Friday Mixtape!
Some great music circa 2014.
Cover Artist Brett Superstar’s Animation Design
Do you love our cover art this week as much as we do? Brett Superstar Portland artist Brett Superstar interviewed with the Source last week and told us that he does more than just paint adorable blue bunnies. Here is a German commercial that Brett designed the characters for. Here is some more of Brett’s…
St. Vincent
No stranger to orchestral noise-pop (she was a member of dynamic singer/songwriter Sufjan Stevens’ band in the first half of the last decade), St. Vincent once again glues together a rumpled collage of spacey beats, scratchy guitar and lifted vocals on her self-titled fourth album. Unsurprisingly, the semi-spastic pop singer even trumps her topsy-turvy 2012…
Beer + Coffee = Love!
Deschutes teams up with Lone Pine for a glass full of winBy Thom Pastor A downtown pub exclusive, Deschutes Brewery’s new collaboration with Lone Pine Coffee Roasters is a luxurious—and unfortunately limited—coffee stout, aptly named Brewers Alley Coffee Stout. Local roasters Lone Pine have a unique style and taste that set them apart from other…
MUSE Worthy
Last month, the Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, an international effort to correct the heavy male bias in Wikipedia pages, created over 100 new entries for women in just 24-hours, and bulked up the collective knowledge with a more complete gender representation. Reading the lineup for Bend’s second annual Muse conference feels like the organizers are trying…
Our Picks 3/6-3/12
thursday 6 World Goes Round THEATER—The musical genius of John Kander and Fred Ebb (the song-writing team behind Cabaret, Chicago, and Kiss of the Spider Woman) is amassed in a hodgepodge mix tape for musical theater nerds. Enjoy recognizable songs including “Mr. Cellophane” and “My Coloring Book.” 7:30 pm. 2nd Street Theater, 220 NE Lafayette.…
Huff and Puff
Until Tuesday evening, the race for Deschutes County District Attorney—potentially the most interesting and probably the most important current race for office—had been largely silent. Still eight months away, the challenger John Hummel, a former defense attorney who has been campaigning since October, has been trying to pull the incumbent Patrick Flaherty into the ring,…
The Long View of History
Growing up in Central Oregon, some of my earliest memories are of my Mom walking me though the winding cement paths of the High Desert Museum. Surrounded by tall pine trees and eyelevel sagebrush, the first stop was always the otter exhibit, where Bert and Ernie, now both long deceased, frolicked in their high desert…
Hot Shots
According to a 2013 Forest Service study, wildfires in the western states are expected to double by 2050. In part because of drier winters (like this one; yes, global warming is real!) and in part because homes are being built closer to wildland areas. Yes, that is bad news. Particularly bad news in terms of…
One Day at a Time
MONDAY 24 America threw their hats in the air today over the celebratory news that not just one loathsome celebrity couple has broken up…but TWO! Couple number one: Pop star Robin Thicke (the pig best known for his piggish song “Blurred Lines”) and his poor, insanely patient wife Paula Patton. According to the tabs, poor…
Letters 2/25-3/4
Questioning OSU A U.S. poet-laureate once took pains to point out the difference between thinking and taking sides. The local media has sided with the new college campus without thinking about issues of serious concern. The Bulletin is but a ditzy cheerleader in this process. It seems to believe that just because Bend might benefit…
Cool Callister
Most of the $50 billion Russian President Vladimir Putin poured into the recent Olympic preparations was not noticed by 18-year-old Bend snowboarder Kent Callister, who was in Sochi representing Australia. The halfpipe—Callister’s home for the three weeks he spent at the subtropical Russian resort—was bad. The food was worse. And his sparse Mountain Village accommodations…
Family Ties, French-fried
The Past is a French film populated by Ahmad, a mopey but kind Iranian man; his soon-to-be ex-wife, a smolderingly beautiful and tense French woman; her teenage kid from some off-screen lover and a second child from another man, her morose lover; and his curly haired troubled son. But even with that crowded house, the…
The Art of Product Placement
Two years old and already a classic, The Art of Flight is part of the new generation of ski movies that present themselves as “documentaries.” Um, Crash Reel about snowboard championKevin Pearce, who crashed and suffered massive brain damage, is a documentary—a gripping story, well-paced and thoughtful. In The Art of Flight, with a soundtrack…
The (Beguiling) Face of Rock and Roll
Few men can get away with wearing tight, white jeans. But on stage, Boise rocker and heartthrob Cary Judd (who goes by his alter ego Danny Blaqk) sure can. In fact, he’s regularly referred to as “sexy” by music writers and fans in Boise. Men and women alike love his style. Most nights when The…
Explore and Retreat
In order to get from Brooklyn to Portland, folk singer Katie Sawicki had to see the country. When she was done, she had to write songs about it. The trick for her was that as a solo artist, the music she was performing for people wasn’t the music she ultimately had a heart for. “I…
Let’s Get Serious
On the ridiculousness spectrum, a scale of 1-10 measuring absurdity, Portland garage soul band Hong Kong Banana should score an 11. The band name alone is worth seven points. But there’s a lot more to them than a goofy name and silly alter egos. Their lead singer goes by Nigel Bubblesworth, clearly a made up…
The Missing Link
In April, Tetherow, the golf course resort at the cusp between the city and the mountain, will open up 50 spacious hotel rooms on its 700-acre site. Formerly a burn zone a decade ago, the golf course and private homes sprung up like wild flowers in the charred grounds. But for the past several years…
Out of Town3/6-3/13
portland thursday 6 Tool Art-metal band Tool kicks off its first North American tour since 2012 in the Pacific Northwest, with Portland and Eugene occupying spots no. 2 and 3 respectively. The iconic band, known for its ever-shifting time signatures and progressive approach to the genre, is expected to release its fifth album—the first since…
No Poisoned Apple
Barley wine beers are an interesting lot. Though not wine at all, these intense brews do pack a boozy punch—often registering between 10 and 15 percent alcohol by volume—and are often quite sweet and filled with a swirl of flavors, from dried fruits to acidic hops to caramel. The worst ones are syrupy sweet and…
Superstar!
The steps to legally changing a surname are as follows: Put a public notice in a newspaper to prove you’re not trying to escape debt, warrants, bookies, ex-wives, etc., provide a reasonable excuse to a judge (something like, you’re an artist and the name recognition might help to boost sales) and cough up $200. That’s…
