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Once upon a time a man named Corey Smith ruled the Portland landscape. He was the big fish, swimming in a small pond, and both women and men loved and adored the tattooed artisan. Eventually Corey grew bored of the same venus, bars and people begging for his attention and acceptance, so he moved to the [...]

The Costa Mesa-based fashion collaborative COMUNE, fresh off a successful Fall launch, has just dropped its third catalog. The Spring 2010 line is up on the COMUNE site and it looks jazzy. The denim line has expanded, their are some warmer weather options, and the entire line seems to have expanded and upped its quality. 

Apparently you guys think we are a bunch of hipsters, so obviously we’re going to post about Corey Smith relauching his site after a couple years. But I’ll have you know that we totally are just reblogging this info from Updown’s site, so we know someone else might be interested. Here’s Corey’s excuse for the [...]

In the ’80s babes would have died for this treatment.  photo: Carey Haider
The San Diego-based Crocodiles may be on the verge of infiltrating your iPod. In Costa Mesa, California the clothing brand Comune has begun supporting the band. Bataleon Am Ben Rice plans to use their tunes if he can put a part together, and [...]

You know what our favorite part about hipsters is? No, it’s not ironic mustaches, tight pants or unnessecary scarves and head gear. It’s ART SHOWS and the free booze for at least an hour that comes with. So if you are in Portland this first Thursday check out the opening on Comune founder and former [...]

Portland’s coming up in a big way, so is Paxson.                                           p: Darcy Bacha
Sometimes introductions are really special. You can say, “Oh man Olympic blah blah blah redhead,” or with any luck you can say, [...]

Hit it and quit it

Editorial Note- People seemed to have very mixed feelings about Hump Day with Ben Rice. Many people seemed to have felt that Yobeat only showed one side of Ben’s darling personality. To rectify this Comune’s Art Director and Ex-Pro guy Corey Smith sat down with Ben and asked him a few more questions. Enjoy, and [...]

Darrell took time out of his hectic schedule to sit down with YObeat, so how about you take the time to read the article?

Corey Smith had his heyday and managed to get out with his knees intact. Nick caught up with him because doing interviews about being washed up is so not played.