Tower Goes Metal?: Tentareign throws rock party at the Tower Theatre
Power trio goes theatrical.The Tower Theatre is, of course, Bend's historic downtown locale for all things high art, theatrical, and relatively upscale musical acts.
Willie Horton Revisited
The Fall Slime Season is in full swing. If you doubt it, check out the two new TV ads just put out by Gordon Smith.
John Butler at the Athletic Club of Bend: 9.9.08
Here’s a rundown of JBT’s show in Bend on Tuesday night. We’re still trying to get some video and pics up here … bear with us, they’ll be up soon.
We hadn't made it out to a show at the Athletic Club of Bend yet this summer, but we'd heard a thing or two about…
“Campaign News”? What’s “Campaign News”?
From Kari Chisholm on the BlueOregon blog comes word that KGW-TV in Portland has launched a nightly half-hour program called "Decision 2008" that's entirely devoted to this year's election contests.
Willy Week: Smith’s Food Plant Hires Illegal Workers
Although details are sketchy, Willamette Week is reporting that Gordon Smith's frozen food plant near Pendleton has been employing illegal immigrants for years.
McCain Is Not the Answer
McCain has a long history of working against workers. He has worked with large corporations and the right wing to weaken and destroy organized labor by supporting right to work (for less) laws, he has attempted to limit overtime for workers by radically overhauling the Fair Labor Standards Act and he has blocked a Senate…
C’est La Ski: Rage Films unofficially launches winter with Such is Life premier
Super FloatyThe growing cold, the occasional frost, the ski shop sales: Winter is just around the corner. With last year's epic snow season still in the back of our minds and the last patches of the deep snow pack still holding in the mountains, dreams of bottomless powder and of floating smoothly into the pillowy…
There’s fungus among us
Our world, as we know it, would cease to exist if it weren't for fungi, (the plural of "fungus" is "fungi") which is among us everywhere whether we like it or not, and is – hopefully – here to stay. When a deer, cockroach or elephant dies there are a whole string of events that…
I Love the Deschutes: Upriver, Downriver and In Between
How lucky am I? The Deschutes River flows through my backyard. Everyday, I watch the geese and the ducks, sometimes the swans, float by as I work in my home office. It's magical when the sinking sun bounces off the rippling river under the willow tree and sets my living room asparkle. My dog is…
SF or Bust: We get down at the first-ever Outside Lands fest
Editor’s note: Terribly agoraphobic, Sound Check couldn't muster the courage to get out of our Central Oregon comfort zone to check out the brand spankin' new Outside Lands festival in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. So, knowing that we couldn't let this event go uncovered, we sent intrepid Source contributor Kaycee Anseth-Townsend southward.
Serious music…
All-Stars of the World: DJ Logic rounds up two camels and a slew of musical greats for Global Noize
Those Camels like it loud.The above photo is actually the cover art for Global Noize's self-titled debut CD, if you can believe that. It's hardly the stuff of multi-thousand-dollar photo shoots or commissioned artistic renderings that are often found on CD covers. It's just two dudes standing next to a couple of camels with some…
Dropping Names: Problem Stick’s Wayne Newcome on sharing the stage with David Allan Coe
Forget the Madonna headset, David Allan Coe is a badass.Wayne Newcome now leads the local rock band Problem Stick but 25 years ago he was driving a delivery truck in San Francisco and hating nearly every song he heard on the radio. It was around this time that he bought the 45 single of David…
Don’t Dismiss Petitioners
This week's LOW comes from long time resident and frequent city council critic Barbara McAusland who seconds our recent Boot to the council's proposed time limit on initiative petitions. Thanks for the letter Barbara, you're entitled to a $25 gift certificate courtesy of Dinner's Ready for your contribution to this week's Mailbag.
I’m in the Zone
If you haven't been in to The Reptile Zone yet, you are missing out. I just took my friends who are nine and six (years old) in to meet Jeff and his reptile family and we all left 30 minutes later with huge smiles on our faces.
Quit Yer Bitchin!
Would someone please change H. Bruce Miller's diaper? His big fat tears about the "obnoxious noise pollution" over at LSA probably need wiping too.
Keep it Local
As another election season heats up, I just wanted to weigh in with my own opinion. No president can ever give me what I need - what I need is a vibrant local economy that sustains its members by keeping its dollars here.
Bangkok Ludicrous: Meandering Dark Remake Swallows Itself Whole
I left Bangkok Dangerous with several questions. First, why are remakes of Asian films in such high demand? It seems like an exercise in intentionally wasting time and money. Beyond that, why do Asian filmmakers like Takashi Shimizu (The Grudge) and now The Pang Brothers remake their own movies? Americanization saps the mystique and charisma…
Great Expectations: Don’t hate on Burn After Reading for being a merely good Coen brothers movie.
Pity poor Joel and Ethan Coen. You make a masterpiece or two, and people start expecting it from you every time out. Let's face it: Part of being a great artist in any field is the burden of high expectations. If you're Bob Dylan, and you produce an album that's merely good stuff by any…
Industry Round Up
Leaves are already falling and our two-month summer seems to be coming to an end and with it goes Bluefish Bistro. Chef Matt Mulder's popular downtown fine dining spot has closed it doors for good.
Industry Round Up
Leaves are already falling and our two-month summer seems to be coming to an end and with it goes Bluefish Bistro. Chef Matt Mulder’s popular downtown fine dining spot has closed it doors for good.
Roll It Up: Downtown food gets a little faster
Just a few months ago the proliferation of high-end restaurants combined with the closing of many less-expensive eateries had more than a few locals lamenting about the dining scene downtown. "Not enough lunches under $7 to choose from", "too few inexpensive places to grab a casual table service dinner" and "downtown has become a bastion…
Roll It Up: Downtown food gets a little faster
Just a few months ago the proliferation of high-end restaurants combined with the closing of many less-expensive eateries had more than a few locals lamenting about the dining scene downtown. “Not enough lunches under $7 to choose from”, “too few inexpensive places to grab a casual table service dinner” and “downtown has become a bastion…
Collision Course: City says it may be time to force ODOT’s hand on Juniper Ridge
Less than a year after parting ways with its development partners on the Juniper Ridge project, the city of Bend is bracing for a possible showdown with the Oregon Transportation Commission over the city's short term development plans for the mixed-use, residential, research and industrial campus on Bend's north end. City councilors say they are…
Saying No to Airport “Renewal”
As the eminent British philosopher Mick Jagger reminded us, "You can't always get what you want." That's especially true if you're trying to run a local government in a period of shrinking revenues.
Cessna, the small-aircraft manufacturer, wants $4 million worth of improvements at the Bend Airport, including longer runways and a control tower. One…
What’s a Palinista
It's Always Half Full. Upfront made almost half of the 11 shows at Bend's biggest venue this summer. We were there on the cold and wet night that Michael Franti and Spearhead opened up the season by getting our beanie-covered heads bopping and we were also in attendance as the revamped Stone Temple Pilots closed…
