Bok Choy Babe
words LUCY OHLSEN I’ve never cooked bok choy, but I’m always drawn in to the bok choy booth at the Eugene Farmer’s Market. Two platters of bright, colorful greens draw me in with their sweet garlicky wafts and sesame-seed polka dots, and I can never resist. This week, I actually bought some bok choy to [...]
Short Story Review: “Exceptance” by Ben Ficklin feat. artwork by EVERYBODY
“Exceptance” is a mystically suspenseful short story printed on broadsheet scrolls, available for $5 at Smith Family Bookstore and Sundance Natural Foods. Batteries not included. Upon opening the scroll you are greeted by a frenzy of neon green block letters and vibrant illustrations, which while loud and literally intruding onto the text, adequately frame the [...]
An Afternoon with Porn Star Annie Sprinkle, Ph.D.
words TEDDY HENRIKSEN I have to admit, I was stoked that for once I wouldn’t have to delete my internet history when looking at porn. This time, should someone be on my computer and see “Annie Sprinkle and Dwarf” or “Little Oral Annie,” I could legitimately explain that I was doing research for this piece. [...]
Review: Rebirth Brass Band at WOW Hall 4/5/2012
words MITCH RIVET photos TOMMY PITTENGER It saddens me how common it is to go to a show where no one is dancing. Too often I show up to a crowd of people standing still and looking completely uninvolved in front of a group going wild right in front of them. Aren’t we as an [...]
Cooky for Springtime
words LUCY OHLSEN Picnic season is rolling in to Eugene. It’s time to break out the Birkies and free-flowing dresses. Time to dust off the old sun blocking peepers, hop on a finally dry bike seat and coast though the daisy littered, daphne odora-perfumed city that is so much more than a home for ducks. Snacks [...]
Low-key Slap by Zammuto: “The Shape of Things to Come”
In their new video, Zammuto reveals the secrets behind their layered, tinkering speed music. Through a fish eye lens we see frontman Nick Zammuto (guitarist and vocalist for The Books) and his band shred on many instruments at once. Zammuto opens for Explosions in the Sky on April 11 at the McDonald Theater.
Yacht @ Mississippi Studios in Portland
According to Wikipedia, Yacht is “a recreational boat or ship” which, pshhh, is totally wrong. As described by Teamyacht.com: Yacht was “born in 2002 in Portland, Oregon as a solo cross-disciplinary experiment for Jona Bechtolt, using technology to extend physical boundaries of communication, performance, and music. In 2008, after a shared mystical experience in the [...]
Girlyman @ Cozmic Pizza this Friday, March 23rd
Girlyman is an American folk rock band based in Atlanta,Georgia. They describe their musical style as “harmony-driven gender pop” and “leading edge three-part harmony folk-pop”. Their music transcends several genres with the use of acoustic guitar, banjo, mandolin, djembe, and electric baritone guitar. They have a close bond with their devoted fans and have a [...]
Nadastrom @ the WOW Hall Friday
Nadastrom plays tomorrow night at the WOW Hall. The DJ duo, comprised of Dave Nada and Matt Nordstrom, helped pioneer the moombahton sect of electronica, a sort of slowed-down reggaeton with tropical samples and a healthy dose of womp. Their remix of WIN WIN’s “Releaserpm” is kind of perfect. WIN WIN – Releaserpm (Nadastrom Moombaton Remix) [...]
Big Baby Gandhi – “Blue Magic” (Feat. Das Racist)
words NOAH DEWITT It’s a great time to be a Queens-based rapper of Indian descent. Big Baby Gandhi, a rapper/producer with a genius, raunchy flow, is the newest addition to Greedhead, the desi-centric record label headed by Himanshu of Das Racist. With vintage Bollywood samples that call to mind Madlib’s India-inspired instrumentals and some classically shouty rhymes [...]
Untraditional Pizza Pie
words LUCY OHLSEN Glenn Ohlsen, a mild-mannered second generation Dane, grew up in rural Oregon in the early 1900s. He always felt like he was born a century too late. He wanted to be one of those pioneers of the frontier, bravely slugging across the country in a quaint but efficient covered wagon. He never [...]
Preview: Typhoon @ WOW Hall 3/2
Hey y’all, 2011 was a great year for Portland band Typhoon, and tomorrow you can witness them kick off their 2012 tour at the historic WOW hall here in Eugene. They’re on the road for the next month promoting their most recent album release, A New Kind of House. This band is comprised of a [...]
Nite Jewel – “One Second of Love”
words NOAH DEWITT This slap is the title track from Nite Jewel’s upcoming album, One Second of Love, the anticipated follow-up to her lauded 2008 LP, Good Evening. With a low, raunchy synth line chugging perpetually and a quintessentially electropop drum beat, “One Second of Love” is ideal for solo bedroom dance fits. The album comes [...]
UO Grad Student’s New Film “Country Story” Screens Monday
words BEN STONE This Monday, there is going to be a celebration of small town life in the form of a movie screening at the UO. It’s called Country Story, and it was directed by Ian Clark, a UO homie and Digital Arts grad student. The movie is about a jobless dude named Jason who has [...]
Earth Mama Salad
words and photos LUCY OHLSEN It all begins with a venture to the Saturday Market in downtown Eugene. The four or five lonely little booths aren’t so inviting if you’re looking for a place to chill. But oh, the beets! The bleeding hearts of the vegetable kingdom! The ruby red jewels of the earth! My [...]
Bike Smut Does Oregon
words MARY-KATE MORONEY Bike Smut, didn’t see it cumming. The flyer hinted that the production content had something to do with bikes and sex, but what could that mean? Exactly what it sounds like, apparently: sex on bikes, sex with bikes, where to bike to find people to have sex with, and so on. The [...]
Preview: Dance 2012
photos TOMMY PITTENGER Friday Feb 17th and Saturday Feb 18th, 8PM in the Dougherty Dance Theater on campus. Tickets at UO Ticket Office in the EMU or at the door. $10 or $5 for students/seniors
Review: Medium Troy at the WOW Hall
Local “bohemian dubsters” kick much ass — for real though. words NOAH DEWITT Jesse Ferreira (aka J Say Say), a chiller with stubble who reps Holy Cow really hard, comes into the natural foods store I work at all the time. As I ring up his bottle of Double Dog Dare merlot, we share a giggle [...]
Tonight: Deer Tick at Bunk Bar in Portland
Doors at nine. Deer Tick at 10. (what up AP style.) Bunk Bar is at 1028 SE Water St. Portland Oregon. Get tickets …… here.
Chairlift and Kool A.D. cover Beyoncé’s “Party”
Ethereal electropop plus kooky, hyper-referential, college-educated rap plus Beyoncé’s boogie-tinged pump-up jam “Party” equals a slapper in every sense of the word. In this Youtube gem, which hit the internet Friday, fast-rising chillwave duo Chairlift offers a rendition of B’s masterpiece on Australian radio with jazzier guitar, slappier bass, and breathier vocals. Oh, and a [...]
Livin’ the Stream: “Party Down”
The young streamer’s guide to all things Netflix. words MARGARET APPEL Often in life I search for entertaining and somewhat realistic depictions of the truly pathetic yet endearing souls that exist in this world—and now I have found it. For weeks, perhaps even months I had friends telling me to stream Party Down, a two-season [...]
Whirled Pies Pizzeria
words NOAH DEWITT A new pizzeria called Whirled Pies (a stretch of a pun on world peace) opened up over winter break in the Jefferson Westside neighborhood, taking the place of community chill spot Monroe Street Café, which closed down last spring. Halle-fucking-lujah. The new joint has potential to both heal the heartbreak that Jeff [...]
Seedy Power Scones
words and photos LUCY OHLSEN Scones are generally what I long for when I peer into any worthwhile pastry cabinet. The oversized, sugar-glazed, crumbly American scone is guaranteed to sit heavily in my tummy. There are always those lardful days for heavy scones. For other days, these Seedy Power Scones get me out of bed [...]
Movie Review: Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie
words WILL STEVENS Over the past five years, the irreverent tandem Tim and Eric have cemented their status as the most polarizing force in viral comedy. If anyone tells you this duo’s humor is something that grows on you over time, they are full of shit. You either love these two and wholeheartedly embrace the [...]
