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Oct. 1
Print Edition for the week of
Oct. 1 - 7, 2009
Vol. 10, No. 19
Luke Ramsey
News
Not Policing Themselves
Lawsuits: The Only Real Discipline for Portland Cops?
by Sean Breslin and Matt Davis
A Matter of Opinion?
County Picks Chip Shields for Senate; Controversy Ensues
by Matt Davis
We're #1! Not Good Enough!
The Best Bike Commute City Should Be Even Better
by Sarah Mirk
Hall Monitor
Going... Going... Go, Already
by Matt Davis
In Other News
Music
Masters of the Universe
A Conversation with Brendon Small of Dethklok and
Metalocalypse
by Lance Chess
Into Uncharted Waters
Shelley Short's
Canoo
Ride
by Ned Lannamann
One and the Same
The Shaky Hands and Panther, Together Again for the First Time
by Ezra Ace Caraeff
Naked Race for the Prize
Behind the Scenes at the Flaming Lips' Nude Video Shoot
by Dave Bow
We Got the Beat
A (Naked) Conversation with Dave Wakeling of the English Beat
by Matthew Slessler
Cool to Be Kind
A Conversation with Nick Lowe
by Matthew Slessler
Up & Coming
Movies & TV
Irony Alert
Capitalism: A Love Story
Is Anything But.
by Alison Hallett
Splatstick
Zombieland
Is Alive and Kicking
by Andrew Wright
Geezers! Families! Porn!
Portland Lesbian & Gay Film Festival: Still Gay!
Feel-Good Ass Bruises
Drew Barrymore's
Whip It
Is Delightful!
by Courtney Ferguson
Lying, American-Style
Ricky Gervais Should Have Stayed in England
by Lindy West
Geek Out
Shock and Awe
by Erik Henriksen
Film Shorts
This Week on Television
Food and Drink
On and Off Distillery Row
New Booze in Southeast Portland, Plus a Cocktail Preview
by Patrick Alan Coleman
Books
24 Hour Comics Challenge
by Matt Stangel
Radically Literate
A New Bookstore Mixes Politics and Literature
by Alison Hallett
Cancer Boy
A Tragic Childhood Makes a Beautiful Memoir in
Stitches
by Alison Hallett
New York City—Greener than Portland?
Green Metropolis
Author David Owen Thinks So.
by Alison Hallett
Theater & Performance
A Disappointing Ditty
Portland Center Stage Plays
Ragtime
by Alison Hallett
Feature
Taking the High Ground
Drug Reform's Harvey Milk Comes to Portland
by Matt Davis
Full Cycle
Upstart Portland Bike Builders Reinvent a Craft—And Will Soon Race Their Old Hero
by Sarah Mirk
I, Anonymous
Get with the Program
by Anonymous
Sold Out
Portland Fashion Week
by Marjorie Skinner
One Day at a Time
The Week in Review
by Ann Romano
New Column!
Letters
Letters to the Editor
Savage Love & Sex
Savage Love
All About "Me"
by Dan Savage
I Love Television
I Love Television™
Interview with a
Stargate
Nerd
by Wm. Steven Humphrey