Record Review: Sheers, Sheers
Sheers’ self-titled debut is classically influenced pop, but wanders to the furthest outskirts of tradition. by Ciara Dolan COSMIC JAZZINESS pulses through Portland art-pop duo Sheers’ self-titled...
View ArticleXenia Rubinos Was Born to Sing
The New York performer jams at the intersection of jazz, funk, electronica, punk, and indie rock. by Jenni Moore XENIA RUBINOS started singing basically when she started talking.“I guess it was a life...
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Things To Do Film
This Week: Confirmation, Thrashin', and space jammin'. Adult Swim Drive-In The skewed-and-touched, screwed-and-chopped comedy mad scientists at Adult Swim are taking their demented brand of...
View ArticleThe Beatles: Eight Days a Week: Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
There's nothing new in this Beatles doc. by Ned Lannamann THE WORLD NEEDS a new Beatles documentary like it needs another garbage gyre in the Pacific Ocean, but The Beatles: Eight Days a Week—The...
View ArticleBridget Jones’ Baby: A Bright Light in the Apocalypse
Renée Zellweger rapping is what 2016 needs. by Elinor Jones BRIDGET JONES’ BABY opens with our supposedly frumpy heroine rapping to herself over a single cupcake. Another birthday gone, and, at 43,...
View ArticleHigh Maintenance: “That Show About the Weed Guy” (And a Dog!)
Web series High Maintenance sparks up HBO. by Ned Lannamann WE NEED to talk about “Grandpa.”“Grandpa” is the third episode of the new, 30-minute HBO version of High Maintenance, the terrific web...
View ArticleSex, Politics, and Teletubbies at the Portland Queer Film Fest
Reality and sensuality, from Summertime to Real Boy. by Suzette Smith DO YOU LIKE sexy French dramas? Do you like charming documentaries about personable subjects? Good news: The 20th Portland Queer...
View ArticleA Straightforward Snowden
Oliver Stone keeps his Oliver Stone-iness in check. by Ned Lannamann YOU’D BE CORRECT to expect something bombastic out of Oliver Stone’s Snowden. It’s right in the JFK director’s wheelhouse, dealing...
View ArticleI, Anonymous
Uber nightmare. BY NOW you’ve no doubt heard of Uber and their coattail-riding co-fuckers Lyft. You used to use cabs, but this is new and cheaper. Well, there are reasons why it’s cheaper. I’m a real...
View ArticleLetters to the Editor
“In short, fuck this landlord.” SO YOU’VE BEEN PUBLICLY SHAMEDRE: “East Portland Tenants Are Shaming Their Rent-Hiking Landlord In Front of His Neighbors” [Blogtown, Sept 8]. “East Portland tenants...
View ArticleAmanda Fritz Wants to Push Big Money Out of Portland Elections
But can she push it through without voters’ approval? by Dirk VanderHart AMANDA FRITZ spent a recent Thursday evening doling out rhetorical red meat to a Northeast Portland gymnasium.In a forum on...
View ArticleHall Monitor: The Mayor’s Last Big Win?
After months of harping, Charlie Hales says he’s finally killed the 48-hour-rule. by Dirk VanderHart MAYOR CHARLIE HALES has sometimes found victories hard to come by during his four years at the...
View ArticleCity Council Will Soon Vote on Changes to Portland’s Police Oversight System
They won’t be as drastic as originally proposed. by Doug Brown PORTLAND'S POLICE discipline process has lately been earning reprimands of its own. Most everyone agrees it’s not adequately doing the...
View ArticlePastrami Zombie Will Invade Your Brain
You will obsess over these smoky sandwiches. by Andrea Damewood I'VE DONE ENOUGH eating at Pastrami Zombie over the last several weeks to make a final call about how good these smoky, drippy, and huge...
View ArticleAdam Conover, Sharp-Dressed Knowledge Genie
The Comedian Proves That Information is Power—And Also Ruinous by William Kennedy FOR STAND-UP and truTV star Adam Conover, there’s a fine line between ruination and enlightenment. This fall, he’s...
View ArticleIt’s Hard to Make it in Hollywood. It’s Harder if You Aren’t Human.
From an Orange is the New Black writer, Trevor is a poignant, funny account of a showbiz chimp. by Katie Pelletier TREVOR IS an actor looking for work. He’s a local celebrity with showbiz experience...
View ArticleIntersect Fest’s Punk Ethos
Now in its second year, the DIY showcase celebrates Portland artists of color. by Emilly Prado FOR THE SECOND YEAR in a row, a group of Portland punks are spearheading a weekend-long DIY showcase for...
View ArticleEverything as Fuck
Part one of a four part series about Carlos Santana’s Supernatural by Ian Karmel Once upon a time it was 1999. And in 1999 this country sat upon a precipice, with no guarantee of either safety or...
View ArticleGood Morning, News: Bye-Bye 48-Hour Rule, Colin Powell's Hacked Emails, and...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! How ya doin? "Fine," she replied. I sighed, "I like to do the wild thing." LET'S GO TO PRESS.Mayor Charlie Hales may have a much needed win on his hands...
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Locking Biketown Bikes In Trees Simply Will Not Do
by Dirk VanderHart I'll admit: I wasn't not amused when, upon launch of the city's Biketown system, someone took it upon themselves to flip an entire rack's worth of bikes. It seemed a sort of...
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