X-Ray Visions: A Look Inside Portland's Legendary X-Ray Cafe
15/11/2000
From 1990 to 1994, ground zero for the all-ages, alt-rock scene in Portland was the X-Ray Cafe. Brought to life and operated as a flight of fancy by Benjamin Arthur Ellis and Tres Shannon, the X-Ray was both a critical venue for emerging local and touring bands and hang-out for an amazing array of outcasts, street kids and creative eccentrics of all stripes. When band such as Crackerbash, Sprinkler, Poison Idea, Hell Cows, Smegma, Dead Moon, Hitting Birth, Beat Happenings, Cake, Hole, Green Day or the Spinanes were not on stage, anything from poetry to Spanish lessons to a sewing circle might have connected and entertained the customers. Whether shelter, social or information hub, or music mecca, the X-Ray represented and remains, in age-old fashion, a key chapter in many Portlander's coming of age. Ellis's film, loaded with interviews and performance clips, is a spirited valentine to the craziness and glory of days gone by and to the many who called the X-Ray home.
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Benjamin Arthur Ellis
as self
Tres Shannon
as self
Roger Nusic
as self
Scott Campbell
as self
Jim Redden
as self
Tony Demicoli
as self
Pierre Ouellette
as self
Fred Cole
as self
Mark Sten
as self
Tom Robinson
as self
Jermaine Poppymoonbeam
as self
Travis Kurtz
as self
Toody Cole
as self
Jeremy Wilson
as self
The Obituaries
as self
Sean Croghan
as self
Jeff Johnson
as self
Marcia Ellis
as self
Arthur Ellis
as self
Jayne Shannon
as self
Marnie Thompson
as self
Alkis Sakoulas
as self
Crystal Bullitt
as self
Luke Hollywood
as self
Matthew Hein
as self
Billy Kennedy
as self
Bryan White
as self
Bazza
as self
Dave Queen
as self
John Beardsley
as self
Aaron Knowles
as self
Carl Hanni
as self
Jessica Richman
as self
Steve the Kid
as self
Victor Santiago
as self
Nan Curtis
as self
Eona Skelton
as self
David Parks
as self
Stephen Spyrit
as self
Larry Yes
as self
Dean Fletcher
as self
Scott Kelly
as Self
Calvin Johnson
as self
Slim Moon
as self
Tae Won Yu
as self
Laurie Hall
as self
Roger Manning
as self
Ana Helena DeCastro
as self
Adam Dowis
as self
Saeela Abrams
as self
Sean Rose
as self
Kathy Molloy
as self
Ernest Truely
as self
Jeffery Wonderful
as self
Stephanie "Stevie" G. Pierce
as self
John "Elvis" Schroder
as self
James Harrison
as self
Jody Bleyle
as self
Matt Baird
as self
Montaigne Benoit
as self
Kathy Oliver
as self
Dawn Panttaja
as self
Ian Svenonius
as self
Sean Tejaratchi
as self
D.K. Holm
as self
Reuben Nisenfeld
as self
Glen Stohr
as self
John Papaiouannou
as self
Ted Papaiouannou
as self
Rick Byers
as self
Peter Krebs
as self
Chris Brady
as self
Richard Martin
as self
George Touhouliotis
as self
Charles Moore
as self
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