Water Tower Bucket Boys “do” Portland
It was an emotional night at the Goodfoot bar in SE Portland, as The Water Tower Bucket Boys bid farewell to one of its founding members. I’m not actually sure which member, or why said member decided to leave the band, but I [...]
Garbanzo Journalism
I’ve been in Hawaii for two days. I just found the following words scribbled in my notepad. I assume I wrote them. • The theme of this airplane adventure: I wonder what my pupils look like. • [My roommate] Shining Grass drove me to the airport. After passing her my lighter, and momentarily grabbing the [...]
Oregon Voice Presents: Mighty Ducks II
While Duck fervor is at an all time high, come pay respects to the O.G.’s of the Duck-nicknamed sport squads, the Mighty Ducks. Before you blow your duck load Monday night, come peep the sickest film in the trilogy. Green and Yellow Nike attire optional. Afterward: a guest forum probably including Chip Kelly, Emilio Estevez, [...]
Yo Tomchak …
… if you weren’t already going to link it, check out the Phil Knight interview that the Oregonian’s Allan Brettman did. Our sports-drunk Uncle describes his unique relationship with the university and offers some sober thoughts on Nike, Secret Telephones, and the financial future of the UO. Think of it as the Beats, Ryhmes and [...]
Ducks beat Trojans/Iceland/Hawks
The Oregon Ducks men’s club hockey team defeated the USC Trojans 3-2 in front of a capacity crowd of 23,670 at the Lane County Fairgrounds on Saturday night. The win puts the Ducks in the drivers seat of the Pac-8 conference, with a 17-3 record. Adam Banks scored once and assisted twice, the second time [...]
Crispin Glover at the Bijou
This weekend Crispin Glover, (George McFly from Back to the Future,) will be in Eugene promoting his newest projects. Glover will showcase his two films, What is It? on Saturday night and It is Fine! EVERYTHING IS FINE on Friday and Sunday nights. Glover describes It is Fine as “my psychological reaction to the corporate restraints [...]
Pizza, Music, Basketball — and Blankets
This Friday at Washington Jefferson Park the Homeless Action Committee (HAC) is having it’s re-coming out party, and everyone’s invited! The HAC, a homeless advisory board, was defunct for about ten years but is being brought back to life by some active community members. David Gerber, editor in chief of Eugene’s street newspaper The Oregon Vagabond, [...]
MISSING
Have you seen this box? Probably not, because it’s not even ours, but a depiction of what our box may look like if it were still in our possession. The box was last seen in August of 2010 — days before construction of a new crosswalk on Agate St. displaced the numerous distribution boxes which [...]
Tonight: Flaming Lips — McDonald Theatre
The Flaming Lips’ only Oregon show is tonight (Wednesday) at the McDonald Theatre. Tickets are sold out but do what you can to get in because if the trend holds true, this show figures to be a wild one. These homies (Oklahomies?) have been together for almost thirty years but show no sign of slowing down. [...]
OV Rollin’
The Oregon Voice is goin’ all green an’ shit. With the help of Dawgs’ Ram, Cara, Mary, Noah and a newly adopted Nowist attitude the OV has its first bike in its ever expanding distribution fleet. Keep your eyes open for the primary-colored mobile distribution unit for the freshest issues.
Beach House and Vampire Weekend at McDonald — Don’t Believe the Merc!
The Portland Mercury might be the dopest alt-weekly Oregon has to offer, but inaccuracies in 94/7 FM’s recent ads may have caused some confusion. Beach House and Vampire Weekend will indeed showcase their immense talents in the great state of Oregon at Eugene’s McDonald Theater on September 1st; one night after their ‘Only Oregon Show’ [...]
Fuck the Police
The Oregon Voice staff, we’re no strangers to the flashing red and blue lights. Tonight, it was my turn to face the siren. There I was, mindin’ my own business, atop my Schwinn Continental (thanks, Cara), taking in the brisk summer sunset when out-of-motherfucking-nowhere a DPS officer flicks on his lights and siren behind me. [...]
Nipple Effect
After a cane-yielding Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey exited the Super Bowl stage with two other guys claiming to be members of The Who, one thing seemed evident: Janet Jackson’s nipple has forever altered the halftime show experience. Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen, and somehow, Prince have all performed since Jackson’s [...]
The Notorious L.G.B
Well, it’s finally official: LeGarrette Blount is a full fledged member of the Oregon Ducks football team. Two months after dropping an unsuspecting Boise State player with a beautiful disgraceful right hook, the Ducks announced Blount’s reinstatement in a press release on Monday. Blount, who was suspended for the season following the incident was reinstated after [...]
