AltWeeklies Wire
Unzipping the Mysteries of 'The Big Penis Book'new
Edited by Dian Hanson, the oversized, flesh-colored tome is a treasure trove of every big dick that ever worked the streets of smut, porn or anything that called for the services of someone with an unnatural growth between their legs.
Willamette Week |
Byron Beck |
10-01-2008 |
Original Work
Making Fun of Martha Stewart? It's a Good Thingnew
Up the satellite dial is Whatever with Alexis & Jennifer, the yack fest on Martha Stewart Living Radio with Alexis Stewart (daughter of you-know-who) and Jennifer Koppelman Hutt (daughter of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Chair Charles Koppelman).
Willamette Week |
Byron Beck |
09-10-2008 |
Media
Why Can't Khadija Go to Mosque?new
Khadija could be a star spokeswoman for Muslims if they wanted to show off Islam's teachings of peace and acceptance. Sheik Mohamed Abdirahman Kariye, the imam of Masjed As-Saber, won't let Khadija back in his Southwest Portland mosque because Khadija is transgendered.
Willamette Week |
Byron Beck |
08-20-2008 |
LGBT
Do We Really Need the Gay Olympics Anymore?new
One organization might become obsolete thanks to the new queer visibility at the Olympics—a sporting event called the Gay Games. Every four years a cluster of queer folk gathers for the world’s largest LGBT-inclusive sporting event.
Willamette Week |
Byron Beck |
08-13-2008 |
Sports
The Queer and the Qur'an: One Man's Struggle with Being a Gay Muslimnew
Ali stays in the shadows, because if he were to come out as a gay Muslim, he would lose things dearer to him than his own life: family, community, identity.
Willamette Week |
Byron Beck |
08-06-2008 |
LGBT
Southern Bon Mots From Leslie Jordannew
Not only has he written books since Will & Grace wrapped, he's also appeared onstage and on TV shows (Ugly Betty) and will soon star in the Logo network's Sordid Lives with Olivia Newtown-John and The Golden Girls' Rue McClanahan.
Willamette Week |
Byron Beck |
06-25-2008 |
Theater
Tags: gay, homosexuality, comedy, Cowboys, theater, LOGO, My Trip Down the Pink Carpet, Will & Grace
Google's New Server Farm Comes to Oregonnew
A quiet Oregon town will host the servers crucial to Google's physical network.
Willamette Week |
Byron Beck |
06-04-2008 |
Tech
Restaurant Guide 2004new
AltWeeklies Award - Special Sections
Willamette Week |
Byron Beck |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
Goodwill Huntingnew
Welcome to Southeast Portland's Goodwill Outlet, a.k.a. "The Bins." One of the region's most unusual shopping meccas, the Bins attracts a cast of international characters all here to dig through giant mountains of what some call treasures and others consider trash.
Willamette Week |
Byron Beck |
04-16-2008 |
Shopping
Lean Cuisinenew
Has Portland lost its insatiable appetite for its restaurant scene?
Willamette Week |
Byron Beck |
03-19-2008 |
Food+Drink
Lifestyles of the Rich & Fame-ishnew
Exposing the secret lives of Portland’s celebrity kinfolk.
Willamette Week |
Byron Beck |
01-30-2008 |
Culture
Will Drugs, Sex and a Rock Star Save Portland's Most Expensive Theater?new
Portland Center Stage gambles on Storm Large -- of Rockstar Supernova fame -- to star as the lead in Caberet. PCS needs it to work; the company is deep in debt thanks to its newly renovated space.
Willamette Week |
Byron Beck |
09-26-2007 |
Theater
Tags: theater
Preacher's Gay Son is 'Putting the Disco Back in Discomfort'new
Singer/songwriter Lynn earned a following after playing San Francisco's Folsom Street Fair, the world's biggest BDSM-lifestyle fair -- his song "Burning Your Glory" has been in Logo's rotation all summer.
Willamette Week |
Byron Beck |
08-29-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Logan Lynn
The Parsons Projectnew
How a family of berry-farming firefighters from Sauvie Island ended up becoming Gus Van Sant's latest muses.
Willamette Week |
Byron Beck |
05-16-2007 |
Movies
Tags: Gus Van Sant, Paranoid Park
Your Horn-Rimmed Glasses Will Not Save Younew
Found: Anti-hipster screed in Portland.
Willamette Week |
Byron Beck |
04-04-2007 |
Culture
Tags: lifestyles
