As a member of a minorly important British pop group that got its start over 50 years ago, Richard Starkey went from a Dickensian, impoverished and sickly child banging on biscuit tins with sticks, to Ringo Starr, one of the world’s richest and most infamous drummers. “Before Ringo, drum stars were measured by their soloing […]
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Minnesota Gold
Charlie Parr on the Minnesota music scene, his childhood music, and the Old Testament
I’m convinced that there’s something in the water that makes great Minnesota musicians. Gloom pop group Low are out of Duluth, the riot grrrl punk act Babes in Toyland formed in Minneapolis, alt-punkers Hüsker Dü are from St. Paul. Not to mention Atmosphere, The Replacements, Bob Dylan and Prince; the wellspring of musical talent in […]
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I’ve Never: Shot a Gun
Playing cowboy with the Pine Mountain Posse
As the first child born to overprotective parents, I am naturally predisposed to approach life with caution. As such, I’ve always had a healthy respect (read: mild fear) for anything that can cause loss of life or limb. Chief among those agents of potential death and destruction—guns. (Cue eye rolls from all the native Central […]
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Dumb and Dumber
Young actor Nathan Woodworth takes on The Dumb Waiter
Nathan Woodworth was an actor before he could talk. “I’ve always had a weird compulsion to imitate people,” says the 22-year-old Sisters native. “Before I could talk I was walking like the scarecrow in Wizard of Oz and my parents thought something was wrong with me. They took me to the doctor.” Woodworth, who will […]
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Killer Tofu
Local scientist warns Bend of GMO risks
Dr. Ray Seidler, a retired Oregon State University professor and former microbiologist for the Environmental Protection Agency, is on a mission to educate local communities about what he says are the dangers of allowing genetically modified organisms into the food supply unlabeled and unregulated. The scientist says he was spurred to action after reading an […]
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Speed Cycle
Criterium brings cyclists flying through downtown
The 35th Annual Cascade Cycling Classic has arrived. Like many cycling events, it brings a large number of people and bicycles to the area. But unique to this event is the massively popular criterium race, which takes over the downtown core with the whir of sleek bodies and spinning wheels—and throngs of captivated spectators. “For […]
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Read Me
Summer reading recommendations from Bend’s literary elite
Here at the Source, we like to improve our minds as well as our tans. That’s why outdoor summer reading is one of our favorite two-birds activities. But with a wealth of new releases and old favorites, it can be hard to choose which books are worthy of a summer read. So, we asked some […]
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Rogue Wave
Comments by Mayor Clinton bring back Mirror Pond discussion—at least for the time-being
If plotted out, the conversation about what to do about Mirror Pond would probably look something like a wave in the ocean—a community discussion that gathers momentum when one public official or another offers his opinion about whether to maintain the Newport Street Dam, but then quickly crests and dissipates. In May, the conversation about […]
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Showing in the Gallery
Ira Walker takes center stage
Ira Walker is a master of his craft. The all around musician and producer has his metaphors nailed (in his conversation and his songs), along with his classic 1, 4, 5 blues riffs, his empowered and experienced vocal tone, his spirited banter, and his smooth walking baselines. There is a bouncy ease about his music […]
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Climbing Past Stereotypes
A local teen is set to conquer Mount Kilimanjaro
When Eli Reimer reached basecamp at Mount Everest, he was perhaps more excited about his reward—Lay’s barbecue chips—than completing his climb and, more broadly, about his remarkable accomplishment as the first American with Down Syndrome to reach that altitude. “He took it in stride,” says Eli’s dad, Justin Reimer, about his son’s achievement in March […]
