I Do Not Drink Your Milkshake. I DO NOT DRINK IT UP.
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Month: May 2010
AMERICANS! Would You Like to Speak Out?
Have you got a few ideas about how this country ought to be run? Maybe a notion as to what “American values” really means, or how the government can work toward American prosperity? The Republicans would like to hear from you. Just as soon as they can get their website sorted out. At the moment, it tells me that many Americans are speaking out. Can I wait a moment, then try again? You bet I can. Because America is speaking out, and it has a sense of humor. Continue reading
Eugene Cops Test ‘Man’s Last Stand’
The department that brought you “officer blow job” is now testing a new police “muscle car” made famous by a Superbowl ad criticized as misogynist: Here’s the ad: Continue reading
Blatantly Self-Congratulatory Blog Post Alert!
At the Oregon and Washington Society of Professional Journalists’ annual awards banquet on Saturday, EW picked up a handful of nifty certificates. While SPJ has the year’s award recipients listed on a nifty PDF, we thought it might be helpful — or at least potentially interesting to one or two people — to give a quick rundown with handy-dandy links. Second place, special section The State of Suds Continue reading
The Bungee Web of Doom
A tell-all truck tale
The Bungee Web of Doom A tell-all truck tale By Sally Sheklow Continue reading
It Ain’t Happening (Plus Bonus YouTube Shenanigans!)
A rash of cancellations came in after deadline this week. Here’s a quick rundown of what’s NOT happening: • Shooter Jennings is NOT playing the WOW Hall tonight. • Bitch is NOT playing the OUT/LOUD Queer Music Festival on Friday, May 21, at the WOW Hall, though the festival will otherwise go on as planned. Continue reading
Upcoming: Henry Weintraub’s ‘The Darkest Corner of Paradise’
‘I, Zombie’: The undead roam Eugene in a new comic series
The first words on the page in the new Vertigo comic I, Zombie are “Eugene, Oregon.” The setting is awfully familiar: Hello, Pioneer Cemetery! (To the best of my knowledge, until now, the only zombies roaming the cemetery have been those taking part in one of the zombie walks — or perhaps starring in a Henry Weintraub movie.) Continue reading
Hippies and Economic Development
The New York Times writes today on how a city — “usually seen as an enclave of hippies, marijuana dispensaries and rock climbers — has become a hotbed of capitalism.” Continue reading
Cinema Pacific Preview: The Best of the 36th Northwest Film and Video Festival
This well-ordered and wisely chosen selection of shorts from Portland’s Northwest Film and Video Festival is a promising overview of Northwest short film. Most of the selections are smart, spry and inventive — and a surprising number are animated, all in different styles and with wildly varying subject matter. “The Mouse That Soared,” which opens the program, is a playful, vividly colored short that aspires to be one of the brief, wordless pieces that preface Pixar films. The animation is a little high-gloss, but the characters are charming. Continue reading