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Against All Odds, the Red & Black Cafe Survives 10 YearsAgainst All Odds, the...
Beth Nakamura/The OregonianThe Red and Black Cafe was in the news over the summer for kicking out a coffee-loving cop. A couple years before that, the cafe was in the news for being booted from its...
View ArticleBehold! Norm MacDonald on Conan!
So Norm MacDonald's in town this weekend, doing standup at Helium. I will be going, and I'm excited—but I'm also stoked that I now have an excuse to post a video of MacDonald's 1998 appearance on Late...
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It's Happening Tonight!It's Happening Tonight!
EAT OUT TO HELP OUT—Wish you could do something about the crippling lack of funding for domestic violence services by, like, you know, eating a pizza? Tonight you can with Dine4DV! More than 30 very...
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Finally, a Comic I Would Read (Or, Finally, a Comic Erik Wouldn't...
The latest edition of ESPN the Magazine features 30 “variant covers,” each dedicated to an NBA team as part of the magazine's annual season preview. But not only that, the cover artwork for each was...
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Early Man Cancel Their Portland PerformanceEarly Man Cancel Their Portland...
Angela Boatwright We wrote this in our current issue... EARLY MAN, EVILE, BONDED BY BLOOD, GAMA BOMB(Dante's, 1 SW 3rd) The evolution and growth of Brooklyn born, LA-based Early Man is fascinating. If...
View ArticleWho Are You Calling Mild Mannered? A Surprisingly Violent I, Anonymous From A...
You may think of the average Belle & Sebastian concertgoer as a weak, pale, non-confrontational sap, but you might be surprised at the things going on in their head: The tire iron connects with...
View ArticleWho Are You Calling Mild Mannered? A Surprisingly Violent I, Anonymous From A...
You may think of the average Belle & Sebastian concertgoer as a weak, pale, non-confrontational sap, but you might be surprised at the things going on in their head: The tire iron connects with...
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Keith Richards on Drug SurvivalKeith Richards on Drug Survival
From his new book, Life: "It's not only the high quality of drugs I had that I attribute my survival to. I was very meticulous about how much I took. I'd never put more in to get a little higher....
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Student Teacher Seth Stambaugh Reinstated At Beaverton Elementary...
Seth Stambaugh: Back to class!Last month, we broke the news that Beaverton School District had banned a student teacher from the district after he mentioned gay marriage in a fourth grade class. Well...
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"Enjoy Your Delicious Moments" - Pizza Box Art Crit"Enjoy Your Delicious...
Whenever I pick up a pizza, unless it's from a major chain, there's a good chance that it comes to me in a box that looks like this: I have so much to say about this design I don't know where to...
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Dahga Bloom: Burgled Gypsies Will Psych You OutDahga Bloom: Burgled Gypsies...
Just a few weeks ago, Fullerrton's droning, coastal desert psych heavies Dahga Bloom were the victims of a storage space break-in that warranted the loss of three synthesizers (two vintage), one...
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Something Old and Something New: SummerlandSomething Old and Something New:...
A friend (thanks, Jonny!) just pointed me toward Summerland, the latest online store venture based out of Portland. In addition to her vintage merch, she carries new stock from lines like Dear...
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Pendleton + Levi's = Heritage Brand-GasmPendleton + Levi's = Heritage Brand-Gasm
Pendleton's been on a tear lately with collaborations, and the newly announced Levi's/Pendleton line hitting store in November is, as Carl Chiara, "director of concepts and special projects for the...
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Mosh Potatoes: Your Comprehensive Guide to Heavy Metal CookeryMosh Potatoes:...
Oh. My. God. Holding steady at the number two slot for best celebrity cookbook, (second, only to Cookin' With Coolio) is the soon-to-be-released Mosh Potatoes. Curated by metal marketing Anti-christ...
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Win Tickets to Of Montreal (Plus a Copy of False Priest)!
That photo looks like something from Powder 2. Anyway, over at End Hits we are giving away a pair of tickets to see Of Montreal (with Janelle Monae) at the Roseland Theater on Thursday, October 28,...
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The Upside of Comics Piracy.The Upside of Comics Piracy.
In the story I posted on Tuesday about local comics retailers' thoughts on digital comics, I linked to this page. It contains a now-pulled 4chan thread where someone illegally uploaded local artist...
View ArticleFive Interesting Findings in TriMet's Final Safety Report
After the worst crash in TriMet history, the April incident where a bus downtown killed two young people in a crosswalk, the public transit agency hired a consultant to do a head-to-toe safety...
View ArticleMy Reaction to the President's IGBP Video
I'm totally swamped so I haven't been able to write anything about the president's contribution to the IGBP. So I'll just post this... this... ...this horrifying Skype interview I did with CNN in this...
View ArticleSupernatural Ninja Assassin As Mea Culpa
I'll be straight with you guys: My review of Fallout: New Vegas is running at least a day behind schedule. It should be appearing literally any damn minute now, but ... well, let's just say things got...
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Are We All 'Fracked'? A Q&A With the Director of GaslandAre We All 'Fracked'?...
In this week's paper, I wrote a short review about one of more disturbing documentaries I've seen in some time, a film called Gasland, directed by Josh Fox. Yesterday, I had the chance to talk to him...
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