THURSDAY 1/10 LUPE FIASCO, OPTIMUS (Roseland, 8 NW 6th) See My, What a Busy Week! and Music Feature. THIS BIKE IS A PIPE BOMB, DRUNKEN BOAT, VENA CAVA, P.O.P., DESTROY NATE ALLEN (Satyricon, 125 NW 6th) Remember before you were jaded? This Bike Is a Pipe Bomb remembers. For almost a decade, they’ve been playing […]
2008
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New Column!
Meet Your Channel 7 Action News Team!
Meet Your Channel 7 Action News Team!
Posted inMovies & TV
I’m Staying Home
The Films of Paul Thomas Anderson
Twenty bucks. I’ve put it off for a while, but it’s time to just cough it up and get Magnolia on DVD already. My VHS copy is, officially, dead; vague and wheezy, it’s been watched into oblivion. When I first saw Magnolia at age 19, the experience was nothing short of revelatory; watching it yet […]
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Sold Out
Be in the Mercury Fashion Show!
Last year, the Mercury held its third annual spring fashion show. Unlike the previous two years, in which we stayed basically true to a traditional runway event, with local designers or independent boutiques presenting a series of looks on moving models, we thought the format needed some shaking up. The sudden prevalence of runway shows […]
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Film Shorts
25TH REEL MUSIC FESTIVAL All screenings take place at the Northwest Film Center’s Whitsell Auditorium. For more info, see review or hit nwfilm.org. 65 REVISITED When the deluxe DVD edition of the classic Bob Dylan documentary Don’t Look Back was released last year, it was packaged with a bonus film: 65 Revisited. Forty years after […]
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Savage Love
Savagely Clueless
Please disregard my previous email. As of the New Year, my girlfriend is no longer a virgin. No Longer Dating Virgin Girl Uh, gee. Sorry about that, NLDVG. I’m not sorry that your girlfriend is no longer a virgin, of course, as virginity is a scourge that I’ve dedicated my life to stamping out. I’m […]
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Our Town Could be Your Life
My Most Anticipated
Local Albums of 2008
Like other creatures of the Northwest, Portland musicians crawl into their dens for these darkest, coldest months. However, unlike their even scruffier wild counterparts who sleep through the winter, our city’s songsmiths are hard at work: recording at home, finalizing mixes, and titling albums. The number of local albums coming out in 2008 that should […]
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Once More with Feeling
Midian vs. Middian
How much is a band name worth? More specifically, how much is one letter of that name worth? Recently, Eugene doom-metal act Middian was threatened with legal action by a Milwaukee, Wisconsin metal band that goes by the name Midian. Originally a cease and desist letter from the band’s attorney, the Milwaukee band later brought […]
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Fritz Is First
Amanda Fritz Turns in 1,000 Contributions
This time around, Amanda Fritz beat her own record by three days, collecting over 1,000 signatures and contributions from supporters in hopes of qualifying for $150,000 in public campaign financing, in just two months and 18 days. And this time around, Fritz hardly needs an introduction: She’s the woman from SW Portland who ran against […]
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Old Town Dumping Ground
Leonard Pushes Second Homeless Center
Commissioner Randy Leonard proposed a controversial deal to locate a second temporary day-access center for the homeless in Old Town/Chinatown on Monday, January 7, in a move likely to further piss off the neighbors. Leonard’s timing could not have been worse: Old Town businesses and neighbors are still reeling over Commissioner Erik Sten’s decision last […]
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Jacked Up
Hawthorne Stores Face Rising Rents
Hawthorne Boulevard might be losing some of the gems that make it one of the most recognizable streets in town: Several stores on the boulevard are facing rent increases of over 50 percent, a leap to what some call “Pearl District prices.” The quirky street has long defined the aesthetic of the Eastside—funky locally owned […]
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Rent-a-Cops Talk Shop
Oversight Negotiations Get Serious
Backroom negotiations between homeless advocates and the Portland Business Alliance (PBA) on improved oversight for its controversial rent-a-cop firm, Portland Patrol, Inc. (PPI), appear to be moving toward a compromise. Street Roots, Sisters of the Road, and the Western Regional Advocacy Project suggested five changes for the rent-a-cops last October: a straightforward, unbiased complaints and […]