Emily of the Haggard shows up for the interview with a black eye. It’s about an inch long and kind of fading now to a deep pink, but it was clearly a much bigger and darker bruise just a few days ago. “Oh, I was working on a bike, and I slipped and hit my […]
Katia Dunn
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Motion Subculture
Bill Daniel Brings Punk History to Portland
“Growing up punk in Texas was much different than punk anywhere else in the country,” explains filmmaker Bill Daniel. “It’s incredibly hot, so we’d have to wear cut-offs and t-shirts. We wore cowboy hats too, and that really fucked with the indigenous culture.” So when Daniel got to California in ’82 and saw the punk […]
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SCARAB
MUSIC BIO
w/ DJ Reala Thurs Jan 25 Ohm “We’ve all been offered record deals,” explains Scarab, about he and his crew, the Living Legends. “But those labels always want us to change something. It’s not on our terms anymore. So we just decided a long time ago that we’re never gonna go that way.” Scarab and […]
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Lessons of Injustice
Activists Worry Portland Public Schools Is Picking on Low-Income Students
FEARING THAT SCHOOLS in low-income and minority neighborhoods of Southeast Portland will be unjustly closed, last Thursday approximately 50 parents, children, and school advocates stood chanting to a group of Portland Public School (PPS) bureaucrats at Harriet Tubman Middle School. “The people, united, will never be defeated,” they yelled in unison, surrounding the handful of […]
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Average Guy Goes Crazy
William H. Macy is a Brilliant Psychopath
WILLIAM H. MACY is completely unattractive. He’s not sexy, doesn’t perform homoerotic scenes with Tom Cruise, and he doesn’t blow up buildings. I love him for this. Macy is the best Mr. Average Guy actor today, because he always plays Mr. Average Guy gone slightly psychopath–more vulnerable and sorrowful than Tom Hanks could ever be […]
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ELENI’S
7712 SE 13th Ave, 230-2165 It saddens me to write this review. My undiscovered secret will soon be considered one of Portland’s finest restaurants, marked by lines out the door and lots of write-ups in those dumb “Best of Portland” tourist guides. But as a public service announcement to people who appreciate good food everywhere, […]
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In Other News…
second coming
Only weeks after the narrow defeat of Measure 9, the Oregon Citizens Alliance (OCA) has already filed another initiative petition–called the “Student Protection Act II”–on their continued campaign for anti-gay legislation in Oregon. Ballot Measure 9 was defeated in this election by only 5% of the cast votes–a gap of 86,000 that the OCA is […]
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Theater Bio
Carol Triffle WHO: Carol Triffle, writer and director of Oh Lost Weekend, the latest production from Portland’s most progressive theater company, Imago. In it, she is Vickie Brown from Goshen, New York, who is trapped in a 300-pound tank of water in her trial for treason for the impersonation of Queen Victoria. So you’re the […]
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El Palenque
EL PALENQUE 8324 SE 17th, 231-5140 One of the pros of being a vegetarian is that you never have to deliberate over what to order in restaurants. You just scan the menu until you find the one vegetarian dish–usually in Portland it involves roasted red peppers or sundried tomatoes, a shitload of lentils, every other […]
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Bad Decision
Health Division’s HIV Policy Shuns Sufferers
STEVEN HENSEN is so angry, he is willing to risk his life. He has quit taking his anti-retro-viral medication–prescribed to prolong his life with HIV–in protest of a change the state made last week. The decision, made on December 21, was made by Mark Wasserman, head of the Oregon Health Department, who announced that he […]
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Zell’s
ZEll’s Cafe
1300 SE Morrison Street, 239-0196 I’ve had a turbulent relationship with eggs Benedict. At first, I was skeptical of a dish made of poached eggs topped with more eggs. Of course I got over it, because like most things full of fat, it sounds gross but tastes delicious. But only when done right. Way too […]
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The Name Reporting Game
Health Department Moves Against Wishes of Advocacy Groups
NEXT WEEK, the Oregon Health Department (OHD) will make one of its most controversial decisions in three years: whether or not patients who test positive for HIV will be required to report their names to the state. Virtually all of Oregon’s AIDS/HIV advocacy groups are adamant in their opposition to the so-called “name reporting” requirement, […]