RIFF CITY Something needs to be cleared up. Two weeks ago, WW freelancer Jason Simms wrote an article about a clash pitting a few online commentators at Portland Independent Media Center (portland.indymedia.org ... More
Indymedia Lied!
A call for accountability on the wide-open Web.
RIFF CITY Something needs to be cleared up. Two weeks ago, WW freelancer Jason Simms wrote an article about a clash pitting a few online commentators at Portland Independent Media Center (portland.indymedia.org ... More
Return Of The Pleasantness
For almost a year, loyal talk-radio listeners waited for Rick Emerson's return. They wait no more.
Featured Stories It's 12:02 pm Monday, March 13, and the three radio talents crowding the small, unfinished studio on the third floor of the KOIN Center in downtown Portland are almost completely silent. As The Rick E ... More
By The Grace Of Shane
Portland musicians pay tribute to the Pogues.
RIFF CITY This St. Patrick's Day, there will be plenty of Irish drinkin' music around Portland, but only the Doug Fir will be celebrating the darker and more poetic side of inebriation—not to mention the ... More
Shipwrecked
The FCC sinks Portland's radio pirates' signal.
RIFF CITY For the past three and a half years, the Portland Radio Authority did something improbable. The illegal 100-watt station had managed to operate every day, broadcasting an eclectic array of music acros ... More
Out And A Doubt
Searching for songwriter solace on a cold winter's night.
RIFF CITY It's 20 degrees out, and the one-block walk between Food Hole and Valentine's seems like a crosstown trek. Your hands are numb because you didn't buy gloves this year. Your hoodie's up and the wind is ... More
Cheap Eats 2005
Food Reviews & Stories Who knows where they're keeping the bad dogs at this sausage store? Every sausage, from the garlic chicken ($5) to the mild Italian ($4.85) or even the ferociously hot (and aptly named) magma dog ($4.95), begs to be slathered in fried onions and cheese before being promptly swallowed. When the count More
Grammy Grannies
Watching the music industry's lovefest through bifocal lenses.
RIFF CITY It was three minutes into the 48th Annual Grammy Awards when the cynicism kicked in. Stevie Wonder was on stage with Alicia Keys, leading the crowd of industry bigwigs and big-time entertainers in a s ... More
Out Of The Frying Pan
A month after getting the boot from Berbati's, Chantelle Hylton speaks.
RIFF CITY Chantelle Hylton has been everywhere in this town. As one of the most prolific bookers in Portland, she has moved bodies into the Medicine Hat, the Blackbird, Meow Meow, Satyricon and Loveland. Her mo ... More
I Wish I Could Quit You
Once a little bit country, always a little bit country. Right?
RIFF CITY Cowboys make me nervous. That's why I'm on my fourth Jack Daniel's. Surrounded by cowboy hats and big belt buckles Wednesday night at the eastside cowboy enclave Outlaws Bar & Grill, I have shored up ... More
Restaurant Guide 2005
Food Reviews & Stories Hidden from the view of the great motorized masses buzzing down East Burnside just a block north, Il Piatto manages to be both urbane and strikingly quaint, just as an Italian eatery should be. The Plate�as all us English speakers would call it�serves up one of the most romantic experiences in S More
Top Articles from MARK BAUMGARTEN
RIFF CITY
The rise and fall of the great pop hopes that ruled Portland's early-'90s music scene. A Year in the Death of Elliott Smith
Unpacking the life of indie rock's poet laureate. COSMIC DANCE
Remembering Orion Satushek and the Spooky Dance Band. Do Strokes Dream of Electric Groupies?
Are these guys for real? Do we care? He Is A Scientist
Part two of the Courtney Taylor-Taylor interview. Portland, Loveless?
Rumors persist that the eastside's big concrete box is crumbling. HORN AGAIN
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of their debut album, the Crazy 8's bring back serious ska. Shipwrecked
The FCC sinks Portland's radio pirates' signal. Gates to the City
After years of wandering, Rebecca Gates returns to pop and Portland. NOTHING IS REVEALED
Bob Dylan has lied to us for years. Can two new explorations of his life offer a grain of truth?
The rise and fall of the great pop hopes that ruled Portland's early-'90s music scene. A Year in the Death of Elliott Smith
Unpacking the life of indie rock's poet laureate. COSMIC DANCE
Remembering Orion Satushek and the Spooky Dance Band. Do Strokes Dream of Electric Groupies?
Are these guys for real? Do we care? He Is A Scientist
Part two of the Courtney Taylor-Taylor interview. Portland, Loveless?
Rumors persist that the eastside's big concrete box is crumbling. HORN AGAIN
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of their debut album, the Crazy 8's bring back serious ska. Shipwrecked
The FCC sinks Portland's radio pirates' signal. Gates to the City
After years of wandering, Rebecca Gates returns to pop and Portland. NOTHING IS REVEALED
Bob Dylan has lied to us for years. Can two new explorations of his life offer a grain of truth?
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