Movie Reviews & Stories Flight is about as subtle as a plane crash. And the plane crash at the beginning of Flight ain’t too subtle, either. At 30,000 feet, a commercial airliner carrying more than 100 passengers desce More
Flight
Fly the shit-faced skies.
Movie Reviews & Stories Flight is about as subtle as a plane crash. And the plane crash at the beginning of Flight ain’t too subtle, either. At 30,000 feet, a commercial airliner carrying more than 100 passengers desce More
La Mariachi
Edna Vazquez declares her independence.
Music Stories Edna Vazquez’s life in music began with a crush. When she was 13 years old, a boy in her tiny hometown of Tonila, in central Mexico, attempted to win her affections by giving her a guitar. Growi More
Brew Views: Beasts of the Southern Wild
That other hurricane.
Brew Views In the Bathtub—the fictional Louisiana bayou settlement that forms the backdrop for the enchanting Beasts of the Southern Wild—the price of existing off the grid is living in waterlogged squalor More
Christopher Kirkley's Top Five Tracks from West Africa
Music In the current issue of Willamette Week, we profiled Portland blogger Christopher Kirkley, who lived for over a year in West Africa, making field recordings and trading regional pop songs with locals via MP3s stored on cellphones, which he eventually compiled and released through his label, Sahelsounds. We asked Kirkley for his top five favorite t... More
Africa High-Tech
Christopher Kirkley went into the Sahara in search of an unheard musical tradition. He found it—but it wasn’t what he expected.
Music Stories In 2008, Christopher Kirkley went to Africa in hopes of capturing sounds rarely heard by the rest of the world. Traveling southwest from Morocco... More
Primer: Waka Flocka Flame
Music Stories Born: 1986 in Queens, N.Y. Sounds like: Club-destroying Southern hip-hop from a streetwise kid smart enough to know deep thoughts just slow down a good party. For fans of: Lil Jon, Ludacris, Young J More
Alberta Substation: Player Substitution
Bar Reviews First thing’s first: No, Alberta Substation (2703 NE Alberta St., 284-4491, albertasubstation.com) is not a sandwich shop. Housed in the 80-year-old brown stucco building previously occupied by More
Brew Views: Samsara
Wordless wonder.
Brew Views Samsara is a Sanskrit word referencing the circle of life. That may reek of patchouli, but put aside those aversions—this wordless documentary is one of the most visually intoxicating films in More
Creeper Crawl: The 13th Door
The warehouse rave of haunted houses
Features Who's the weird old person hanging around the packs of high school kids at Portland-area haunted houses? The one who reeks of good coffee and cheap gin? Yeah, that’s a Willamette Week writer out reviewing local haunts for Creeper Crawl 2012.
T... More
Creeper Crawl: The Haunted Maize
Because it's a maze made out of maize, you see...
Features Who's the weird old person hanging around the packs of high school kids at Portland-area haunted houses? The one who reeks of good coffee and cheap gin? Yeah, that’s a Willamette Week writer out reviewing local haunts for Creeper Crawl 2012.
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Woody and Owen’s excellent adventure. Kenton Station: Naked and Famous
Buried Alive
Portland film pioneer Don Gronquist was banned, panned and forgotten. He deserved better. Jared Mees & the Grown Children Saturday, May 14
If life imitates art, Jared Mees’ life must be pretty hectic about now.
In the Land of a Thousand strippers, burlesque revivalists have been second-class citizens. Until now. One Small Dubstep
What is the dance music subgenre dubstep, exactly? Depends on who’s dancing. Just A Hobby
Fernando Viciconte tried to quit music. His friends wouldn’t let him. Caught Up in the Net
Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden stands up to an anti-piracy bill he says threatens internet freedom. Dirty Songbirds
On the eve of Peaches’ visit, we revisit filthy sex songs for the ages. Marc Maron
A veteran comic turns to podcasting for shock therapy and biting laughs. Midnight In Paris
Woody and Owen’s excellent adventure. Kenton Station: Naked and Famous
Buried Alive
Portland film pioneer Don Gronquist was banned, panned and forgotten. He deserved better. Jared Mees & the Grown Children Saturday, May 14
If life imitates art, Jared Mees’ life must be pretty hectic about now.
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