News Washington, D.C.—Around noon on Sunday, Jan. 18, still hungover and sore from dancing at an Afro-punk inaugural ball afterparty until 3 am, I roll off the couch at my friend’s house in D.C ...   More

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SATURDAY MORNING, JAN. 17, 2009 in Washington, D.C.

(Disclaimer: The following are thoughts on the Presidential Inauguration in DC, from a very unbiased observer. Lance is a DC-area native, Portland-transplant, WW-freelancer over the past coupla years...and ...   More

Special Section In ’95, my folks took me to my first drive-in in the small town of Bridgton, Maine. We caught a double feature: Operation Dumbo Drop followed by Conspiracy Theory (starring a frantic Mel Gibson, ...   More

Bar Reviews SUBTERRANEAN BLISS: With the hominess of a house show, the covert charm of a speakeasy, a menu filled with delicious-sounding cheap Persian vegetarian specialties and bric-a-brac décor recallin ...   More

Music [ELEMENTARY FUNK] Guitarist Jason Newsom doesn’t mind if you call his music simple. Hell, he might even take it as a compliment. Wielding a doctorate in social psychology as an associate professor at Portland State University, Newsom spends his 9-to-5 existence educating students on decidedly non-simplistic to...   More

Music Stories [ELEMENTARY FUNK] Guitarist Jason Newsom doesn’t mind if you call his music simple. Hell, he might even take it as a compliment. Wielding a doctorate in social psychology as an associate profess ...   More

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[INDIE PIG JAZZ] For a few long days last December, Blue Cranes alto saxophonist Reed Wallsmith was vomiting pretty heavily. Crappy timing, considering he was in the midst of recording the band's latest album, Homing Patterns. Keyboardist Rebecca Sanborn then came down with the stomach flu. Meanwhile,...   More

Music Stories [INDIE PIG JAZZ] For a few long days last December, Blue Cranes alto saxophonist Reed Wallsmith was vomiting pretty heavily. Crappy timing, considering he was in the midst of recording the band’ ...   More

Food Reviews & Stories The best reason to stumble into Crush is for its late-night DJs and dance parties running Tuesdays through Sundays, like "Queer Bait" Thursdays with Splendora & King Fader. Wild art, long, curvy bars, suede couches and the wackiest chandeliers in town give the place a modern but still-comfortabl   More

Food Reviews & Stories If Vincent Vega took a nice-lookin' gal out for a night on the town in Portland, he'd probably make a stop at Duff's. Housed in a repurposed garage with more road signs on the walls than you'd ever care to count, Duff's is a small sanctuary for anything and everything Americana. The Garage's almost    More