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Dec 4-10, 2008

Vol. 12, No. 49

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Local News

It's a Hip-Hop Christmas

Braille, who is featured in this week's issue of the Source, sent over a mix compiled by friend and Lightheaded co-member Ohmega Watts. If you're

By The Source Staff
Dec 9, 2008
Local News

WEEKEND WARRIOR 12/5-12/6

By The Source Staff
Dec 5, 2008
Local News

Hillstomp Video

As promised, here's some video of Hillstomp at the Domino Room on Saturday night. Sorry for the shaky camera work, but all of the dancing

By The Source Staff
Dec 3, 2008
Local News

Back To the Drawing Board: Homes for acres deal at Skyline hits the wall

By Eric Flowers
Dec 3, 2008
Local News

Surviving the Blogoshpere

All For This?If you were to enter the word "Suterra" into your Google search bar, you'd get a long list of results, the third of

By Mike Bookey
Dec 3, 2008
Local News

Getting It Right -- Far Right -- in the GOP

Oregon is moving to the left. The Democrats hold both houses of the Legislature, a Republican presidential candidate hasn't carried the state since 1984, the

By The Source Staff
Dec 9, 2008
Local News

The Bulletin's Stupid Pet Trick

Tired of all that depressing local business news? You won't have to read it in The Bulletin anymore, at least on Mondays.

By The Source Staff
Dec 9, 2008
Local News

Bend Homes STILL "Extremely Overvalued"

Although the real estate boom is now only a nostalgic memory, Bend remains one of the most overvalued housing markets in the country.

By The Source Staff
Dec 5, 2008
Local News

A Third Term for Kitzhaber?

It's looking increasingly unlikely that John Kitzhaber will get a job in Barack Obama's Cabinet, but now speculation is growing that he might take another

By The Source Staff
Dec 4, 2008
Local News

The Natural Foods Game Gets Ugly

One doesn't normally associate the natural foods industry with the kind of brutal business tactics one expects in, say, the software industry or the financial

By The Source Staff
Dec 4, 2008

Editorial

White House Washing: X-mas decorations, recession bulletins, and more

Have a white washed ChristmasMuch to the chagrin of Blue America, the whole impeach Bush thing never got beyond a bumper sticker slogan. But there

By Eric Flowers
Dec 3, 2008
Editorial

A Noxious Shade of Green Energy

Everybody - well, almost - loves green energy. It holds the promise of cutting our reliance on imported oil, making our environment cleaner and reducing

By Eric Flowers
Dec 3, 2008
Letters to the Editor

Don't Settle for Retreads

This week's Letter of the Week comes from regular writer Matt Orr who urges fellow citizens to hold Obama accountable even as he stacks his

By Eric Flowers
Dec 3, 2008
Letters to the Editor

Don't Pre-Judge Incoming Councilors

As a regular reader of The Weekly Source, (sic) I was disappointed with the editor's suggestion (November 20, 2008) that Central Oregon Builder's Association (COBA)

By Eric Flowers
Dec 3, 2008
Letters to the Editor

Keep Up the Good Work, Jim

By Eric Flowers
Dec 3, 2008
Letters to the Editor

Congratulations, Jodie - and let's set the record straight.

As I have already told Jodie Barram, I am happy for her and I think she will do a good job in filling Bill Friedman's

By Eric Flowers
Dec 3, 2008

Culture Features

Theater-apalooza - Holiday Edition: Bend community theater, from Dickens to "Gunsmoke"

By Mike Bookey
Dec 5, 2008
Culture Features

In Defense of the Poetry Slam: Understanding Bend's fascination with iambic pentameter

By Suzanne Burns
Dec 3, 2008
Picks

Our Picks for the Week of 12/3-12/11

By The Source Staff
Dec 3, 2008

Chow

The Real McCoy: Going large at the Cowboy Dinner Tree

Nuthin' fancy at the Cowboy Dinner TreeSilver Lake, Oregon is a place where the word cowboy means a job, not a style of dress. And

By Mike Bookey
Dec 3, 2008
Chow

Quick Bites: Seasonal Sweet Tooth

Winter weather is finally here. And the shortest day of the year is fast approaching. Usually I console myself with some afternoon cross-country ski jaunts,

By Mike Bookey
Dec 3, 2008
Chow

Quick Bites: Seasonal Sweet Tooth

Winter weather is finally here. And the shortest day of the year is fast approaching. Usually I console myself with some afternoon cross-country ski jaunts,

By Mike Bookey
Dec 3, 2008
Chow

The Real McCoy: Going large at the Cowboy Dinner Tree

Nuthin' fancy at the Cowboy Dinner TreeSilver Lake, Oregon is a place where the word cowboy means a job, not a style of dress. And

By Mike Bookey
Dec 3, 2008

Film

Change Your Fuel, Change Your World: Fuel brings biodiesel to the forefront

Smoke on the water. Winner of the Sundance Audience Choice Award and now being considered for an Academy Award nomination, Fuel is an amazing resource

By Rachel Purcell
Dec 3, 2008
Film

Off The Deep End: Surrealistic masterpiece creates the ultimate existential dilemma

Been waitin' for the bus all day. Knowing writer Charlie Kaufman's (Being John Malkovich/Adaptation) warped sense of humor, I figured the misspelling of Schenectady, New

By Mike Bookey
Dec 3, 2008

Sound Stories & Interviews

Yeah, We Called it

Empty Space Orchestra: Pre-snow shovel jam.Not trying to brag or boast (or eat French toast), but Sound Check's prediction for what was to go down

By The Source Staff
Dec 3, 2008
Sound Stories & Interviews

Hip-Hop Do Gooder: Portland rapper Braille on faith, violence, and James Brown

Braille: read him with your ears.Braille, the Portland-based rapper, is playing in Bend on Saturday night and the show is only his third appearance in

By The Source Staff
Dec 9, 2008
Sound Stories & Interviews

Taking the Music to the People: When Brad Tisdel isn't helping others enjoy music, he's playing

By The Source Staff
Dec 3, 2008
Sound Stories & Interviews

Liner Notes: Feeling Grouchy?

By The Source Staff
Dec 3, 2008
Sound Stories & Interviews

Leif James 2.0: He's back with a new band, a no-booze policy and a disdain for fake cowboys

By The Source Staff
Dec 3, 2008

Natural World

The Late, Great Ed Park: Owl pranks with an old friend

By Jim Anderson
Dec 3, 2008
Outside Features

Thanks (for nothing) giving

By The Source Staff
Dec 3, 2008
Outside Features

Singin' the "No Snow Blues?": Finding a silver lining in the snow drought

By Pam Stevenson
Dec 3, 2008