Motorbreath in the shred zone.If you were lucky, you were in the crowd that caught Portland-based Metallica tribute band Motorbreath’s show at the Reed Pub the other night. (Sound Check was.) Your lucky streak ain’t run out yet, either, because you find yourself here — where you can check out bonus photos of Motorbreath, Tentareign, and a video clip of the last song from Vengeance Creek’s set. Horns up and read on.
Metal Memories, Real and Fake
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Getting Off the Bottle: Where does your bottled water come from? You may be surprised
The logo for Sierra Springs bottled water shows a range of beautiful, gleaming white peaks. The image and the name conjure up visions of icy-cold, crystal-clear water gushing from pristine springs fed by pure mountain snows.
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Oregon’s Ethanol Mandate
To hear all the hype, you'd think ethanol is the miracle drug of this or any other century, able to cure everything from America's addiction to foreign oil to global warming to hemorrhoids.
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Merkley Steals a March on Novick
The two leading candidates for the Oregon Democratic Senate nomination, Jeff Merkley and Steve Novick, are trying to outdo each other in demonstrating their opposition to the Iraq war.
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Bulletin Editorial Page Clobbers a Straw Man
At the bottom of the front page of The Bulletin's Local section this morning there's a news story headlined "Study: 350 Oregonians die each year due to no insurance."
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Making a List and Checking it Twice: Smith Keeping them in the garage, French men in their pants
In Washington, Golf Becomes a Handicap
Oregon Republican Sen. Gordon Smith is one of Capitol Hill's most enthusiastic and skillful golfers - so much so that he made Golf Digest's 2005 list of Washington's Top 200 Golfers.
But Gordo's name is missing from the 2007 list. Smith, whose handicap was given as 4.5 in 2005, told the magazine he hadn't been playing enough last year to determine his handicap - too busy campaigning for re-election.
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In Search of the Honest Pint: A pint is 16 ounces – except (sometimes) when it’s a pint of beer
The cup never lies.It seems pretty simple: A pint equals 16 ounces. So when you go into a bar, pub or restaurant and order a pint of beer you'll get 16 ounces of beer, right?
Well, maybe. Or maybe you'll get only 14 ounces. Or 13, or even 12.
Like most naรฏve beer drinkers, I always assumed that when I paid for a pint I got a pint. It was only after stumbling across Portlander Jeff Alworth's "Beervana" blog that the hideous truth began to dawn on me.
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It’s All About Water: The Oregon Water Handbook examines our relationship with the liquid of life
It's All About WaterThe Oregon Water Handbook examines our relationship with the liquid of lifeBy Jim AndersonIt seems every newscaster you watch on TV or hear on the radio seems to think that ideal weather condition in Central Oregon is clear skies. Rain and snow suggest bad news. Not in my book! Rain means water for the desert, and snow translates to water in the aquifers.
It's been said that the next war will not be over oil, but water. The hullabaloo a while back over Coca-Cola allegedly seeking control over water in India appears to support at least a corporate war over water.
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The Senate’s “Dr. No”
There are traditions that are inspiring, like laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Memorial Day. There are traditions that are fun, like trimming the Christmas tree or ridiculing American Idol.
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Breaking the Mold: Heavyweight Dub’s A.P.O.S.T.L.E. takes Longfellow over Snoop
The many faces of A.P.O.S.T.L.E.Hip-hop artist, educator and social activist A.P.O.S.T.L.E's first live performance was a reading of "Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. He was in the second grade.
"I instinctively put rhythm to it in order to better memorize it," he said of the reading. "I started writing my own poetry a few years later."
Now, some 25 years after his first "live performance," A.P.O.S.T.L.E (real name Jeff Campbell) has become a widely celebrated member of the hip-hop community and beyond. He's done most of his touring with his former band Heavyweight Dub Champion, although he's currently on the road with the heavily hyped DJ Quest.