Books Fiction that strives to do more than tell a good story reeks like perfume on a perfidious man. When one sets out to write the great American or social or feminist or whatever novel, the story is often ... More
SHADOWED HISTORY
Here's to good, but not great, first fiction.
Books Fiction that strives to do more than tell a good story reeks like perfume on a perfidious man. When one sets out to write the great American or social or feminist or whatever novel, the story is often ... More
BRIGHT EYES, BIG DITTY
Music Stories I don't expect Jay Leno to surprise. I do expect him to goof on politicians-as if their entire job is not to run the country but to be the butt of weak jokes-and I expect him to ridicule average Ameri ... More
COSMIC DANCE
Remembering Orion Satushek and the Spooky Dance Band.
Music Stories Orion Satushek was fond of cats, plants and vinyl records. He loved fixing recording equipment, taking an almost perverse pleasure in salvaging ancient tube amps and reel-to-reel recorders that others ... More
WONDER, DECONSTRUCTED
WW looks inside Portland's newest, historic entertainment hotspot.
Music Stories In June 2004, when the boarded-up building at 128 NE Russell St. changed hands once again, its future was questionable. But the building's past was definite, and colorful. The hulking structure was bu ... More
THE OFFSPRING EFFECT
How the hardening of John Askew's son's poop relates to the softening of Stephen Malkmus' sound.
Music Stories "He had his first solid shit this week," says John Askew about his 8-month-old son. "It's the most amazing thing."Chatting after the Menomena show last Thursday at Berbati's Pan, Askew, the owner of P ... More
THE HOLD STEADY ALMOST KILLED ME
Redeeming and deceiving with America's greatest bar band.
Music Stories It's 5 in the afternoon on a Sunday back in February, and I'm riding in the back of a rented minivan with four members of a little-known band called the Hold Steady. In the next two months, these four ... More
SUPER AMPED
Sleater-Kinney goes loud.
Music Stories The first track on Sleater-Kinney's latest album, The Woods, starts out with the distinctive click and squeal of feedback. Before rock gods like Jimi Hendrix popularized it, that wince-inducing sound ... More
SHE'S GOT BALLS
Los Angeles transplant Angela Batinovich is bringing lacrosse to Portland, and she's bringin' the pain, too.
Featured Stories Last month, Portlanders learned that a new professional sports franchise would soon be moving into town. Sorry, baseball fans, it's not what you think. The new boys handling balls in the Rose City won ... More
This Is Gonna Hurt
Prefuse 73 tries a little collaboration, taking its experimental hip-hop in a new, less-experimental direction.
Music Stories "If I just said 'fuck dividers,' does that sound like I want to talk about them? No. I've said all I need to say about them." These lines ring out like a shot as the opening salvo of Prefuse 73's Surr ... More
No, You do it!`
Hush Records used technology and a little elbow grease to give a local community a voice.
Music Stories I love Chad Crouch.I hate Chad Crouch.I love him because he runs Hush Records, the Portland record label that has been home to some of this town's finest singer-songwriters, from Colin Meloy to Corrin ... 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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