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 [...]
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 [...]
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’ [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]