May 2000 May 3 | May 10| May 17 | May 24 | May 31 back to Archives home Volume 26, issue 26, May 3, 2000 NEWS Lead On the Ropes:After 15 years in a coma, boxing is back in Oregon--and as dirty as ever. Urban Pulse Panic in Portland: A peaceful protest downtown turns ugly when police lose their heads. Education Frohnmayer Speaks Out: A week after losing his top donor, the University of Oregon president talks about getting dumped by Phil Knight. Politics The Dreck is in the Mail: How do you choose among all the kid-loving, diversity-honoring, family-valuing candidates who care so much about the environment, senior citizens and public safety? Do the math. We did. Letters NewsBuzz Scoreboard This week's winner and losers Rogue of the Week This week's Rogue is retired investment banker Jim Hansen, a candidate in the Republican primary for House District 24. CULTURE Feature Stream of Consciousness: Seattle writer Sherman Alexie shows us the real deal about being an American Indian--and guess what? There's no channeling, peace pipes or peyote involved. This culture junkie talks about his brushes with Hollywood, his favorite television show and the strange things white people do to him at readings. The Nightcrawler AREA GO-GO QUEEN SPEAKS! Dinner Palace of Love Suey Chow's personals column Dress We Like the Boy in the Reflective Vest: FRONT ROW AT BECK Nightlife Margaret Doesn't Rhyme with Anything: One-woman riot Margaret Cho raps about her TV show, guileless guys, her solo comedy hit and the terrible puns on her name. Music Preview White Light, Dark Heat: Scary and gorgeous at the same time, The Covers Record is super-chanteuse Cat Power's best album yet. Hip-Hop Column Allah's Math:Makin' Sense Daydream Nation HOT ROCK SUPERFECTA! Recorded Music Reviews of three new releases: Eugene Blues:An Anthology, Draco, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci Screen Review Pistol-Whipped: Filmmaker Julien Temple's second Sex Pistols documentary gets the story right. Review Those Obscure Objects of Desire: Sofia Coppola's film debut is a gorgeously dark vision of teenage angst and the persistent elusiveness of memory. Dish Drink Get 'Em While the Gettin's Good: '97 Oregon pinot noirs Graze A rotating guide to restaurants we like. Miss Dish This week's food and drink events Performance Review Tapping the Vein: The Scottish play gives Tygres Heart's new artistic director a chance to prove her mettle. Dance Review Budget to Bust a Move: With new artistic director Steve Gonzales, the Jefferson Dancers dust off their leotards and get back on their feet. Words Bibliofile Reviews of two new books Volume 26, issue 27, May 10, 2000 NEWS Lead The New Face of Portland's Police: Chief Mark Kroeker has this to say about last week's show of force: Get used to it. Urban Pulse Signed, SEALED and Delivered A founding member of the Black Panthers finds a receptive audience on Lake Oswego's Country Club Road. Business Lots of Trouble: Oregon's manufactured-housing industry is on the skids, thanks to a fickle market and aggressive sales tactics. Q&A The Man with The Golden Roach: Exterminator Robert McMaster Letters NewsBuzz Scoreboard This week's winner and losers Rogue of the Week Speaker of the House Lynn Snodgrass CULTURE Feature An Inside Job: An unprecedented exhibit at Oregon State Penitentiary gives prisoners a chance to shine as artists. First Thursday it ain't. The Nightcrawler The Shape of the Highlights: Tagging isn't to be undertaken lightly. You could, for instance, end up studying the innards of a jail. Perhaps equally frightening, you could land 400 hours sanding paint off the walls of Edwards Elementary. Dinner Palace of Love Suey Chow's personals column Dress Eastside Fashion Finds Nightlife Profile The Nasty Parson's Tale: Ron Osborne used to pimp himself out for big bucks at A-list comedy clubs. Now, though, he's gone straight. He's even become a minister with his own church. Honest. Music Music News Steal This Beat: Local DJ Monkey Plus One's latest track explores the politics of sampling--and has MP3.com running in circles. Hip-Hop Column Allah's Math: Raise Your Swords Daydream Nation MP3 Up Your Ass Recorded Music Reviews of three new releases: Barbarella, Andrew Hill, Pik Floyd Screen Review Adonis in the Infield: Baseball legend Hank Greenberg gets the hero treatment in Aviva Kempner's biography. Review / Interview Movie, Uninterrupted: With a screen playing quarters and a talented cast, the all-digital Time Code is an experiment that is sometimes moving and always entertaining. Dish Review The Zen of TEA An offbeat Southwest Portland tea room offers guests a glimpse into an intriguing Japanese tea culture. Drink Tropickled Graze A rotating guide to restaurants we like. Miss Dish This week's food and drink events Volume 26, issue 28, May 17, 2000 NEWS Lead Diary of a Dot-Commer Urban Pulse Tale of the Tape:Police explanations of their May 1 response don't match the video footage they have provided to the public. Business Eminent Domain: The Oregon Lottery never got around to reserving the name oregonlottery.com for its Web site. Now the state agency is trying to get the domain name from the man who seemed to have beat it at its own game. Environment Return of the Pod People: Logging season is just around the corner, and tree-sitters are recruiting a new troop of volunteers to keep the chain saws at bay. Letters NewsBuzz Scoreboard This week's winner and losers Rogue of the Week Doug McClain, director of planning at the Clackamas County Department of Transportation and Development. CULTURE The Nightcrawler The Game Is Afoot Dinner Palace of Love Suey Chow's personals column Dress Sheer Invention Music Live Review Searching for a Pulse in Lincoln City:The Four Tops are alive! (Is anybody else?) Profile From Russia with Shove: The Starbugs combine Russian passion and Yankee brawn into nuclear-powered rock. Hip-Hop Column In the Hairdresser's Chair Daydream Nation A Straight Shot of Dickel: With a barn-torching second album, Portland's Dickel Brothers take rollicking Old Time rebellion on the road. Recorded Music Reviews of two new releases:S Club, The Who Screen Review More SWEET, Less LOWDOWN: Woody Allen escapes self-imposed purgatory by returning to his roots. Review Big Teeth, No Bite: Disney's Dinosaur brings prehistoric creatures to life with cool special effects, but it lacks heart and soul. Dish Review Season Liberally: With its focus on locally grown produce walking hand in hand with tubs of marshmallow fluff, New Seasons Market comes close to being the supermarket of your dreams. Drink Happy Hours Graze A rotating guide to restaurants we like. Miss Dish This week's food and drink events Performance Review Not So Yum-Yum: Jonathan Miller's take on Gilbert and Sullivan is a hasty pudding. Review Street Theater: Portland at last plays host to one of the world's most innovative circuses. Words Bibliofile Reviews of three new books Volume 26, issue 29, May 24, 2000 NEWS Lead Assault on Tract 86: An army of census takers are descending on felony flats- and the locals are running for cover Urban Pulse The WTO Legacy: It wasn't a massive street protest, like the ones in Seattle and Washington, D.C, but the message of a weekend conference in Portland was the same. And this year it finally got some attention. Education The Death of School Reform: It looks like Oregon's Education Act for the 21st Century won't survive the millennium's first year. Politics Victors & Victims: You can't judge last week's primary just by the election-night returns. Some of the biggest winners and losers weren't even on the ballot. Q&A Internet Tax Master: Delna Jones Letters Barbara Mor's May 17 letter attacking John Callahan's critics is an astounding example of rhetoric enlisted to legitimize racist language. NewsBuzz Scoreboard This week's winner and losers Rogue of the Week Katie Cannon, the new director of the Oregon State Fair, has pulled the plug on the fair's amateur brewing competition. CULTURE Feature Walk on the Pinko Side: Journalist and lefty agitator John Reed gave turn-of-last-century Portland a good hard shake. Unless you go to Moscow, you can't pay homage at his grave--but you can check out his local haunts. The Nightcrawler News with a Buzz Dinner Palace of Love Suey Chow's personals column Dress Frozen in Time Music Preview In it for the Monkey: Five years ago, Britpop wonderboys Supergrass had it all--a great record, killer hooks, a singer named Gaz. Success proved elusive, but they're back. And better. Daydream Nation WAR! Rocket Takeover Deal Unravels as Seattleite Mercury Readies First Salvo of PDX Alt-Weekly Battle!..........WW Pulls Out of Bid for NW Music Mag!.......... Recorded Music Reviews of three new releases:Susana Baca, Dropkick Murphys, Zhao Jiping Screen Preview Summer Movie Preview Guide: The S2K movie season is here, offering more than 130 films--and some of them might even be good. Dish Review Lifestyles of the Meat-Loving Bourgeoisie: For those about to swank at El Gaucho, the classy new steak joint in town, we salute you. Drink Reach Out and Touch Someone Graze A rotating guide to restaurants we like. Miss Dish This week's food and drink events Performance Dance Preview/Interview Fat Man Dancing: Goldhuber breaks the chocolate mold of most modern dancers Review Legless in Gaza: Samuel Beckett's unhappy laughter brings down the curtain on a fine troupe. Visual Art Review Gray Matters: Local artists capture the colors of Portland, from overcast to charcoal. Volume 26, issue 30, May 31, 2000 NEWS Lead Wake Up!: Portland's policewatchdog is a joke.Since May Day,no one thinksit's funny. Astrology On Thursday, judges will choose the Rose Festival Queen. An astrologer charts the princesses' chances. Politics White-in Campaigns: In Portland, we talk about honoring diversity. But come election time, our votes don't match the rhetoric. Sports Birth of the Cool: After last weekend's home-court heartbreak, it's clear that Portland fans, and the Blazers, need a team leader. But is the scowling man with the impressive numbers ready for the job? More important, are we ready for him? Q&A Ralph Nader Letters NewsBuzz Scoreboard This week's winner and losers Rogue of the Week An historic home isn't good enough for its new Roguish owner, neurosurgeon Dr. Darrell C. Brett, 45, who is planning to demolish it. CULTURE The Nightcrawler Nabbed by the Fuzz! Dinner Palace of Love Suey Chow's personals column Dress Lucky Charms Music Preview OVER ONE BILLION SERVED!: The grand master of an ancient clan of Indian musicians makes his U.S. debut...right here in Portland! Preview From Jamaica to Ghana and BACK AGAIN: I and I's music crosses continents to escape the bounds of reggae-as-usual. Daydream Nation Manifestdestiny.com: A Transformed Djangos Seeks World Domination Recorded Music Reviews of two new releases: Belle and Sebastian, Neil Young Screen Preview Boulevard of Broken Dreams: Half a century old, Sunset Boulevard is a timeless classic. Preview View From the Underground: The Northwest Film Center joins forces with Peripheral Produce to showcase Texas filmmaker Bill Brown. Dish Review Finnish Dreaming: For those who mourn the Vat's absence,a new haven from the ordinary has opened. Drink Southern Comfort Graze A rotating guide to restaurants we like. Miss Dish This week's food and drink events Words Review DJ Lyrical: The world according to a deaf-mute teen is a world worth exploring. Bibliofiles Reviews of three new books. Visual Art Preview Match Game: Try to match the artist's work with his or her corresponding artist statements.