AltWeeklies Wire
Romani Music and Punk Rock? Together? Yup. Meet Gogol Bordellonew
Under the balls-out direction of the band's founder, Eugene Hütz, Gogol Bordello has redefined punk rock ethics and brought traditional Romanian music to the headphones of popular music fans around the globe.
The Inlander |
Leah Sottile |
10-08-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Gogol Bordello
Sunny Day Real Estate's Dan Hoerner Leaves a Quiet Life to Play Rock Star Againnew
For Hoerner, a Spokane resident and native, this isn't just a reunion tour. It's a visit to a past life -- a life buried under births and deaths, under 9-to-5 jobs, long-gone fame and quiet anonymity.
The Inlander |
Leah Sottile |
10-08-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Husband-and-Wife Duo Jucifer Are no Sonny and Chernew
At every Jucifer show, a very tall and very, very loud wall of amps stand sentinel behind the band, floor to ceiling -- stacked neatly at some shows, haphazardly arranged on top of each other at others. That wall of amps is not simply loud -- it's practically the third member of the band.
The Inlander |
Leah Sottile |
10-07-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jucifer, heavy metal
Onstage, the Demure Sallie Ford Becomes a Brassy, Magnetic Sirennew
Before and after a song, Sallie Ford is just a 22-year-old girl from North Carolina who likes music. The person Sallie Ford becomes in between -- in the full speed and inertia of a song -- is remarkable.
The Inlander |
Leah Sottile |
10-07-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Rosewood Thieves' Revivalist Sound is Earning Them Lots of New Fansnew
Whether or not the Rosewood Thieves intend to do it, their music leans heavily on musical eras long passed: the tra-la-la of mid-'60s American pop-folk and the drone of experimental music from that same era.
The Inlander |
Leah Sottile |
10-07-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Rosewood Thieves
Matt Prior's Life is in the Toilet ... Jess Walter Put Him Therenew
Matt Prior is the protagonist of The Financial Lives of the Poets and a complete figment of Walter's imagination. Walter has taken pains to ensure Matt Prior's life is as shitty as a well-educated white American male's can be.
The Inlander |
Luke Baumgarten |
09-10-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
The Sedarisland Diariesnew
Having conquered the writing world by becoming its outsider-humorist-in-chief -- building a name and an identity around his sense of personal alienation -- the only place David Sedaris seems to feel at home is on the road.
The Inlander |
Luke Baumgarten |
06-11-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: David Sedaris, memoirs
My 'Chinatown Wars'
Grand Theft Auto goes handheld on the Nintendo DS.
The Inlander |
Marty Demarest |
03-30-2009 |
Video Games
Magic's College Coach Explains How March Went Madnew
Legendary Michigan State coach Jud Heathcote will get a much-deserved curtain call at this year's Final Four.
The Inlander |
Ted S. McGregor, Jr. |
03-25-2009 |
Sports
John Stockton's Fast Break into the Basketball Hall of Famenew
On April 6, the NBA's all-time leader in assists and steals, eastern Washington's own John Stockton, will be announced as one of this year's inductees into the hall of fame.
The Inlander |
Michael Bowen |
03-25-2009 |
Sports
It's a Mad Mad Mad 'MadWorld'
In MadWorld, reality TV has gone horribly wrong—or reached its logical conclusion.
The Inlander |
Marty Demarest |
03-23-2009 |
Video Games
'Killzone 2': Killing By Rote
Killzone 2 is a technical triumph, but it replaces dynamic combat with a sense of soldiering-on that’s as uninspired as the game’s title.
The Inlander |
Marty Demarest |
03-16-2009 |
Video Games
A Portland Novelist Rewrites a True Storynew
Portland’s Forest Park was a great place to get off the grid and stay off for a Vietnam vet with PTSD and his 13-year-old daughter. Novelist Peter Rock re-imagines: Where did this real-life father and daughter disappear to?
The Inlander |
Michael Bowen |
03-12-2009 |
Fiction
'Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles'new
The comedic, nonviolent machine/human interactions are the real value of the Terminator series because, unfortunately, the action sequences are terrible.
The Inlander |
Ben Kromer |
03-12-2009 |
TV
On the Hunt for Empty Housesnew
Some real estate speculators see foreclosed houses as golden opportunities, even as many of their colleagues lose everything.
The Inlander |
Daniel Walters |
03-12-2009 |
Economy
Tags: real estate, foreclosures
