In Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Woody Allen goes to Spain for the noble reason of watching Scarlett Johansson and Penelope Cruz make out.
Ned Lannamann
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Ragtime Tonight!
I know I’m not giving you much notice here, but Milos Forman’s Ragtime screens tonight at the NW Film Center‘s Whitsell Auditorium (in the basement of the Portland Art Museum). I hadn’t seen the movie until very recently, and I was blown away by it. Sometimes it takes an outsider to successfully capture a particular […]
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Ummm…… Ew?
How was your weekend? Mine was good, I guess, except that this website was brought to my attention. It’s the website for a film called Orgasmic Birth, a documentary (propaganda-mentary?) that shows women how to achieve orgasm while giving birth to a baby. I mean, the g-spot is right there, people. Watch the preview if […]
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Closer to the Source
Tiny Vipers Lays Bare
Tiny Vipers’ Jesy Fortino talks songwriting.
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War Is Hell
And Tom Cruise Is Fat and Hairy
Tropic Thunder is just as clusterfucky as the real Vietnam.
Posted inMedia
The Complete Calvin & Hobbes
These are the first two strips ever of Calvin and Hobbes, the daily comic strip adventures of an imaginative boy and his stuffed tiger. I fear Calvin is nowadays better known for the unauthorized window stickers that depict him nastily pissing on various things, but the actual comic strip, by Bill Watterson, was sweet, thoughtful, […]
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Dispatch from Pickathon
Jolie Holland live at Pickathon 2008 from Dave Allen on Vimeo.Jolie Holland at Pickathon. Video by Dave Allen of Pampelmoose. Lots more video over at pickathon.com The first day of Pickathon turned out to be even more fun than I was expecting. It’s a festival without any of the stress (and crowds of douchebags) that […]
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Milos Forman to the Forefront
A Survey of the Czech-American Director’s Work
A survey of the Czech-American director’s work is incredibly accessible.
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Take Your Pick
This Year’s Pickathon Offers More Than Meets the Dreadlock
The Pickathon Music Fest: Not just for hippies anymore!
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No Use Crying
The Second Coming of Harvey Milk
Harvey Milk bring the old avant-garde to Portland.
Posted inMisc.
Biology Lesson: Tapirs
Mercury intern Sahar is wearing a shirt today that, amongst other things, includes a picture of a tapir.Tapir drawing by Robert A. Wilson; taken from tapirback.com “What the heck is that?” we cried. “Is it an anteater? Is it a dinosaur?” “No,” she replied. “It’s a tapir. It’s a sort of horse/elephant/pig thing.” “Wow!” we […]
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Best of 1988: Marc Baker of Crazy 8s
The Crazy 8s at the Erb Memorial Ballroom, University of Oregon, Eugene, February 1988 For our Best of 1988 issue, Mark Wanaka of Crazy 8s shared his memories of August 8, 1988, they day Crazy 8s released their live album. To promote its release, Crazy 8s played eight shows that day, at various record stores […]