In late 2008 I began recording the location-based memories of Portlanders, and weaving them into free, interactive audio tours.
The results are over eight hours of memories. It was a lot of work, but I had help along the way and I want to thank the wonderful people who helped me:
Johnny Toadvine, Karl Hugo, Mia Armstrong, and Nancy Wong, JD Harman, Lena Munday, and of course all my friends and family that put up with my kvetching.
I also want to thank the musicians who graciously lent their music to the project. These are musicians I specifically sought out for this project, and their generosity is a testament to the strength of Portland’s creative community.
These artists include:
Starfucker, Menomena, the Blow, Talkdemonic, YACHT, The Shaky Hands, A Weather, Parenthetical Girls, Dragging an Ox Through Water, Copy, Living Proof, Ah Holly Family, Laura Gibson, Ethan Rose, Y La Bamba, Holcombe Waller, the Blue Horns, Grouper, Root Beer and French Fry, Shelby Sifers, The Old Believers, Death Songs, Sexton Blake, Southerly, Saw Whet, Loch Lamond, Portland Cello Project, The Morals, and more.
Most of all, I want to thank the brave people who sat down with me to share their stories. It was a blessing to hear so many different people’s stories: wealthy and homeless, black and white, young and old.
I encourage you to take part in interviewing (listening to) somebody. Through the act of listening, we offer ourselves an opportunity to witness the many unifying characteristics of our shared humanity. It might sound cheesy, but it’s a pretty amazing and powerful thing. Seriamente.
The Neighborhood Diaries project will continue. To anonymously donate a memory yourself, please e-mail me at hoodturkey@gmail.com.
To download all of the audio tours, search for hoodturkey in the 
store.
Maps
Listen to the Tours
To download all of the audio tours, including tours enhanced for the iPod, search for hoodturkey in the store.
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Download the Buckman Neighborhood Memorias Solamente Tour
(Enhanced for iPod version available for free in the store)
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Download the Buckman Neighborhood Mix Tape Tour
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Howdy
My name is Abraham Ingle. I like to spend my spare time working on projects, almost all of which involve working with the public. I also enjoy trying on hats in Mexican hotel rooms. For more about me, click here.
Neighborhood Diaries is supported in part by RACC
and by generous folks like you
