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Oct. 15
Print Edition for the week of
Oct. 15 - 21, 2009
Vol. 10, No. 21
Minh Tran
News
Scapegoating Saltzman
Is Police Commissioner Losing Community Support?
by Matt Davis
Don't FedEx Your Pot
Smoker Says Company Invaded Privacy
by Sean Breslin
It's The Bridge, Stupid
Why You Should Care About the Metro President's Race
by Sarah Mirk
Back to the Future
Rose Quarter Revamp Looks to the Past for Ideas
by Sarah Mirk
Hall Monitor
Windbags
by Matt Davis
Cash for Clunky Bridges
$19 Car Tax to Replace Ailing Sellwood Crossing
by Matt Davis
In Other News
Music
Poaching in Reverse
The Globe-Straddling Music of BLK JKS
by Ned Lannamann
This Old House
Ah Holly Fam'ly's Chamber Folk
by Andrew Stout
Zen and the Art of Guitar Feedback
A Quarter Century of Yo La Tengo
by Andrew R Tonry
Up & Coming
Movies & TV
Monsters, Inc.
Evoking Childhood in
Where the Wild Things Are
by Alison Hallett
Habeas Corpses
Law Abiding Citizen
: More Like
Saw & Order
by Courtney Ferguson
At World's End
Boldly Going Where No Soul Patch Has Gone Before
by Erik Henriksen
Hippiesploitation
The Impotent Idealism of
Earth Days
by Jane Carlen
Quelle Surprise!
Another Sex and Death-Obsessed French Film!
by Alison Hallett
Chop-Socky Chaos
A Kung Fu Fest to End All Kung Fu Fests
by Erik Henriksen
Geek Out
Indiana Jones, Minus the Shia
by Earnest "Nex" Cavalli
Film Shorts
This Week on Television
Food and Drink
Roll In
Mika Could Become Your Sushi Standby
by Patrick Alan Coleman
Use Your Noodle
Andy Raskin Makes Some Suggestions
by Patrick Alan Coleman
Food News
Bon Anniversaire...
by Patrick Alan Coleman
Visual Art
Rendering the Invisible
Artist Joe Ryckebosch Captures Time-Based Patterns in His Work
by Matt Stangel
Books
Fables' Pied Piper
Bill Willingham's
Peter and Max
Adds to Fables' Greatness
by Courtney Ferguson
Alicia Silverstone Made Me Do It
The Actress-Turned-Activist Scores One for the Good Guys with
The Kind Diet
by Marjorie Skinner
Theater & Performance
Step Right Up
Circus Artemis' All-Girl Extravaganza
by Alison Hallett
Dear Diary
Embellishing Facts in
Fiction
by Alison Hallett
Feature
Get a Room
The Massive Independent Fashion and Arts Festival Content Makes its Debut under One Roof
by Marjorie Skinner
Savage Love & Sex
Savage Love
Big, Big Love
by Dan Savage
Letters
Letters to the Editor
New Column!
One Day at a Time
The Week in Review
by Ann Romano
Sold Out
Fashion Collective
by Marjorie Skinner
I, Anonymous
I Saw You
by Anonymous
I Love Television
I Love Television™
Sieg Heil, Jughead!
by Wm. Steven Humphrey