Gossip Should Have No Friends

[October 22nd, 2008]

WATCH OUT: What happens when you screen the highly anticipated film adaptation of the comic-book classic Watchmen in its entirety for the first time ever in front of a test audience in Portland? “Fandemonium, ” says KUFO-FM radio jock Cort Webber, of The Cort and Fatboy Show. The radio duo had heard from an “insider” that there would be a screening Thursday, Oct. 16, at Lloyd Center Cinema 10, and actually pre-taped their Thursday-night show to attend it. But the pair—and nearly everybody else in the crowd—didn’t get in due to a blog leak about the screening that led to hundreds more PDX fans trying to crash Lloyd Cinema. “Every geek in the universe wanted to be there—and they actually showed up,” says Webber. “It was a clusterfuck of epic proportions.” Guess we’ll all have to wait for Watchmen’s official debut next spring.

AIDS AIDE: Jean Ann Van Krevelen, former executive director of Cascade AIDS Project, has been appointed to the President’s Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS. Not that she wasn’t busy—Van Krevelen is president of Escalation Business Consulting and an adviser to: Lillian Shirley, director of the Multnomah County Health Department; Lolenzo Poe, senior policy adviser for Multnomah County Chairman Ted Wheeler; and the HIV/AIDS Consortium. Van Krevelen left CAP in June to dedicate more time to caring for her family.

THEN & NAU: Eco-friendly clothing company Nau shuttered its doors six month ago, but now Nau is back. Tuesday marked the launch of Nau’s redesigned e-commerce website, which currently features its fall ’08 apparel line. Nau will also start selling its clothing through select retail partners across the country. Starting Oct. 30, Nau duds will be at Lizard Lounge, the PDX boutique operated by Horny Toad, the sportswear giant that helped bring Nau back from the dead.

OLD-TIMEY: While it wasn’t “Rockin’ to the Oldies,” the induction ceremony to welcome newbies into the Oregon Music Hall of Fame Saturday night at the Roseland sprouted more gray hairs than a senior center. That is, except for the red mop-top of Music Millennium’s Terry Currier, who was honored for his work in support of local music. Music makers basking in their rock-’n’-roll glory included the Crazy 8’s and Quarterflash, who performed their ’80s hit “Harden My Heart.”

PARTY LINES: Celebrate the U.S. presidential election outcome with WW at Grand Central Bowl. We’re throwin’ an election-night rager with cheap bowling and beers, high-def TV coverage and live tunes from Joe Nasty. Plus, radio man Rick Emerson will be broadcasting live, so when the final count is in, all of PDX will hear your yawp of victory—or whimper of defeat. Grand Central Bowl, 808 SE Morrison St., 236-2695. 6 pm Tuesday, Nov. 4. Free. Visit wweek.com/promotions for details.