Top 5 Forever Changes, LoveThis album took me years to understand properly. The denseness of it is something that can’t be digested on the first listen. Arrangement, melody, lyrics, instrumentation—   More

Music Words: Casey Jarman. Photos: Vivian Johnson. Regular WW photographer Vivian Johnson and I were both utterly thrilled to be heading to Pendarvis Farm on Friday for this year's Pickathon festival. Vivian because she went last year and had a blast; me because I've been trying to get out to the annual shindig for years and something always gets in the way. And so we saw each other out on the edge of ...   More

News Local farmers market sellers better start retooling their Thanksgiving pie and holiday cookie recipes. According to Nick Budnick, a reporter at the Bend Bulletin: "The Oregon Department of Agriculture wants Redmond's Sarah Yancey to stop putting love into the bread, cookies, jams and jellies she makes — or at least stop listing “love” as an ingredient, like flour or fruit." Apparently ...   More

News We came. We listened. And we laughed empathetically as locals learned far too much information about their co-workers, elected representatives, newspaper writers, radio jockeys and Portland nonprofit heads last night at the Bagdad. That's where eight brave, heartsick souls —including Multnomah County Commish Jeff Cogen, Live Wire's Courtenay Hameister and WW's own Aaron Mesh— shared ...   More