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Rose Windows Sounds Like…
“I’m on a bus, actually,” is Pat Schowe’s response to our initial pleasantries during our phone interview. Part-time, Schowe is the drummer for Rose Windows, the new-wave, psychedelic seven-piece rock band out of Seattle. The rest of the time, he works at a holistic pet food store. “Weird, I know,” says Schowe as he bumps…
Patrimony and Reno’s Failure Machine TONIGHT!
Tonight, Failure Machine, a soulful, punk duo are bringing their original songs and roughed-up covers all the way from Reno, Nev. to take the stage at Volcanic Theatre Pub alongside local act Patrimony. The Source caught up with lead singer and guitarist of Patrimony, Trevor Martell about the the band’s history and influences prior to…
Radiohead: The App
A smartphone app from Radiohead? Yep, it exists.
FAA bans beer-delivery drones
After our recent coverage of drones, a recent article caught our eye: the FAA has banned a Wisconsin brewery from using quadcopters to deliver beer to bored-and-thirsty anglers out in ice fishing shacks. Too bad…who wouldn’t like a nice frosty one delivered to a nearby peak while skiing or directly to your tube during a…
One Model Oregon Exclusive Photos and Q&As
One Model Oregon, a local competition that helps aspiring models ages 14-28 to navigate the tough world of professional modeling, has opened its second round of voting! The contestants participate in photo shoots with local photographers to help build their portfolios and jumpstart their modeling careers. Kind of like Bend’s own version of “America’s Next…
Shook Twins Will Play at Spring Festival
A music video from the Shook Twins
Ringo Starr to Play LSA July 17
Last night’s Grammy salute honoring the 50 year anniversary of Beatles debut on the Ed Sullivan show was a reminder of the staying power of the worlds greatest pop band (don’t even try to argue with me, One Direction fans). Watch highlights here. “The Beatles: The Night That Changed America — A Grammy Salute,” was…
What in the World? Today’s News
Good morning, World! Here’s what’s happening in Friday’s news… THE OLYMPICS ARE HAPPENING! Despite serious concerns about security, homophobia and preparedness of Sochi Russia, and photographic evidence that its a total crap-shoot over there right now, and the trending hashtag #SochiProblems…the Opening Ceremony for the 2014 Olympic Games will take place tonight, aired at 8…
Good Luck Getting DMB Tickets
It’s been 43 minutes since Dave Matthews Band tickets went on sale for his Les Schwab Amphitheater performance in Bend on August 26. As far as we can tell…online tickets are already sold out. Here’s the message coming up on bendconcerts.com when we try to buy tickets… Via bendconcerts.com Better hightail it to the Old…
Genders and The Cabin Project CANCELLED!
Change of plans for Genders tomorrow night in Bend.
So Long, See You Tomorrow
Like a magic trick transforming a bouquet of flowers into a bird, the mutation of British foursome Bombay Bicycle Club from an indie rock band into an outright synth pop group might seem just as abrupt. Listen to any track from 2011’s A Different Kind of Fix and then hop over to a song from…
Braaarapp!!!
Much like the perception of a motorcycle gang, for snowmobilers, there is the view from the outside looking in—usually snowshoers and Nordic skiers considering the noisy machines and their riders with some sort of combination of fear, awe and derision. And then there is the vantage point from within the group—most often a kinder, gentler,…
One Day at a Time
MONDAY 27 Righteous internet outrage ensued today after rap duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis—both white people—took home last night’s Grammy award for ìBest Rap Album of the Year.î To his credit, Mack quickly texted fellow nominee Kendrick Lamar to tell him, ìYou got robbed. I wanted you to win. You should have. It’s weird and…
Letters 1/29-2/6
In reply to “Is ‘Drone’ a dirty word?” (News Features, 1/28) Astonishing mis-information leads this Feature article. The Lockheed U-2 was and still is, very much a piloted aircraft. It’s first flights began in the mid-1950s and, though it is scheduled to be retired sometime this year, the U-2 remains in service nearly sixty years…
No Mickey Mouse Films Here
Last year, Disney won the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film with “Paperboy,” a short, visually pleasing and, not surprisingly, predictable, easy-to-like, love story. It beat out other clever entries from much smaller crews, like “Fresh Guacamole,” a quick-witted visual treat from a one-man animating team. It hardly seems fair. Again, this year, Disney has…
Bratwurst Party
“See, I’m not just a pretty face!” George Clooney says in The Monuments Men. And then, because he’s George Clooney, he smiles charmingly, and because he’s George Clooney, you think, “That’s right! You aren’t just a pretty face!” Because you’re George Clooney! Still, it’s sometimes easy to forget that Clooney—in addition to being a pretty…
Out of Town
portland thursday 6 37th Annual Portland International Film Festival Opening Night For nearly twenty years, director Hayao Miyazaki has Spirited Away audiences to a Castle in the Sky with the help of Princess Mononoke, and the adorable Ponyo. His latest trippy, manga creation, The Wind Rises, opens Portland’s 37th Annual International Film Festival, along with…
Rush-MORE, not less
Max Fisher: I like your nurse’s uniform. Dr. Peter Flynn: These are O.R. scrubs. Max Fisher: Oh, are they? And so begins the Source’s latest film series, “The Grand Anderson,” a celebration of the great quotes, storylines and characters penned and brought to life by writer and director Wes Anderson. Rushmore—a classic tale of one…
Pour Me Another!
“This is a bad place for a diet,” the top of the menu at the Pour House Grill announces. It is a fair warning, with the rest of the menu listing choices of ribs, chicken wings, piled-high burgers and other offerings of meat slathered in various rich barbecue sauces. There is a brief section for…
Rising to the Top
Like Minneapolis, Austin and Brooklyn, Portland ranks among our nation’s top zones for producing quality bands. (See the recent success of Blind Pilot and Typhoon for starters.) And just like artists in those cities, an inexplicable number have the talent to make it big; and yet, only some ever will. The rest are resigned to…
Brewing with Homies
Boneyard is one of those breweries that, despite its exceptional beer, flies under the radar. Perhaps it’s because Boneyard doesn’t bottle its beer and doesn’t have the same marquee appearances in grocery store coolers or on bottle shop shelves. Or perhaps it is because the Boneyard brewers/owners refuse to toot their own horns, instead allowing…
Feeling Lucky
If musical talent can be inherited, Zachary Lucky is the Canadian equivalent of Hank Williams Jr. He’s a Bobby Bare Jr., a Jeff Buckley, a Jacob Dylan, but in his case, the musical bug skipped a generation. Grandson of Canadian country music legend Smiling Johnny Lucky, who the younger Lucky claims was the first musician…
Meet the Artist
All you have to do to become Etsy royalty is draw a T-rex wearing a cowboy hat. Ryan and Lucy Berkley, the husband and wife team who created this week’s cover image, found that out when they started their online shop on the DIY arts and craft site over six years ago. The Portland couple…
Take Another (Dopamine) Hit
“I love the fact that (Toronto mayor) Rob Ford admitted to smoking crack, and (French president) Francois Hollande admitted to an affair—and both their approval ratings go up,” says Will Durst, a 61-year-old political satirist with a guttural delivery, before delivering his punch line and advice to the president. “Obama needs a wild weekend.” Durst…
Our Picks for 2/6-2/12
friday 7 Mt. Bachelor Apres Ski Bash FIRST FRIDAY—The Mt. Bachelor Apres Ski Bash series continues with two on-the-verge-of-the-big-time Portland bands: The ghostly harmonizations and ethereal, yet rocking beats of the trio Cabin Project, and the peppy goth pop of The Genders. (For a full review of The Genders, see page 18). 6 – 9…
At Capacity
Starting with the Roots Festival in late September, it has not been uncommon to find Pakit Liquidators—the junkyard off 9th Street in Bend—packed with not only broken toilets, empty metal drums, cabinet doors and loose screws, but also a slew of skinny-jean-wearing, beard-clad-sardines. Which is to say: Pakit has become a hipster clown car, transformed…
Skiing Loves Me; Skiing Loves Me Not
They were only four years apart as the icons of two Winter Olympics, but the speedskater Eric Heiden and downhill racer Bill Johnson could not be any more different. In 1980, Heiden, covered toe to head in a gold skintight suit, dominated the speed skating track at Lake Placid. He had declared he would win…
Medaling in Gift Giving
Being a gold medal gift giver may not require Olympic caliber training, but it does require thought, dedication and a bit of coin. If you haven’t been planning a Valentines Day celebration since summer, complete with flower petal-covered bed and a live Val-o-Gram rendition of “All you Need is Love,” the Source is here to…
Glass Slipper, Half-Full
At a packed neighborhood meeting last week, Oregon State University-Cascades representatives attempted to explain how the upcoming campus expansion could benefit the broader Bend community; particularly, transportation. Upgrades, like boosting busing services and greatly expanding bike lane infrastructure, were just a couple of the perks mentioned as Bend plans to greet a four-year university on…
One Model Oregon Kicks Off Voting
One Model Oregon, a local competition that helps aspiring models ages 14-28 to navigate the tough world of professional modeling, is kicking off its yearly head-to-head competition this week. The contestants participate in photo shoots with local photographers to help build their portfolios and jumpstart their modeling careers. Kind of like Bend’s own version of…
INTERVIEW: Pauly Shore
The Source Weekly talks with comedian Pauly Shore.
