Our Picks for the Week of 5/27 – 6/4

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Our Picks for the Week of 5/27 – 6/4

The Source Staff

David Jacobs-Strain

thursday 28
We'll tell you one more time to
see one of the blues world's brightest young stars while you have the
chance. Sure, he comes around a couple times a year, but that's not an
excuse to miss him, ever. 8pm. $7. Silver Moon Brewing Co. 24 NW
Greenwood Ave.
Ian Tyson and Corb Lund
thursday 28
You'd
probably know a lot more about Ian Tyson than you currently do if you
were Canadian. This rodeo rider turned songwriter is the author of the
hit song "Four Strong Winds" which was later recorded by both Neil
Young and Johnny Cash. Now 75 years old, Tyson is still busy touring
and laying down records. This time around he's on the road with fellow
Canadian country star Corb Lund. 7pm. $45 or $40. Tower Theatre, 835 NW
Wall St.

Posted inSpecial Issues & Guides

Restaurant of the Year: Ariana

Eric Flowers

When it comes to restaurants, of course it's highly subjective, but there are
some specific considerations: execution, presentation, creativity, ambience, service, value, consistency, attention to detail. When the field is as deep as it is here in Central Oregon, however, the deciding factor is often harder to articulate. It's that quality
that makes your eyes roll with every bite, that makes you inhale deeply as you swallow
so as not to waste that last vestige of flavor, where nothing in the overall dining experience distracts you from your appreciation. It's what makes you remember and relive the meal weeks or months later. It's when the very character of the restaurant embodies the values and tastes of a given place at a given time.

Posted inOpinion

Packed Like Sardines

Eric Flowers

This week's letter comes from K. Golding who zeros in on annoying driving habits. On the eve of Memorial Day weekend and the official start of summer travel season, it's a fitting time to vent our frustrations. And we certainly concur with what our writer has to say this week. So be safe out there on the roads and think about your fellow travelers.

Meantime, K can pick up her winner's prize, a pound of Strictly Organic coffee at our offices, 704 NW Georgia.

What ever happened to the procedure of having a safe distance between you and the car ahead of you? I drive from Tumalo to Madras or Salem at least once a week and am tired of running into a line of cars with six feet between each other doing 40 miles an hour behind some guy with a trailer - most prevalent on the Santiam, but you see it on 97 also.

Posted inOpinion

The More Things Change

Eric Flowers

Meg says old school Republicans are scared. Well, what exactly is a new school Republican? What do they believe? That gay marriage should remain illegal, but by golly, we could be a bit nicer about it? That we disagree with every single one of Obama's initiatives, but we see no need to get up in his face in a rude way? Troops should remain in Iraq indefinitely, but we don't have to sound like grumpy old men when we say so? I especially like Meghan's "I believe in a strong national defense," but yet "I love to wear black," as if a young Republican's clothing color creates meaningful differentiation between she and her grouchy father.

Posted inCulture

Book Review: Thanks for the Memories, George

Mike Bookey

Thanks For the Memories, George
By Mike Loew
Three Rivers Press
Reading
through to the end of Thanks For the Memories, George is not unlike
sitting down with friends for breakfast in a seedy diner the morning
after a brutal all-night bender on the town. Somewhere deep down, you
know exactly what happened, but you need to have it all recounted to
you - even the embarrassingly awful parts - just to make sure that it
really happened.
Mike Loew, a contributor to the hilariously
satirical Onion, uses this look back at the Bush presidency to remind
us that the last eight years were really not too far off from a long
and especially brutal bender. And now Loew is here to sit us down in
that diner and tell us what the hell just happened.

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