Let the Old Guys Rock: Scorcese takes a sip from the Stones’ lovin’ cup with Shine a Light

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Let the Old Guys Rock: Scorcese takes a sip from the Stones’ lovin’ cup with Shine a Light

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Band of brothers. Martin Scorsese knows his rock-n-roll. He knows how to film it, document it and enunciate all the sounds, focusing on everything cool. But can he save the Rolling Stones, now in their fifth decade, with a concert engulfed in lights, camera, and action? Well kind of…
 
Shine follows essentially the same pattern of Scorcese's excellent opus, The Last Waltz, The Band's farewell show. The film starts with black-and-white footage of Scorsese and Mick Jagger talking by phone. Immediately humorous and edgy, we wonder if they will ever see eye-to-eye on anything. Jagger bitches about the hot lights and Scorsese nervously wants to open with the correct shot.
The concert is held in 2006 at the Beacon Theatre in Manhattan. Bill Clinton introduces the Stones allowing for a hilarious "meet and greet" installment; a co-mingling of rock stars and politicians.

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There’s Something About Vegas: Hollywood’s latest Sin City flick flops

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the joke, unfortunately, is on us. Even though I expected little to no meat in this entree, I did hope for a sizeable helping of Cameron Diaz's comedic dazzle. She still manages to ignite her usual spark as the spunky party girl. Distinctly absent, though, are the laughs she so effortlessly generated in the wacky characters she portrayed in There's Something About Mary and In Her Shoes. It's not really her fault; the unleavened script Diaz is forced to work with here offers little more than insulting retorts of the kind most of us abandoned in junior high. Instead, we are left to marvel only at her gorgeous wardrobe.
 
Until now, I had never seen Ashton Kutcher in an actual film role, so I admit that I was curious to see if he had any real talent, or if he's just cute. It turns out he's just cute. Gratifyingly so, since there's little else in this movie to hold one's attention.

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Quick Bites: Every Night is Wine Night

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Wine dinners and restaurant-hosted tastings have been popping up like tulips all over town lately. Whether you are a certified cork dork or just simply enjoy that glass of house red, you are sure to be satisfied. At one end of the spectrum are the casual after-work tastings offered by Blacksmith and Allyson’s Kitchen. These events cost $10 and typically focus on a themed flight of 6 – 8 wines of similar style and origin. I attended Blacksmith’s most recent event last Wednesday, hosted by sommelier Kevin Gilman, which focused on big Washington reds. No doubt about it, these were opulent, girthy wines with broad appeal and availability, and which spanned a reasonable price range. Their tasting notes were right on target, which made the experience accessible and easy.

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Quick Bites: Every Night is Wine Night

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Wine dinners and restaurant-hosted tastings have been popping up like tulips all over town lately. Whether you are a certified cork dork or just simply enjoy that glass of house red, you are sure to be satisfied. At one end of the spectrum are the casual after-work tastings offered by Blacksmith and Allyson's Kitchen. These events cost $10 and typically focus on a themed flight of 6 - 8 wines of similar style and origin. I attended Blacksmith's most recent event last Wednesday, hosted by sommelier Kevin Gilman, which focused on big Washington reds. No doubt about it, these were opulent, girthy wines with broad appeal and availability, and which spanned a reasonable price range. Their tasting notes were right on target, which made the experience accessible and easy.

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A Geared Up “Sangwhich”: Getting nuked at the Speedshop Deli

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A glimpse of the New Look Blacksmith.When The Speedshop opened its doors, I was a bit confused. Was it a clothing shop? Moto paraphernalia? And where was I going to buy incense now that Ponderfusion had closed its doors? There was a “Deli” sign, but also T-shirts in the window. What is this place, I wondered? So I went in to find out.

The little sliver of a shop on Wall Street that once housed a much loved head shop, got a complete remodel (including the upstairs) and has turned into “moto” themed clothing store and deli. This is a fairly odd concept but it’s forging a niche among those that pride themselves on their “deli palates.”
The menu offers build-your-own options for “sangwiches” (as the menu calls them) with seven different Boar’s Head brands of meats and cheeses and a variety of breads and condiments.

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A Geared Up “Sangwhich”: Getting nuked at the Speedshop Deli

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A glimpse of the New Look Blacksmith.When The Speedshop opened its doors, I was a bit confused. Was it a clothing shop? Moto paraphernalia? And where was I going to buy incense now that Ponderfusion had closed its doors? There was a "Deli" sign, but also T-shirts in the window. What is this place, I wondered? So I went in to find out.
 
The little sliver of a shop on Wall Street that once housed a much loved head shop, got a complete remodel (including the upstairs) and has turned into "moto" themed clothing store and deli. This is a fairly odd concept but it's forging a niche among those that pride themselves on their "deli palates."
The menu offers build-your-own options for "sangwiches" (as the menu calls them) with seven different Boar's Head brands of meats and cheeses and a variety of breads and condiments.

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Greg Brown

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Greg Brown's got love in Central Oregon. Why? Well, to start, there's the sweet irony of the fact that he shares his name with one of Deschutes County's most colorful former sheriffs - convicted embezzler Greg Brown.

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Summer in Iowa

Mike Bookey

You Me & Iowa

The Adventures of You Me & Iowa
Scrimshaw Jazz
Every summer must be accompanied by an album. I don't mean dopey reggae hits or girl-pop numbers repeating the word "summer" ad nauseam, but well-wrought tunes that taste good topped with sunshine while also serving as the soundtrack to the entire season.
This summer, it's The Adventures of You Me & Iowa, from Los Angeles power pop outfit You Me & Iowa. The band exists somewhere within a triangle created by the technical mastery of Minus the Bear, the lyrical complexity of Death Cab for Cutie, and pop sensibilities that have been hard to find since the heyday of the Beach Boys. From the first cut, "Dress the Stage," the record sets sail across waves of poppy rock hooks that are firmly grounded by the band's musical knowledge - perhaps not surprisingly, knowing that the quintet has between them a wealth of formal training. Adventures was produced and engineered by Dave Newton of Mighty Lemon Drop fame and mixed by J. Robbins (Dismemberment Plan). Couple that production experience with a band as drenched in talent as YM&I and the result is an album that never slows, sinks, or ever sounds anything like any other band on the scene.

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Rhymes With “Very”: One-time Bendite Mare Wakefield gives us a lesson in pronunciation and American

Mike Bookey

Mare’s got peeps in Bend. We'd like to spend a little time here discussing singer/songwriter Mare Wakefield and why you insist on mispronouncing her name. While on paper, it looks like Wakefield's first name should rhyme with "hair" or "bear," but in fact when said aloud, her name is the world that belongs in the following blanks: Peter, Paul and _________ or the Virgin _________, or perhaps ________ Kate and Ashley Olsen.
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Central Oregonians, might however, not have been caught off guard by the intentionally quirky and seemingly erroneous spelling of the Nashville-based artist's name. Those who've been here for a few decades (don't all raise your hands at once) might remember Wakefield as part of the band Sister Southpaw, a Bend-based troupe from the early 1990s. Or perhaps more recently, you might remember her set at the Silver Moon Brewing Co. last fall, a venue she's returning to on Wednesday during a grueling cross-country tour.

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Four decades after Woodstock, Richie Havens talks about songwriting and Rage Against the Machine

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Talkin’ bout freedom!When Richie Havens called my cell phone earlier this month, I was expecting to hear a great, booming voice reminiscent of the musician's singing style, one that grabs the listener's inner ear and demands attention. Instead, I found myself straining to hear a soft-spoken man. At one point I had to turn up the volume on my phone, causing me to miss the beginning of his answer to the question: How do you go about writing songs?
 
" … a different way every time, whether I'm riding the bus or walking - wherever I am," Havens said. "First, the song's title pops into my brain, and the title suggests whether it's a song or a title for a whole album. So they come and I write them down. I take the title … and before long the first thing happens: I hear a melody and start to figure out how that's happening. Then, I play a couple of chords and the first line comes. From that moment on I hear the song being sung, as if by someone else."

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