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86-480: The show shared its title with the sculpture of the same name that sits above the entrance of the Portland Building on Fifth Avenue in downtown Portland , which appears in the show's title sequence . The show has won a Peabody Award . In January 2017, the series was renewed for an eighth and final season, which concluded on March 22, 2018. Brownstein and Armisen first met in 2003 and began collaborating on

172-533: A Broadway musical , The Capeman , which was poorly received. In the 21st century, Simon continued to record and tour. His later albums, such as You're the One (2000), So Beautiful or So What (2011) and Stranger to Stranger (2016), introduced him to new generations. Simon retired from touring in 2018, but continued to record music. An album, Seven Psalms , was released in May 2023. Simon has twice been inducted into

258-511: A Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award . This reunion led to a US tour, the acclaimed "Old Friends" concert series, which was followed by a 2004 international encore, culminating in a free concert at the Colosseum in Rome which attracted an audience of 600,000. In 2005, they sang "Mrs. Robinson" and "Homeward Bound" together, plus "Bridge Over Troubled Water" with Aaron Neville , in the benefit concert From

344-492: A bootlegged tape of mbaqanga , South African street music, and in 1986 he traveled to Johannesburg and recorded with African musicians. Additional sessions were held in New York. The sessions featured many South African acts, particularly Ladysmith Black Mambazo , and Simon also collaborated with several American artists, singing a duet with Linda Ronstadt in "Under African Skies", and playing with Los Lobos in "All Around

430-532: A swinger couple (played by Ebbe Roe Smith and Kristine Levine ), an owner of many quirky shops (played by Jeff Goldblum ) and Carrie's mom (played by Mickey Ronningen, seasons 2, 3, and 5). Actor Jedediah P. Aaker has appeared on more episodes of the series than any other actors, not including the series' two leads. Portlandia debuted on IFC on January 21, 2011. IFC "cheered" the first episode's Nielsen ratings of 263,000 viewers (live plus same day); factoring in repeats and three days' worth of DVR viewings,

516-428: A trident in her left hand and reaching down with her right. The statue is above street level and faces a relatively narrow, tree-lined street. The statue is 34 feet 10 inches (10.62 m) high and weighs 6.5 short tons (5,900 kg). An accompanying plaque includes the official dedication poem, also titled "Portlandia", written by Portland lawyer and poet Ronald Talney : "She kneels down, and from

602-499: A 25th anniversary box set of Graceland which included a remastered edition of the original album; the 2012 documentary film Under African Skies; the original 1987 "African Concert" from Zimbabwe ; and an audio narrative, The Story of Graceland , related by Simon; as well other interviews and memorabilia. He played a few concerts in Europe with the original musicians to commemorate the anniversary. On December 19, 2012, Simon performed at

688-525: A Rock ", and learned Davey Graham 's guitar instrumental "Anji", which later appeared on Sounds of Silence . In England, he produced Jackson C. Frank 's first and only album and co-wrote several songs with Bruce Woodley of the Australian pop group the Seekers , including "I Wish You Could Be Here", "Cloudy" and " Red Rubber Ball ". Simon also contributed to the Seekers' catalog with "Someday One Day", which

774-549: A decorative bird, referring to a joke in the TV series. A bicycle tour company began offering Portlandia tours. For the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards , the show received nominations in Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for Fred Armisen, Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series , Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series for Jonathan Krisel, and Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for Steve Buscemi for

860-483: A duo since their hit single "My Little Town" in 1975 and their first album of new material since Bridge over Troubled Water in 1970. Simon ultimately decided to wipe Garfunkel's vocals from the mix, and in 1983, Simon released the album Hearts and Bones as a solo album. This was a polished and confessional album that was eventually viewed as one of his best works, but it achieved the lowest sales of his career. Hearts and Bones included " The Late Great Johnny Ace ",

946-519: A full-fledged sketch comedy show to IFC and Lorne Michaels ' Broadway Video production company, and the project was quickly approved. Some of the content on the show first appeared in the Internet series. For example, the "Women & Women First" feminist bookstore sketch and its characters, Toni and Candace, originated there. The series is set and filmed on location in Portland, Oregon. Production for

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1032-458: A fun house mirror reflection of intensely real people." Contrarily, Brian Lowry, writing for Variety , noted that the show was "clearly on a shoestring budget" and said that it featured an "array of tiresome characters" that provided "further proof not everyone deserves a sketch comedy showcase - especially when the premise cuts no deeper than vignettes inspired by the wheat-germy, hippie-ish environs of Portland, Ore." Comedian Jerry Seinfeld

1118-421: A movie here! It's Mrs. Robinson!" Simon and Garfunkel's relationship became strained and they split in 1970. At the urging of his wife, Peggy Harper, Simon called Davis to confirm the duo's breakup. For the next several years, they spoke only two or three times a year. In 1970, Simon taught songwriting at New York University . He said he had wanted to teach for a while, and hoped to help people avoid some of

1204-470: A production of Alice in Wonderland for their sixth-grade graduation. The two began singing together at the age of 13, occasionally performing at school dances. At the age of 12 or 13 Simon wrote his first song, "The Girl for Me", for him and Art Garfunkel to perform. According to Simon, it became the "neighborhood hit". His father wrote the words and chords on paper for the boys to use, and that paper became

1290-599: A rating of 71 out of 100, and the second season a rating of 75 out of 100. Both of these ratings fall within the site's range of "generally favorable reviews". Robert Lloyd of the Los Angeles Times called the show "funny and charming." Verne Gay of Newsday awarded the series an "A" grade and called it "hilarious". He noted that "Brownstein and Armisen move so effortlessly between characters, then execute their riffs, tics, styles and voices with such skilled abandon that before long this doesn't seem like satire any longer but

1376-455: A series of comedy sketches for the Internet in 2005 titled ThunderAnt . The sketches became increasingly Portland-centric, with premises ranging from irate diners at a popular Hawthorne District restaurant registering ridiculous complaints on the review website Yelp! to a character's disastrous one-man performance at the city's Hollywood Theatre . In July 2009, the duo pitched their idea for

1462-859: A song he wrote for the show's 10th anniversary. Simon's next album, So Beautiful or So What , was released on the Concord Music Group label on April 12, 2011, and Simon said it was the best work he had done in 20 years. It was reported that he had wanted to have Bob Dylan perform on the album. At the end of his 2011 World Tour, which had included the United States, the UK, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Germany, Simon appeared at Ramat Gan Stadium in Israel in July 2011, his first concert appearance in Israel since 1983. On

1548-476: A song partly about Johnny Ace , an American R&B singer, and partly about John Lennon . In January 1985, Simon performed for USA for Africa and on the relief fundraising single " We Are the World ". In 1986, Simon was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Music degree from Berklee College of Music , where he had served on the board of trustees. Simon decided to record an album of South African music after hearing

1634-478: A ten-episode second season, which began airing in January 2012. On March 21, 2012, IFC announced its renewal of the show for a third season. On June 12, 2013, the network announced its renewal of Portlandia for fourth and fifth seasons, of ten episodes each, that aired in early 2014 and early 2015. On February 10, 2015, it was announced that IFC had picked up Portlandia for sixth and seventh seasons. In January 2017,

1720-649: A three-month North American tour with Bob Dylan , in which he and Dylan alternated as the headline act with a middle section where they performed together. The collaboration was generally well-received, with just one critic, Seth Rogovoy of the Berkshire Eagle , questioning the collaboration. In 2000, Simon wrote and recorded a new album, You're the One , very quickly. The album was released in October and consisted mostly of folk-pop writing combined with foreign musical sounds, particularly grooves from North Africa. You're

1806-441: Is a fan of the show. In a 2014 interview he said, "I think that's the best comedy on TV right now, and it's easily one of the best comedies of all time". The sketches set in the feminist bookstore "Women and Women First" were filmed in an actual independent bookstore , In Other Words ; this name can be seen on the chalkboard listing in-store events behind the cash register. At one point the real bookstore and community center used

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1892-562: Is a sculpture by Raymond Kaskey located above the entrance of the Portland Building in downtown Portland, Oregon . It is the second largest copper repoussé statue in the United States, after the Statue of Liberty . Portlandia was commissioned by the City of Portland in 1985. Sculptor Raymond Kaskey was paid $ 228,000 in public funds and reportedly an additional $ 100,000 in private donations. Kaskey and his assistant Michael Lasell built sections of

1978-547: Is also a combination set of both seasons available. Portlandia was also distributed in some countries on the iTunes store , Netflix and Amazon Video . In Australia it is screened on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's station ABC2 and on its iView video streaming service. The series was premiered in Latin America on March 27, 2012, on the channel I.Sat . Portlandia (statue) Portlandia

2064-510: Is also featured as an assistant to the mayor. Another episode, including a fictionalized music festival similar to Portland's actual MusicfestNW , featured a rock band played by Colin Meloy and Jenny Conlee of The Decemberists ; James Mercer of The Shins ; Brownstein's Sleater-Kinney bandmates Corin Tucker and Janet Weiss ; and Isaac Brock of Modest Mouse . On February 14, 2011, IFC ordered

2150-521: Is among the bestselling of all time. As a solo artist, Simon has explored genres including gospel , reggae and soul . His albums Paul Simon (1972), There Goes Rhymin' Simon (1973), and Still Crazy After All These Years (1975) kept him in the public eye and drew acclaim, producing the hits " Mother and Child Reunion ", " Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard ", and " 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover ". Simon reunited with Garfunkel for several tours and

2236-462: Is an American singer-songwriter known for his solo work and his collaborations with Art Garfunkel . He and his school friend Garfunkel, whom he met in 1953, came to prominence in the 1960s as Simon & Garfunkel . Their blend of folk and rock, including hits such as " The Sound of Silence ", " Mrs. Robinson ", " America " and " The Boxer ", served as a soundtrack to the counterculture movement. Their final album, Bridge over Troubled Water (1970),

2322-606: The African National Congress protested that it was a violation of the boycott. The Congress voted to ban Simon from South Africa and he was added to the United Nations blacklist, from which he was removed in January 1987. In 1989, Simon appeared on Dion 's song "Written on the Subway Wall"/"Little Star" from Yo Frankie which peaked at number 97 in October 1990. After Graceland , Simon extended his roots with

2408-597: The Brazilian -flavored The Rhythm of the Saints . Sessions for the album began in December 1989 in Rio de Janeiro and New York and featured guitarist J.J. Cale , and Brazilian and African musicians. The tone of the album was more introspective and low-key than the upbeat feel of Graceland . Released in October 1990, the album received excellent reviews and sold well, peaking at number 4 in

2494-578: The Cashbox album charts. It was released in 1974 as a live album, titled Live Rhymin' , and contained elements of world and religious music. His next album, produced by Simon and Phil Ramone , was Still Crazy After All These Years , released in October 1975. The mood of the album, written after Simon's divorce, was darker, and contained "Gone at Last" (a Top 25 hit) and the Simon & Garfunkel reunion track "My Little Town" (a number 9 on Billboard ). The album

2580-553: The Children's Health Fund , a nonprofit organization that provides medical care to children. Simon was born on October 13, 1941, in Newark, New Jersey , to Hungarian-Jewish parents. His father, Louis (1916–1995), a professor of education at the City College of New York , was a double-bass player and dance bandleader who performed under the name Lee Sims. His mother, Belle (1910–2007),

2666-525: The George McGovern 1972 presidential campaign , and he and Garfunkel reunited in mid-June that year at Madison Square Garden in another political concert for McGovern. Garfunkel joined Simon again on the 1975 Top 10 single " My Little Town ". Simon wrote this song for Garfunkel, whose solo output Simon felt lacked "bite", and it was included on Simon's album Still Crazy After All These Years and Garfunkel's album Breakaway . Contrary to popular belief,

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2752-557: The Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, awarded by the Library of Congress , and he later performed as part of a gala of his work. After living in Montauk, New York , for many years, Simon relocated to New Canaan , Connecticut. Simon is one of a small number of performers who are named as the copyright owner on their recordings (most records have the recording company as the named owner of

2838-508: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990. Another Simon & Garfunkel reunion took place in September 1993 and Columbia released Paul Simon 1964/1993 . Originally a three-disc compilation, this became a reduced version on the two-disc album The Paul Simon Anthology one month later. In 1995, Simon appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show and performed the song "Ten Years", which he had composed for

2924-521: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame , and has been the recipient of sixteen Grammy Awards , including three for Album of the Year. Two of his works, Sounds of Silence and Graceland , were inducted into the National Recording Registry for their cultural significance, and in 2007, the Library of Congress voted him the inaugural winner of the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song . He is a co-founder of

3010-697: The 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks in 2011, he performed " The Sound of Silence " at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York, on the site of the destroyed World Trade Center . On February 26, 2012, Simon paid tribute to fellow musicians Chuck Berry and Leonard Cohen , who had received the first annual PEN Awards for songwriting excellence at the JFK Presidential Library in Boston, Massachusetts. In 2012, Simon released

3096-523: The 1981 Concert in Central Park . In 1986, Simon released his most successful and acclaimed album, Graceland , incorporating South African influences. " You Can Call Me Al " became one of Simon's most successful singles. Graceland was followed by The Rhythm of the Saints (1990), and a second Concert in the Park in 1991, without Garfunkel, which was attended by half a million people. In 1998, Simon wrote

3182-562: The 25th anniversary of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame concert at Madison Square Garden in New York City. In October 2009, Dion performed " The Wanderer " with Simon at the 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert . In April 2010, Simon & Garfunkel performed together again at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival . Simon released a new song called "Getting Ready for Christmas Day" on November 10, 2010. The song

3268-469: The Big Apple to The Big Easy – The Concert for New Orleans (eventually released as a DVD) for Hurricane Katrina victims. In 2004, Simon's studio albums were re-released, both individually and as a collection in a limited-edition, nine-CD boxed set, Paul Simon: The Studio Recordings 1972–2000 . Simon was then working on a new album with Brian Eno called Surprise , which was released in May 2006. Most of

3354-568: The One received favorable reviews, reached both the British and American Top 20, and received a Grammy nomination for Album of the Year . Simon toured extensively to promote the album, and one performance in Paris was released to home video. In the aftermath of the September 11 attacks in America, Simon sang "Bridge Over Troubled Water" on America: A Tribute to Heroes , a multi-network broadcast to benefit

3440-407: The September 11 Telethon Fund, and performed "The Boxer" at the start of the first episode of Saturday Night Live after September 11. In 2002, he wrote and recorded " Father and Daughter ", the theme song for the animated family film The Wild Thornberrys Movie . The track was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song . In 2003, Simon and Garfunkel performed together again when they received

3526-462: The Simon & Garfunkel catalog. In February 2009, Simon performed back-to-back shows in New York City at the recently renovated Beacon Theatre . He was joined by Art Garfunkel and the cast of The Capeman in the first show. The band included Graceland bassist Bakithi Kumalo . In May 2009, Simon toured with Garfunkel in Australia, New Zealand and Japan; and in October 2009 they appeared together at

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3612-530: The Stone Age ; Gus Van Sant ; Tim Robbins ; Martina Navratilova ; Jeff Goldblum ; Juliette Lewis ; Joanna Newsom ; Annie Clark of St. Vincent ; Jack White ; Paul Simon ; Henry Rollins ; Krist Novoselic ; Portland Trail Blazers players LaMarcus Aldridge , Damian Lillard , CJ McCollum , and Robin Lopez as themselves; and Kyle MacLachlan as a fictional mayor of Portland. Actual Portland mayor Sam Adams

3698-587: The U.S. and number 1 in the UK and Japan, and later produced another Top 30 hit, " Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard ". Simon's next project, the pop-folk album There Goes Rhymin' Simon , was released in May 1973. The lead single, " Kodachrome ", was a number 2 hit in America. The follow-up, the gospel-flavored " Loves Me Like a Rock ", topped the Cashbox charts. Other songs like " American Tune ", or "Something So Right" (a tribute to Simon's first wife Peggy), became part of his repertoire. The album reached number 1 on

3784-534: The U.S. and number 1 in the UK. The lead single, "The Obvious Child", featuring the Grupo Cultural Olodum , became Simon's last Top 20 hit in the UK and appeared near the bottom of the Billboard Hot 100 . Although not as successful as Graceland , The Rhythm of the Saints received a Grammy nomination for Album of the Year. Simon's ex-wife Carrie Fisher said in her autobiography Wishful Drinking , that

3870-458: The United Nations ). Simon denied that he had gone to South Africa to "take money out of the country", and stated that he paid the black artists and split royalties with them, and was not paid to play to a white-only audience. The United Nations Anti-Apartheid Committee supported Graceland , as it showcased black South African musicians and offered no support to the South African government, but

3956-579: The United States. In 1980, Simon released One-Trick Pony , his first album with Warner Bros. Records and his first in almost five years. The album was paired with the motion picture of the same name , which Simon wrote and starred in. It produced his last Top 10 hit, the upbeat "Late in the Evening" (also a number 1 hit on the Radio & Records American charts), but did not sell well. In 1981, Simon & Garfunkel included eight songs from Simon's solo career in

4042-412: The World or The Myth of Fingerprints". Before leaving for Johannesburg, Simon contributed to " We Are the World ", a charity single for African famine relief. The resulting album, Graceland , became Simon's most successful studio album and his highest-charting album in over a decade. It was estimated to have sold more than 16 million copies worldwide. Graceland won the 1987 Grammy for Album of

4128-559: The Year . In 2006, the album was added to the United States' National Recording Registry as "culturally, historically or aesthetically important". Simon faced accusations that he had broken the cultural boycott imposed by the rest of the world against the apartheid regime in South Africa by organizations such as Artists United Against Apartheid , anti-apartheid musicians (including Billy Bragg , Paul Weller and Jerry Dammers ), and James Victor Gbeho (then Ghanaian Ambassador to

4214-447: The actors as if they were friends living together in a house in Portland. Most of the others use makeup, costumes, and wigs to depict pairings both young and old of various types. Sometimes cross-dressing is used, as when Armisen portrays Candace, co-owner of the Women and Women First bookstore, Brownstein plays Andy, a men's rights activist, or when Armisen and Brownstein swap genders to play

4300-506: The bestselling album of all time . Simon & Garfunkel also contributed to the soundtrack of the Mike Nichols film The Graduate (1967), starring Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft . While writing " Mrs. Robinson ", Simon toyed with the title "Mrs. Roosevelt". When Garfunkel reported this indecision over the song's name to the director, Nichols replied, "Don't be ridiculous! We're making

4386-541: The combination of doo-wop , rockabilly and Caribbean music that the album contained, but Songs from The Capeman was a failure, and for the first time in Simon's career he did not reach the Top 40 of the Billboard charts. The cast album was never released on CD but eventually became available online. After The Capeman , Simon's career was in an unexpected crisis, but he continued to record new material. In 1999, he embarked on

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4472-455: The couple Nina and Lance. There are also a small number of recurring characters played by other actors, such as the Mayor of Portland and his assistant (played by Kyle MacLachlan and Sam Adams , the actual mayor from 2009 to 2012), Fred and Carrie's landlord (played by Steve Buscemi , who also directed several episodes), Angel (played by Angel Bouchet, who appears in multiple episodes as herself),

4558-400: The episode "Celery". Portlandia: Season One was released on Region 1 DVD and Blu-ray on December 6, 2011, and Region 4 on August 1, 2012. The one disc set consists of all six episodes of its first season. Special features include; Extended Scenes, Bloopers, An IFC Behind-the-Scenes Featurette, "Thunder Ant" Sketches, and Audio Commentary by Armisen and Brownstein. Portlandia: Season Two

4644-628: The first officially copyrighted Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel song. It is now in the Library of Congress . In 1957, in their mid-teens, they recorded the song "Hey, Schoolgirl" under the name "Tom & Jerry", a name that was given to them by their label, Big Records. The single reached number 49 on the pop charts. After graduating from Forest Hills High School , Simon majored in English at Queens College and graduated in 1963. Garfunkel studied mathematics education at Columbia University in Manhattan . Simon

4730-1295: The first season, consisting of six episodes, began in August 2010 and was completed in September 2010. The budget for the first season was set at less than $ 1 million (US). Along with Allison Silverman , a former head writer and executive producer for The Colbert Report , and Portlandia director Jonathan Krisel , Armisen and Brownstein wrote the sketches that appear in the first six episodes. Lorne Michaels served as executive producer. The series stars Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein in various roles. Guest stars include: Tim Heidecker ; Kirsten Dunst ; Olivia Wilde ; Selma Blair ; Chloë Sevigny ; Roseanne Barr ; Steve Buscemi ; Claire Danes ; Kristen Wiig ; Rose Byrne ; Andy Samberg ; Rachel Bloom ; Ed Begley Jr. ; Aimee Mann ; Johnny Marr ; Sarah McLachlan ; k.d. lang ; Jello Biafra ; Kurt Vile ; Heather Graham ; Parker Posey ; Michael Nesmith ; Glenn Danzig ; Aubrey Plaza ; Rashida Jones ; Anna Gunn ; Jane Lynch ; Kumail Nanjiani ; Jason Sudeikis ; Ehren McGhehey ; Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam ; Greta Gerwig ; Edward James Olmos ; Brigitte Nielsen ; J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. ; Kate Pierson , Cindy Wilson and Fred Schneider of The B-52's ; Josh Homme of Queens of

4816-782: The funeral of Victoria Leigh Soto , a teacher killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting . On June 14, 2013, on Sting 's Back to Bass Tour , Simon performed " The Boxer " and Sting's " Fields of Gold " with Sting. In September 2013, Simon delivered the Richard Ellmann Lecture in Modern Literature at Emory University . In 2014, Simon embarked on a joint 21-date concert tour of North America, titled On Stage Together , with English musician Sting . The tour continued in 2015 with ten shows in Australia and New Zealand and 23 concerts in Europe. Simon made

4902-620: The largest concert audiences in history. He later remembered the concert as "the most memorable moment in my career." The success of the show led to a live album and an Emmy -winning TV special. Simon embarked on the Born at the Right Time Tour and promoted the album with further singles, including "Proof", which was accompanied by a humorous video that featured Chevy Chase and Steve Martin . On March 4, 1992, Simon performed in his own episode of MTV Unplugged . Simon and Garfunkel were inducted into

4988-453: The mark whether or not you’re in on the joke." Portlandia also won an Emmy Award in 2011 for Outstanding Costumes for a Variety Program or Special and was also nominated for Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series and Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series in the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards . Former Portland mayor Sam Adams (2009 to 2012) also appeared on the show and proclaimed January 21, 2011, Portlandia Day. The proclamation included

5074-569: The mistakes he had made: "You can teach somebody about writing songs. You can't teach someone how to write a song ... I'd go to a course if the Beatles would talk about how they made records because I'm sure I could learn something." Simon pursued solo work, reuniting occasionally with Garfunkel for various projects. He gave a solo performance at the Cleveland Arena in April 1972 in a benefit concert for

5160-459: The number grew to 725,000, a figure that does not include an estimated 500,000 online preview viewings on IFC.com, Hulu and YouTube during the days before the official IFC premiere. As of May 1, 2012, the series was available to watch on Netflix in Ireland and the UK. The show has received mostly positive reviews from television critics. Review aggregator site Metacritic has given the first season

5246-529: The pop charts as Jerry Landis, with the novelty song "The Lone Teen Ranger". Both chart singles were released on Amy Records . In early 1964, Simon and Garfunkel auditioned for Columbia Records , whose executive Clive Davis signed them to produce an album. Columbia decided to call them Simon & Garfunkel instead of Tom & Jerry, and according to Simon, this was the first time artists' surnames had been used in pop music without their first names. Simon and Garfunkel's first LP, Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. ,

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5332-555: The quietness of copper reaches out. We take that stillness into ourselves, and somewhere deep in the earth our breath becomes her city. If she could speak this is what she would say: Follow that breath. Home is the journey we make. This is how the world knows where we are." Despite being funded largely by the City’s Public Art Program, Kaskey retained the copyright to the sculpture and has threatened lawsuits against unlicensed depictions of Portlandia. The statue appears in

5418-580: The recording). This development followed the successful $ 200 million lawsuit against RSO Records by the Bee Gees , the largest successful lawsuit against a record company by an artist or group. All of Simon's solo recordings, including those originally issued by Columbia Records , are currently distributed by Sony Records ' Legacy Recordings unit. His albums were issued by Warner Music Group until mid-2010, when Simon moved his catalog of solo work from Warner Bros. Records to Sony/Columbia Records , which holds

5504-506: The second half of the 1970s on various projects, including writing music for the film Shampoo , which became the music for the song "Silent Eyes" on the Still Crazy album, and acting (he was cast as Tony Lacey in Woody Allen 's film Annie Hall ). He achieved another hit with " Slip Slidin' Away ", the lead single of his 1977 compilation Greatest Hits, Etc. , which reached number 5 in

5590-453: The series was renewed for an eighth and final season to debut in 2018. Filming for the final season began in Portland in June 2017. Most of the sketches on Portlandia feature Armisen and Brownstein playing one of a variety of pairs of characters, most of which appear in multiple episodes. One of those pairings is "Fred and Carrie", a naturalistic depiction that is supposed to represent versions of

5676-428: The set list of their September 19 concert in Central Park . Five were rearranged as duets and Simon performed the other three solo. The resulting live album, TV special and videocassette (later DVD) releases were all major hits. Following the success of The Concert in Central Park, Simon & Garfunkel returned to the studio, planning to record an album of new material. This would have been their first new recordings as

5762-455: The show to promote itself, but the relationship broke down in 2016. The volunteer board wrote in a blog post that the bookstore and staff were mistreated during a filming session, and went on to say that "the Women and Women First segments ... are trans-antagonistic and trans-misogynist and have only become more offensive as the show goes on." Portlandia won a Peabody Award in 2011 "for its good-natured lampooning of hipster culture, which hits

5848-501: The song " She Moves On " was about her. "If you can get Paul Simon to write a song about you, do it. Because he is so brilliant at it." The success of both albums allowed Simon to stage another concert in New York. On August 15, 1991, almost a decade after his concert with Garfunkel, Simon staged a second concert in Central Park with African and South American bands. The success of the concert surpassed all expectations, and over 750,000 people were reported to have attended, making it one of

5934-735: The song was not based on Simon's early life in New York City. Simon also provided guitar on Garfunkel's 1973 album Angel Clare , and added backing vocals to the song " Down in the Willow Garden ". Simon's next album, Paul Simon , was released in January 1972, following his first experiment with world music , the Jamaican-inspired song " Mother and Child Reunion ", which reached both the American and British Top 5. The album received universal acclaim and critics praised its variety of styles and confessional lyrics. Paul Simon reached number 4 in

6020-505: The songs on the album were inspired by the September 11 terrorist attacks , and the Iraq invasion and the war that followed. Simon also took inspiration from having reached the age of 60 in 2001, which he humorously referred to in "Old" from You're the One . Surprise was a commercial hit, reaching number 14 on the Billboard 200 and number 4 in the UK. Most critics praised the album, and Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic wrote "Simon doesn't achieve his comeback by reconnecting with

6106-416: The sound and spirit of his classic work; he has achieved it by being as restless and ambitious as he was at his popular and creative peak." The album was supported by the Surprise Tour in 2006. In March 2004, Walter Yetnikoff published a book called Howling at the Moon , in which he criticized Simon and his previous business partnership with Columbia Records . In 2007, Simon was the inaugural recipient of

6192-506: The statue in a Maryland suburb of Washington, D.C. , and sent the parts to Portland by ship. It was assembled at a barge-building facility owned by Gunderson, Inc, and was installed on the Portland Building on October 6, 1985, after being floated up the Willamette River on a barge . The statue is based on the design of the Portland city seal . The statue depicts a female figure, Lady Commerce, dressed in classical clothes, holding

6278-527: The story of a real-life Puerto Rican youth, Salvador Agron , who wore a cape while committing two murders in New York in 1959. He became a writer while in prison. Featuring Marc Anthony as the young Agron, and Rubén Blades as the older Agron, the play was not a success and received terrible reviews and poor box office receipts. Simon recorded an album of songs from the show which was released in November 1997. The album received mixed reviews. Some critics praised

6364-613: The tenth anniversary of the show. In 1995 he also featured in the Annie Lennox version of his 1973 song "Something So Right", which appeared briefly on the UK Top 50 after it was released as a single. Simon had been involved in creating a musical, The Capeman , that eventually opened on January 29, 1998. He had worked enthusiastically on the project for many years, and described it as "a New York Puerto Rican story based on events that happened in 1959—events that I remembered." The musical told

6450-454: The title sequence of the TV series Portlandia , the result of "lengthy" negotiations with Kaskey that required the statue not be used "in a disparaging way". In 2012, Laurelwood Brewing used an illustration of the statue on the label of Portlandia Pils , a beer it introduced; the brewery later found out about Kaskey's copyright and reached a cash settlement with Kaskey. Paul Simon Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941)

6536-563: The track with electric guitar, bass guitar and drums and it was released as a single, eventually reaching number 1 on the US pop charts. Wilson did not inform the duo of his plan, and Simon was "horrified" when he first heard it. The success of the single drew Simon back to the US to reunite with Garfunkel, and they recorded the albums Sounds of Silence (1966), Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (1966) and Bookends (1968). Their final album, Bridge over Troubled Water (1970), became at that time

6622-734: Was a brother in the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity, and attended Brooklyn Law School for one semester in 1963. Between 1957 and 1964, Simon wrote, recorded and released more than 30 songs. He and Garfunkel occasionally reunited as Tom & Jerry to record singles, including "Our Song" and "That's My Story". Most of the songs Simon recorded during that time he performed alone, or with musicians other than Garfunkel. They were released on minor record labels including Amy, Big, Hunt, King , Tribute and Madison. Simon used several pseudonyms for these recordings, usually "Jerry Landis", but also "Paul Kane" and "True Taylor". By 1962, working as Jerry Landis, he

6708-610: Was a frequent writer/producer for several Amy Records artists, overseeing material released by Dotty Daniels, The Vels and Ritchie Cordell . Simon enjoyed moderate success with singles as part of the group Tico and the Triumphs, including "Motorcycle", which reached number 99 on the Billboard charts in 1962. Tico and the Triumphs released four 45s. Marty Cooper, known as Tico, sang lead on several of these releases, but "Motorcycle" featured Simon's vocal. Also in 1962, Simon reached number 97 on

6794-519: Was an elementary-school teacher. In 1945, his family moved to the Kew Gardens Hills section of Flushing, Queens , in New York City. The musician Donald Fagen described Simon's childhood as that of "a certain kind of New York Jew , almost a stereotype really, to whom music and baseball are very important. I think it has to do with the parents. The parents are either immigrants or first-generation Americans who felt like outsiders, and assimilation

6880-605: Was his only number 1 on the Billboard charts to date. The 18th Grammy Awards named it the Album of the Year , and his performance on it the year's Best Male Pop Vocal . The third single from the album, " 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover ", reached the top spot on the Billboard charts. On May 3, 1976, Simon put together a benefit show at Madison Square Garden for the New York Public Library which raised over $ 30,000. After releasing three successful studio albums, Simon worked in

6966-451: Was premiered on National Public Radio , and was included on the album So Beautiful or So What . The song sampled a 1941 sermon by the Rev. J. M. Gates . Simon performed the song live on The Colbert Report on December 16, 2010. In the first show of the final season of The Oprah Winfrey Show on September 10, 2010, Simon performed a song that commemorated the show's 25 years, an update of

7052-629: Was released in March 1966, charting around the same time as Simon and Garfunkel's " Homeward Bound ". The song was a Top 10 hit from their second UK album, Sounds of Silence , and later included on their third U.S. album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme . Radio stations on the American East Coast began receiving requests for the Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. track " The Sound of Silence ". Simon & Garfunkel's producer, Tom Wilson , overdubbed

7138-462: Was released on October 19, 1964. It consisted of 12 songs, five of which were written by Simon. The album initially flopped. In 1965, after the album's release, Simon moved to London and performed in folk clubs. He enjoyed his time in England and said in 1970, "I had a lot of friends there and a girlfriend. I could play music there. There was no place to play in New York City. They wouldn't have me." He

7224-590: Was released on Region 1 DVD and Blu-ray on September 25, 2012, and Region 4 on August 7, 2013. The two disc set consists of all ten episodes of season two. Special features include; "Portlandia: the Tour: Seattle" Featurette, "Inside Portlandia" Featurette, "Feminist Bookstore" Deleted Scene, "Brunch Village: the Director's Cut", Excerpt from the Portlandia book and Audio Commentary by Armisen, Brownstein and Krisel. There

7310-399: Was the key thought—they gravitated to black music and baseball, looking for an alternative culture." Simon said Fagen's description was not far from the truth. Simon played baseball and stickball as a child. He described his father as funny and smart, but said he worked late and did not see his children much. Simon met Art Garfunkel when they were 11 years old and performed together in

7396-456: Was welcomed by England's bohemian folk scene, learned how to finger-pick acoustic guitar from Martin Carthy , and was introduced to English folk music. He recalled, "I had never heard anything like those old English songs. I was 21, 22, and emotionally open to everything." The folk music he heard in England in the mid-sixties became one of his two big influences. He wrote " Homeward Bound " and " I Am

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