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Aug. 27
Print Edition for the week of
Aug. 27 - Sep. 2, 2009
Vol. 10, No. 14
Tim Biskup
News
Feminists vs. PETA
"Sexist" Ads Draw Portland Protest
by Sarah Mirk
Death Spiral
The National Death Panel Hysteria Has Oregon Roots
by Sarah Mirk
Trust Issues
Black Neighbors Wary of More "Economic Development"
by Matt Davis
Make Picnic Not War
Anti Sit-Lie Event Blooms on Facebook
by Matt Davis
Hall Monitor
Free Insulation!
by Matt Davis
In Other News
Music
Bread, Circuses, and Os Mutantes
The Legendary Brazilian Group Rises from the Ashes
by Ned Lannamann
All Friends, No Foes
Ramona Falls Branches out from Menomena
by Ezra Ace Caraeff
Better Live than Dead
Enforcer Arrives Just in Time
by Mike Meyer
No Bubble
Kurt Vile Finally Arrives
by Andrew R Tonry
The Reverend
An Absolutely Incredible Conversation with Al Green
by Matthew Slessler
Our Town Could Be Your Life
Alan Singley
by Cary Clarke
Up & Coming
Movies & TV
Please Shut Up, Baby Boomers
We Get It. Woodstock Happened.
by Lindy West
Silent Compromise
Long-Held Secrets of WWII Revealed
by Marjorie Skinner
An Inevitable Thriller
What Comes After
Z
?
by Ned Lannamann
I'm Going Out
Screw You, Summer! I Love You, Fall!
by Erik Henriksen
Film Shorts
This Week on Television
Food and Drink
A Fine Mess
Ruining Khakis at Kenny and Zuke's SandwichWorks
by Patrick Alan Coleman
Sandwich Sanctuary
Simplicity and Quietude at Petisco
by Patrick Alan Coleman
Books
Oregon, in Verse
The
Burnside Review
Celebrates Oregon Poets
by Matt Stangel
Not That Kind of Girl
Rock 'n' Roll, Hold the Sex and Drugs: Carlene Bauer's
Not That Kind of Girl
by Alison Hallett
Porn & Pong
Or, Why Lara Croft Has a Vagina
by Earnest "Nex" Cavalli
Theater & Performance
The Comedian's Comedian
Todd Glass Sees Potential in Portland
by Andrew R Tonry
Fiddler
Came First
In Defense of
Fiddler on the Roof
by Stephen Marc Beaudoin
I, Anonymous
Low Hanging Fruit
by Anonymous
Sold Out
Massive
by Marjorie Skinner
One Day at a Time
The Week in Review
by Ann Romano
New Column!
Take the "Obama Death Panel" Quiz!
Letters
Letters to the Editor
Savage Love & Sex
Savage Love
Blowing Sunshine
by Dan Savage
Extras
"I Resolved to Become a Stripper or Kill Myself"
An Excerpt from the New Book
Magic Gardens (The Memoirs of Viva Las Vegas)
by Viva Las Vegas
I Love Television
I Love Television™
My So-Called Hell
by Wm. Steven Humphrey