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REVIEW: The Force Awakens Is a Damn Good Star Wars Mixtape
There’s Not Much New Here. But It Sure Is Fun.
There’s not much new here. But it sure is fun.
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Nick Lowe’s Second Coming
The Power-Pop Master Is Still the Jesus of Cool
The power-pop master is still the Jesus of cool.
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My, What a Busy Week!
More holiday parties than you can possibly handle.
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It’s Happening Tonight!
HOUSING FORUM—Know Your City noticed something about a recent forum on the rental crisis put together by the Oregonian: It left out renters. So the group’s holding a forum of its own tonight. ” The Rent Crisis: A People’s Perspective” brings together advocates for renters and the homeless, the mayor’s office, and an affordable housing […]
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Good Morning, News: More GOP Bickering, the Imaginary “War on Christmas,” and UNGGHH More Rain
GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! Everyday I walk her home from school, and she tells me how she really feels. And there’s no doubt in my mind that this girl is one of a kind. LET’S GO TO PRESS. Police have suspended the investigation of a black Lewis & Clark student who was allegedly attacked on campus […]
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Who Wore it Best: Justin Bieber or Brian Cranston?
Thinkstock You used to call me on my cell phone. Everyone is covering Drake’s “Hotline Bling” right now, notably Justin Bieber, and today, Brian Cranston of growly Breaking Bad fame. Here’s video evidence, from an attention-seeking experiment in which W magazine enlisted a bunch of famous people (including THE GREAT STAND-UP AMY SCHUMER) to sing […]
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It’s Happening Tonight!
MUSIC—A decade after Will Sheff and his Okkervil River compatriots released the classic Black Sheep Boy, they’ve been taking the old girl on a spin through the country. True, it’s just Sheff who’ll be showing up to the Doug Fir’s betimbered cellar this evening. Sheff’s enough. DIRK VANDERHARTDoug Fir, 830 E Burnside, 9 pm, $20 […]
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Accio the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Trailer
The nerd odds are in our favor this week. In an unsuccessful attempt to distract from the overwhelming anticipation of the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens (EEEEEEEEEEE!!!), the internet gods have sent us a few squeal-worthy trailers: Star Trek Beyond, Independence Day: Resurgence, and now THIS! A potential new franchise in the Harry Potter […]
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It’s Happening Tonight!
MUSIC—Sounding like the best of a classic rock station, Sweden’s Graveyard takes Janis Joplin, Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones, and all your favorite guitar riffs, mixes them in a blender made of kick-ass, and commands you to defy their foot-stomping enticements. Their distinctive sound has never been more apparent than on their newest album, Innocence […]
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Okay, Nerds, Let’s Talk About Those Star Trek Beyond and Independence Day: Resurgence Trailers
STAR TREK BEYOND “Beyond… what? Captain, are we going… BEYOND DARKNESS?” Along with roughly 400 other previews, the trailers for Star Trek Beyond and Independence Day: Resurgence are slated to play with Star Wars: The Force Awakens when that movie opens on Thursday. (Here’s where you should go see it.) But probably because studios know […]
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Good Morning, News: Sandy Hook Anniversary, Cops Shoot Man 33 Times, and a GOP “NIghtmare Scenario”
GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! When we’re together it’s like hot coals in a fire (oh baby). My body’s burning, so come on, heat my desire (come on come on). LET’S GO TO PRESS. As we reported yesterday, a semi-truck hauling fuel crashed into an oil tanker train near the St. Johns Bridge catching on fire and […]