November 2000 back to Archives home November 1 | November 14 | November 21| November 28 Volume 26, issue 52, November 1, 2000 NEWS Lead The Secret Life of Wayne Olson Education The Wrath of Ben: Portland Public Schools Superintendent Ben Canada has a very bad week. Politics Whee! The People: Final pre-election blowout sale!!! Crime & Justice PERVERSE COMMENTS Some old comments by Police Chief Mark Kroeker have city commissioners raising new questions about his views on gays, women and kids. Q&A Carl Pope: How green is Al Gore? Letters NewsBuzz Buzz Big radio, small radio, winners and losers, an update on the downtown jail and more. Murmurs Bob Pamplin nabs two B-J staffers; the art world loses two key figures; Tom Mack is down but not out. Night Cabbie Rogue of the Week Dave Frohnmayer CULTURE Nightcrawler Taking the quest for the Perfect Bar to the Bitter End. Queer Window Why I'm A Closet Hetero Dinner Palace of Love Suey Chow's personals column Dress Where the Beltway meets the runway. Music Profile ¡Viva Habana! Scene report from Cuba. Preview Magnets! Jazz-funk rhythm riot gives the New School an Old School etiquette lesson. Sonic Reducer Given a knife and the ripe, frail neck of the music industry, who can resist? From the Music Desk Attention, Rage Against the Machine: Pick me! Pick me! Record Reviews PJ Harvey, Springheel Jack Screen . Preview Film and Video Fest Northwest: filmmakers say: Eat our shorts (and documentaries)! Dish Dish True Blue: You know you're dying to get in to Bluehour. And rightly so, it turns out. Graze A rotating guide to restaurants we like. Drink Real Ale--none of that wussy stuff. Performance Review Otello Portland Opera's new expressionist staging of Verdi's greatest operatic vision just may be visionary in its own right. Preview Double Dose of Molière Take two of these and call us in the morning. Words Bibliofiles Short and sweet book reviews. Outdoors Nature Boy A new column! Hiking in the rain.   Volume 27, issue 2, November 14, 2000 NEWS Lead Story Last week's real winners (and losers) Election Night Review Six hours at the Benson Hotel on Election Night. Q&A Loren Parks: The conservatives' sugar-daddy breaks his silence. Environment Will the Port of Portland allow more development on Hayden Island? Politics Greens Steal a Victory: Xander Patterson will make your water green. Sports It's not just football. It's class warfare. Letters NewsBuzz Chalk It up to the Caffeine:The Coffee People blackboard scandal. Police treatment of minorities, medical marijuana, scrappy shipyards and more! Murmurs: Teaching Tiger Woods, ART in Vietnam, Pamplin Watch and more. Night Cabbie Rogue of the Week Super Election-Day Rogues' Gallery CULTURE Nightcrawler Corey Feldman lights the way. Queer Window Potluck lovin' for lesbians. Dinner Palace of Love Suey Chow's personals column Dress Prada by the pill. Music Review Made for TV Movie Don't touch that dial--MFTVM's wiry white noise may be what everyone's talking about tomorrow. Profile Steven Cantor's Radio Revolution OPB's soft-spoken music fanatic may be the best DJ--anywhere. Sonic Reducer Badlands and bad bands. From the Music Desk Hochenkeit: sonic experiments gone all wry. Record Reviews Einstürzende Neubauten, Death Cab Für Cutie. Screen Review X-Ray Visions Dish Dish Rhymes with Lingerie: Rosie's Boulangerie. Tugging your heart through your nostrils. Graze A rotating guide to restaurants we like. Drink Portland Brewing adopts a 15-year-old. Performance Interview Bebe Miller The dance demigoddess longs for a porch and a backyard. Preview Stephen Petronio Company An abstract expressionist choreographer discovers lyricism in Strange Attractors. Review Blue Night in the Heart of the West, Sowelu's biblical maelstrom; Interrupt--Interactive Hypermedia, Liminal's Caligarian funhouse. Words Bibliofiles Short and sweet book reviews. Words Eric Bogosian returns to subUrbia with a new novel, Mall. Outdoors Nature Boy Play chicken with airplanes on a riverside run.   Volume 27, issue 3, November 21, 2000 NEWS Lead Story Cover story 13 Days: Behind the scenes of Chief Kroeker's near ouster from the Portland Police Bureau. Q&A Et Tu, Bruno: Portland cartoonist Christopher Baldwin draws his lines online. Media 1,000 Pints of Bush Lite: How George W. avoided the military--and the media. Urban Pulse Attack of the Naked Pole Katz: Portland's mayor wages war on a growing urban menace: music posters and diet ads. Letters NewsBuzz Buzz Surprise! Odds of winning the lottery are pretty slim! Pompey's Pillar faces silo invasion! Night Cabbie puts foot in mouth! Winners! Losers! And more! Murmurs Tre Arrow gift-wrapped; Gore supporters outnumbered; Orb fans disgruntled; Boxcar Bertha's praised in New York Times. Night Cabbie Rogue of the Week One more reason to hate Qwest! CULTURE Nightcrawler The only undecided contest that really matters: vodka vs. gin. Queer Window More than you ever wanted to know about carpet stains. Dinner Palace of Love Suey Chow's personals column Dress Prada by the pill. Music Feature To Cirrhosis with Love: EJ's Shutdown Spectacular! The filth. The fury. The Pabst. We bid farewell to EJ's, Portland's dearly departing punk-rock citadel. Review Kissing the Pope's Ring: Wherein Shane MacGowan reflects on the Irish Tradition, declares punk dead and reveals his secret desire for the Lord of the Dance. Sonic Reducer A few musical turkeys that oughta get stuffed. From the Music Desk Booze Czars Just Say "No!" to Zany Dancing at Troubled Saucehall Record Reviews This one goes out to all you serious music fans. Screen Review Unbreakable: An unlikely superhero story. Profile Thanks for the Movies: This is not a rant. Dish Dish Curious Giorgio's: A new Pearl District eatery has several strengths and much room to grow. Graze A rotating guide to restaurants we like. Drink Pucker up for apple martinis. Miss Dish How to deep-fry your bird without landing in the hospital. Performance Review Staged Uprisings Two women who revolutionized theater design. Words Bibliofiles Short and sweet book reviews. Words The Books of Job: Our underpaid Words columnist toils over four working titles. Outdoors Nature Boy The disc-golf diaries. Volume 27, issue 4, November 28, 2000 NEWS Lead Story This Land Is Their Land: David Hunnicutt and Larry George say the state is using land-use laws to screw the little guys. Measure 7 is their way of fighting back. Crime & Justice Mixed Messages: Portland cops claim they're not targeting protesters, but their actions say otherwise Q&A Tim Hibbitts: The local pollster takes a few post-election potshots. Urban Pulse Where's Ira? The owner of an abandoned Northwest Portland restaurant has fled-- and it's not the first time Letters NewsBuzz And the Winner Is...WW Declares Election Victory! A new study confirms jail overcrowding; Night Cabbie picks up a strange man; skaters make a comeback; and more! Murmurs: New mag for ski bums and snow bunnies; tension at a City Council meeting; WTO redux; and more! Night Cabbie Rogue of the Week CULTURE WWeek Gift Guide 2000 Installment I Nightcrawler Say Goodnight, Max Queer Window Hey, cops are people, too. Dinner Palace of Love Suey Chow's personals column Dress Dosha, the new spa on the block. Music Preview Stripes to Stars: A brother-sister duo from Detroit spawns a two-headed rock monster: the White Stripes. Q&A Grunge vs. Bono vs. Everclear Ward Sutton, the artist behind cartoon skewerfest Schlock'n'Roll, on how sacred cows get gored. Sonic Reducer Record Reviews So Short Even Your Kids Can Read Them! From the Music Desk Bratmobile: One-Time "Riot Grrl" Paragons Reunite for Brave New Tomorrow, Etc. Screen Review Panel to Panel: Some of the best movies of all time are now showing--at a comic-book store near you. Dish Dish Bliss Saigon In a city populated with perfectly fine Vietnamese restaurants, My-Canh stands out from the pack. Graze A rotating guide to restaurants we like. Miss Dish Miscellaneous items. Performance For the Theater Weary Ask Addison De Witt Willamette Week offers an elderly theater critic room to ponder the state of local theater. Words Bibliofiles Vampires, ghosts and misanthropes, oh my! Words Barry Lopez An uneven collection of short stories from Oregon's leading essayist. Outdoors Nature Boy Zamboni Rising