Metolius
The most important piece of legislation around the Metolius Basin went down earlier this afternoon according to Blue Oregon Blogger Carla Axtman who blogged about the vote as it unfolded on the House Floor. Officially HB 3298 failed on 30-29 vote.
The Return of Club 97?
Well, no, not actually. But the space that previously housed the once-popular Club 97 is opening soon as The Underground.
Thanks for the Accolades!
CNN Money has come out with yet another list of the nation’s most overvalued housing markets. And yes, Bend is again smack dab in the middle of it.
Fire Walk With Me: How I took a stroll on a field of hot embers and lived to tell about it
It's early Saturday morning, and I awake with a start. Throwing back the covers, I pull off my socks and examine my feet. My socks, which were soaking wet when I went to sleep, are bone dry and smell like a campfire. My feet appear normal, except for a small red smudge on the top…
RTL, Weekend Instructions
OMG, RTL!
First it was seeing local singer songwriter Reed Thomas Lawrence's name on the lineup for the Rothbury Festival up in Michigan alongside the likes of Bob Dylan, the Dead, String Cheese Incident, The Black Crowes, Broken Social Scene and more, now we click over to MySpace Music and see RTL listed next…
Salmon Salvation: Will a new political order be enough to finally bring the dams down?
Scott Van Bergen settled onto a bench at the back of U.S. District Judge James Redden's Portland courtroom on a Friday morning in March and waited for the ninth – or perhaps the 29th – round of Pacific Northwest salmon vs. the dams to begin. His high school zoology class had just studied endangered species,…
Liar, Liar, Bar Owner on Fire OLCC town hall turns into roast, Hollywood Hogan, Slim Jim shortage
The author has been sent on the road to discover a lost country formerly known as America. He is reporting from a city whose residents believe they have far too many rights, bikers and its mayor especially, astrippers and tattoos secondary - Not Vegas but Portland – on assignment for Or-Bust.com and The Source Weekly.
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An Open Letter to The Bulletin
Dear Mr. Costa
For 20 years I have read the Editorials in The Bulletin.
One At A Time
I certainly agree with K. Golding about drivers who don't want to pass leaving no room for those that do, but she, and many others, seem unaware of another point.
OLCC Is Out Of Control
I feel bad for all those poor businesses forced to deal with an outdated and apparently over-zealous OLCC. I understand that the OLCC has laws to uphold, even if some of them are as archaic as prohibition itself.
The Kids are Alright
To the three young Samaritans that came to my aid at the bottom of the steps in Drake Park on May 28th, who drove me to the emergency room and stuck around until I was taken care of, thank you so much. I am doing well.
On Stage: Guns N’ Poses
You're in the jungle, baby. I have a score to settle with Guns N' Roses, which really has nothing to do with Appetite for Deception, an Oregon band playing Boondocks on June 18 that looks, sounds and probably drinks bourbon like the actual band. The real Guns N' Roses, or at least the band that…
CD Review – Grizzly Bear: Veckatimest
THE BIRD AND THE BEAR
Grizzly Bear Veckatimest Warp Records 1. The new Grizzly Bear record has generated a grip of hype and press.
Stretching our Rubber Souls: Loving, liking and sorta enjoying the Beatles
Mop tops welcome. A close friend of mine once wrote - in delicate cursive handwriting nonetheless - that the fact that the Beatles ever existed is remarkable in and of itself. The author, now a Ph. D. candidate in classics at the University of Pennsylvania, asserted that the notion of four so ahead-of-their-time musicians (well,…
Spray Ain’t The Way: Our tent caterpillar dilemma
Western tent caterpillars (Malacosoma sp.)This may be a banner year for tent caterpillar infestations on Antelope Bitterbrush, Purshia tridentata (Pursh), fruit trees and ornamental shrubs. But, please, don't grab up the chemicals to attack them. Think before you spray!
This is a pest that can be looked at in several ways. For one, they have…
A Real Puzzler: Puchi Puchi just doesn’t compute
Puzzle games are oddballs. They're the only videogames that lack avatars.
An avatar can be a virtual person (a Mii or Master Chief) or a set of tools (such as a home in The Sims). In puzzle games, players don't enter a gameworld, so they don't need avatars. The puzzles exist in the real world.…
Miss Direction: In The Taking of Pelham 123, Scott continues hijacking Denzel Washington’s career
C.H.U.D. III hits theaters this week. Look, I'm not making any inappropriate allegations. All I'm saying is that if Tony Scott does have any scandalous photos of Denzel Washington, that might explain a lot.
Since their first collaboration on Crimson Tide in 1995, Washington and Scott have teamed up in recent years for Man on…
Morons on the Loose: Raunchy Vegas tale spins weird and wacky
I wanna hold your hand. Todd Phillips, director of the GG Allin documentary Hated, and the testimony to immature behavior, Old School, now brings us The Hangover, a journey down a path of tasteless jokes and weird slapstick that will keep you strangely riveted as you try to find out what's next. This is Bachelor…
Industry Round Up: 10 Barrel Passes on Rising Star
It seems like there’s always something going on with our local pub/brewing scene. But as you may have noticed it can sometimes be difficult to separate rumor from fact in this gossip-hungry town. This past week we chased down one of the juicier rumors that had been fermenting for several weeks – that new kid…
Industry Round Up: 10 Barrel Passes on Rising Star
It seems like there's always something going on with our local pub/brewing scene. But as you may have noticed it can sometimes be difficult to separate rumor from fact in this gossip-hungry town. This past week we chased down one of the juicier rumors that had been fermenting for several weeks - that new kid…
A New Downtown Jewel: Joolz adds a little variety to the scene
Hummus, check, kebabs, check, spirit apparition server, check. With the corpse of Bistro Corlise still warm, and its cherished memory fresh in my mind, I figured I’d instantly and probably unfairly compare, contrast and ultimately find fault with whatever took its place. That was before I heard about Joolz. The latest from Ramsey and Juli…
A New Downtown Jewel: Joolz adds a little variety to the scene
Hummus, check, kebabs, check, spirit apparition server, check. With the corpse of Bistro Corlise still warm, and its cherished memory fresh in my mind, I figured I'd instantly and probably unfairly compare, contrast and ultimately find fault with whatever took its place. That was before I heard about Joolz. The latest from Ramsey and Juli…
Our Picks for the Week of 6/10-6/18
Barry Lopez
thursday 11 Oregon author Barry Lopez has been called the "nation's premiere nature writer" and we tend to agree with that assertion. His non-fiction book Arctic Dreams earned him a national book award in 1986 and in 2004 his novel Resistance was the winner of the Oregon book award. So, yeah, he's definitely…
