September 2000 back to Archives home September 6 | September 13 | September 27 Volume 26, issue 44, September 6, 2000 NEWS Lead Alberta Rising? Environment After Mellow Marsh The sudden departure of the state's top environmental official leaves activists hoping for a successor who's not quite so pleasant. Business Losing Its Sizzle: They win the battle of the grill, but Gardenburgers fail to impress investors Q&A Back to School with James Williams Letters NewsBuzz *Sparing Us the Gore: WW political reporter Patty Wentz joined the presidential media pack when Democrats Al Gore and Joe Lieberman came to town. Here1s her notebook dump. *Cable Unravels:Two of the four upstart broadband cable providers are dead in the Portland market. *Buzz / Night Cabbie: Dead poets, ailing malls, grouchy strippers, and more! *Murmurs: EJ's propagandist Terry Grob dies; Vera gets face time with Lieberman; Darcelle and Roxy get hitched. Scoreboard This week's winner and losers Rogue of the Week Let Lloyd Speak!: The City Club of Portland isn't playing fair in scheduling candidate debates. CULTURE Queer Window Gay boy central: where is it? The Nightcrawler Gatecrashing II: The best things in life are free. Dinner Palace of Love Suey Chow's personals column Dress Anatomy of a bag: what all's in there? Music From the Music Desk Troika of psychedelic local releases try for new sound from way out. Preview/ Interview Sad Sacks: Black Heart Procession plays someof the most desolate music around. Recorded Music Big L's The Big Picture and Written in Ashes' Epiphany Screen Review Nurse Betty: Fantasy and reality blur as soap opera stars and hit men battle it out. Review The Way of the Gun: Return of the Bad Men. Dish Review Zefiro Doesn't Live Here Anymore Ira's takes over the hot corner on Northwest 21st, but the food hasn't risen to the occasion. Drink Who You Callin' Honey? Bartendresses speak out. Graze A rotating guide to restaurants we like. Miss Dish Grubbing at the turn of the century. Performance Review Gods of Thunder: Local skin beaters Portland Taiko collaborate with planet drum guru Kenny Endo and take home a national honor. Words Bibliofiles Reviews of Denis Johnson, Cintra Wilson and Andrew Delbanco Visual Art Review Wings of Desire Portland Art Museum's new Northwest wing gives the region's art a home. Volume 26, issue 45, September 13, 2000 NEWS Lead School is Hell Sports The Blazers' Odyssey Shawn Kemp, the aging warrior returned to recapture his glory days, signals Portland's new Ulysses Strategy. Politics Budget Envy: Portland's de facto city manager is taking heat for telling others how to cut. Q&A The man who brought us the Toxic Avenger comes to town this weekend Letters NewsBuzz *Night Cabbie *Buzz Ailing malls, gay-bashing Bible-thumpers, a vindicated Lloyd Marbet and more! *Murmurs Everclear exposed; a new TV critic at the O; KOIN pulls the plug on The Buzz; and more! Scoreboard This week's winner and losers Rogue of the Week Something smells funny at Foreign Engine Service CULTURE Fall Arts Guide Feature Dada Ball Exposed! For four years Portland's best exhibitionists have descended on the biggest event of its kind in the city. Queer Window Nightmare on Hayden Island The Nightcrawler Max T. Malt Hits Beach, Blacks Out, Writes Column Dinner Palace of Love Suey Chow's personals column Dress Nad's to the Bone Music From the Music Desk Pour some on the pavement for the late Terry Grob. Summer Wrap-up Lyricists Lounge The tour caps a hip-hop summer where most everything went right--and one show almost went terribly wrong. Preview Moby From Little Man on Campus to the Biggest Fish in the Electronica Pond Preview/ Interview Rob Scheps The maniac sax man fires up Portland's jazz scene. Recorded Music Freddie Foxxx: Industry Shakedown Screen Review This Is Still Spinal Tap Now on DVD! Review American Pimp New documentary, reviewed by a guy who knows. Dish Review Counter Culture Why isn't everyone a vegan? Drink It's Lederhosen Time! Graze A rotating guide to restaurants we like. Miss Dish Chocolate pudding. Fake breasts. If Miss Dish were rich, she'd eat here a lot Performance Preview Rocky Waters: Joe Waters and the Northwest Electro-Acoustic Music Organization Festival. Words Review Tin House's Tucker Malarkey writes an epic of culture clash. Volume 26, issue 47, September 27, 2000 NEWS Lead Citizen Bob: Conservative Christian tycoon Bob Pamplin Jr. says The Oregonian is unbalanced, unfair and unprincipled--and he's going to do something about it. Politics A Fare Fight: A Tri-Met driver finds a key ally in his fight for safety. Politics special section! Whee! The People: Weekly dispatches from the front lines of the battle for our nation's civic soul. Q&A KISS of the Flamenco Woman: Laurena Marrone Letters Night Cabbie NewsBuzz Stop in the name of the mayor! The further adventures of PIIAC. Buzz Winners, losers, murderers, vandals, coffee-related victories--and more. Murmurs Up against the wall Penny Harrington! Spielberg spawn dine at the Riverplace! And Ira's--what's up with that? Scoreboard This week's winner and losers Rogue of the Week Portland French School CULTURE Queer Window That whole thing about gay men at the gym, investigated. Dinner Palace of Love Suey Chow's personals column Dress Once again, Sweden totally rules in every way! Evidence: NYC's new H&M store. Music Report After NXNW: Yeah, baby. It was much better than Cats. We're going to see it again and again. From the Music Desk Four nights that shook the world!!! Screen Review And in This Corner... Girlfight comes out swinging and delivers a knockout punch. Feature Web Slingers Rebecca Rodriguez and other short-film makers find a new home on the Internet. Dish Review Duck, Duck, Roost Sungari Restaurant tries to fill the void for adventurous Chinese cuisine in this city--and mostly succeeds. Drink Street-wine coctails knock you on your ass in a very classy fashion--with ice! Graze A rotating guide to restaurants we like. Miss Dish She won't be fooled again! Performance Review The Elusive Carmen Portland Opera's new production is a hit-and-miss affair. Review Popcorn Theatre Vertigo asks, "What's more popcult than murder?" Outdoors Children of the Corn Get lost, get drunk, get busy--hey, corn mazes are fun!