You Should’ve Been There: Frightened Rabbit / Oxford Collapse at Holocene (PDX), 6/19/08
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Molly Templeton
Molly Templeton was Eugene Weekly's longtime arts editor, now freelance movie reviewer. She is publicity manager at Tin House Books.
Author: Molly Templeton
John McCain Is a Troll
Yeah, I know, I know. We can all think of several reasons to consider McCain a troll. But I mean this in a slightly different sense. As pointed out by the ever-fantastic Elizabeth of Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab, whose olfactory delights are an ongoing obsession fascination of mine: Continue reading
More Brilliance From WhedonWorld
So, as we all know (right?), brilliant Buffy creator Joss Whedon has a new show in the works: Dollhouse, which I believe is scheduled to debut mid-season, in early 2009. (Do take a peek at BoingBoing’s take on Whedon fans’ nervousness re: its cancellation chances). A while back I posted a link to the Dollhouse trailer, and I do repeat myself here, but still: AWESOME. Continue reading
Boo Needs You (Maybe)
Loving and the Long Fight for Equal Marriage Rights
A woman named Loving died last month, a pioneer in the fight for equal rights to marriage. She was black, but the parallels of her case to the current fight for equal marriage rights for gay and lesbian couples are striking. Continue reading
The Year’s Most Beautiful Movie
You Should’ve Been There: Jaguar Love at the Indigo District, 5/31/08
Photos by Todd Cooper My ears, they ring. There weren’t enough bodies in the Indigo District tonight to absorb enough of the treble coming out of the speakers, which looked small but sounded big enough to hold several Johnny Whitneys and all their falsetto notes. Continue reading
Death Cab for Cutie: DEFINITELY Not Your Little Favorite Band Anymore
Whoa. Congrats, charming boys from Washington! Continue reading
Mayor’s Race Close. Handy and Ortiz Winning
The Eugene mayor’s race is looking razor close, and Rob Handy has a small lead over incumbent County Commissioner Bobby Green. With a rough estimate of 60 percent of Eugene votes counted at 9 pm, Kitty Piercy trails Jim Torrey by 36 votes. County elections reports Piercy with 47.74 percent of the vote and Torrey with 47.85 percent. Both candidates need at least 50 percent to avoid a runoff in November. Conservative Nick Urhausen has 2.26 percent. Jim Ray has 1.4 percent. Continue reading