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Jul 17-23, 2008

Vol. 12, No. 29

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Local News

4 Peaks Cuts Ticket Prices! New 2009 Location!

Next weekend just got a bit more affordable for music fans as the folks at the helm of next weekend's 4 Peaks Music Festival announced

By The Source Staff
Jul 17, 2008
Local News

On Shaky Ground: Future of Bend bus system unclear even as transit takes off

One of the beauties of public transportation? You don't actually have to be awake during your commute. There's a revolution going on in the streets

By Eric Flowers
Jul 16, 2008
Local News

Context? Who Cares About Context?

The Gordon Smith campaign is out with another TV spot ripping Jeff Merkley as a tax-and-spend liberal. In this one, we actually see Merkley saying:

By H. Bruce Miller
Jul 20, 2008
Local News

Walking the Walk

How easy or hard is it to get around your neighborhood without a car? The Eye spotted a handy little tool on the Web that

By H. Bruce Miller
Jul 18, 2008
Local News

Poll Shock: Merkley Leads Smith

In a development that has to make Republicans everywhere a little jittery, Rasmussen Reports has just released a poll showing that Jeff Merkley has narrowly

By H. Bruce Miller
Jul 17, 2008
Local News

All That's Missing Is Snow White

Hallelujah -- Bend has made another of those "Top 10" lists. This time it's NorthWest Crossing being hailed as one of the "Top 10 Cottage

By H. Bruce Miller
Jul 17, 2008
Local News

Smith's Fuzzy Numbers

You've probably seen the TV ad accusing Jeff Merkley, Gordon Smith's Democratic rival for the US Senate, of voting for $2 billion worth of new

By H. Bruce Miller
Jul 16, 2008

Editorial

To Hell in a Hand Basket: Of bailouts, turds, oil and Slurpees

By Intern
Jul 16, 2008
Editorial

The Drillheads

When you and I look at today's gas prices, we see empty checking accounts and impending financial ruin. When Big Oil looks at them, it

By Intern
Jul 16, 2008
Letters to the Editor

No Building Fee Breaks

By Intern
Jul 16, 2008
Letters to the Editor

Don't Drag Me Into I.D.

For several years now, I have kept my mouth shut as someone with the same name as myself has periodically written letters to both The

By Intern
Jul 16, 2008
Letters to the Editor

Your Pooch is a Pain

Attention all you newbies to Bend!! Especially the pop tart, 20-something babes who think it's so cute to let their dogs run free on

By Intern
Jul 16, 2008
Letters to the Editor

Concealed Weapons Story is a Joke

Normally I would consider responding to the content of this "newspaper" as beneath me, because it would only serve to lend legitimacy to the unvarnished

By Intern
Jul 16, 2008
Letters to the Editor

Godvertising Part Deux

By Intern
Jul 16, 2008

Culture Features

You Have Died of Dysentry: Five friends from Bend make a Flugtag flyer

Prepare to be Fluged.Imagine careening off a 30-foot deck into the Willamette River wearing nothing but a Speedo, life jacket and helmet in a covered

By Intern
Jul 16, 2008
Picks

Our Picks for the Week of 7/18-7/23

By Mike Bookey
Jul 16, 2008

Chow

In the Raw: Forgetting the oven with Central Oregon's raw foodists

Cooling out with the raw food gang. There is a group of people scattered around the globe that believe raw food is the key to

By Intern
Jul 16, 2008
Chow

In the Raw: Forgetting the oven with Central Oregon's raw foodists

Cooling out with the raw food gang. There is a group of people scattered around the globe that believe raw food is the key to

By Intern
Jul 16, 2008

Film

What Happened, Man? New Murphy movie is a must miss

Eddie Murphy is obviously trying to hurt the world on purpose. Why else would he inflict this "movie" on the masses? (I say "movie" with

By Intern
Jul 16, 2008
Film

Burning Love: Hellboy's campy twisted vision pummels onward

nuthin', waddya you doin'?What is it this year with the superheroes? Bringing to life more comic book superhero blockbuster razzle-dazzle, we now enter the monster-dwelling

By Intern
Jul 16, 2008
Film Events

In the Beginning...There was Genesis

After the video game crash of the early 1980s, Nintendo was able to dominate the video game market with its original Nintendo Entertainment System until

By Shawn Wallbaum
Jul 16, 2008

Sound Stories & Interviews

Local Metal Reborn?

By Intern
Jul 16, 2008
Sound Stories & Interviews

Liner Notes: Sipping from the String Summit Runoff

Head for the Hills does just that.This time of year there is a sudden migration from Bend over to North Plains, just outside of Portland,

By Mike Bookey
Jul 16, 2008
Sound Stories & Interviews

Walkin' Blues: David Jacobs-Strain puts some youthful spin on the blues

The writing is on the wall - DJS can shred.David Jacobs-Strain sings the blues like he's personally experienced them and channels blues greats like Skip

By Intern
Jul 16, 2008
Sound Stories & Interviews

Getting Naked with the Melvins: Talking about the legendary band's 24th album in 24 years.

Dang, the Melvins sure look excited to be here.Dale Crover is one of the fiercest rock and roll drummers of the last 20 years, but

By Mike Bookey
Jul 16, 2008

Natural World

That Ain't No Hummingbird: Life among the sphinx moths

HEy Baby!"No, maam, 'baby hummingbirds' do not have antenna, multicolored wings and three body parts; those are the sphinx moths," I told the woman over

By Jim Anderson
Jul 16, 2008
Outside Features

Beating the Heat: Sea Kayaking, Skiing & More

By Pam Stevenson
Jul 16, 2008