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CK Dolan
Formerly a senior editor and the music editor at the Mercury, CK Dolan writes about music, movies, TV, the death industry, and pickles.
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Woods’ River of Light
The Brooklyn Band’s New Record Is Sinister Grooviness
Woods’ City Sun Eater in the River of Light is sinister grooviness.
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Here Is a Picture of a Wiener Dog That Is Going to Die
Todd Solondz is notorious for mercilessly toying with his characters like some kind of sadistic puppeteer—the dude wrote Welcome to the Dollhouse, okay? In the filmmaker’s latest, Wiener-Dog, an adult female dachshund is his primary victim. Obviously the wiener dog dies, and obviously Solondz doesn’t grant her a peaceful passing. But the protagonist wiener—who, at […]
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Ghostbusters Review: Let Us Drink the Tears of Ghostbros
For a premise as harmless as that of Ghostbusters, Paul Feig’s 2016 reimagining of Ivan Reitman’s 1984 classic was met with inexplicable backlash: As I write, the film’s YouTube trailer has 930,541 dislikes and a measly 265,331 likes, making it the ninth least-liked video on the website. This irrational disdain is rooted in the fact […]
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The Wiener-Dog Dies
It’s a Todd Solondz Movie. Of Course the Dog Dies.
It’s a Todd Solondz movie. Of course the dog dies.
Posted inFood and Drink
The Malt Ball! Your Guide to All the Bands and Brews
Six Portland Bands and Six Oregon Brewers Make This Year’s Malt Ball a Sensation for Your Mouth and Ears
Six Portland bands and Six Oregon brewers make the 2016 Malt Ball a sensation for your mouth and ears.
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SassyBlack’s Spacy Subtleties
Seattle Musician Catherine Harris-White’s Solo Debut Explores Nontraditional Romance
Her solo debut explores nontraditional romance.
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Jay Som’s Melina Duterte Can Shred
JAY SOM Taking a deft architectural approach to songwriting. Marissa Carpenter VICTORY MOON. That’s the loose translation of Jay Som, San Francisco musician Melina Duterte’s baby name generator-inspired band name. Since 2012, Duterte (who also plays in Bay Area band Summer Peaks) has quietly shared songs online under the Jay Som moniker. Shortly after moving […]
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Premiere: Sunbathe’s “Need You Around” Video for Banana Stand’s Unpeeled Series
Here’s the latest installment of Unpeeled, Banana Stand’s monthly video series that captures local musicians performing in a stripped-down setting. For July we’ve got a video of Genders’ Maggie Morris playing “Need You Around” solo as Sunbathe. Morris sits alone with her acoustic guitar singing bittersweet nothings like “Just because I want you now doesn’t […]
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Jay Som’s Victory Moon Rising
San Francisco Musician Melina Duterte Can Shred
Melina Duterte can seriously shred.
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Ear Conditioning: Your Perfect Portland Summer Playlist
THE SUN No makeup 😉 Pr3t3nd3r via iStock It finally feels like summertime here in ye olde Rose City, so you’re probably ready to get sun-drunk and regular drunk on a dock/beach/grassy knoll. Here’s a sampling of some recently released hot local tunes for you to bump while you’re out there soaking up the sun […]