When In Chile…
…Do as the Mapuche do — stand tall with the trees! words JORDAN CHESTNUT & CLAIRE SCHECHTMAN art IMOGEN BANKS In the mountains of southern Chile, in an old growth forest of Araucaria trees, a storm knocks a branch against the side of a shingled refugio in El Cañi Sanctuary. It is supposed to be [...]
Wildin’ Out
A new school of hunters seeks a stronger connection to nature and nutrition. words NOAH DEWITT art TAYLOR JOHNSTON “This is going to be real — maybe more real than you’re used to experiencing,” says summer camp instructor Matt Bradley to his five teenage campers around a fire circle. It’s a sunny August morning at [...]
“Life Goes On”: Lyrical Analysis
The OV’s lyrical analyst Brett Sisun textually pours some out for the rose that grew from concrete, hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur. Pac’s spirit lives on through his thug-life anthem “Life Goes On” words BRETT SISUN art CHELSEY BOEHNKE Here at the crossroads between life and death lies Tupac Shakur. Rightfully so. Shakur was a [...]
Where They At?
We don’t know if extraterrestrial life exists. But research shows — we’re curious. words BEN STONE art CHELSEY BOEHNKE “Should be a short article,” UO astronomy professor James Schombert wrote me recently. I had asked him if we could meet to talk about the search for extraterrestrial life. “The current scientific opinion on extraterrestrial life [...]
Virtual Reality Check
Two Portland twenty-somethings — and their avatars — grapple with dick barons and other perverts in the digital world Second Life. words and photos WILL PAUGH “I used to go into Yahoo chatrooms during 7th grade and catch pedophiles,” Cody tells me. “With the name lonelyprincess13 I’d just turn in the evidence to the police. [...]
Dead Alive: Will Deadheads Ever Go Extinct?
words SCHUYLER DURHAM art JULIAN EARNEST In the bustling Granary Pizza pub, a little girl eyes a screen covering one side of the room. Dim lighting and low ceilings cast an intimate shadow on the faces of waitresses as they pour drinks and take orders. The barstools welcome soggy jeans seeking sanctuary from the rain. [...]
White Balloon
Haunting lore from Lorax Manor. words BRETT SISUN art SHININGGRASS My name is Mock Conroy, and I am journalist. I am also a ghost hunter. Have you ever thought about living in the housing cooperative near 16th and Alder? Lorax Manor may seem like a lovely place with kind housemates, humble responsibilities, and tasty vegan [...]
Thinking Outside The Casket: Diverse Ways To Decompose
words BENJAMIN FICKLIN art TAYLOR JOHNSTON In America, we bury our dead. Rarely do we consider alternatives. But most cemeteries have become large generic apartment buildings for corpses. Large cities have seen so many generations of death we have filled our graveyards. As the dead continue to pile up, the overcrowding is dealt with in [...]
Interview: Joan Harvey, Obituary Writer for the Oregonian
words LUCY OHLSEN art by TAYLOR JOHNSTON Joan Harvey was an obituary writer for The Oregonian until she was laid off two years ago. She loves to talk about obituaries and mourns the fact that the obituary writer profession is largely disappearing. Though writing about death all the time sounds depressing, Joan claims that obituaries [...]
Dad-Rock 101 — The Mixtape
Fact: Nine out of 10 dads love Bruce Springsteen. words MARY-KATE MORONEY art JULIAN WATTS There’s something on the wind — the stale scent of tobacco and aftershave, the faint sounds of snoring and things you wish you’d never heard about your mother–and it can’t bust a move for shit. Why, it must be your [...]
Living Rock Studios: Oregon’s Hidden Gem
Late artist’s unique masterpiece is probably the only reason to visit Brownsville. words MARGARET APPEL photos CHRISTINE DONG There is an all-too-familiar stretch of Interstate-5 that links so many of us from Eugene to Portland and the small towns in between — it’s roughly a two-hour drive that can fly by if you’re lucky enough [...]
Tripping in My Father’s Footsteps
Dropping LSD to carry on a family tradition. words NOAH DEWITT art CHELSEY BOEHNKE I. My dad did acid when he was my age — in San Francisco parks, with friends from his theater company, on museum meanderings and excursions in nature. He did it, he tells me, like so many others in the late [...]
Hardware Store Crawl
The first and last annual OV Hardware Store Crawl was a success in that we rented a UO van. It was a failure in that it got really boring after a while photos ALLISON FONDER LOWE’S words LUCY OHLSEN Lowe’s was the first stop on our crawl. After gearing up on candy canes and bumpin’ [...]
Single Fatherhood
Entertaining the notion. words NOAH PORTER art JOSEPH DE SOSA Right off the bat, let me say this: I realize that being a single parent is extremely difficult, and one-parent households are a huge challenge both in America and across the world. That being said, (I am almost positive that) there are many single parents [...]
The Biggest of Poppas
OV’s lyrical analyst Brett Sisun weighs in on Biggie’s magnum opus. words BRETT SISUN art ALLISON FONDER He liked it when you called him Big Poppa. Indeed, Christopher Wallace (aka The Notorious B.I.G, Biggie Smallz and The Black Frank White) was a knockout heavy weight on both the scales and the microphone. And as you [...]
Charcoal Vs. Propane
Charcoal: Classic Flavor You Can Trust words WILL STEVENS art LISA INOUE Before we forsake charcoal and replace its grilling majesty with some trendy piece of tin from infomercial lore, we must be reminded of a few things. Charcoal is the end product of decayed plant material, which is then compressed into a dense nugget [...]
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 [...]
Oregon Voice XXXclusive Interview with White Arrows at Music Fest NorthWest
White Arrows are a Tropical Crunk band from southern california. They are comprised of Mickey Church, Henry Church, Steven Vernet, J.P. Caballero and Andrew Naeve interview NOAH DEWITT Oregon Voice: It sounds like you come from a pretty “groovy” background. Henry Church: You’re talking to the dude with tie-dye sneakers. OV: How did you go [...]
Welcome to Brewgene
Eugene’s Ninkasi and Oakshire take different approaches to ushering in the microbrew renaissance. words WILL STEVENS photo COLLETTE LEVESQUE alking into a house party on a crisp autumn evening, you find a place in the corner of the dimly lit room. The incense fails to mask stale Pabst and yesterday’s quinoa, and the end result [...]
