AltWeeklies Wire
Portland's New Tent Citynew
The city's day labor site on MLK Boulevard still has fences to climb.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
03-12-2008 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
How a Bootlegger's Son Shaped the Westnew
One measure of success for a book like Philip L. Fradkin's Wallace Stegner and the American West is whether it inspires readers to take up books by the biographer's subject.
Willamette Week |
Matt Buckingham |
03-12-2008 |
Nonfiction
The Arthouse and the Slaughterhouse Meet Againnew
In 2008 -- the era of Eli Roth and Saw -- a remake of Funny Games should be extra potent, especially with Michael Haneke behind the camera and boasting a supreme cast.
Willamette Week |
AP Kryza |
03-12-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Funny Games, Michael Haneke
Nostaligic Goodness with a Touch of Playfulnew
A female vocalist starting an album with the words, "Cried all night till there was nothin' more" probably sounds a bit offputting. Unless that girl is Zooey Deschanel accompanied by M. Ward.
Willamette Week |
Amy McCullough |
03-12-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: She & Him, Volume One
Fool's Goldnew
This St. Paddy's Day, do not fear the near-beer.
Willamette Week |
Anna Hirsch |
03-12-2008 |
Food+Drink
Putting the Bite on the Sharksnew
A Republican lawmaker sees the light when it comes to protecting consumers.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
03-12-2008 |
Commentary
Time to Find a New Groupienew
What can I say Nigel, it looks like you are facing a fork in the road. I think it's time that you decide which is more important to you and realize which one has a future: the band or the girl.
Metro Spirit |
Sid & Cherry |
03-12-2008 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
Metal Headsnew
Younger guys rock their silver locks for a look that is both stylish and distinguished -- provided they do it right.
Metro Spirit |
Rachel Waters |
03-12-2008 |
Fashion
Tags: fashion
Malaika Favorite Captures Multifaceted Scenesnew
She was inspired to do a series of landscape paintings of the Augusta area when she moved here in 1986.
So last year, she applied for a Porter Fleming Foundation Grant to create a series of collage paintings documenting local scenes including landscapes and old structures in the area.
Metro Spirit |
Stacey Hudson |
03-12-2008 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Secret Lives of the Freemasons Get Radio-Readynew
The band has a unique sound that blends punk, alternative and contemporary rock into a different sound.
Metro Spirit |
Rich McCracken II |
03-12-2008 |
Reviews
'Definitions' Leads to an Epihanynew
Actually, it wasn't so much an epiphany as it was my being force-fed a putrid, bile-coated trifecta of three great big pulsating blisters on the instep of American culture -- the King Ghidora of Americana, if you will.
Metro Spirit |
Josh Ruffin |
03-12-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Definitions, Farewell to Freeway
In Like with 'I Love You, You're Awful'new
Except for the occasional awkward moments on the opening track when the lead singer's vocals remind me of Weird Al Yankovic (no offense, Al), I quite enjoy a fair amount of Ludo's You're Awful, I Love You.
Metro Spirit |
Dwight Bemisderfer |
03-12-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: I Love You, You're Awful, Ludo
'The Hopeful and Unafraid' Kicks off Strongnew
This starts off with an inspired mini-opus that, upon first listen, reminded me of a cross between Bruce Springsteen's Born To Run closer, "Jungleland," and The Who's Who's Next opener, "Baba O'Riley"; though it's really nothing like either of those songs, if that makes any sense. Yeah, I didn't think it would!
Metro Spirit |
Dwight Bemisderfer |
03-12-2008 |
Reviews
Bronze Radio Return: Tamenew
OK, so I'm going to be completely, enema-minus-the-lube, brutally honest here. After skimming over the press kit I received along with Bronze Radio Return's new eponymous five-song EP, I very seriously entertained the thought of not even listening to the album.
Metro Spirit |
Josh Ruffin |
03-12-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Bronze Radio Return
Get Craftynew
Sandhills Writers Conference focuses aspiring authors on the craft and discipline required to achieve their goals of getting a book published.
Metro Spirit |
Stacey Hudson |
03-12-2008 |
Books
