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Thanks to everyone for coming out the opening!

Neighborhood Diaries is a compilation of Portlanders’ neighborhood-specific memories, compiled and put to music by Abraham Ingle, who’s also spearheading the Portland version of Papergirl. The project begins its exhibitions with the King/Vernon Diaries at Together Gallery this Last Thursday – bring your MP3 player to download the tour. Upcoming events include the Downtown Diaries at ON Gallery for October First Thursday, the Buckman Diaries for First Friday at Second Nature Gallery, and the Boise/Elliot Diaries at the Waypost on October 11. Visit the website for more details.

Opening reception

The King Tour is Ready! Click Here

Thanks to everyone for coming out the opening!

Neighborhood Diaries is a compilation of Portlanders’ neighborhood-specific memories, compiled and put to music by Abraham Ingle, who’s also spearheading the Portland version of Papergirl. The project begins its exhibitions with the King/Vernon Diaries at Together Gallery this Last Thursday – bring your MP3 player to download the tour. Upcoming events include the Downtown Diaries at ON Gallery for October First Thursday, the Buckman Diaries for First Friday at Second Nature Gallery, and the Boise/Elliot Diaries at the Waypost on October 11. Visit the website for more details.

Opening reception

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, 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:

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This memory took place near 1801 NE Alberta St. in Portland, OR

This memory was recorded by someone else and e-mailed to me, and the quality is not pristine (but it is still a funny story)

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This memory took place on NE 9th and Roselawn in Portland, OR

This memory was phoned-in, so the quality is not pristine (but we have all heard magical things through the phone, yes?)

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This memory took place at the corner of NE MLK and Monroe St. In Portland, Oregon

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This Memory took place near NE 9th and NE Sumner ST. in Portland, OR

This memory was phoned-in, so the quality is not pristine (but we have all heard magical things through the phone, yes?)

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This memory took place at SE 18th Ave and Emerson St. in Portland, OR.

Audio edited by Lena Munday

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This memory begins roughly at the corner of Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. and Prescott Ave.

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This memory took place at the corner of Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.(formerly Union Avenue) and Shaver St.