Pr`te-a-Porter If you have a boner for DIY fashion, you know that the best place to learn about clothing is not on the street, the Oscars, or in the thrift stores–it’s on video. Learn by example from the following “funky” fashion films! • So Fine(1981)–Ryan O’Neil rips out the ass of his pants accidentally and […]
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Tributary
Reinventing the Red Headed Stranger
Carla Bozulich & the Nels Cline Singers Fri April 5 Dante’s The names Carla Bozulich and Nels Cline alone are enough to send chills up any music lover’s back. Collaborators in punk bands so artful as to be mysterious, Cline is one of the greatest guitarists in America, and Bozulich, one of the most compelling […]
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The Heart Search
Hood’s Enchanted Introspection
Hood w/ Clouddead, Project Perfect Fri March 29 Blackbird With the sweeping grace of their fifth and most recent album, Cold House (Aesthetics), Hood leads us heart first into the deepest recesses of the lucid psyche–that special place between sleep and dreaming. It is rare that this happens. Hood, who come from England, seem to […]
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Blade II Kills
Yeah, It’s Pretty Bad
Blade II dir. Del Toro Opens Fri March 22 Various Theaters The original Blade was surprising in its decency. Based on the popular Marvel Comic about Blade, a half-man/half-vampire who avows to slay all vampires to avenge the killing of his mother, Blade part one was mostly good because it had very little dialogue, a […]
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Ready for the Breakdown
To Play with U.S. Maple is to Blow Minds
U.S. Maple Sat March 23 Blackbird * Sun March 24 Meow Meow It’s been about three years since Chicago’s U.S. Maple played on the West Coast, and their live show is notorious. Because I’ve never seen them, I asked a friend what it was like. Here is his response: “The band acts in a very […]
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Navigating Duality
Clinic’s Volatile Minimalism
Clinic Fri March 22 Berbati’s “I think an edginess is one sort of thing we’d like to maintain. Even if a song’s a bit bawdy, it still retains an edge,” starts Brian Campbell, bassist for moody, surgical-mask-wearing, Liverpudlian dance band Clinic. “That’s very important to us, because if you can retain an edginess, it’s something […]
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End Times Anime
Sweetest Apocalypse of Beauty and Delight
Osamu Tezuka’s Metropolis dir. Rintaro Opens Fri March 15 Cinema 21 How many of you think the total eradication of humanity is closer than ever before? Raise your hands and don’t be shy! Sure, five years ago, people would have called you a kook, but now that there’s an American Shadow Government, conspiracy theorists are […]
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Transformative Power of Hiphop
MC A.U.G. and His Destiny of Rhymes
MC Aug Dog Fri March 15 Paris Theater “Basically, hiphop has saved my life at many different, crucial points,” explains August, a Portland emcee who also goes by the names Aug Dog, MC Aug, and A.U.G. “Some of the virtues and concepts I strung together from listening to Wu-Tang records, KRS and Rakim, Public Enemy, […]
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The Easiest Flow
Mr. Complex Talks Sweet to the Beat
Mr. Complex Thurs March 7 Tonic Lounge In 1995, Mr. Complex self-released a 12″ track called “Against the Grain.” It mixed scrappy deejaying, a drumbeat with an easy flow, and Mr. Complex’ high-end, super-clear, confident raps, and frankly, the song still sounds dope. It put the Brooklyn emcee on the map and prepared him for […]
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Thai Corner
Thai Corner 601 SE Morrison St. 234-4102 Recently, while dining at Thai Orchid, my cohort commented that he doesn’t like going there much because it feels “too NW 23rd.” In other words, the décor and upscale-ish feel of the place made my working class companion feel a little too close to yuppiedom for comfort. A […]
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CHANGING THE STREET WITH THE BEATS
Hiphop Activism as Translated by Three Local Students
“Basically, I wouldn’t say I’m an activist in the classic sense,” says Nathan Rice, a senior at Lewis & Clark College. “I’m definitely concerned with issues I think community, especially with students, is really important.” Rice, a native of San Francisco, recently co-founded an organization at Lewis & Clark called the Student Hiphop Coalition (SHC), […]