Different hands guide Vic Chesnutt’s creative renaissance.
Andrew R Tonry
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Hot Live Blog Action – Blazers Vs. Nets
Oh hot damn—we’ve got the perfect ingredients for a Blazer game. As good as it gets, really. A holiday tomorrow so fans can get plenty dunk and sleep in. The whole air of Thanksgiving. For christsakes it’s even clear outside. So… Bring forth the sacrificial lamb! And what a pathetic one we’ve got tonight in […]
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Tax Amnesty: One More Day!
In case you’re like me and haven’t filed taxes since, oh, I don’t know, 2004, you probably want to take advantage of Oregon’s Amnesty Program. Here’s the thing: it ends tomorrow. Don’t fret: All you have to do is send in your application by Thursday, November 19th. The two page form is available here. Assuming […]
Posted inPolitics
Speed Kills
I always save the Week In Review section of the New York Times for last on Sundays. By then I’ve had at least 40oz. of coffee, making me fully buzzed for a bit of opinion. And seeing Congressman Earl Blumenauer’s name on an op-ed piece that filled almost the entire back page offered an extra […]
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Radical Dudes
Mean Jeans: Portland’s Pop Punk Party Animals
Mean Jeans party ’til they puke.
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Brent Weinbach Tonight @ The Bagdad
Brent Weinbach is Fucking Weird His set begins with choppy non sequiturs. He is slight. His demeanor, deadpan and detached somewhat a la Stephen Wright in seeming content not to relate or even to appear comfortable. Sometimes, more like Zach Galifianakis, he deliberately forces awkwardness upon the audience. His stage character is almost wholly without […]
Posted inTheater & Performance
Fucking Weird
The Palpable Strangeness of Brent Weinbach
Brent Weinbach’s palpably strange standup comedy.
Posted inComedy
Brent Weinbach This Friday
Winner of the Andy Kaufman Award and hilarious weirdo from S.F., Brent Weinbach performs Friday night at the Bagdad Theater. Show starts at 8:00pm. $10. He KILLED at this years Bridgetown Comedy Fest.
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Hot Live Blog Action: Blazers vs. Hawks
PREGAME An unfamiliar thing happened last week: I got depressed over a game. The Blazers lost a close one to the Nuggets because Greg Oden brick’d two free throws (like we knew he would) and I—along with a handful of friends who watched together—fell into the dumps. And though that somewhat familiar feeling was unwelcome, […]
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Zen and the Art of Guitar Feedback
A Quarter Century of Yo La Tengo
The Popular Songs of Yo La Tengo
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More On David Cross
Due to space limitations, there was a bit I couldn’t shoe-horn into this week’s piece on David Cross. No bother, we’ll put it here. First of all, for any of you lucky enough to have tickets to either of the two sold-out shows, you’ll likely be getting a peak at a new sit-com from Cross, […]
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Back to the Grind
After Vacationing as Dr. Tobias Fünke, David Cross Returns to Stand-up
After vacationing as Dr. Tobias Fünke, David Cross returns to
stand-up.