Intimacy dir. Chereau Opens Fri Jan 4 Cinema 21 FRENCH movies are great, because they have a lot less glamour in them than American movies. In that spirit, this particular French movie, Intimacy, shows average-looking people having average sex. No one is airbrushed, shaved, or shadowed in muted light, and when they kiss, it isn’t […]
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The Scienz of Fusion
Jazz and Hiphop: Together at Last
Blak Scienz Tribe Sun Dec 23 Blackbird, 21+ Sun Dec 30 Paris Theater, all ages The first time I saw Blak Scienz Tribe, they were playing at Hiphop in the Park in Northeast Portland. It was slightly raining, and they began playing when it was starting to get dark. The crowd was scrappy, a few […]
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The Father of the White Motherland
A Decade After Being Chased Away, A Neo-Nazi Returns
A decade ago, an attorney from the Southern Poverty Law Center–an organization that prides itself on running the KKK and other white supremacist groups into the ground–promised to “build a wall so high along the Oregon and California border that Tom Metzger would never get into Oregon, let alone Portland, again.” At that time, Metzger […]
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Damn, Girl!
Style: Julia Ain’t Got None
Business of Strangers dir. Stettner Opens Fri Dec 14 Cinema 21 There’s a reason that all the films Julia Stiles has made so far involve very little acting, and that’s because she can’t act. Her latest movie, Business of Strangers, is a subtle exploration into the relationship between two women, Julie (Stockard Channing) and Paula […]
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Straight from the Neo-Nazi’s Mouth
An Interview with Racist Leader Tom Metzger
Tom Metzger, longtime white supremacy activist and leader of White Aryan Resistance (WAR), is speaking somewhere in the Portland area on December 8. The event is meant to commemorate the death of Eric Banks, a member of WAR who was shot in an alleged dispute with a group of anti-racist skinheads, 12 years ago. The […]
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Instrumental in Santa Cruz
The Roots of Orchis: A Product of A Hellish Environment
Roots of Orchis w/ Even Johanson, Velvet Teen Fri Dec 7 Blackbird Here is something that is true: People are skeptical of instrumental rock bands. Especially instrumental bands that don’t have a reputation for doing crazy things like coming out into the audience and smoking people’s cigarettes while they’re playing (catch the Oxes show last […]
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Hiphop For Everyone
Honky Boyfriend Likes Aceyalone
Aceyalone Thurs Nov 29 Berbati’s Pan A devoted metalhead, my boyfriend generally thinks that hiphop “all sounds the same,” or complains that the lyrics don’t really match the beats. He often says, “It sounds like they’re just yelling over some random beats.” For this reason, he prefers early, early hiphop: Sugarhill, Run DMC, even a […]
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OUR “CONSUMER-CONFIDENT” ANNUAL HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE
In this time of national tragedy and warfare, when it seems that America is almost at its breaking point… we should remember that we still have one more major hurdle to overcome: Holiday Shopping. And while we would all love to say, “Screw you and your present, Grandma! I’ve got the anthrax!” it is up […]
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The Nazis are Coming! The Nazis are Coming!
White Supremacy Groups on the Upswing
Every Thursday night, a popular tavern in East Portland pulls in a familiar crowd–many are locals from the neighborhood. But three weeks ago, the hiphop music drew in the wrong crowd: According to witnesses, seven alleged Neo-Nazis–four men and three women–stormed into the low-lit bar. “They had Confederate flags on their jackets and iron crosses […]
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The New Wild Style
Portland’s Position on the B-Boying Map
Hiphop Tonight B-Boy/MC/DJ Battle Sat Nov 24 Crystal Ballroom Dancing is music. Music is politics. Breakdancing is politics. It’s a delineation that DJ/B-Boy Bles, one of the organizers and judges of next week’s two-on-two breakdancing competition–the biggest Oregon has ever seen–wants to make extremely clear. For Bles, it’s not just about breaking. It’s a calling: […]
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The Purple Parlor
The Purple Parlor 3560 N Mississippi Ave 281-3560 Let’s make something clear. Vegan/vegetarian food can be just as good as carnivorian food. The Purple Parlor does little to support this argument. Located in a deceptively charming Victorian house, PP features a very inexpensive menu, mostly stocked with veggie products. None of them are very good. […]