Who cares about The Oxford Coma?
When Billy Tegethoff was a kid, his dad put on a copy of Pink Floyd’s Meddle, recreating a Pink Floyd laser lightshow for his son … Continue reading
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You Oughta Know
Montreal Quebec post-punk band Ought was after something different when it went into the studio to record its latest album, Room Inside The World. Compared … Continue reading
State of Emergency
Chris Hedges, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of America: The Farewell Tour, comes to Eugene
Chris Hedges’ latest book, America: The Farewell Tour, offers the reader an unsentimental and brilliant diagnosis of our ongoing national malaise, and it goes off … Continue reading
Two Agendas
Assassination Nation clever but has mixed messages
Assassination Nation, writer-director Sam Levinson’s bloody, messy commentary on our outrage-fatigued era, can’t commit. The story of four teen girls vilified by the mostly white-male … Continue reading
This Is What I Have of You
A daughter plumbs her father’s mystery in an adaptation at OCT of Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home
Among all the subcategories in the domestic drama genre, one of the most rarefied and exclusive must certainly be this: The coming-of-age story of a … Continue reading
No Fire
The Gossamer Strings performing live
Eugene Weekly presents The Gossamer Strings performing ‘No Fire’ for #lincolnstreetsessions live at the EW offices. Eugene Weekly’s Back Beat: Lincoln Street Sessions are a … Continue reading
A Cello Takes on King Solomon
Eugene Symphony opening night features soloist Julie Albers
Julie Albers started playing cello when she was 4 because her mom didn’t want there to be any competition between her and her older sister. … Continue reading
Listen to Richard Swift’s final song ‘Sept20’
The final album The Hex For Family and Friends out tomorrow, Sept. 21
The below was posted on Swift’s Facebook page this morning: “Slip away, asleep in my car, all the angels sing, Que Sera Sera” What will … Continue reading
The Heartbroken Outlaw
While working as a river guide in Tennessee, Jonathan Warren received a guitar as a gift after his beloved dog passed away. Self-taught, he’d always … Continue reading
There’s No Place Like Home
The Emerald City takes on The Wizard of Oz at The Shedd
It’s hard to imagine there’s anyone alive who hasn’t seen the Wizard of Oz. Who has never experienced the thrill as Dorothy opens the door … Continue reading