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November 18, 2008
Press Play with Videoport Jones - Tropic Thunder, Wall-E and more

So, a second week without Justin here to volley wit and keep me on the windy side of care, as someone once said. It's like I'm alone in an empty theater...ECHO......Echo....echo...

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June 17, 2008
Press Play - New DVDs with Videoport Jones

One half of Tenacious D and one half of Blackstar? The return of David Duchovny. Matthew McConaghey and Kate Hudson, blond and as tanned as ever, ride again. A live-action "American Tail?"

It's time for this week's new releases on DVD, and Videoport Jones is here to give us the hits and misses.

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September 05, 2007
See what a 48 Hour Film looks like

Today and tomorrow over at the Nickelodeon the 48 Hour Film Project is screening all the films made by teams from around the Portland area.

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July 03, 2007
Transforming nostalgia, or commercials in disguise

When you think big, explosive set pieces with little heart and even less to capture the imagination – that can only mean one thing: summer movie season.

Of all the popcorn fodder being released this summer, the one movie I’ve felt the most conflicted about is "Transformers." Not only are they resurrecting a beloved childhood icon, but the doctor at the table in this case is Michael Bay, who made films like "Armageddon," "Bad Boys" and "The Island."

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Justin is a former newspaper intern and has the scar tissue to prove it. Justin has been a staff writer for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram since 2003, and in 2004 began writing a weekly column in the Monday Magazine.

If he had to pick a label, the column would fall under "youth culture," covering everything from high school dance etiquette, dealing with college debt, the resurgence of Roller Derby and Portland's one-of-a-kind music scene. This of course has not stopped him from answering letters to Santa Claus or writing about his experience riding shotgun in a drift car.

Justin is an export from the Midwest. He is a graduate of the University of Missouri and is originally from Minnesota. He enjoys bacon, cheap beer, redheads, Burt Reynolds jokes and wondering what the soundtrack to his life would sound like.

When he grows up he wants to be an international art thief. Or Captain America.

Until then he'll be bringing you dispatches about "the young people" and what they do.






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A Green Eye for Fashion
Not My Job
What's next for Justin Alfond
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Lessons with the Portland Music Foundation
Catching up with Opportunity Maine
Discussing Freedom Space
Spinout's Class of 2007
Free for All in Space
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Chat with Davy Rothbart of FOUND Magazine
When Turtles Make Love *Warning: mature material
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