Moving on to Post-Rock
Sure, rock and roll never died. Meanwhile, post-rock is enjoying a rebirth. The Northwest Post-Rock Collective, an online group of several hundred musicians, bookers, sound … Continue reading
Patrick Newson
Author: Patrick Newson
A Fair Shakedown on Security
How OCF keeps the peace during the weekend
When tens of thousands of people gather in a field over the course of this long weekend in July and continue to circumnavigate the infinity … Continue reading
Never Doubt the Rainbow
The Flaming Lips at McDonald Theatre [6.2.18]
As expected, nothing went as expected. With opening remarks regarding love and beingness, a pink-robot-festooned crown perched atop a crimson clad Wayne Coyne, offered a … Continue reading
Willpower and Humanistic Surge
A collaborative conversation about everything with Flaming Lips ringleader Wayne Coyne
I’ve seen The Flaming Lips covered in fake blood with skeletons and Santa Claus and dancing bears and huge balloons. I’ve seen The Flaming Lips … Continue reading
Drinking Naturally in Eugene
Less manipulated ‘natural wine’ brings transparency to consumption
Wine, at the root, is a food, and vintners are the ones who process it. Each product is naturally subject to variance depending on the … Continue reading
Weed for the Masses
Italian filmmaker’s documentary Relegalized screens one night in Eugene
Just weeks before the state of Oregon legalized cannabis for recreational use, the documentary filmmaker Francesco Bussalai visited Eugene for the first time. His previous … Continue reading
Back Down the Rabbit Hole
Ballet Fantastique and crew refashion Alice in Wonderland
In Lewis Carroll’s 1865 novel, Alice falls from the quaint English countryside into a whirling subconsciousness thick with verse and whimsy, but in the new … Continue reading
Sam Bond’s Anniversary Bash
Sam Bond’s Anniversary Bash Sam Bond’s Garage has been a Whiteaker fixture for seventeen years, too old to count in bar time. Consistently voted by EW readers as Eugene’s favorite watering hole, the Sam Bond’s Anniversary Variety Showbrings together a heap of local performers who’ve graced the venue’s wooden stage over the past years. Continue reading
International Sweat Fest
Like an international sweat fest of nostalgic pleasure, Dengue Fever is better suited as a warmer-upper than a cold. With a gruff, garage-rock spangle slathered in funk, this L.A.-based band welds ’60s Cambodian pop to a surfboard and floats it out to sea. Founded in 2001 after a trip to Cambodia, Ethan and Zac Holtzman met a Cambodian-native lounge singer named Chhom Nimol, a star in her home country, who could sing and write songs in Khmer. Continue reading