‘Torchwood: Children of Earth,’ Day One
I admit it: I’m rapidly falling for Torchwood. Continue reading
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What I Did On My One-Day Vacation
Last Thursday, I went to Portland because of Twitter. Ok, that’s not quite true. I went to Portland because of Amanda Palmer, the singer-songwriter-force-of-nature who some folks may know as half of the Dresden Dolls. Palmer’s solo album is one of my absolute favorite records of last year, and I’ve long been complaining that of course I only fell in love with it two days after she played Portland in December. Of course. Continue reading
Internet Miscellany: Portland calling
When do we get those high-speed trains? ‘Cause I need a faster, easier way to get back and forth from PDX these days. Today, I’m missing a press screening of Harry Potter Laughs All the Way to the Bank Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (thanks, Shawn Levy, for inspiring that strikethrough). I’ll go see it Wednesday and review it on this here blog the same day. I PROMISE. My fingers aren’t even crossed or anything. EDIT: I take it back. Continue reading
Internet Miscellany: Short, because it’s Monday
• The Village Voice’s Rob Harvilla, like myself, is obsessed with Janelle Monae. Unlike me, he’s gotten to see her perform live multiple times. I’ve had to make do with YouTube, which is a poor stand-in. Monae is appearing at this year’s Bumbershoot, which is pretty much enough to make me want to spend Labor Day weekend in Seattle. Continue reading
Internet Miscellany: Authors freak out, movie previews make little sense
Internet miscellany: for when it’s stupid hot out and thus you I, stupidly, walked to the bank and now have the brain capacity of a dazed manatee. No disrespect meant to manatees, of course. Continue reading
More Cool Things You Could Go to This Weekend
The Willamette Valley Music Festival! The Scottish Festival! Eugene Chosen! The Avett Brothers! It’s one of those weeks when there’s more nifty stuff going on in town than we can cram into the pages of the paper. Here are just two more events at which you could enjoy yourself this weekend: Continue reading
Zenon Watch! Update
Be patient just a little bit longer, Zenon fans. We learned — just a little too late to squeeze it into this week’s paper — that the new Café Zenon will open next Friday, May 22 (not May 15, as was previously their hope). Owner Ibrahim Hamide says he and his staff “would have been panting and sweating” if they opened May 15. “We didn’t want to present the first impression that way,” he says. Continue reading
Internet Miscellany: This is Not An April Fool’s Post
Apparently, the easiest way to guarantee you can’t think of a damn thing to blog about is to tell yourself you’re going to participate in Blog Every Day April, which is exactly what it sounds like. It’s Wednesday, see, which means this week’s paper is done, which means my brain is fried. So it must be time for that old favorite, Internet Miscellany! Get your clickin’ fingers ready! Continue reading
Going Downtown: Bar 201
Update, August 2009: Sadly, Bar 201 is now for sale. Continue reading
I Could Have Eaten Another Bite *
Things I learned at this year’s Chef’s Night Out, the annual foodtastic benefit for FOOD for Lane County: • Do not attempt to have a time limit, for lo, you will find yourself cursing the fates, and yourself, on your way out of the Hult Center. • Do not attempt to have a plan, for lo, your plan will be flawed and un-carry-out-able. • Do not forget to refill your beer glass. Continue reading