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It was my first time killing anything, and my victim was to be a chicken named Molly. My friend Rob, who grew up on a farm and killed a lot of different birds, was giving me a tutorial as we progressed. He brought the knife over to me, took it out of its sheath, and […]
One problem with hiphop here in Portland is that while it often sounds great recorded, it can really suck live. This is largely due to the motley nature of the scene here–there might be one awesome MC, or one awesome DJ, but they often work alone and therefore, perform alone. I can’t tell you how […]
The Would-Be Senators Sat Sept 14 Hollywood Theater If you told me you were making a film about a fictional senatorial race, I would think it was going to be very boring. Politics are dry enough; fake politics sound even worse. However, local indie filmmaker Cythnia Lopez has managed to pull off the impossible. Ladies […]
Lynda Barry Powell’s City of Books Thur Sept 12, 7:30 pm Lynda Barry, longtime comic artist and author of the great Cruddy, will be reading from her new book, One Hundred Demons. And she is amazing. I thought your distinction between “the kind of hate that has destructive intent and the kind that’s a response […]
Small World Cafe 722 N Sumner (inside Big City Produce) 265-0024 Having recently completed Eric Schlosser’s Fast Food Nation, I’m suddenly having a hard time eating out; I’m unable to eat a hamburger without thinking of the hormones used in the beef, unable to order chicken without imagining cages and cages of sick, E.coli-filled chickens, […]
The Chelsea Whistle by Michelle Tea Fri Sep 6, Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 pm Fri Sep 6, Meow Meow, 9 pm It may seem like a leap for Michelle Tea, well known for Valencia–her sexually explicit last novel about the dyke scene in San Francisco–to deliver a 300-page memoir about growing up working class […]
Mekons Powell’s on Hawthorne Tues Aug 27, 7:30 pm There are probably only about two bands in the world that could compile a book of their lyrics for the last 25 years, and not be completely mortified at the results. Being a brilliant musician does not mean that one is a good writer, and sometimes […]
Suki’s Restaurant and Lounge is a small, divey bar southwest of downtown. Portland State students are often there, sometimes dancing. Otherwise, the clientele comes and goes. You won’t find the same four old men sitting around every night. Partly because of the layout, it’s easy to miss things at Suki’s. There are several isolated rooms […]
La Parilla 5832 NE Glisan 236-5575 I was recently at the Goodfoot with a friend of mine, when this random stoner /surfer dude attempted to impress us with his Mexican food knowledge. He combatively boasted that San Diego was a much better place for Mexican food and that he knew a lot more about it […]
Tabor Porter is a person living with AIDS in Portland. While he is able to keep the disease relatively under control with drugs, he counts on the state to supplement the monthly cost of his drugs, which run, for an average person in Oregon with HIV, about $1,600 each month. Due to state budgetary woes, […]
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