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Musicfest NW – Day 1 & 2

David Harris September 30, 2009 0

Each year, Portland is transformed. Its streets are filled with music fans scurrying from venue to venue, trying to catch the last, dying of chords of a whispered up-and-coming band before heading off to

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Revisit: Toy Story (1995)

David Harris September 29, 2009 0

Revisit: Toy Story Dir: John Lasseter 1995 Revisit is a series of reviews highlighting past releases that now deserve a second look. It is hard to believe that it has almost been 15 years

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Zombieland

David Harris September 29, 2009 0

Zombieland Dir: Ruben Fleischer Rating: 4.0/5.0 Columbia Pictures 86 Minutes Hold on a second, I know what you’re going to say. Another fucking zombie movie!?! Yes, I felt the same way when I first

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Rain Machine: Rain Machine

David Harris September 29, 2009 0

Rain Machine Rain Machine Rating: 4.0/5.0 Label: Anti- TV on the Radio has encapsulated large doses of post-millennial tension in much of their music. Whether it be the inscrutable Berlin-era Bowie of Return to

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Dappled Cities: Zounds

Chris Middleman September 29, 2009 0

Dappled Cities Zounds Rating: 3.5/5.0 Label: Dangerbird Records It makes sense that Sydney’s Dappled Cities were once Dappled Cities Fly; the name seems almost a determined effort to be steadfastly opaque to the listener,

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Spicy Garlic Lentils

Benjamin Bernstein September 28, 2009 0

It seems like everyone has their own favorite way of preparing the hearty and versatile lentil, but I think this recipe works really well with the texture of the bean. Make sure not to

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Concert Review: The Dead Weather/Screaming Females

Brady Baker September 28, 2009 0

In the beginning there was Marissa Pasternoster. The five-foot nuthin’ lead Screaming Female stepped quietly under the spotlight and ripped into a stellar set with a voice two times too large for her stature.

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Paradise

Nick Hanover September 28, 2009 0

Paradise Dir: Michael Almereyda Rating: 2.0/5.0 Museum of Modern Art 82 Minutes Blame it on MySpace. Or Twitter. Or any of the other social networking traps that have been at the front of the

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Pearl Jam: Backspacer

Marcus David September 27, 2009 0

Pearl Jam Backspacer Rating: 2.5/5.0 Label: Monkeywrench Records (self-released) If popularity is the bane of Pearl Jam’s existence, the band must finally be happy. 2009, after all, finds the Seattle rockers toiling in relative

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Grand Hallway: Promenade

Nathan Kamal September 27, 2009 0

Grand Hallway Promenade Rating: 3.0/5.0 Label: Self-released Grand Hallway’s second full length album, Promenade, has been described by the band as the “fractured narrative” of one relationship leading into another. I suppose that makes

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