Our Picks for 5/5 – 5/13: Last Band Standing, Central Oregon Hot Shots, First Friday, Casey Naill & The Norway Rats

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Our Picks for 5/5 – 5/13: Last Band Standing, Central Oregon Hot Shots, First Friday, Casey Naill & The Norway Rats

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Last Band Standing
thursday 6
The local battle of the bands rages on this week with a rock-dominated lineup including Jones Road, Shades of Society, Tuck and Roll, Kousefly and Elliot. Come out and support one of these bands if you're a fan – or just come for the $2 Ninkasi beers. $5/door. 8pm. Boondock's Bar and Grill, 70 NW Newport Ave.
Underscore Orkestra
thursday 6
Weird? Absolutely. Sloppy? Kind of. Interesting as hell? Nailed it. That's probably the best way to describe this Portland acoustic outfit that plays in a style that's essentially from back in time with a mix of Klezmer, Balkan, gypsy jazz and swing tunes. $5. 8pm. Silver Moon Brewing Co., 24 NW Greenwood Ave.

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The Devil You Know: Are appraisal brokerages the new real estate villain?

Eric Flowers

Securitized derivatives and interest-only loans notwithstanding, there's plenty of evidence that the collapse of the national and local housing market can be traced back to the foundation upon which all other assumptions relied – the actual value of the homes that were being bought and sold at a breakneck pace around Bend and other real estate hotbeds throughout the boom years of the last decade.
A quick glance at the most recent Multiple Listing Service (MLS) statistics confirms just how grossly inflated local real estate prices became before the fall. The median sale price for a Bend home was $347,750 in 2006, according to the Central Oregon Association of Realtors. By the first quarter of this year, the price had fallen to $190,000, a roughly 44-percent decrease – good enough to put Bend among the fastest-falling housing markets in the entire country. Florida condos and Central Valley spec homes got nothing on us.

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Election Endorsements: Deschutes County

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DeBone for Deschutes County Seat #1
At a recent candidate forum Tony DeBone didn't sound like much of a politician, fumbling to explain why as a citizen he was going to vote in favor of raising taxes for a new jail while running on a campaign of (read my lips) “no new taxes,” but we're not going to hold that against him. And we think that voters shouldn't either. We like DeBone's fresh and sometimes unpolished approach that can come off sounding – dare we say it – like honesty. And while his delivery could use some work, DeBone represents a chance to bring a new perspective to the county commission.

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The OLCC's Mystery Man

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For critics of the Oregon Liquor Control Commission, Jason Evers – well, we suppose we should call him “John Doe” now – is the gift that keeps on giving.
Evers/Doe is the former Bend regional manager of the OLCC who was exiled to Nyssa, a tiny town near the Idaho border, after behaving like a tinpot dictator toward bar and restaurant proprietors here. His career then continued its downward trajectory. At this writing, he's sitting in a jail cell in Idaho.
It appears that TMWCHJE (The Man Who Called Himself Jason Evers) adopted the identity of a 3-year-old Ohio boy who was murdered 28 years ago. The fraud came to light when the U.S. State Department checked statements he made on a passport application against Ohio state records.

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Oil Goes Boom: BP's big 'oops', stupid terrorists, a papal bailout and more!

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The author has been sent on the road to discover a lost country formerly known as America. He is reporting from a quaint place called “Canada.” Seriously, there's another country up north full of good beer and money called “Looney's” (I'm not making this up) with millions of people coexisting rather amicably, on assignment for Or-Bust.com and The Source Weekly.
You Can't Go Home Again
The most poorly planned terrorism plot since that Nigerian's underwear was hatched in Times Square this weekend, with naturalized American citizen Faisal Shahzad arrested late Monday at JFK trying to flee to his home country of Pakistan. The inbred Pakistani Taliban are taking responsibility for the plot but no one knows why. With non-explosive fertilizer, ten gallons of gas, propane tanks and a few firecrackers in an old Nissan Pathfinder, Faisal forgot that Times Square is full of cameras and NYC doesn't care much for terrorists. As inept as a southern governor (see “Crist Comes Out”), Faisal makes Goldman Sachs look innocent.

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Arizona's Guns are Crossing the Border

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The propagandists for Arizona's draconian anti-immigration law claim that illegals are terrorizing Arizona residents. Actually, the crime rate for illegals is lower than for the native born, but reality has never swayed a right-winger who wants to believe BS. Arizonans have a head-in-the-sand viewpoint when it comes to their virtually non-existent gun laws. Thousands of weapons of various kinds have been flowing into Mexico from Arizona for years.

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It's Called Teamwork

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During these trying and often polarizing times, it is especially noteworthy when an entire community unites for a cause. With the recent headlines related to the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) and their former Bend regional manager, I find it appropriate to thank those people who led the effort to achieve positive change with the OLCC on behalf of our community.This was an extraordinary accomplishment that had an immediate impact on the lives of our citizens and the economy of our city.
Change of this magnitude could have only been accomplished with the bipartisan and unified commitment that our citizens, community leaders, and elected officials exemplified during this process – an extremely challenging and time-consuming endeavor that culminated with the governor supporting our community's cry for help.

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Reborn A Liberal

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Being a conservative, I am ashamed by the findings of W. Lamberson, April 29, that found people of my ilk are responsible for food, water and medicine shortages on the planet. Then, worst of all, responsible for depleting the ozone layer, causing global warming and deforestation. What chumps!
Being a conservative, it was required of me to be the most openly bigoted, racist, sexist, earth plundering gay basher I could be.
I'm finally ready to change my ways. I want to become a liberal.

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Choke On This

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The G String Stranglers are not a radio band, and never will be. We will never win a Last Band Standing corporate competition. That said, we had a blast doing that show. We did what we came to do, and that was kick the crap out of Boondocks, and Bend. We wanted to show people who we are. And thank you very much for the award. (Most Audience-Directed F-Bombs, Sound Check, 4-29)

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