Dear Gingerbeard No. 2
Dear Gingerbeard, It’s my third year in college and I still don’t know how to make myself sit down and study for my difficult classes. I find that I spend the four hours I reserved for learning doing anything else. At least my apartment is clean and well-decorated. You seem like a gentleman and a [...]
DaddyHunt.com …
…is a thing. words JULIAN WATTS If you are a middle aged gay man looking for love, a young college boy in search of a mature companion, or are in anyway interested in incorporating “daddy” stuff into your homoerotic adventures, I have discovered the perfect online social network for you. Its called daddyhunt.com, and it [...]
Fatherly Flow Patterns
An ode to the Mighty Willamette. words JORDAN CHESNUT If the Williamette Valley is the fertile motherland of the Oregon empire, then the Williamette river is the Daddy, the vital green sperm that runs northward through its belly; depositing soil from the Calapooya Mountains to the Columbia River. It is our all-seasonal watering hole, quenching [...]
Sahaptin is What’s Happenin’
Get in touch with Oregon’s roots by learning its native tongues. words BEN MCPHERSON FICKLIN art IMOGEN BANKS Sahaptin is a language. For more than 10,000 years the Yakama, Wanapum, Umatilla, Walla Walla, Palus, Cayuse, and Nez Perce tribes have spoken Sahaptin in what is now the state of Oregon. Words like iwakt (dream) or [...]
WTF
Tim Allen words MARGARET APPEL art JULIAN EARNEST It’s important in this “Daddy Issue” edition of the Oregon Voice that we highlight at least one on-screen father whom we actually have an issue with. While I can’t speak for every member of our staff, I think I can safely speak for most of us when [...]
“Teen Club” Experience at the WOW Jan. 13
On Friday Jan. 13 the WOW Hall will host the second installment of Burn This City, self-described as “Eugene’s only ‘Teen Club’ experience,” but don’t let that seedy notion deter you. The show will feature shred sessions by Eugene’s finest dance crews, including the b-boy collective C-4 (I saw one of these dudes jerkin’ in Humble [...]
The Bookfinder
Local Chiller Brings Books to the People words NOAH DEWITT It’s a grey, dripping afternoon on the cusp of countryside in outer Eugene, Ore., and Arthur Ezra Tishman sits in “The Hole,” a cluttered book warehouse in the basement of his home. Forty-four stocked bookcases, each roughly 4’ by 5’, span most of the [...]
Dear Gingerbeard No. 1
Dear Gingerbeard… Why are men so dependent on internet porn? Or… on porn in general? Sincerely, Why He Yankin’? Though I am not sure if this was your original intent, WHY, your carefully placed ellipses lead me to break it down by category of pornography outlet — this will better aid you in your ‘pornderings.’ [...]
Would You Like PCP with That?
Eugene’s possible drug fronts exposed. words MARGARET APPEL photo COLETTE LEVESQUE I Love Rocks The most obvious implication that this establishment could be slangin’ something on the side is, of course, the name. As you cruise past the magic-markered sign in the front yard of the small shack that is “I Love Rocks,” you might [...]
Exclusive Interview with Yeasayer @ Mallard Madness
At the bizarre yet awesome shit show that was Mallard Madness, an hour or two before hordes flooded the Erb Memorial Union and littered it with 40 oz. bottles and empty plastic baggies, the OV’s Cara Merendino and I had the chance to sit down with Ira Tutun of Yeasayer. Hours later, the Brooklyn-based band, [...]
The Rolling Issue
If you haven’t copped our brand new Rolling Issue yet, do so! Pick up a free copy at any of these distribution locations or view it digitally below. Open publication – Free publishing – More bikes CORRECTIONS There is a potentially grave error printed in the sidebar to Tyler Pell’s feature story, “The War on [...]
Paul Devro’s Explosive Rave
While I enjoy news stories about ASUO drama and fluffy opinion pieces, “The Weekend Police Blotter” is my favorite part of the Oregon Daily Emerald. If you don’t usually make it past page one, the blotter is a list of the weekend’s most serious — or most comical — police reports. Yesterday’s blotter contained this [...]
Paul Devro is the Man — And He’s Coming
This Friday, Paul Devro, co-founder of Mad Decent records and world-traveling DJ, will bring a high-voltage sound system, a crate of records, and a brimming laptop hard drive here to Eugene, Oregon, an uncharacteristically small town on his usual circuit of major metropolitans. His intention is simple: to transform the barren ballroom of the Veterans’ [...]
PDX’s Bar-muda: Who’s Biting Whose Style?
When heading home to Portland for an all-too-brief academic hiatus, I was looking forward to reading something cooler than the Eugene Weekly, i.e., The Portland Mercury and the Willamette Week. But today, when I glimpsed the words “Navigating PDX’s Bar-Muda Triangle” on the cover of the hot-off-the-press WW, I was all like, “Oh heck no!” [...]
An Irie Evening with Barrington Levy
photo & video SREANG HOK 1980s reggae legend Barrington Levy brought a sweet, tropical slice of Jamaica to Eugene’s WOW Hall last Wednesday. Backed by twangy guitar, electronic organ, syncopated rhythms, groovy bass, and dancehall reggae’s obligatory air horn, Levy sang a solid set of strikingly happy island jams. The music was rad, but the [...]
Oregon Voice Magazine Presents a Free House Show with yOya and Greenhorse
This Thursday, OREGON VOICE will be holding a free house show with two interesting LA-based bands: yOya, a danceable folk duo, and Greenhorse, an infectious electro-pop ensemble. Come quench your Thursday night thirst. Where: 1054 W 8th Avenue When: Thursday February 17, 9:00 p.m. Definitely roll.
Song Review: Win Win – “Releaserpm (Nadastrom Moombaton Remix)”
DJs XXXChange and Delvin present “Releaserpm,” the first single from their upcoming project, Win Win. Featured vocalist Lizzie Bougatsos’ dreamy, melodious echos are what make the track; her chorus is clever and catchy, and she deserves a fat trophy. With more sounds and samples and a longer, more fulfilling build-up, Nadastrom’s remix (featured below) is [...]
NYE in PDX: Where the Party at?
My New Year’s resolution for 2010 was to not do something lame next New Year’s Eve. Sadly, with only nine days left until the ball drops, I have no NYE plans. As I understand it, a large mass of Eugene’s student population will be spending New Year’ Eve in Portland. If you know of an [...]
CAT Offers Bike-Building Apprenticeship
The Center for Appropriate Transport (CAT), located on the corner of W 1st and Washington, provides many services for the Eugene bike community, from tool rentals to bike maintenance workshops. But by far the coolest thing the cats at CAT do is to build by hand their own line of cargo bikes — heavy-duty people-powered [...]
Indie Film Night at DIVA this Thursday — Definitely Roll
As he works towards an MFA in Digital Arts at the UO, Ian Clark is already an established indie filmmaker. In short films like Recordings, Daybreak, and Regular Guy, Clark displayed his directorial chops and earned an opportunity to film a documentary on electronic musician Dan Deacon for Pitchfork.tv. This Thursday at DIVA, Clark presents [...]
Doing it to You in Your Eardrums
Everyday publicity representatives for rising artists and record labels inundate the Oregon Voice inbox with propaganda. We’ve selected and embedded the creme of them for your musical enjoyment. 1. Das Racist is a duo formed by two comical rapping Wesleyan grads, one from Queens, the other from San Fran. Their lyrics, packed with punchlines, puns, [...]
Leo London Release Party with And And And & Sean Flynn
Come see Eugene’s own Leo London perform at Sam Bond’s this Saturday as he sends his new CD out into the world. Notably, the rad raucous Portland sextet And And And will be following him. At Musicfest North West, AAA fried faces with an exceptionally energetic set. The Weekly is rather down with both Leo [...]
OSPIRGingtons Drop Science Regarding High-Speed Rail
This morning the Oregon Student Public Interest Research Group (OSPIRG), the same OSPIRG that lost its incidental fee funding last year, held a press conference with Eugene Mayor Kitty Piercy and Oregon State Representative Phil Barnhart to present a study on the benefits of high-speed rail. Since the Voice rarely receives invitations to press conferences, [...]
Diplo Blows Your Head with New Dubstep Compilation
Diplo (aka Wesley Pentz), the disc jockey genius behind Major Lazer and M.I.A.’s “Paper Planes,” just released Blow Your Head Vol. 1: Diplo Presents Dubstep, a compilation of his favorite dubstep selections. Although the new club sub-genre is by no means Diplo’s forté, he gives his seal of approval to a number of dubstep’s greatest, [...]
