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April 25th, 2007 WW Editorial Staff | SCOOP
 

Gossip should have no friends

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TIME-BASED WHAAA? Portland Institute for Contemporary Art announced a killer lineup for this year's Time-Based Art Festival at last Saturday's $150-a-ticket TADA fundraiser—including a massive choral piece by Rinde Eckert, an interactive Canadian performance called Haircuts by Children, in which participants get their hair cut by, um, children, and GATZ, a six-hour verbatim reading of The Great Gatsby by the staff of a small office. So, Gus Van Sant knows what's hitting town in September—great! Luckily for the rest of us, PICA's holding a free public reception tonight at the Wieden & Kennedy building (224 NW 13th Ave., 5:30 pm, free) where TBA artistic director Mark Russell will give us little people the lowdown on TBA:07. Did we mention it's free?

REAGANOMICAL RIDE Local filmmaker Crispin Rosenkranz has a thing for Ronald Reagan. "I always had this funny Reagan fascination; wondered what it was like to be Reagan." That quest for morning in America led Rosenkranz to do Reagan impersonations for KBOO, and made him dress up in Gipper-style ranch duds for the Friday's Clinton Street Theater premiere of The Tripper, David Arquette's movie about a Reagan obsessive who kills hippies. Arquette, in town for the opening, must have been impressed by Crispin's getup: he named Rosenkranz "The Ultimate Tripper" and rewarded him with the 1968 van used in the movie. No hippies will be harmed in this exchange: Rosenkranz plans to convert the van to biodiesel. "This is the thrill of a lifetime," he told WW on Monday.

ALLAH MY SONS Allen Nause, Artists Repertory Theatre's roving artistic director, hopped a plane for Israel on Saturday morning. Nause is headed for the Muslim quarter of Jerusalem, where he'll direct the National Theater of Palestine's production of All My Sons. In Arabic. It will be the National Theater's first production of a play by America's preeminent Jewish playwright, Arthur Miller—or for that matter, by any American. The production presents some interesting questions: Should they include the onstage kiss? Will frustration with the American Dream pan out in Arabic? Does being blacklisted exempt Miller from inclusion in the vast Zionist conspiracy?

SPOTTED IPod, shmipod. Forgoing all newfangled gadgets in favor of keeping it real, City Commish Randy Leonard took a little time out on a lazy Sunday to peruse the used CD racks at the West Burnside Everyday Music. After checking out selections from the Cowboy Junkies and the now-dead godfather of soul, James Brown, Leonard grabbed at least one copy of an oldie but goodie by John Cougar Mellencamp.

 
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04.27.2007 at 08:24 Reply
I really think WW could have done a better job checking out what I was buying last Sunday at Everyday Music.

Yep, I got the classic John Cougar cd "American Fool" ("Jack & Diane" is on it...great song). But Hey...it was only $3.95 in the budget section.

The real story is the other purchase my surreptitious shadow missed.

I had a miniature euphoric attack when I spotted the Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young's "So Far"....the digitally re mastered version. I paid 18 bucks for that bad boy. And I already own the non-digitally re mastered version!

Now that's news in its own right.

Don't be hate'n Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, my selectively observant friend. They are the shit.

 

04.27.2007 at 11:34 Reply
Dear Commish,

I was trying my best to see what had caused what you call your "mini euphoric attack" but as you seem to do in all the city council sessions I watch on tv, you played that one pretty close to your chest.

best,

the shadow

P.S. your selection of the s-word at the end makes me question if this is truly you. I know Sam uses that word, but I would have expected better from you.

 

04.27.2007 at 03:56 Reply
It shows just how far society has descended when a city commissioner's veracity is questioned just because he uses the word "shit".

Oh where will it all end.

I am pretty sure Hank and Nigel will verify that my comments, especially saying "the shit" are consistent with my typical behavior...especially on the week-end.

And if your going to compare me to Sam...that gives pretty much carte blanche to do whatever I want AND still be coloring within the lines.

 

05.06.2007 at 11:26 Reply
Wow I'm in the paper! The video of me doing what I did to win the van is on you tube. Look up "Ronnie Vu with Destiny", and it should come up. here is the link:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ph5AYTYV430

 

 
 

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