Our Picks for the Week of 1/14-1/22

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Our Picks for the Week of 1/14-1/22

The Source Staff

Too Slim & The Taildraggers
friday 16
Check out the sound
section for more on this longstanding Northwest band that is
self-described as "whiskey blues with a southern rock beer chaser." As
far as alcohol-based analogies go, this is pretty damn spot on. 9pm.
$14/advance, $16/door. Domino Room, 51 NW Greenwood Ave.
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friday 16-tuesday 20
With
Obama's inauguration coming up (see writeup on this page) the last
thing many of us want to do is think about the past eight years. But
what this past administration has done is inspire a steady wave of
protest, which this display puts front and center with photos of
protests, a slideshow, protest signs and more. You can also swing by
the location on Tuesday for an inauguration watch party. Fri 7pm-12am,
Sat-Mon. 10am-10pm, Tues 8am. Old Mill Marketplace, 550 SW Industrial
Dr. (between Webcyclery and Curiosity Shop). Free.

Posted inMusic

A New To-Do List: Talking golf, driver’s license photos and 2009’s priorities with Jessie Baylin

The Source Staff

Doesn’t look like a golfer, does she?Jessie Baylin, who relocated to Nashville after a six-year stretch in
Los Angeles, has just received her Tennessee-issued driver's license.
And she's not all that excited.

"I kind of look like a dweeb in it. My California license was really
cool and I'm kinda upset about this one," she says from the home in
Nashville that she shares with her fiancée Nathan Followill, the
drummer for Kings of Leon.

The new license and its accompanying dweeby photo has hardly been the
only change for the 24-year-old Baylin over the past year. During 2008,
Baylin saw her disc, Firesight, become one of the most well received
singer-songwriter albums of the year, played at Bonnaroo, and made a
name for herself on the pop music landscape. With a soulful sound laced
with folk and rock flavors, Baylin has earned spots on several
high-profile tours, including her opening gig for Marc Broussard that
brings her to the Tower Theatre on Tuesday night.

Posted inNews

Riverboarding

Intern

With this uncharacteristically warm and mild weather in town and wet at best conditions up in the mountains, my attentions have been slightly diverted. Trying to stay constructive, I focused my energy on some summer sport fun and construct a new riverboard.

Posted inCulture

Me and My Yoga: How an anti-exercise, reformed wreck of a man bends his body

Mike Bookey

Get down and give me a downward dog. If anyone had told me 10 or 20 years ago that I'd be doing yoga at this
point in my life, I would've told them to f**k off. After a lifetime of
self-inflicted physical and mental abuse with my old friends, drugs and
alcohol, I had always subscribed to the belief that I needed a quick
fix, no therapy, and definitely not any form of exercise whatsoever.

But
then after being clean and sober for almost 10 years, I decided to give
it a try. The fact that my girlfriend is a yoga instructor at Namaspa
in the Tulen Center didn't hurt either. I finally gave into the dreaded
pretzel twisting regime to stop hearing her ask (every five minutes),
"When are you going to try my class?" Seriously, what did I have to
lose except maybe a few bad thoughts and a coupla unwanted and
unsightly pounds? I began by participating in an introductory workshop.
When I strutted in wearing my yoga shorts, carrying my new mat and
sporting my sweatband/headdress/bandana, I was approached by my
classmates as somewhat of a swami. The first question, "how long have
you been practicing?" and my response, "umm about two days" put an end
to any looks of admiration.

Posted inOutside

The Soccer Bowl

The Source Staff

There were some unhappy faces at the Left Field desk on New Year's
Eve day as we sat unhappily clanking away at the keyboard as the Sun
Bowl kicked off in El Paso, Texas where Oregon State was taking on 20th
ranked Pittsburgh. The Beavers were playing in a bowl game and we were
at work; an injustice of the highest sorts.

But the fears of
missing out on one of our region's biggest games of the year were
quickly quelled when we accidentally came across the final score - OSU
3, Pitt 0. Three points in 60 minutes of play…that's it. It might as
well have been a soccer game. There might as well have been
unintelligible chants emanating from the mouths of scarf-wearing,
confetti-tossing fans. The players might have well spent several
minutes of the game rolling on the ground holding their shins- we doubt
anyone would have noticed.

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