THURSDAY, AUGUST 13
ROCKSTAR FARMER—Irresponsible young musicians tromp
through town on the constant, but a visit—including a lecture and
Q&A sesh—from noble, eloquent, and kind Joel “beyond organic”
Salatin of Polyface Farm (you’ve read about him in The Omnivore’s
Dilemma and he totally stole the show in Food, Inc.) is
definitely worthy of panty throwing. MS
Friendship Masonic Center, 5626 NE Alameda, 7 pm, $25
ROCK—Red Fang are indeed Portland’s bloody-sabertoothed saviors of hard rock, with riffs that clobber heads together. They’re playing the tiny East End basement for a mere four dollars; this’ll likely be the “remember when” gig in a few short years, when they’re headlining the Roseland for 30 bones with a tour bus double-parked on Burnside. NL
w/Lions, The Ax; East End, 203 SE Grand, 9 pm, $4
FRIDAY, AUGUST 14
GET STUNG—Chris Sutton’s Hornet Leg is the dirty, grimy
accumulation of a life in rock ‘n’ roll. Hornet Leg’s magnum opus,
Ribbon of Fear, comes out soon on K Records, and it tidies up
Sutton’s bedroom no-fi into a just-as-gritty garage rock
power-punch. NL
w/Tunnels, AS/SS, Chrome Wings; Worksound, 820 SE Alder, 9 pm, all ages
OUTSIDE—Munchkins and flying monkeys? Or glorious 1970s
sports coats and a street fight between news crews? It’s up to you.
Either way, a giant movie screen in the great outdoors is a beautiful
thing. You stay classy, Portland. RM
The Wizard of Oz at Laurelhurst Park, SE 39th &
Stark, dusk, FREE; Anchorman at Pioneer Courthouse
Square, SW 6th & Morrison, dusk, FREE
SATURDAY, AUGUST 15
YOU’RE TEARING ME APART, LISA!—The Room is
steadily becoming an infamous, so-bad-it’s-good cult classic, and
tonight’s your chance to find out why. Shout “spoon!” along with
devotees, or simply bask in the film’s dazzling sex scenes, as
concocted by enigmatic director/ star/producer/writer/genius Tommy
Wiseau. PAC
See Film for more info; Cinema 21, 616 NW 21st, 11 pm,
$6
MUSIC & BBQ—It’s a fact: Music Millennium loves
you! So much so, they’re throwing their 17th Annual Customer
Appreciation BBQ featuring cool local bands and hot grub. WSH
Music Millennium, 3158 E Burnside, 11 am-6 pm, FREE
MOVE SOMETHIN’—Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek—known as
Reflection Eternal—have only released one album, but goddamn,
it’s a hell of an album. Train of Thought (2000) might be one of
the best hiphop albums of the past decade, and tonight, the
crazy-talented Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek join forces once again for a rare
live performance. EH
w/Slum Village, Slaughterhouse, Raekwon, Supernatural, Pete Rock;
Roseland, 8 NW 6th, 8 pm, $25, all ages
SUNDAY, AUGUST 16
TALL STACK—Taking their name to heart, local hootenanny
folkers Pancake Breakfast are hosting an actual pancake breakfast,
complete with storytellin’, tapdancin’, guest singer/songwriters Will
West and Ezza Rose, and improv troupe Mammal Theater. So shake off that
hangover and step up to some flapjacks! NL
The Waypost, 3120 N Williams, 10 am-noon, FREE, all ages
SUNDAY RIDE—Roll that rusty bike out of the garage and
creak around Southeast for Sunday Parkways, dodging baby strollers and
friendly dogs along nine miles of streets closed off to car traffic. SM
Sunday Parkways 9 am-4 pm, info at portlandonline.com/transportation
I HAVE THE POWER!—Laugh and heckle along as the
Mercury‘s Erik Henriksen and Will Radik, and KUFO’s Fatboy
Roberts offer hilariously snide commentary for the classic Dolph
Lundgren flick, Masters of the Universe in tonight’s benefit for
nonprofit theater company CoHo. WSH
CoHo Theater, 2257 NW Raleigh, 10 pm, $5-10 sliding scale
MONDAY, AUGUST 17
TAKE YOUR PROTEIN PILLS—Going to space ain’t free, but
watching someone in space talk? Totally free! Astronaut Michael
Barratt, who’s been up in the International Space Station since March,
will give a live interview, beamed down to OMSI. Attendees must RSVP to
rsvp@omsi.edu and include a question
for him to answer from space. Ask him whose shirts he’s wearing! WR
OMSI, 1945 SE Water, 11 am, FREE
EIGHT ARMS TO HOLD YOU—It’s been years since the
Octopus Project—and their mysterious theremin—delivered
their masterwork, Hello, Avalanche. The new EP, Golden
Beds, from the charming quartet fills the gap nicely, offering up a
new round of delectable indie pop and cuddly intimacy. EAC
w/World’s Greatest Ghosts, Iretsu; Doug Fir, 830 E Burnside, 9
pm, $10
TUESDAY, AUGUST 18
HEAVEN?—The stories in David Eagleman’s Sum: Forty
Tales from the Afterlives give versions of the post-death world as
different religions, sciences, philosophers, and vindictive people
might imagine them. Eagleman’s experiences as a neuroscientist, founder
of the Initiative on Neuroscience and Law, and fiction writer qualify
him to mix science and religion, without raising suspicion that he’s
starting a cult. JC
Broadway Books, 1714 NE Broadway, 7 pm, FREE
HUMANS ONLY—Executive produced by Peter Jackson and
helmed by short film director Neill Blomkamp, District 9 is
already gaining buzz as one of the best films of the year. The sci-fi
film imagines what would happen if extraterrestrials came to
Earth—but rather than conquering us, they’ve been relegated to a
life as second-class citizens, and confined to ghettos in Johannesburg.
EH
Various Theaters, see Movie Times for showtimes
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19
COLLATERAL DAMAGE—Spreading a heartfelt message of
ass-kickery and epic heroism, the members of ArnoCorps wear fatigues
and camouflage paint, insist they come from Austria, and make promises
such as “you can expect at least one-inch diameter increase” in your
biceps after listening to their frantic, adrenaline-pounding metal
songs, which have titles like “Total Recall,” “Terminator,” “Predator,”
and “True Lies.” Obviously, these guys rule harder than any other band
ever. EH
w/Thor, Dagobah; Dante’s, 1 SW 3rd, 9 pm, $8-10
HIPHOP—Young emcees (and fans of Young MC) should roll
down to the Portland Hiphop Meeting of the Minds tonight, an
interactive evening of lively hiphop discussion, performances from
top-notch artists, and a sort of State of the Union for local hiphop.
Organized by Cool Nutz (who else?), this event will balance the
educational with the inspirational, paving a path for local rhymers for
many years to come. EAC
w/Exquisite Rap Duo, Serge Severe, Mikey Vegaz, DJ Fatboy; Ash
Street Saloon, 225 SW Ash, 8 pm, FREE