First Friday ART—With decidedly urban sensibilities and nods toward pop culture, Kalvin Panther creates images—often reconstituted headshots of recognizable celebs—so expressive you may expect them to address you by first name. A collection of his recent work is complemented by DJ Barisone. And stop by Bishops (130 NW Oregon Ave) to check out the Source’s […]
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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Best Movie of the Summer?
PEW PEW PEW! Comic Book Movies Are Supposed to Be Fun, Remember? by Vince Mancini After the thump-grimace-exposition-repeat pattern that turned Captain America: The Winter Soldier into such a self-serious snooze (that everyone nonetheless seemed to love), I worried I might be done with the Marvel universe. In fact, between all of Cap 2’s winking […]
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Eye Witness Account: SWILL Beer Explosion!
While some of you haters may say that I had it coming—what, for liking 10 Barrel’s Swill beer and all, a not terribly popular “radler” that is essentially a grapefruit juice watered-down summer drink. But here’s the rub: I love the “beer.” It is lighter and I can drink more in one sitting. I’d even […]
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PICK: Polecat at Pickin’ and Paddlin’
AMERICANA—With Polecat, the musical sum is far greater than its parts, as the quintet patches together rock guitar chords, Celtic fiddle playing, and twangy crooning. Ideal for outdoor venues, the band brims with enthusiasm—this is music for howling at the moon. Part of Pickin’ & Paddlin’; free demos. 4- 9 pm. Tumalo Creek Kayak & […]
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Up In the Air—A Bird? A Plane? A Dog!
A lifelong entertainer, JD Platt has a job for the dogs
Although your mother probably doesn’t recommend hitchhiking, for JD Platt it turned out to be a life changer—in the best possible way. A lifelong and professional snowboarder, in 1996, Platt was hitchhiking back from Mt. Bachelor and a woman picked him up. As an icebreaker, he asked an innocent question—what do you do for a […]
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Can A Mormon and Republican De-Throne Governor Kitzhaber?
Rep. Dennis Richardson stops in for an interview
With Oregon’s general elections about 100 days away, gubernatorial candidate Rep. Dennis Richardson recently stopped by our offices to talk about his reasons for running for governor, economic development and his stand on social issues. A graduate of Brigham Young University’s law school and a trial lawyer for more than 30 years, Richardson also has […]
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Editor’s Note: Dogs Have Taken Over Our Paper!
For as many dogs as there are people have reasons they “adopted” them. For me, thirteen years ago, I had recently broken off my engagement to be married, and needed to a reminder that life is wonderful after all. I picked up an American bulldog, and named her Zuzu, and for the next decade she […]
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PICK: Heart of Oregon Corps Cornhole Tournament
CORNHOLE—Perhaps the most egalitarian game ever invented, cornhole does not discriminate against size or strength, and really, sober as well as drunk participants can be equally successful lobbing the game’s small bean bags through tiny holes. Yet in spite of this come-one, come-all attitude, it is high time to determine the region’s best cornholer. 1 […]
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Film Review: Is it possible our reviewer could hate the new Zach Braff film anymore?
Stop Trying to Relate to Me Zach Braff Is an Emotional Terrorist Who Must Be Stopped by Alison Hallett The definitive takedown of Zach Braff’s new movie has already been written: On the website Badass Digest, Devin Faraci wrote that Braff’s work is “aimed directly at the suburban lizard brains of slightly disaffected honkies who […]
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Movie Review: Begin Again
Twice Begin Again: Like Once, but with Mark Ruffalo! By Eric Snider Surely you remember Once, that lovely indie drama from 2006 about the Irish guy and the Czech girl who connected through music, and who eventually sang their pretty song at the Oscars? Remember how sweet and plainspoken the film was, how its raw, […]
