AltWeeklies Wire
Panther's Second Album Starts Roughnew
Though 14 Kt. God hits with strong, rhythmic muscle on the surface, there's a lot going on underneath; discoveries like warm, resonant cello and subtle electronics make it a little more interesting with each listen.
Willamette Week |
Travis Ritter |
02-13-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Panther, 14 Kt. God
Jazzophobianew
Just in time for Portland Jazz Fest, here's a crash course in the notoriously daunting genre.
Willamette Week |
Casey Jarman |
02-13-2008 |
Concerts
Tags: Portland Jazz Festival, concerts
Dirty Wordsnew
Lusty busboys, plushies and Dick Cheney. Our book report on five new sex anthologies: Sex for America, The Eaten Heart: Unlikely Tales of Love, Do Me: Tales of Sex and Love from Tin House, SMUT Vol. 1, and My Mistress's Sparrow is Dead.
Willamette Week |
Melissa Lion |
02-13-2008 |
Books
Tags: Sex for America, Stephen Elliott
Priest-Turned-Author Helps African Refugeesnew
Gary Smith is a 70-year-old Catholic priest who says things like "Darfur is a frickin' mess" and "humans are fucked up."
Willamette Week |
Amanda Waldroupe |
02-13-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Gary Smith, They Come Back Singing
Beaten to the Pulpnew
The Blue Heron Paper Company is a model of sustainability -- but it's struggling to survive.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
02-13-2008 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
FBI Agent Uses His Daughter's Pic to Lure Accused Predatornew
It's a case straight out of crime TV. A high-powered Seattle lawyer finds a 14-year-old girl in an internet chat room and talks her into meeting him for some kinky sex in a hotel. But when he shows up at a Portland MAX stop for the promised spanking session, he gets handcuffed by FBI agents, who were posing as the girl online to snare sexual predators.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
02-13-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
How Oregonians Helped Put Obama Over the Top in Washingtonnew
With Oregon Democrats hanging fire until the state's late-in-the-season May 20 primary to choose between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, Oregonians happily crossed the Columbia River last Saturday to help put Obama on top in Clark County.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
02-13-2008 |
Politics
Why Are Some Catholics Wearing Burlap This Lent?new
The answer: sex abuse by priests.
Willamette Week |
Shefali Kulkarni |
02-13-2008 |
Religion
Let’s Get Lostnew
Finding your bearings at the Portland International Film Festival.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
02-06-2008 |
Movies
Deal or No Deal?new
Mapping out the (momentary) fall of the Young Immortals.
Willamette Week |
Jay Horton |
02-06-2008 |
Music
Tags: The Young Immortals
Michael Pollan's Manifestonew
Post-Omnivore's Dilemma, the doomsday prophet of the U.S. diet lets us know what we can eat.
Willamette Week |
Ben Waterhouse |
02-06-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Boobs With a Side of Soynew
Portland claims world's first vegan strip club.
Willamette Week |
Lillian Hogan |
02-06-2008 |
Performance
Tags: performance
Economics vs. Environment in the Gorge.new
The Columbia River Gorge Commission is deliberating whether to let a lumber company build a 250-unit resort in violation of existing rules against a large-scale development.
Willamette Week |
Jeremy Gillick |
02-06-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Debt Effectnew
One of Oregon’s biggest collection lawyers faces new troubles from the debtors he’s sued.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
02-06-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
OHSU Pits Saving Money Against Saving Livesnew
The crucial services Russell Street Dental Clinic has provided HIV-positive Portlanders and other high-needs and low-income residents for 30 years are now threatened by Oregon Health&Science University’s reaction to a Dec. 28 decision by the Oregon Supreme Court.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
02-06-2008 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science