“A Dangerous Method” – Viggo Mortenson, Michael Fassbender, Kiera Knightley
Director David Cronenberg reminds us that history is still boring. words JACK WASHER According to the trailer, “A Dangerous Method” looked like a juicy historical drama dealing with a love triangle between Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, and some babe named Sabina, which would have been super kinky and awesome. Instead, all you really get is [...]
Rainy Day Tomato Soup
words and photos LUCY OHLSEN It’s been a week of perpetual wetness, and the general state of things is soggy. It is easy to slip into a dangerous state of chilled, gray sky irritability. It’s also easy to whip up a batch of tomato soup and slurp your sorrows away. This roasted tomato and red [...]
Movie Review: Shame — Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan
words WILL STEVENS In an era of downloadable gratification, webcams, and the ability to mold the visual world to fit our own fetishes, are we more alone than ever before? What are the expectations for love now that our points of reference are derived from the infinite and ever-changing cyberspace and pop culture? Are we [...]
Welcome to Livin’ The Stream: “Please Vote For Me” (2007)
words MARGARET APPEL First and foremost, welcome to the OV’s latest cinematic blog installment: “Livin’ The Stream.” Each week I’ll be reviewing one (or more?) movie/television series featured in Netflix’s “Instant Watch” section, so as to help you sift through all the “straight to instant watch because it sucks” material, and pan for the true [...]
“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 [...]
Adventures in dairyland
Nancy’s yogurt has recently become one of my top tummy teasers. My personal favorite is the fruit-on-top yogurt, with the cherry fruit. After eating one or twenty cups of yogurt, relishing in each slippery spoonful, I noticed on the container that Nancy’s creamery is only a few miles away from my spoon. An excursion appeared [...]
OV @ Sasquatch Day 2 of 4.
Day 2 has come and gone here at the Columbia River Gorge Amphitheater. The view has been beautiful, the campground dubstep has persisted til sunrise and the moods have been altered by MDMA. Oh, and the music has been pretty dope too. On the second day of festivities I caught a great set from the [...]
OV @ Sasquatch Day 1 of 4
Sasquatch kicked off a day early this year, tacking on an extra friday of music in celebration of the festivals 10th anniversary. They seemed to have lotted a good chunk of the harder rock bands into the monday schedule, Scottish rock band Biffy Clyro tore up a shirtless shred sesh in traditional anthem rock fashion. [...]
And you thought lo-fi audio was just for surf rockers..
With his long-delayed Warner Bros. debut NoYork slated for a summer release, Blu has defied convention once again, dropping an unannounced 11 track album entitled “j e s u s” earlier this week. No leaks, no videos, not even a mention of the project before its release. Aside from his super-acclaimed 2006 Exile-assisted debut Below [...]
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, [...]
Mallard Madness and the Willamette Valley Music Festival: A Utopia of Art
The question is at the tip of everybody’s tongue: what on earth is Mallard Madness? As the University’s annual Spring Street Faire kicks off today, many students are still baffled by the giant posters declaring “Explore, Create, Discover” tacked around the Erb Memorial Union. What’s the difference between Mallard Madness and the Willamette Valley Music [...]
Jay Electronica’s Trip to Nepal
If you have not heard of rapper/mystic Jay Electronica, which is actually pretty feasible, it is about time you had. Dont worry, Im gonna post some of his music at the bottom of the post and you can hear it there. The New Orleans super emcee recently traveled to Asia with the hip-hop video director/documentarian [...]
Beats and Bliss Simon Says
Simon Says, co-founder of the music blog Two Hype Feet, answers questions about being a DJ in Eugene. Visit http://twohypefeet.com for more information, and also Beats and Bliss for a write up on Eugene’s electronic scene, and the differences between “New-school” and “Old-school.”
Cold Bowl of Summer
Warm weather and sun calls for food that is refreshing and doesn’t sit too heavily in the gut. Nothing’s worse than running carefree through a field of daisies, only to be suddenly incapacitated due to a surplus of fatty, slow-settling calories erupting back out of your stomach. As an avid lover of prancing through fields [...]
Riding The High With Doug Benson @ WOW Hall 4/21
Funny-man Doug Benson is kickin’ it in Eugene this Thursday, 4/21, at WOW Hall for his “I’m Still High” Tour. Benson, who is most well known for his work with Last Comic Standing and the movie Super High Me, is one of the most prolific comedians of the past few years. He podcasts, hosts, and [...]
Pint of Love
What’s better than a big hunk of grapefruit for breakfast? A lot of things. But if you’re in the tart citrus delicious arena, why not go for a pint of blood orange sorbet? You get the best of so many worlds. The taste is one of those tastes where you’re forced to close your eyes for [...]
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’ [...]
Morning Glory
It’s 5:30 and I don’t want to drink any more bad coffee. I can’t stop thinking about how bad this badness is in front of me. Dux Bistro, I’m sorry, but you just can’t fulfill my needs. Your joe is like liquid dust reheated in a microwave several times over. I’m not one to pour [...]
Variety Show
Yogurt Xtreme (the new frozen yogurt shop on 13th St.) isn’t exactly anything special. The frozen yogurt tastes like frozen yogurt from every other yogurt institution. The peanut butter flavor did melt me a little bit inside (especially when combined with fresh bananas, hot fudge, and whipped cream), but the place itself awakened no raving [...]
No Bananas?
I’ve always had mixed feelings about bananas. The taste has never been anything particularly tantalizing to my tongue, and the texture inspires no excitement across my neural pathways. Plus, they are one of the most awkward foods to eat around people whose maturity levels are not around the sophisticated level. In fact, I hardly ever [...]
Cold War Kids WOW
Long Beach Indie Soul Punks Cold War Kids are playing tonight at the WOW. They released their third album, Mine is Yours, this January. Opening band : A Lull Doors at 8 Bands at 9 Fun TBA PS – Sold Out
Pie Love
Cupcakes, hold on to your frosting hats and paper lining coats, because your little fluffy minds are about to be blown. I don’t care how much sanding sugar or pastel fondant is atop your sweet heads. You’ll never measure up to the food trend that’s about to displace you. Pie is more than a three-letter [...]
