Music About a year and a half ago, I helped judge a high school battle of the bands for MITS, the Music in the Schools project. Aside from being a total blast, it introduced me to a few new acts to keep an eye on, with Starparty standing out. I'd write about the band at length shortly thereafter. "Sleep When You're Dead" is the kind of song that made me excited about Starparty in the first place. Catchy, ... More
Video: Starparty, "Sleep When You're Dead"
Music About a year and a half ago, I helped judge a high school battle of the bands for MITS, the Music in the Schools project. Aside from being a total blast, it introduced me to a few new acts to keep an eye on, with Starparty standing out. I'd write about the band at length shortly thereafter. "Sleep When You're Dead" is the kind of song that made me excited about Starparty in the first place. Catchy, ... More
Your Newest Trail Blazer: It's Miller Time
News The Pritch is Back. Trail Blazers GM Kevin Pritchard has made it official: the Blazers have signed Andre Miller to a multi-year deal. A quickie take? A 33-year-old point guard will have enough short-term oomph — if his durability remains a constant — to make the Blazers better. But he's not exactly the final piece of the long-term puzzle either. And the next obvious short-term question: ... More
Greg Oden: To Believe Or Not To Believe
News Dare us basketball-starved fans take this video of the USA Olympic select basketball practice as actual evidence that Greg Oden looks more mobile and capable of defending the pick-and-roll in what will be his second pro season? Or are we so deep in the summer sports doldrums that we're grasping at any evidence of Oden fulfilling his potential (was it really only two summers ago that he was on ... More
Crazy Enough: Storm's new 8-mile vagina video.
News [youtube w5U-YT-mRmI] Storm Large's single "8 Miles Wide" from her one-woman show, Crazy Enough (playing through Aug. 16 at Portland Center Stage) is the year's best anthem, popping up in impromptu choruses wherever you find actors or Storm fans or Rick Emerson. Now the video, directed by Film Geek and The Auteur director James Westby, is out. It's a who's who of Portland pseudocelebrity—who's ... More
It's Raining Service Animals
News What state officials call a growing conflict over service animals in grocery stores is prompting them to take a stab at defusing the conflict. The Oregon Department of Agriculture this week announced the start of an "education campaign" that apparently will include a dog-shaped poster for all retail food establishments with information defining a service animal and giving tips to consumers upset ... More
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