X-Ray Visions: A Look Inside Portland's Legendary X-Ray Cafe
68 mins
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.
Tres Shannon
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Roger Nusic
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Scott Campbell
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Jim Redden
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Tony Demicoli
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Pierre Ouellette
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Fred Cole
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Mark Sten
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Tom Robinson
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Travis Kurtz
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Toody Cole
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Jeremy Wilson
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The Obituaries
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Sean Croghan
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Jeff Johnson
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Marcia Ellis
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Arthur Ellis
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Jayne Shannon
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Marnie Thompson
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Alkis Sakoulas
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Crystal Bullitt
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Luke Hollywood
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Matthew Hein
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Billy Kennedy
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Bryan White
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Bazza
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Dave Queen
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John Beardsley
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Aaron Knowles
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Carl Hanni
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Jessica Richman
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Steve the Kid
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Victor Santiago
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Nan Curtis
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Eona Skelton
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David Parks
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Stephen Spyrit
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Larry Yes
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Dean Fletcher
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Scott Kelly
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Calvin Johnson
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Slim Moon
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Tae Won Yu
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Laurie Hall
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Roger Manning
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Adam Dowis
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Saeela Abrams
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Sean Rose
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Kathy Molloy
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Ernest Truely
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James Harrison
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Jody Bleyle
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Matt Baird
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Montaigne Benoit
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Kathy Oliver
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Dawn Panttaja
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Ian Svenonius
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Sean Tejaratchi
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D.K. Holm
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Reuben Nisenfeld
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Glen Stohr
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Ted Papaiouannou
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Rick Byers
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Peter Krebs
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Chris Brady
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Richard Martin
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Charles Moore
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Benjamin Arthur Ellis
Writer
Benjamin Arthur Ellis
Director
Benjamin Arthur Ellis
Producer
Benjamin Arthur Ellis
Editor
Joseph Kornbrodt
Editor
Joe Biel
Editor
Craig Fletcher
Archival Footage Research
Pamela Chipman
Archival Footage Research
Cindy Matsen
Archival Footage Research
Steve Horowitz
Sound
Ernest Truely
Still Photographer
Tom Robinson
Still Photographer
Tom Richards
Still Photographer
Robert K. Schulze
Title Designer
Benjamin Arthur Ellis
Art Designer
Sean Tejaratchi
Art Designer
Bryan White
Art Designer