbanhonking is a website community project launched by three friends in Portland, Oregon. It’s the home of dozens of bloggers and a rambling chat room. Youngish and playful, thick with musicians and independent media producers, these are mostly people trying to have fun and do good in a crazy messed up world. It’s one of the places I’ve been hanging out in the last year. There are talented, energetic people there that kind of slant the way I slant. But they are also about three quarters of a generation younger than I. It’s interesting (to me) to visit there.

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