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Five Summer Concerts Not To Miss
Get out your iCal
DAVID BYRNE & ST. VINCENT—In the adorable St. Vincent (formerly from Polyphonic Spree), David Byrne has found his greatest musical partner. With his original band, The Talking Heads, Byrne was the undeniable frontman, hogging the musical setups with his youthful oddities. But in this duo, the two truly balance each other with quirky and fun […]
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Up and Coming Summer Concerts
These are gonna be big
WTF FESTIVAL—Electronic music is exploding in the U.S. Need proof? It can be found at the newly minted What The Festival. Now in its second year, WTF is sporting new, expanded digs at Wolf Run Ranch, located in the wilderness a couple of hours outside Portland. It’s basically a three-day camping electronic-palooza. The festival features […]
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Family-Friendly Fun
Bring ’em all
The first rule of bringing Junior and Baby to the summer concert is to recognize the concert is no longer about you. Forget what flight attendants tell you about taking care of yourself before taking care of those around you. Oh, sweet pea, no, no, NO! The first rule of order is to take care […]
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In the Bag
Tips for summer concerts on the road
Take it from a seasoned concertgoer, there are some staples that you must not forget when preparing to hit the road. Ticket. Yeah, duh! But it is the easiest thing to do, and the most obvious to avoid. When you’re busy grabbing last-minute items for the car (Cellphone? Check! Potato chips? Check!) your ticket might […]
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Summer Concert Guide
Here’s the best of the best
In his wonderful book "Blink," Malcolm Gladwell discussed the concept of “thin slicing”—that is, the ability to partition just the smallest bit from a larger whole to tell the complete story. Said differently, any one part of your summer can indicate the entire attitude for the next three months—whether it will be a wild Class […]
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Summertime and the Living Smells Like Patchouli
More than 20 years ago, I swore off hippie concerts. At the time, I was a budding intern at San Francisco Weekly and went off on my first investigative reporting story. My editor wanted copy about nitrous oxide—or, “hippie crack,” as he called it. Allegedly, hippie concerts were awash in a new fad—brain-freezed buzzes from […]
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Put On the Big Girl Pants
How to run a business, and a household,
on your own
“My father taught me: Take care of the people who take care of you,” explained Summer Ramsey. That scratch-my-back-I’ll-scratch-yours motto is both her business ethic and her commitment to her friends and family. A 35-year-old with reddish-brown hair, silver nose ring and a big, bright smile, Ramsey is a mother of two and owns her […]
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Top Five Most Underrated Moms
Marie Curie, sure. But what about Tina Turner?
History is rarely made by well-behaved single moms. Someone really should make a bumper sticker of that. The Source gives five top choices for our favorite, historical single moms: Sacagawea (1788—1812): While Lewis & Clark & Company complained the whole way westward (Oh, Meriwether, my feet hurt. Oh, William, how much further? Jeez, Meriwether, you […]
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Word to your Mother
The Source goes truly interactive with media salons
Gone are the days when reading the newspaper is a one-way conversation. Oh sure, we have our wonderful blog at the Source, you comment on our FB page and we request tweets from you now and again. But we want to do more! To take us into the 21st century we’re going old school, as […]
