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808 State (Hawai'i-r)

• 'Ōlelo Community Media Hawaiian non profit organization that provides video production equipment and services to community residents and organizations.
• Aloha Got Soul Hawaiian funk, soul, jazz, rare groove from the 1970s, 1980s, and beyond.
• Beyond Honolulu Island Activities, Events, News and Stories that Take you Beyond. For those who want more than the accepted norm.
• Hawai'i Food Bank A charity I support, helping those in Hawai’i in need.
• Hawaiian Railway Society The only active historical railroad on O’ahu. I’ve been on this, and you have to take the tour at least once. Highly recommended.
• Lightsleepers Don’t sleep. Representing Hawai’i hip-hop since 1997, courtesy of Kavet The Catalyst.
• OC16 Hawaiian programming for Hawaiians, by Hawaiians.
• The Tasty Island A Hawai’i-based food blog of various restaurants and eateries, along with places of interests when he travels across the Pacific.

Kaukau (food-r)

• Big Ass Sandwiches One of my favorite food carts in Portland, started by Brian & Lisa Wood. Tell them John Book sent you.
• Boozenik Craft spirits news, cocktail recipes & bottle reviews
• Dirty Girls Kitchen Dirty girls in the kitchen? How is all of this going to taste? Recipes, ideas & thoughts, and more from Eve Rillette and Cassandra Wellington
• Eat Like A Girl A food and travel blog, by Niamh Shields
• Eatin' Asian A love for Asian food and more, created by Kimlai Yingling.
• Friends Eat A foodie community
• Greek Culinary A visual journey through good by George Kringas, a graduate of the French Culinary Institute in NYC.
• Hashcapades Hash mayhem, or in other words, a lot of hash-ish, but not of the illegal variety. Portland-based hash appreciation by Clark Haass
• Hawai'i Food Bank A charity I support, helping those in Hawai’i in need.
• Rice & Curry A cool blog which is “For the Love of Sri Lankan Food & All Things Spicy!!!”
• Spilled Milk Food-related podcast going into different foods with each episode.
• The Delicious Life Spotted this on Twitter, liked the food photographs and decided to share this with my fellow food fanatics.
• The Luna Cafe Lots of photographs, recipes, and blogging from a site I enjoy reading AND looking at.
• The Tasty Island A Hawai’i-based food blog of various restaurants and eateries, along with places of interests when he travels across the Pacific.
• Tijuana Food Blog Daniel Morales and his blog exploring food in Tijuana, Mexico
• Tyme2Eat Food blog for those who feel they’re always on the run: take time, make time, and make food, on the healthier side.

Labels

• Arcola Blues, blues, and blues, archival recordings brought to the surface.
• Audio Fidelity High quality remasters, “where music meets vision”
• Breakin’ Bread UK label highlighting funk and hip-hop
• Cabbit Digital-only label based out of Hawai’i, featuring folk, hip-hop, and more
• Focused Noise Portland, Oregon-based label
• Funk Weapons Bringing funk into the 21st century the right way: on vinyl
• Ipecac Melvins, Fantomas, Isis, Tomahawk, Kid606
• Kill Rock Stars Great label out of Oly, WA
• Load A mixture of the experimental, avant-garde, and sometimes gentle. Maybe.
• Rhymesayers Hip-hop and it doesn’t stop
• Sonar Kollektiv Based in Germany, created by the gents in Jazzanova, with a roster that includes Clara Hill, Thief, Slope, and Wahoo
• Stones Throw Home of Peanut Butter Wolf, Madlib, and quality soul and funk reissues
• Sundazed Great reissue label
• Tellous Seattle label out to made an impact on the world, if not Ballard
• Tender Loving Empire Not only a label, but a store, a collective, and whatever it can be. Based in PDX, OR
• Tru-Thoughts UK label that is the home for Quantic, The Bamboos, Kylie Auldist, TM Juke, Natural Self, Belleruche, and more
• Zang Tuum Tumb (ZTT) Art Of Noise, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Propaganda, 808 State, Seal, David Jordan, and more

Podcasts

• Big And Loud Podcast A great podcast from Portland, Oregon hosted by Big Jim Willig and Don Frost
• Comedy On Vinyl A podcast about favorite comedy records, on vinyl of course
• Cortandfatboy The show is no more, but you may explore the archives of this great Portland-based podcast while you can. You may now listen to Cort & Bobby in Welcome To That Whole Thing, listed below.
• Spilled Milk Food-related podcast going into different foods with each episode.
• Welcome To That Whole Thing The Cort & Fatboy Show is over, but now you can hear Cort Webber and Bobby Roberts in something new and different.

Sites Of Sound

• 100 Albums, 100 Weeks A music blog by Madison M., a true music fan whose goal is to review 100 albums in 100 weeks. Wish her luck and don’t be afraid to make a few suggestions.
• Angry Asian Man Anthony Tan’s personal blog
• Beatledrops An analysis of various pressings of Beatles records around the world
• Benz & A Backpack Hip-Hop blog
• Bomarr The homepage of Bomarr Monk
• Comedy On Vinyl A podcast about favorite comedy records, on vinyl of course
• Crap From The Past Music from the 70′s and 80′s, honored in a very geek like fashion. A show in Minneapolis hosted by Ron “Boogiemonster” Gerber on KFAI-FM
• Dust & Grooves a cratedigging photo blog
• Fuck Yeah B-Sides Lost, hidden, and sometimes forgotten soul and funk sides
• Get LoFi Circuit bending synth D.I.Y.
• I Must Find Atlantis Album review website created by Jeff Ogiba
• Just A Gwai Lo fun within prescribed limits
• Keith's Hirsch's CD Resource Need to discover which compact disc pressing is preferred by fans and collectors? This should be your first stop.
• L.A. Taco Celebrating the taco lifestyle in Los Angeles, California
• LP Devotee A blog by LP Devotee
• Made Like A Tree A Seattle-based podcast created out of “a love for progressive and sophisticated music from around the world and an appreciation of the world itself.”
• Make-Up/Music/Money/Me
• Mo Betta Soul Online magazine created by Preach Jacobs
• Music Nerdery Are you a music nerd, a sound geek? This is for you
• OHHLA (The Original Hip-Hop Lyrics Archive) Hip-hop lyrics that are proper and not assumptions. Regularly updated.
• Okizoo The blog of TheScholar3000
• Papa Lodown Paloma Belara’s website/blog, looks into music, fashion, publicity and promotion
• Pueblo City Limits Looking at records from Southern Colorado
• Rap Reviews Hip-hop album, single, and video reviews, and more. You can find some of my older reviews in their archives.
• Sick On Sunday A music blog created by Lucy J, you are sure to find some cool things within.
• Skyscraper Magazine Skyscraper moves from print to a solely digital means of communicating with reviews, articles, news, and more.
• Sonic Vibrations Jazz CD reviews
• Spider Wisdom Music and more by EC Powell
• Target CD If you know what a “target CD” is, this is a great resource to find out what you have and what’s missing from your collection
• Target Queen Concepts of art, thrifting, and an obsession with Target, courtesy of a fellow OKP
• Time To Play B-Sides Great blog by my friend, Michael Roeder
• Very Small Records A look back at the greatness that was Very Small Records
• Yard Sale Bloodbath For deep fans of yard sales and their value on our lives

Things I Like

• Beyond Honolulu Island Activities, Events, News and Stories that Take you Beyond. For those who want more than the accepted norm.
• Black Girl Pain A personal blog from Stephanie, the @FlySpaceQueen
• Blog Talk Radio The largest social radio network
• Bloggers.com Where bloggers from around the world can network
• Brain Pickings Discovered this book review blog when someone had posted a review of a music book. Went through it and saw a number of books I immediately put on my want list. Created by Maria Popova and features a number of contributors.
• Buy Olympia Cool slew of goodies from books and diaries to T-shirts, bags and soaps. Now based in Portland.
• Cortandfatboy The show is no more, but you may explore the archives of this great Portland-based podcast while you can. You may now listen to Cort & Bobby in Welcome To That Whole Thing, listed below.
• Feral Pig The aural + visual art of Aaron Turner
• Hypersmash A means of tracking web stuff.
• Laze.net The blog of one Laze, a/k/a Ryan
• Lisa Orth I knew of her as a graphic designer and the founder of Big Flaming Ego Records, now Lisa Orth has her own website showing her designs, including as a tattoo artist
• Portland Stage Reviews Reviews of Portland productions and more, by Sabrina Miller
• Satine Phoenix The homepage of artist, illustrator, and D&D fanatic, Satine Phoenix.
• Seamerias Brand new website by a woman whose photography I’ve been a fan of for awhile. While based in the San Diego area, she is ready to take on projects wherever it may lead her.
• Streetfilms Documenting livable streets worldwide through blogging, videos, and more. A better sense of living and how to live in these crowded times.
• Travel Portland If you’re heading to Portland, Oregon, find some of the hottest events and places plus get bargains on hotels, car rentals, and more
• Waxfang An Orlando, Florida-based graphic designer with extensive experience in print, branding, apparel design, and traditional design & illustration work
• We Out Here Photography, writing, designing, music, and more from a Pacific Northwest perspective
• Whipped A premier line of luxury body, hair, facial, and scalp butters, made to order by hand. You can also find out more at @whippedproducts

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