Because your mom told me you’re a news addict… 1.RED SCARE!!! Because Americans like nothing more than a minor crisis they can have an opinion about without actually, you know, having to change their habits. GLOBAL WARMING, people. That’ll really fuck your tomatoes. Pat Coleman has more. TOMATOES: WILL CUT OFF YOUR HEAD AND SHIT […]
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Drammage
Awards commence. Announcement: Portland will be participating in Free Night of Theater this year. The program asks participating theaters to provide free tickets to new theater goers. And then people go see a play, and hopefully like it, and come back and see more theater and pay for it. That’s great news. Gracie Starr is […]
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(More) Live Blogging the Drammys
They just gave us the sit down and shut up signal. Shit’s about to get real, yo. There’s a big piece about Bob Hicks in the program, the Oregonian critic who retired in December. 35 years of writing about theater. That is, frankly, mind-blowing. I’ve only been doing it for four and I think about […]
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Live from the Drammys
Live blogging from the Drammys, Portland’s own local theater awards. Nothing has happened yet, so skip this post if all you’re looking for are winners—I’ll have those up as they’re announced. We’re at the Crystal Ballroom—I’m sitting in the corner grudgingly drinking a pink McBeer, while all around folks are mingling and schmoozing and waiting […]
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More On Seattle’s Homeless Protest
Over at slog. From what I can gather, Seattle’s protest is modeled on ours here in Portland. Sadly the backlash comments appear to be modeled on ours, too.
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The Squid and the Whale Tonight
If you like your humor dark and biting, with a glorious side helping of Jeff Daniel’s beard, this is the movie for you. Written and directed by Noah Baumbach, who helped Wes Anderson with The Life Aquatic, it’s a glimpse of an intellectual New York family collapsing on itself as the parents try to extricate […]
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Lou Ferrigno: Old, Creepy, Awkward.
So despite my better judgment–or any kind of judgment at all, really–I kind of love American Gladiators. That said, I’m not sure if I can make it through this. From American Gladiators Blog (your ONLY source for up-to-the-second American Gladiators news!): Tonights episode of American Gladiators will be a special “Hulk” themed episode with guest […]
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Fowl Play at McDonalds
Outlaw! CNN reports that the renegade chicken who had been terrorizing motorists at a McDonald’s in Temecula, California, was finally captured last week. Seems the bird had been hanging around harassing customers. This, from the “news” article: Since the chicken arrived, customers often found themselves waiting to order their McNuggets while the bird blocked the […]
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Bike Alliance Says Cars + Fatal Accidents – Insurance or License = Homicide
On this cloudy day last year, a car hit bicyclist Tim O’Donnell on a rural Washington County road. The car’s driver was not only uninsured, the state had suspended her license, she’d gone to Idaho and surreptitiously obtained a new one, then been in an accident with the new license before finally fatally crashing with […]
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New Episode of Pure Pod for Now People
This week on Pure Pod for Now People, Matt is hopped up on the excitement of his impending trip to Las Vegas, and ends up rambling unintelligibly to Magsy about messed-up Chiclets. Somehow, he finds time to play some music. Songs by the New York Dolls, Marshall Crenshaw, the National, Thompson Twins and MORE. Welcome […]
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New iPhone Selling for $199… WTF?!?
For those who swore they’d wait to buy an iPhone until after they became more affordable… well, you’re going to have to dream up another excuse not to get one. Apple czar Steve Jobs introduced the new iPhone 3G today, and starting July 11, it’s gonna sell for $199. That’s the 8 gigabyte model, with […]
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I Wish The Happening Was Half as Entertaining as This Image.
We’ll have a full review on Thursday, but until then: M. Night Shyamalan, we’re done. I stuck by you for a long time, man–longer than most. But I just can’t do it anymore. Sorry. Thanks to Deadspin for the image.