THE FINAL COUNTDOWN!!

DA-NA-NA!

DA-NA-NA-NA-NA!

DA-NA-NA-NA!

DA-NA-NA-NAAAAAA!

Yeah, I've heard better. It's a fun gimmick, but he's obviously an adherent of the KISS school of piping.

Wait that WASN'T The Final Countdown?

It was Final Countdown then he transitioned to Star Wars at the the conclusion. Stop trying to diss his skills. It was quite obvious what it was.

I'm just kidding. I don't have a job either.

I guess he does this for money.

I'm pretty sure I know this neighborhood, and it's a very affluent one. That street on the side is right around where they do the Zoo Bombs, which is like Wacky Wheels from the Zoo on the hill down to the city, on childrens' bikes and unicycles and such on sunday nights in the rain. I'm guessing this guy is a doctor or a lawyer, or maybe he's just a rich kid who still lives at home. In either case, I wanna know how to do that!

See, that's why Portland is so great. It's the only city I know of where one can afford such a lifestyle on a flaming bagpiper's wages.

:) if you're ever in Ptown let's grab a drink and play pinball at the Shanghai Tunnel. :)

Hang on a second. As an outsider I've thought Portland would be a great place to live. I've lived in the south pretty much all my life and the little time I spent on the west coast was great. I like west coast culture.

I like it in Portland. I'm a little biased because I grew up and lived here for most of my life but I really like the meltingpot aspect of the place. In fact I feel a bit like an outsider because everybody else I know here is from Califofrnia Wisconsin or New York or all parts in-between.. rent's still cheaper here than anywhere else I've lived too, and since I don't drive outside of work the proliferation of cars and not enough roads doesn't bother me either.

It's definitely not "Doom Town," which is the nickname I knew growing up, but if you don't mind getting wet (which I assume you don't) then I'd say go for it!

I put some west coast cities on my dream sheet, but it's looking like NYC next, but that was also a top pick for me. I'm pretty pumped.

I love NYC. I've really only been there once, when I was trying to figure out college and Fordham University and NYU accepted me. So I got into a cab and he thought I said "Fordham and University" which was miles and miles away, so I walked right through the bronx to get there. I was super late but the person I was supposed to interview was like "you did what?" since the university's all bordered up like a fallout shelter. Same thing happened to me in LA when I thought I could walk from the airport to Los Feliz and got lost in Inglewood..

That's sort of why I wound up at University of Wisconsin, but I always wonder what would've happened if that dean of admissions hadn't made me feel like I had committed a crime for walking on the street, when I met nothing but friendly people who gave me directions.

I wish I never left NYC.
I don't care what anybody says about LA, New York is still the greatest city in this country.

My animosity toward Portland has to do with just the profoundly awful luck I had there. I can see that if you grew up in a Walmart homogenized suburb it would be paradise, but it wasn't for me.

I've had horrible luck here too. Worst experience semi-recently was when I was dogsitting with my girlfriend at the time and came across the owners' record collection, which pretty much summed it up. Metal for him and Pop for her. And then these two dogs about ready to tear my neck off when I went out for a smoke.

Oops.. I guess I didn't really finish that thought. It was just weird to see that, like the finally had everything they wanted, a car, 2 dogs, a kid on the way, and yet they had both moved to Portland from wherever to escape that. And then they also separated. I guess I'm just at the age now where my friends are having kids or getting married and Portland's a nice place to not feel that pressure, be it monetary reasons or just your personal preference, but it's no different from Milwaukee Wisconsin to me as far as creativity goes, which is pretty much where everybody's coming from these days.

The reason people complain about Portland going to shit in my opinion is because people come here as young hipsters, then get married, have kids, and refuse to move to the suburbs. Moving to the suburbs doesn't mean that you're admitting any sort of defeat! It just means a nice little area with better schools and a chance to possibly make it more interesting than a TGI Fridays and a Benihana if you apply yourself a little and make your voice heard. Fuck, the most "hipster" place in Madison Wisconsin was some random place in the middle of a strip mall in the suburbs, and I wished I lived closer so I could go there more often but I didn't drive. I'm ranting a little but fucking expand! Not in the Manifest Destiny way, which is kind of why we're here, but do cool shit with the suburbs instead of trying to make Portland some sort of 40-block squeeze.

I'm pretty sure Portland is just imitating itself at this point.

It's a good video, stop hating, you rockist.

Because Portland is awesome.

Pretty sure Mothership, like some of us other Elder Gods, have front page privileges.

Wait, why would rockists hate this? According to "rockist theory", rockism is motivated by whatever sociological boogiemen Pete Wylie didn't like - in particular, racism and being pro-white. But you can't get more "white" than this video. And you can't get more "rock" than fire, bagpipes, and Europe.

Again, Cena, yet more proof that the true rockist here is you. The only reason you like this video so much is because you're literally a racist committing a hate crime.

Stanley, I've been across one side of this site to the other, and I've seen a lot of strange things, but I've never seen an all-powerful front page privilege, controlling everything.