Paula Cole’s two smash commercial hits, the chanting lament “Where Have All the Cowboys Gone” and “I Don’t Wanna Wait,” a desperate pop refrain with a chorus equivalent to the millennials’ YOLO slogan, are a mere blip in the long view of music history. The songs, both off of 1996’s This Fire, fit seamlessly into […]
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Too Soon
It has been a long time coming, and seemingly the City of Bend could not wait another day to start construction on the controversial Bridge Creek Pipeline Project, the effort to replace decades-old pipes with a single, larger 10-mile-long pipe to supply Bend with drinking and flushing water. Originally, Bend’s city council had hoped to […]
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The Beer Issue
The evolution of beer, from cave to craft
Dave Berry, that eternal fountain of wit, once quipped, “Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza.” We agree! For our first Beer Issue, we have pulled apart […]
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Cover Artist Brett Superstar’s Animation Design
Do you love our cover art this week as much as we do? Brett Superstar Portland artist Brett Superstar interviewed with the Source last week and told us that he does more than just paint adorable blue bunnies. Here is a German commercial that Brett designed the characters for. Here is some more of Brett’s […]
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Vote for Bend’s Hottest Après Ski Spot
Alright, outdoorsy folks (i.e. everyone in Bend, Ore.), the Oregonian’s Après Ski project is in full swing and the newspaper is asking for your votes for the best post-ski hang out in Bend. Today an article was posted entitled “Bend readers pile on praise for their favorite after-ski party spots (poll)” so do as The […]
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One Model Oregon Exclusive Photos and Q&As
The third round of the One Model Oregon voting is open! Tickets are also on sale for the March 8 Grand Finale Fashion Show! Contestants participate in photo shoots with local photographers to help build their portfolios and jumpstart their modeling careers. Kind of like Bend’s own version of “America’s Next Top Model,” except YOU […]
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100 Hikes are Worth Three Minutes of your Day
Local “Hike Guy” Kolby Kirk took on a big project in 2012, he wanted to hike 100 times and 700 trail miles by January 1st, 2014. Check out details of the 100 Hikes Project here. “On each hike, I created a number using natural materials found along the trail,” explains Kirk who lives in Bend, […]
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Rise Up Declares Last Show at Pakit Until Spring
NOOOOOOOO!!! Today, Rise Up International, the arts organization that has been booking excellent concerts at Pakit Liquidators (including a rocking New Year’s day show with Larry and his Flask, Hopeless Jack and the Handsome Devil, Dirty Kid Discount and the Slaughter Daughters), announced via Facebook that next Saturday’s Black Pussy show will be the last […]
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Bend to Host USA Cycling XC and Enduro National Champs, 2015 and 2016
Mt. Bachelor’s trails will be two years old when the races come to town. Visit Bend is doing a good job with the bike-race-hosting thing. It was just announced that our city would be the site of the USA Cycling 2015 and 2016 cross-country and enduro national championship mountain bike races. What’s most interesting about […]
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Re-imagining Christmas
Naomi Hooley and Rob Stroup’s folksy take on holiday music
One is a smoky-voiced, piano-playing, 70’s-inspired vixen; the other a dusty blues guitarist and singer. Both longtime members of the Portland music scene, Naomi Hooley (of Moody Little Sister) and Rob Stroup (Baseboard Heaters, The Imprints) have teamed up to release the definitive Pacific Northwest Christmas album, Naomi Hooley and Rob Stroup’s Winter Wonderland. The […]
