Pick: Charlie Parr
tuesday 22 Charlie Parr FOLK—With his long scraggly hair, father-time beard, thrift-store workingman’s flannel and jeans, and emphatic, throaty voice, Parr looks and sounds like the real deal. The Minnesota old-timer, with his three instruments—a banjo and two Nationals—draws his inspiration from growing up in cold Minnesota without a TV but instead with an arsenal…
PICK: Eff Cancer Benefit for Sarah McMurray
Eff Cancer Benefit BENEFIT—Cancer is the worst. Not only is it a creeping menace that always seems to strike the nicest people, but the medicines used to stop it in its tracks are brutal and costly. Ugh. On the bright side, it often brings out a spirit of generosity and goodwill in the community. Give…
PICK: Ballroom Thieves
FOLK—This New England band combines uptempo rock songs with slower, harder hitting introspective tunes. Reminiscent of something similar to the Avett Brothers, the trio packs emotionality that many other folk bands today lack. In the Thieves’ recent EPs they have perfectly merged swampy low-end-driven drinking ballads with a host of songs with frenetic energy and…
PICK: Bend Experimental Art Theatre Presents Lord of the Flies
Aw, sucks to your ass-mar, this is the greatest story about adolescence, in all of its conflict, wildness, cruelty, bullying and noble attempts to tame the savage. With a massive and energetic cast of 6 to 19-year-olds, Bend Experimental Art Theatre successfully and beautifully corrals Lord of the Flies onto the stage. 7 pm Thursday-Saturday,…
PICK: Back Alley Barbers
Back Alley Barbers ROCKABILLY—With a Sweeney Todd-inspired aesthetic and a lead singer—“Queen Pirate”—who looks like a punk rock Elvira, Portland’s Back Alley Barbers rock a surprisingly successful mash-up of punk, soul and rockabilly. Queen Pirate’s powerful pipes rival Gwen Stefani’s—in fact, the band sounds like No Doubt if the album Tragic Kingdom had actually been,…
PICK: Amos Lee
friday 18 Amos Lee SOFT ROCK—With a soulful voice, sweet and soft like comforting pillow of cotton candy, Amos Lee’s jazzy soft rock is a perfect complement to lazing near the river on the groomed grass of the Les Schwab Amphitheater. The Philadelphia singer-songwriter has performed with the likes of Norah Jones, Bob Dylan, Elvis…
PICK: The Dumb Waiter
friday 18 The Dumb Waiter THEATRE—Two hit men waiting for kill orders in a windowless basement find themselves at the mercy of an abandoned dumb waiter in Harold Pinter’s Tarantino-predeceasing dark comedy. A visceral script performed by local actors Derek Sitter and Nathan Woodworth makes for captivating live theater. 7:30 pm. Volcanic Theatre Pub, 70…
PICK: Balloons Over Bend
Balloons Over Bend BALLOONS—The annual children’s festival starts bright and early with a morning hot air balloon launch, but the highlight of the day is the Night Glow—when balloons backlit by the roaring fire inside, like giant fireflies, float up into the starry sky just after dusk. Watch from below or, if you’re feeling bold,…
PICK: Ringo Starr
Fifty years after the Beatles re-invented what it means to be a rock-and-roll band, Ringo Starr has emerged as the least likely of the Fab Four to be the most relevant and enduring musician of the group; yet there he is, still more a band member than a front man, but pounding away with 15…
Tuesday Tracks: The War on Drugs
Ok…so maybe I’m late to catch on to this one, but I’m calling this Tuesday Tracks my ode to Philadelphia. The War On Drugs has been scuffling around the Philly music scene since 2005 and released their most recent album, Lost In The Dream back in March of 2014. Regardless of timing, the album is good. Really good. The…
New Skin Wars Trailer with Natalie Fletcher
Now that we’ve got a Central Oregonian on a big-time reality program, we at the Source have become obsessed with finding local body painter Natalie Fletcher on the internet in trailers for Skin Wars, the GSN show that premiers August 6. Here’s a new one… Look for Natalie painting a model into a shelf of liquor at 10 seconds. …
PICK: Haunted Windchimes
tuesday 15 Haunted Windchimes MUSIC—Humble and endearing, Haunted Windchimes offers the kind of old-fashioned comfort of Americana, folk and blues that warms the heart. As familiar as a porch swing, the band’s sound is, as its name suggests, hauntingly nostalgic of a time gone by. Despite a laidback demeanor, the band still brings an energy…
What in the World: Flowers in Beards, Journos in Detention, and Fires in Central Oregon
FASHION: It’s been said that beards have reached their peak and are on their way out of style, but can fusing facial hair with flower chains postpone their demise? You be the judge. Also, please send us photos of your Bend floral beard crowns. (Mic) IMMIGRATION: Activist and journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, who came out three years ago about his…
The Week-nighter 7/14-7/17
Working overtime is lame. Especially when there are such great concerts happening almost ever night of the week #inBend! Here are a few of our suggestions for this week in afterwork entertainment. Tuesday: The Haunted Windchimes Humble and endearing, Haunted Windchimes offers the kind of old-fashioned comfort of Americana, folk and blues that warms the heart.…
What in the World: Nadine Gordimer, Pot-Farming Arsonists, Mayoral Recall, Treehuggers, and Malala
R.I.P.: Nadine Gordimer, the Nobel Prize-winning novelist who wrote about South Africa’s apartheid, has died. Her books, banned during the apartheid era, explored the complicated world she lived in without being politically heavy-handed. (NY Times) ARSON: Human-caused fires are notoriously difficult to solve. But authorities believe they have the culprit behind a northern California fire They’ve arrested a…
Friday Mixtape! Fresh Tunes for the Weekend
Some great newly released tunes.
PICK: Diego’s Umbrella
friday11 Diego’s Umbrella MUSIC—These west coast vagrants produce an unrestrained mix of danceable, pop-rock-punk rhythms. Like something one would find in an old abandoned tavern, the band brings a spontaneous sense of mystery, erotica and uninhibited passionate to its audiences. As eccentric and echanting as the love child of Gogol Bordelli and Queen, Diego’s Umbrella…
What in the World: Juggalos, Hobby Lobby, Anthrax, the Polar Vortex, and the Singularity
JUGGA-NO: The Insane Clown Posse—a hip-hop group known for its evil clown face make-up and dedicated fan base called “Juggalos”—has lost a lawsuit against the Federal Bureau of Investigation, challenging its classification of the Juggalos as a “loosely organized hybrid gang.” The group was supported in the lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union, which claims the classification…
Are You Kidding Me? SUPERCUT! NSFW.
Are you kidding me with this supercut of actors saying “Are you kidding me?” Has a few F-bombs, not safe for work. Does anyone really talk like this? See below if you just don’t get it, do you?
What in the World: Domestic Homicide, Missing Teen Found, Hackers and Spies
TRAGEDY: A man has been taken into custody following a three hour standoff with police Wednesday in Texas. He’s being held on charges he shot and killed four children and two adults at least some of whom are believed to be family members of his estranged wife, who he allegedly entered the Houston-area home looking for. The…
Newspaper on the Radio 7/10/14
Editor Phil Busse talks about the 7/10/14 issue of the Source Weekly, featuring a feature story on Warm Springs Reservation and a review of Sharknado! Tune in to hear Mr. Busse chat about our newspaper every week on 92.9 FM at 9:15 am! Related Stories
Live Every Week Like It’s Shark Week
Have you ever wished for a fictional natural disaster so deadly, so dangerous, so filled with sharp, toothy goodness that it strikes fear in the hearts of Galeophobes? Look no farther than Sharknado, a Syfy made-for-TV movie about a man, his estranged family, and a whole ocean full of bloodthirsty airborne sharks. While in the…
The Source Suggests 7/10-7/17
The Abigails A mixture of Let it Bleed Rolling Stones, with the shatteringly low Tom Waits vocals and a tip of the hat to Johnny Cash’s lyrical drawl, LA’s The Abigails play a yearning, wondering style of blues. It’s a soundtrack for a long, sloppy slow dance hours after closing in a dusty roughneck saloon…
Film Events 7/10-7/17
Grateful Dead: Meet Up at the Movies Hey man, you should really come down to this far out event that’s one night only at that big movie theater, man. It’s a love-filled meet-up at the theater for Jerry’s Kids where we will then screen the Dead’s show that they played at the Beat Club in…
Out of Town 7/10-7/17
portland friday 11 Xavier Rudd In a typical show, this blonde, bearded, barefooted Australian is surrounded by multiple didgeridoos, a guitar, a stompbox, drums, a banjo, harmonicas, bells, and a bass guitar. Most popular for his live performances at music festivals in Australia, his music is packed with socially conscious themes, including spirituality, environmentalism and…
Parked Between Rich and Spicy
Broken Top BBQ has ruined my summer. Or, more precisely: The addition of the food cart, Broken Top BBQ along NW Colorado, threatens to ruin my perfect bikini body. I mean, true story, eating a strawberry and spinach salad for a lunch simply is not as satisfying when I know that mounds of brisket and…
Into the Woods
The summer music festival scene has quickly gone from a beacon of counterculture DIY craftsmanship, to mindlessly pumping bass cabs, corporate stages sponsored by Doritos and Taco Bell, over-hyped holographic performers and heavily filtered Instagram photos of bikini clad girls in native American headdresses. Wildwood Music Festival is not that kind of festival. Located in…
When Life Gives You Lemons
Here’s a statistic that may not sit well: Of the next eight women you see, chances are one of them either has or will get breast cancer. Of the first seven men, one of them either has or will get prostate cancer. But why talk about cancer in a beer column? If the beer you’re…
Read Me
Here at the Source, we like to improve our minds as well as our tans. That’s why outdoor summer reading is one of our favorite two-birds activities. But with a wealth of new releases and old favorites, it can be hard to choose which books are worthy of a summer read. So, we asked some…
Our Picks 7/10-7/17
thursday 10 Munch and Music FREE CONCERT—The Portland-based string-infused quartet Fruition, comprised of whiskey drinking vagabonds, brings its bluegrass America to Bend for the first Munch and Music of its 24th season. Local food and drink vendors satisfy the crowd’s physical appetites while the band meets their aural needs.5:30 pm. Drake Park. Free. friday 11…
Rogue Wave
If plotted out, the conversation about what to do about Mirror Pond would probably look something like a wave in the ocean—a community discussion that gathers momentum when one public official or another offers his opinion about whether to maintain the Newport Street Dam, but then quickly crests and dissipates. In May, the conversation about…
Showing in the Gallery
Ira Walker is a master of his craft. The all around musician and producer has his metaphors nailed (in his conversation and his songs), along with his classic 1, 4, 5 blues riffs, his empowered and experienced vocal tone, his spirited banter, and his smooth walking baselines. There is a bouncy ease about his music…
Trouble on the Rez
Warm Springs is in trouble. The signs are easy enough to miss. From the curving canyon road hugging the twists and turns of the Deschutes to the desolately dramatic outcroppings flanking either side, the barren beauty provides a welcome distraction from creeping realities. Even the human-built structures there evoke majestic natural and historical elements—Indian Head…
High on Taxes
On Tuesday, nearly two dozen new specialty stores opened in Washington State; that is, marijuana is finally for sale, legally, from Bellingham to Vancouver. Approved by voters nearly 18 months ago, Washington Liquor Control Board approved 24 outlets to open last week. Reportedly, some 7,000 permits have been submitted to the control board, but the…
Letters 7/2-7/9
TURD TROUBLES Please pick up your dog’s “mojones” [Spanish for crap]. —Wes Oeste IN REPLY TO THE OSU-CASCADES DEBATE I’ve seen this debate rage on for the past several months and the negativity gets old. For very good reasons the college is something Bend definitely needs. First and foremost is economic growth that extends well…
Climbing Past Stereotypes
When Eli Reimer reached basecamp at Mount Everest, he was perhaps more excited about his reward—Lay’s barbecue chips—than completing his climb and, more broadly, about his remarkable accomplishment as the first American with Down Syndrome to reach that altitude. “He took it in stride,” says Eli’s dad, Justin Reimer, about his son’s achievement in March…
