This past Saturday I headed down to our rainy sister city to check out Blonde Redhead at the Roseland Theater. I’ve been a fan of the New York-based trio for a while but wasn’t expecting the intense show the band put on.
As part of our ongoing commitment to excellence in journalism, we’ve embedded two of our staff members in the “Four Loko” nation. If you see either Ryan “Sleepy” DeBardelaben or Brandon “Slappy” Sizemore passed out in a pool of their own filth on a downtown street corner or dumpster, please return them to our offices at 704 NW Georgia.
What is Four Loko? It’s only the most dangerous (and, of course, most popular) malt liquor and energy drink beverage on the market!
And there’s a good chance that the FDA is going to ban Four Loko, as well as all the other caffeinated malt liquors, as soon as next week after scores of college students have been hospitalized nationally, including a group at Central Washington University.
And the Oregon Liquor Control Commission is looking into what they should do about these drinks, too.
Just a few days after the release of their new full-length album, This Cage Has No Bottom, Portland indie folk rockers The Ascetic Junkies are playing a show tonight at the Silver Moon to celebrate the release.
I profiled the band this week and you can read that right here.
Fans of Stieg Larsson’s Millenium Series and the Swedish film adaptions can rejoice: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, the third and final chapter in the series is opening at Pilot Butte 6 on Friday. I received the screener this week, so you can count on reading the review in next week’s paper and online.
Winter really hasn’t even begun, yet the summer music festival announcements have already begun. Yesterday we got the dates for Bonnaroo and today I opened my inbox to find that Sasquatch! already has its days lined up.
As if 2010 wasn’t good enough to Redmond’s Larry and His Flask, 2011 is looking just as exciting. Yesterday the band announced that they’d be touring this spring with Streetlight Manifesto, the New Jersey punk and ska outfit that has a loyal and sizable following.
If you haven’t heard, there’s a big ol’ snowstorm headed our way. Skiers and waxing their gear.
Christmas music.
I, like many other Oregon men, enjoy sporting a healthy beard during the colder months and sometimes during the warmer months (and during other months, too). I love beards and sometimes I write about them.
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