Obama Way Out Front in Newspaper Endorsements
The Hillary Clinton campaign has been trumpeting The Bulletin's Sunday endorsement of the New York senator - The EYE got an e-mail from them about it yesterday - but statewide, Barack Obama is clobbering Clinton in the newspaper endorsement race.
Buying a Bulletin Ad Is Tough for Union
Bend's Only Daily Newspaper must be so flush with advertising dollars that it can afford to be really picky about what ads it accepts - at least if they come from the union representing Bend Area Transit bus drivers.
Pan Flutes! Dreads! Baby Onesies!: Blue Turtle Seduction at the Annex, 4/23
Blue Turtle Seduction opened with a reggae-infused gypsy psychedelic number that everyone more or less ignored except for a single dread-headed female. This was the same woman who, upon Sound Check's entrance, attempted to sell us one of three options: a Blue Turtle Seduction thong, bootie shorts or a baby onsie. When did the band…
Short-Selling the Bend Market
Bratton Day - April 25, the day when appraiser Dana Bratton said the Bend real estate market would start its rebound - has come and gone with no discernible sign of an upswing. But The EYE is prepared to be patient. Meanwhile, "short sales" are becoming epidemic around here - not an encouraging development.
Reality Bites: Housing market collapse leaves Bend’s big projects in limbo
The Old Mill area’s Mercato is one of several mixed-use projects that has ground to a halt amid the housing and credit crises. Stephen Trono had grand plans for his new project, The Mercato, when he unveiled it back in the heady housing-boom days of mid 2006.
Five buildings soaring as tall as 74 feet,…
Hop Heads: Bend’s inaugural COHO brewfest goes off with a bang
Tyler West, brewer at Silver Moon, fills out a score sheet. Now that’s what we call homework. You probably have an opinion about homebrew. You've likely tasted some funky brown stuff your neighbor made that one time, or that your college boyfriend tried to woo you with once shortly before you split. Or maybe you're…
Why is it so blasted cold this spring? Volcanoes could be behind this endless winter
A major weather modifier, erupting volcanoes. I've lived here for over 50 years and can't remember a spring as cold as this one, and like me, you have probably been asking, "why?" If "global warming" is to be believed – which seems irrefutable – why isn't this phenomenon warming up Central Oregon? The reason may…
Pole Pedal Party: Gearing up for the annual spring celebration and Smith Rock routes
PPP Katy Van Dis Riding the LightningIt is about time to start (if you haven't already) thinking about, talking about, and gearing up for the Pole Pedal Paddle, Bend's famous multi-sport race. The first time I came to Bend in 1998 was to compete in the PPP. With the exception of the run, most of…
Tee It High Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds
crush or be crushed. As a kid I remember my grandfather spending all day playing golf. I never understood why anybody would want to hit a little ball from hole to hole. But when the original PlayStation released Hot Shots Golf about 10 years ago, I gave it a swing, and it turned out to…
Did You Say Placenta or Polenta?: And other questions for your Baby Mama
Careful, they will suck your eyes out.Baby Mama is like a mini "Saturday Night Live" reunion, including a droll turn by Steve Martin at his best. The comedic lineup also stars former SNL head writer, turned mega star Tina Fey and current cast member Amy Poehler, playing off one another here as a 37-year-old wannabe…
Rolling out the Clichés: Deception isn’t all that deceiving
it’s not you wolverine, it’s me. The most deceptive thing about this cliché-ridden film is the fact that it's masquerading as a legit thriller, with the filmmakers expecting us to fall for even the most played-out film conventions. Deception? How about tricking people into paying to watch this bomb…that's deception. From the get-go Wyatt…
Spring Cleaning: April industry roundup
patio time at the new Super b.Spring has sprung in the food and restaurant industry, even though our schizo Central Oregon weather is hardly cooperating. 12 O'clock Tart (www.12oclocktart.com) has started their Bend lunchtime delivery service featuring fresh, seasonally changing items. No prepackaged soggy sandwiches here. Choose from Peppered Crusted Pork Loin, Spiced Sockeye Salmon,…
Spring Cleaning: April industry roundup
patio time at the new Super b.Spring has sprung in the food and restaurant industry, even though our schizo Central Oregon weather is hardly cooperating. 12 O’clock Tart (www.12oclocktart.com) has started their Bend lunchtime delivery service featuring fresh, seasonally changing items. No prepackaged soggy sandwiches here. Choose from Peppered Crusted Pork Loin, Spiced Sockeye Salmon,…
Sum It Up: Dipping into the Dim Sum at Double Happiness
Eat a peach. When I was in college in Berkeley, I would emerge from the Ashby Street BART station and head directly for the baau stand. A minuscule woman would open the doors on her little wooden trailer and produce three to five types of baaus – warm, doughy and bursting with flavor. Although this…
Sum It Up: Dipping into the Dim Sum at Double Happiness
Eat a peach. When I was in college in Berkeley, I would emerge from the Ashby Street BART station and head directly for the baau stand. A minuscule woman would open the doors on her little wooden trailer and produce three to five types of baaus – warm, doughy and bursting with flavor. Although this…
Back With the Seeds
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Dig Lazarus Dig!!! Mute Records If I'm stumbling out of 7B (a quintessential drinking hole) and making my way down Avenue B, it's a record like Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! that flows through my head. The latest from Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds seems to bring me to that…
Big Star in our Little Town: KT Tunstall lights up the Tower with her Campfire Tour
Not even mega fame can keep the jeans intact.The West Coast leg of KT Tunstall's current tour takes her to historic music halls like the cavernous confines of Los Angeles' Wiltern Theater, the fabled stage of San Francisco's Warfield, and the supposedly haunted Moore Theare in Seattle. Oh yeah, and she's also coming to Bend…
No Lab Coat Necessary: The rock and roll experiment that is Minus the Bear
Minus the bear brings their invisible trampoline sideshow to Bend.In the four or so years that I've been listening to Minus the Bear, I've always envisioned them as wearing white lab coats, all the time. On stage, in the studio, eating a grilled cheese sandwich - always in the white lab coats. The Seattle…
Our Picks for the Week of 5/2-5/8
Brook Adams & His Swingin' Marmalukeys friday 2 This acoustic band plays an amusing blend of "cowboy gypsy party music." And if you're wondering, yes, we were inclined to give them a pick due to their pleasantly old timey name. But hey, the tunes are pretty good as well. 8pm. $3. Silver Moon Brewing Co.,…
The Pronghorn Caves-In
Once upon a time a developer had a bright idea. "Let's build a high-end, gated golf community out among the junipers and jackrabbits in the high desert," he said. "How can we do that?" his partner asked dubiously. "Oregon's land use laws won't let us put almost 400 homes way outside of any urban area."…
The Hottest Woman on the Web: Iraq ain’t no Disneyland and more
It's All in the Finger of the Beholder the chick with the most clicks.Who's the sexiest woman in the world? Upfront has our own opinion (we'll get to that later) but according to the men's on-line magazine FHM, it's Megan Fox, the 21-year-old star of the Transformers movies. The shapely brunette, notable for her blue…
Knockin’ ’em Dead
WOW!! The brave fisherman, that have launched their boats in the newly melted slush of the deep winter, are knockin' em dead. USFW for Suttle Lake has set a Kokanee limit of 25 to help reduce the amazing stocks of naturally breeding fish that inhabit our lake.
The Real Immorality
The latest on Marylin Shannon, former Republican state senator, is so repugnant and irresponsible that it's worth repeating. Here's what she said: "Two laws created in Salem have established a whole new era in re-verse discrimination, with a new and alien set of moral values that have now been foisted on the people of Oregon.…
Don’t Forget the Wine
Hello Laurie J. Rice, I was excited to see an article on my new favorite place, the Brick House.
Bachelor’s Not Worth the Trip
Though there are many things I don't like about Mt. Bachelor's spring schedule, there is one that bothers me the most. Having Sunrise and Summit as the only lifts for the last three weekends is unacceptable. This is my sixth year to buy a season pass and I love spring skiing. However, I can't see…
