Vikings Volleyball: Ready and Focused

by J. Logue, Vanguard staff

With the first game of the conference tournament looming, the Vikings are keeping an even keel. Despite playing in front of what should be a mostly hostile crowd, the Portland State women's volleyball team appears to be ready for whatever the Big Sky Tournament has in store for them.

Considering the last two years, it’s hard to argue with them.

Playing in the Big Sky postseason in every year head coach Michael Seeman has been at the helm, the Vikings have enjoyed their time in the tournament.

One beat makes you larger and one beat makes you small

The best part about Canadian rapper turned Portlander Josh Martinez is that he never takes himself too seriously. You can tell if you ever listen to his music or get the pleasure of talking to him that he's a silly dude who's having a lot of fun. In the new video for his song "Underground Pop," featuring Moka Only, the two hip-hoppers channel the late and great Hunter S. Thompson on a Fear and Loathing style trip. The video is directed by Stuey Kubrick, the lesser known and very reclusive nephew of Stanley Kubrick:



This song is pretty rad and the direction is decent, but it's Martinez's acting that completely steals the show. Who knew his legs were so bendy or his eyes so shifty?

Peter Broderick is still amazing and always will be

A long time ago, Peter Broderick used to live in Portland and was a member of folk outfit Horse Feathers. Now, he's living in Europe, collaborating with some incredible musicians and producing his own solo work.

Broderick is one of those artists I will never tire of hearing and, recently, I came across this video for "Below It," a song off his 2008 album Home:

Peter Broderick Below It from Ralph Etter on Vimeo.

Thank you to Local Cut and Michael Mannheimer at Willamette Week for reminding me just how breathtakingly gorgeous Broderick's music is.

This week's "This Week..."

The final edition of "This Week in Big Sky Football" is up and ready for your listening enjoyment.

Typically, as we've done in week's past, we would also have the weekly teleconference with the conference's football coaches and the media.

However, this week was unlike others for Portland State football. Why, you ask?



That's why.

Sports satire of the day

From our friends at the Onion:

Improv comedy show tonight at the Brody Theater!

by Wendy Shortman

The Corporate Headquarters Improv group performs every second Thursday of every month. This month, they will be introducing a new blend of improv comedy that will be even more predictable then before. Check out the Facebook event page here.

Here's a video of a previous performance. The clip is of a game where three bakers are in the process of baking while interpreting a fast-paced play list of popular songs. There's a bit of a slow start, but it does pick up around the 2:40 mark though when Outkast's "Hey Ya!" comes on. Now that's some funky bread:

Solange Knowles covering Dirty Projectors

Holy crap. This sounded cool when I first read about it but, after listening to it, Solange's cover of "Stillness is the Move" may just be my new jam. Pitchfork has it here. This what they have to say about it:

"If Solange Knowles isn't sampling Boards of Canada or getting Jay-Z and Beyoncé into Grizzly Bear, she's jamming out to Dirty Projectors. She's been bumping DP so much, in fact, that she decided to go ahead and cover the Brooklyn band's Bitte Orca standout "Stillness Is the Move", which always sounded like a monster R&B track in disguise anyway."

Thanks Pitchfork (jeeze it was hard to type those words).