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

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

Guest post from Pacific North West/Vintage 250 racer, Todd Marella. Two weeks since, two races at Castle Rock, and seemingly, just like that we’re headed to Spokane, in neighbouring Washington, for sunshine and that cushion track magic. It’s all of five hours to drive there from Portland, and they’re having an early practice session from 10:00 to noon. For us to make that, we’ve scheduled a 5:00am leaving time, meeting at the Cycle Heap at 4:30 to load. The squad of vintage 2