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Apr. 2
Print Edition for the week of
Apr. 2 - 8, 2009
Vol. 9, No. 44
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News
Fire it Up!
Leading Sit-Lie Activist Fired
by Sarah Mirk
Pot of Gold
Oregon Mulls Marijuana Tax and State-Run Fields
by Sarah Mirk
Don't Let the Bedbugs Bite
Tenants Unionize over Poor Living Conditions
by Jake Thomas
Made in Ornery-gon
Council Readies for Neon Sign Fight
by Matt Davis
In Other News
Hall Monitor
Do Not Disturb
by Matt Davis
Music
Murmurs of Earth
Mirah's Game of "Hello"
by Ned Lannamann
Trust Exercise
Put Your Faith in Laura Gibson
by Ezra Ace Caraeff
Questions for Lil Wayne
Answered by Eugene Mirman
by Andrew Stout
Tight as a Whip
White Denim and the Lone Star State
by Andrew R Tonry
Our Town Could Be Your Life
What's Up?
by Cary Clarke
Up & Coming
Movies & TV
Fun with Carnies
Unlike Most Carnies,
Adventureland
's Won't Give You Diseases!
by Erik Henriksen
Tokyo, Je Te Déteste
Three Great Filmmakers. Three Mediocre Films.
by Alison Hallett
Faster and Furiouser!
Can You Tell the Difference Between
The Fast and the Furious
and
Fast & Furious
? Congrats, You're Not a Moron.
by Erik Henriksen
Swine Before Pearls
Pig Hunt
Only Goes Half-Hog
by Ned Lannamann
Kickin' it Old School
Surrender to the Retro Charm of
Alien Trespass
!
by Logan Sachon
Film Shorts
This Week on Television
I'm Going Out
R.I.P. , Action Heroes
by Erik Henriksen
Food and Drink
Food from the Hearth
Culinary Luddites in Portland's Wood-Fired World
by Patrick Alan Coleman
Food News
Nominated
by Patrick Alan Coleman
Visual Art
By the Numbers
by John Motley
We Can Make It
Handmade Nation
, A Documentary Chronicling the Development of the DIY Craft Generation, Makes a Timely Splash in Portland
by Marjorie Skinner
Books
Don't Cry for Mary Gaitskill
by Alison Hallett
Theater & Performance
Tom Waits Meets Modern Dance in
Foot Opera Files
by Stephen Marc Beaudoin
Beatlemania
by Alison Hallett
I, Anonymous
Standards
by Anonymous
Sold Out
Dust Bowl Ballads
by Marjorie Skinner
One Day at a Time
ONE DAY
AT A TIME
THE WEEK IN REVIEW
by Ann Romano
New Column!
Letter From the Editor
How a disemboweled Tauntaun saved the Mercury.
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Letters
Letters to the Editor
Savage Love & Sex
Savage Love
Safety First
by Dan Savage
I Love Television
I Love Television™
Escape from Eden of the Chimps
by Wm. Steven Humphrey