Kicking Ass and Taking Names: Michael Cera battles the League of Evil Exes in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

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Kicking Ass and Taking Names: Michael Cera battles the League of Evil Exes in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Anne Pick

“I wanna know Ramona, am I the only one? Tell me. And she said, 'You're not the only one, but you're the best, Bradley.' And now I'm waiting for my ruca.” – Sublime
Whenever I think about Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, I can't help but sing the lyrics to Sublime's “Waiting for my Ruca” in my head. Most likely it's because Scott's love interest is named Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), but as I thought about it, the song had relevance to the film. Scott must defeat Ramona's seven evil exes in order to continue dating her, and she tells him he's the nicest, best guy she's ever dated. In this case though, instead of waiting, Scott must kick some ex-lover ass Nintendo-style to win the game of love.
Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera) lives in Toronto, plays bass in a mediocre rock band called Sex Bob-omb, lives with and shares a bed with his gay roommate Wallace, and since his ex-girlfriend dumped him and moved to Montreal to become a famous rock star, he has taken to giving himself haircuts. The latter explains why Cera looks younger and younger, despite playing a 22-year-old, which is his actual age. Cera basically plays the same character he always plays, which is essentially what I imagine to be himself. It's clear, after a string of roles that includes Superbad, Youth in Revolt, and my personal favorite, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, that Cera has the market cornered on the geeky, lovelorn leading man.

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Heard it on the Tee Vee: Mat Kearney is telling stories and none of them have anything to do with Grey's Anatomy

Mike Bookey

Mat Kearney, the pride of Eugene, Oregon, makes the sort of music that's perfect for doctors to make out to in hospitals. Not real doctors with their stethoscopes and decades of education and sleep-deprived, stress-laden minds, but rather television doctors. You know, the ones with the sort of good looks that make super models want to vomit more than they normally do and who trade sexual partners like Brian Cashman trades designated hitters.Of course, we're talking about Grey's Anatomy here, the television show that helped launch Kearney into the mainstream, exposing three of his songs, including the smash hit “Breathe In Breathe Out.”

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Our Picks for 8/18 – 8/26: Sunriver Music Festival, Bend Brew Fest, Budofights, Ink & Metal, Mat Kearney and more

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Sunriver Music Festival
thursday 19 – saturday 21
Now in it's 33rd season, the Sunriver Music Festival still presents quality classical music in a phenomenal setting. This is the second year the festival conducted concerts in Bend, but this weekend all of the concerts take place at the historic Great Hall at Sunriver Resort. Thursday features Chinese pianist Di Wu; Friday and Saturday bring Classical Concerts III and IV, and the Saturday concert features an all-Beethoven program. 7:30pm all three nights. $30-$60, 18 and under $10. Great Hall at Sunriver Resort, 1 Center Dr, Sunriver.
The Northstar Session In-Store 
Performance

friday 20
Los Angeles-based band The Northstar Session plays rootsy folk-rock with a neo-country feel, so all in all it's something everyone can groove to. The band has garnered comparisons to Wilco, The Black Crowes, The Wallflowers and others, playing vintage rock and roll. The band recently released a new EP, Winter Collection. Northstar plays a 21 and over show at Silver Moon later in the night, but for the U-21 crowd they'll rock out at Ranch Records. Free, 5pm. Ranch Records, 831 NW Wall St. $5, 9pm. Silver Moon Brewing Co, 24 NW Greenwood Ave.

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The Cannabis Crossroads: Oregon voters will decide in November whether to bring marijuana sales to Main Street

The Source Staff

As of July 1 of this year, 36,380 Oregonians, which is about the equivalent of the entire combined population of Crook and Jefferson counties, had been approved to possess, grow and use marijuana without fear of prosecution. They are members of the state's ever-growing medical marijuana cardholder community. As it turns out, government sanctioned pot smokers, although not all toke in the traditional sense, are one of the state's fastest growing populations. More than 23,000 Oregonians applied for a medical marijuana card in the last year and some 5,000 apps were pending as of the start of last month.
As the interest in the program soars, medical marijuana advocates are now pushing for another major relaxing of the state's laws regarding the drug. Thanks to their efforts, this November voters will decide whether to take pot out of the closet grow room and out into the world of retail storefronts through a state regulated system of “dispensaries” where card holders can shop for pot like they would a new pair of shoes.

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Crusades, Congressionals and Juggalos: Our mosque problem, farewell to Uncle Ted and Tila Tequila vs. Insane Clown Possee

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The author is enjoying the majesty of Tumalo Creek and its fabulous waterfalls, reading about the $71 million water/hydro/death-laser project being “proposed” by the city.
Our Christian NationRemember when you went to Pearl Harbor and saw the shrine honoring the Kamikaze pilots of Japan who destroyed our entire fleet in World War II? Me neither.

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Only The Beginning

Jim Anderson

Matt Orr opened Pandora’s Box with his comments about chemicals. The debacle that PGE caused in the Hudson and the federal government’s slow response to the BP oil disaster will be looked on as a minor problem when we see the results of the chemical industry pumping glug into our soils and water every day.

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