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 [...]
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 [...]
Don’t Drop the Hope
Oregon Voice staff member “C Murda” undergoes an unplanned grassroots investigation inside the Grant County Jail in Ephrata, Wash. art TAYLOR JOHNSTON he truth is, this is a very long story. Longer than I could ever put to a page, until I have a hefty advance and some serious time to write a novella that [...]
I’m Hatin’ It: A McMemoire
words LUCY OHLSEN art MEAGHAN LARKIN hen you walk through the clear glass doors into the lobby of McDonald’s, you’re greeted with a calm, sanitary-smelling, air-conditioned gust of wind. Smooth jazz echoes off the artificial brick walls, and you might smile at the sight of some kids pointing excitedly at the happy meal toy display. [...]
2012 Republican Primary Race to the Bottom
Whoever wins, we lose. words TRACE CABOT art JULIAN EARNEST Due to the lack of coverage of the 2012 Presidential Primary in both the Student Insurgent, the explicitly political student magazine of the left, and the Oregon Commentator, the University’s magazine for sex offenders, the Oregon Voice has enlisted writer and masochist Trace Cabot to [...]
Pub Crawl
The third annual Oregon Voice Pub Crawl was a success in that we all got extremely faded. It was a failure in that we made it to only five of the 10 bars that we set out to review. photos COLETTE LEVESQUE RENNIE’S LANDING words NOAH DEWITT By a twist of fate, the first bar [...]
A Guide to Eugene Hoods
Get the fuck off campus. art ALLISON FONDER 1. CAMPUS AREA words NOAH PORTER A radioactive nucleus for student living, the generally accepted boundaries for “campus area” stretch from Kincaid to Pearl Street, between 13th and 18th Avenue. An emerald city of factory-issue condominiums intermittently sprinkled with abandoned high-heels, the dream of Seth from Superbad [...]
Man vs. Apartment
A survival guide to living alone. words TROY BRYNELSON art LISA INOUE Living alone is actually not so bad. It can be an intimidating thought at first; there’s no one at home to kick it with between classes, no one to split the bills with, and it can be hostile to both the psyche and [...]
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 [...]
