 It was based on the Keep Austin Weird organization and slogan in Austin, Texas, and was brought to Portland in 2003 by Music Millennium owner Terry Currier after he learned of the movement in Austin.Currier, whom "The Oregonian" called "the father of Portland's weird movement", trademarked the phrase "Keep Portland Weird" in 2007 and printed the first bumper stickers, selling more than 10,000 by the end of the year.As of 2011, more than 18,000 bumper stickers with the slogan are said to exist, according to accounts from local media, as well as a painting on the side of a building across from VooDoo Doughnut in a high foot-traffic area of Old Town.