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The current issue of Business Week has a fascinating story headlined, "Once booming, Bend, Oregon tumbles." It runs through the all-too-familiar litany of woes: home sales and prices tumbling, unemployment soaring, businesses closing.
Oregon's freshman senator, Jeff Merkley, has carved a couple of new orifices in Republican pollster and strategist Frank Luntz over Luntz's plan for derailing health care reform.
Why does winter linger in Central Oregon like a particularly stubborn case of toenail fungus? Meteorologist Adam Clark of KOHD has the answer - sort of.
Adopted in 1927, our official state song, "Oregon, My Oregon," is getting a little creaky, with lyrics about Oregon being "conquered and held by free men" and "blest by the blood of martyrs."
The Blender was forwarded this pretty damn funny video of public service announcements from the late 1970s about the dangers of swine flu. Our favorite line: "Dotty had a heart condition, so she died.
Something about that cloud is slightly troubling.It's been about nine months since they last dropped into Bend, but
Seattle's Flowmotion is returning once again for another high-energy,
multi-genre rock and roll explosion.
It's been fun to watch
Flowmotion grow over the past two-plus years of playing in Bend. A
jam-packed show at the Annex in late 2007 (which was capped with a
cover of Zeppelin's "The Song Remains the Same") led to a laser-lighted
4 Peaks preview show, which then brought them to the actual 4 Peaks
main stage. At that performance, the band woke up the campgrounds,
bringing the music fans to the stage early for an early afternoon
performance that showcased how big the band's sound can spread when it
has the room.
The Taffetas
through may 23
Flip to the Culture section to read a review of this play, set in the 1950s and centered on four singing sisters from Muncie, Indiana. Running Apr 30-May 23. Wednesdays - Saturdays at 8pm, Sunday matinees at 3pm. 2nd Street Theater, 220 NE Lafayette Ave. 312-9626. $20/adults, $18/students and seniors.
Epic Trail Ale release party featuring Quincy Street, Sweet Harlots
friday 8
We have a review of this Epic Trail Ale in the Microcosmos column in the Dining section, but we'd also like to alert you to the release party of the beer - which benefits the Central Oregon Trail Alliance, the Bend Paddle Trail Alliance and the Tumalo Langlauf Club - what a sweet outdoor trifecta, eh? There's also bluegrass from Quincy Street and all-female tunes from the Sweet Harlots. 7pm, Silver Moon Brewing Co. 24 NW Greenwood Ave. Donations accepted.
We're still keeping our fingers crossed, but it's beginning to look like the Great Swine Flu Pandemic is petering out.
It would be a shame if Republicans went extinct - they give us so many great laughs.
Raise your freak flag…"We're huge in Holland," says Tyson Maulhardt, the guitarist for the San Francisco band Diego's Umbrella, adding a quick laugh.
Every internationally touring band has some out-of-the way country
where they claim to be "huge," so this isn't necessarily a strange
comment…but Holland? Really? We've heard Japan more than enough times
and Spain also gets tossed around, but this is a first for Holland. But
with a sound that encompasses the music of at least three different
continents, why wouldn't Hollanders go crazy when this quirky yet
musically solid band lights up their local stages?
The Hollanders go nuts for them, but the Germans? Not so much, says
Maulhardt, as he and fiddler Jason Kleinberg discuss the band's third
European tour, which kicks off in September.
"The Germans like to sit there and listen with their hand on their
chins and then they'll come up to you after the show and share their
in-depth observations," says Maulhardt.
Since beginning with Mexicali ambitions in Santa Cruz in 2001, Diego's
Umbrella has prided itself on melting together a mish-mash of world
influences into a surprisingly modern sound. The band's instrumentation
includes a fiddle and accordion and at times their product is that of a
wandering Eastern-European band of minstrels who were abducted by
flamenco masters, and yeah, it's weird, but incredibly accessible. Call
it world music for beginners, if you will. And this is how Maulhardt
says the band has always operated.
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