Casey Parks, journalist

Bike symphony

2009-06-25T01:53:00.001-07:00

Classical Revolution produces Portland's first "bike symphony" -- a piece written by Galen Huckins using bikes and human voices/sounds. The street contributed its own improvisational parts. I captured at least a few of them:

Portland Bike Symphony from Casey Parks on Vimeo.

Walt Morey jazz band wins national competition

2009-03-19T21:56:00.001-07:00

Walt Morey Jazz Band from Casey Parks on Vimeo.

Middle school wrestler

2009-03-11T20:58:00.001-07:00

I shot the video for this to go with a story about a middle school wrestler missing much of his legs and one arm:

Jacob Hill

2009-02-22T09:10:00.000-08:00

I started this blog as a multimedia experiment so that one day, if I ever applied for another job, I could show bosses that I know how to tell stories in different mediums. Lately, I only post on my other blog, though: Seconds and Decades . I keep pictures and videos and podcasts and whatever else there. It's a collection of the moments (fast and enduring) that make up the lives of the people I know.

That said, I probably won't be posting on here for a while.

Still Pending

2008-10-29T18:50:00.000-07:00

for the Oregonian's Teen Blog

Still Pending is a group of 12- and 13-year-olds who won a Cartoon Network contest last year:

Still Pending from Casey Parks on Vimeo.

How My Parents Got Married, pt. 2

2008-09-13T18:15:00.000-07:00

The second (and final) part covers the wedding (disaster!), the honeymoon (nuns!) and the months after (2-for-1 Burger King!)

Listen here

2006, from the vault

2008-09-13T17:28:00.001-07:00

I just found this video MTV video of me

I look so skinny! so sincere! I wanted so much! Also, I sound really super Southern.

How My Parents Got Married

2008-08-27T20:11:00.000-07:00

Listen here

My mom was the salad and chocolate chip cookie girl at Hardee's. She was pregnant. The story involves an electric can opener, a tin roof and my dad's heart melting like butter.

Annie and the Dreamboats concert

2008-07-28T23:06:00.001-07:00

I shot this a couple of weeks ago, but just got around to editing it. My friend Dana Rae's band:

Annie and the Dreamboats from Casey Parks on Vimeo.

Fatman: The Movie

2008-07-16T18:55:00.000-07:00

I made this video to go with This story. So cute:

Fatman: The movie

Tyree Harris / Influence raps

2008-06-19T22:05:00.000-07:00

Rob Finch and I are working on a longer story about this guy, but this is a video I made of Tyree Harris aka Influence rapping at a concert at Parkrose High School.

Tyree Davis / Influence from Casey Parks on Vimeo.

Tattoo for school

2008-06-17T20:36:00.000-07:00

Jon Garcia earned an A for probably the strangest school project I've ever known: He got a tattoo. This video is part of the Oregonian Teen Blog I help produce.

Jon Garcia's Tattoo

New teen multimedia blog

2008-06-06T15:15:00.000-07:00

Judy Siviglia and I, along with the O's summer interns and hopefully some education reporters, are producing a teen blog. Basically it'll have videos about teenagers and short stories about cool things teenagers are doing. The idea is that teens do a ton of cool things that don't fit the usual /newshook/ standard.

Here is one of the first ones, online now at the Oregonian

Craig Irby croons

Relaxing on the beach

2008-06-06T07:55:00.001-07:00

Relaxing in Pochomil from Casey Parks on Vimeo.

Dancing with senior citizens

2008-06-03T13:18:00.000-07:00

Dancing from Casey Parks on Vimeo.

Border Crossing

2008-06-02T10:23:00.001-07:00

Border Crossing from Casey Parks on Vimeo.

From Cahuita to Puerto Viejo

2008-05-30T07:07:00.001-07:00

more in Costa Rica:

Untitled from Casey Parks on Vimeo.

music in San Jose

2008-05-29T19:53:00.000-07:00

music in San Jose from Casey Parks on Vimeo.

Clinton party at the E Room

2008-05-16T21:38:00.000-07:00

I shot all the video for this, but my buddy Rob Finch edited it:

Egyptian Club from Oregonian on Vimeo.

songs

2008-04-20T16:59:00.000-07:00

I spent an hour this afternoon watching a garage band tutorial and then I made this:

Listen!

Neola on Passover

2008-04-20T12:07:00.000-07:00

Neola talks about cooking grain-less "macaroni and cheese."

Untitled from Casey Parks on Vimeo.

Chatty Harpoon

2008-04-12T07:33:00.000-07:00

Cathy Harmon talks about how she got her nickname:

Listen here!

Bye bye Nat

2008-04-11T09:15:00.000-07:00

I made this (with help from Neola and Kate!) last month as a going-away present for Natalie. It's kind of filled with inside jokes, but it's still fun. YouTube makes it look bad, but oh well.

Winter 07/08

2008-03-05T09:50:00.001-08:00

What I did this winter:

Fall 2007

2007-12-03T09:00:00.001-08:00

Fall looked like falling leaves and dance clubs and the inside of classrooms. Kate and I moved into an apartment in the same building as Randi and Natalie. Neola and I got into some hijinks.

all captured:

Ruining Banana Pudding

2007-11-25T10:14:00.000-08:00

This Thanksgiving, I tried to make one of my mother's best desserts, banana pudding. The only trouble is, I never learned to cook desserts as a kid, and now my mom is 2,000 miles away. Like any good Southern woman, my mom doesn't keep exact recipes.

Fruit Loops

2007-10-07T09:45:00.001-07:00

my friends and I went on a trip to this place called "Fruit Loop" in the Columbia River Gorge (about an hour east of Portland0. Fruit Loop has several orchards/farms all together.

Here's a video!

Lynette as artist

2007-09-16T20:08:00.000-07:00

In her 50s, Lynette Hanson sold her first piece of art.

Click here to find out her story.

Podcast No. 4: I was a teenage Christian skaster

2007-08-03T11:25:00.000-07:00

In high school, contemporary Christian music shaped my identity. At 15, I stayed out late skanking at concerts. But as I got older, I moved on to a different type of Christian music, one that led me to accepting an unlikely identity.

Click Here to Listen

What Edna Likes About Oregon

2007-07-30T19:29:00.000-07:00

This ran on The Oregonian's Today in Oregon podcast. I recorded it last week.

Click Here to Hear What Edna Henderson Likes About Oregon

There will be more podcasts coming soon, but everything I have recorded lately sounds echoy or bad. I think I need a new microphone. And I really want to learn how to record a b-roll (basically background noise and stuff)

Podcast No. 3: Isolde Becomes a Citizen

2007-07-18T22:18:00.000-07:00

Born to a French mother and Irish father, Isolde has dual citizenship. Until this week, she has lived in America for over two decades without being a citizen. In trips abroad when people have made fun of George Bush, she's hushed them away, reminding them she can't vote. But as the price tag for naturalization goes up, she decided to become a citizen. Why's she doing it now? Listen up!

Click Here to Listen

The music is Telegraph Canyon - Old Dark Hymns. That's my cousin's band! Look them up on MySpace

Got a Crush On You

2007-07-04T11:42:00.000-07:00

My second podcast brings you the story of mine and Kate's first crushes. From fourth grade Hawaiian boy crushes to the perfect turkey sandwich, love was in the air in elementary school.

Click here to listen to First Crush

disclaimer: I am not great at editing audio yet, so there are a few places that sounds a little clicky or jumpy, I think. But still practicing ...

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My dad tries the dance

2007-06-27T13:03:00.001-07:00

Below is a link to my first (miniature) podcast about my mom's dance. Here's a tiny video of my dad trying to replicate it.

My first podcast

2007-06-27T11:32:00.000-07:00

I wanted to make this a video, but I really didn't have enough pictures of video to accompany the 7 1/2 minute long story.

first episode: My mother's dance
My mother has one signature dance -- she puts one hand on her stomach (curved) and the other in the air. Then she twists her hips, barely ever moving her feet. Here, I find out the history of the dance, what my dad thinks of it, and what it teaches me about my mom. Click here to hear it.

Also, here are some pictures for accompaniment:

Christmas Eve, 2005 -- The Dance

My mom as a little girl

My mom's dad

My mom now

2007-06-20T22:49:00.001-07:00

I'll be keeping this blog to track my ventures into multimedia. This way I'll have a good documentation of my (hopeful) growth as I try become more skilled, and anyone who's trying to break into multimedia can come here for some kind of fellowship.

But beyond that, I want this blog to be a keeper of stories. I'm going home to my mother there, and she is the reason I am a storyteller. I will start with her.