Treasure and Loot Kick Ass Bus Tour Video!!
Our friend Adam at Killer Robot Shark made this KICK ASS Video about our January 31st Treasure and Loot Double Decker Bus Tour! Check it out!!! I want to thank everyone who joined us on the tour – and...
View ArticleOregon’s Birthday Party!! Feb. 19th, 2013 – The Jack London Bar 7:30pm
That’s right folks! It’s Oregon’s Birthday!!! And are WE going to have a Kick Ass Party for the young lady!! Please join us on February 19th at The Jack London Bar at 7:30pm. Resident Historian Doug...
View ArticleKick Ass History of Marijuana in Oregon Bus Tour! 4/20/13
***SOLD OUT *** SOLD OUT *** This Bus Tour is SOLD OUT*** Woah, Dude!! Kick Ass Oregon History is pleased to announce another bus tour – this one examining the history of marijuana in Oregon. And we...
View ArticleKAOH 6.3 Songlist
War Pigs – Hayseed Dixie War – Frankie Goes to Hollywood War – DOA Hand Covers Bruise – Trent Reznor Man of the Hour – Pearl Jam War on War – Wilco Listen to the episode!
View ArticleTom McCall’s 100th B-Day Party – The “Party” Party – 3/23/2013 – The Jack...
A governor is a grassroots figure, a symbol of home and an image of nostalgia. - Governor Tom McCall, September 1967 On Saturday, March 23rd, 2013, Kick Ass Oregon History is proud to be partnering...
View ArticleThe Safari Club is Closed… OR The Death of Some Oregon History
The Safari Club has closed… The Safari Club was opened in 1970 by an Estacadian (or “Esta-COD-an” as my brother would say) timber baron named Glen Park. Over six years, Mr. Park went on 23 hunting...
View ArticleOlden Days Bars That I Want To Get Drunk At
The podcast related to this post can be found right here. So I have this problem. An impossible problem of legendary proportions. I want to drink in bars that have been closed for 100 years or so… And...
View ArticleEnemy Attack!!! 4/16/2013 – The Jack London Bar – 7:30pm
Please join Resident Historian Doug Kenck-Crispin at The Jack London Bar on Tuesday April 16th, 2013 at 7:30pm as he discusses – “Enemy Attack!!! Oregon and Japan in World War 2.” Between Japanese...
View ArticleKAOH 6.6 Preview!!!
In preparation for April’s podcast Resident Historian DKC is conducting research in the orhistory.com test lab. Listen:
View ArticleEvent Review: 4/20/2013 History of Marijuana in Oregon Bus Tour
The following review was penned by our Kick Ass Embedded Reprter (for the evening, at least), William Reagan. What a long, strange trip its….oh whatever At risk of stating the obvious, Portland loves...
View ArticleTop Ten Most Awesome Historical Portland Quotes
So here and there in our humble little broadcasts, we have identified some quite memorable characters or lines that we have come across in the Beaver State’s History. We thought it might be a good idea...
View ArticleKick Ass Oregon History on KBOO Radio… talking Tom McCall and Comics!
Today we got a chance to chat about Oregon’s Favorite Son, Gov. Tom McCall! Sarah Mirk of Bitch Magazine fame had a chance to chat about her Tom McCall & The Vortex comic from Know Your City, and...
View ArticleTobacco Executives are Assholes!!! – and they HATE Oregon History!!!
Tobacco Executives are Assholes! “Sure – tell me something I didn’t know.” And they HATE Oregon History!!! “Now what is this?” Alrighty, you ready for the story? Here we go... So on November 30th, Kick...
View ArticleThe Great Flood of 1894 – 6/18/2013 – 7:30pm – Our 2 Year Anniversary at The...
Please join us on June 18th, at 7:30pm for our 2nd Year Anniversary Party at The Jack London Bar! Oh, and we’ll be talking about The Great Flood of 1894 – when the Willamette flooded to an all time...
View ArticleMelissa The Intern Investigates! The Old Mount Tabor Sanitarium…
So one of our Ass Kicking Friends posed a question on The Facebook Machine… and Melissa The Intern Investigated! Heather asked… What did Melissa The Intern discover? Well read away, Dear Ass Kicker… Hi...
View ArticleCocktail Culture in 1800’s Portland. For Real Though??
I’m writing a podcast based on a bloggy thing I did a while back called Olden Days Bars That I Want To Get Drunk At. The title pretty much speaks for itself, and as it was a fun piece to write, I...
View ArticleKAOH 7.1 Enemy Attack!!! Coming 7/4
A new Kick Ass Oregon History episode is flying your way 7/4/2013! Get ready to have your sovereign territory violated! Listen up here.
View ArticlePortland Historic Strip Club Bus Tour Redux – 8/8/2013
We did this Kick Ass Historic Portland Strip Club Tour a while back. And we had sooo much fun, we have decided to do it again! You can read about the tour here, and some pictures of the event are on...
View ArticleCheck Out Some Oregon History This Saturday! (7/27/2013)
Whatcha got going on this Saturday? I’m hoping not much, because this weekend is positively brimming with Oregon History. We have TWO great events happening on July 27th! First, at 4:00pm, The Resident...
View ArticleHow We Make The History… oh, and Bigfoots too!
So sometimes it just works out like magic… History is a really weird discipline. Sometimes I think of it as a very mechanical process. Let me explain. As long time listeners to our podcast know, one of...
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