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And Now, Nine-Year-Old David Foster Wallace's Story About a Sad Tea Kettle.
Via Newsweek. With this spring's publication of his unfinished novel The Pale King, the reprinting of his once-available-online Kenyon College commencement speech, and some papers from his teaching...
View ArticleWant to Host Tig Notaro in Your Basement?
Comedian Tig Notaro should be familiar to Portland comedy fans by now—she's performed at the Bridgetown Comedy Fest several times. Currently she's organizing a national tour of "unconventional spaces"...
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"You're Punished! You're Poor!" My Interview with Amy Sedaris
/AMYSEDARISROCKSA week or so ago I got the chance to talk to author/actress/comedian Amy Sedaris about her new book, Simple Times: Crafts for Poor People (my review of it is in this week's paper). I...
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OLCC Bans All Crunk Caffeinated Drinks
I didn't see the news this weekend, but luckily Blogtown Four Loko Correspondent Graham was on it: The OLCC has banned Four Loko in a special Saturday meeting. The ban also exiles other alcoholic...
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Thousands Wait in Freezing Rain for Free Dental Care at Convention Center
If you don't think anything is wrong with the American healthcare system, take a stroll through the freezing rain today to the Oregon Convention Center, where several thousand people have been lining...
View ArticleWinter Death Blast 2010 is Almost Here!! PANIC!!! PANIC!!! PANIC!!!
ALERT!!! ALERT!!! ALERT!!!This just in from the Department of Transportation!!! As the predicted storm front heads south into the Portland Metro area, temperatures are dropping. The forecast for this...
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Margot & the Nuclear So and So's at the Doug Fir, 11/18/2010
A few days back BJ Enright went to the Doug Fir to photograph Indianapolis' very own Margot & the Nuclear So and So's in action. He then took the film into a dark room, mixed some stop bath and...
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Win Tickets to Ariel Pink & Os Mutantes!
You know when two great things come together? Like chocolate and peanut butter. Or Glenn Beck and cholera (fingers crossed). Well this show is just like that: Lo-fi mad genius Ariel Pink and Brazilian...
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Win Tickets to Ariel Pink & Os Mutantes!
Holy smokes! Ariel Pink is the lo-fi auteur behind one of 2010's best records, Before Today, which is like listening to a K-Tel compilation after huffing airplane glue. It's that great. Tropicália...
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Portland Bands Everywhere, Including Blazers
Dished out HUGE portions. Here at End Hits we've told you about how parts of the community are embracing Portland's vibrant indie music scene. Hip local bands while you're stuck on hold calling Mayor...
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Snowed In Tunes
Anytime snowfall hits the low-lying metropolitan area where I live, all I want to do is listen to these songs: Yoko Ono - "Listen The Snow Is Falling"Admittedly, I heard Galaxie 500's version long...
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A Final 'Thank You' To Bethesda, Before The Bombs Drop
A short time ago it was revealed that North Korea had fired artillery into South Korea. It is unclear where this development will lead, but the dotted line leading from "cold, snowy night in Portland"...
View ArticleRE: Chewing Bubblegum, Kicking Ass
Jonathan Lethem wants to talk about They Live with you. A lot. by Erik Henriksen "THEY LIVE, known generally as a 'cult' film, lends itself to obsession," Jonathan Lethem writes early in They Live,...
View ArticleA Death in the Family
Portland Playhouse's Dying City aims to rattle the cages of liberal complacency. by Alison Hallett IN PORTLAND PLAYHOUSE'S bold new production of Dying City, actor Wade McCollum pulls double duty: as...
View ArticleShaky Hands
Sex, drugs, and incurable diseases in Love And Other Drugs. by Marjorie Skinner THE LITTLE BLUE pill known as Viagra changed the sexual potential of baby boomers everywhere, and it also changed Jamie...
View ArticleCaveman Cuisine
Dick's Kitchen promises "Stone Age dining" for the 21st century. by Alison Hallett PORTLAND IS A CITY of special-needs eaters. We love to talk about our esoteric dietary requirements, whether it's...
View ArticleShocking Questions
Did a new city audit on Taser use in Portland ask the right questions? by Denis C. Theriault LAST WEEK, the city auditor released a new report looking into how and when Portland police officers whip...
View ArticleBirth of a Nation
Whether it's historically accurate or not, Outside the Law is terrific. by Ned Lannamann WHEN DIRECTOR Rachid Bouchareb's latest film, Outside the Law, premiered at Cannes in May, it was met with...
View ArticleI'm Staying Home
Giving the Rock his due. by Bobby "Fatboy" Roberts THERE HAVE BEEN many crimes against cinema in the last 20 years. Most are premeditated assaults, perpetrated by a loose gang of marauding idiots:...
View ArticleRock Beats Everything
Faster is basically The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. There is nothing wrong with this. by Erik Henriksen A MODERN-DAY WESTERN that owes so much to The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly that its trio of...
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