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From The Archives: Dennis Kucinich
The spotlight today on U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich for switching to a yes vote on health care made us recall when the Ohio...
BY Hank Stern    Wednesday 2:11 PM   0
City Hall in Pictures
This morning’s City Council session featured an hour-long discussion about the “state of the arts,”...
BY Beth Slovic    Wednesday 1:51 PM   0
What Seattle Sounders Owner Thinks A Strike Would Mean
When we last visited the state of labor talks last month in Major League Soccer, both sides had extended the deadline yet...
BY Hank Stern    Wednesday 9:02 AM   2
Positions Open for 30 Hour Drunk
Remember how much you hate sobriety, logical limitations on things, and the 24 hour day? You have a way out. PDX.fm is hosting...
BY Ben Bateman    Tuesday 4:48 PM   1
Coming Soon To A Bus Stop Near You: Opera!
I’ve just received a request for “composers, vocalists, actors and musicians” to perform a Portland version of...
BY Ben Waterhouse    Tuesday 4:03 PM   1
Watch the Video: ODOT Makes Promises on CRC—Will It Keep Them?
As the endless process grinds on around the possible development of a new bridge between Vancouver and Portland, it’s...
BY Nigel Jaquiss    Tuesday 1:27 PM   1
Guns & Hoses: Leonard Explores Arming Water Guards Without State Certification
Commissioner Randy Leonard’s push to arm and certify Portland Water Bureau security guards as Oregon police officers has...
BY Beth Slovic    Tuesday 12:24 PM   5
Pakistan, Afghanistan & Global Security, According to Pervez Musharraf
Key U.S. ally and peace advocate or treasonous military dictator? People’s opinions on Pakistan’s former president...
BY Natalie Baker    Tuesday 12:13 PM   0
Earl Blumenauer Catches Some “Friendly Fire” On Health Care Vote
Now that it’s nut-cracking time (yet again) in the health care debate marathon, it’s U.S. Rep. Earl...
BY Hank Stern    Tuesday 7:24 AM   3
City Hall: Saltzman’s Defense of Police/Fire Disability Fund Reforms
Commissioner Dan Saltzman says his push [PDF] to defend the City of Portland’s voter-approved reforms around disability...
BY Beth Slovic    Monday 5:18 PM   0
Deborah Kafoury: Cogen to Offer County New Brand of Leadership
Multnomah County Commissioner Deborah Kafoury praises Ted Wheeler for ending the dysfunction on the county board in 2007 after...
BY James Pitkin    Monday 4:26 PM   1
OLCC Levies Penalty Against Crystal Ballroom
The OLCC announced this afternoon that it has agreed to the following settlement in its case against the Crystal...
BY Hank Stern    Monday 1:00 PM   3
Another War Anniversary, Another Anti-War Rally
The seventh anniversary of the Iraq War becomes a sad fact this Saturday. Here’s how some people who are pissed off about...
BY Hank Stern    Monday 12:20 PM   1
Why Judy Shiprack Isn’t Endorsing her County Colleagues
Multnomah County Commissioner Judy Shiprack has made two endorsements for the May primary that observers may find surprising. In...
BY James Pitkin    Monday 11:27 AM   3
Jeff Cogen to Take Over Next Month as Multnomah County Chair
The Multnomah County Board of Commissioners has reached a unanimous decision to make Commissioner Jeff Cogen the new interim...
BY James Pitkin    Monday 10:11 AM   3
LIVE REVIEW: Katherine Longstreth at Conduit
A new talent has joined Portland’s contemporary dance scene: New Yorker Katherine Longstreth, who moved to Portland last...
BY Heather Wisner    Monday 8:47 AM   0
SEIU Splits Baby In Demo Gubernatorial Race
The state’s largest public employee union, SEIU with its 50,000 workers, issued a non-endorsement in the Democratic...
BY Nigel Jaquiss    Monday 8:09 AM   1

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World’s Greatest Ghosts: Kill, Marry, Fuck (Las Vegas, NV)
We left California and drove through the Mojave desert yesterday to meet up with the Grown Children last night in LAS VEGAS....
BY World's Greatest Ghosts    Wednesday 7:00 AM   0
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Golden Set
Jeremy Petersen serves OPB listeners his own personal mixtapes. IMAGE: Leslie Montgomery If you’re frustrated there’s...
BY Nick Jaina    Wednesday 6:09 AM   0
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Top Five
Things we’re looking forward to at SXSW Breakfast tacosHave two more beautiful words ever been stuck...
BY Local Cut    Wednesday 6:07 AM   0
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CD Reviews: Marv Ellis, She & Him
Marv Ellis Mental Picture Machine (Self-Released) [VIBE MUSIC] Positive, laid-back hip-hop isn’t any less palatable or...
BY Local Cut    Wednesday 6:05 AM   0
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Primer: Ted Leo And The Pharmacists
IMAGE: Shawn Brackbill FORMED: 1999, after the breakup of Leo’s underrated mod-punk quartet Chisel and a politically...
BY Michael Mannheimer    Wednesday 6:03 AM   0
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Candye Kane, Sunday, March 21
Before there was Beth Ditto, there was the outspoken, fat and fabulous Candye Kane: Now she’s slim and B.B....
BY Casey Jarman    Wednesday 6:01 AM   0
Video: Nurses Play to Strangers on Chatroulette (NSFW)
Okay, going to be quick on this one because I leave for Austin tomorrow morning and have lots to do before then. But the Into The...
BY Michael Mannheimer    Tuesday 2:38 PM   1
World’s Greatest Ghosts: Nico Likes to Sleep on Our Feet (Merced, CA)
The show last night in Merced, CA at The Partisan was another smash! They couldn’t get enough and had us play two sets...
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Live Review: DJ Suketu, March 12 @ Roseland
Words: Jim Sandberg Photos: Keith Casper The split stairwell at the Roseland divides the drinkers from the all-ages crowd,...
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Are You Sitting Down? Alberta Street Getting an Acoustic Theater
Portland’s acoustic-music fans should get so excited that they clap politely and respectfully: A 300-chair sit-down venue...
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Photo Review: The Cool Kids, March 8 @ Roseland
Whoops! Ro Tam was nice enough to go and shoot this Cool Kids show for us and here we are waiting like a million years to get her...
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Video: Explode Into Colors Go Into the Woods
Fireworks! Hot tubs! Zac Pennington! In the second episode of Into The Woods, the crew once again head to the area around Mt....
BY Michael Mannheimer    Monday 11:15 AM   1
Live Review: Wax Fingers, Saturday, March 13 @ Mississippi Studios
When you toy with time signature changes as much as Wax Fingers do, it’s hard for a fan to keep up. Three head bobs is all you...
BY Mark Stock    Monday 9:43 AM   1
World’s Greatest Ghosts: Eagles, Acid and Dildos (Ashland, OR)
You know it’s gonna be a good journey when a bald eagle soars over your van on your way out of town! America! Fuck...
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Introducing the Soul’d Out Music Festival
Another music festival? I can already hear you groaning. But hear me out on this one. Starting on April 11, the first annual...
BY Michael Mannheimer    Thursday 5:36 PM   3
Thermals Talk New Album with SPIN, Head to China
SPIN Magazine posted one of their “In the Studio” features today, checking in with Portland’s favorite...
BY Casey Jarman    Thursday 11:02 AM   1
Operative, “Pulse,” Operative (Root Strata)
There’s a certain type of music that’s hard to write about. I’m not complaining (I get paid to do this), but I...
BY Michael Mannheimer    Wednesday 4:58 PM   3

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From The Archives: Dennis Kucinich
The spotlight today on U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich for switching to a yes vote on health care made us recall when the Ohio...
BY Hank Stern    Wednesday 2:11 PM   0
POSTED IN: News and Culture
City Hall in Pictures
This morning’s City Council session featured an hour-long discussion about the “state of the arts,”...
BY Beth Slovic    Wednesday 1:51 PM   0
POSTED IN: Retail Therapist
Who Killed the Gas-Powered Car?
On Saturday, March 20, from 12-5pm, Mario’s is having a promotional event that offers you a rare chance to go for a test...
BY Retail Therapist    Wednesday 9:16 AM   0
POSTED IN: News and Culture
What Seattle Sounders Owner Thinks A Strike Would Mean
When we last visited the state of labor talks last month in Major League Soccer, both sides had extended the deadline yet...
BY Hank Stern    Wednesday 9:02 AM   2
POSTED IN: Local Cut
World’s Greatest Ghosts: Kill, Marry, Fuck (Las Vegas, NV)
We left California and drove through the Mojave desert yesterday to meet up with the Grown Children last night in LAS VEGAS....
BY World's Greatest Ghosts    Wednesday 7:00 AM   0
POSTED IN: Local Cut
Golden Set
Jeremy Petersen serves OPB listeners his own personal mixtapes. IMAGE: Leslie Montgomery If you’re frustrated there’s...
BY Nick Jaina    Wednesday 6:09 AM   0
POSTED IN: Local Cut
Top Five
Things we’re looking forward to at SXSW Breakfast tacosHave two more beautiful words ever been stuck...
BY Local Cut    Wednesday 6:07 AM   0
POSTED IN: Local Cut
CD Reviews: Marv Ellis, She & Him
Marv Ellis Mental Picture Machine (Self-Released) [VIBE MUSIC] Positive, laid-back hip-hop isn’t any less palatable or...
BY Local Cut    Wednesday 6:05 AM   0
POSTED IN: Local Cut
Primer: Ted Leo And The Pharmacists
IMAGE: Shawn Brackbill FORMED: 1999, after the breakup of Leo’s underrated mod-punk quartet Chisel and a politically...
BY Michael Mannheimer    Wednesday 6:03 AM   0
POSTED IN: Local Cut
Candye Kane, Sunday, March 21
Before there was Beth Ditto, there was the outspoken, fat and fabulous Candye Kane: Now she’s slim and B.B....
BY Casey Jarman    Wednesday 6:01 AM   0
POSTED IN: News and Culture
Positions Open for 30 Hour Drunk
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Retail Therapist Newsletter Marches On
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Tracy Doss
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Basket Case
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CITY HALL
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Sam Adams proposes 12 spending hikes as the city cuts its budget.
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MULTNOMAH COUNTY
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ROGUE OF THE WEEK
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Taking over the county, but leaving her cats behind.
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POLITICS
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MURMURS
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COVER STORY
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Balls Big Enough To Come In A Dump Truck
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CHEAPSKATE
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SCOOP
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Q & A, HOT SEAT
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CD Reviews: Marv Ellis, She & Him
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CLUBLIST SPOTLIGHT
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Top 5 Movies To Watch In Theater Pubs This Week:
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Portland 2010
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Mark Gluth The Late Work Of Margaret Kroftis
A beautiful little death.
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Gift Guide 2009
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Willamette Week 35th Anniversary
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Willamette Week turns 35 and looks back on the city that made it.
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Restaurant Guide 2009
100 of our favorite places to brunch, lunch and dine. Including the Restaurant of the Year.
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Wordstock 2009
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On the eve of the city’s biggest literary blowout, we hounded Wordstock authors with the questions that really matter. And some that don’t.
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MFNW 09
MusicfestNW 2009
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Fall Arts Guide 2009
Art Attack
This fall is packed with new things to see, read, hear and do.
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Best of Portland 2009
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