Album Reviews [FOREIGNERS] To argue the merits of teenage bands means punting lyrics from the outset. Rare are the artists as young men who articulate their passions with any degree of complexity or perspecti More
Album Review: Foreign Talks
Foreign Talks (Expunged)
Album Reviews [FOREIGNERS] To argue the merits of teenage bands means punting lyrics from the outset. Rare are the artists as young men who articulate their passions with any degree of complexity or perspecti More
The Real World Portland, Ep. 3: The City That Works
As the venerable institution visits the Rose City, correspondent Jay Horton never stops being polite.
Movies & Television We know, you don't even have a TV. But WW correspondent Jay Horton is enduring and recapping each installment (well, last week was a bit of a hiccup) to assess just how real—and how Portland-y—the housemates get.
Last week, on episode 2 of The Real World, not much of anything happened, tell the truth: pasta at Allure, drinks at CC Slaughters, amuse-bouche of expositor... More
Safeway, Here He Comes
Portland’s “Godlike Genius”-in-Residence, Johnny Marr, goes back to the new house.
Music Stories Johnny Marr is that rarest of all creatures: He is living, and he is legend. After roaming the globe for a quarter century to briefly aid a dizzying litany of acts, his résumé reads like More
Revived, But Not Quite Alive: Evil Dead Reviewed
Movies & Television Not only did Evil Dead screen after WW press deadlines, but it kept critic Jay Horton shaking all weekend long, unable to file his review until Monday afternoon.
Critic’s Grade: C
Should there be any doubt, we’re not speaking about The Evil Dead. Sam Raimi, godhead of the series and producer of this latest iteration (alongside old cohorts Bruce Campbell and Ro... More
The Real World Portland, Ep. 1: Bondage, Burlesque, Banalities
As the venerable institution visits the Rose City, correspondent Jay Horton never stops being polite.
Movies & Television We know, you don't even have a TV. But last week, The Real World: Portland aired its first pitiful episode, and from here out, WW correspondent Jay Horton will endure and recap each installment, assessing just how real—and how Portland-y—the housemates ge... More
Know-It-All John Hodgman Knows a Lot in Portland
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Arts & Books On Thursday evening, March 7, the contestants battling for prize money at the bar trivia night hosted by Portland mainstay trivia-host Shanrock at her Triviology challenge at La Merde, the bar in the back of long-running Le Bistro More
Kinfolk
Better Homes and Grey Gardens.
Books For all the tears shed over the withering magazine industry, certain niche periodicals have actually thrived. Design-oriented mags require the printed page for best effect, foodies aren’t yet More
Between the Rock and a Hard Place: Snitch Reviewed
Movies & Television Snitch screened after WW press deadlines, but it was really whiplash from Dwayne Johnson's alien anatomy that delayed the delivery of this review.
Critic's Grade: C+
“Inspired by true events” reads the opening title card of the oddly engrossing new thriller Snitch. The earliest scenes, while never what you’d call realistic, establi... More
The Satin Chaps: Saturday, Feb. 23
Welcome to Swinging Portland.
Music Stories [INDIE A GO-GO] Much as one shouldn’t judge an album by its cover—least of all debut collections from mostly instrumental troupes born to flood dance floors— the chicly retro figures frugg More
Poor Credit: Identity Thief Reviewed
Movies & Television Identity Thief screened after WW press deadlines. Critic Jay Horton may have retained his identity, but he'll never have those 111 minutes back.
Critic's Grade: C-
If an awareness of dimming economic realities were to occupy any Hollywood genre, you'd figure the gross-out comedy a natural fit. Shouldn't lowest-common-denominator humor cater to the 99 ... More
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Local musicophile goes to concerts every single day for a year and manages to keep his sanity. Flayed Alive
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The Decemberists’ Jenny Conlee kicks out the pipe-organ jams.
An oral history of Satyricon. One Night With Janis Joplin (PCS)
Miles and miles and miles of heart. Trek in the Park (Atomic Arts)
Summer Spock theater. Portland Rock Trivia
Twelve absolutely random things you didn’t know about the Portland music scene. Hot Gun (Wonderdiamond Productions)
The Iceman cometh. Live 365
Local musicophile goes to concerts every single day for a year and manages to keep his sanity. Flayed Alive
A Food Network loudmouth hits town, and a Portland band rediscovers the term "starving artists." The Beautiful and the Damned
American Idol is coming to Portland. Here are some things you should know. Primer: Smoochknob
Jenny Conlee Thursday, Jan. 17
The Decemberists’ Jenny Conlee kicks out the pipe-organ jams.
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