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It's Tough Being Zetaman, Portland's Only Superheronew



He bunks in the 'burbs and drives a minivan -- when he's not keeping the city's streets safe.
Willamette Week  |  James Pitkin  |  03-05-2008  |  Culture

Gin Phillips Needs to Figure Out What to Say With Her Very Strong Voicenew

For anyone who happens to have read Faulkner's As I Lay Dying, Phillips' debut novel will seem familiar.
Willamette Week  |  John Minervini  |  02-27-2008  |  Fiction

Stephen Malkmus Lets the Guitar Do the Talkingnew

Real Emotional Trash sees Malkmus continuing the guitar wankery of 2003's Pig Lib, but while some of the longer tracks used to meander only to showcase his ever-increasing guitar vocabulary, Trash highlights his interplay with the rest of the band.
Willamette Week  |  Michael Mannheimer  |  02-27-2008  |  Reviews

'Penelope' is a Fairy Tale With No Shortage of Fracturesnew

Maybe Penelope's sufferings are her mother's fault. But the movie has only itself to blame for its blemishes.
Willamette Week  |  Aaron Mesh  |  02-27-2008  |  Reviews

Internet Addiction: The Seedy Underbelly of the Information Superhighwaynew

An estimated 9 million people in this country are addicted to the internet -- if true, this means it is more seductive to Americans than cocaine (with 6 million regular users).
Willamette Week  |  Corey Pein  |  02-27-2008  |  Tech

Movement is On to Repeal Ban on Loaded Firearms in National Parksnew

And U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith's endorsement of the ban's repeal is making him an easy target for most of his wanna-be challengers in the 2008 election.
Willamette Week  |  Beth Slovic  |  02-20-2008  |  Politics

Li-Young Lee's Poetry Lives Off Pagenew

In the age-old debate over whether poetry is, in essence, a literary art or performative one, the performers seem to have the upper hand.
Willamette Week  |  Ben Waterhouse  |  02-20-2008  |  Poetry

Manil Suri Flys Under the Radarnew

Even halfway through The Age of Shiva, you'd swear that his new novel was homespun, unambitious and sentimental. But keep reading; it grows some serious teeth.
Willamette Week  |  John Minervini  |  02-20-2008  |  Fiction

Portland International Film Fest Saves the Best for Lastnew

The final weekend of the whirlwind globe-hopping that is the PIFF offers fresh and juicy material from people you've actually heard of before.
Willamette Week  |  Aaron Mesh  |  02-20-2008  |  Movies

China Forbes Flounders Out of Pink Martininew

The platitudes of '78, Forbes' first solo effort since 1995's Love Handle, clumsily grapple with maturity.
Willamette Week  |  Jay Horton  |  02-20-2008  |  Reviews

He's an ... Illegal Eh-liennew

He's stealing our jobs and our women. Plus, he talks funny. Meet Morgan, the illegal Canadian immigrant.
Willamette Week  |  Beth Slovic  |  02-20-2008  |  Immigration

Oregon's Closed Primary Faces Third Attempt at Changenew

Phil Keisling is back with a signature-gathering effort to put an initiative on the November 2008 ballot that would open Oregon's "closed primaries" by letting independent voters into the process.
Willamette Week  |  Dave Mazza  |  02-20-2008  |  Politics

Election '08's Decidersnew

Who are Oregon's superdelegates, and how will they vote?
Willamette Week  |  James Pitkin  |  02-13-2008  |  Politics

Where's George A. Romero?new

Coming on the heels of Cloverfield, a similar but far more ambitious film, Diary of the Dead doesn't have the impact that it should -- especially given the fact that it's a Romero zombie film -- and ultimately does little to add to the genre.
Willamette Week  |  David Walker  |  02-13-2008  |  Reviews

Portland International Film Festival Goes On and Onnew

If the first week of the Portland International Film Festival was an immersion into polyglot cinema, the second week is a deluge -- 47 separate films screen over the next seven days.
Willamette Week  |  Aaron Mesh  |  02-13-2008  |  Movies

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