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 [...]
World’s Beast Dads
A guide to the chillest papis of the animal kingdom. words JACK WASHER art TAYLOR JOHNSTON Antechinus, the Self-Sacrificing Dad These tiny little marsupial mice are the most tenacious little fuckers in the animal kingdom — literally. Once the male finds a mate he will have sex non-stop for 12 hours until he dies from [...]
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 [...]
“Please Vote For Me” (2007)//Welcome to Livin’ The Stream
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 [...]
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 [...]
Bike Routes
Groovy Bicycle Adventures to Escape the Crazy Campus Scene! words EDDIE BOND art JULIAN EARNEST Searching for a fun way to escape the craziness on campus? Then lube your chain, pump your tires, and try one of these awesome bike rides! The Hendricks Park Loop: Roll to the corner of 19th Avenue and Agate Street. [...]
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 [...]
Dear Gingerbeard
words PARKER MULLINS photo COURTNEY HENDRICKS Dear Gingerbeard… Why are men so dependent on internet porn? Or… on porn in general? Sincerely, Why He Yankin’? Though I am not sure if this was your original intent, WHY, your carefully placed ellipses lead me to break it down by category of pornography outlet — this will [...]
WTF Peachwave
words MARGARET APPEL art JULIAN EARNEST Think you can’t access self-serve frozen yogurt from three different vendors within a one-block radius? Think again. In case you lost track, I’m here to remind you that there are now three competing frozen yogurt shops within eyeshot of 13th and Alder — and honestly, people, the madness has [...]
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. [...]
“Misfire: An Evening of Valiant Attempts”
Sometimes you swing and miss, but it turns out the fact that you even took the swing is what’s important, because the swing was painfully hilarious to watch. This sums up the play running this weekend at the Pocket Playhouse, “Misfire: an Evening of Valiant Attempts.” The production features five short plays written by former [...]
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, [...]
The Rolling Issue
If you haven’t copped our brand new Rolling Issue yet, do so! Pick up a free copy at any of these distribution locations or view it digitally below. Open publication – Free publishing – More bikes CORRECTIONS There is a potentially grave error printed in the sidebar to Tyler Pell’s feature story, “The War on [...]
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.”
Concert Review: MiMOSA + Paper Diamond
Having called Eugene home for some six months now, I’ve had the time to see a lot of what this town has got to offer. My favorite thing about Eugene, and the Pacific Northwest in general, is that people tend to be especially easy-going. Not that there is one prototypical Eugene citizen, but rather the [...]
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 [...]
Daedelus, TOKiMONSTA, and Shlohmo live TONIGHT @ the WOW HALL!
As school is starting to speed up on us here during the fourth week of the term, tonight is the night to slow it down. Tie up some of those to-do’s and head out to the WOW Hall for a night of insane electronica beats. The show will start with a set by Shlohmo, after [...]
Hari Kondabolu @ LLC Performance Hall 4/21/11
Up-and-coming comedian Hari Kondabolu (or Hair Kondabolu according to the University Housing Event Calendar) is performing a free set at 7 PM this Thursday (4/21) in the LLC Performance Hall. The 45-60 minute set will be followed by a short Q & A and meet and greet with the Brooklyn comic. You may have seen [...]
