Tonight in Music: The Queers, Passion Pit
THE QUEERS, KEPI GHOULIE, THE RIPTIDES, THE BLOOD TYPES (Dante's, 1 SW 3rd) My brief fling with the Queers came with Love Songs for the Retarded and sizzled out a few albums later with the less...
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Cats on A Chandelier (Not What You Think)
As a kid I used to love the since-closed FAO Schwarz toy store in San Francisco, not only for the life-sized stuffed animals and LEGO world, but the floor-to-ceiling pillars filled with recirculating...
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Careful Up There!
iStockphotos One of the first death's due to holiday related activities occurred this past weekend. In Pennsylvania, fifty-nine year old Alan Dankel Jr. fell to his death while attempting to put up...
View ArticleTonight in Music
Here's a new David Lynch jam to listen to while perusing through the Best of the Music Calendar. Berbati's Pan—Blue Cranes, The Youngs, Why I Must Be Careful, 9 pm, $8 Crystal Ballroom—Passion Pit,...
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Gleegasm: Buddah! Allah! Satan! Help Me!
This week's Glee update is brought to you by the Department of Motor Vehicles. Donate organs! [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
View ArticleDan Savage on Colbert
In which pegging and promises for a Stephen Colbert "It Gets Better" video are discussed: (Bonus heartwarmer: Colbert's inability to let his character make light of the challenges faced by gay kids.)...
View ArticleBeat Box Using Google
Did you know that using the Google Translator feature you can beat box? In GERMAN! Check this song made using the translator: Here's a couple of tips on how to do it: 1) Go to Google Translate2) Set...
View ArticleBeat Box in German with Google
Did you know that using the Google Translator feature you can beat box? In GERMAN! Check out this song made with the translator: Here's a couple of tips on how to do it: 1) Go to Google Translate2)...
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Contort Yourself: Stickers at East End Tonight
Seattle's merciless no-wave trio Stickers have just embarked on a west coast tour with Brooklyn's K-Holes (featuring members of Hardly Art-signees Golden Triangle), both of whom will be playing East...
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Jameson Juice Box - Brilliant!
As I sit here writing this post I literally have two cans of Four Loko in my car that I smuggled over the border on my way back to Portland this weekend from California. If you are as saddened by the...
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Forgetters Headed to Portland (Alternate Headline: Hey Jawbreaker Fans, Blake...
Abs are punk. You're not punk and I'm telling everyone... that Forgetters—the new band of former Jawbreaker and Jets to Brazil frontman Blake Schwarzenbach, along with Kevin Mahon (Against Me!) and...
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It's Happening Tonight (in Tualatin): Marvel Comics Creators Panel!
The good news: Tonight there's an impressive signing/Q&A featuring local comics creators, most of whom are members of the venerable Periscope Studio, and all of whom have worked on—or are...
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View ArticleLonely Highway
Damon Galgut's Booker-nominated In a Strange Room is dark, lyrical, and surprising. by Alison Hallett DAMON GALGUT'S BOOKER-NOMINATED In a Strange Room takes its title from As I Lay Dying: "In a...
View ArticleEverybody Knows
The gospel of Leonard Cohen. by Zac Pennington IT SEEMS PERHAPS a little unlikely, in an occupation dense with more than its fair share of messianic personalities and Christ-posturing, that pop's most...
View ArticleRose City Queens
Rose Bents United Front by Ryan Feigh IN A TOWN teeming with musicians and artists imported from all over the country, it is increasingly rare to come across a group completely made up of homegrown...
View ArticleMy, What A Busy Week!
It's the time of the season for busy week. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2 FORMAL—Local label/boutique Tender Loving Empire throws their first-ever Winter Formal—and dressing up is recommended. Playing the...
View ArticlePunk Is Not Dead
Les Savy Fav play like it's the first time. by Andrew R Tonry AS A KID who grew up in patches and punk houses, shoulder tapping before seven-band shows at the scummy-but-loving all-ages teahouse, I...
View ArticleHall Monitor
Does Portland need to rejoin a federal terrorism task force to feel safe? Let's hope not. by Denis C. Theriault DAN SALTZMAN IS GAMBLING. In the hubbub over the Very Serious Plot to Blow Up Pioneer...
View ArticleFilm Shorts
In which we hit it and quit it. The Boxer's Omen See review this issue. Hollywood Theatre. Burlesque Due to my overwhelming penchant for rhinestone-encrusted high kicks and my occasional desire for...
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