Last Band Standing Announces Schedule
This morning, Central Oregon’s Last Band Standing, the local battle of the bands that kicks off next weekend, announced the lineups for each of the seven preliminary rounds. Here’s a shot of all the bands from last night’s kickoff party.
Mt. Bachelor Breaks Annual Snowfall Record
The massive winter blizzard quaint spring storm that ripped across the Cascades yesterday and last night dumped nearly a foot of snow on Mt. Bachelor, tipping the annual snowfall amount past the previous record.
I May Have Seen a Baby Sasquatch
I’ve been debating whether or not to release the following video — wondering if it would forever alter the course of zoology as we know it — ever since I captured the images last weekend while enjoying the Record Store Day celebration behind Ranch Records. But then I realized that this is almost certainly NOT…
We're #1: “Outdoor Life” names Bend the top town for sportsmen
Outdoor Life magazine’s naming of Bend as the number one town for “sportsmen” in the U.S.
Video from Thursday Night’s G. Love Show
Dear guy in front of me at last night’s G. Love and Special Sauce/Belle Brigade show, I’ve posted some videos on this site for you to check out because, as far as I can tell, you didn’t see much, if any, of the show at a sold-out Domino Room last night because you were texting…
The Big 92/9 Show Features…Everclear
Last night, we tried to stir up your curiosity with this poll that allowed you to choose which band you thought would be coming for 92/9’s highly touted concert announcement. A few of those bands (OK, most of them) were longshot unrealistic wishes, but there were a few actual possibilities in there, like Cake…
DMB Caravan At The Gorge Labor Day Weekend
It’s been a bit of a waiting game.
92/9 FM’s Big Concert Announcement: Who could it be?
They’ve been pumping it up for a while now, but 92/9FM is planning to announce a “big” concert on the air tomorrow morning. I’ve been trying to figure out who this could be and even pestered the station’s own Mike Thomas about it, but he was admirably tight-lipped about it.
G. Love, The Belle Brigade Tonight in Bend
In this week’s paper, there’s a great feature on G. Love, who is playing tonight at the Domino Room beginning at 9pm and the last time I checked, there were still tickets available.
Win Tickets to See John Grant at Three Creeks Brewing Co. on Saturday
This week in our continuing Three Creeks Brewing Co. giveaways we’ve got tickets for the John Grant show up for grabs.
Win Tickets to the Banff Mountain Film Festival
Do you like outdoor action sports? Do you like movies? Do you like combining the things you like into things you REALLY like? Well, you should probably go to Saturday night’s Banff Mountain Film World Tour screening at the Tower Theatre. And I can help make that happen with the pairs of tickets I’m giving…
Streets Bond Deserves a “No” vote
Over the past several years our city has made its share of mistakes, and failed to properly prioritize spending programs. This has proven very costly to essential services. For example, now, after talking for several years of the underfunding for police and fire, they are asking the public to go in debt for $30 million…
Celebrate 4/20 By Watching Out for Grow Operations, Authorities Say
While some of Central Oregon’s population is for some reason celebrating today (with it being April 20 and all), our area’s drug enforcement officials are taking a different tact for this year’s de facto pot holiday. The Central Oregon Drug Enforcement released a statement late yesterday — 4/20 Eve, as it’s known to some –…
Eat The Poor: Nine Things The Rich Don't Want You to Know About Our Tax Systems
For three decades we have conducted a massive economic experiment, testing a theory known as supply-side economics. The theory goes like this: Lower tax rates will encourage more investment, which in turn will mean more jobs and greater prosperity – so much so that tax revenues will go up, despite lower rates. The late Milton…
Trail Riding Opportunities Aplenty: A glance at Central Oregon's current singletrack conditions
With the rains at the end of this past week and sprinkles over the weekend, nearly all of the local mountain bike trail networks are in prime shape for spring riding. Adding to the great (read: just tacky enough) trail conditions is the fact that wildflowers are beginning to appear along some routes. So without…
You Need 61 Days? When the NBA playoffs finally end, I'll already be really old
Last weekend, I settled in for two mostly uninterrupted days of NBA playoff basketball. Then, on Monday morning, I took a photo of myself. Why? Because I plan on getting deep into this spring's edition of the NBA playoffs – regardless of how the Blazers fare – for the first time in half a decade…
What if Scream 4 were an episode of Cougar Town?: Taking a stab at turning one Courtney Cox project into another
Coincidentally, days after Scream 4 opened in theaters, ABC's Cougar Town returned from its winter hiatus. I have been eagerly anticipating the return of both series, of which Courtney Cox is the star. Oh come on, don't hate – Cougar Town is hilarious. But wouldn't it have been much, much cooler if Cox could have…
Win Some Lose Some: Win Win is proof why Paul Giamatti is not a super star… yet
Paul Giamatti will never be a sex symbol or even a super star… but he should be both. Giamatti can run the gamut of emotions and is equally stellar in serious roles and comedic performances. He steals every scene he's in, taking on weirder, less mainstream roles with charisma to spare. But face it, Giamatti,…
Hillbilly Heaven
My friends, prepare for a shock: This week I have been discriminated against – not once, but TWICE. Now, I'm no stranger to discrimination: as you can imagine, it's not exactly easy for a white man with an absolutely luscious honey-baked ham to avoid acts of discriminatory jealousy. Nevertheless! It's the way I'm being currently…
Charles Finn On: Taking a Nap
Editor's note: This is the first column from local writer and High Desert Journal editor Charles Finn. His work has appeared in Missoula Magazine and Writers on the Range and in other publications. Finn's column, a mix of muse, observations and commentary will appear twice monthly.
At exactly 3:15 on a Wednesday afternoon, I…
Celebrate 10 Years of 2nd Street and Get Distracted at CTC
“We're Still Here” The 2nd Street Theater is letting the creative community in Central Oregon know that it's still very much around with its 10th anniversary party on Friday and Saturday nights, April 29 and 30, aptly dubbed “We're Still Here.” The theater has gone through some changes over the past couple of years, including…
Think Small and Go Big: Small plates translate into big flavor at Maragas Taverna
It's not every day that a person can enjoy the company of friends, wine and food in a great setting while supporting the local community and farmers. But at The Taverna at Maragas, the newly revisisioned tasting room on Colorado, you can have your wine and drink it, too. The Culver-based Maragas Winery is about…
Think Small and Go Big: Small plates translate into big flavor at Maragas Taverna
It's not every day that a person can enjoy the company of friends, wine and food in a great setting while supporting the local community and farmers. But at The Taverna at Maragas, the newly revisisioned tasting room on Colorado, you can have your wine and drink it, too. The Culver-based Maragas Winery is about…
Little Bites: Back from the Dead – A time for restaurant resurrections
The Source staff christened Chan's grand reopening on Third Street this week with a quadruple helping of Chan's heaping lunch specials, including the $2.25 pepper chicken lunch plate teaser that the restaurant put out to promote its culinary resurrection. A favorite among Bend locals, Chan's had been closed for the better part of a year…
Summer Beer Season
I'm the kind of beer drinker who looks forward with more anticipation to fall and winter beer season than I do summer ales. I like big, opaque, high-alcohol beers that go great with holiday sweaters and large plates of hors d'oeuvres.
Back to His Roots: G. Love teams up with the Avett Brothers, trades poppy blues for Americana flavors
Paul Simon, Velvet Underground and Blind Willie McTell covers on the same album… you don't hear that every day. But then again, maybe you're just not listening to enough G. Love, a guy who has managed to mash Bob Dylan, Delta blues and hip-hop throughout most of his career. He is nothing if not eclectic…
The Lonely Wild – Dead End
Sometimes your favorite bands break up too early. And sometimes the members of those bands go on to other projects, other bands and make other albums. And you're likely disappointed. Then there's Andrew Carroll, whose delectably poppy indie-rock band, You Me & Iowa, parted ways two years ago, despite a pair of solid, sonically advanced…
Out of Town 4/20 – 4/28: Augustana, Eddie Spaghetti, Pantyraid, & The Gourds
portland friday 22 Augustana 101.9 FM's Earth Celebration includes alternative rockers Augustana, as well as Cody Beebe & The Crooks and Scars on 45. Augustana calls San Diego home and have toured with contemporaries The Fray, Snow Patrol, O.A.R., Switchfoot, Maroon 5 and others. The band plays rootsy, sweet indie-rock songs, which back in the…
Our Picks for 4/20 – 4/28: G. Love & Special Sauce, ’80s Prom at McMenamins, Banff Mountain Film Festival, Earth Day Fair and Parade and more
G. Love & Special Sauce, Belle Brigade thursday 21 Fresh off the release of his awesome new Avett-Brothers-produced record, Fixin' To Die, G. Love and his band make a return appearance in Bend to share his newer, rootsier sounds. Check out the Sound section for a profile of the blues rocker. And get there early…
Walden Shrugs
Last week saw the premiere of a movie based on Atlas Shrugged, the hernia-inducing monster of a novel by Ayn Rand. The unanimous consensus of critics was that it bombed. Also last week, House Republicans – including the 2nd District's Greg Walden – premiered a turkey of their own: a plan aimed at trimming the…
This Poop Assembled in USA from Imported Components
Monday, April 11 Of love and war: In an interview with The Daily Beast, Oksana Balinskaya, described as Muammar Qaddafi's former “buxom Ukrainian nurse,” says there was no sex involved in her job: “None of us nurses was ever his lover; the only time we ever touched him was to take his blood pressure.” Uh,…
The High Cost of Being Cheap
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Awww… Shucks, It Was Nothing
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The Perfect 4/20 Gift
In case you didn’t know, today is April 20. And if you don’t know why that’s a special day for a faction of folks out there, well, we’ll let you in on the secret — it’s a celebration of pot and its smokers.
The Traveling Camera: Horse Butte
Horse Butte southeast of town may not look like much when you pass it, but it’s actually a great place for photos. Its crater is filled with old dead and gnarled trees that contrast nicely with the red cinder.
Smile: It's OK not to be serious on a bike
In the words of the late actor Charlie Chaplin: “You’ll find you’re life is more worthwhile if you just smile.” And perhaps the hardest thing to find on the faces of many mountain bikers these days are smiles. That’s because, apparently, mountain biking has become very serious. Yes, I know, Bend is the home to…
