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The Dirty Words, Bend’s indie, experimental rock squad dropped off a video of their show at the Silver Moon a few weeks back. Take a look.
Republicans in Clark County, WA turned a deeper shade of red after MSNBC commentator Keith Olbermann exposed them for posting a pack of lies about Barack Obama on their website.
State Sen. Ben Westlund says he plans to spend the legislature's brief emergency session next month pushing a bill to clean up the home lending business.
Here are some free, full-length MP3s from the Laurel Brauns and Canaan Canaan albums we reviewed in this week’s mysteriously magical Sound Check column. We won’t even make you click through to get ’em.
Looking for a heavyweight to appear as keynote speaker at the Dorchester Conference, their big annual wingding on the Oregon Coast, the Republican Party of Oregon has picked the neo-con's neo-con, William "Bill" Kristol.
The nice fellas of Sweatshop Union were kind enough to allow us to dish out a couple tracks from their latest album United We Fall. If you like what you hear, check out their show at the Domino Room on Friday, Jan.
Does the name Karin Immergut ring any bells? No? Okay, how about Monica Lewinsky?
Not only do Central Oregon musicians just generally kick ass, but they also tend to be nice and open to the idea of letting you hear their music — even if you’re not ready to track ’em down at a show or buy their album. In that spirit, here are two tracks apiece from Coyo and Shireen Amini, the local artists whose lastest CD releases we reviewed in this week’s Sound Check. Read on for the goods.
Steve Novick, the Portland progressive activist who's fighting Oregon House Speaker Jeff Merkley for the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination, has beaten his rival to the punch by launching the first TV ad of the campaign - and it's a real grabber.
Rep. Chuck Burley of Bend has been making noises like a moderate since he was narrowly elected to the state legislature two years ago, but according to SEIU Local 503 he's voted like a Republican, at least on four issues the public employees' union rated the lawmakers on.
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