Portland Steak & Chophouse 121 SW 3rd St, 223-6200 Cheap and highbrow are two things I’m always looking for in a restaurant. Not because I’m cheap and not because I’m a snob, but because it’s nice every once in a while to get your meal without waiting for someone to call your number. That’s why […]
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A WASH OF CATHARSIS
The Healing Power of the Rock Ballad
There’s something about listening to a rock ballad alone in the car at night that can bring a big lump to anyone’s throat. The rock ballad is a sad and conflicted thing. For instance, in “Keep on Loving You,” the singer from REO Speedwagon wants to keep on loving his girlfriend, despite the fact that […]
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Casba
Casba 201 NW Davis 971-544-0875 The Mediterranean: I long to travel there in order to scope the devilishly hot Greek men. But, being completely broke, I’m well aware that such travelling isn’t going to happen anytime soon. Instead, I will take comfort in their fine cuisine. Casba’s menu is half-authentic, with some splendid Mediterranean specialties, […]
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The Quest for Love
A Rollercoaster Ride that Might Make You Barf
Sidewalks of New York dir. Edward Burns Opens Fri Nov 30 Various Theaters Relationships: They’re all anyone cares about. Everyone loves to talk about who’s dating who, whose boyfriend is a porn freak, who is emotionally immature and unable to commit, and whose girlfriend is a giant flirt with big fake breasts–It’s really disgusting. And […]
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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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Splice, My Ass
Herstory–It Ain’t a Good One
History Lessons dir. Barbara Hammer Opens Fri Nov 23 Clinton St. Theater It hasn’t been diagnosed, but I definitely have ADD. Because of this affliction, I’ve always rather enjoyed watching spliced-up films. You see a little piece of something–an old commercial, a poignant speech, a hot sex scene–you derive some emotion from it–and then you’re […]
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Oxes Gone Mad
Calling Dr. Windsor Castle, Please
Oxes Wed Nov 21 Satyricon It has been fitting that, while trying to interpret the music of Oxes in writing, I have been alternately placated and pissed off. Happily, my tyrannical boss, Wm. Steven Humphrey, scooted out early this afternoon, leaving three wonderful hours free from his insults and self-serving orders. In addition, I enjoyed […]
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THE PINK-SLIP BLUES
Or, How Previously Contented Employees Are Dealing with Being Shit-Canned
Here is a sad story: In February of 2000, a career-minded woman was laid off from a titillating job answering 40 phone lines at a hydraulics company, located on bustling 82nd Avenue. Her only warning of the firing was an occasional disapproving look from her boss, Big Carl, when the phone wasn’t answered cheerfully enough. […]
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Bad to the Bone
Snoop Doggy Dogg Needs a Better Jobby Job
Bones dir. Dickerson Now Playing Various Theaters Bones, the new horror flick from Ernest Dickerson, capitalizes on Snoop Dogg’s cool-as-ice gangster image–but oops, forgets to include a cohesive plot. The premise: badass Snoop is a rich pimpdaddy, who is asked to finance scams of the local riffraff. When Snoop says “hell, no,” to most of […]
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Am I Going to Die?
Helio Sequence Bucks Existentialism with New CD
Helio Sequence CD Release w/ Cobra High Fri Oct 12 Dante’s So everyone’s depressed these days, asking, “What does it all mean?” Am I going to die in mass genocide when the al-Qaidas release a gallon of Anthrax juice on the US, and if so, what’s the point of wearing uncomfortable nylons every day, or […]