A guest post from Todd Marella, in Portland, Oregon. About a month ago, Sideburn’s ed asked me if my Clash tribute band, Truncheon Things would like to play a pre-One Show kick off party hosted by Icon and Sideburn, in Portland. Without giving the question mark a chance to land, and without consulting with the rest of the band, I said ‘Yes,’ enthusiastically. ‘Great, we’ll work out the details,’ says Gary. With that, I needed to inform the band that I’d ‘Sort of accepted an o

It's less than two weeks until our favourite show in the world, The One Show in Portland. I (Sideburn Ed, Gary) am heading out to run the booth in the show, and will be ably assisted by our man in the Pacific North West, Todd Marella, and fellow zine magnate, Norm Motorcycho. We're going to be in the Icon Motosports area, with a booth to knock your socks off (or at least pull them down a bit), but before all that, we're hosting a pre-party with Icon, at the Rogue Eastside, at

We're heading back to the One Moto Show for the fifth, maybe sixth time. We're going to have a booth selling mags and merch, and we'll be hanging out all week. We also have some plans for fun stuff with our Portland friends from Icon Motosport. Details soon. Get your One Show tickets, if you haven't already. #Portland #SeeSeemotorcycles #OneShow #Oregon #Icon

Ready for another of Todd Marella's Clash-infused race reports from the Pacific Northwest? We are. Take it away Todd. Sitting in staging waiting for my first heat race Saturday night, boredom is the furthest emotion from my being. Excited. Elated. Glad, stoked, and giddy, more like. Spokane Speedway is 346 miles from my house, and about 12 miles further than that from Burrito’s place where I met him at 5:00 this morning. His van is bigger in every dimension than mine, and he