It’s Going To Be EPIC
When I first heard that actor/musician Hugh Laurie will be playing his inspiring and tasty blues originals at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in Portland June 1st, I just about fell out of my chair. You heard right, lead actor of Fox’s hit TV show House will be performing among the Portland and Oregon fans next Friday…
Mt Bachelor Expansion Plan Up For Public Comment
A major planning project that could guide the next quarter century of year-round recreation at Mt Bachelor is up for review by the public. The Forest Service released its draft Environmental Analysis Impact Statement of Mt.
Ira Glass Has Nothing on Armchair
Posted for Shelby Little, Source freelance writer extraordinaire Thursday night I was one of forty or so folks who crammed into the Tin Pan Theater to witness the first Armchair Live Storytelling Night.Like the Moth in New York City, Armchair features a series of storytellers who tell never-before-shared, true stories without the use of props…
Best Music Of 2012: Wintersleep & Father John Misty
Nova Scotia band Wintersleep has been churning out fantastic Canadian pop rock since the early 2000s. With 3 singles from their new album Hello Hum already online, the June 12th release date for their fifth album is well prepared. Check out two of those tracks below or head over to Spotify to listen to all three of…
Former Deputy Arrested on Domestic Abuse Charge
A former Deschutes County deputy has been jailed on a string of domestic abuse charges that were first brought to light in 2009. The Deschutes County sheriff’s office said it learned Thursday that former deputy Mike Lopez had been jailed in conjunction with an Oregon State Police (OSP) investigation.
Outdoor Music Guide
The Les Schwab Amphitheater, Bend’s premier outdoor music venue, has assembled one of its best summer concert lineups in several years for this year. Before you head down to the Old Mill District, take a look right here to learn more about the awesome slate of performers.
Psychiatrist to the Gay Community: Sorry, I guess I was wrong about that whole ‘cure’ idea
In 2001, Dr. Robert L.
A Peek at Sasquatch: Hip-Hop a prominent feature of this year’s festival
Every summer the Sasquatch Music Festival at The Gorge Amphitheater provides its nearly 25,000 fans with some of music’s most memorable performances of the year. Because of its far-reaching fame, the event has become a perennial sell-out. The 11th annual edition will once again pair a handful of mainstream music’s biggest names with a healthy…
Tonight! Rock ‘till you drop: Animal Eyes, Coast Jumper and Hopeless Jack at the Horned Hand
Want good music tonight? You got it. Animal Eyes sounds like the love child from an acid trip, mountaintop orgy that involves the Fleet Foxes and Animal Collective, who, after a night of vicious passion, created a baby that was then raised in rural Alaska by a pack of musical wolves, led by Aplha, Tom…
Pictures From Wednesday’s Social D Show
Wednesday night in Bend was completely rocked by California band Social Distortion. There were awesome cat fights, plenty of crowd surfing, and even a couple of idiots who showed some major ups by launching themselves onto the stage in the middle of Social D’s set.
Ed Board Bans All Native Mascots
After months of testimony and hand wringing the state board of education moved to end the debate over the appropriateness of Native American mascots and tribal imagery by voting overwhelmingly to ban all references entirely from Oregon campuses. The board voted 5-1 on Thursday to ban the use of names like “Redskin” “Braves” “Indians” and…
We’re So Fat, Baby!
Oregon’s reputation of being slim and fit may not be as accurate as we thought according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In fact, the ugly truth is that the obesity rates in Oregon have shot up an astonishing 121 percent since 1990.
New Music: Semi-local band, The Beautiful Train Wrecks, kicked ass on their sophomore album
Next weekend is packed with awesome shows. You’ve got The Shins on Friday, May 26, Tenacious D on Saturday, May 27 and Beck on Sunday, May 27.
Oregonian Hires Bulletin’s Lukens
The Oregonian has tapped former Bulletin editorial page editor Erik Lukens to replace Bob Caldwell as the Oregonian’s editorial page director. The paper announced the move in a blog post Wednesday afternoon and said Lukens will start in June.
A Super Wonky City Council Blog For All You Nerds Out There (Represent!)
The council is talking about these things tonight: Visit Bend’s Business Plan and Budget. This could be interesting because of the debate over Visit Bend and Central Oregon Visitor’s Association needing to resolve some sort of conflict.
Marriage Rights Aren’t Exclusive
Dear Editor: We are so very proud of our President and Vice President, for expressing their personal support for couples wishing to share their love and commitment through marriage, regardless of race, creed, gender or sexual orientation. All Americans should have equal rights under our laws. Religious leaders and followers of all creeds espouse that God…
AtBobcat Letter Writer Didn’t Have Half the Story
Dear Editors, The Source Weekly chose to print on May 9 an anonymous letter with many inaccuracies regarding the High Desert Museum’s new rescued bobcat, Vivi. The letter writer states being “dismayed by the recent purchase of a young bobcat.” The Museum did not purchase the bobcat. It received the cat from an owner who…
Obama Takes the Lead
Although they talk a lot about “leadership,” politicians typically prefer not to do much leading. Rather than starting parades, they like to wait until one gets rolling and then jump out in front of it and pretend to be the drum major. But last week we saw a rare instance of actual leadership by an…
Head East: Why Bend could be Oregon’s next college town
Editor’s note: Campus images by Ambient Architecture. It turns out that the second time was the charm for Becky Johnson and OSU-Cascades. The charismatic dean who likes to ski, hike, fly fish and play golf spent two decades at OSU as a professor and a top administrator in Corvallis before she threw her hat in…
2030 Redeux: A vision quest is calling your name
Summer 2006. It seems like a lifetime ago now. The real estate market was hopping, people were moving here in droves, and it felt like we were the hottest little city in America. It was the perfect time for people to dream big about what this town could look like, the perfect time for a…
A Long Range Planner Shares His Secrets: Turns out Bend 2030 is probably worth your time
We gave Bend 2030 board member and city of Bend Senior Planner Brian Rankin a call to find out how all this talk translates to good policy. the Source Weekly: So, Brian, these things are pretty touchy feely. Why should people get involved? Brian Rankin: A vision without any follow through is fluff. But a…
Our Picks for 05/17 – 05/24
Pedal-Driven, A Bikeumentary thursday 17 This behind-the-scenes documentary highlights an emerging conflict birthed in our national forests—who gets to use the trail? Follow a band of freeride mountain bikers, the skate-punk equivalents of the cycling world, who argue that they belong. Unfortunately, the U.S. Forest Service doesn’t see it that way, despite the two groups’…
Naive Melodies
One of the most critically acclaimed and popular New Wave bands of all time, the Talking Heads is one of the few groups I can think of that deserve a cover band in their image. Lifelong musician Matt Engel agrees, and says that The Talking Heads was a major influence on his original music and…
Obsessed with Making Cool Sounds: Seven piece band Hey Marseilles isn’t your average pop band, or your average orchestra
If you haven’t studied up on your French diction recently, you’re likely to mispronounce this Seattle-based band’s name. Don’t be embarrassed, with a name like Hey Marseilles and song titles like “Goodbye Verseilles” the guys are used to errors. And rhymes. “It’s our own fault, kind of,” said lead singer, guitarist and lyricist Matt Bishop,…
Bend Summer Concerts
Huey Lewis and The News tuesday, sept 11 6:30pm, $39-78 ADV There’s really no song from the ‘80s to bring out the white man’s overbite quite like “The Power of Love,” Huey Lewis and the News’ excellent power ballad and the theme song from Back to the Future. That is, unless you consider “If This…
A Decade Of Decadence: My Top 5 Les Schwab Moments
1) Sitting on a pile of dirt outside the then unfinished amphitheater in 2003 during the Coldplay show with a six pack of beer and a handful of coworkers from The Bulletin while everyone waited for “that one song from the radio,” i.e. “Yellow” and speculated on Gwyneth Paltrow’s whereabouts. 2) Hearing Lynyrd Skynyrd play…
Late Addition LSA Shows
The Outlaw Roadshow with Counting Crows and Special Guests Tuesday, Aug. 7 6pm, $39-75 ADV/$43-78 DOS The alt-rockers that brought you “Mr. Jones” are at it again and this spring released an album of cover songs called Underwater Sunshine. The new record is 15-songs strong and features remakes of songs from Bob Dyaln, Norman Blake,…
Local Music Festivals
Sisters Folk Festival An end of the summer treat, Sisters will hosts their annual Folk Fest with some downright rocking folk, bluegrass, country, blues and more. This six-stage festival takes place right in downtown Sisters. Past performers include Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter Dave Alvin, blues ledged John Hammond and folky Portland youngsters the Shook Twins.…
Out Of Town Music Festivals
Edgefield Concerts on the Lawn Drawing some of the Northwest’s best acts and the nation’s most well known artists, Edgefield Amphitheater offers an outdoor concert experience only 15 minutes outside of Portland. June 17-Sept. 29, Edgefield Amphitheater, 2126 SW Halsey St., Troutdale, OR. edgefieldconcerts.com June 17- John Fogerty June 27- Foster the People July 5-…
Summer Concert Line Up
Bite of Bend A food festival downtown featuring Bend’s top chefs, a beer run, live music, and, of course, bite-sized delicacies from local restaurants. Saturday, June 23 11am – Bill Keale 12:30pm – Joanna Lee 2pm – Leif James 3:30pm – Harley Bourbon 5pm – Stairway Denied 6:30pm – The Autonomics 8:30pm – Whitey Morgan…
Concert Survival Guide: Here’s how to prepare
General Topics of Importance:
The Sun: Most of the concerts you’ll attend this summer will start when the sun is still blazing, meaning you are likely to be really hot during the show, especially if you decide to dance, which we may or may not recommend depending on how attractive you are. To avoid…
Suck it Ticketmaster! SCI fights back, Pearl Jam-style
Good to see another band picking up where Eddie Vedder and Pearl Jam left off in the mid-1990s. SCI challenges the ticket-giant on sales fees.
Goat Curious: How an unfamiliar protein will make your next dinner party tops
I’ve always considered myself an adventurous eater. I’m intrigued by any food that may be outside my usual comfort zone, particularly when it’s considered a delicacy by other cultures. When faced with something I consider “challenging” I always try at least a bite or two unless it’s something like larvae or crickets or 1000-year-old bird…
Local Hook-Up: “Get your goat” right here
We’ve got our own goat hook up around here through Sand Lily Goat Farm. The farm is located just south of town and owned by Patricia Moore and her partner Cheryl Powers, who named the farm after the sand lilies that pop out of the ground each spring on their 80-acre property. The two women…
Little Bites: Make Your Own Goat Cheese: Kitchen chemistry the fun way
There is nothing like homemade. Anything made with your own two hands just seems to have an appeal that cannot be matched by processed products. Even when the end result isn’t exactly the best you’ve ever tasted, you’ll find yourself more forgiving of any shortcomings. This is definitely true for cheese. I adore cheese. Everybody…
War of the Scholars: Footnote gives new meaning to ‘like father like son’
Director Joseph Cedar offers a dazzlingly fresh take on filmmaking with Footnote, a whirlwind of dynamics surrounding mind games, intellectual suffering and guilt. This flick is a mind-bending chess game between two rival scholars who just happen to be father (Shlomo Bar-Abba) and son (Lior Ashkenazi). But don’t let that fool you. These two are…
Bad Marriage: The Tim Burton/Johnny Depp collaboration goes sour in Dark Shadows.
Dark Shadows marks the eighth collaboration between director Tim Burton and Johnny Depp over a span of more than 20 years, and in some ways you could certainly say the partnership has been a fruitful one. They made a couple of wonderfully original films like Edward Scissorhands and Ed Wood; they both have made rolling-around-in-it-like-Scrooge-McDuck…
Dear North Carolina
Dear entire state of North Carolina: Please forward the following message to your customer service department… because I have a bone to pick with you! In the past, I’ve excluded you from my vicious rants about hillbillies, largely because—even though you’re squarely in the South—Clay Aiken was born there. However, there aren’t enough Clay Aikens…
All in a Day’s Work: Extreme skiing hero blows through Bend on Ring of Fire quest
If you were looking for a free hotdog and beer last week, you could have done far worse than swing by the Great Outdoors parking lot off Century Drive, where professional skier Chris Davenport had splayed his 44-foot-long RV across six parking spots and fired up the grill. Inside the jet-black beast—a Ford emblazoned with…
Hot Spot: Despite advances in safety, power lines remain a threat to raptors
Birds have no inkling as to the hazards of getting too close to high-powered electricity. As a result, if a bird touches two or more wires, the meeting is fatal. Electricity in wires is similar to controlled lightning; the current is always searching for a way back to the earth. A bird standing in that…
Election Results Are In (Some Stunners!)
We had our eye on a few key races during the May 15 election. These are the unofficial results from those contests as of 9 p.
Go Vote!! Last Chance!!
Voting for the May 15 election closes in 2 hours and 41 minutes. It’s time to find your ballot under the pile of mail you’ve been ignoring, fill it out and get it down to any of the drop boxes listed below before 8 p.
The We and the I: Gondry’s Back!
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Reward Offered in Oregon Wolf Killing Case
A pair of animal rights groups are offering a $2,500 reward for information in a wolf killing case in Union County near La Grande, Oregon, which happens to be the epicenter of Oregon’s wolf recovery and ground zero for the heated debate over the future of wolves in Oregon. The nearly 100 pound animal was…
La Pine Man Jailed on Sex Abuse Charge
A 64–year-old La Pine man faces seven counts of sexual abuse involving a minor for his alleged relationship with an underage girl. Police arrested Kendall Jourdan on April 19 after a “lengthy” investigation into his relationship with a juvenile in the La Pine area.
Follow Up: Aaron & The Sea release a new music video
You might remember my post from a couple months ago that contained perhaps the most intense music video I’ve ever seen. Well, Minneapolis group Aaron & The Sea are back with a new video for their single “There There Creature Creature”.
Visit Bend Declines Sit Down with COVA
Visit Bend leaders have declined a request from Deschutes County Commissioner Tammy Baney to sit down with Central Oregon Visitors Association for a one-on-one meeting between the organizations. Baney, who is also a board member of COVA, hoped to bring leaders of the groups together at a sort of tourism summit on June 5 to…
Guy Arrested After Climbing Flagpole at Capitol
Dude with Cascadia Forest Defenders climbed 80 feet up a flagpole outside the Capitol building in Salem today, hung a banner and camped out for about an hour and a half. Perry Thompson Graham, 23, from Eugene, was promptly arrested by Oregon State Police after descending the pole voluntarily.
Obama Endorses Gay Marriage
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Send Us Your Photos! If you’re sitting on Bend summer concert pics, we want ’em!
We’re putting together a full page of your Bend summer concert photos, but we need help. In an effort to create the most baddest-assed Summer Concert Guide possible (on stands May 17) we’re asking you to send us your favorite photographs.
Campus Crusaders: Damsels in Distress can't translate its smug surety
After the over-praised flicks Metropolitan and Last Days of Disco, writer and director Whit Stillman has returned – 14 years later – with Damsels in Distress. And his comeback speaks volumes as to why Stillman should stay away for good. Using a recipe steeped in superficial self awareness, Stillman turns Damsels into a low-budget fiasco…
