Health, Drugs and
Rock 'n' Roll?
The life of a rock star can be grueling. Fighting off groupies,
partying till dawn, jetting from show to show and rocking out every night
take their toll. What's a tired, malnourished musician to do? Try a Gig
Bar ($12.72 plus shipping for a pack of eight, from Musician's Pharmacy,
800-666-0311). The peanut butter and chocolate-flavored mini-meal isn't
loaded with speed or opiates; instead it has essential vitamins and minerals,
along with ginseng and ginkgo (to enhance mental clarity clouded by pot
smoking, I guess). Local rock stars we surveyed thought it tasted alright,
but they weren't crazy about the Balance-bar-meets-Charleston-Chew texture.
One picky musician even snubbed it because it contained hydrogenated oils.
It's doubtful that this niche-marketed item is going to make the charts,
and as far as I know, no one has studied the synergistic effects of the
Gig Bar with beer, liquor and cigarettes. (LB)
Donation Station
When
you think public radio donations, Oregon Public Broadcasting usually
comes to mind first. But what about the other guys? We like OPB's quality
programming as much as the next guy, but check out what KPSU (1450 AM,
operates daily 5 pm-2 am) is offering. The Portland State University
radio station has developed the KPSU Listener Card ($10, 725-5669)
to extend discounts to its contributors. Local merchants such as Bike
Central, Retread Threads, Wild Abandon and Berbati's Pan honor the card
for one year from the purchase date. (CM)
A Temple of
Thrift
Like many charitable organizations, the William Temple House
gets the bulk--60 percent--of its revenue from the sale of secondhand
clothes and furnishings. You may have been to William Temple House's
thrift store on Northwest Glisan Street, but the best deals are at its
monthly warehouse sales, where clothing costs as little as 50
cents and nearly new mattress and box spring sets go for $30. Get away
from department store gloss and dig for diamonds at this dusty outpost:
Distribution Center, 1910 NW 23rd Place, 827-4580;
9 am-4 pm Friday-Saturday, Dec. 18-19. (CM)
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Willamette Week | originally
published December 16,
1998
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