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How many more people are going to have to die before ODOT installs a Jersey wall on Highway 97 between Bend and Redmond?
Black Friday was a pretty good day for local retailers, at least if you believe the story on the front page of this morning's Bulletin.
The Eye wandered East to our New Jersey birthplace to spend Thanksgiving with relatives and came back with a few random observations:
Prepare to be stomped…again.You can overstay your welcome here in Bend. And I'm not talking about
your ski bum cousin who slept on your couch for three months last
winter. Rather, I'm referring to out-of-town bands that reappear in
town over and over, eventually losing their appeal after that new band
smell wears off. We've seen it with reggae bands from Eugene and jam
bands from the Bay area.
But there are a few bands that we don't mind
letting lounge around the figurative couch that is our music scene.
Perfect example: Portland's gritty blues rock duo Hillstomp. By this
publication's count, the band's show at the Domino Room on Saturday is
its fourth appearance in the last year. One might expect the numbers to
dwindle with each show, but that isn't the case - these guys are
gathering larger crowds each time they cross over the Cascades.
It was no secret that Joe Lieberman supported John McCain. But it came as a surprise Wednesday when campaign finance reports revealed that he also gave money to Gordon Smith.
The Bend Urban Area Planning Commission is wrapping up a little early Christmas present for the local builder/developer lobby.
Tim Cash: he could be your future music video director.Hey you there! Yes you, the one holding the newspaper.
There was plenty to do on Saturday night with Tentareign's big rock show at the Tower, music at both martini bars and the Silver Moon, but still, there was a big crowd at the Tulen Center. And where the big crowds go, so does Sound Check (for the most part) which is why we found ourselves among a horde of well-meaning folks at the benefit show for Britt Leis and Lia Koehn, the Bend couple who was attacked while traveling through Ecuador.
Thanksgiving Eve!
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This isn't a specific event, per say, but rather recognition of a widely celebrated yet hardly mentioned holiday called Thanksgiving Eve. Every year on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, revelers from in and out of town flood the bars with the knowledge that they have the following day off (even if it means some semi-stressful family get-togethers).
The word "travel" comes from the same root as the word "travail," meaning "hard and painful labor." This is not a coincidence.
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