From Central Oregon Interagency Dispatch Center, August 10, 2014 10:00 a.m. The Muskrat Fire continues to be managed with a Type III Incident Management Team with two helicopters, 4 smokejumpers, two Type II hand crews, 10 rappellers and helitack. Firefighters are challenged by the rugged terrain within the Three Sisters Wilderness of the Deschutes National Forest […]
Phil Busse
Phil Busse has done his tour of duty with alt-weeklies, starting in 1992 right after graduation from Middlebury College as the first environmental beat reporter for San Francisco Weekly. After a brief detour through the University of Oregon School of Law, Phil returned to writing as the first Managing Editor for Portland Mercury. In 2006, he started the Media Institute for Social Change in Portland, through which he continues to host a summer program teaching college students to produce documentaries.
Until he was 25 or so, Phil thought that he would be a spy, and took scuba lessons to prepare, and learned to drive a motorcycle and an 18-wheeler. Perhaps, then, it is unsurprising that his favorite holiday is the Fourth of July (he loves blowing stuff up). He feels at home with Joseph Conrad's fictional characters.
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PICK: Elton John tribute
TRIBUTE—In 1977, Elton John pulled a Michael Jordan and announced he was retiring at the top of his game—which would have been fine. The 1970s were Elton John’s best work—fun, smart, catchy ditties—and this is the period of time that Kenny Metcalf, Elton John impersonator extraordinaire, pulls from. 8 pm. Tower Theatre, 835 NW Wall. […]
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Fire Reports: Updates, and evacuation notice for Cultus Lake!
From Central Oregon Interagency Dispatch Center: – The two major incidents in Central Oregon continue to be engaged by firefighters this morning. The Buck Fork and Murderers Creek fires in the South Fork Complex have now burned together on the south flank. The 49,390 acre fire is burning on a combination of private lands and […]
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Movie Review: Polanski’s Venus in Fur
Passing the Audition Domination and Power in Polanski’s Venus in Fur By Ned Lannamann Roman Polanski’s new film is set in a Paris theater, with a cast of two. Thomas (Mathieu Amalric) is wrapping up auditions for his new play when Vanda (Emmanuelle Seigner) comes out the rain. She’s coarse and slatternly—the exact opposite of […]
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Movie Review: Into the Storm
Sturm und Dad Into the Storm: A Movie That Features Fire Tornadoes by Ben Coleman There is a school of thought that all stories can be categorized into one of three conflicts: Man against Man, Man against Society, and Video Bloggers against Tornado. Into the Storm fits solidly into that last category. Hot widower Richard […]
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PICK: Shook Twins (Munch & Music)
Shook Twins MUSIC—Too sexy and smirky snarky to be earnest folk singers, and too cute and full of sunshine for a full court press of Goth music, the Shook Twins are crafting their own style—compositions with warbling guitars, plucky banjos and increasingly complex harmonization. Second to last Munch and Music for the season. 5:30 pm. […]
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PICK: (Summer’s) Last Alive After Five
MUSIC—With a remarkable background as a songwriter for R&B superstars like The O’Jays and The Temptations, LeRoy Bell is equally impressive as the frontman for his own band, His Only Friends. A great ending for the Alive After 5 summer series, LeRoy Bell soft peddles soul music with a surprising result: It is infectiously fun […]
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Editor’s Note: What to expect in this week’s issue
Even as recently as a decade ago, car sharing most commonly meant lending your car keys to a buddy. Or, perhaps visiting a new town, you would stay in a friend’s friend’s spare room. But that sentiment has grown stridently from a quaint, modernday sense of community to a $25 billion a year “sharing” economy—and, […]
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Pounding the Dirt
Taking running off-road
There are certain climbs in marathons reportedly so tough that they take on monikers, like Boston’s famed “Heartbreak Hill,” a steady climb that gains roughly 100 feet over a mile. It is a spot legendary for stopping runners in their tracks. But taken in context, that climb seems a lot like the same east coast […]
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PICK: Comedy @ Volcanic
Comedians Lonnie Bruhn, Chris Smith FUNNY—Lonnie Bruhn has been working comedy clubs in Portland for the past several years with abrupt observations and public thoughts that should be kept private. Currently on a no holds barred tour to make it big, Bruhn is on the road with his buddy, Philadelphia-based Chris Smith, who plays the […]
