Context? Who Cares About Context?
The Gordon Smith campaign is out with another TV spot ripping Jeff Merkley as a tax-and-spend liberal. In this one, we actually see Merkley saying: "I advocate for tax hikes every night in living rooms across Oregon."
Walking the Walk
How easy or hard is it to get around your neighborhood without a car? The Eye spotted a handy little tool on the Web that tells you.
4 Peaks Cuts Ticket Prices! New 2009 Location!
Next weekend just got a bit more affordable for music fans as the folks at the helm of next weekend’s 4 Peaks Music Festival announced today that they’ll be cutting the ticket prices for the second annual gathering in Tumalo. Organizers also announced that the festival will move from it’s Rockin’ A Ranch location in…
Poll Shock: Merkley Leads Smith
In a development that has to make Republicans everywhere a little jittery, Rasmussen Reports has just released a poll showing that Jeff Merkley has narrowly pulled ahead of incumbent Republican Sen. Gordon Smith.
All That’s Missing Is Snow White
Hallelujah — Bend has made another of those "Top 10" lists. This time it's NorthWest Crossing being hailed as one of the "Top 10 Cottage Neighborhoods" in America by Cottage Living magazine.
You Have Died of Dysentry: Five friends from Bend make a Flugtag flyer
Prepare to be Fluged.Imagine careening off a 30-foot deck into the Willamette River wearing nothing but a Speedo, life jacket and helmet in a covered wagon made out of aluminum, two-by-fours and children's bicycle tires while hopped-up on Red Bull (and probably trace quantities of alcohol). If you're Christopher Rosch, Kyle Dover, Robby Marshall, Kevin…
That Ain’t No Hummingbird: Life among the sphinx moths
HEy Baby!"No, maam, 'baby hummingbirds' do not have antenna, multicolored wings and three body parts; those are the sphinx moths," I told the woman over the phone. Sure, sphinx moths hover like hummingbirds, poke their long "tongue" into flowers and slurp up nectar like hummingbirds, but they are insects, not birds. Every summer about…
Beating the Heat: Sea Kayaking, Skiing & More
Paddling at Hosmer LakeSEA KAYAKING THE HIGH DESERT Who woulda thunk that Central Oregon could be a Mecca for sea kayakers? On a recent morning bike ride up to Mt. Bachelor, I was passed by approximately 30 rooftop kayaks enroute to various Cascade Lakes. Just a couple of weeks ago, some avid kayakers I…
In the Beginning…There was Genesis
After the video game crash of the early 1980s, Nintendo was able to dominate the video game market with its original Nintendo Entertainment System until the Sega Genesis was released in 1989. The Genesis was part of a wave of the first 16-bit game systems released that also included the TurboGrafix 16, Neo Geo, and…
What Happened, Man? New Murphy movie is a must miss
Eddie Murphy is obviously trying to hurt the world on purpose. Why else would he inflict this "movie" on the masses? (I say "movie" with quotation marks because stringing together one poop joke after another is not what I'd call a movie. I'd call that sixth grade.) Remember Raw-era Eddie Murphy? The Eddie Murphy…
Burning Love: Hellboy’s campy twisted vision pummels onward
nuthin’, waddya you doin’?What is it this year with the superheroes? Bringing to life more comic book superhero blockbuster razzle-dazzle, we now enter the monster-dwelling realm of Hellboy II: The Golden Army. The original showed Hellboy (Ron Perlman) as the demon-turned-super-hero battling present-day Nazis and inter-dimensional monsters, and the sequel continues pulling out all the…
In the Raw: Forgetting the oven with Central Oregon’s raw foodists
Cooling out with the raw food gang. There is a group of people scattered around the globe that believe raw food is the key to their health. Over the last five years, celebrities like Woody Harrelson and Donna Karan have helped the "Raw Food" movement (as it is now being called) giving rise to a…
In the Raw: Forgetting the oven with Central Oregon’s raw foodists
Cooling out with the raw food gang. There is a group of people scattered around the globe that believe raw food is the key to their health. Over the last five years, celebrities like Woody Harrelson and Donna Karan have helped the “Raw Food” movement (as it is now being called) giving rise to a…
Local Metal Reborn?
Vengeance Creek Vengeance Creek ★★★✩✩ Upon first listen to Vengeance Creek's new self-titled album, an instant image of tribal tattoos or truly rockin' '80s hair may come to mind. It's common for a metal band in a smallish town to hop on stage and rattle off four to five songs in the vein of…
Liner Notes: Sipping from the String Summit Runoff
Head for the Hills does just that.This time of year there is a sudden migration from Bend over to North Plains, just outside of Portland, for the Northwest String Summit.
Walkin’ Blues: David Jacobs-Strain puts some youthful spin on the blues
The writing is on the wall – DJS can shred.David Jacobs-Strain sings the blues like he's personally experienced them and channels blues greats like Skip James, Charlie Patton and Tommy Johnson. His fingers slide effortlessly over the fret board of his guitar while he picks at the strings with rapid-fire efficiency. But Jacobs-Strain is only…
Getting Naked with the Melvins: Talking about the legendary band’s 24th album in 24 years.
Dang, the Melvins sure look excited to be here.Dale Crover is one of the fiercest rock and roll drummers of the last 20 years, but you'd never guess it by his supremely subdued demeanor as he chats from his home in Los Angeles. The thundering Melvins' beat keeper talks humbly about the band's new record,…
Our Picks for the Week of 7/18-7/23
Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra friday 18 Ottmar Liebert is one hell of a flamenco guitarist, but you've never heard him correctly until you've taken a listen to Up Close, his binaural recording that when listened to with headphones sounds like you've got strings vibrating around your brain. Pretty intense. Check him out at the…
On Shaky Ground: Future of Bend bus system unclear even as transit takes off
One of the beauties of public transportation? You don’t actually have to be awake during your commute. There's a revolution going on in the streets of America. And it ain't the one dreamed up by the marketing folks at Chevrolet. Quite the opposite, record high gas prices are pushing people out of their cars and…
The Drillheads
When you and I look at today's gas prices, we see empty checking accounts and impending financial ruin. When Big Oil looks at them, it sees a golden opportunity. Oil companies have been trying for decades, without success, to get Congress to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska for exploration and…
To Hell in a Hand Basket: Of bailouts, turds, oil and Slurpees
American Socialism Hear that? Unearthed dust and crackling bones as the Founding Fathers are rolling in their graves. Capitalism has failed; welcome to American Socialism - Where the Federal government can step in close and/or negotiate a buyout of a publicly-held institution (Bear Stearns) and/or invest in others more amiable: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.…
No Building Fee Breaks
Letter of the Week This week's feature letter is short and sweet. Thanks for the editorial haiku, Mickey.
Don’t Drag Me Into I.D.
For several years now, I have kept my mouth shut as someone with the same name as myself has periodically written letters to both The Source and The Bulletin about Intellegent Design. As a person who works in the medical field and considers himself a man of science, the whole theory of Intelligent Design frustrates…
Your Pooch is a Pain
Attention all you newbies to Bend!! Especially the pop tart, 20-something babes who think it's so cute to let their dogs run free on the First Street Rapids River Trail while hanging onto UNATTACHED leashes. Hint: the leash attaches to your dog's collar.
Concealed Weapons Story is a Joke
Normally I would consider responding to the content of this "newspaper" as beneath me, because it would only serve to lend legitimacy to the unvarnished bias, circular logic, shrillness, ideological hegemony and pure hatred spewed weekly by this rag. However, I had to make an exception for your 'Armed in Oregon' diatribe, which was only…
Godvertising Part Deux
I wrote the original LOTW regarding the godvertising banners, and am thrilled that it has opened a dialogue. LC, you raise an interesting point: you drive to our neighborhood from Alfalfa.
Smith’s Fuzzy Numbers
You've probably seen the TV ad accusing Jeff Merkley, Gordon Smith's Democratic rival for the US Senate, of voting for $2 billion worth of new taxes as a member of the Oregon House. Smith has been repeating the same charge as he stumps around the state.
