AltWeeklies Wire
Pacific UV Flexes Its Growth on Sophomore Effortnew
The band isn't bashful of its myriad influences (Radiohead, Lamb, the Smiths, Spiritualized) when touted in interviews, but Longplay 2 not only mines rock touchstones, it does so damn well.
Willamette Week |
Michael Mannheimer |
04-23-2008 |
Reviews
Jujuba Speaks a Universal Languagenew
Jujuba, a band that sometimes play three-hour shows, combines elements of Fela-spiked Afrobeat and Juju with traditional Ghanaian and Nigerian music.
Willamette Week |
Ap Kryza |
04-23-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Getting Geeky with Brian Michael Bendisnew
Bendis, winner of five Eisner Awards (the comics equivalent of a Pulitzer), became one of the prime architects of the Marvel Comics' Ultimate line and perhaps the most celebrated Daredevil writer since Frank Miller.
Willamette Week |
Erik Bader |
04-23-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Wal-Mart Winds Up Campaign Fodder in Portlandnew
The top contenders in a 13-candidate mayoral field have at least one actual substantive difference on a big (box) issue: Wal-Mart. Sam Adams loves to bash the country's largest non-union employer and leader on the Fortune 500 list, while Sho Dozono welcomes the house of Walton as an indication to all business that Portland is open.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
04-23-2008 |
Politics
Oregon's Must Read Website for Progressives Turns Red-Hot With Angernew
The mission statement on the state's leading political blog says "BlueOregon is a place for progressive Oregonians to gather 'round the water cooler and share news, commentary, and gossip." As the political season heats up, that water cooler at BlueOregon.com is more like a bar fight.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
04-23-2008 |
Politics
Black Preachers Struggle in White Citynew
While African-American ministers in Portland rise to defend Rev. Jeremiah Wright's statements as both theologically accurate and needed tonics to America's history of racial oppression, their unanimity disguises a much more local question they say confronts their churches now: How do they make their voices heard in America's whitest city?
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
04-23-2008 |
Religion
Restaurant Guide 2004new
AltWeeklies Award - Special Sections
Willamette Week |
Byron Beck |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
The Poisoning of Whitakernew
AltWeeklies Award - News Feature
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
The PGE Seriesnew
AltWeeklies Award - Investigative Reporting
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
The 30-Year Secretnew
A crime, a cover-up and the way it shaped Oregon.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
04-21-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: media, crime & justice
The New Drug Warnew
AltWeeklies Award - Health Care
Willamette Week |
Patty Wentz |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
"Bean Town"new
AltWeeklies Award - Food Writing
Willamette Week |
Zach Dundas |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
A Gluten-free Memoir About Growing Up in Botswananew
Robyn Scott's memoir, Twenty Chickens for a Saddle, is a vegan Swiss Family Robinson, complete with its own campy theme song: a region-specific adaptation of "An English Country Garden."
Willamette Week |
John Minervini |
04-16-2008 |
Nonfiction
Forgetting, but Apparently Not Forgiving, Sarah Marshallnew
Apatow's created another sex comedy with another director-for-hire (Nicholas Stoller), and it takes the attitude that sex is a wholesome and laudable activity for every person to enjoy -- unless that person is your ex, in which case she must be punished.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
04-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
A Homemade Indiana Jones Movie is Exactly as Amazing as It Soundsnew
Long before Be Kind Rewind sparked a legion of fan films on YouTube, three Mississippi kids crafted what is now known as Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation, an amazing homemade replica of their favorite film.
Willamette Week |
Andy Davis |
04-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
