Banned: Nov. 4 08

We're officially voting these words out of office.

By MICHAEL MANNHEIMER

Sick of the words and catch phrases that have clogged up the political discourse this election? So are we. Click on the image for a closer look at the words that belong in the dustbin of history.

Headout Picks

THURSDAY NOV. 6


[ARTS] SIREN NATION KICKOFF
Fleshtone and DJ Anjali kick off a festival of film, art, crafts and music from ladies who kick ass. Backspace, 115 NW 5th Ave., 248-2900. 9 pm. Free. All ages. Festival wristband $25. Fest events run through Nov. 9. Visit sirennation.com for a full schedule.

[HAIR RAISER] MUSTACHES 4 KIDS
PDX's monthlong "facial hair marathon," which raises money for kid-centric nonprofits, is back. Info session at Vendetta, 4306 N Williams Ave., 288-1085. 7:30 pm. Visit portland.mustachesforkids.org for details.

FRIDAY NOV. 7


[MUSIC] CRYSTAL STILTS
This Brooklyn mega-hype band has the garage-pop chops (and hooks) to prove it belongs. Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison St., 239-7639. 9 pm. $7. 21+.

[CLASSICAL (KIND OF)] FILMUSIK: THE SUPERMAN ORCHESTRA
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a dozen classical-music freaks soundtracking '40s-era Superman cartoons! Hollywood Theatre, 4122 NE Sandy Blvd., 281-4215. 7:30 pm Fridays, Nov. 7 and 14. $10-$14.

SATURDAY NOV. 8


[SCREEN] GREAT SPEECHES FROM A DYING WORLD
Linus Phillips' account of Seattle's homeless isn't just the best movie in this year's NW Film and Video Festival—it's the best documentary anywhere this year. Whitsell Auditorium, 1219 SW Park Ave., 221-1156. 9 pm Saturday, Nov. 8. $5-$8.

[BOOKS] WORDSTOCK
PDX's biggest book bash commences! Oregon Convention Center, 777 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., wordstockfestival.com. 10 am-6 pm. $5 per day. All ages. See page 23.

[MUSIC] DUNGEN
Sweden's best psych-rockers blends '70s prog; '60s acid flashbacks; fey, effeminate folk and stoic jazz into one gorgeously trippy milieu. Doug Fir, 830 E Burnside St., 231-9663. 9 pm. $12.50 advance, $14 day of show. 21+.

SUNDAY NOV. 9


[WORDS/MUSIC] ROBERT BRIGGS
Beatniks inhabited a straitlaced, conservative U.S. Their response? "Fuck it, let's get wasted and make art." Poet Bob Briggs was right in the middle of it. Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, 5340 N Interstate Ave., 205-0715. 8 pm. Friday-Sunday, Nov. 7-9. $16-$20. All ages.

MONDAY NOV. 10


[MUSIC] Q-TIP
The world's smoothest rapper returns after a lengthy absence with a new record and a new wardrobe. Roseland Theater, 8 NW 6th Ave., 224-2038. 8 pm. $20. All ages.

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