Politically Incorrect
These days, some people complain we’ve become too politically correct, or that we’ve become afraid to say what we really mean. Murray Acton, better known … Continue reading
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Do Not Resuscitate
Flatliners remake is predictably dead on arrival
This Flatliners remake is truly mystifying. What called for a new version of the 1990 Julia Roberts/Kiefer Sutherland/Kevin Bacon thriller now? (Or ever, for that … Continue reading
Women’s Works
Beautiful just part of music by women you can hear in coming weeks
Carole King vaulted to fame by co-writing a slew of sensational ’60s hits for various bands, most notably the Shirelles’ “Will You Love Me Tomorrow?” She … Continue reading
Stories from the Long Tom
David Turner discusses his book about the Oregon river
Photographer David Turner, the former executive director of the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at the University of Oregon, along with local historian Douglas Card, … Continue reading
A Sacred Obsession
On his 13th birthday in the early 1970s, Scott “Wino” Weinrich, vocalist and songwriter with Maryland hard rock act The Obsessed, saw Black Sabbath perform … Continue reading
Collaborative Storytelling
Video games are an art form
I am not a gamer, but I am an artist. “What is art?” is an important question to me. The fine-art world’s answer has been … Continue reading
The House That Tronson Built
Southern California architect and his wife run downtown Springfield art gallery
Half a century ago in Los Angeles, Jim Tronson was a young architect fresh out of the University of Arizona and seeking his fortune. He … Continue reading
The GGOOLLDD Standard
Margaret Butler, singer with Milwaukee-based electropop act GGOOLLDD, calls her band’s music “dungeon disco glam.” (Pronounced “gold,” the unusual spelling of the band name comes … Continue reading
Mr. Brightside
The music and aesthetic of London-via-New York musician Gustav Ahr, better known as Lil Peep, is such a Frankenstein’s monster of rap, emo and indie … Continue reading
What’s the Deal with Everything on Earth?
OCT opens its season with playwright Will Eno’s masterful Middletown
Will Eno’s Middletown, playing now at Oregon Contemporary Theatre, is a masterfully written, beautifully produced effort that seeks the extraordinary in the everyday. Directed by … Continue reading