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Aug 13-19, 2009

Vol. 13, No. 33

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Local News

Conservatives Find Something New to Whine About

Right-wing radio host and blogger Bill Post of Salem has uncovered a horrendous political scandal: Jim Bernau, CEO of Willamette Valley Vineyards, appears to be

By The Source Staff
Aug 15, 2009
Local News

Rumor mill turns

I had a chance last night to vet at least a couple of rumors about downtown last night at our Best Of party. I talked

By The Source Staff
Aug 14, 2009
Local News

Salem Revolving Door Spins Again

Quick pseudo update on the story from last Friday about questions around Democratic state representative Larry Galizio's appointment/hire to high level Oregon Universtity system job

By The Source Staff
Aug 17, 2009
Local News

Clem on Galizio

Pretty interesting story this morning in both the Oregonian and the Bulletin about what looks suspiciously like a quid pro quo on the Metolius destination

By The Source Staff
Aug 14, 2009
Local News

The Downtowner Move

Most regular customers of the popular Brooks St. deli have already heard that it's moving lock, soup stock and beer barrel over to its sister

By The Source Staff
Aug 18, 2009
Local News

News in Briefs: Burn bans and bank busts

The Bend City Council hammered through a relatively full docket at its last meeting. Of interest was the narrow passage of a new ordinance that

By The Source Staff
Aug 12, 2009
Local News

Biscuits and Beatdowns: A neurotic's quest for Best of Show at the Deschutes County Fair

By Suzanne Burns
Aug 15, 2009
Local News

Tonight in Free Music

It's Wednesday, or "hump day" as some of you might call it (I don't, I call it Wednesday) which, for whatever reason means there's probably

By The Source Staff
Aug 12, 2009
Local News

Thank You Les Paul

You may have heard the news by now, but Les Paul, the guitar wizard who did wonders for both guitar players and guitars themselves, passed

By The Source Staff
Aug 13, 2009
Local News

Tower Theatre Rolls Out its 2009-2010 Slate

The Tower Theatre's executive director, Ray Solley, just sent over a list of some of the shows that the downtown theater will be hosting in

By The Source Staff
Aug 14, 2009
Local News

Lefty the One-Armed Guitarist

This just landed in our in-box and we had to share...it's video of Lefty the One-Armed Guitarist, a Portland street performer who hasn't quit playing

By The Source Staff
Aug 14, 2009
Local News

Send the Pols a Message: Just Listen

Richard Esterman says he isn't a teabagger, a birther, a deather, a left-winger, a right-winger, a Republican or a Democrat - just a guy who

By The Source Staff
Aug 13, 2009

Editorial

It Rhymes With Mace: Going for Broke, town horror meetings and more!

The author has been sent on the road to discover a lost country formerly known as America. He has most recently been seen in PDX,

By Intern
Aug 12, 2009
Editorial

The Great Destination Resort Land Rush

Deschutes County already has far more destination resorts than any other county in Oregon. And according to calculations by Paul Dewey of Central Oregon LandWatch,

By Intern
Aug 12, 2009
Guest Commentary

Emotional Rescue: Saving the Lost Dogs on the streets of Santiago

For better or worse, "Leap and the net will appear" is an adage I can live by naturally. Most recently, this took me to Chile

By Intern
Aug 12, 2009
Letters to the Editor

Damn Dog Owners

Sure, Bend is dog-friendly and many dog owners tote their furry friends around like kids. Dogs in the grocery store, dogs in the restaurant, dogs

By Source Weekly
Aug 13, 2009
Letters to the Editor

An American Pig

I was disgusted to read the article on the freeing of journalists Laura Lee and Euna Ling. They had risked their lives to research the

By letters
Aug 12, 2009
Letters to the Editor

Enough is Enough

Over my lifetime, I have watched personal liberty and freedom slowly ebb away by what appeared to be reasonable explanations about what was "for the

By letters
Aug 12, 2009
Letters to the Editor

The Perils of the Private Sector

There's a tendency among the Right to bash government programs. We often hear accusations such as: "Medicare is a failure"

By letters
Aug 12, 2009

Culture Features

Went Phishin': My surprisingly normal weekend with America's most dedicated music fans

After some 36 hours encamped on a stretch of dusty Central Washington farmland dotted by Honey Buckets, make-shift Bloody Mary bars, rented RVs and taking

By Mike Bookey
Aug 12, 2009
Picks

Our Picks for the Week 8/14-8/20

Helado Negro's debut album (or Roberto Carlos Lange latest project), Awe Owe, is a mix of traditionally structured songs sung and strummed by Lange,

By Mike Bookey
Aug 12, 2009
Book Talk

wRite: Capture This Moment

The color of it moved something in him long forgotten. Make a list. Recite a litany. Remember... - Cormac McCarthy, The Road

By Intern
Aug 12, 2009
Book Talk

Treacherous Love

By Intern
Aug 12, 2009

Chow

Peace, Love and Five Kinds of Gravy: Let the healing begin in CHOW's magic garden

Last Sunday morning found me a little worse for the weekend wear. But as disjointed text messages lamenting the night before and proposing breakfast started

By The Source Staff
Aug 12, 2009
Chow

Peace, Love and Five Kinds of Gravy: Let the healing begin in CHOW's magic garden

Last Sunday morning found me a little worse for the weekend wear. But as disjointed text messages lamenting the night before and proposing breakfast started

By The Source Staff
Aug 12, 2009
Beer & Drink

Welcome to the Jungle

Most children by the age of ten can recite a chilling version of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" or another outlandish ghost tale. At summer

By Intern
Aug 12, 2009

Film

Toy Soldiers: Trying to see the good in the dismal G.I. Joe

A wise woman once told me that the older she got the more she tried to see the good in things rather than the easier

By Intern
Aug 12, 2009
Film

Set To Blow: The Hurt Locker goes for intense psychological study

The frequently used term "nail-biting" has never been more appropriate than to describe The Hurt Locker. Focused on a bomb squad assigned to dismantle IEDs

By Intern
Aug 12, 2009
Film Events

An Epic in Your Palm: Monster Hunger proves hard to put down

Monsters have overrun the Snowy Mountains. Herbivorous Popo lumber across windswept ridges, defended by dense coats and scimitars of antlers. Deep in icy caverns, Giaprey

By Intern
Aug 12, 2009

Sound Stories & Interviews

Joan Baez, 40 Years Later

When Joan Baez plays here in Bend on Sunday night, it will be exactly 40 years and one day after the legendary folk singer closed

By The Source Staff
Aug 12, 2009
Sound Stories & Interviews

CD Review - Black Ice Cream Anyone?

Helado Negro's debut album (or Roberto Carlos Lange latest project), Awe Owe, is a mix of traditionally structured songs sung and strummed by Lange,

By Intern
Aug 12, 2009
Sound Stories & Interviews

Just Warming Up: From the remains of Kronkmen and Vihara emerges Warm Gadget

The names of the two men at the helm of this band should be familiar to local music buffs - but the same can't be

By The Source Staff
Aug 12, 2009

Natural World

Nina de la Tierra: Child of the Earth: The mystery of the Jerusalem Cricket

I've been getting phone calls and e-mails recently reminding me this is the time of the year when unsuspecting humans meet up with our colorful

By The Source Staff
Aug 12, 2009
Outside Features

Who Me? Couldn't Be

Guess what? You might be on steroids. Last week, it became known that David Ortiz tested positive for one of those pesky performance-enhancing drugs back

By The Source Staff
Aug 12, 2009
Outside Features

Mirror, Mirror: Reflections from Mirror Pond and Mirror Lake

On a Monday evening two weeks ago, I put in behind the Park & Rec building to paddle upriver and meet a few friends

By Pam Stevenson
Aug 12, 2009