Murder by Death: Tonight!
Take your bourbon down off that there shelf, ’cause Murder by Death is in town tonight — at the Domino Room (previously booked at the Horned Hand). Don’t let their overly dark name fool you.
Best Eyewitness Account Ever
One thing about being a print journalist rather than a TV reporter is that you don’t get to talk to people like this and let the world see it.
Stream The New Wilco Album!
It’s been a long time coming, but Wilco’s new studio album release is just around the corner. If you can’t wait the week and a day before it finally becomes available, “The Whole Love” is now up for streaming on NPR’s First Listen site! The 12 song, nearly one hour long album, is possibly the…
Mosley Wotta Plays Tonight to Benefit the Red Cross
In this week’s print edition, we mentioned the altruistic ways of Mosley Wotta, one of Bend’s most popular artists, and how he’s helping out the American Red Cross this weekend. Tonight, MoWo and his band are headlining the Blood is Thicker Than Wotta show, which benefits the American Red Cross.
Today in Unfortunate Ad Placement
In looking through today’s Bulletin, I came across this tragic headline:
I read the article, which again was quite tragic, but was quickly followed up with this full page ad on the very next page, offering some comic relief.
The ad is actually touting the quality of Norwegian chairs, which, at this point in time,…
Melting Icebergs
Icebergs make for great photos. We landed in Newfoundland and found out they have icebergs swimming in the sea on the north shore in September.
Kicking Off: Don't worry, the most dangerous play in football is still quite entertaining
“OK, so here's what we're gonna do, gang. After we kick the ball, all of you… well everyone except for our skinny little kicker, is going to run fast, pretty much as fast as you can, down the field. There will be 11 guys ahead of you and I don't want you to run in…
Crime Cop!
Let's take a moment to talk about a very serious subject: INSECURE COPS. You know, our city's police officers have a very difficult job.
Hoping Against Hope: Try as you might, Creature proves that they really don't make them like they used to
New horror movies give me hope and, from the looks of it, Creature had guilty pleasure, drive-in homage stamped into its very existence. At first, it seemed like my prayers had been answered, but to my dismay, this flick proved to be a lame, excruciatingly cheap slasher with no soul and one ridiculous, disjointed scene…
Pushing the Envelope: Derek Sitter’s weirdness propels Fuddy Meers
Fuddy Meers is a rollercoaster ride. Directed by Derek Sitter, professional actor and founder of both the Actor’s Realm and Volcanic Theatre, this David Lindsay-Abaire piece is one of the darkest plays to hit a Bend stage in recent memory.
Amnesia's Dusty Trail Pale
Bouncing around Portland for Music Fest NW, we took a break from the cosmically awesome collection of bands that had descended on the city to sip some brews at Amnesia Brewing, an excellently rustic beer-hall style brewery and pub at the north end of the city. With temperatures tickling the three-digit mark, a cold beer…
Little Bites: Quick Bites: Letzers Deli Coming Downtown
Keeping with this page's sandwich theme, we've got some news about Letzer's Deli, the much-loved sandwich shop best known for its enormously humongous sandwiches. After a first year in business during which the family owned Jewish-style deli has gained a loyal fan base and some rave reviews, including one in this paper, Letzer's is looking…
Laurel Brauns: House of Snow
While she's been best known as the face of the ever-evolving Sweet Harlots, Laurel Brauns still doesn’t mind going solo, and she does so excellently on her new album, House of Snow, which she's releasing this week with a big party at the PoetHouse on Friday night. The record, adorned with impossibly awesome cover art…
Not So Scary: Murder by Death is bringing a big sound to small towns
It's OK if you've never heard of Murder by Death. I hadn't either until a couple of months ago. Since then, however, I haven’t been able to get enough of their gothic Western sound. Not goth as in cloaks, black lipstick and top hats, but goth as in dark and post-punk. Adam Turla, the front…
Treading Water in Foreclosureville: What happens when your neighbor walks away and no one returns
We don't talk about it – the dilapidated two-two story eyesore with a collapsing fence and a yard full of knee-high weeds that have dried to a brown, come-hither-wildfire crisp through the late summer. The home, if you can call it that, has been neglected for so long that it's become invisible to most of…
Councilors Won't Sever Ties With Neighborhood Groups
Numerous neighborhood association representatives made their voices heard at the Sept. 7 City Council meeting, enough so in fact that the council chose to temporarily shelve an amendment that would sever the city's formal ties with the associations. Councilors, who approved a change on Aug. 17 that would classify the associations as nongovernmental, agreed to…
The Oregon GOP Gets (Almost) Rational
In a month when Texas Gov. Rick “Hang 'Em High” Perry is winning applause at GOP presidential debates by talking about his 234 executions and how he'd like to abolish Social Security, it was some comfort to see the Oregon Republican Party take a step – even a tentative baby step – into the 21st…
This Week’s Number
$4.6 million That's how much the heirs that owned the Eagle Cap Wilderness Lodge sought for the 50-year-old lodge and guest houses in Eastern Oregon when they put the property up for a sealed bid auction recently.
Big End-of-Summer Straight Poop Sale – Stock Up Now!
Monday, Sept. 5 Tell us how you really feel, Jimmy: Teamsters Union President Jimmy Hoffa Jr., warming up Labor Day crowd in Detroit for President Obama, rips into Tea Party: “Let's take these sons of bitches out” … Tea Partiers wail about “violent” rhetoric … In tepid follow-up, Obama promises to support collective bargaining, challenges…
Can't See the Finish Line?
When I read the inanities of Bachmann and other right-wing crazies, I wonder why the 2012 election is so important. The right wing now follows the Mayan calendar and accepts the end of the world, the Apocalypse, as December 21, 2012.
Bend Police’s Latest Crosswalk Sting
Just half a block from our office, down on the corner of Georgia Avenue and Wall Street, Bend police have been posted up to catch drivers who fail to stop for pedestrians at crosswalks. It looks like they’re about to wrap up the sting, but for several hours today a pair of decoys (one of…
MusicFestNW Video Roundup
Yeah, a few days have passed since MusicFestNW, the massive music festival that takes over nearly every venue in Portland, wrapped up, but that’s how long it’s taken me to wrap my head around the awesomeness that was this fest. While it’s impossible to make it to even half of the shows on the slate,…
Shadow Lake Fire Update: A short and sweet info video
Hate reading? Check out the informative (and short, A.D.
South Sister Rescue Takes a Turn for the Bizarre
A search and rescue operation on South Sister took a turn for the strange on Tuesday morning when a disoriented and dehydrated hiker had to be Tazed and subdued after he assaulted rescue workers near Moraine Lake in the High Country. Sheriff’s deputies said Duncan Tyler Maring, 24 of Bend, was acting strange and in…
