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Jenna Roadman
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Ladies’ Night
The Descent: A Feminist Tale of Horror
I’m not a lesbian, but for ten minutes after seeing this well-crafted feminine horror thriller, I thought I was. In the first half of The Descent, writer/director Neil Marshall threatens to drown you in a convoluted psychological tale of transcendence—but you’ll be happy to know the film later incorporates practically any and all horrors that […]
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One-Stop Band Shop
Portland Rocks by the Hour
TWO MEN ARE SITTING on a couch above a busy street in San Francisco—drunk, nostalgic, and talking about life—when a sobering idea hits them. One year later, AudioCinema is born. Those drunken dreamers were former Dante’s booker Adam Mackintosh and Ilan Laks. The idea, now a reality, is AudioCinema, a one-stop shop for musicians, where […]
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Christina Applegate Knows Best!
The Gossip Risk Everything on the Disco Floor
THE PULL THAT lures Hollywood stars from the spas of Beverly Hills to the low-paying life of Broadway acting is a mind-boggler to me. Case in point: Christina Applegate put multi-million dollar film projects on hold just to prove she could be more than Kelly Bundy, giving up everything to appear onstage in Broadway’s Sweet […]
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Costumes are Funny!
Pleaseeasaur: Psychotropic Prop-Comedy
Hopeful (and deluded) sea wanderers often misidentify shark carcasses as Plesiosaurs, a mysterious and ancient (and extinct) ocean-dwelling creature. Pleaseeasaur, as similarly wandered upon by indie show-goers, also fails to deliver an anticipated breed… of “comedian.” But, unlike invariably disappointed shark-carcass finders, Pleaseeasaur (AKA J.P. Hasson) finds himself before a chorus of laughter or slack-jawed […]
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Balloon Animals!
RJD2 Impresses With His Hands
R.J. Krohn’s modest personality illuminates his obsession with underground hiphop culture, as well as the technology behind it. With this fascination in his back pocket, Krohn—as RJD2—made a fast name for himself as DJ/producer for notable emcees like Megahertz, Camu Tao, Jakki, and Copywrite before even contemplating a solo endeavor. In 2002, he released his […]
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Miss Mustache
Friends Said I Was Nuts to Dose Myself with Six Weeks’ Worth of Testosterone—But It Wasn’t Such a Bad Idea
WHY THE HELL would a girl take testosterone? Well, the idea didn’t just come out of nowhere. This self-experimentation took shape out of a particular experience and a penchant for random internet research. In the spring of ’04 I donated my eggs to a couple in California. (God knows why they wanted my genes… but […]
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I Wanna Sex You Up
Getting Intimate With The French Kicks
French Kicks Thur Jan 20 Doug Fir 830 E Burnside As a little girl I used to stare at my Monkees poster while dry humping a plush E.T. doll–fantasizing elaborate imagery of just what me and Davey’s wedding would be like. Granted, this all might not speak to my musical taste at age seven, but […]
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The Basement Breed
Hustler White Make a Glorious Mess
Hustler White Thur Jan 13 Dunes 1905 NE MLK As I fruitlessly search for liquor, I curse the house show tradition for once again leaving me high and dry. Awkwardly shuffling around strangers’ kitchens, conversing with hipster boys that are skinnier than my 7-year-old cousin, and this cursed dearth of available alcohol is almost unbearable, […]
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I’m Staying Home
Un-Classic Horror, Part II
It’s time for round two of classic un-classic horror flicks. That means in order to enjoy them this Halloween, the following are required: friends, patience, Mad Dog 20/20, and that one fat guy whose only talent is shouting clever things at your TV. – They Live (1988)–John Carpenter gets Orwellian on your ass! In a […]
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I’m Staying Home
Un-Classic Horror
As Halloween approaches, and we try to line up some good horror films to rent, it’s hard not to think of the quality classics that scare us shitless–like The Omen, or Texas Chainsaw Massacre. But let’s not overlook the raunchy un-classics that hold an equally important place in horror film history and–dare I say–our hearts. […]
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Luke! Warm! Response!
The Unfortunate Indifference to On!Air!Library!
On!Air!Library! Thurs Oct 21 Dante’s 1 SW 3rd In the emerging tradition of budding bands featuring aesthetically arousing twins, On!Air!Library! has more to offer than hip eye-candy to plaster the pages of Venus magazine. Considering their live shows and self-titled debut were met earlier this year with critical oohs and ahhs, it’s a surprise that […]