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Is “Drone” a Dirty Word?
In 1959, a year before Bono was born, U-2 was the name for a classified, unmanned plane that flew past the Iron Curtain and across the restricted airspace in the Soviet Union. Concerned about sending pilots into hostile air space, the US Air Force launched a program—code name “Red Wagon”—to send “unmanned aerial vehicle”—or, what…
Live Review: The Autumn Defense and Melville
A review of last week’s road trip concert.
The National and tUnE-yArDs Announced May 23 at LSA
The two-weekend Sasquatch Music Festival lineup was announced this morning…along with the Les Schwab Amphitheater announcing one of (what hopefully will be many) overlap shows… The National and tUnE-yArDs will play LSA on May 23! via bendconcerts.com If you’re not familiar with The National, the indie rock band from Cincinnati, Ohio has opened for speeches…
Adorable Puppy in Super Bowl Ad from Bend
If you’re looking for a recap of yesterday’s Seahawk dominated Super Bowl XLVIII, you can listen to one here.NOW, for something entirely more interesting, a review of the Super Bowl commercials!In a blurry of celebrity-studded advertising (among our favorites were James Franco hanging out with tigers and Steven Colbert’s pistachio head), the most successful ad…
Weekend Roundup!
Expand your Central Oregon music search radius with a trip out to Sisters for one of two great shows at The Belfry this weekend. Weather MachineFolksy Americana with a side of blues. 1/31, 7pm. The Belfry, 302 Main St. $10-12. Tickets at www.bendticket.com Morning Rituals featuring the Shook TwinsHarmonic stylings and beats. 2/1, 7pm. The…
Friday Mixtape!
A mixtape filled with side projects.
A free wedding cake. Seriously!
Yes, you and yours CAN have your cake for free – and eat it! Sweet and Swanky Cakes has generously put up the offer to make a cake for someone’s upcoming wedding: Find out the rules for entry. And good luck!
See Bend in a New Way: XProHeli Videos
The written word can only do so much to describe the work being done by Bend-based XProHeli. Company founder Hans Skjersaa sent along some of his favorite videos captured on their quadcopters. See more on their YouTube channel. Mt.Bachelor: Smith Rock Highline: Outside Games hosted here in Bend: Ragtime Highlining featuring the YogaSlackers Off-Road Racing
A Tale Re-Toad
George Harrison waited 15 years before following up his 1987 album Cloud Nine with Brainwashed in 2002. Grace Jones went 19 years between releasing 1989’s Bulletproof Heart and 2008’s Hurricane. And perhaps most famously, The Eagles took nearly three decades off between studio albums, finally issuing 2007’s Long Road Out of Eden, 28 years after…
Death Songs
At the Pickathon Music Festival last August, The Devil Makes Three—a three-piece jug band-ragtime-hybrid band—had a crowd of sunburned festivalgoers dancing with boots a-fire on top of tree stumps and bails of hay in the deep woods of the forested Pendarvis farm southeast of Portland. Granted, part of the charm of the performance was from…
Oregon Anthems
From the majestic coastline of Cannon Beach to the refreshing spray of Silver Falls and even the far-reaching 360-degree views from Pilot Butte, Portland-based pop folk band The Weather Machine visited all 185 Oregon State parks in making the music video for its ode to the Beaver State ,”Back O’er Oregon.” For Oregon native Slater…
It’s Elementary
Since bursting forth on the page in 1887, magnifying glass in hand, Sherlock Holmes has been depicted on screen more than 250 times, gaining him the Guinness Book of World Records title of “most portrayed literary human character in film & TV.” Benedict Cumberbatch is the latest to try on the famous detective’s deerstalker hat…
Short, But Powerful
Short stories are a different creature, with quicker, more nimble storylines than their feature length counterparts, and often populated with instantly dynamic characters. Without time to meander, the narratives and characters often spring right into action, hurtling directly toward the conclusion. They are exciting, punchy creations. The short film category—including live action, animation, and documentary—also…
One Day at a Time
MONDAY 20 It’s Martin Luther King’s birthday today—and how did Justin Bieber spend it? By dropping $75,000 (in ones!) all over the strippers at Miami’s King of Diamonds strip club. (Apparently, Bieber had a dream.) MEANWHILE…It’s Martin Luther King’s birthday today—and how did Madonna spend it? By apologizing for calling her son the “n-word” on…
Letters 1/22—1/30
Re.: “the Lust Issue Survey” (1/24) Why? Why must you publish this Lust List issue again? Many times have I heard attractive, smart-as-hell women say “I hope they don’t vote for me! It’s offensive and ridiculous. I’d be so embarrassed!” I know 4 women and 3 men who mentioned they hated making the list! I’m…
Free (Market) The Booze!
Our Glass Slipper this week goes to Rob Patridge who heads a five-person policy panel for the Oregon Liquor Control Commission and who is co-introducing (with the OLCC’s Executive director) a bill for the February session of the Oregon legislature to, hold on to your bowler hat, loosen the OLCC’s grip on liquor sales—potentially the…
Our Picks 1/29—2/6
thursday 30 International Guitar Night MUSIC —The last night of Bend’s Guitar Blast, the strumming and plucking skills of three different continents combine forces. Pino Forastriere of Italy is famous for his steel string guitar prowess. Quique Sinesi of Argentina brings Latin melodies and rhythms to his 6-string. Mike Dawes from England improvises on the…
Aged Beauty
The latest creation from 10 Barrel Brewing Co., a beer called 16 barrels, is not actually a new beer. In fact, it is over one year old. Intended to be a one-off, a version of this beer was made last year for a St. Valentine’s Day dinner. But the maestros at 10 Barrel loved it…
Don’t Just Stand There, Bus a Move!
In recent months, Bend city councilor and Mayor pro tem Jodie Barram has repeatedly faced the same questions. No, not Mirror Pond. And no, not the city’s surface water improvement project. Nope, not the sewer system overhaul. Give up? The queries Barram has fielded have less to do with her capacity as a city councilor…
Out of Town
seattle sunday 2 The Super Bowl The Seahawks take on the Broncos in Super Bowl XLVIII (that’s 48 for those not up to snuff on their Roman numerals). Who will win? Who will lose? Who will go nuts on camera and give the world its next viral video? How will cornerback Richard Sherman offend half…
Fat Bikes vs. Nordic Skis
Last January, David Marchi loaded up his aluminum Fatback-brand fat bike and headed to Virginia Meissner Sno-Park with his three-year-old son. It was a sunny, but cold day and the snow was bulletproof. With a ski trailer attached to his snow-ready mountain bike, Marchi was hoping for some wintry father-son bonding time. Marchi, the mustachioed…
1001 Reasons to Dance
Don’t even try to pronounce it. “Scheherazade,” has almost as many consonants as core dancers (24 to be exact—performers that is). And the ballet retelling of the prologue of 1001 Arabian Nights is equally elaborate with a score by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, a haram of some fourteen rhinestone-adorned dancers, a golden slave and a murderous vengeful…
East Meets West
When at home in Japan, at the training center in the Kuj Highlands called Grandioso, Drum Tao members’ daily workouts start at 5 am and last until 10 pm. Yes, 17 hours —enough to make even an Olympic athlete blanch. But that is the type of stamina and commitment demanded for the intense, martial arts-influenced…
