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
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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
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
Kinkel and Cabela’s
After Kip Kinkel shot up Thurston High School a dozen years ago, Springfield never got ongoing funding for more school counselors or better gun laws. But this week, the city got a big new gun store. Here’s a sampling of what you can buy at Cabela’s: Continue reading
UO’s National Reputation: Amok
One of the biggest arguments the UO has used for its lavish athletic funding is all the positive national publicity big time sports bring to the university. Yeah right. In a major story last week headlined “Off-Field Turmoil Causes Soul Searching at Oregon,” the New York Times reported on an athletic “program run amok.” The story rehashes a litany of UO amokness for a national audience. Here’s some lowlights: • “six players who were arrested during a span of several weeks” Continue reading
Will Eugene Boycott Arizona Tasers?
Portland’s Mayor Sam Adams supports a city boycott of travel to Arizona as a show of opposition to a new anti-Hispanic law, Willamette Week reports. Continue reading