AltWeeklies Wire
Joe McMurrian Quartet Finds Its Own Smoky Voicenew
The bluesman McMurrian has shown impressive growth as a songwriter; his words have become as musical as his guitar playing is lyrical.
Willamette Week |
Jeff Rosenberg |
08-29-2007 |
Reviews
Hank III Schools Portland's Power of Countrynew
Guitarist-vocalist David Rives Curtright of twang-rock outfit Power of County shares what it's like to be "on a real tour" with Hank Williams III and alt-country writer Jim Goad.
Willamette Week |
Jay Horton |
08-29-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Power of Country
Deer or the Doe Find Tension But No Releasenew
The Portland indie rockers create a solid debut with definite repeat-button-ready songs despite its often frustrating stricture.
Willamette Week |
Anika Sabin |
08-29-2007 |
Reviews
Halleluwah Festival of Enthused Arts Returnsnew
This year it's at Holocene, for three days instead of two, but with one stage -- many of the old favorites are back, including White Rainbow, Valet, Evolutionary Jass Band.
Willamette Week |
Michael Byrne |
08-29-2007 |
Music
'The Pickup Artist' Urges Men to Become Tools to Get Womennew
VH1's new reality show begins with eight self-described losers being shuttled to a mansion in Austin, where they will be educated in the ways of picking up women by Mystery and his two wingmen, who call themselves Matador and J-Dog.
Willamette Week |
Daniel Carlson |
08-29-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
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
Violinist Jun Iwasaki Leads Oregon Orchestranew
In his new position, 25-year-old Iwasaki discusses the pressures of leading an orchestra in real financial trouble.
Willamette Week |
Stephen Marc Beaudoin |
08-29-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jun Iwasaki
Crime Novel 'Heartsick' Doubles as a Guide to Portlandnew
Oregonian columnist Chelsea Cain creates a stale, gory whodunit set in the Pearl District, North Portland and Sauvie Island, offering the simple personalized pleasure that a child might get from seeing his name in one of those made-to-order storybooks.
Willamette Week |
Alastair Rockoff |
08-29-2007 |
Fiction
'Ovenman': The Pizza Boy's Best Efforts Equal Mediocritynew
Equal parts sleazy and frenetic, Parker's debut is a chortle-out-loud story about the sweaty, battle-scarred struggle between creating self-monuments and throwing hand grenades.
Willamette Week |
Annie Bethancourt |
08-29-2007 |
Fiction
Will it Take a Lawsuit for Portland to Elect a Black Mayor?new
Regardless of whether Mayor Tom Potter decides in mid-September to run again, know this: the U.S. is more likely to elect its first black president next year than Portland is to elect its first black mayor.
Willamette Week |
Henry Stern |
08-29-2007 |
Politics
'Balls of Fury': Who Needs Jokes? They've Got Ping-Pong!new
This movie is the sort of comedy in which things are not funny because they are ironic or funny because they're absurd or even funny because they're strangely juxtaposed, but simply funny because they're there.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
08-29-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Ben Garant, Balls of Fury
Inside Portland's Crap Jobsnew
To celebrate Labor Day, we honor those who move poop, deal with doorknob butt-plugs, and more.
Willamette Week |
Staff |
08-29-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
The Dimes: Intelligent & Often Whimsicalnew
On the band's full-length debut, the grim realities of the lyrics blend refreshingly with dreamlike guitars and an unabashedly poppy, radio-friendly sound.
Willamette Week |
Ap Kryza |
08-22-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Dimes, The Silent Generation
Renegade: 'Theater for ADD'new
Portland A/V mastermind makes geeky cool with rockin' weird theater.
Willamette Week |
Travis Ritter |
08-22-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Renegade
Does the Kid Have ADD or Psychic Powers?new
Psychologists say 16-year-old Brian Scibetta has ADD -- New Age spiritualists say he's an Indigo Child with psychic powers.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
08-22-2007 |
Science
