Ratatat: Great band, even better videos
Not listening to Ratatat? You should be, unless you don’t like awesome beats strung together in a genius fashion. They even produce great videos.
Striking Yukon Gold: Terrebonne's DD Ranch is the answer to football fatigue
My boyfriend and I participate in a CSA program – a weekly delivery of fresh produce from Mt. Angel farm.
Of Vodka and Cyclocross
A cyclocross race at Bendistillery? I am so there. Not even a head cold, and the best efforts of my three year-old to thwart my sleep the night before, deterred me.
Bend Roots: Saturday Night Video
Originally from Bend, indie power-rock band The Autonomoics came down from their new home in Portland to keep Bend Roots going on Saturday night. [video:http://www.
Bend Roots: Check it! More Awesomeness tonight
Friday night was full or great music, sudsy beer and smiling fans. The Dela Project, Flying Kites and River Pigs were all pretty awesome.
Joey’s OK: Awesome ‘Cross Wipeout
Columnist Michelle Bazemore submitted this epic wipeout video from the recent Starcrossed races in Seattle. We’re calling it proof that ‘Cross is a full contact sport.
I Ain't Faking: How NFL players can get out of fake injury accusations
Last week, on a Wednesday, which is typically the toughest day on which to discuss NFL football with people who have actual functioning lives, the league pole vaulted to the top of the news feed by distributing a memo to all 32 teams warning players not to fake injuries. Or else… well, they'll have to…
Bend Roots: Friday’s Schedule
The Bend Roots kicked off in style last night with the opening night party at the Victorian featuring music from Mark Ransom, Leif James and a sizzling set from Rising Tide, a local Grateful Dead tribute act. Tonight, the party moves to the Century Center for the weekend.
Updated: Fire Closes Alder Springs Trailhead
A 300-acre wildfire near Whychus Creek has closed the Alder Springs Trailhead near Crooked River Ranch. The Oregon Department of Forestry said the fire, which was spotted around 2 p.
The Biggest Night of TV, Like, Ever
As I mentioned yesterday, last night was like the BIGGEST NIGHT OF TV EVAAAAAARRR, with a poop-ton of new and returning shows to scream, swoon, and yawn over. Here’s some opinions from across TV-ville (including my own) about what went down last night—but more importantly, WHAT DO YOU THINK? The Office: In my opinion, this…
Ed Abbey Would Be Proud: Dam graffiti in California
Pretty neat piece of covert art — no small project either. How do you figure he/she/they did that? Check this cool art and design blog for the back story and more pictures involving the imaginative environmental critique of this obsolete Southern Californian dam.
Bend Roots (unofficially) Kicks Off Tonight With a Tribute to the Grateful Dead
While the actual Bend Roots Revival at the Century Center doesn’t kick off until tomorrow evening, you can get your Roots on a day early with the annual Night of the Dead show tonight at the Victorian Cafe. The former home of the Bend Roots Revival (before it became one of the biggest music events…
It’s on TV Tonight!
Holy CRAP!! Tonight marks TV’s biggest night of Fall debuts and season premieres, so make sure all of your DVRs are rolling! And there’s much more coming your way, which you can read about in this week’s I Love Television™ (which inexplicably includes some very cruel taunting of Cristina Ricci’s forehead… yes, I am a…
Boys & Girls Club of Bend: The unfortunate fallout from the Aug. flood
Remember that freak hail/rain storm back on Aug. 4? As you may know, a lot of that water found its way into the Boy & Girls Club of Bend, which while undergoing a roof replacement, was left uncovered that night.
AWOL Sex offender Nabbed
A paroled sex offender with a history that includes sexual assault, public indecency and stalking was nabbed in Redmond just a few hours after he left his residence in Bend without permission. Daniel Douglas Timmons, 29, was reportedly arrested without incident in Redmond after a media alert was issued today.
Straight Talk on Taxes: Elizabeth Warren
This video, and one portion of it in particular, is making the rounds throughout the blogosphere and interwebs today. In it, we see Massachusetts senatorial candidate, Wall Street watchdog and Harvard Law professor, Elizabeth Warren, make a frank explanation of why people and corporations pay taxes.
Smoke It If You Got It: Bend petition aims to decriminalize pot
Bend residents may soon have a say about whether they want their city spending money enforcing marijuana laws, a push that if successful could effectively decriminalize pot in Bend. Local activist Ron Boozel submitted the preliminary paperwork last week to city hall that will clear the way for a public referendum on marijuana decriminalization.
Klamath Dam Removal Costs Drop
A proposal to remove four Klamath River dams in Oregon and California got a boost this week when a federal study revealed that dam removal costs are significantly less than first estimated. U.
Call it Socceretball: Europeans are trying to turn basketball into soccer and they might be onto something
While we wait around to see if the NBA actually has a season this fall, something is happening in the world of basketball and it's that this is truly becoming a “world of basketball.” This is cool and we should be proud to see other cultures continuing to embrace what was once a uniquely American…
Down the Chimney They Go: Vaux's Swifts are as swift as other swifts
You have to be swift to catch sight of a swift zooming by in pursuit of a moth, mosquito, beetle, gnat or other small flying insect. And, if it happens to be a Vaux’s Swift (pronounced vox, or vawx, your choice), you have to be even swifter. They’re smaller than the other swifts we have…
Glitter, Guns and Glam: Chicago pulls out all the stops to pack the Tower
Outside the Tower Theatre after Cat Call Productions' opening night performance of Chicago on Friday, I heard a man say to the woman hanging on his arm, “I can't believe we just saw that in Bend.” This didn't surprise me. I heard a variation of that comment when Cat Call performed Cabaret in 2009 and…
Bend’s Beer Renaissance: The Brew Shop goes big with their move to 3rd Street
Bend beer aficionados now have yet another place to call home. This place, however, is like no other. The Bend Brew Shop has moved their Division Street store to that stubbornly antiquated former church building on the 3rd Street strip, affording them enough space to have a pub. The Brew Shop is upstairs, meeting all…
The Power Hour
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Bend Roots Revival: Schedule and more
Something has happened in the Bend music scene over the course of the past six years. Venues have opened.
Our Picks for 9/21- 9/29
6th Annual Bend Roots Revival thursday-sunday 22-25 Bend Roots, the free community music festival, is finally here, which signals the end of summer, but one of the best parties of the year. This time around, there are 100 bands booked for three days at the Century Center, but on Thursday night head down to the…
On Flying Out of Redmond
You're leaving in the morning and pack the night before, throwing in your phone charger, toothbrush, the novel you’ve been meaning to get to, an extra shirt you won’t need. Before bed you count backward from the boarding time, padding five minutes here, ten minutes there, allowing extra time to get through security. In a…
The Focused Brain: Learning the basics of Qigong with Kristina Bak
“It is what you make of it” would be a good introduction to some of qigong teacher Kristina Bak’s core philosophy. Bak says there is ample research suggesting that “focused attention affects outcome, and that our thoughts appear to literally change neural structures in our brains.
Biking Far, Running Farther: Reflections and a look ahead at the Marathon Mountain Bike National Championships
Marathon Methodology Surprise! Local riders crushed at the 52-mile Marathon Mountain Bike National Championships last Saturday in Bend. Not exactly a shocker, really. We have plenty of talent here in Central Oregon, both professional and amateur and it showed. Again. Adam Craig added another national championship jersey to his growing collection after holding off good…
Zooey Deschanel: She Makes Me “Adorka-Phobic”
Anybody catch the series debut of New Girl last night on FOX? Ratings-wise this new non-laugh track sitcom CRUSHED the season premiere of Glee, yanking in a whopping 10.1 million viewers, making it the highest rated debut on FOX since Bernie Mac ten years ago.
Cultivating Familiarity: A somewhat reverent attempt at Straw Dogs remake still plays out as sacrilege to the hilt
Without the genius of director Sam Peckinpah, there would be no John Woo or Walter Hill movies. There would never have been The Wild Bunch, Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia or Straw Dogs without Peckinpah. Now we have Straw Dogs without Peckinpah. Some may say “homage,” I say “blasphemy.” Peckinpah's 1971 Straw Dogs…
To Live and Drive in L.A.: Drive is the grownup movie you've been waiting for
It's been a weird summer for blockbusters. I should know. I've watched most of them, 95 percent of which were superhero movies. After being bombarded with Green Lantern, Thor, Captain America, Conan and Cowboys and Aliens, I was starting to get this nagging suspicion that I was a stupid grownup and couldn't get sucked into…
Return to Sender: The USPS gets pinched in Central Oregon
There isn't much to see in Brothers, Oregon. In fact, there's pretty much only one thing in the tiny outpost along Highway 20 – the Brothers Stage Stop. On the other hand, this isn't just “one thing,” really. Inside its weathered walls is the only store, café, gift shop, gas station, saloon and post office…
MBD Killed It … Once They Got on Stage
It must suck to get boo-ed off the stage, which is precisely what happened to opening act Pater Familias last night at the Domino Room. Their music was fine, but it just went on and on and .
Fresh Poop Delivered Straight From the Newsroom to You
Monday, Sept. 12 The Compassion of Conservatives: Crowd at Tea Party-sponsored Republican presidential debate cheers suggestion that a man in coma should be allowed to die if he doesn't have health insurance .
The Bulletin Doth Protest Too Much
“Never complain, never explain,” said Benjamin Disraeli, prime minister under Queen Victoria. Ever since their announcement that Western Communications Inc.
Meet the Koch Brothers
According to Rolling Stone, at a recent plutocrat’s gathering, one of the Koch Brothers, heavy financers of the Tea Party “movement,” called President Obama, “Saddam Hussein.” Rolling Stone claims to have it on tape.
Fire Safety
For shame, Eric Flowers! Asking at the end of your article on foreclosures if anybody has a match is dangerously inflammatory. While it maybe true that if every foreclosee burned down his house, the banks would very quickly stop foreclosing and start mortgage modifications instead, arson is against the law and carries heavy prison sentences,…
Christina Ricci's Forehead
It's a big week for television, and we're gonna talk about some of the new Fall shows in just a moment – but first? Christina Ricci's forehead. Can someone please tell me what's going on with it? If you have no idea what I'm talking about, take a moment to Google search “Christina Ricci's forehead.”…
