Changes are Underway at Midtown – Just Check Out the New Annex
Normal 0 0 1 165 945 The Source Weekly 7 1 1160 11.1282 0 0 0 As many in the local music community may have heard, Creig and Rhoda Jones, along with their business partners, have returned to oversee the Midtown Music Hall, the complex they’ve maintained ownership of while a group of locals managed…
Video: We Are Brontosaurus at the Silver Moon
Normal 0 0 1 109 623 The Source Weekly 5 1 765 11.1282 0 0 0 I was wandering downtown on Saturday night and heard an indistinguishably rocking sound flowing out of the open door of the Silver Moon Brewing Co.
Video: Ween Plays “Roses are Free” at the LSA Friday Night
I’ll have a full review of the Ween show in the Sound Check section of the paper this week, but here is a video of the quirky band playing “Roses are Free” on Friday night to a large and clearly dedicated throng of fans. [video:http://www.
BBC to Tell the World About Bend's Bust
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My Ween Interview
Normal 0 0 1 802 4576 The Source Weekly 38 9 5619 11.1282 0 0 0 Ween: Tonight at the Les Schwab Amphitheater, 6:30pm show.
North Mississippi All Stars Side Project Headed to Bend
I just got word from the people over at Random Presents that Hill Country Revue, a Mississippi-style blues act comprised of some familiar faces is booked for the Domino Room for September 17.The band is a spin-off of North Mississippi All-Stars, including two thirds of that duo in Cody Dickinson and Chris Chew.
Merkley Tries to Cool It at Town Halls
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Matt Lewis Band Video from Sunday at the LSA
Hello, friends. I just got back into town from a pleasant vacation and am digging through e-mails, returning phone calls and other “welcome back to reality” tasks and just noticed a link from filmmaker and friend Tim Cash who shot and edited this footage from Sunday’s Matt Lewis Band show at the Les Schwab Amphitheater.
Veg Out: Do You Kanpai?
Editor's note: This is the first in a regular series about vegetarian dining options in Central Oregon from new Source correspondent Nikki Jefford. Look for more features in upcoming issues, including a look at Typhoon's veggie menu. I suppose vegan sushi is an oxymoron, kinda like when I spread humus and salsa between two tortillas,…
Things a National Political Party Have Given Us or Tried to Make Sure We Didn’t Have
Since the election of President Barack Obama, there has been a steady stream of bull. No, let's call it what it is coming out of the leadership of one of our national political parties, lies. Now these liars have turned their interest to stopping health care reform. However, in reviewing the history of this party,…
A Handy Trick for Shaking the Swine Flu
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A Different Kind of Art Festival: Art in the High Desert puts the artists in charge of the show
There is an obvious difference between the Ringling Brothers and Cirque Du Soleil, not that both don't have their place, audience, and fascinations. Bend's festival season seems to cover a similar spectrum, and while the community may have gotten used to the consistent presence of artisan carnies in town, the Art in the High Desert…
Buzzing in the Love Seat: Got a bee in your bonnet, or some other idiom?
I'm sure you've heard the old idioms for years, “Ants in your pants,” “Bats in your belfry,” or “Bee in your bonnet,” and such; well, how about this when my phone rang…? “Jim, this is Karen Kassy.” “Oh, howdy Dear Heart,” I answered, “what's going on?” “I have something strange going on in my love…
Usain Bolt
What Usain Bolt did at the IAAF World Athletics Championships in Berlin earlier this month, breaking the 100 and 200 meter world records while capturing the bi-annual event's sprint races, is, well, insane, simply off the charts, the sports story of the year. Bolt won the two races in record times of 9.58s for the…
Train of Thought: Tourists, a chip seal rant and bucket lists
You know how, when you go for a bike ride, your mind goes on a ride of its own as well? Two weeks ago, I joined some friends for a 40-mile ride from Sisters up and over McKenzie Pass and back. I thought I'd share my train of thought: Cool. I'm finally riding McKenzie Pass…
In Der Fuehrer's Face: Tarantino goes great guns in Basterds
After all the rampant previews clogging up my TV, Quentin Tarantino's newest epic Inglourious Basterds arrived with a $37.6 million box office debut. This movie is way better than I expected. Even with all its messed up parts and incongruous plot-holes there is some redeeming beauty. Basterds is a cinephile's dream with obvious references to…
It's Hip To Be Square: Humpday takes bro-mance to another level
When will cinema stop being obsessed by sex? Sex scenes these days are so predictably present, and so predictable, they may as well start slotting in audience toilet breaks – just to keep it real. Do filmmakers still collectively think we have no clue what happens when naked people rub up against each other? On-screen…
Bested Again
The beloved “Best Of” issue – everyone in the restaurant industry awaits it with an appetite. The rumors fly, the questions gnaw; who is going to get what this year? And then for one week, a year's worth of dedication and voters' fickleness is presented in grandeur, and it's the talk of the town for…
The Pride of Prineville: Barney Prines embodies the new face of the city
Most every locality – be it country, state or city – has a bitch. It's that neighboring area that serves as home to the rednecks and tramps of barroom jokes, the town that makes another town's citizens feel better about themselves. Every France has a Belgium to degrade. Where would New York be without New…
The Pride of Prineville: Barney Prines embodies the new face of the city
Most every locality – be it country, state or city – has a bitch. It's that neighboring area that serves as home to the rednecks and tramps of barroom jokes, the town that makes another town's citizens feel better about themselves. Every France has a Belgium to degrade. Where would New York be without New…
They’ve Got Sauce: G. Love Drops into Bend
Thinking back to my days as a Source intern, several years ago now, one of my duties was to do the Cold Call section of the paper. I went out and asked people on the street the question of the week. Once, I asked which “Where are they now?” classic rock band would you like…
Welcome Back, Dean and Gene: Ween is still weird as hell after all these years
When Aaron Freeman, better known as Gene Ween, is reached by phone on a recent afternoon, he's in his native Pennsylvania and driving to rehearse with his band, Ween, and says he can't talk. Less than an hour later, Mickey Melchiondo, aka Dean Ween, answers his cell phone while at the aforementioned rehearsal. He can…
Our Picks for the Week 8/28-9/3
Ween friday 28 This deliriously odd alternative rock duo that pushes beyond parody. See this week's profile. $33. 6:30pm. Les Schwab Amphitheater, 344 SW Shevlin-Hixon Dr. Jeremy Michael Cashman friday 28 Tuscon, Arizona-based trio Jeremy Michael Cashman has been around since 2005, but doesn't play live very often. Because of that they've got to make…
Crossing Over: Bend's own Dirty Snowflake Apparel makes clothes for anywhere
Editor’s Note: For more Fall Style, check out this week’s special issue. If you're like me, you don't enjoy changing your clothes more than once a day. You want to wake up, shower off if you find it necessary, dress in the outfit you've committed to for that particular day and then bike your way…
Turn On, Tune In and Try Not to Drop Out: The slow-developing shake up in the local TV market
It's a little after 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 25, and KOHD-TV General Manager Jerry Upham just learned of the news story that would dominate all U.S. media for the next week-or-so – the kind of story the 23-year TV news veteran wishes his station could break to Central Oregon viewers. “Michael Jackson just died,”…
Cow-free at last: A landmark agreement preserves an Oregon gem
Deep in the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument of southern Oregon lies my favorite wildflower meadow. This summer I need to step carefully, to avoid the lush clumps of Jacob's Ladder blossoms and the delicate columbines, their blooms nodding in the breeze. I breathe in the scents of the wild: the spice of the conifers, the earthy…
Ponderosa's Sudden Eco-Resort Conversion
When you give a three-year-old a present and he angrily stamps his feet and says he doesn't want it, then changes his mind five minutes later and demands the gift, it's predictable. But you expect somewhat different behavior from a group of grown-up businessmen. To fill in the back story: During last winter and spring's…
Mystery Death Solved: MJ's autopsy report, the recession report, and a call for help
MJ Murdered! Unidentified sources with the LAPD confirmed what we all knew in our hearts, The King of Pop's death was no accident. LA's coroner has reportedly determined that Jackson's death was more than just another junkie accidentally overdosing. And make no mistake, whatever MJ once was, he was by the end of his life…
Like Total Totalitarianism
I would like to respectfully respond to Kenneth Judkins' “respectful” presentation of his complaints against the Source's H. Bruce Miller.
Their Worst Shot
There's lots of talk about the opposition to Obama's health care plans, calling it communist, assailing it as an elimination of human freedom. But honestly, where's the problem? Insurance companies have ethics panels that determine if end-of-life procedures are worth the cost.
It’s Time for Some Leadership
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Block and Tackle: Latest Madden is a welcome change of pace
Q: So, Madden, I've got to say that I feel like I've really gotten to know you. You've been around for most of my gaming life. You're a 21-year-old franchise now. Does that mean you're graduating from keggers to legal liquor? Or is Madden 10 just a $60 beer-run to update the team rosters? A:…
