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Sockeye Is Committed to Fitness

–by Jen Stevenson

We are very committed to fitness here at Sockeye, sort of like Richard Simmons, except we wear longer shorts. Laura, Heather, and John ride their bikes to work almost every day, James lifts heavy cameras to stay toned, Andy and Pete hold memberships at the MAC (oo la la), Shellie chases her energetic five-year-old around then does yoga to decompress, Mette walks briskly to the bus stop every morning, and Rob burns at least 4000 calories a day skipping rope over to my desk to make inane requests. I burn at least 89 calories a day ignoring him. 

In keeping with our dedication to fitness, every day at around 2pm, just as everyone is wrapping up their post-lunch under-the-desk siesta, a shrill and piercing rallying cry rings through the entire office. “Push-UPS! PUSH-UPS! IT’S TIME FOR PUSH-UPS!” Continue reading…

Question: What about Frogs?

–by Mike Byrne

A: I like frogs.
B: You tell me, Douchebag!

How you answer depends on your personal geographic history. It is a Northwest litmus test.

If you answered A, you did time in the northwest in the 70′s & 80′s.
If you answered B, you ain’t from around these parts. Don’t take it all personal like, there is a lot of that going around these days. Continue reading…

Rob’s Classy Hot Dogs

-by Rob Wees

It’s like wieden’s old spice centaur commercial—two things brought together. In this case, it’s gourmet dogs and fun design.
On a recent trip to NYC to visit friends (Hi Luis!) and family (Hi Ma!), I happened upon this fun little space.
I have a faulty memory, but here’s what I am recounting: crisp white subway tiled walls with a giant mural featuring a cityscape filled with happy cows and happy people, polished cement floors, a huge communal butcher block-style table in the center with wickedly cool slideout seats. For menu fare, gourmet sausages (beef, chicken, pork, turkey, lamb, asparagus) with your choice of sauce (cheddar jalapeno, horseradish mustard, truffle gruyere, chimichurri, sun dried tomato feta, mint yogurt). I was in dog heaven.

Made in Oregon: Frozen Assets

–by Mike Byrne

Release date: 1992. Plot: “A man is hired to run a bank which turns out to be a sperm bank.” -IMDB

Starpower: Corbin Bernsen is trying to transition from LA Law. Shelly Long is on a roll; Cheers, Troop Beverly Hills, this. Downhill roll. Continue reading…

Guac-off 2009

–By Jen Stevenson

Our beautiful vintage office inside Union Train Station isn’t exactly weatherproof, so these past few weeks have been murder on the old sweat glands. When we aren’t perspiring, we’re brainstorming ways to beat the heat, and a lot of them seem to involve beer. So when Shellie came up with the brilliant idea of holding a guacamole contest, it took only a moment for someone to suggest Coronitas and lime as the perfect accompaniment, and before we knew it, a new Sockeye summer tradition was born: The Guac-Off. Continue reading…

Storm Large’s Vagina
Has Been Viewed By 154,000 People (And Counting).

–By James Westby

Kidding! Sort of! The truth is that Sockeye has produced its first-ever music video, and it is for Storm’s hit song “8 Miles Wide.”

The consensus around here was that it would be quite liberating to do a video for a song that features the word VAGINA so much. As it turns out, the song is a metaphor for female empowerment, and is a pean to Portland, freedom, and to women of all shapes and sizes.

But it really does have the word “vagina” in it a lot…

Our video (posted here) has been viewed 154,000 times as of this writing, and shows no signs of slowing. Actually, it has slowed a little. But not all that much! And we continue to get emails daily, saluting our singular vision and/or condemning our childlike prurience.

Starring Storm herself (duh) and band members James Beaton and Davey Loprinzi, this vigantic (ha ha, you’ll see) video also features cameos by Portland icons Rick Emerson, Marc Acito, Malice 666, and many others.

Furthermore, the public loves it! Here is a small sampling of YouTube text comments for Eight Miles Wide:

“Woo hoo! PORTLAND!”

“WTF! hahahahaha”

“OMG ha ha ha ha lol lmao”

“Isn’t she the chick from “Puke in my mouth?”

Don’t know what this last one means, but we are pretty sure it is positive…

Enjoy.