Get Over Yourself
Learning to love the new algorithmic country pop
Pop country music and hip hop have usurped rock ‘n’ roll for cultural relevance. The songs topping both the country and rock ‘n’ roll games … Continue reading
Year: 2018
Occupy Heads to Springfield
Eugene’s free weekly medical service moves across the river
For the past seven years, Occupy Medical has provided health care to anyone who needs it. The group spent years at the downtown Park Blocks, … Continue reading
Ralph McDonald
When Ralph McDonald’s job as national sales manager for Eugene’s Percon Inc., maker of hand-held scanners, went away after the company was sold in 2001, … Continue reading
Newsprint Negotiations
Tariffs on newsprint are killing jobs and hurting newspapers
President Trump attacks the media by calling it “fake news” and “enemies of the people” on Twitter, but now his commerce department is finding a … Continue reading
#FAILINGEUGENEWEEKLY
I am writing to ask why the cover story of your most recent issue (8/2) was simply a list of things that your staff has … Continue reading
Music Listings 8/16-8/22
THURSDAY 8/16 5th Street Public market Ritmo y Romance—6pm; n/c B&B Lounge Karaoke—9:30pm; n/c Beergarden The Jivemasters—7:30pm; n/c Cowfish ’90s Night!—9pm; n/c Dexter Lake Club … Continue reading
More Downloads, Please
I was surprised and disappointed that you didn’t include the WNYC weekly podcast On The Media, OTM, (onthemedia.org) in your podcast list. They serve of … Continue reading
Activist Alert
• Impacted landowners, tribal members, rafters, business owners, local elected officials and more will gather for a rally, speeches and “a celebration of tens of … Continue reading
Tricky Dick is Back
This time he’s neither tan nor rested — but he certainly is honest by current standards
Richard Nixon has never looked so good. Once seen as a disgraced despot who — despite his earlier protestation that “I am not a crook!” … Continue reading
A 5,000-year Art Plan Grows in Eugene
Lee Sparks Pembleton is imagining the very big picture
“We’re working on a non-contiguous sculpture garden, a landscape art project which will eventually redesign most of the planet’s surface.” I look for a trace … Continue reading