Bashing TimeIn the not too distant future snow will fall in the mountains which will soon be covered with several feet of it. And when the snow gets to a certain depth, the ski lifts will begin operating at Oregon ski areas.
The Source Staff
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Fueled by Curiosity: Ruins of Ooah will confuse you… right before you start dancing
Ruins of Ooah will confuse you… right before you start dancing
At the Bend Roots Revival a couple weeks back, the sun was starting to set and the crowd at the Victorian Café grew steadily as curious onlookers tried to get a better view, and perhaps more dancing space, as by far the most bizarre act of the weekend cranked away on the stage.
The act was a trio called Ruins of Ooah and it doesn't have a guitar player, or a bass player or keyboardist. There's no horn section or turntables or any of that fare. It's just your typical didjeridu, harmonica and drums collective… not that this is typical by any means. Tyler Spencer, a local didjeridu maker (that's a typical profession, right?) leads the act, which also includes Justus Williams on harmonica and Adam Bushey on drums, both of whom are based out of Eugene and once accompanied Spencer in that city's jam band of record, Reeble Jar.
Posted inCulture
Still Reeling: We give you the run down on a few films to check out at this year's BendFilm Festival
We give you the run down on a few films to check out at this year's BendFilm Festival.
With BendFilm on the horizon, providing four days of films split between six different screens, there's plenty to choose from. Here at The Source we've done the work for you to provide a suggested list of flicks to catch this weekend.
Documentaries:
The Road to Fallujah
This powerful documentary follows Mark Manning, who was the only Western civilian to live among the people of Iraq after the 2004 battle that destroyed the city of Fallujah. Manning and Iraqi journalist and humanitarian aid worker Rana Al-Aiouby helped deliver aid to the people of this beaten-down city and were able to document their experience. Thursday, Oct 8, 9pm, Regal 5.
Posted inCulture
Our Picks for 10/7 – 10/15: BendFilm Festival, Pumpkin Fest, The Janks, Pac Man Party
BendFilm Festival
thursday 8 – sunday 11
The region's very own film festival is back and kicking this year with four full days of screenings split throughout town as well as out at the Sisters Movie House (for the first time ever). Check out BendFilm.org where you can download a complete list of films and their screening times, as well as the schedule for the parties. If you need help picking what you want to see, turn to the Culture page for Anne Picks' picks… that was a pun!
Ruins of Ooah, Basin and Range
thursday 8
If you missed Ruins of Ooah's booty rumbling set at Bend Roots a couple weeks back, don't make another stupid mistake (yes, missing that Roots set was indeed stupid) and get your didjeridu-loving self to the Summit where the band is playing with Eugene jazzy funkateers Basin and Range. Check out the Sound section for a profile of Ruins of Ooah., 9pm. $5. The Summit Saloon & Stage, 125 NW Oregon Ave.
Posted inOpinion
The Enrich-the-Rich Tax Repeal Campaign
Having a big business in Oregon is a pretty sweet deal, tax-wise. The corporate minimum tax is $10 a year – no, we did not mistakenly leave off any zeroes – a figure unchanged since our last Great Depression in the 1930s.
Contrary to conservative propaganda, Oregon is not exactly a tax hell for businesses. The Tax Foundation, a pro-business group, puts Oregon at Number 14 overall in its latest rankings of state tax climates for business.
So it makes good sense for this revenue-strapped state to enact a moderate tax increase on businesses. And the measure adopted by the legislature last spring, along with another one raising personal income taxes, fits any definition of “moderate.” Sole proprietorships would see no increase in their tax rate. Certain others types of businesses (ordinary partnerships and S, LLC and LLP corporations, to get technical) would have their minimum increased to $150 a year.
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Wednesday Night Music: Samantha Crain and the Midnight Shivers
Samantha Crain and the Midnight Shivers play a free show in Bend, Oregon.
Sometimes, when I hear a band is coming to town, I like to slow roast the music on my rotation for, I don’t know, about a month. That’s what I’ve been doing with the tunes of Samantha Crain and the Midnight Shivers, the rootsy indie rock act from Oklahoma that’s playing a free show at McMenamins Old St.
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Dear Lazy Trees, Thanks for Falling Down
Hey Trees! Thanks for falling down.
An open letter to the trees in my backyard:
Hey trees, I’m really sorry that you got so loaded with wet snow yesterday morning that you had no other choice but to drop all your branches on my lawn and break my fence and God knows what else. I love having my entire backyard full of your branches.
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Death By Water?
One of the more fascinating bad consumer product sagas of recent memory has been that of sports water bottles. That’s as in bottles that don’t contaminate the water that’s put into them.
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Expert: Bend Bubble Was Inflated by Fraud
The conventional local wisdom blames the Bend real estate bubble and bust on greedy people (mostly from California) buying homes they couldn't afford and borrowing against their equity to buy boats and Hummers and fancy vacations.
But according to real estate fraud expert Richard Hagar, there was a different culprit: Crooks.
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Speed, What Speed?
55 or NothingWhat with school is back in session you’d think drivers would be slowing down. That’s simply not the case.
