Tour De France – Rest Day Recap
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE After today’s rest day, the Tour enters the final week and the four difficult stages that will take the riders to Paris. The Stages Wednesday’s stage looks to be the most decisive.
Carrie Nation & the Speakeasy
Carrie Nation and the Speakeasy’s music moves you. Their up-tempo blend of punk, bluegrass, dixieland and circus tunes gets your feet tappin’ and your hands slappin’ or your money back.
From the Vault: Another must-see “written by” Oliver Stone flick
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Midnight Express Directed by Alan Parker Starring Brad Davis, John Hurt, Randy Quaid, Paolo Bonacelli, Paul L. Smith Penned by Stone, this exhilarating flick begins in nail biting suspense and follows through with one more depressing note after another.
The Trilogy Ends: Manchester Orchestra front man finishes his solo opus.
Chances are you probably haven’t been keeping track of Manchester Orchestra lead singer Andy Hull’s solo project Right Away, Great Captain!. Even if you have, the span of five years between the release of the project’s first album The Bitter End and the third and final record The Church Of The Good Thief, might have…
From The Vault: Man’s Best Friend
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 I have roughly a gazillion movies counting both VHS and DVD so I figured it was time to share the wealth. I will be plucking a flick from my vast collection per week (or more) and give you the ol’ thumbs up/thumbs down routine.
Snortin’ Whiskey and Drinkin’ Cocaine
Got this feelin’ Canadian rocker Pat Travers will be downtown snortin’ whiskey and drinkin’ cocaine tonight. Canadian rocker Travers rose to fame in the early ’80s as part of the emerging big hair, hard rock music scene.
Forest Service okays Bridge Creek water project
The Forest Service has given the city of Bend the green light to build a 10-mile pipe from Bridge Creek to the city’s water holding facility west of town, called Outback. The pipe is just one part of the city’s controversial surface water improvement project, or the SWIP.
What’s Happening Tonight
The Fermentation Celebration kicks off Oregon Craft Brewers Month with a beer walk in the Old Mill District. Sample local brews at various shops and restaurants in the Old Mill District and listen to the Boxcar Stringband at Center Plaza from 5pm ‘til the kegs run dry.
A Place To Bury Strangers on Spotify
Did you read my review of A Place To Bury Stranger’s brand new album Worship? If you did and you think it sounds like the kind of music you’re into, but want to take it for a spin first.
Bike Big: Hit the road this summer for some big-time mountain biking
Oakridge, Oregon: If you haven’t heard, you need to. You could do it in a weekend, but you might need a week to really get a feel for riding Oakridge. Oakridge calls itself a mountain biking Mecca and the title suits it. But somehow this Cascade biking gem is still unknown, or least unfamiliar to…
The Rest Of My Interview With Emmylou Harris
Open up the most recent issue of the Source and you’ll find the piece I wrote on country legend Emmylou Harris. Unfortunately space constraints meant that I couldn’t fit all of our 25 minute conversation into the print article.
Marion Cunningham, American Culinary Legend, Passes Away at 90
We lost another legend on Wednesday. Marion Cunningham passed away in Walnut Creek, CA at the age of 90.
Tour De France – Stage 11
Finally an exciting stage! Attacks! Cracks! GC Shakeup! For the second day in a row a EuropCar rider wins the stage, today it being Pierre Rolland.
Rolland won the stage up Alpe d’Huez last year to capture the hearts of French cycling fans eager for a new hero.
Munch and Music Tonight! VIP Passes Up For Grabs
We’ve got two Munch and Music VIP passes that include free food and non-alcoholic beverages as well as reserved seating (no fighting for your square foot of picnic blanket space) Passes are good for the entire run which begins tonight when buzz-heavy reggae/dancehall artist Winstrong (collaborations to date include Wu-Tang, Snoop Dogg, and Sizzla) takes…
Awbrey Butte Shooter’s Dad is President of Boy Scouts
The father of a man who fatally shot another man on Awbrey Butte in June is the current national president of the Boy Scouts of America. Wayne Perry, is father of Kevin Marshall Perry, 35, who fatally shot Shane Michael Munoz on June 25, 2012 in what police have said appeared to be a home…
No Longer a Shining City Upon a Hill
Ronald Reagan said, “America was a shining city up on a hill.” Back then, maybe. But no one can honestly say that now. We are on a slippery downhill slope. Perhaps sometime in the future America can recapture that moment. Only the wisdom of real leadership can make that a reality. And it doesn’t look…
The Founding Mothers
If it had been the Founding Mothers, John Adams would write to Abigail Adams at the drafting of the Declaration of Independence to, “Please remember the gentlemen.” But fair being fair, they wouldn’t. Instead, we MEN would NOT gain the vote until 1920, earn 76 cents for every dollar earned by women and be legally…
Scientology Column Was a Bad Joke
It’s the Ann Romano article. Is that a joke? Is there any documentation of Scientology? Would she/you do the same thing to Baptists/Catholics/ etc.? I am overwhelmed with the content; there is nothing about The Week in Review. It’s not a week in review. It’s without resource-fullness, which makes it just trash. Is there a…
A Plague on Both Your Helicopters
A core doctrine of classical economics is that competition is a good thing. According to orthodox theory, it produces better products and services, greater efficiency and lower prices. But things don’t always work out that way, at least in the health care field. Case in point: the crazy air ambulance situation Central Oregonians are stuck…
The Deadly Addiction to Cheap Meat: Antibiotics and feed lots are putting consumers in harm’s way
America’s cheap meat habit is costing more than we bargained for. The factory farming of cows, pigs, poultry and fish sucks up 29 million pounds—80 percent—of antibiotics sold in the United States. Many illness-causing bacteria are now resistant to most or all of the antibiotics that once killed them. While the overuse of antibiotics on…
Our Picks For 07/11-07/18
Crooked River Roundup Horse Racing wednesday 11 – saturday 14 Gather up your derby hats and your mint juleps, pack the buckaroos into the wagon and head out to Prineville for the region’s only on-track betting event with a chance to win big while playing the ponies right in our backyard. This isn’t the Kentucky…
A Fortuitous Sound: Emmylou Harris credits just about everyone but herself for her 40-year music career
In 1955, a 14-year-old boy named Emmitt Till posthumously ended up at the center of this country’s civil rights movement. Though the story of the teen’s murder has long since passed into the pages of America’s history, country singer Emmylou Harris gives him new voice on her latest album, Hard Bargain. “I was driving with…
Worship; A Place To Bury Strangers: Label: Dead Oceans
Take a stroll through a metal foundry while listening for patterns in the sounds made by the machinery and you might hear a bit of the industrial tenor that makes up the noise-rock backdrop for Brooklyn band, A Place To Bury Strangers’ third album Worship. It may seem unlikely that a sound so seemingly unrefined…
Dancing In the Streets: Summerfest will hit downtown Bend pavement with a stout music lineup
The Bend SummerFest has earned a reputation for cramming a staggering amount of music into the two-and-a-half-day festival, and this year is no exception. With a total of five stages, the festival provides everything from hip-hop to jazz to bluegrass, and it’s all free. The only drawback is, you probably won’t find time to hear…
Stop, Look and Listen: Two must-read music blogs
Start with a passion for music, add friends who are constantly asking for album and concert recommendations, then throw in a tiny bit of Internet savvy, and you’ll eventually end up with the modern version of a professional music writer—the part-time blogger. Of course blogging doesn’t always have to involve writing. Sometimes creating a blog…
Delicious Synchronicity: Expertly prepared local food, wine and beer to make for unforgettable evening
There are still a handful of tickets left for the July 21 not-to-be-missed culinary event of the summer: A five-course wine and beer-paired dinner with live music and special guest speakers—all in the evening sunshine at Field’s Farm on the eastside. This first-of-its kind Farm to Fork dinner in Central Oregon will feature a cornucopia…
Little Bites: The Sunriver Haps: New brewery and farmers market give locals more choices
A new farmers market has popped up in Sunriver. Organizers expect to hold it every Friday through the summer in the parking lot near the old Trouthouse, where Hola! is now located. Every Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. market goers will find vendors like Kombucha Mama, Mothers and Good Earth Farms selling fresh,…
Apricots Prove Healthy and Yummy Can Co-exist: The season is short, so eat lots of them now
Apricots. They are so heavenly that just the mention of them sends a shiver up my spine. They remind me of when I used to sit in the apricot trees at my mom’s house, and just eat and eat until my stomach ached, smiling all the while. Offering a flavor that is a little bit…
Paddle Trail Epic: Wickiup to Drake Pond Over A Long Weekend
Since coming into being, many sections of the Deschutes Paddle Trail have been run countless times. But has anyone or any group paddling the 61 plus miles from Wickiup Reservoir to Mirror Pond over three days? To do so solo, a boater would have to have multi-craft skills, i.e. be equally as proficient in a…
Race Big: Why race in one sport when you can race in three?
“The best part about triathlon newbies is they still know how to have fun while competing,” says Joanne Stevens who runs a triathlon training program in town. Only a childlike sense of excitement could propel the average athlete/couch potato past the finish line of a race that includes swimming, biking and running. Armed with a…
Riding High: Glass off with tandem paragliding
There are plenty of extreme sports for adrenaline junkies in Central Oregon. But those who really want to fly should consider taking a ride with U Fly Tandem, a local paragliding business in Bend. Lisa Darsonval started U Fly in 2010 as a way to supplement her income. “I love paragliding and wanted to share…
Free to Ski: It’s not over until it’s over—and it ain’t over
The toughest part about summer skiing is finding your gloves. OK, maybe that’s not the toughest part, but it was probably the most difficult part of my recent skiing excursion. Well, that and wiping the smile off my face when I sauntered into the office at 9:30 a.m. with three summit runs under my belt…
Seattle Indie Take Over: Lemolo and Bryan John Appleby Tonight!
Lemolo is back! These powerful Seattle rock goddesses will be in town tonight and tonight only! If you missed this cloying duo when they opened for Hey Marseilles at McMenamins back in May, it’s your lucky day. Here’s your second chance to catch their unique brand of simplistic, dreamy synthpop.
Uke It Up: Funny instrument is a seriously good time
“There’s no pride in being a ukulele musician—you have to leave your ego at the door,” said Bob Rasmussen, founder of the Bend Ukulele Group. And every Tuesday at the Broken Top Bottle Shop, a room full of passionate uke-heads do just that, cradling their tiny four strings to their chests, watching each other for…
Naturally Stoned Killers: Oliver Stone dishes up an undercooked smorgasbord of ultra violence
Just because Oliver Stone makes movies look cool doesn’t mean he always makes cool movies. Savages falls somewhere in between cool and ludicrous. O.K., let’s just say it has its moments. Weaving between overtly dark secrecy and over-the-top camp, Savages delivers a cartoonish version of deadly violent subject matter. When Stone isn’t making some valiant…
I’ve Got a New Drug
You want ME to calm down?!? Well, I want YOU to calm down!! Look. I know I’ve been a little stressed out lately—but you’d be too, if you were starting your own at-home pharmaceutical business. (Did you seriously think that writing this stupid TV column pays my bills? HA!! Amateur pharmaceuticology pays my bills!) Anyway,…
The Name of the Game: Lucrative franchise branding can’t salvage Game of Thrones lack of innovation
First in a series of novels, Game of Thrones has been through the proverbial entertainment media ringer. It’s been a comic book, a board game, a card game, an HBO series and, finally, a video game. The books were a hit, the HBO series is doing well, but the game… well, it could draw comparisons…
Max King Attemps Three Big Ass Peaks in 24hrs — Today!
Local running legend and all around nice guy, Max King, posted this on facebook about 12hrs ago: Ok, here’s the plan: Rainier (14,409), Adams (12,280), and Hood (11,250) in 24hrs. Possible or nuts or both? Brett Yost and I will find out tomorrow.
The Paleo Diet: Local crusher Ryan Palo recently became the first Central Oregonian to climb 5.14c at Smith
On May 19, Bend rock climber Ryan Palo had a breakthrough. After competing in the bike leg of the Pole Peddle Paddle, Palo trekked over Misery Ridge to the backside of Smith Rock State Park to once again attempt a long, incredibly hard line on the Monkey Face—one which had haunted him for over a…
Time for a Cat Management Plan: Plague case underscores the need to cull outdoor cat population
The case of what doctors are calling bubonic plague that hit the headlines recently in Bend opens some nasty doors. From the time it was first identified as the scourge it is, in 1347, it has killed millions of people throughout the world. In the beginning everyone said it was spread by people coughing on…
White River Falls Drowning Victims Recovered
State police have identified a pair of victims who drowned Monday afternoon in White River Falls at Tygh Valley. Police said 15-year-old Caleb Justice and Jonathan Brett McLean, 26, died after they fell in while attempting to scale behind the falls for a photo opportunity.
