AltWeeklies Wire
'Powers' Reveals the Truth Behind Fantasynew
Portland author Ursula Le Guin peoples her worlds with mutable characters motivated complexly, humanly, not by inner wellsprings of grab-bag good or evil.
Willamette Week |
Matthew Korfhage |
09-12-2007 |
Fiction
Did They Forget the Script?new
Quiet City represents a strong progression for Katz as a visual storyteller, but the characters seem to lack the ability to articulate a complete sentence.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
09-12-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Aaron Katz, Quiet City
'The King of Kong': There's No Turning Back from This Nerddomnew
The editing's clunky, the final score is outdated -- nevertheless The King of Kong is worth the watch and a fistful of quarters ... should you not have other plans for them.
San Antonio Current |
Ashley Lindstrom |
09-12-2007 |
Reviews
The Rentals: Back in Residencenew
Matt Sharp resurrects the band with Sara Radle and a trombone.
San Antonio Current |
Chris Parker |
09-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Rentals
A Hour-By-Hour Breakdown of MusicfestNWnew
Willamette Week sent our writers out to soak up both MusicfestNW and PICA's Time-Based Art Festival. And then their heads exploded.
Willamette Week |
Staff |
09-12-2007 |
Music
Greetings from Charleston's Underwater Futurenew
Our unchecked energy consumption -- led by manufacturing, consumerism, and plain old convenience -- has compressed eons of climate change into mere centuries, or perhaps even decades. And the heat is on this low-lying area.
Charleston City Paper |
Lindsay Koob |
09-12-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Moaners: Not Your Typical Chick Duonew
Too garage-rocky and quirky to qualify as genuine blues, and too driven by wild slide guitar work to tag as typical indie-rock, the Chapel Hill duo is into something different.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
09-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Blackwig Yalobusha, The Moaners
John T. Scott, 1940-2007new
One of New Orleans' preeminent modern artists known for his large public sculpture, John Scott was also one of those dedicated and quintessential New Orleanians for whom this city was a way of life more than merely a place to live.
Tags: visual arts
Following the Money in Louisiana Gov. Racenew
Finance reports filed by gubernatorial candidates reveal who they are bedded down with, why their campaigns are so expensive and how they plan to win.
Joe Clay's Shake, Rattle and Rockabillynew
The rockabilly legend may be better known to European audiences than in his hometown of New Orleans.
Gambit |
Alison Fensterstock |
09-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Joe Clay
'No End in Sight': Heckuva Job, Bushienew
Charles Ferguson gives us a despairing documentary about disastrous mismanagement.
Tags: Charles Ferguson, No End in Sight
Is Senator Lindsey Graham Gay?new
At 52, the life-long bachelor has been fodder for such rumors for years, but in the wake of the Larry Craig scandal, the internet is abuzz over who's next, and they're dying to know what's going on in Graham's bedroom.
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
09-12-2007 |
Politics
Sex Files: The Hard Truthnew
If your partner can't get hard, do you blame yourself?
C-Ville Weekly |
Annette Owens |
09-12-2007 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
Chris Jamison Walks a Fine Linenew
He channels Paul Simon's Graceland on his cinematic new album, Into Surrender, but at times he comes a little too close to John Mayer.
C-Ville Weekly |
John Ruscher |
09-12-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Chris Jamison, Into Surrender
Q&A: Nydia Velazqueznew
The Puerto Rican congresswoman's first trip to Portland is the latest in her long line of more important firsts.
Willamette Week |
Henry Stern |
09-12-2007 |
Politics
