The Nike SB crew threw a party at the Brooklyn Project (thanks Dom DeLuca and his crew) shop on Melrose in Los Angeles. Mark Lewman, Spike Jones, Matt Hoffman, Eddie Fiola were all on hand to sign special limited edition books of Freestylin' as well as special exclusive boxes filled with secret toys designed by Michael Leu. Brought to you by pampelmoose.com and nemodesign.com

Weezer performing Radiohead's Creep at their Hootenanny in Portland with 200 invited local musicians and fans. Brought to you by pampelmoose.com

Danny Seim, the drummer for Portland's alt-rock outfit, Menomena, debuted his band Lackthereof at the Wonder Ballroom, Friday June 20. Here's a couple of song clips and a chat with Danny after the show.

Weezer came to Portland to perform a live show for the local radio station, 94.7, which they called a hootenanny. Lead singer Rivers Cuomo said that his mom had come up with the name. The station had put out a call for 200 musicians to jam with Weezer and all types of folks turned up. This video shows the rehearsals and warm up before they hit their stride.

State of Mind are a Portland hip hop group who all attend Grant High School. They played the Music In Portland Schools fundraising benefit on May 30th 2008.

The Shaky Hands were part of the benefit concert for Music in Portland Schools on May 30th at the Crystal Ballroom in Portland, Oregon. Also on the bill were Y.A.C.H.T., Sand People, State of Mind and the Blue Scholars.