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I have known John [Kroger] since we both arrived at Lewis & Clark, and he is my friend [see “The Smartest Guy in the Room,” WW, June 6, 2012]. We often don’t see eye to eye on politics, and I don’t support all of John’s political decisions. But when I disagree with John, it is over the content of these matters, not a fantasy world based on tawdry speculation about his motives. [WW implies] that John’s reticence about his health is hypocritical given his penchant for government transparency. But neither John’s desire for government transparency nor common sense demands the same candor regarding the lives of the people who work in government as it does of the government itself. You impugn his integrity and suggest his illness was merely a ruse, but even your own article notes that he may have undergone surgery, which would surely provide a simple explanation for John’s improved health. Regardless, there are myriad reasons why certain health issues might deter John from serving as attorney general but nevertheless accommodate his serving as Reed’s president. And you accuse John of hubris—one sentence after claiming he “bailed out when the going got tough.” As I see it, John has weathered considerable criticism for doing his job, not for exceeding its bounds, and has taken responsibility for his mistakes. And he has demonstrated admirable humility in his decision not to run again. Typical political hubris this is not. There is much worth telling in John’s story, but, sadly, almost none of it is in this article. —Geoffrey Manne Lecturer in law, Lewis & Clark Law School
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Is it true that 80 percent of the male bass fish in Washington’s major river are now exhibiting female traits as a result of contraceptive pills being flushed into the water? Say it ain’t so! —Coho Before Coochie Coho, you goober, that story was about Washington, D.C.’s, major river, i.e., the Potomac. In the Northwest, our stringent environmental standards and responsible stewardship of our waterways make such a thing impossible. Nah, I’m just messin’ with ya—our fish are switch-hitting with the best of them. In fact, a 2009 study by the U.S. Geological Survey found spots on the lower Columbia River where a staggering 67 percent of largemouth bass were well on their way to becoming largemouth tenors. On a more serious note: Oh, shit. What have we done now? Probably because it contains the word “sex,” the intersexuality angle has been grabbing head-
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A $400 million plan to reduce Interstate 5 congestion in the Rose Quarter has one surprising element: a freeway cover on I-5 at North Vancouver and Williams avenues. The lid—similar to the freeway covering in downtown Seattle—would create at least two developable blocks at the Rose Quarter. Who controls the newly created real estate is up in the air—literally. “We don’t know,” says Oregon Department of Transportation spokesman Don Hamilton about the “air rights” above I-5. “It’s a federal highway, so the feds have jurisdiction. When this has happened before, the feds have leased it.” An old hand might be returning to the battle over TriMet’s future: Ron Heintzman, a bareknuckled union boss who led the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 757 when it won a controversial 1994 contract that broadly expanded health coverage for retirees. Heintzman is HEINTZMAN again running for president, and insiders say he’s the frontrunner in the June 15 vote. During five terms as president, from 1988 to 2002, Heintzman was known for his take-no-prisoners negotiating style (see “The Nasty Battle Inside Local 757,” WW, Nov. 8, 2000). He’d lead ATU in upcoming contract talks with TriMet. Heintzman didn’t respond to WW’s calls by deadline. Give that white liberal guilt a rest? Turns out Oregon is one of the country’s least racist states, at least when it comes to Googling. The New York Times’ Campaign Stops blog reports that a Harvard doctoral candidate, Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, found a correlation between Internet searches for racially charged terms and voting patterns for President Obama in 2008. Stephens-Davidowitz found Obama received fewer votes than expected in states where Internet users most often searched for the N-word. Oregon ranked 44th for how often racist terms were searched. West Virginia was No. 1; Utah had the fewest searches. Turns out racially charged terms are nearly as common in Google searches as “weather,” “migraine” and “Daily Show.” Where Not To Put Birds: On June 14, the City of Portland will co-host an architects’ and developers’ forum on “birdfriendly building design.” A recent Portland Audubon Society report says as many as 1 billion birds a year die from striking buildings, including untold thousands locally. The Audubon Wildlife Care Center says it treated 590 birds (covering 86 native species) after window strikes from 2009 through 2011. The report proposes changes to local design guidelines for windows, façades, landscaping and lighting to mitigate bird strikes. The city says it’s not likely to make the guidelines code. “The resource guide is not about new regulations,” Bureau of Planning and Sustainability Director Susan Anderson says in a news release. One solution: bird-shaped silhouettes on windows, sure to be a boon to local craftsfolk. Read more Murmurs and daily scuttlebutt.
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A former aide to Deputy House Republican Leader Matt Wingard (R-Wilsonville) has accused him of giving her alcohol when she was underage, pressuring her to have sex, and keeping her on the public payroll after she ended the relationship with him and stopped reporting for work. The former aide first approached the Oregon Department of Justice in January with allegations about Wingard’s conduct, which she says took place in 2010, beginning when she was 20. The DOJ, and later the Clackamas County Sheriff ’s Office, interviewed the woman. Both agencies declined to bring charges, concluding there was no crime committed or the statute of limitations had run out. Neither agency interviewed Wingard about her allegations. Wingard, 39, is a former TV reporter who was first elected to the House in 2008 and is a rising star in his caucus. In addition to his legislative responsibilities, he serves as a spokesman for Oregon Connections Academy, the state’s biggest online charter school. Wingard acknowledges the woman worked for him and he had a sexual relationship with her. But he says the relationship was consensual and he never provided her with alcohol when she was underage. “I am confident all the facts will come out and my name will be cleared,” Wingard tells WW. The former aide, now 23, grew up in Salem and was a student at Portland State University when she first met Wingard at a 2009 Christmas party held by the Oregon Federation of College Republicans at the Shilo Inn Suites in Salem. She declined to talk to WW about her allegations or the investigations. According to the DOJ report, the woman says Wingard gave a speech at the party, and later “the two had a conversation wherein she jokingly stated he should hire her.” Wingard did hire her in early 2010. Not long after, at the age of 20, she attended the Dorchester Conference, the annual GOP gathering in Seaside. She told a Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office investigator Wingard gave her beer and “was persistent that she drink the beer.” She said she felt “dizzy” after drinking a beer and a half. “Her legs began to feel numb, and she began to lose feeling in her body,” the sheriff’s report says. She told the sheriff’s investigator that Wingard later invited her by text message to his room, where she found him “in his bed with his shirt off.” The woman told investigators she can’t remember what happened after that. “She said the next thing she knew she woke up in the morning and was in Rep. Wingard’s bed under the covers, but was fully clothed,” the DOJ report says. “She said Wingard was next to her on top of the covers, clothed as well.” After that, she told DOJ investigators, Wingard “pursued her by constantly asking her out for drinks [and] dinner and sending her text messages. She said on several occasions he asked her to send dirty (sexual) text messages
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to him. She said she agreed to do this because she felt if and entered into an “ongoing sexual relationship.” Wingard says he never pressured the woman to have she didn’t he would not talk to her and it made her work environment hostile.” sex. “I had a consensual relationship with her that lasted The report adds, “There were times when she would for four months,” he says. Asked whether it is appropriate for a lawmaker to have not go to dinner with Rep. Wingard, or would not send the text messages he desired, and he would sex with a subordinate, Wingard says, “ I simply ignore her for days by not talking believe that what two consenting adults to her or responding to emails. She felt FACT: Matt Wingard is perform- do is their own business.” ing political consulting for like Rep. Wingard was punishing her.” The woman said she felt uncomfortable Rep. Katie Eyre (R-Hillsboro) with the relationship and broke it off. She Oregon House rules prohibit work- and Clackamas County Chair place harassment, including “any threat candidate John Ludlow. said she often didn’t show up to work, and eventually told him she was quitting. For or insinuation, either explicitly or implicitly, that a person’s refusal to submit to a a month after she quit, she says, her paysexual advance will adversely affect that person’s employ- checks kept coming. Legislative records show she was on the state payroll ment, evaluation, wages, duties, work shifts, or any other condition of employment or career advancement.” from April to December 2010. She was paid $800 a month The woman told investigators that, after weeks of pressure, she “finally gave in to all of Rep. Wingard’s requests” CONT. on page 8 Willamette Week JUNE 13, 2012 wweek.com
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as a part-time staffer. But Wingard denies he continued paying the woman after she stopped working. “Once she made it clear she wasn’t showing up, she was not paid any longer,” he says. Investigators asked her if she felt forced into any of the sexual encounters she had with Wingard, and she said no. Investigators concluded there was no crime involving sex because the woman said she had consented to a relationship with Wingard. The woman also alleged that Wingard “frequently has parties at his residence in Wilsonville where alcohol is available to minors.” Wingard says that is false. On March 3 of this year, six weeks after she first contacted DOJ investigators, the woman texted them and made an even stronger allegation regarding the 2010 night at Dorchester. “I have more to say,” the text message read. “Matt drugged me…. And I have witnesses that know he drugged me when I was 20.”
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That’s when the DOJ referred the case to Clackamas County, where Wingard lives. After interviewing the woman twice, the sheriff’s office ended the investigation without contacting Wingard or any of the other people the woman said had information about her relationship with Wingard. Wingard says the allegation that he drugged her is absolutely false. “Never,” he says. Why did the woman wait nearly two years to report the incidents? She told investigators she had tried to forget about her relationship with Wingard, but in the fall of 2011 ran into him twice. Seeing him, she said, prompted her to take action. She is “concerned for other women who may work for him,” she told DOJ investigators. Her allegations have been reported to House Republican leaders by at least one GOP official and a party activist who know the woman and vouch for her credibility. “[W]e don’t want there to be a Republican ‘conspiracy of silence’ related to any possible misdeeds by elected officials,” Washington County GOP Chairwoman Rachel Lucas and her husband, Dan, wrote to House Republican Leader Kevin Cameron (R-Salem) in a May 14 letter. Rachel Lucas accompanied the woman to her interview with the Clackamas County deputy. Lucas and her husband gave WW a copy of the letter to Cameron and agreed to speak after the newspaper contacted them. Dan Lucas, who edits the Oregon Catalyst, a GOP blog, says Cameron told him May 17 that, after receiving the Lucases’ letter, he had obtained a copy of the Clackamas County sheriff’s report. Dan Lucas says Cameron assured him he had scheduled a meeting with Co-House Speaker Bruce Hanna (R-Roseburg) and senior House GOP staff to discuss what to do about Wingard. “We’ve never heard back from Cameron or anybody else,” Lucas says. “It was extremely disappointing that we didn’t hear anything, and then the first thing we hear is that [the woman] got a threatening letter from Wingard.” House GOP spokesman Nick Smith says Cameron was traveling and couldn’t be reached for comment. “This is a personal issue for Rep. Wingard, and we have nothing to say at this time,” Smith says. Wingard’s behavior has been an issue before. In 2008, when he first ran for his House seat, Wingard volunteered to WW and The Oregonian that in 2002 he had pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault for hitting his 7-year-old son on the head with a screwdriver. In Salem, Wingard is co-chairman of the House Education Committee. In 2009, he sponsored a bill to expand penalties for coaches who sexually abuse young athletes. Testifying in support of that bill, Wingard told colleagues that coaches who exploit the power they have over their players for sexual gratification are guilty of a “serious violation of trust.”
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behind the project. “We haven’t blessed it yet,” says Ron Walters, president of the Northwest District Association. “We’re going to have a meeting with Con-way—the concern being that the intersection is going to basically fail.” With its promise of jobs and development, the plan will also test City Hall’s resolve to keep the project in line. Con-way’s plans would add almost 2 million square feet of development to the Slabtown neighborhood in the next decade—increasing congestion where the Interstate 405 off-ramp meets Northwest Vaughn Street at 23rd Avenue. The company proposed reducing traffic at the busy intersection in two ways. The plan would create a separate U-turn exit ramp off I-405—allowing cars to turn directly onto Vaughn, sending them east toward the Con-way development. The plan would also let northbound cars turn right from 23rd onto Vaughn without stopping. But ODOT rejected the U-turn ramp idea March 16, “due to the weaving, queueing and safety concerns.” ODOT spokesman Don Hamilton says Con-way’s proposal would have cars trying to change lanes across traffic on an already crowded interstate off-ramp. “The plan they’ve got right now is pretty busy,” Hamilton says. “There’s a lot
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For more than 40 years, Carrol C. Platz Jr. has been collecting dog semen—sometimes using a device called an electroejaculator, and sometimes by hand. Platz is a world-renowned expert on the collection and freezing of canine semen. His International Canine Semen Bank, based in Boring, has more than 40 branches, including outlets in Europe and Asia. His Oregon facility stores more than 7,000 samples of dog semen that he sends to breeders around the world. But a Tupelo, Miss., man who wanted to breed his award-winning female Labrador retriever says the semen bank screwed up and sent him the wrong seed. Platz tells WW he doubts his company made a mistake. “All of our records show the semen is what is was supposed to be,” he says. The lawsuit contains some of the stranger allegations to show up in an Oregon court recently, and sheds light on the lucrative and curious business of dog-semen storage. In a May 22 lawsuit filed in Clackamas County Circuit Court, the plaintiff, Bo Brock, says he wanted to breed his registered dog, Sure Shot’s Smoke in the Wind, a champion duck-hunting retriever. (Purebred dogs often have elaborate names for registration purposes. Brock’s dog answers to “Windy.”) Brock says he ordered a vial of dog semen from the International Canine Semen Bank that was supposed to have originated from a purebred Lab in Alaska, a dog registered as Clubmead’s Road Warrior. (The dog’s everyday name: Chopper.) The semen bank holds deposits from its clients’ dogs and then sends out vials of their semen to buyers. The lawsuit says Windy was inseminated with semen alleged to have come from Chopper, supposedly collected in February 2010. Windy gave birth, the lawsuit says, to eight
puppies. But something didn’t look right. “The puppies had an unexpected physical appearance,” the lawsuit says, “in that they did not appear to be purebred Labrador retrievers sired by Chopper.” The suit says subsequent DNA tests confirmed this suspicion. The lawsuit names the International Canine Semen Bank, Platz, his son John, and Chopper’s Alaskan owners. The suit doesn’t say how much Brock paid for the semen, but vials can go for more than $1,000. Brock, a lawyer, is asking the court for $30,000—damages, he says, from the lost opportunity to breed Windy, whose puppies in the past have fetched as much as $1,500 each. Brock and his Portland attorney, Kathryn Hall, declined to talk to WW about the case. Platz says his business isn’t licensed or regulated by government agencies, but in the past has been approved by the American Kennel Club. (An AKC spokeswoman says her group couldn’t confirm that.) According to his profile, published on a springer spaniel website, Platz did early research at Oregon hospitals, including Oregon Health and Science University, that led to innovations in freezing canine semen. His innovations also include electrical equipment for extracting semen from dogs and cats. The website says Platz has also done work to help breed and preserve endangered and exotic species, including snakes and bottlenose dolphins. He started the semen bank in 1980. According to the bank’s website, owners can preserve their dogs’ semen for years. In fact, Platz advertises a service by which dog owners can send in their animals’ testes—even those removed after the dog has died. Platz says he sends out 70 to 80 semen samples a month to breeders, and his company has faced only a handful of lawsuits in its history, all of which were over allegations of faulty refrigeration equipment. In 2010, wweek.com reported on a lawsuit in which a breeder alleged Platz and his company allowed semen from a rare line of Rottweilers in Poland to go bad. That case later settled. Platz says he is confident he and his company did nothing wrong in the most recent case. And he speculated about what happened: that others involved might have allowed nature to step in. Platz surmises someone might have introduced Windy to a male dog, just for kicks. “Someone let in a stray dog to breed with his bitch,” Platz says. “You get kennel help who, just for the fun of it, want to watch them breed.”
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FISHERMAN’S WRATH A CAMPAIGN TARGETING GILLNETTERS TAKES CLASS WAR TO THE COLUMBIA RIVER. BY CO REY PEIN
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Mark Ihander draws his net from the waters of Youngs Bay. Tangled in the mesh he spies the first catch of the clear blue afternoon: a spring chinook, hatchery bred, strong and glistening. In his right hand, he grasps a 2½-foot stick with a curved metal gaffe on the end. He swings it twice from the elbow. The hook cuts like a scythe into the fish’s brain. Ihander lets the dying salmon fall to the deck, two thin strands of mesh still snagged around its gills, a dime-sized dab of blood below its eye. “Nice fish there,” Ihander says. “Six dollars a pound, 17 pounds, $100 bill.” The salmon’s tail slaps the deck one last time before it turns into money. Ihander has been doing this work since he was 12. He’s one of the last of his kind,
an Oregon gillnetter. For generations, gillnetters have been working in the same way: small boats laying thousands of feet of net in Northwest rivers, then plucking out their harvest, one fish at a time. Only about 200 gillnetters still work in Oregon, sending fish to local canneries and the white china of Portland’s best restaurants. Their take represents a tiny slice of the fish killed every year by sport fishermen, sea lions and the Columbia River dams. But this livelihood is being targeted for extinction by an unusual coalition of conservation groups, wealthy sport fishermen and businesses that cater to them. They call gillnetting an antiquated and inhumane practice that kills indiscriminately and causes gruesome deaths for aquatic birds and marine mammals. “Anything and everything that swims into them are ensnarled,” says David
Schamp, director of the 10,000-member Coastal Conservation Association of Oregon, one of the groups supporting the ban. “We believe a high percentage of whatever is captured perishes—and we don’t believe that’s a good thing.” Proponents have so far offered little in the way of quantifiable evidence to make their case, and they’ve been unable for years to persuade lawmakers to ban gillnetting. So they are pushing for a ballot measure this fall. Bankrolled by a political committee called Stop Gillnetting Now, backers have collected more than 92,000 signatures. They need 87,000 valid ones by July 6 to qualify for the November ballot. The campaign has made for some odd alliances: Environmentalists are holding hands with one wealthy backer, Loren Parks, the conservative millionaire who financed many anti-tax campaigns and for years paid the bills for initiative activist Bill Sizemore. Parks put $20,000 of seed money into the initiative petition. Another wealthy sport fisherman, Norman L. Brenden of Olympia, Wash., has become Oregon’s biggest political donor, pouring $505,000 into the campaign war chest. CONT. on page 14 Willamette Week JUNE 13, 2012 wweek.com
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Gillnetters fear they will be unable to afford a campaign to fight back, and that voters will be swayed by misinformation and hyperbole. “It ain’t saving one fish,” says Jim Wells, a commercial fisherman and president of Salmon for All, which represents the gillnetters. “This is not about conservation, it’s about allocation. It’s a sham.” The measure is the latest round in an old battle of who gets to catch the fish, and who gets the money for them. Sportfishing in Oregon is a $30 milliona-year industry, according to a 2009 Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife study. Its rival industry, commercial fishing, produced $284 million in income in the state last year, an ODFW study shows. Of that, commercial ocean and river salmon accounted for $6.7 million, and gillnetting specifically for about $5 million. “I’ve always looked at it as two kids playing on the railroad track, with the locomotive bearing down on them,” says John North, the state Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Columbia River fisheries manager, of both sides in the fight. “They’re too busy throwing rocks at each other to notice the bigger problem.” That is, too few fish for too many people. If the measure makes the ballot, the fight will force voters to endure grisly photos of marine life injured by nets—a PR barrage the fishermen hint they might counter with cameos from their grizzled friends on the Discovery Channel’s hit show Deadliest Catch. The fight is about more than a struggle for the millions of dollars these salmon represent to the sportfishing industry and some tough-talking fourth-generation fishermen. Instead, the fight is over what kind of place Oregon is, and how its people will make a living. It’s about the state’s shift away from the historical resource-extraction economy and toward the service sector, and the steady disappearance of an endangered species: Oregon’s blue-collar middle class, a people who could live comfortably from the land without necessarily going into debt for a college degree.
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SLOW RIDE: Gillnetter Mark Ihander fishes Youngs Bay, which he remembers from his youth as a slow-and-easy training ground for the next generation of fishermen. Today, a dwindling number of aging fishermen supplement their incomes here.
“IT AIN’T SAVING ONE FISH. THIS IS NOT ABOUT CONSERVATION, IT’S ABOUT ALLOCATION. IT’S A SHAM.” —JIM WELLS, PRESIDENT OF SALMON FOR ALL, ON EFFORTS TO BAN GILLNETTING
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with tens of thousands of other sea creatures. It might have been a wild fish caught on a hook in Canada. It might have come from a “farm”—a cramped underwater cage where fish feed on pellets and swim in circles until fat enough for market. Or it might have been caught by a gillnetter like Mark Ihander. At mid-afternoon on a recent Wednesday, Ihander, 60, launches his nameless 22-foot boat from a private wooden pier at Astoria’s Tide Point Restaurant on the Nehalem Highway. The boat putters loudly away on the power of its 350-horsepower outboard into the bay, fed by the Youngs River. He’s just upstream from the tall, narrow old Warrenton-Astoria Highway bridge; the Astor Column looms to the north. Two bald eagles glide low overhead. The baywaters are shallow and muddy, a so-called “select area” set aside for fishermen by the state and stocked each year with tens of thousands of hatchery salmon subsidized by hydroelectric ratepayers. Ihander started work at 5 am, making four drifts across the bay. He caught one fish all morning. The afternoon looks to be better. Critics are correct that gillnetting is antiquated. Its practitioners prefer to call it traditional. If the gillnetters seem preoccupied with heritage—who is of Norwegian stock, who is Finnish or Italian or Irish, and who is fresh off the boat—that’s because they have spent years dragging the same kind of nets around the same waters as their ancestors. Ihander may have been born in Astoria, but he is Finnish first. “My grandfather,” he says, “went 55 years without power, on the sea.” White fishermen took up gillnetting in the mid-1800s, according to old newspaper accounts and several histories of Oregon
fishing. Pacific Northwest native tribes also historically used several types of fishing nets, including some like gill nets. Today, gill nets are more or less the only permitted commercial fishing apparatus on the Columbia River. Many other types of gear were eventually outlawed: fish traps, fish wheels and seine nets, which work like a funnel. Gill nets are so called because they’re designed to snag fish by the gills. Most other states ban gill nets. Oregon strictly regulates their design and deployment. The boats themselves can be spotted by the large spools, called drums, on their decks. Wound tight and thick around the center of the spool is a pale bluish-white wad of net. The weave of the mesh, hypnotically complex, stretches between a dark, heavy lead line, which sinks to the bottom, and a bright blue cork line, which with the help of those small white floats the shape of a Nerf football, stays near the water’s surface. The gauge of this mesh is 7 inches, sized for spring chinook. Ihander’s boat has one steering wheel inside the cabin and another full of controls outside the cabin, on the starboard side near the spool. This allows Ihander to work the net and pilot the boat at the same time, without help from a crew. Wedged between the net and the bulwark, he sets the boat into reverse, and the spool begins to unwind. With his left hand on the wheel, he guides the boat backward across the bay. With his right, he tugs now and again at the cork line to keep it on track and to straighten any tangles in the mesh before it vanishes under the water. He will lay 750 feet of net into Youngs Bay—less than half of the legal length. CONT. on page 17
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NET EFFECT: Gillnetter Mark Ihander reels in the gill net on his second “drift” of the afternoon in Youngs Bay at Astoria. The fishermen take turns laying their nets. “It’s not all helter-skelter,” Ihander says.
heard a snap. That meant he broke a mesh.” He sounds as excited as if he’d never seen one before. Last spring, state figures show, the gillnetters took a combined 11,000 chinook salmon from set-aside, hatchery-stocked areas like Youngs Bay. In all inland waters and seasons last year, they caught 95,015 chinook. That’s a fairly small share of the overall salmon catch. Tribes are entitled to half of the overall allowable harvest. Sport fisherman take most of the rest. According to ODFW figures, since 2000 in the Columbia River and its tributaries, sport fishermen took 82 percent of the reported salmon, not counting the tribal share. Gillnetters take a share of what’s left, but the proposed ballot measure would make the practice illegal, and outlaw the sale of fish caught by gill net in Oregon. (Tribal fisherman could still use them and sell the fish, though most of their catch is consumed ceremonially.) Supporters of the ballot measure say there are several reasons to outlaw gill nets—including the fact many states have already done so. (Gill nets are legal across the Columbia in Washington but were banned in California coastal waters by a 1990 proposition that provided compensation to displaced fishermen.) Advocates say gill nets cause a high mortality rate for fish that manage to escape from the mesh, and produce a high amount of “bycatch”—nontargeted species—compared to other, more selective forms of fishing. “It’s about moving the industry forward, not eliminating it,” says Jeremy Wright of Wright Communications and Public Affairs, which has advised the antigillnetting campaign. They also say the nets cause the salmon
“ALL OF OREGON WAS CREATED BY COMMERCIAL FISHERS. NOT SPORT FISHERS.” —MARK IHANDER, GILLNETTER
to suffer. They produce pictures of fish with the scales and skin around their heads peeled off, raw and pink flesh showing through their heads. Other photos show salmon with torn gills, and seals with deep, bleeding wounds around their necks from the nets. And they say other sea life—birds and seals, for example, get caught in the nets. Anti-gillnetting campaigners say the proof for all this is in the photos—which is problematic. The campaign shared several images with WW that show abandoned nets, injured salmon and seals, and it claimed all were taken within the past couple of years on the Columbia River. But when pressed for details, the campaign changed that story—a third of the photos are years old, and one was outside Oregon. And the campaign hasn’t been able to say when and where the photos of seals were taken. However, studies specifically comparing gill nets and seine nets on Columbia River salmon are limited and incomplete. The distinction is important, because the results can be dramatically affected by mesh-net size and type, water temperature, depth and speed, other unique geographic factors and the species involved. The measure would allow fishermen to use a different kind of net, called a purse seine that hangs like a basket underwater, then tightens around the fish before hauling them by crane into a boat. Ironically, Oregon voters approved a ban on purse seine nets in 1948, a measure supported by gillnetters. “They were probably pitching the same arguments back then, that the seine was too effective,” says North, the ODFW Columbia River fisheries manager. “It probably came down to money like everything else…. It’s not that different from what’s going on now.” Backers say gill nets end up injuring— and killing—too many fish that escape. They say studies show gill nets have a mortality rate of 80 percent or higher, up to 100 percent. “The science is clear,” says Eric Stachon, spokesman for Stop Gillnetting Now. But the science is not clear. Studies suggest the mortality rate for purse seine nets, which the ballot measure would allow, may be lower—anywhere from 50 CONT. on page 19
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The spool turns quickly, and every second, another white float slides onto the water. “The thing about being in such a small, tight boat like this,” he shouts over the noise of the motor, “you’ve got to be careful when you’re laying the net out. More than once a guy has gotten his feet jerked out from under him.” Ihander doesn’t wear a life jacket, at least not here in Youngs Bay. And he usually works alone, even in Alaska. Surprisingly agile, he moves carefully but confidently around the net drum. Caution is warranted. This work can kill. Many years ago, five of Ihander’s good friends—then young men seeking their fortune in the Alaska waters—drowned, their bodies never recovered, on a fishing expedition he was invited on. Last year, his father slipped and hit his head while fishing; he died before Ihander’s brother could get him to the hospital. Ihander holds up his left hand and clenches it. The ring finger doesn’t bend like the others. An accident on the bulwark once severed the finger. His crewmates put it on ice like a caught fish, and the finger was later reattached. He’s been through worse on land. Eight years ago, Ihander was diagnosed with lung cancer. He credits his recovery to many gallons of green tea and two rounds of chemotherapy at OHSU arranged by his wife. While most chemo patients lose a lot of weight, Ihlander says he gained 40 pounds during treatment, improving his odds of survival. He says whenever he began to vomit, he just swallowed it. And so fishing—all the decades spent around fish guts and grievous wounds—helped save his life, by making him less squeamish. “I mean, we’ve had to stitch ourselves up, for chrissakes,” he says. “There’s nobody to help you.” Ihander stops. “There’s a fish!” he says. “I
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STILL FLOPPIN’: This 4-foot sturgeon wound up in Ihander’s net. He let it go because it was oversized and probably ready to spawn.
As the blue-sky sun warms the air, Ihander starts his boat’s motor to reel in his second drift of the afternoon. The first catch is a monster—a white sturgeon, more than 4 feet long and heavy as a sandbag. Ihander hefts it over the bow and, for a moment, the great prehistoric fish seems to stand upright—and either man or fish might go overboard. He brings it down to the deck on its side, revealing its pale pink belly and strange cauliflower mouth. From snout to tail, the sturgeon is wrapped in the net. Ihander grabs a long, thin blade like a steak knife, moves toward the still-struggling sturgeon and cuts away the mesh near the fish’s eyes. Ihander bends, encircles the fish in his arms, and heaves it over the port side.
“Too big. Oversize,” Ihander says, explaining why he didn’t keep the sturgeon. “Those are our spawners. We don’t want to touch them.” Ihander notes how little injury the fish faced. Only the fish knows for sure. “That’s not like you’ve played him out in the fishing line for an hour,” he says. “That one, he’d probably been in a net before, so he said, ‘I’ll just wait here till he lets me out.’” The lack of economic escape for the gillnetters themselves has them most worried. For younger fishermen—and there are, the state estimates, about two dozen gillnetters in their 20s and 30s in Oregon, out of perhaps 200 active permits—and future generations, the alternatives may be dire. What they fear most is that their kids will spend their lives working as Wal-Mart associates, or serving coffee to sport fishermen with shiny new boats. Steve Fick, owner of Fishhawk Fisher-
repairs boat engines, among other things, for sport and commercial fishermen alike. Englund Marine and Industrial, a nearby retailer, also caters to sport and commercial fishermen from its headquarters shop at the port. The cavernous warehouse in the back of the shop has a full wall of gillnet gear, specially designed for the Columbia River and imported from Japan, “Taking a handful of jobs out of rural area, it has a bigger impact than in the metro area,” says Kurt Englund, whose family has run the company for seven decades. “In a small town like this, we can’t survive on tackle alone.” At the muddy southern bank of the bay, Ihander draws the last of the gill net inside the boat. His boat reaches the shore as two fish buyers are walking along the pier. “Perfect timing, guys,” Ihander says as he pilots his boat in. He raises the plank that covers his catch, and the men on the pier lean over the boat to inspect the afternoon take. “Beautiful fish,” says one of the men. They work quickly to unload, grabbing salmon two at a time by the mouth. One of the buyers lashes Ihander’s fish with a rope running through their mouths and gills. The fish will go off to a processing plant. Ihander in return gets a fish ticket, which he can redeem later for a check from the processor. Duplicates of each receipt must be repeated to ODFW within 24 hours. “The whole Northwest eats our food,” says John Coetzee, co-owner of St. Pauls, a fish processor in Hammond, Ore., after packing Ihander’s fish in ice. “We’re supplying A-grade food to the restaurants right here.” Ihander says he has never eaten a farmed fish. Like any discerning Portland foodie, he prefers to know where his meat comes from—and who made the kill. “To this day,” he says, “I like seeing the fish hit the net.”
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percent to 100 percent. But the bycatch may also be higher. “By my experience, if you’re handling 10 sockeye in a gill net, you might kill five,” North says. “But if you lay out a seine and you catch 100, and the mortality rate is 5 percent, you still kill the same number of fish.” The measure is potentially a local boon to the national $45 billion sportfishing industry, which includes guides, charters and, most of all, companies that make and sell gear. An influential voice among the backers is former ODFW fisheries chief Jim Martin, who now works for Pure Fishing, a major sport-tackle manufacturer owned by Jarden Corp. Another ban booster, the founding chairman of the Coastal Conservation Association’s Pacific Northwest affiliates, Gary Loomis, was a pioneer in the development of graphite fishing rods. The gillnetters feel the focus on their methods at the exclusion of others is unfair. For instance, federal figures show that anglers’ discarded hooks kill dozens of sea lions each year in Oregon, California and Washington. Hydroelectric dams kill many more. The gillnetters treat their role as villains with bitter irony and dark humor. “I always say, ‘A sport fisherman kills a fish, it goes to heaven,” says Mike Wullger, aka “Big Mike,” a 35-year commercial fisherman and board member of Salmon for All, the gillnetters’ group. “A gillnetter kills a fish, it goes to hell.”
ies in Astoria, employs up to 25 seasonal workers, many of them young people. “They make enough money to go to school,” he says. “In turn, by going to college, they get some options in their life. You’re not going to do that if you take [gillnetting] away from us and you give another day or two a year to the recreational fishery. You’re not going to pour enough coffees for those people.” It’s not really about the fish, as the gillnetters see it. It’s about Old Oregon vs. New Oregon. Old Oregon is logging, fishing and hard living, every day. New Oregon is craft brewing, JavaScript coding and occasional nature walks—or, at least, selling bait and tackle once a year to tourists who can afford such things. “All of Oregon was created by commercial fishers. Not sport fishers,” Ihander says, turning grave. “When we’re gone, you’re gone.” Campaigners favoring an end to gillnetting show little sympathy for the fishermen. Read deeply enough into the sport fishermen’s online forums, and the studies the industry has commissioned, and one finds the blunt argument that the future has no room for old methods. One essay on the Oregon Anglers’ website says the government should “help train the commercial fishermen for a new occupation.” “Before you get all weepy-eyed for the poor commercial fishermen,” the essay says, “know that their industry will not collapse if they cannot kill salmon.” While the fishermen depend on one another, a regional economy depends on all of them. “If they’re gone, we’re done. It puts us and two employees out of work,” says Bob Zakrzewski, co-owner of Columbia Pacific Marine Works at the Port of Astoria, which
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Criminally under-hyped East Burnside restaurant June just nabbed sommelier Leah Moorhead from Aviary, and she’s kicking off a series of wine dinners. The first will host winemaker Jim Prosser of the Willamette Valley’s J.K. Carriere Winery, who will talk guests through his wines as they’re paired with appetizers from chef Greg Perrault’s kitchen. June, 2215 E Burnside St., 477-4655. 5-6:30 pm. $20. Call for reservations. 21+.
Father’s Day at Trader Vic’s
Because your dad likes to wear embarrassing Hawaiian shirts anyway, tiki-tastic bar Trader Vic’s is offering a Father’s Day brunch and dinner. Manly specials include Chinese oven-baked prime rib, jumbo prawns in scampi butter, and a port whiskey punch. And, just this once, laugh at the old man’s “I got lei’d” jokes. Trader Vic’s, 1203 NW Glisan St., 467-2277. Brunch 10 am-2 pm; dinner 5-10 pm. Prices vary.
Gregory Gourdet at Genoa
Chef Gregory Gourdet, of downtown’s swanky pan-Asian bar Departure, is dropping in for a guest stint at fancy Belmont Italian restaurant Genoa. The ambitious theme for the dinner will be “the silk road,” pairing Italian food with Japanese, Chinese and Indian cuisine. The sixcourse meal includes wine pairings and dishes like buckwheat pasta with fresh Monterey sardines; lamb with saffron, spices, olives and almonds; and pistachio kulfi. This sounds delightful. More restaurants in Portland should be doing events like this. Genoa, 2832 SE Belmont St., 238-1464. 5:30 pm. $110, including drinks. 21+.
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Now, this is the kind of Rose Festival event I can get behind: 18 Willamette Valley wineries, including Apolloni, Montinore, Patton Valley and Ponzi, will be pouring rosés (rose/rosé, geddit?), as well as other summer-appropriate wines (pinot gris, chardonnay, bubbly) for you city slickers. Tickets at northwillamettevintners.org. Montgomery Park, 2701 NW Vaughn St. 5-8 pm. $25, including a commemorative wine glass. 21+.
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Chef Pascal Sauton’s Milwaukie Kitchen & Wine hosts winemaker Derek Einberger from Patton Valley Vineyard for a five-course wine-pairing dinner. Dishes include asparagus risotto with duck sugo and navarin of lamb with herb gnocchi, matched with four Patton Valley ’09 drops, as well as a newly released 2011 pinot noir rosé. Milwaukie Kitchen & Wine, 10610 SE Main Street, 653-3228. 6:30-9:30 pm Saturday, June 16. $85, including gratuity. 21+.
SUNDAY, JUNE 17 Father’s Day at Random Order
The pie magicians at Alberta’s Random Order are serving up a $10 Father’s Day special of a bloody mary and a “world-famous” fried-egg sandwich (the actual name of the sandwich is the “world famous,” but I doubt they’ve heard of it in Kolkata), which comes with provolone, roasted red peppers, fresh basil and a fried egg on toasted ciabatta. Random Order Coffeehouse, 1800 NE Alberta St., 971-340-6995. 6:30 am-11 pm Sunday, June 17. $10. All ages.
Portland Beer and Cheese Fest
Portland Beer Week celebrates two of man’s finest culinary achievements: beer and cheese. Ten local breweries—including Block 15, Upright, Commons, Solera and Double Mountain—will showcase their brews, paired with cheese selected by Cheese Bar’s Steve Jones. The $25 admission gets you a taste of everything, plus free snacks from Chop Butchery. Tickets must be purchased in advance at portlandbeerandcheese.com. The Commons Brewery, 1810 SE Stephens St., 3435501. 1-6 pm. $25. 21+.
USE YOUR NOODLE: Minizo’s abu ramen.
MINIZO Minizo’s Munny population has exploded. The colony of vinyl toys was kept in check when the cart was downtown. But Minizo is now on Northeast Alberta Street, where a shop sells the toys around the corner and there are fewer grabby street kids to thin the countertop herd. At this rate, the two cooks manning this wheeled spinoff of downtown restaurant Shigezo will soon struggle to squeeze your bowl of shoyu ramen through the creature-filled window. Such a calamity is perhaps Minizo’s most pressing concern, as its redone menu is very impressive and its service still whip-quick. First, my big complaint: The wonderful chicken katsu burger has disappeared. Minizo is now in the Alberta 15 pod, which is branding itself as a destination for Asian food, and Katsu Zoku sells an almost identical sandwich a few feet away. So the burger is gone, along with the katsu curry. The new gyudon ($7) almost makes up for it. It’s a simple dish, just thin shaves of marinated beef and soft onions over grains of puffy rice and a bright ginger garnish, but it offers a umami fix that’ll leave Order this: Gyudon ($7) with a soft-boiled egg (50 cents). your tongue hanging. Gyudon is the Best deal: The loosely roast beef sandwich of Japan, but I’d wrapped California roll ($3). trade every Arby’s in town for one I’ll pass: The spicy cold fast-food joint serving these bowls. noodle ($7) isn’t at all spicy, and the shrimp kushiage ($3) Speaking of Japanese chains, it’s is tiny. worth mentioning that Minizo’s big brother, Shigezo, is the lone American outpost in a group of overdecorated comfort-food restaurants on par with Cheesecake Factory. Here, though, the formula is too novel to be tacky, and fresh-pulled ramen noodles, made of “specially purified wheat flour and eggs,” will quiet any qualms. Minizo’s abu ramen ($6) is rich with kaeshi (soy sauce with sugar and mirin), freshened by green onions and bean sprouts and hearty from pork and a soft-boiled egg that goes runny with a chopstick prick. It’s a filling and flavorful bowl, pleasantly brackish and deeply satisfying. (There’s also a vegetarian version, $6.) It’s good to see Minizo bringing this ramen to Alberta. It would be even better if it still had a spot downtown. We could use one in Southeast, too. Then again, maybe it’s better to be cautious—look at how fast those toys reproduced. MARTIN CIZMAR. EAT: Minizo is at the Alberta 15 cart pod, Northeast Alberta Street and 15th Avenue. Hours vary. shigezo-pdx.com.
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OCTOPI PORTLAND You’ve got a lot of nerve, eating an octopus. The decision gives a diner pause not because of any outstanding cruelty in the preparation—there’s no suffering akin to foie gras, or the lobster David Foster Wallace considered. Your dilemma is that octopi are so flippin’ smart. The more we know about them, the more they seem to know. They open childproof Tylenol bottles. They predict the outcome of World Cup matches. They have more neurons in their arms than humans have in their brains. One longtime octopus handler told Orion Magazine last year, “I think consciousness comes in different flavors.” Gulp. Riffle NW, the new Pearl District seafood restaurant from married New York transplants Ken and Jen Norris, doesn’t just serve octopus: It makes the cephalopod its signature entree. And while the RNW octopus doesn’t permanently erase moral qualms, it certainly causes temporary amnesia. The Order this: RNW octopus, fingerling potatoes, shaved Brussels salad. Spanish octopus is skilletBest deal: The sea urchin shot is $6 charred and served with for mind expansion. a chorizo chili cream, but I’ll pass: The tuna salad, with its green what’s really flabbergastbeans and clumps of albacore, should not be. ing is the size and texture of those arms. The meat is presented in pieces so large and firm they recall beefsteak more than any catch of the day. It’s the porterhouse of the sea. This is a bold restaurant, if not exactly experimental, and its best ventures have the stinging clarity of an ocean breeze. The misfires are like getting a mouthful of seawater. But Riffle NW succeeds far more often than it flounders, and its triumphs tend to alter one’s basic conception of a dish. This is true not only of the octopus, but also of something as apparently simple as a Brussels sprout salad—which is interpreted here as a pile of the veggies (usually such dense little grenades) shaved razor thin and piled high as an anthill, with a light and buttery dressing. At times the kitchen’s discovery is slight but profound: A side of fingerling potatoes is quickly deep-fried so they become fingerling jojos. Sometimes it’s a completely alien revelation: A sea urchin and quail egg shot takes that unlikely pairing (the urchin puréed, the egg an unbroken yolk) and drops it in a shot glass of tomato water that’s been drained through a cheesecloth. You swig it, and break the yolk on the roof of your mouth. It’s spectacular. Most of the entrees I tried were more mundane, with some late-night menu duds. The drinks director is Beaker & Flask veteran David Shenaut, who’s put a lot of time into bespoke ice cubes. He’s created one mean beer cocktail—the panache, combining an IPA with fortified wine and St. Germain—and several other inventions I found pushy or off-putting. But nothing I say here will sink or ratify Riffle NW. The place’s fortunes will depend on whether it catches the post-work fancy of the Wieden+Kennedy set a block down. To that end, the restaurant has branded itself with what it imagines as creativeclass flourishes, including line cooks dressed like 1950s auto mechanics with “Riffle” merit badges sewn to their caps. This sort of thing suggests trend sensitivity has trumped intelligence. But the food is better than that—here’s betting Riffle becomes a go-to dinner choice for the smart set. AARON MESH. EAT: Riffle NW, 333 NW 13th Ave., 894-8978, rifflenw.com. 5 pmmidnight Tuesday-Sunday. $$$.
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13 Box Set Duo, Duover
[SINGER-SONGWRITERS] Jim Brunberg didn’t come out of nowhere when he moved to Portland in the early aughts to open Mississippi Studios; he arrived from down the coast in San Francisco, where for years he co-led the beloved-by-those-whoknew-them folk-rock duo Box Set. On a local level, they had ample cred to land gigs at the legendary Fillmore, and they were a popular touring act here. His partner in the duo, Jeff Pehrson, has gone on to wider recognition as a backing vocalist for Grateful Dead legacy project Furthur, and Brunberg’s contributions to the Portland scene—in terms of the performance venue and production facility, work with Live Wire!, and backing such artists as Storm Large—speak for themselves. Tonight, following a long hiatus, the two men sing for themselves (and a doubtless appreciative audience) once again. JEFF ROSENBERG. Al’s Den at the Crystal Hotel, 303 SW 12th Ave., 972-2670. 7 pm. Free. 21+.
Sarah Jaffe, Secret Colours, Ryan Stively [SINGER-SONGWRITER] The sparse instrumentation in Sarah Jaffe’s 2010 debut, Suburban Nature, highlights the Texan’s sweet and crackling voice. The simple style, however, blends in with the female folk-pop types who usually grace the soundtracks of popular TV dramas. Which, I’m guessing, is why Jaffe’s second full-length album, The Body Wins, departs pretty drastically from her previous work by using heavier effects, electrification and experimentation. Her sweet and crackling voice is still there, although it’s a little darker and less comprehensible when placed against punchy drums, electrified strings and distorted textures. If the two records mated, the offspring would probably be a perfect combination of intimate vocals and creative compositions. Maybe we’ll just have to wait for another album. EMILEE BOOHER. Mississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi Ave., 288-3895. 9 pm. $12. 21+.
THURSDAY, JUNE 14 Brownish Black, The Satin Chaps, DJ Drew Groove
[GARAGE SOUL] The two vocalists in Portland’s Brownish Black fit the band’s garage-soul genre in that one feels more garage and one feels more soul. Between M.D. Sharbatz’s rough and gravelly bellows and Vicki Porter’s soulfully smooth pipes, I sometimes have a tough time deciding where to direct my attention. But each voice brings a taste of what Brownish Black is trying to be. There’s a sweaty, lo-fi basement-jam vibe and an element of full-bodied, straight-from-the-heart expression. Combine those traits with retro guitar riffs and blaring saxophone, and you get a 1970s sound with raw homegrown grit. Although there’s plenty of room to mature for the fledgling band, its loose and untrimmed vibe gives it some appreciated authenticity within two genres in which much of the power lies in imperfection. EMILEE BOOHER. Doug Fir Lounge, 830 E Burnside St., 231-9663. 9 pm. $5. 21+.
How to Dress Well, My Body, Babe Rainbow
[R&B COLLAGE] After an extended stay in Cologne, Germany, How to Dress Well’s Tom Krell returned to his native U.S. and began releasing tracks and EPs of his unique R&B tunes, marked as much by his ethereal fal-
setto as by the throwback samples he includes of songs like “Ready for the World” and “Soul for Real.” He’s since released full-length debut Love Remains, a reimagined version entitled Just Once, and is on the cusp of releasing his sophomore follow-up in the fall. Support comes from My Body, a similarly sample-based local outfit with catchy electronic leanings and trip-hop beats. Tonight marks the quartet’s last Portland show before its upcoming move to New York. NILINA MASON-CAMPBELL. Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison St., 239-7639. 8:30 pm. $10. 21+.
Japanther, Show Me the Pink, Tiny Knives, The Pharmacy
[HAPPY-GO-PUNKY] Plan B will be full of good-natured moshing next Thursday. Japanther, which refers to itself as an art project as opposed to a band, is a fuzzed-out, highenergy punk outfit that’s as smart as it is sweaty. Hailing from Brooklyn, the group’s aesthetic fits very well in Portland with its DIY, all-media-inone approach. Locals Show Me the Pink will resurface from their intermittent hiatus to deliver a cheery, synth-driven and ’80s pop-tinged performance in support, and Tiny Knives, a spunky and tough trio of grrrls—also from Portland—will follow. Opening things up is the Pharmacy, a welltraveled group of three from Seattle that sounds like the Walkmen if they decided to play punk. NORA EILEEN JONES. Plan B, 1305 SE 8th Ave., 2309020. 8 pm. $6. 21+.
The One-Off: Sonnymoon, Jonti, Knxwledge, Doc Adam
[SPACE BASS] Chinatown’s Crown Room will bump royally to the FRSH SLCTS blog-curated One-Off. Ethereal, arty duo Sonnymoon plays with a live band (including sitar!) and features smoky vocals and sparse yet sophisticated arrangements. Australian oddball producer and electro artist Jonti— pay close attention, because he loves to sneak the bass in when you least expect it—is here to test the Portland waters before returning with Gotye in September. Knxwledge is set to deliver an unforgettable electro-jazz-hop set, full of the loveliest keyboard harmonies and deepest beats this side of the Pacific. This is not one to miss. NORA EILEEN JONES. The Crown Room, 205 NW 4th Ave., 503-222-6655. 9 pm. $5. 21+.
FRIDAY, JUNE 15 Dolly Parton Hoot Night
[HONKY-TONK ANGELS] Though the spring Billie Holiday tributes may attract a slightly higher-profile set of performers, the most beloved annual event benefiting newly designated nonprofit Siren Nation—a local women’s art organization raising funds for a November festival—has to be its summertime Dolly Parton cover cavalcades. This seventh Hoot Night showcase invites another enviable sampling of the sweethearts of Portland alt-country to tackle the erstwhile queen of country’s platinum songbook and breathe new life into a collection of richly crafted/too-oftenignored Nashville standards delineating the less glamorous delights and frustrations of American womanhood, as the assemblage of distinct vocal talents adds their own gritty (aggressive Americana chanteuse Sarah Gwen’s “Dumb Blonde”), soulful (acoustic singer-songwriter Laura Ivancie’s “Bubbling Over”), ruminative (indie folk troupe What Hearts’ “When Someone Wants to Leave”)
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GATES TO THE CITY AFTER YEARS OF WANDERING, REBECCA GATES RETURNS TO POP AND PORTLAND. BY MA R K B AU MGA RTEN
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“I was living in Rhode Island, at a friends’ house in the middle of the country. I was spending a lot of time at the ocean, in the morning and in the evening.” Rebecca Gates is explaining the origin of “Slowed Lowed Lowered,” the final track on her latest full-length, The Float. The album is her first release in more than 10 years. The song is a subtle anomaly, a quietly jarring moment on a record filled with the type of off-kilter and undeniable pop hooks that Gates crafted as the primary member of Sub Pop band the Spinanes throughout the ’90s. She recorded two acclaimed Spinanes records in Portland before moving to Chicago to record the band’s swan song, Arches and Aisles, and her 2001 solo debut, Ruby Series. Then she seemingly disappeared, leaving her recording career behind and escaping to the Eastern seaboard. “One of the reasons why I stopped playing music was because I had a few friends pass away in quick succession,” Gates says. “I was kind of reeling from that and lost my mooring a little bit. That song was something that I needed to make that was super fucked up, but also calming and meditating.” Over a consistent blipping electronic soundscape, Gates sings, in her distinctive smoky alto, “You can lose them any time,” before the song descends into an alternately soothing and discordant sound collage. It was written for friends long past, among them Gates’ fellow Portland songwriter, and sometimes collaborator, Elliott Smith, who died in 2003 of an apparent suicide. The sorrowful anger is still fresh due to the fact that Gates actually recorded the song in 2004. Built in a Chicago studio with pop experimentalist John McEntire, “Slowed Lowed Lowered” was the first of a long, uncharted writing and recording process with no clear ending. For the next six years, the unmoored musician shied away from pop music while establishing a new identity in the world of visual and audio arts, becoming a sought-after curator. “I definitely got to the point with music where I was kind of sick of myself,” Gates says on a rainy
afternoon in her Portland home. “It was nice to listen to other people and learn about other things. I spent 80 hours a week doing things that didn’t have anything to do with music. When I was out and about and someone might say, ‘Are you the woman who was in the Spinanes?’ But it wasn’t the same.” Still, Gates couldn’t resist making music. In those six years, she squirreled away song ideas and found time to escape to studios across the country. She recorded songs in six different locations, including Portland, Montreal and Dallas, with dozens of musicians and eight different engineers. Despite the fractured orchestra of players, the songs Gates created in those years had a consistent vision wielded by a confident conductor unafraid to make demands of her players. The new collaborations also allowed Gates to reimagine her established style. Star turns by the Cribs’ singer Gary Jarman on the first single, “&&&,” as well as Wild Flag keyboardist Rebecca Cole and Los Lobos horn player Steve Berlin on the funk-lite track “Lease and Flame,” expanded the possibilities of Gates’ pop songcraft, giving her inimitable vocals and simple, bright guitar lines new places to play. Three years ago, after wrapping up a gig curating a sound art installation in Marfa, Texas, Gates decided it was time to finish what she had started.
“I DEFINITELY GOT TO THE POINT WITH MUSIC WHERE I WAS KIND OF SICK OF MYSELF.” She drove to Portland, the city she had left in 1997, and entered the studio with Larry Crane, refreshing the songs of the past years with overdubs and mixing the album. Then something unexpected happened. She didn’t leave. “I had actually just planned on being in Portland for six months, and that was about three years ago,” she says. “I think one of the things that is important for me is that Portland is a very different town than it was when I left. I am kind of enamored with what is going on here, in terms of art and in terms of sustainability. And Portland allows me time to think and to work on a lot of different things. Things that, when I was in other cities, I didn’t necessarily have the energy for and when I was in Portland before I didn’t necessarily have the vocabulary for.” SEE IT: Rebecca Gates plays Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison St., on Wednesday, June 13, with Perhapst and Jon Raymond. 8:30 pm. $10. 21+. Willamette Week JUNE 13, 2012 wweek.com
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and altogether sweet (unDead roots rockers Old Light and 16-year-old Zoe Owen Finn’s “Jolene”) interpretations. JAY HORTON. Alberta Rose Theatre, 3000 NE Alberta St. 9 pm. $10 advance, $12 day of show. All ages (minors must be accompanied by a parent or guardian). See music calendar for full lineup.
Northwestern Black Circle Festival: Hirax, Witchaven, Wild Dogs, Fornicatorand more
[METAL FOR DAYS] Another year of the earth marching toward its inevitable demise, and another Northwestern Black Circle fest is upon us. Hirax returns to top the opening-night bill over SoCal thrash crew Witchaven and local undersung metal burnout heroes Wild Dogs. Relentless Swedish black-metal legend Marduk headlines Saturday night, raising the ante significantly higher this year. The final night shifts these dark proceedings from the hoary Bossanova Ballroom into the dungeon of Branx. Norway’s 1349 will rip through a professional blackmetal set and Satyricon’s drummer, Frost, will be the Satanic superstar in residence. It’s Atlanta’s Withered, though, that may be the real showstealer. Kudos to Ceremonial Castings for sinking so much effort into this annual festival and the local “true” underground metal scene. NATHAN CARSON. Bossanova Ballroom, 722 E Burnside St., 2067630. 5:30 pm. $15 advance, $18 day of show. All ages.
Unknown Hinson
[COSTUMED COUNTRY] Unknown Hinson is quite a character. A cartoon character, even. No, seriously: He’s mostly known for being the voice of Early Cuyler, the patriarch of a family of redneck cephalopods on the Adult Swim program Squidbillies. Even in the flesh, the dude is best described as a cartoon. He performs his rollicking psychobilly while dressed like a reanimated, vampiric Johnny Cash, sporting sideburns, rodeo duds and a significant widow’s peak. His government name is Stuart Daniel Baker, and the whole persona is a send-up of classic country artists, but the guy’s got serious chops to go along with his wicked sense of humor and dedication to character. Call him Unknown, call him Hinson, even call him Early. Just don’t call him Danny. He won’t know who you’re talking about. MATTHEW SINGER. Hawthorne Theatre, 3862 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 233-7100. 8 pm. $18 advance, $20 day of show.
Boo Frog, Iron Lords, Saint Jack’s Parade
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[THROWBACK GARAGE ROCK] Initially formed as part of a one-off tribute to the Cramps, local quartet Boo Frog has developed its own repertoire of grungy rock ’n’ roll. From co-frontman Chris Newman with his storied history in Northwest music all the way to the group’s barelyof-drinking-age organist, the mix of generations makes for an interesting lineup that harks back to an era long gone. Boo Frog’s psychedelic guitar chords and lyrics couldn’t find a more perfect home than a dark, down-to-earth dive bar like Kenton Club to wave its garage-rock flag from. NILINA MASON-CAMPBELL. Kenton Club, 2025 N Kilpatrick St., 285-3718. 9 pm. Free. 21+.
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See album review, page 37. Mississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi Ave., 288-3895. 9 pm. $8 advance, $10 day of show. 21+.
Rose Bent, The Love Loungers
[HOMETOWN HIP-HOP] Portland needs Rose Bent. In a city where female MCs are all too rare, J-Kronic, Lady Trinity and Rose City MissChief are doing their best to build a matriarchal empire. While the trio’s live shows are the most convincing evidence that this is possible—they have choreographed dance moves!— new DJ Sneakers-produced mixtape Crimson Rose does a pretty good
CAPTURED BY PORCHES: Raina Rose plays Alberta Street Public House on Saturday, June 16. job of showcasing these MCs’ skill set. Most striking here are the Weird Al-style send-ups—”P.S.A.” is a riff off Kanye’s “Gold Digger” that questions the enterprise of prostitution (“I wonder all the old hos go/ Do they have a special retirement home?”) and “Down on Me” is a cunnilingus-themed version of Jeremih’s song of the same name— but Rose Bent’s more earnest fare, such as the half-sung “Dead Ringer” and the braggadocio-packed “Flow So Hard,” are just as encouraging. I am thrilled to hear what Rose Bent can accomplish when matched with strong original production. That day should come soon. CASEY JARMAN. Mount Tabor Theater, 4811 SE Hawthorne Blvd. 8 pm. $8. 21+.
Eidolons, Westerlies
[ROCK] Eidolons spent the majority of its first two EPs (Eidolons and Wolf Den, both released last year) paring the fat from its laconic, guitar-based influences. China, which the band is marketing as a 10-track EP, represents a step forward for the local quartet: It combines its combating preferences for freak folk, slacker rock and alt-country into a beast more distinctly of its own making. Dan Byers’ whispered vocals unite the album, and though the loose jamming that defined Eidolons’ earlier efforts makes a return visit here, the group has developed a talent for abbreviation. Bands of greater ambition and intensity might haunt the Portland wilderness, but you’d be hard pressed to find a group able to match Eidolons’ refined sense of its own style. SHANE DANAHER. SoHiTek Records, 625 NW Everett St., Suite 102. 8 pm. $3-$5. All ages.
SATURDAY, JUNE 16 Raina Rose
[SINGER-SONGWRITER] Raina Rose does not front. None of those affected little-girl mannerisms or growly-throated blues tics mar her sturdy, elastic singing. Her lyrics are direct and plainspoken, though penned with a poet’s ear. She’s not afraid to be herself onstage—goofy, unpretentious and real. Of all the local folkies I’ve watched blossom over the past decade and a half, she’s the one who seems to have maintained the clearest-eyed trajectory toward broader acclaim, decamping to Austin when she felt it was time to spread her wings beyond Stumptown. Rose is a dedicated road warrior whose occasional hometown visits are welcomed by a loyal and still-expanding following. One of these days, she may well headline on bigger stages; meanwhile, she’s sure to make the most of this intimate space. JEFF ROSENBERG. Alberta Street Public House, 1036 NE Alberta St., 2847665. 7 pm. Cover. 21+.
Northwestern Black Circle Festival: Marduk, 1349, Withered, Weapon and more
See Friday listing. Bossanova
Ballroom, 722 E Burnside St., 2067630. 5:30 pm. $20 advance, $22 day of show. All ages.
Dandy Warhols, Sleepy Sun, 1776
[BIG IN WOOLLOOMOOLOO] The Dandy Warhols are huge in my native Australia. I still remember the first time I saw “Every Day Should be a Holiday” on Saturday morning Australian TV—and I remember the kids at my elementary school giggled that “the girl showed her tits” during live shows shows. The Internet confirms for me that every one of the Dandys’ albums charted better in Oz than in any other country (except Welcome to the Monkey House—the Norwegians just fucking loved that). For this I can offer no explanation. But judging by the band’s new disc, This Machine— which all Australian DJs are required to own by federal law—both haters in Portland and lovers in Australia have it a little bit wrong. While none of the other 10 tracks are in danger of blowing minds on either side of the Pacific, the band still works its own distinctive blend of psychedelia, ’80s synth, pop and gravely garage rock nicely. Tonight, the Dandy Warhols will play to a few hundred Portlanders while many more turn up their noses. In November, it will play to an audience of several thousand in my home town, at least half of whom will be drunk bogans screaming “Play ‘Bohemian’!” every time the band attempts a newer song. Both will miss out. RUTH BROWN. Doug Fir Lounge, 830 E Burnside St. 9 pm. $25. 21+.
Municipal Waste, 3 Inches of Blood, Black Tusk, Gladius
[THRASH METAL] Metal is a genre that loves to recycle past variants on its core bludgeoning sound. One of the most beloved offshoots is the punk-inspired blast known as thrash metal. Old warhorses like Anthrax and Exodus are still kicking out some tasty jams, but it is the young bucks like Virginia’s Municipal Waste that fuel the slam dance-friendly fires with wit and vigor. The quartet’s latest album, The Fatal Feast, is a ridiculously fun listen that sticks to the core subject matter of any thrash band: anti-religious-right anthems, odes to drunken stupidity, and songs about zombies. ROBERT HAM. Hawthorne Theatre, 3862 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 233-7100. 8 pm. $13 advance, $15 day of show. All ages.
Larry Yes and the Tangled Mess, Toussaint Perrault, Mangas
[FREAK POP] Larry Yes has been slept on too long. The Portland singer-songwriter, performing recently with his band, the Tangled Mess, is a somewhat eccentric frontman who combines a rare gift for musical humor (think of Jonathan Richman and Bobby Bare Jr.) with guitar chops and style to spare. Though Yes has been recording since the mid-’90s, he’s rarely heralded in a folk-pop scene that could learn much from
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[FOLK PUNK] The stats on local folkpunk duo Destroy Nate Allen are daunting and damn near exhausting even to contemplate: Married partners-in-pop Nate and Tessa Allen have played approximately 700 shows since 2006; they have blessed 48 states of our great nation with their exuberant live presence; they tour at least 12 weeks out of the year; and in their time on the road together, the Allens have splurged on the comfort of a hotel room only six times. That adds up to a whole lot of time rolling through frequently dull stretches of the American landscape in a van, but Destroy Nate Allen has learned how to put its countless driving hours to good use. The band’s boisterous new album, With Our Powers Combined, which finds the traditionally spare, acoustic arrangements of DNA embellished by a small cadre of Bay Area skapunk vets, was conceived and written while on tour last year. “We’d sit there and write songs for six hours, then get to the show and play and do it again,” Nate explains. “We did it for two months straight. It was totally insane.” The nature of such a cramped arrangement might cause tension at times, but any van-bound spats over a new song’s direction dissipate when Destroy Nate Allen takes the stage. “I have a song called ‘Asshole’ I play when I’ve been a jerk,” Nate says. “If I’ve been a jerk during the day, I’ll play that song to start our set. It’s exactly what it sounds like. It’s a song about being an asshole, and how I’m apologizing for it because it’s not cool.” Don’t mistake this kind of public earnestness for unwitting naiveté, though. The Destroy Nate Allen live experience is nothing if not deliberate theater, for Nate and Tessa know from showmanship, and Nate owns up to the three-ring aspect of performance: “We’ve pretty much taken every cue from rock ’n’ roll, from power slides to crowd surfing to big, dynamic moments at the end of the show.” With Our Powers Combined represents an attempt to channel the campy energy of the band’s road-tested live show into a carnivalesque romp replete with drums, horns, electric guitars and keyboards. While the folky focus on day-to-day travails continues to inform DNA’s lyrics, Nate’s professed desire to “turn sad moments into happy songs” seems finally to have been fully realized in recorded form, with the Allens sharing vocal duties over a gleeful hybrid of ska, folk, pop and punk. Nate says the band will take a much-needed break after its upcoming six-month tour. “We want to find a place to live where we can be for a couple years. We’re gonna slow down,” he says, before reeling off details about two upcoming records and plans for tinkering with solo songs that don’t jibe with Destroy Nate Allen’s party mode. A more settled future for the Allens, then, but certainly not a quiet one. CHRIS STAMM. SEE IT: Destroy Nate Allen plays the Southeast Eagles Lodge, 4904 SE Hawthorne Blvd., on Saturday, June 16, with Ether Circus, Insomniac Folklore, McDougall and Gamblers Die Broke. 7 pm. $5. All ages.
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him. New disc The Next Wave of OMNIGALACTIC PEACE WARRIORS isn’t quite as weird as it sounds— despite departures into Dixieland jazz and blistering psych rock—but it is a very well-crafted outing from a guy to whom you should finally lend your ears. CASEY JARMAN. Kenton Club, 2025 N Kilpartrick St. 9 pm. Free. 21+.
Collective Soul
[SOUL’D OUT] Sometimes, looking back at maligned bands, you find nuance you missed when they were making the radio rounds, which Collective Soul did throughout the ’90s with hits like “Shine,” “Gel,” “The World I Know” and “Heavy”— tunes that propelled the Georgia quartet to nearly 8 million sales. So has time helped us to hear Collective Soul with more sympathetic ears? Nope. The grungy riffs remain as forced as Ed Roland’s Eddie Vedder-meets-Batman vocals, the symphonics still ape R.E.M., and the “whoooah” and “yeah” choruses are still lazy. Collective Soul is the most generic band of the grunge era…the Nickelback of its time in terms of the inexplicable qualityto-sales ratio. AP KRYZA. Roseland Theater, 8 NW 6th Ave., 224-2038. 9 pm. $28-$40. 21+.
Ghana Clean Water Benefit: Ubunku Project PDX, Chata Addy, Neighbors
[WORLDBEAT] When your last name’s Addy, you’re kind of required to bring the thunder on the worldbeat stage, and Ghana nativeturned-Portlander Chata Addy does just that, conducting an army of percussionists rocking traditional drums alongside a full horn section for the kinds of peppy, upbeat, billingual songs that became a staple of Paul Simon’s oeuvre when he aped similar soulful rhythms for Graceland. Addy’s lending his name to Ubunku Project PDX’s Ghana Clean Water benefit alongside Neighbors, bringing a much-loved homeland sound to a very worthy cause. AP KRYZA. Tonic Lounge, 3100 NE Sandy Blvd., 238-0543. 9 pm. Cover. 21+.
The D’s, Galen Fous Collective
[QUIET GUITAR STORM] Galen Fous is one of those musicians who quietly flies below the radar in Portland. The master guitarist is most often seen providing a backdrop of quiet melodies at events and wine and coffee bars. But listen closely to what Fous plays and you’ll hear a vast network of influences coming to bear through his finger-picked style. There’s a touch of Pat Metheny’s fusion lyricism, some Fahey-style folk, and even a bit of post-punkish tonality reminiscent of artists like the Durutti Column and early Everything But the Girl. Fous performs tonight with a backing band that features percussion, bass and woodwinds. ROBERT HAM. Vino Vixens Wine Shop & Bar, 2929 SE Powell Blvd., 231-8466. 8 pm. $5. 21+.
SUNDAY, JUNE 17 Northwestern Black Circle Festival: Ceremonial Castings, Chasma, Tormentium, Stonehaven, Azathoth and more
See Friday’s Bossanova Ballroom listing. Branx, 320 SE 2nd Ave., 2345683. 5:30 pm. $8. All ages.
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Jail Weddings, Father Figure
[BAND CAMP] It may be, as Susan Sontag once wrote, that “to talk about Camp is to betray it,” but there’s no more apt descriptor for Los Angeles’ Jail Weddings than “campy.” It’s funny: The ninepiece “rock-’n’-soul revue,” which has one full-length to its name and released an EP follow-up last month, draws from the same source of ’60s pop melodrama as fellow Californians Girls, but where that group somehow succeeds in coming up with true pathos, Jail Weddings gets a bucket o’ schmaltz. That’s not to say the band’s showy songs, fea-
RHYTHM ACE: Jonti plays the Crown Room on Thursday, June 14. turing strings, horns, back-up vocals and, in the spotlight, lead singer Gabriel Hart’s mock-deep voice, aren’t a pleasure to listen to. After all—Susan, take it away—“Camp taste is, above all, a mode of enjoyment, of appreciation—not judgment. What it does is to find the success in certain passionate failures.” JONATHAN FROCHTZWAJG. Rontoms, 600 E Burnside St., 2364536. 9 pm. Free. 21+.
The Temper Trap, Crocodiles
[HUGE POWER POP] The Temper Trap was everywhere when “Sweet Disposition” became one of those ballads that appeared in way too many TV commercials. The track, from the Melbourne group’s 2009 album, Conditions, gained attention after being featured in the movie 500 Days of Summer and helped the group grow legs in a scene spearheaded by the XX and Passion Pit. This year marks the outfit’s selftitled sophomore release, which doesn’t stray far from the last one, with its hollow sound and theatrical vocals. “London’s Burning” stands out by featuring audio from news clips aired during last summer’s looting and rioting in London, giving it a chilling start, and “This Isn’t Happiness” has the familiar rapid drum beat and calculated vocals that are a signature of Temper Trap’s sound. Tonight’s show with Crocodiles is gonna be one helluva dance-off, pitting clean-cut choruses against lo-fi fuzz and ethereal harmonies back to back with screechy noise pop. NIKKI VOLPICELLI. Roseland Theater, 8 NW 6th Ave., 224-2038. 8 pm. $25-$35. All ages.
MONDAY, JUNE 18 The Disliked, Michael Dean Damron, Burn the Stage
[THE LAST RUDE BOYS STANDING] Ska is dead, but don’t tell the Disliked. Unashamedly referencing ’90s skacore heroes Goldfinger, Less Than Jake and the Suicide Machines, the Portland band’s songs are blitzes of frantically up-stroked guitar and shouted vocals. Some might call the whole style outdated, but you’ve got to hand it to any band that has completely ignored trends and continued playing the music it loves long after it’s gone out of style. Besides, a nostalgic Third Wave ska revival has to be just around the corner, right? And when that time comes, the Disliked will certainly reap the benefits. Speaking of benefits, this show is a benefit for the local charity Rock for a Reason. MATTHEW SINGER. Doug Fir Lounge, 830 E Burnside St., 2319663. 8 pm. $5.
Oren Ambarchi, Mamiffer, Daniel Menche
[EXPERIMENTAL] Oren Ambarchi is an experimental musician from Sydney, Australia. Originally a freejazz drummer in the ’80s, he began hitting a guitar’s strings with sticks and took to the instrument. Since his abstract sound debut album in
1999, Ambarchi has released dozens of further explorations, lately with artists like Sunn 0))) and Boris. On this year’s Audience of One, the listener is encouraged to spend personal time with Ambarchi in a mode that is far more structured, melodic and collaborative than expected. Further enriching this evening is Washington duo Mamiffer (Faith Coloccia and her partner, Aaron Turner of Isis). Daniel Menche kicks things off with his endearing ADD-riddled debonair-caveman noise routine. NATHAN CARSON. Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison St., 2397639. 8:30 pm. $7. 21+.
TUESDAY, JUNE 19 River City Extension, The Drowning Men
[DANGER FOLK] Though he has yet to enjoy the enigmatic renown of Oberst, McCauly or Sheff, you could nonetheless make a solid case that River City Extension’s Joe Michelini is one of the nation’s most ambitious practitioners of folk songwriting. River City Extension, which hails from New Jersey, arranges Michelini’s songs into eight-piece squalls of folk iconoclasm. Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Your Anger, released last week, makes frequent room for metallic bedlam, percussive flourishes and throat-searing lyrical audacity. Michelini’s songwriting provides this sonic bric-abrac with enough enthusiasm to fuel several decent bands. Or, just one really good one. SHANE DANAHER. Backspace, 115 NW 5th Ave., 2482900. 8 pm. $13. All ages.
Graffiti6, Yuna
[NEO-SOUL] The London pop duo also known as Graffiti6 is essentially a boy band. Frontman Jamie Scott is a post-pubescent Bieber, rocking dog tags and hoodies and casting steely, self-important gazes like he’s the first to do it. And while the soul group’s mannerisms are exhausting and sappy, its sound provides some redemption. Full-length Colours offers enough grooving bass lines and vocal embellishment to appease the likes of likely role models Cee Lo Green or Fitz and the Tantrums. Just prepare your ears for a slough of screaming girls if you plan on going to this one. MARK STOCK. Doug Fir Lounge, 830 E Burnside St., 2319663. 9 pm. $12 advance, $13 day of show. 21+.
Lost Lockets, Thrones, Woolly Mammoth Comes to Dinner, DJ Jon-Ra
See album review, page 37. Rotture, 315 SE 3rd Ave., 234-5683. 9 pm. $5. 21+.
Mount Eerie, Key Losers
See profile, page 35. Valentine’s, 232 SW Ankeny St., 248-1600. 9 pm. $10. 21+.
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MOUNT EERIE TUESDAY, JUNE 19 [COUNTRY DARKNESS] It is not unusual for a Mount Eerie show to be booked thusly: “A kid in a small town in Wisconsin or whatever will write and want me to come there,” the band’s sole static member, Phil Elverum, says over the phone from his native Anacortes, Wash. “And I’ll write back and say, ‘OK, where do shows happen? Have you ever set one up? Let’s figure this out: Go to the library and see if they’ll rent out a room to you or something.’ That’s how I wind up playing in these unusual places.” Rock clubs have never been Elverum’s thing. Playing them, as Elverum did on Mount Eerie’s recent tour of Europe in support of Seattle drone-metal outfit Earth, is “like staying at chain hotels,” he says. “You know what you’re gonna get and it works. Some of those places were magical, but for the most part, rock clubs around the world are pretty standardized.” Mount Eerie’s visit to Portland this week is anything but standard. First, the band—the current Mount Eerie lineup is composed of “young people from Anacortes,” and in an unusual move for Elverum, the group is practicing new material before hitting the road—will break in a brand-new, 50-capacity all-ages stage attached to the Common Grounds Coffee House on Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard for two already sold-out shows. The next night, the band will play the equally tiny downtown bar Valentine’s, with concertgoers fogging up the club’s windows and almost certainly spilling out into the alley on Southwest Ankeny Street. The day may come soon when Elverum’s growing popularity demands more traditional bookings. Though a respected staple of Northwest underground music since the mid-’90s—Mount Eerie’s previous incarnation, the Microphones, was a shining light of Calvin Johnson’s Olympia-based K Records—Mount Eerie’s 2009 effort, Wind’s Poem, attracted Elverum a new level of attention. That LP, beautifully hand-packaged and inspired by black metal and the coastal Washington landscape, garnered Mount Eerie considerable praise and raised expectations for Elverum’s follow-up. In many ways, last month’s Clear Moon (the first part of a two-album set) exceeds those expectations—it’s a gentle, masterfully constructed album that is mesmerizing where it’s not downright trance-inducing—but it will be a curve ball for fans of the project’s heavier recent work. The through line is Elverum’s naturalist lyricism, which is often misconstrued as something witchy or New Age. In Clear Moon’s opening track, “Through the Trees Pt. 2,” Elverum explains in blunt terms that he’s not some mystic. “I know there’s no other world,” he sings. “Mountains and websites.” Elverum says he used the song—as he often does with opening tracks—as a way “to set the scene for the more ambiguous stuff that comes later.” That ambiguous, natural-world stuff, though, is what he loves writing most. “It’s what I’m into,” he says of Anacortes, the small town he loved even as a teenager, when the kids around him were itching to leave. “I live in this town, and it’s beautiful. I don’t actually go into the forest that frequently, but it’s what’s on my mind.” Whether he’s playing a library in Wisconsin or a coffee shop in Portland, Elverum always seems to bring Anacortes—or his version of it, anyway—into the room. “I’m just grateful that people keep inviting me,” he says. CASEY JARMAN.
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Phil Elverum tries to demystify his image while making the best music of his life.
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LOST LOCKETS LOVE NOT FEAR (COCHON RECORDS) [SIREN SONGS] After several years in the making, the surrealist pop duo Lost Lockets has finally immortalized a collection of its finest tunes to wax. It’s never been easy to describe Lost Lockets, in part because of the heavy performance art/burlesque nature of the group’s shows. But albums strip away the parlour magic and the plastic flowers and dance routines, leaving the listener to use his or her imagination in conjunction with the music. Love Not Fear comprises eight songs, just shy of 30 minutes. The through line on this album is Kaetlin Kennedy’s sultry, soulful voice, often used to gospel effect. Her fingers dance on the Wurlitzer for the benefit of kites and sensitive humans alike. As always, her perfect vocal and instrumental foil is found in Fiona Petra, who provides harmonies, squeals, screams and lovely violin throughout the album. Together, the Lost Lockets channel David Lynch’s vibe and themes. “Love Not Fear” is a Twin Peaks quote, and side two of the album kicks off with a song called—drumroll please— “Twin Peaks,” which coasts on a misty bed of strings and piano. The rest of the record shimmies and waltzes, lithely escaping like two little Houdinis from Portland’s normal rock and indie shackles. Other moods and outer limits abound. “Love You Save” is perfect for sipping mint juleps on a summer evening. There are strains of The Virgin Suicides soundtrack, modern classical string arrangements that would tickle George Martin, and plenty of haunting romantic notions. Lost Lockets lie somewhere between Mothra’s tiny Shobijin girls and a ’50s girl group that got lost in The Twilight Zone. Fans of Nick Cave, murder ballads, Kate Bush, the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack, gospel hymns and midgets talking backward would do well to keep these Lockets close to their breasts and hearts. NATHAN CARSON.
KAIA TWO ADULT WOMEN IN LOVE (JEALOUS BUTCHER) [SINGER-SONGWRITER] Few solo artists can mesmerize a room the way Kaia Wilson does. There’s no one reason for this. Despite making music for the past two decades, Wilson retains a nervous energy onstage that endears her to audiences. She’s also kind of a heartthrob. And, perhaps most important, even as the ex-Team Dreschie’s songs grow more refined and mature—something Two Adult Women in Love evidences—Wilson keeps her heart on her sleeve, for graceful or for awkward, in every one of them. So her concerts are, invariably, singalong affairs. Two Adult Women in Love is a singalong, too. Most of its 14 tracks find Wilson singing with herself, Elliott Smith-style, over acoustic guitars, distant pedal steels and a sparse campfire rhythm section held down by old Team Dresch bandmates Jody Bleyle and Marci Martinez. When songs get extra Girl Scouty—as on “The Rogue,” a particularly hummable song about “the amazing sea turtle”—an in-studio choir is collected. The album title may read politically while gay marriage dominates headlines, but the collection is universal: When she’s not singing about animals or mountains, Wilson is giving air to her insecurities and innermost thoughts. On “When My Hair Was Long,” Wilson is at her most relatable: “Remember those times we fought like elk in rut/ Remember those times when you stole the breath from my gut/ Remember how hard we loved and how hard we hurt/ It’s been four years, I’m still sleeping in your shirt.” Sometimes Wilson is best when she’s elusive. “Ice Lake” is a rather inscrutable fist-pumping punk song in the guise of a breathless acoustic ballad. It reaches its emotional plateau with an utterly personal couplet: “These are the ones we’re drawn to/ Melodies and the sand dunes.” That Wilson successfully closes her album with “Beholden,” a duet with a dog, should explain just how able a songwriter she has become—and also how much fans like me are willing to trust her. CASEY JARMAN. SEE IT: Kaia Wilson plays Mississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi Ave., on Friday, June 15. 9 pm. $8 advance, $10 day of show. 21+. Lost Lockets play Rotture, 315 SE 3rd Ave., on Tuesday, June 19. 9 pm. $5. 21+. See listings for show details. Willamette Week JUNE 13, 2012 wweek.com
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WED. JUNE 13 Al’s Den at the Crystal Hotel
303 SW 12th Ave. Box Set Duo, Duover
Aladdin Theater
3017 SE Milwaukie Ave. Storm Large
Alberta Street Public House 1036 NE Alberta St. Open Mic
Andina
1314 NW Glisan St. Toshi Onizuka
Beaterville Cafe
2201 N Killingsworth St. James Faretheewell
Biddy McGraw’s
6000 NE Glisan St. Half Step Shy
Branx
320 SE 2nd Ave. Death by Stereo, Ninja, Living with Lions, Three Round Burst, She Preaches Mayhem
Camellia Lounge
510 NW 11th Ave. Jazz Jam with Errick Lewis & the Regiment House Band
Dante’s
350 W Burnside St. Mickey Avalon, Millionaires, Jinx
Doug Fir Lounge 830 E Burnside St. Neon Hymns
Duff’s Garage
1635 SE 7th Ave. Suburban Slim’s Blues Jam (9:30 pm); High Flyer Trio (6 pm)
East Burn
Mississippi Pizza
Ella Street Social Club
Mississippi Studios
821 SW 11th Ave. Josh Feinberg
3552 N Mississippi Ave. Mr. Hoo (kids’ show)
714 SW 20th Place Blake Mackey, Anne Marseau, Chairs Project
Goodfoot Lounge
3939 N Mississippi Ave. Sarah Jaffe, Secret Colours, Ryan Stively
Palace of Industry
2845 SE Stark St. Trio Subtonic, Pocket
5426 N Gay Ave. Flat Rock String Band
Hawthorne Theatre
3862 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Vicci Martinez, Ian James
Holocene
1001 SE Morrison St. Rebecca Gates, Perhapst, Jon Raymond
Ivories Jazz Lounge and Restaurant
1435 NW Flanders St. Mitzi Zilka (7:30 pm); Jim Templeton (5 pm)
Jimmy Mak’s
221 NW 10th Ave. The Mel Brown Quartet, The Mt. View High School Jazz Band
Kelly’s Olympian
426 SW Washington St. Serge Severe, Load B, Chill Crew
Ladd’s Inn
1204 SE Clay St. Lynn Conover
Landmark Saloon
4847 SE Division St. Jake Ray and the Cowdogs (9:30 pm); Bob Shoemaker (6 pm)
Plan B
1305 SE 8th Ave. Burst Suppression, Sioux Falls, On Holiday
1028 SE Water Ave. Lemonade, Le1f
Al’s Den at the Crystal Hotel
303 SW 12th Ave. Box Set Duo, Ryan Sollee
Aladdin Theater
3017 SE Milwaukie Ave. Geoff Tate
Jimmy Mak’s
Camellia Lounge
221 NW 10th Ave. The Mel Brown B3 Organ Group
Chapel Pub
Kelly’s Olympian
510 NW 11th Ave. Upper Left Trio
430 N Killingsworth St. Chris Phillips
Clyde’s Prime Rib
5474 NE Sandy Blvd. Mesi & Bradley
Corkscrew Wine Bar
THURS. JUNE 14
1435 NW Flanders St. Frank Tribble Trio
1669 SE Bybee Blvd. Counterfeit Cash
Dante’s
350 W Burnside St. No More Parachutes, Xander Deveaux, MC Jimmy Newstetter
Doug Fir Lounge
426 SW Washington St. Queued Up, Three Four Teens, Pataha Hiss
2958 NE Glisan St. Payne & Money, The Nutmeggers (9:30 pm); Lewi Longmire Band (6 pm)
Mississippi Pizza
2016 NE Sandy Blvd. The Fenix Project Blues Jam
Andina
1800 E Burnside St. Stefan Andrews
The Know
Andrea’s Cha Cha Club
125 NW 5th Ave. The Modern Golem
The Blue Diamond
2026 NE Alberta St. Hoax, Bi-Marks, Deras Krig
Tony Starlight’s
3728 NE Sandy Blvd. Gary Smith’s Mardi Gras All-Stars
Touché Restaurant and Billiards 1425 NW Glisan St. Nancy King
Valentine’s
LaurelThirst
White Eagle Saloon 836 N Russell St. World’s Finest, Device Grips
1314 NW Glisan St. Greg Wolfe Trio 832 SE Grand Ave. Pilon D’Azucar Salsa Band
Artichoke Community Music 3130A SE Hawthorne Blvd. Acoustic Village
Beaterville Cafe
2201 N Killingsworth St. Kat Jones
Biddy McGraw’s
6000 NE Glisan St. Vanport Drifters
Brasserie Montmartre 626 SW Park Ave. John “JB” Butler & Al Craido
Buffalo Gap Saloon
6835 SW Macadam Ave.
East Burn
East End
203 SE Grand Ave. Hazzard’s Cure, Badr Dogu, Murderess, Night Nurse
Ella Street Social Club
714 SW 20th Place Ethernet, Alexander Trust, Christ vs. Krishna, Jatun
Goodfoot Lounge
3939 N Mississippi Ave. Will West & the Friendly Strangers, The Druthers, DJ Atom13
Original Halibut’s II 2527 NE Alberta St. Terry Robb
Plan B
1305 SE 8th Ave. Japanther, Show Me the Pink, Tiny Knives, The Pharmacy
Record Room
8 NE Killingsworth St. Memory Boys, Fingers of the Son, New Century Schoolbook
2845 SE Stark St. The Way Downs, Erotic City
Secret Society Lounge
Hawthorne Theatre
Sellwood Public House
3862 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Joe Sib, Sean Jordan, Rendered Useless, Ninjas with Syringes, Lost City
Holocene
1001 SE Morrison St. How to Dress Well, My Body, Babe Rainbow
Boom Bap!
4830 NE 42nd Ave. The Brazz Band
Star Theater
13 NW 6th Ave. Darkdriveclinic, Wussy
The Blue Diamond
2016 NE Sandy Blvd. The Tom Grant Jazz Jam
205 NW 4th Ave. The One-Off: Sonnymoon, Jonti, Knxwledge, Doc Adam
Mississippi Studios
1635 SE 7th Ave. Backstreet Blues Boys (late show); Tough Lovepyle (6 pm)
Spare Room
LaurelThirst
Duff’s Garage
Someday Lounge
Bipartisan Cafe
The Blue Monk
2025 N Kilpatrick St. The Dirty Words, Sola Super, Curious Hands
1036 NE Alberta St. Ashley Brooke Toussant, Laura Ivancie, Stephanie Scelza (9:30 pm); Jane Kramer, Katie Roberts (6:30 pm)
8 NE Killingsworth St. Sad Horse, Needlecraft, Woolen Men
Alberta Street Public House
The My Oh Mys, Redray Frazier, Jaycob Van Auken
Kenton Club
3552 N Mississippi Ave. Renato Perada (9 pm); Mo Phillips with Johnny & Jason (6 pm)
232 SW Ankeny St. Virgin Blood, Sean Pierce Sumler, Angelo Harmsworth, Good Amount
2958 NE Glisan St. Shiner, Father Figure, Catholic School (9 pm); Counterfeit Cash (6 pm)
800 NW 6th Ave. Ron Steen Trio with John Gilmore
Bunk Bar
Ivories Jazz Lounge and Restaurant
830 E Burnside St. Brownish Black, The Satin Chaps, DJ Drew Groove
Record Room
12 NE 10th Ave. Flight 19, Hammer Foot, T Rex Files
Laughing Horse Books
Wilfs Restaurant and Bar
Rocktown PDX, Chris Margolin
116 NE Russell St. Jaime Leopold
8132 SE 13th Ave. Open Mic
Slabtown
1033 NW 16th Ave. Waver Clamor Bellow, Gresham Transit Center
Someday Lounge 125 NW 5th Ave.
3341 SE Belmont St. Alan Jones Jam
The Crown Room
The Know
2026 NE Alberta St. Eternal Tapestry, Blood Beach, Swahili
Tiger Bar
317 NW Broadway Karaoke from Hell
Tonic Lounge
3100 NE Sandy Blvd. Random Axe, Yo Adrian
Tony Starlight’s
3728 NE Sandy Blvd. Cabaret Chanteuse
Valentine’s
640 SE Stark St. Lunge, Young Dad, Timmy the Terror and the Winter Coats
Bossanova Ballroom
722 E Burnside St. Northwestern Black Circle Festival: Hirax, Witchaven, Wild Dogs, Fornicator, Motorthrone, Scorched Earth, Cemetery Lust, The Labyrinth and the Desert, Aethyrium
Brasserie Montmartre 626 SW Park Ave. Gary Hobbs Trio
Buffalo Gap Saloon
6835 SW Macadam Ave. The Sale
Bunk Bar
1028 SE Water Ave. The Life and Times, Ume
Camellia Lounge 510 NW 11th Ave. Randy Porter
Clyde’s Prime Rib
5474 NE Sandy Blvd. Ocean 503
Doug Fir Lounge
830 E Burnside St. Guy Dilly & the Twin Powers, Frame by Frame, Forgotten Charity
White Eagle Saloon
Duff’s Garage
836 N Russell St. Hivemind (8:30 pm); Kory Quinn (5:30 pm)
Wilfs Restaurant and Bar 800 NW 6th Ave. Mike & Haley Horsfall
Wonder Ballroom
128 NE Russell St. Tribal Seeds, Through the Roots, Outpost
FRI. JUNE 15 Al’s Den at the Crystal Hotel 303 SW 12th Ave. Jonny & Pierre, Box Set Duo
Alberta Rose Theatre
Alberta Street Public House 1036 NE Alberta St. Gregory Rawlins, Mike Surber, James Kindle (9:30 pm); Mikey’s Irish Jam (6:30 pm)
Andina
1314 NW Glisan St. Pete Krebs Trio
Artichoke Community Music
3130A SE Hawthorne Blvd. Friday Night Coffeehouse
Ash Street Saloon 225 SW Ash St. Iceland
Backspace
115 NW 5th Ave. Stumblebum, Growler
Beaterville Cafe
2201 N Killingsworth St. Camping in a Cadillac
Biddy McGraw’s
BUSINESS CASUAL: Rodney Crowell and Mary Karr play the Aladdin Theater on Sunday, June 17.
7901 SE Stark St. Stomptowners
232 SW Ankeny St. Jarad Miles in Ancient Wave, On the Stairs
3000 NE Alberta St. Katie Sawicki and the Cabin Project, Led to Sea, Megan Spear, What Hearts, Kelly Ann Masigat, Sarah Gwen, Rachel Robinson, Huck Notari, Naomi LaViolette, Tin Silver, Leslie Beia, Old Light with Zoe Owen Finn, Ruby Feathers, Laura Ivancie, Danielle Fish (Dolly Parton tribute and Siren Nation Fest benefit)
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1800 E Burnside St. Irish Music Jam
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6000 NE Glisan St. Counterfeit Cash (9:30 pm); Lynn Connover (6 pm)
1635 SE 7th Ave. The Strange Tones (late show); The Hamdogs (5 pm)
East Burn
1800 E Burnside St. Hot Tea Cold
Ella Street Social Club
714 SW 20th Place Carrie Clark & the Lonesome Lovers, Cedro Willie, Strangled Darlings
Gotham Tavern
2240 N Interstate Ave. Fez Fatale
Graeter Art Gallery
131 NW 2nd Ave. Mojave Bird, Ben Darwish
Hawthorne Theatre
3862 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Unknown Hinson
Island Mana Wines 526 SW Yamhill St. Joe Marquand
Ivories Jazz Lounge and Restaurant 1435 NW Flanders St. The Chuck Israels Orchestra (8 pm); Kit Taylor (5 pm)
Jimmy Mak’s
221 NW 10th Ave. FunBus!, The Paulice
Jubitz Truck Center
10210 N Vancouver Way Hard Money Saints, The Lovesores, Gun Room Melodies (car show)
Katie O’Briens
2809 NE Sandy Blvd. PDX Punk Rock Collective, The Food, Pitchfork Motorway, Erik Anarchy
Kelly’s Olympian
426 SW Washington St. Team Evil, Dubb Nubb, Burner Courage
Kenton Club
2025 N Kilpatrick St. Boo Frog, Iron Lords, Saint Jack’s Parade
LaurelThirst
2958 NE Glisan St. Lynn Conover & Gravel (9:30 pm); Sassparilla (6 pm)
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1635 SE 7th Ave. DK Stewart Sextet with the Soul Survivor Horns
Eagles Lodge, Southeast
4904 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Destroy Nate Allen, Insomniac Folklore, McDougall, Gambler Die Broke, Ether Circus
East Burn
1800 E Burnside St. Daniel Robinson
East End
1332 W Burnside St. Ancient Heat, DJ Flight Risk (Donna Summer and Robin Gibb tribute)
Mississippi Pizza
3552 N Mississippi Ave. Hurqalya (9 pm); AnnaPaul & the Bearded Lady (6 pm)
Mississippi Studios
3939 N Mississippi Ave. Lovers, Kaia Wilson, Golden Bears
Mount Tabor Theater
4811 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Rose Bent, The Love Loungers
Nel Centro
1408 SW 6th Ave. Mike Pardew
Noho’s Hawaiian Cafe 4627 NE Fremont St. Hawaiian Music
Original Halibut’s II 2527 NE Alberta St. Kevin Selfe
Papa G’s Vegan Organic Deli
Forward, Napalm Raid, Terokal, Death Raid
The Waypost
3120 N Williams Ave. Tyler Fortier, Kory Quinn, Amanda Breese, Jenna Ellefson
The Whiskey Bar
31 NW 1st Ave. Fine Results: Crokoloco, Heatesca, Damon Malik Morris
Tiger Bar
317 NW Broadway Go Ballistic, The Shy Seasons, The Hardcount, The Koozies, Back Alley Barbers
Tonic Lounge
3100 NE Sandy Blvd. Jet Force Gemini, Ozrocket, Portico, Jonesmore, Enri C. Sifa, Lukeus, Radio Way, The Alphabetically
Tony Starlight’s
3728 NE Sandy Blvd. The Tony Starlight Show
Touché Restaurant and Billiards
2314 SE Division St. Forest Bloodgood
1425 NW Glisan St. Gaea Schell and Pete Petersen
Red Room
Trader Vic’s
2530 NE 82nd Ave. Jean Grey, Black Sheep Wall, Name, American Roulette, Livid Minds
Secret Society Lounge 116 NE Russell St. Shores of Astor, Trash Can Joe, Fever (9 pm); Lincoln’s Beard (6 pm)
Slabtown
1033 NW 16th Ave. Loose Values, The Hooded Hags, Wormbag
1203 NW Glisan St. John English (Frank Sinatra tribute)
White Eagle Saloon
836 N Russell St. Ryan Sollee, Lewi Longmire Band, Mike Midlo (9:30 pm); Reverb Brothers (5:30 pm)
Wilfs Restaurant and Bar 800 NW 6th Ave. Greta Matassa Quartet
SoHiTek Records
625 NW Everett St., Suite 102 Eidolons, Westerlies
Spare Room
4830 NE 42nd Ave. The Tosh Flynn Band
The Blue Diamond
2016 NE Sandy Blvd. Bolt Upright
The Know
2026 NE Alberta St.
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SAT. JUNE 16 Al’s Den at the Crystal Hotel 303 SW 12th Ave. Box Set Duo, Jenny Conlee
Alberta Street Public House
1036 NE Alberta St. David Rosales, Matt Danger (9:30 pm); Raina Rose (7 pm)
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Andina
1314 NW Glisan St. Toshi Onizuka Trio
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
1037 SW Broadway Portland Gay Men’s Chorus (The Beatles tribute)
Artichoke Community Music 3130A SE Hawthorne Blvd. Chris Kokesh and LJ Booth
Ash Street Saloon 225 SW Ash St. Stonecreep
Backspace
115 NW 5th Ave. Blacklights, Sundaze
Beaterville Cafe
2201 N Killingsworth St. Sam Densmore
Biddy McGraw’s
6000 NE Glisan St. Supervisor (9:30 pm); Brown Bear (6 pm)
Bossanova Ballroom
722 E Burnside St. Northwestern Black Circle Festival: Marduk, 1349, Withered, Weapon, Ceremonial Castings, Infernal Legion, Panzergod, Stonehaven, Cult of Unholy Shadows
Brasserie Montmartre 626 SW Park Ave. Gravy (9 pm); Tablao (5:30 pm)
Buffalo Gap Saloon
6835 SW Macadam Ave. Planet Krypton
Camellia Lounge 510 NW 11th Ave. Toque Libre
Clyde’s Prime Rib
5474 NE Sandy Blvd. Elite
Dante’s
350 W Burnside St. Monsters of Rock PDX2
Doug Fir Lounge
830 E Burnside St. Dandy Warhols, Sleepy Sun, 1776
Noho’s Hawaiian Cafe 4627 NE Fremont St. Hawaiian Music
Oaks Park
SE Spokane St. and SE Oaks Park Way Scandinavian Midsummer Festival: Catarina New Jazz Quartet, Fleming Behrend
Original Halibut’s II
Ella Street Social Club
8 NE Killingsworth St. FutureKill, Past Desires, Zotz
Foggy Notion
3416 N Lombard St. On the Stairs, When the Broken Bow, Casey Montgomery, The Chair Project
Fringe Vintage
1700 NW Marshall St. Lovers Drugs, Your Rival, Tiger House
Goodfoot Lounge 2845 SE Stark St. Joe Krown Trio
Hawthorne Theatre
3862 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Municipal Waste, 3 Inches of Blood, Black Tusk, Gladius
Ivories Jazz Lounge and Restaurant
1435 NW Flanders St. Tom Wakeling Quartet (8 pm); Laura Cunard (5 pm)
Jimmy Mak’s Lola’s Room at the Crystal Ballroom
1408 SW 6th Ave. Mike Pardew, Dave Captein & Randy Rollofson
203 SE Grand Ave. Ghost Animal, Grave Babies, Nightmare Fortress, Asss 714 SW 20th Place Mbrascatu, Vinny D, Sweet Rebel D
HTTP 404: “Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn’t here” reads the blank website of Mill Ends Tavern (833 SW Naito Parkway, 220-0800), a new downtown watering hole. The statement isn’t far off. On a recent Wednesday, a DJ languorously sets up as a handful of middle-aged drinkers sit sullenly at the bar. There’s an empty stage in back while some bros sit out front, strumming their acoustic guitars. Mill Ends offers a pedestrian selection on six taps, with familiar names like Widmer, Ninkasi and Coors. Pints and well drinks run about $5. The DJ was supposed to start at 9 pm, but at 10:30 he’s still setting up. The bros are still outside, gently strumming. Customers stare into their beers. This spot has housed two other bars in under a year, and I’d hoped Mill Ends might have something new to break the curse. File not found. JOHN LOCANTHI.
Nel Centro
221 NW 10th Ave. Michael Allen Harrison’s Superband, Naomi LaViolette
Jubitz Truck Center
10210 N Vancouver Way Big Sandy and the Fly Rite Boys, Honky Tonk Union, Counterfeit Cash, The Connections, No Tomorrow Boys, Lightnin’ JD O’Kelly, Screamin’ Lord Randal, Cherry City Deadbeats, Johnny Payola, Sarah Moon, Wandering Zero, Planet Crashers, DJ Uncle Midnight, DJ Finger Stranger (car show)
Katie O’Briens
2809 NE Sandy Blvd. Muddy River Nightmare Band, 48 Thrills, Burnside Heroes
Kelly’s Olympian
426 SW Washington St. Log Across the Washer, Fanno Creek, Eidolons
Kenton Club
2025 N Kilpatrick St. Larry Yess and the Tangled Mess, Toussaint Perrault, Mangas
LaurelThirst
2527 NE Alberta St. Jim Mesi
Record Room
Red Room
2530 NE 82nd Ave. She Preaches Mayhem, The Great Hiatum, Boston Rex, Stepper
Roseland Theater 8 NW 6th Ave. Collective Soul
Secret Society Lounge 116 NE Russell St. The Tezeta Band (9 pm); Dominic Castillo (6 pm)
Slabtown
1033 NW 16th Ave. The Decliners, The Underlings, Anxieties
Slim’s Cocktail Bar
8635 N Lombard St. No More Parachutes, Kaleido Skull, Mangled Bohemians
Someday Lounge
125 NW 5th Ave. Flavor of the Month
Spare Room
4830 NE 42nd Ave. Cool Breeze
TaborSpace
5441 SE Belmont St. Padam Padam
The Blue Diamond
2016 NE Sandy Blvd. Deep Blue Soul Revue
The Blue Monk
3341 SE Belmont St. Devin Phillips
The Know
2026 NE Alberta St. Resist, Appalachian Terror Unit, Wretched of the Earth
3552 N Mississippi Ave. Melao d’Cuba (9 pm); Level2 (6 pm)
Mississippi Studios
3939 N Mississippi Ave. Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Religious Girls, Hustle and Drone
Mount Tabor Theater
4811 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Jon Wayne and the Pain, Outpost
303 SW 12th Ave. Skip vonKuske
Aladdin Theater
3017 SE Milwaukie Ave. Rodney Crowell & Mary Karr with Steuart Smith
Andina
1314 NW Glisan St. Danny Romero Trio
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
1037 SW Broadway Tedeschi Trucks Band
Beaterville Cafe
2201 N Killingsworth St. Susie & the Sidecars
Biddy McGraw’s
6000 NE Glisan St. Felim Egan
Branx
320 SE 2nd Ave. Northwestern Black Circle Festival: Ceremonial Castings, Chasma, Tormentium, Stonehaven, Azathoth, Icon of Phobus, Hordes of Hate with Sein Und Zeit, Banishing, Sarcalogos, Psychosynapsis
Clyde’s Prime Rib
5474 NE Sandy Blvd. Ron Steen Jazz Jam
Doug Fir Lounge
830 E Burnside St. The Parlotones, Ryan Star, The Silent Comedy
East End
203 SE Grand Ave. Low Times, Eets Feats, Still Caves, Bath Party, Bad English
Ella Street Social Club 714 SW 20th Place Mangled Bohemians, Scatter Gather
Landmark Saloon
4847 SE Division St. Jake Ray
LaurelThirst
2958 NE Glisan St. Dan Haley & Tim Acott (9 pm); Freak Mountain Ramblers (6 pm)
Mississippi Pizza
Tiger Bar
Mississippi Studios
317 NW Broadway The Shy Season, Brudos, The Berated, Caducus
Tonic Lounge
3100 NE Sandy Blvd. Ghana Clean Water Benefit: Ubunku Project PDX, Chata Addy, Neighbors
Tony Starlight’s
3728 NE Sandy Blvd. Signatures
Trader Vic’s
Mississippi Pizza
Al’s Den at the Crystal Hotel
421 SE Grand Ave. Leviticus Rex
Mill’s End Tavern
1624 NW Glisan St. School of Rock (Stevie Wonder tribute)
1429 SE 37th Ave. Dennis Hitchcox
The Lovecraft
Touché Restaurant and Billiards
Mission Theater
3 Doors Down
3552 N Mississippi Ave. No More Parachutes, The Commons, The Yellow Dress (9 pm); The Nutmeggers (6:30 pm)
2958 NE Glisan St. Henry Hill Kammerer, Lonesome Shack (9:30 pm); Tree Frogs (6 pm) 833 SW Naito Parkway Growler, Ezra Holbrook, Sally Tomato, Hootchie Koo and James Faretheewell
SUN. JUNE 17
1425 NW Glisan St. John Stowell
1203 NW Glisan St. Xavier Tavera
Vino Vixens Wine Shop & Bar 2929 SE Powell Blvd. The D’s, Galen Fous Collective
White Eagle Saloon
836 N Russell St. Josh Cole Band, Erin Leiker, Fadin’ by 9, Trashcan Joe, Robert Holladay (9:30 pm); The Student Loan (4:30 pm)
Wilfs Restaurant and Bar 800 NW 6th Ave. Greta Matassa Quartet
3939 N Mississippi Ave. Raina Rose, Hunter Paye (patio)
Mount Tabor Theater
4811 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Chameleon, DJ Scorpeo, Xperience of Psykosis
Music Millennium
3158 E Burnside St. Debby Clinkenbeard
NEPO 42
5403 NE 42nd Ave. Open Mic
Record Room
8 NE Killingsworth St. Electro Kraken, Audios Amigos, 1939 Ensemble
Rontoms
600 E Burnside St. Jail Weddings, Father Figure
Roseland Theater 8 NW 6th Ave. The Temper Trap, Crocodiles
Tillicum Club
8585 SW BeavertonHillsdale Highway Johnny Martin Quartet
Tonic Lounge
3100 NE Sandy Blvd. Bat Fancy, Der Spazm, Dirty Graves
White Eagle Saloon
836 N Russell St. Crow Quill Night Owls, Cardboard Songsters
MON. JUNE 18 Al’s Den at the Crystal Hotel 303 SW 12th Ave. Skip vonKuske
Andina
1314 NW Glisan St. Pete Krebs
Ash Street Saloon 225 SW Ash St. Open Mic
Bunk Bar
1028 SE Water Ave. Terry Malts, Permanent Collection
Dante’s
350 W Burnside St. Karaoke from Hell
Doug Fir Lounge
830 E Burnside St. The Disliked, Michael Dean Damron, Burn the Stage
Duff’s Garage
1635 SE 7th Ave. Bridgecreek (8 pm); Paula Sinclair (5:30 pm)
East End
203 SE Grand Ave. R.I.P., Behold! The Monolith, Black Forest of Opium
Goodfoot Lounge 2845 SE Stark St. Open Mic
Holocene
1001 SE Morrison St. Oren Ambarchi, Mamiffer, Daniel Menche
Jimmy Mak’s
221 NW 10th Ave. ITUTU, The Paul Krueger Quartet
Kelly’s Olympian
426 SW Washington St. Old Age, Scatter Gather, Blast Majesty
LaurelThirst
2958 NE Glisan St. Kung Pao Chickens (9 pm); Portland Country Underground (6 pm)
Lola’s Room at the Crystal Ballroom 1332 W Burnside St. Amy LaVere
Record Room
8 NE Killingsworth St. Hot Victory, Older Women, Lozen
232 SW Ankeny St. Anna Blair, Hannah Glavor, Jonah Sissoyev
White Eagle Saloon 836 N Russell St. BassMandolin, Mary Flower
TUES. JUNE 19 Al’s Den at the Crystal Hotel 303 SW 12th Ave. Skip vonKuske
Aladdin Theater
3017 SE Milwaukie Ave. Spectrum Road
Andina
1314 NW Glisan St. Neftali Rivera
Backspace
115 NW 5th Ave. River City Extension, The Drowning Men
Bunk Bar
1028 SE Water Ave. The Violet Lights
Camellia Lounge
510 NW 11th Ave. Tom Wakeling/Steve Christofferson Quartet
Doug Fir Lounge 830 E Burnside St. Graffiti6, Yuna
Duff’s Garage
1635 SE 7th Ave. Dover Weinberg Quartet (9 pm); Trio Bravo (6 pm)
Goodfoot Lounge 2845 SE Stark St. Jujuba
Ivories Jazz Lounge and Restaurant 1435 NW Flanders St. Jazz Jam with Carey Campbell
Jimmy Mak’s
221 NW 10th Ave. The Mel Brown Septet, The Ubuntu Project
LaurelThirst
2958 NE Glisan St. Jackstraw
Mississippi Pizza
3552 N Mississippi Ave. Biscuits & Salty Gravy
Record Room
8 NE Killingsworth St. Lx, Meowtain, Swamp Buck
Rotture
2016 NE Sandy Blvd. Ben Jones
The Blue Monk
3341 SE Belmont St. Pagan Jug Band
The Lovecraft
Secret Society Lounge
421 SE Grand Ave. Altered Beats
Slabtown
71 SW 2nd Ave. PX Singer-Songwriter Showcase
116 NE Russell St. The Carlton JacksonDave Mills Big Band
1033 NW 16th Ave. The Mesa State, Halseys, The Numbats
Star Theater
13 NW 6th Ave. Jacob Merlin Band
The Blue Monk
Tiger Bar
421 SE Grand Ave. John Jenne
Valentine’s
The Blue Diamond
3939 N Mississippi Ave. Aan, Support Force, Genders
The Blue Diamond
The Lovecraft
18 NW 3rd Ave. Antikythera, Mics
Mississippi Studios
3552 N Mississippi Ave. Mr. Ben (kids’ show)
Star Theater
3341 SE Belmont St. Joel Freun Sextet
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Mississippi Pizza
The Back Door Theater
13 NW 6th Ave. Urban Sub All-Stars
3728 NE Sandy Blvd. Tommy James Trio
315 SE 3rd Ave. Lost Lockets, Thrones, Woolly Mammoth Comes to Dinner, DJ Jon-Ra
Spare Room
4830 NE 42nd Ave. The Angel Bouchet Band Jam
Tony Starlight’s
4319 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Mount Eerie, Key Loser (9 pm and 7 pm) 2016 NE Sandy Blvd. Soulmates 317 NW Broadway 30 Pound Test, Bloodoath, Simon Says Die, Metal Machine
Thirsty Lion
Tiger Bar
317 NW Broadway AC Lov Ring
Valentine’s
232 SW Ankeny St. Mount Eerie, Key Losers
White Eagle Saloon
836 N Russell St. Amaya Villazan, Garett Brennan, Sunday Last, Barbara Robitaille
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BULLET BOUNCE: Vockah Redu plays Plan B on Saturday, June 16. Red Cap Garage
1035 SW Stark St Mantrap with DJ Lunchlady
Rotture
WED. JUNE 13 CC Slaughters
219 NW Davis St. Trick with DJ Robb
Matador
1967 W Burnside St. DJ Whisker Friction
Mount Tabor Theater
4811 SE Hawthorne Blvd. ABK’s Underground Summer Jam with DJ Clay
Red Cap Garage
1035 SW Stark St Riot Wednesdays with Amy Kasio
The Know
2026 NE Alberta St. DJ Wizard Sleeve
The Lovecraft
421 SE Grand Ave. John Fryer
Tiga
1465 NE Prescott St. Bill Portland
Tiger Bar
317 NW Broadway Juicy Wednesdays
Tube
18 NW 3rd Ave. DJ Creepy Crawl
Yes and No
20 NW 3rd Ave. Death Club with DJ Entropy
THURS. JUNE 14 Beech Street Parlor 412 NE Beech St. Scott Simmons
CC Slaughters
219 NW Davis St. Hip Hop Heaven with DJ Detroit Diezel
Fez Ballroom
316 SW 11th Ave. Shadowplay: DJs Ghoulunatic, Paradox, Horrid
Peter’s Room 8 NW 6th Ave. Koan Sound
Record Room
8 NE Killingsworth St. Dark Drive Clinic
Rotture
Tube
18 NW 3rd Ave. DJ Aldo (10 pm); DJ Sethro Tull (7 pm)
Valentine’s
232 SW Ankeny St. Lovecamp DJs
FRI. JUNE 15 Al’s Den at the Crystal Hotel 303 SW 12th Ave. DJ Lord Smithingham
Beech Street Parlor 412 NE Beech St. Dweomer
CC Slaughters
219 NW Davis St. Flamin’ Fridays with DJ Doughalicious
Crystal Ballroom
1332 W Burnside St. ‘80s Video Dance Attack with VJ Kittyrox
Element Restaurant & Lounge 1135 SW Morrison St. Chris Alice
Fez Ballroom
316 SW 11th Ave. Decadent ‘80s: DJ Non, Jason Wann; Rewind with Phonographix DJs
Someday Lounge
125 NW 5th Ave. Dj Anjali & the Incredible Kid
Star Bar
639 SE Morrison St. Blank Fridays
The Lovecraft
421 SE Grand Ave. DJ Horrid
Tiga
1465 NE Prescott St. DJ Primitiva
Tube
18 NW 3rd Ave. Townbombing with Doc Adam (10 pm); DJ Neil Blender (7 pm)
Valentine’s
232 SW Ankeny St. Lovecamp DJs
SAT. JUNE 16 Al’s Den at the Crystal Hotel 303 SW 12th Ave. DJ Gregarious
Beech Street Parlor 412 NE Beech St. DJ Dr. Sloan
CC Slaughters
219 NW Davis St. Revolution with DJ Robb
Goodfoot Lounge
Fez Ballroom
2845 SE Stark St. Soul Stew with DJ Aquaman
316 SW 11th Ave. Popvideo with DJ Gigahurtz
Groove Suite
Ground Kontrol
Ground Kontrol
440 NW Glisan St. Trifecta: Jack Thomas, Ernest Ryan, Mason Fisher
511 NW Couch St. DJs I Heart U, Avery
Tiga
1465 NE Prescott St. Hostile Tapeover
Tube
18 NW 3rd Ave. DJ Freaky Outy (10 pm); Saturdazed with DJ GH (7 pm)
Valentine’s
232 SW Ankeny St. Radiation City DJs
SUN. JUNE 17 Matador
1967 W Burnside St. Next Big Thing with Donny Don’t
Plan B
1305 SE 8th Ave. Hive with DJ Owen
Ted’s (at Berbati’s)
231 SW Ankeny St. Deacon X’s Fetish Night
MON. JUNE 18 Beech Street Parlor 412 NE Beech St. Kendall Holladay
CC Slaughters
219 NW Davis St. Maniac Monday with DJ Doughalicious
Ground Kontrol
625 NW 21st Ave. DJ Velvet
511 NW Couch St. Service Industrial with DJ Tibin
Gypsy Restaurant & Lounge
Holocene
Kelly’s Olympian
625 NW 21st Ave. DJ Velvet
1001 SE Morrison St. Rockbox: Matt Nelkin, DJ Kez, Dundiggy
Holocene
Hungry Tiger Too
1001 SE Morrison St. Gaycation: Chelsea Starr, Boyjoy, DJ Equestrian, DJ Snowtiger, Mr. Charming (Pride Week night, 9 pm); Aperitivo Happy Hour: DJs Liz B, Johan (5 pm)
Someday Lounge
Leftbank Annex
4057 N Mississippi Ave. DJ Drew Groove 101 N Weidler St. Absolut Gaylabration: DJs Chris Cox, Skiddle, Vize, Wanderlust Circus
207 SE 12th Ave. DJs Nicatine, Selector TNT
Lola’s Room at the Crystal Ballroom 1332 W Burnside St. All Decades Video Dance Attack
Palace of Industry
5426 N Gay Ave. DJ Philadelphia Freedom
Plan B
421 SE Grand Ave. Manchester Night: DJs Bar Hopper, Selector TNTs
Moloko Plus
3967 N Mississippi Ave DJ Maxamillion
1305 SE 8th Ave. Hey Girl Hey: Vockah Redu, La Kendall, Beyondadoubt, Roy G Biv, Mr. Charming, Freddie Says Relax, Pocket Rock-It (Pride Week dance party)
Tiga
Palace of Industry
Rotture
1465 NE Prescott St. DJ Rickshaw
421 SE Grand Ave. Savage Ceremony with DJ Stallone
Gypsy Restaurant & Lounge
Interurban
The Lovecraft
The Lovecraft
511 NW Couch St. DJs MT, RAWIII
315 SE 3rd Ave. I’ve Got a Hole in My Soul with DJ Beyondadoubt 125 NW 5th Ave. DJs Mr. Romo, Michael Grimes
315 SE 3rd Ave. Bmp/Grnd: Lick!, DJ Kasio Smashio (Pride Week night)
Blow Pony: Christeene and Her Boys, Pink Slip, Jeau Breedlove, Boyfunk, Jackie Hell, Allie McQueen, Exstacy Inferno, DJ Airick X, DJ Just Dave, DJ Stormy Roxx, DJ Freeq, DJ Jay Douglas, DJ Matt Bearacuda, DJ Lunchlady, DJ Girlfriends, DJ Porq (Pride Week night)
5426 N Gay Ave. DJ Ghosttrain
315 SE 3rd Ave.
426 SW Washington St. Eye Candy VJs
The Know
2026 NE Alberta St. DJ J One Ill
Tiga
1465 NE Prescott St. Sweet Jimmy T
Tube
18 NW 3rd Ave. DJ Matt Scaphism
TUES. JUNE 19 Beech Street Parlor 412 NE Beech St. DJ Cooky Parker
Tiga
1465 NE Prescott St. DJ Both Josh
Tube
18 NW 3rd Ave. Tubesday (10 pm); DJ OverCol (7 pm)
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Saturdays June 23 and 30. $12-$15.
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THEATER 1959 Pink Thunderbird Convertible
Twilight Repertory Theatre presents James McLure’s connected short comedies about life during wartime in small-town Texas. Shoe Box Theater, 2110 SE 10th Ave., 312-6789. 7:30 pm Thursdays-Saturdays, 2 pm Sundays. Closes June 17. $10-$15. Sundays are “pay what you will.”
Black Pearl Sings!
Huddie William Ledbetter, better known as Lead Belly, was unknown outside West Texas until 1933, when the great musicologist John Lomax found him in a Louisiana prison serving time for attempted murder. Lomax recorded Ledbetter singing hundreds of songs, helped him secure an early release and eventually took him on tour. It’s a great tale, and one that merits dramatization, but it is not the story you will see in Black Pearl Sings!. Playwright Frank Higgins, who apparently didn’t think the tensions of race and class were sufficiently complex, throws sex in the mix as well. In his version, Lomax becomes Susannah Mullally, a folklorist for the Library of Congress who, despite her wealthy upbringing, has been passed over for professorships in favor of less-deserving men. She discovers Alberta “Pearl” Johnson in a Texas prison, sentenced for bobbitizing her abusive lover, and persuades Johnson to record preCivil War songs that only she knows. Together, they unsubtly grapple with every dilemma of the early 20th century. Both Lena Kaminsky, as Mullally, and Chavez Ravine, as Johnson, turn in commendable performances. Kaminsky nails the insensitive brashness endemic to ambitious, indignant academics. It is a wonder she ever manages to hold focus, however, against Ravine’s quivering fury and gorgeous singing. The play is worth attending for the music alone, which is good, because Higgins’ unfortunate tendency to overwrite means it has little else to offer. We don’t need Pearl to wonder aloud if she should trust Mullally with the song her ancestors brought from Africa—we just need her to sing it. BEN WATERHOUSE. Gerding Theater, 128 NW 11th Ave., 445-3700. 7:30 pm Tuesdays-Fridays, 2 and 7:30 pm Saturdays-Sundays. Closes June 17. $36-$51.
The Centering
Chris Harder revives his solo show about a political prisoner, driven to the edge of madness by his interrogators, who retreats to a circus inside his head. Harder won a Drammy award for his performance in the role in 2007, but this time the part will be performed by Andy Lee-Hillstrom. The CoHo Theater, 2257 NW Raleigh St., 541-351-8386. 8 pm ThursdaysSaturdays, 2 pm Sundays. Closes June 17. $10-$25.
Death/Sex: Portland
Milepost 5’s resident theater company, Post5 Theatre, presents a collection of comic pieces about death and/ or sex. Milepost 5, 900 NE 81st Ave., 729-3223. 10:30 pm Fridays-Saturdays through June 23. $10.
Hamlet
Shakespeare’s doomed Danish prince in Portland’s oldest cemetery? Spooky! Portland Actors Ensemble presents the tragedy. Lone Fir Cemetery, Southeast 26th Avenue and Stark Street, 4676573. 7 pm Thursdays-Saturdays, June 14-July 14. Free.
It Ain’t Nothin’ but the Blues
The history of the blues is complex, meandering its way from rhythmic African chants to Southern spirituals to Chicago pop hits. In Portland Center Stage’s final production of the
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season, however, this history gets only shallow treatment. That’s a shame. The show is a rousing, entertaining jaunt, but for those unschooled in the development of the genre, more guidance would have been helpful. The more than 30 musical numbers in It Ain’t Nothin’ but the Blues unfold chronologically. The first act features the seven-member cast in Depressionstyle garb, relying on acoustic guitar and simple percussion to perform the plantation work songs and church anthems. Act two adds a five-piece band and spangled evening wear, placing us in a Chicago nightclub. The performers, largely out-of-towners, are terrific and varied: Mississippi Charles Bevel shows phenomenal range and soulful restraint; Jennifer Leigh Warren has powerhouse pipes and endearing spunk; and “Sugaray” Rayford is built like a linebacker but whips out some of the show’s smoothest dance moves. Director Randal Myler, one of five creators of the show, keeps the staging simple and the choreography subtle. As a musical revue, It Ain’t Nothin’ is delightful. It’s got mournful solo pieces and high-voltage ensemble numbers, and minimal dialogue means the pace rarely slows. But as a piece of theater, it lacks something. The title describes the show literally; I wanted a little more. Gerding Theater, 128 NW 11th Ave., 445-3700. 7:30 pm TuesdaysFridays, 2 and 7:30 pm SaturdaysSundays. Closes June 24. $39-$69.
Penelope
In middle school, I acted in a production of The Odyssey. Bored by a dumbed-down script, our adolescent cast attempted to punch it up with absurdity. We had a delightfully juvenile time on stage, though I doubt our audience had as much fun. I experienced a similar disconnect between stage and spectators during Third Rail Repertory’s dense, dizzying production of Penelope, directed by Philip Cuomo. Irish playwright Enda Walsh’s word-drunk script seems to make sense to the cast, who energetically plunge into the overstuffed text and slapstick antics. But up in the audience, I found myself more baffled than awed by this Homeric riff. Casting aside all The Odyssey’s heroism, Walsh’s play centers on Penelope’s final quartet of sad-sack, Speedo-clad suitors. Each suitor gets a turn to woo Penelope (Britt Harris), who watches the verbal choreography on closed-circuit television. It’s like a perverse, long-winded episode of The Bachelorette. There’s a fair bit of Stooge-esque slapstick here, some of which is genuinely funny, and the actors have a familiar way of teasing each other. Yet no matter their energy, a sense of stasis plagues the production. Homer’s Penelope was cunning, but Walsh reduces her to a pretty, unspeaking presence—a trophy, sure, but not enough to create real dramatic impetus. That’s what Walsh’s language should do, but it’s too bloated to take us anywhere. Winningstad Theatre, Portland Center for the Performing Arts, 1111 SW Broadway, 235-1101. 7:30 pm Thursdays-Saturdays, 2 pm Sundays. Closes June 17. $29.50-$38.50, $14.50 students.
Scratch PDX
To celebrate the final show until the fall, the monthly performing-arts showcase brings back some favorites of the past season. Expect a smorgasbord of short performances: dance, theater, storytelling, music and more. Hipbone Studio, 1847 E Burnside St., 358-0898. 9 pm Saturday, June 16. $10.
Twelve Angry Women
Move over, Henry Fonda—Magenta Theater stages the classic courtroom drama Twelve Angry Men with an allwoman cast. Magenta Theater, 606 Main St., Vancouver, 360-635-4358. 7:30 pm Thursdays-Saturdays, 2 pm
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Third Rail Repertory Theatre hosts Glee star Jane Lynch in conversation with OPB’s Dave Miller. Newmark Theatre, 1111 SW Broadway, 1-800745-3000. 7:30 pm Saturday, June 16. $27-$75.
Two Houses
An improvised romance culminating in a wedding. Brody Theater, 16 NW Broadway, 224-2227. 7:30 pm Saturdays. $8-$10.
The Weekly ReQueering Humor Night! Whitney Streed’s weekly comedy showcase celebrates Pride with Belinda Carroll, Manuel Hall, Jay Robert Flewelling, Christen Manville, Xander Deveaux, Jesse Priest and more. Tonic Lounge, 3100 NE Sandy Blvd., 238-0543. 9:30 pm Wednesdays. “Pay what you want,” $3-$5 suggested. 21+.
CLASSICAL Astoria Music Festival Portland Preview
This benefit for one of the city’s most important classical-music venues doubles as a preview of the Oregon coast’s major music festival. Two prize-winning soloists—Los Angeles Philharmonic concertmaster Martin Chalifour and cellist Sergey Antonov— join Portland pianist Cary Lewis in an attractive program of delicious sonatas by Maurice Ravel and Francis Poulenc, another by Smetana and a previously unpublished sonata by Swiss-born, 20th-century composer and longtime Oregon coast resident Ernest Bloch. The Old Church, 1422 SW 11th Ave., 222-2031. 8 pm Thursday, June 14. $20-$25.
Astoria Music Festival
With its 10th-anniversary expansion to 17 days and 22 performances, plus classical jams, master classes, family-friendly fare, top musicians (from the Los Angeles Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, San Francisco and Portland operas and ballet orchestras and Oregon Symphony) and internationally acclaimed guest artists, Astoria bids to join Oregon’s other major summer arts festivals, approaching the ambition of those in Ashland, Eugene and Portland. Saturday’s opening matinee recital includes prizewinning L.A. Philharmonic violinist Martin Chalifour and cellist Sergey Antonov playing chamber music with veteran Portland pianist Cary Lewis. That evening, Northwest native and rising national opera star Angela Meade joins fellow soprano star Ruth Ann Swenson and Portland-based Metropolitan Opera baritone Richard Zeller in Bellini’s opera Norma. On Sunday, violinist Elizabeth Pitcairn brings her famous Stradivarius red violin to the orchestra for Lalo’s “Spanish Symphony” and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5, while Tuesday features a candlelight Baroque concert starring periodinstrument specialists Hideki Yamaya, Noah Strick and other historically informed performers. Liberty Theater, 1203 Commercial St., 325-9896. Chamber trio 4 pm and opera 7:30 pm Saturday, June 16; orchestra 4 pm Sunday, June 17. $15-$65.
Bainbridge Quartet
In this benefit for the vital chamber-music venue, the Old Church, Third Angle pianist Susan Smith joins Oregon Symphony violist Charles Noble, violinists Timothy Schwarz and Denise Dillenbeck and cellist Heather Blackburn in an excellent program of music by Dvorák (his lovely “Cypresses”), Beethoven and Shostakovich’s Piano Quintet. The Old Church, 1422 SW 11th Ave., 222-2031. 8 pm Friday, June 15. $20-$25.
FearNoMusic, Classical Revolution PDX
The adventurous new-music ensemble joins the rebellious classical playes on top of Mount Tabor in a Pedalpalooza
FOREVER UNCLEAN: Nick Kroll.
Q&A: NICK KROLL TV’s most diabolical genius talks characters, cretins and cavemen.
Nick Kroll isn’t a spiteful, paranoid, selfcentered prick, he just plays one on TV. On FX’s The League, the 34-year-old stand-up comic and actor portrays Rodney Ruxin, a Napoleonic product liability lawyer whose only concern—other than keeping his disproportionately hot trophy wife—is decimating his socalled friends in their fantasy football league. He’s underhanded, conniving and, thanks to Kroll, hilarious just eating crackers. WW spoke to Kroll, whose new sketch show premieres on Comedy Central next year, about the links between Ruxin and some of his other, flashier stage creations (like Jersey Shore reject Bobby Bottleservice and Fabrice Fabrice, a gay Latino craft services coordinator), the wellmeaning jerkdom of The League, and the role you would think he’d like to forget: that of a erudite Neanderthal on Cavemen, the ill-fated ABC sitcom based on the Geico commercials. WW: A common thread connecting a lot of your characters is a misguided sense of superiority. Why are you drawn to those kinds of characters? Nick Kroll: I think what I find funny are people who are self-unaware, who think they’re superior or smarter than other people. It’s not a conscious decision, but I think I go back to that just because there’s something funny about a pathetic person who thinks they’re great. There’s obviously quite a bit of that in Ruxin. Is there more of yourself in that character than your others? Well, I’ve had so much time on camera with him, and a lot of the show is improvised, so there’s something in there that’s me. But I think I’m a pretty positive guy who wants to be liked, and Ruxin is such a crummy dude. He wants to be disliked. He thrives on it. And he’s so distrustful of people. Obviously I won’t get into the back of the van with a stranger, but I have a lot more faith in humanity than Ruxin does. How does the cast keep the characters on The League from losing their sense of humanity completely? Jeff Schaffer, who co-created the show, is from the Seinfeld world, and on Seinfeld, it was, “No hugging, no learning.” I think we stay pretty true to that. We all like each other a lot in real life, though, so while we’re super-cruel to each other on the show, it’s underlined by the affection we have for one another. The characters make each other laugh, like friends. And nobody is spared from being the butt of the joke. Everyone has their moment to get shit on. I have to ask you about Cavemen. For me, personally, it was an amazing learning experience. I’d never acted on TV or even a movie before getting that job. It was a good lesson in seeing how the media will run with something without really giving it a fair shake. If you actually look at the comedy we were doing there and put it up against any number of network shows that people are fine with, you’d be like, “Oh, that’s just as good as half the shows that make it to air.” I’m glad I wasn’t on it for seven years, but I don’t regret it at all. MATTHEW SINGER.
SEE IT: Nick Kroll performs at Helium Comedy Club, 1510 SE 9th Ave. 8 pm Thursday, 7:30 pm and 10 pm Friday-Saturday, June 14-16. $20-$25.
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Portland Gay Men’s Chorus
Joined by its Locomotions dance troupe, live rock band and Cascade a capella ensemble, the 130-voice choir sings the Beatles, focusing on Sgt. Pepper’s psychedelic sounds with a “Summer of Love” theme. Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 1037 SW Broadway, 226-2588. 7:30 pm Saturday, June 16. $16-$42.
Shining Night film screening, PSU Chamber Choir
America’s most-performed living composer hails from Portland, and finally, he gets a deserved film tribute. The award-winning documentary Shining Night, about choral master Morten Lauridsen (now based in L.A., though he spends his summers composing in a rustic cabin in the San Juan Islands), screens around 8 pm, following a performance of Lauridsen’s gorgeous music by Portland State University’s top singers and guest artists conducted by their music director, Lauridsen’s protégé Ethan Sperry (who studied with him at USC), and will be followed by a discussion with the composer and filmmaker Michael Stillwater. First Unitarian Church, 1011 SW 13th Ave., 288-1503. 7:30 pm Thursday, June 14. $8-$15.
DANCE Big Time! Burlesque’s Exotic Summer Adventure
Revisit an era when airline travel was for swells and the exotic other was the source of titillation. Big Time! Burlesque’s Exotic Summer Adventure offers a series of picture postcards from distant lands: Itty Bitty Bang Bang rides a tiger on safari; the Infamous Nina Nightshade cruises the Nile aboard Cleopatra’s barge; Charlotte Treuse lures you into the French Quarter and so on. This trip gets live accompaniment from Orchestre L’Pow, featuring Ralph Huntley of OPB’s Live Wire! radio band
and Scott Johnston of Johnny Limbo and the Lugnuts, among others. Alberta Rose Theatre, 3000 NE Alberta St., 719-6055. 8 pm Saturday, June 16. $15-$25.
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Geeklesque Reruns
If it feels like you’ve seen this show before, or some incarnation of it, you’re not wrong. Local burlesque performers Hai Fleisch, Burlesquire, Kai Mera and Zora Von Pavonine, plus New Yorker Satira Sin, do the Geeklesque Reruns show, hosted by Mad Marquis. Star Theater, 13 NW 6th Ave. 9 pm Friday, June 15. $8-$15. 21+.
Just 17! Benefit Party and Performance
Can it really be 17 years since Conduit was founded? It has, and to celebrate, the downtown Portland dance studio is throwing a shindig called Just 17! Conduit is home not only to visiting international dance companies who want to take or teach classes, it’s also the practice space for local contemporary dance. And, some of its best-known practitioners will be performing at the event, among them Catherine Egan, Danielle Ross, Michele Ainza, Jim McGinn’s TopShakeDance, Conduit founding member Tere Mathern, plus BodyVox veterans Skinner/Kirk dancing Josie Moseley’s tribute to Conduit co-founder Mary Oslund. Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres will be served, and a raffle and silent auction will be held. Conduit Dance, 918 SW Yamhill St., Suite 401, 221-5857. 7 pm Saturday, June 16. $30-$100. All ages.
Portland Festival Ballet
Before its dancers scatter to various prestigious summerstudy programs hither and yon, the Portland Festival Ballet offers a one-act story ballet of Hansel and Gretel, with new sets and costumes, new choreography by PFB artistic director John Magnus, music by Jules Massenet and dancers of all ages. Also on the bill: excerpts from Don Quixote and contemporary works by Les Watanabe and Melissa St. Clair. Newmark Theatre, 1111 SW Broadway, 248-4335. 7 pm Thursday, June 14. $28.50-$42.50.
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= WW Pick. Highly recommended. By RICHARD SPEER. TO BE CONSIDERED FOR LISTINGS, submit show information—including opening and closing dates, gallery address and phone number—at least two weeks in advance to: Visual Arts, WW, 2220 NW Quimby St., Portland, OR 97210. Email: rspeer@wweek.com.
Daniel Robinson: Now and Then
There are no people in Daniel Robinson’s paintings of grain silos, farmhouses, factories, fields and city streets. It’s as if humankind has been vaporized. Sadly, along with it has been any sense of soul in these paintings, which presumably aim to evoke wheat-cracked Americana but actually recall Stalin-era social realism. The paint application is flat and dry, and so is the emotional impact of these desolate images. Through June 16. Charles A. Hartman Fine Art, 134 NW 8th Ave., 287-3886.
F*CKED
Gallery owner Paul Soriano continues Cock’s dedication to transgressive work with F*CKED, an exhibition of four artists based in Brooklyn. The show-stealer is Anthony Viti’s slideshow, Asspig, which speeds through 4,000 images collected from gay Internet porn. It is an orgy of homoerotic gerunds: dick-sucking, ass-fucking, fisting, pissing, sucking, rimming and other activities that flash by so
quickly, you can’t quite identify them. Although people unfamiliar with this sort of imagery might be scandalized by it, most viewers will become quickly inured by the breakneck pace and sheer prolificacy of photographs, which, after a few minutes, come to seem almost quaint. Through June 30. Cock Gallery, 625 NW Everett St., #106, 552-8686.
Group show
The arts collective known as Talisman continues to enliven the Last Thursday scene—and the Northeast Alberta art scene in general—with shows by collective members and visiting artists. This month, Cibyl Kavan, Robert Shepard, and Philip Barasch complete a trio with works respectively themed around installation, geometric abstraction and graphic novels. Through June 24. Talisman Gallery, 1476 NE Alberta St., 284-8800.
Jenene Nagy: Measure
Former Disjecta curator-in-residence Jenene Nagy (now a curator at
Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Aspen, Colo.) takes on famed “neo-geo” artist Peter Halley in her drawing exhibition, Measure. Minimalist and monochromatic, these drawings are about as far as Nagy could have gotten from the woodsy, jagged sculptural installations for which she’s best known. Her transliterations of Halley use opposing vertical and horizontal pencil marks to delineate the contours of Halley’s rectilinear motifs. Sometimes, as in Measure 1 (after “Lost Signal”), she messes with the proportions of Halley’s originals, giving the topmost prison motif only two inner bars, whereas Halley unfailingly uses three. Whether intentional or unintentional, the disparity contributes to a feeling of slightly skewed familiarity, as Nagy reinterprets well-known iconography. Fans of the artist’s installations needn’t fear she’s given them up; she has one coming up next February in Port Angeles, Wash. Through June 30. PDX Contemporary Art, 925 NW Flanders St., 222-0063.
John Dempcy: New Work
Viewers familiar with John Dempcy’s rapturous abstractions will revel in his latest tour de force but also notice subtle evolutions in the painter’s technique. In Octopus’s Garden, Dempcy’s signature concentric circles yield to spindly, multi-tendriled spokes. In Dark
Star, he varies the size of compositional elements and creates greater compositional dynamism, while in Evo Devo and Inferno, he rakes his paintbrush down the picture plane, interrupting the field of subdividing cell-like forms. Through June 30. Augen DeSoto, 716 NW Davis St., 224-8182.
Lisa Kaser
Simultaneously whimsical and haunting, Lisa Kaser’s mixed-media sculptures seem to hail from a fairyworld both familiar and distant. Her vision marries childlike wonder with a sense of the sinister, eccentric and downright bizarre. The works are insidiously endearing, in spite of—perhaps because of—their playful grotesqueness. Through June 26. Guardino Gallery, 2939 NE Alberta St., 281-9048.
Martin Mohr: Playing Fields
The last installment in Victory’s threepart series spotlighting emerging German artists, Martin Mohr’s show, Playing Fields, impressively showcases the Berlin-based painter. In pieces such as Venus and Primordial Soup, Mohr juxtaposes creamy impasto with utilitarian brushstrokes, crackly textures, grayscale and jewel tones, and an interplay between flat and glisteny surfaces. This is a promising artist with a confident, sophisticated technique. Through July 1. Victory Gallery, 733 NW Everett St.
Metamorphosis
Among the standouts in the group show Metamorphosis are Brenda Mallory’s intricate constructions of waxed cloth, nuts and bolts; and Vanessa Calvert’s sculptural installation, which evolves her melting-furniture motifs into forms that resemble diminutive, three-legged animals grazing on the hardwood floors. Through June 30. Butters Gallery, 520 NW Davis St., 2nd floor, 248-9378.
Ryan Pierce: New World Atlas of Weeds and Rags and Deborah Horrell: Celebrating Beauty
Ryan Pierce’s allegorical paintings are ambitious in their scale and archetypal subject matter, but in the Adam-andEve redux Devil’s Thread and the Noah retread of Chance Ark, Pierce’s conflation of Christian symbolism and environmental apocalypse risks triteness. In the back gallery, Deborah Horrell uses glass and Plexiglas to create oversized wing forms in a palette of sumptuous sorbet tones. Through June 23. Elizabeth Leach Gallery, 417 NW 9th Ave., 224-0521.
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UNDRESSING ROOM AT FROELICK GALLERY In a state where hot-springs skinny dipping and strip-club flesh ogling are de rigueur, can an art exhibition about naked bodies pique, tweak or shock anyone? Not really, as it turns out. But Froelick Gallery nonetheless deserves props for giving it a go in its juried group show, Undressing Room. The 56 artists on view utilize the nude form in diverse, if seldom groundbreaking, ways. Some of the tactics are arbitrary. Painter Rick Bartow and sculptor Lisa Kaser basically use the same sort of imagery they employ in their non-nude work, except for the handy addition of a penis. Gregory Grenon, who normally paints clothed women, removes the clothes to expose boobs, bush, and tan lines. Other artists aim for whimsy but achieve mere cutesiness, as in Heidi Preuss Grew’s mascotlike sculptures, Valerie Wallace’s print of a nude George Washington and John Opie’s portrait of a nude woman vacuuming. But “cutesy” is far from “hot,” and while nudes are not required to arouse, any show with this much skin ought to throw viewers a few more bones. Yes, it’s difficult to truly titillate in the era of ubiquitous porn, but it’s not impossible; contemporary artists such as Bill Henson, Nan Goldin, Shen Wei and Takashi Murakami know how to darken There’s a place I know, if you’re looking for a show.
the nude’s overexposure with tinges of psychological danger. But Undressing Room includes only a few works that are genuinely, disturbingly erotic. One is James Rexroad’s shadowy ode to clit-fingering, Untitled (Secret Girlfriends), and another is Leiv Fagereng’s pagan celebration of armpits and erections, Deseo. A few works transcend eros to make a point about the fragility of the mortal coil, celebrating bodies that differ from those in fashion magazines and blockbuster films. In a self-portrait, Sam Roloff, who was born with diastrophic dwarfism and walks with crutches, shows off his body, adorned with nothing but eyeglasses. Photographer Jim Riswold, assisted by fellow photographer Ray Gordon, bares his scars, bandages, bruises and catheterized penis in Riswold’s Owies (Without Pants), a testament to the ravages of leukemia, lung disease and prostate cancer. A well-known advertising executive for Wieden+Kennedy before he became an artist, Riswold remains one of the savviest self-promoters in the Northwest, so at first it’s difficult to separate the courageousness of his body-positive exhibitionism from the borderline unseemliness of a marketeer turning medical problems into artistic fodder. But clearly—visibly, poignantly— Riswold has earned the right to exploit his own body. In a show that all too often errs on the side of caution, Riswold’s mélange of self-confidence and devastation is unexpectedly shocking and more than a little sexy. RICHARD SPEER. SEE IT: Undressing Room is at Froelick Gallery, 714 NW Davis St., 222-1142. Through July 13.
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THURSDAY, JUNE 14 Joseph Stiglitz
Confirming the often-erratic cries of the Occupy movement, Nobel Prizewinning economist Joseph Stiglitz takes up the issue of the economic divide in his new book, The Price of Inequality, claiming a divided society cannot tackle the world’s problems. Powell’s Cedar Hills Crossing, 3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd., 228-4631. 7 pm. Free.
Christian DeBenedetti
Just like tracing the Oregon Trail but with less dysentery, author Christian DeBenedetti traveled the country in search of the best craft beers and places to drink them in America. In his new book, The Great American Ale Trail, he includes the best dive bars for craft-beer lovers and the best beer cities. You can bet Portland gets a mention or two. Powell’s on Hawthorne, 3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 228-4651. 7:30 pm. Free.
FRIDAY, JUNE 15 Amy Cortese and Locavesting Workshops
Are you already feeling foolish for dumping your entire 401(k) into the Facebook IPO? How about investing in your own community instead? Former Bloomberg Businessweek editor Amy Cortese will share information from her new book, Locavesting: The Revolution in Local Investing and How to Profit From It, as well as hosting two workshops on how to get started. Ecotrust, Billy Frank Jr. Conference Center, 721 NW 9th Ave., 227-6225. 5:30-8 pm Friday, June 15; 9 am-noon and 1-4 pm Saturday, June 16. $15-$20; $25 or $149 for a workshop.
Frank Deford
If you know next to nothing about sports, chances are you also probably listen to NPR. That means you’ve heard the charming, grandpalike ramblings of sportswriter Frank Deford, whose exploration of the history, quirks and morals of the sports industry is fascinating to even the most reluctant. In his new book, Over Time: My Life as a Sportswriter, Deford strikes the same balance of wit and genuine emotion. Powell’s City of Books, 1005 W Burnside St., 228-4651. 7:30 pm. Free.
SATURDAY, JUNE 16 Jane Lynch
Including all the staples of a celebrity memoir—alcoholism, a struggle with sexuality, overcoming it all to succeed in Hollywood—Emmywinning actress Jane Lynch’s new book, Happy Accidents, still manages to entertain through her brutal honesty and self-deprecating sense of humor. OPB’s Dave Miller will join her live performance for a behindthe-scenes conversation as well. Sorry, Gleeks, but she probably won’t be wearing a track suit. Newmark Theatre, 1111 SW Broadway, 248-4335. 7:30 pm Saturday. $30-$84.
Marisa McClellan
Because canning and pickling stuff is right up there with craft beer and ironic facial hair on a list of Portland’s faves, food blogger Marisa McClellan will present her new cookbook, Food in Jars. Learn how to make everything from salsas to nut butters. PastaWorks Hawthorne/Evoe, 3735 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 232-1010. 2 pm. Free.
Yale Union Summer Exhibition
Highlighting the humor, wit and snarky superiority of classic American journalism, Yale Union will open its summer 2012 exhibition: Steinberg, Saul. The New Yorker. New York, 1945-2000. (Harold,
William, Robert, Tina, David, Eds.) The exhibit will spotlight the fivedecade relationship between The New Yorker and its chief cartoonist, Saul Steinberg, presenting 200 of his 1,000-plus published contributions. Make up your own captions, if you must. Yale Union (YU), 800 SE 10th Ave., 236-7996. Noon-8 pm Thursdays-Saturdays, June 16-Aug. 10. Free.
TUESDAY, JUNE 19 Ruth Feldman
Offering a wake-up call to spoiled teenagers everywhere, Portland author Ruth Feldman’s new youngadult novel, Blue Thread, explores the women’s suffrage movement in 1912. An award-winning
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Ernest Cline
Like a VH1 special in book form, Ernest Cline’s novel Ready Player One is a nostalgic trip through the ’80s (in the future) creating a “virtual space opera.” There are giant, battling robots, Blade Runner-esque planets and plenty of flying DeLoreans. Get your geek on. Powell’s Books at Cedar Hills Crossing, 3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd., Beaverton, 228-4651. 7 pm. Free.
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PETER ZUCKERMAN, AMANDA PADOAN, BURIED IN THE SKY There are a lot of books about mountaineering disasters, but few center on people with stories like Chhiring Sherpa’s. Buried in the Sky (W.W. Norton & Company, 304 pages, $26.95) is Peter Zuckerman and Amanda Padoan’s attempt to bring perspectives like Sherpa’s to prominence. Sherpa is a professional The real heroes. Nepali climber who was on K2, the world’s second-highest mountain, on its deadliest day. Several books, some of them firsthand accounts, tell the stories of the 11 people who died out of 38 who struggled to summit K2 on Aug. 1, 2008. But those books mostly concentrated on people from the developed world who paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to test their mettle, not the Pakistani and Nepali men who help others achieve their triumphs, risking their own lives for four-figure sums. One Italian survivor’s book even misspells the name of the Nepali guide who saved his life. Zuckerman and Padoan tell the story from the perspective of Sherpa, who inched himself down the most dangerous part of the route with a man strapped to his back as the mountain crumbled under him. Zuckerman, a former reporter for The Oregonian, and Padoan do an admirable job, starting in a tiny Sherpa village where people believe K2 is inhabited by an angry god who regards climbing the peak as sacrilege. The authors try to explain why these people send their sons to tangle with the peak anyway, because there’s no other way to make money. For even more context, the authors delve into the history and culture of the Sherpa and Bhote people, who provide most of Nepal’s guides. They do the same for the valley of Shimshal, the cradle of the top Pakistani climbers. In the process, Buried in the Sky revisits not just the K2 tragedy but the entire history of Himalayan exploration through the lens of the oft-forgotten guides. All of this feels integral by the time Sherpa starts climbing. With all that has been written about the disaster on K2, when Buried in the Sky sticks to retelling the events, it reads as merely boilerplate. Only when Sherpa recalls his experiences from a spiritual perspective does the climb feel fresh. Buried in the Sky’s biggest surprise and ultimate triumph: By the end, the reader cares more about the inner life of Chhiring Sherpa than his adventures on top of one of the world’s most dangerous mountains. ALEX TOMCHAK SCOTT. GO: Peter Zuckerman speaks at Powell’s City of Books, 1005 W Burnside St., on Wednesday, June 13. 7:30 pm. Free.
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The Avengers
A It’s hard to imagine anyone who’s
spent the past five years playing out a vision of an Avengers movie in their head being disappointed with what director Joss Whedon has come up with. It’s big and loud, exhilarating and funny, meaningless but not dumb. It is glorious entertainment. MATTHEW SINGER. Lloyd Center, Indoor Twin, Cedar Hills, Clackamas, Eastport, Mill Plain, Cornelius, Oak Grove, Pioneer Place, Bridgeport, City Center, Division, Evergreen Parkway, Hilltop, Lloyd Mall, Movies On TV, Sherwood, Tigard.
Battleship
C- Battleship is generic and forget-
table, a glorified Navy recruitment video full of lobotomized patriotism and loud noises in lieu of narrative. But that’s all it is. It is not the unprecedented affront to the art of cinema it was pegged as being before anyone saw a single second. And for its first 45 minutes or so, the movie actually emits a kind of dimwitted charm. PG13. MATTHEW SINGER. Forest Theatre, Division, Movies On TV, Sherwood.
Bernie
B- Richard Linklater’s new movie con-
tains all the “outrageous” elements obligatory to deadpan, small-town true crime. Yet the one truly daring element in Bernie is the one that makes it seem not like a movie at all. Linklater is a Texas native whose best movies (Dazed and Confused, Waking Life) exploit his easy rapport with his shambolic Lone Star compadres. For the first half of Bernie, he uses mockumentary interviews with the mainstreet gossips of Carthage, Texas, as a kind of Greek chorus. Their piquant observations—“she’d tear you a double-wide, three-bedroom, two-bath asshole”—form the film’s backbone and highlight. PG-13. AARON MESH. Clackamas, Fox Tower, Tigard.
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
C Marigold Hotel is nothing but the dotty-pensioner scenes from British ensemble comedies, always the best parts. But for crissakes, don’t call it a “movie for grown-ups.” The film, directed by fustian Shakespeare in Love hack John Madden, is hardly more mature than The Avengers, and plays to the same desire to see big names join forces. I’m happy to see Bill Nighy, Judi Dench and Tom Wilkinson in any context, even if it’s a geriatric version of a summer-camp movie. AARON MESH. Cedar Hills, Clackamas, Eastport, Bridgeport, City Center, Evergreen Parkway, Fox Tower, Lloyd Mall.
The Bus
B The Bus isn’t really about the
Volkswagen Bus. It’s actually a 60-minute case for the superiority of the ’60s. The Bus is only a symbol, representative of an era when progressives were really progressives and the goal was to “feed the world with love.” Draft-dodgers and flower children drove the Bus because it symbolized a rejection of the establishment’s rules. Plus, as a greasy hippie tells the camera, “It looks hella cute.” Director, producer and editor Damon Ristau is obviously fascinated by this subculture that’s still managing to hang on a halfcentury later, and the VW love is infectious. A lighthearted soundtrack and fast-paced, playful editing ensure the film rolls along fluidly, moving between the historical and the present-day Bus culture. Ristau hits a few false horns anytime he asks viewers to take the culture too seriously—for instance, whenever the word “sustainable” comes up. It is only when the film touches on the VW Bus’ uses in developing countries that the documentary, like the vehicle it documents, becomes more than just a collector’s item. The shift is fleeting, however, and Ristau returns us to his core message. The Bus, like the documentary, is meant
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to be an “amusement ride for adults.” KIMBERLY HURSH. Hollywood Theatre.
The Cabin in the Woods
A How does someone in my position
discuss The Cabin in the Woods? It’s pretty much guaranteed I’m going to ruin something without even meaning to, so it’s probably best to avert your eyes right now. Before you do, though, allow me to offer a painfully generic imperative: Go see this film. It’s some of the craziest fun you’ll have at the theater all year. R. MATTHEW SINGER. Fox Tower, Hollywood Theatre.
Chernobyl Diaries
Creepy shit happens at a nuclear fallout site. Who knew? Not screened by WW press deadlines. R. Movies On TV.
Compassion Connects: Ancient Medicine for Modern Health Care
[ONE NIGHT ONLY] A documentary on acupuncture therapy in rural Nepal. Presented by the Acupuncture Relief Project. Hollywood Theatre. 7:30 and 8:45 pm Wednesday, June 13.
Dark Shadows
C+ Dark Shadows, Tim Burton’s adaptation of the ’60s cult television drama, is a minor Burton, neither grazing the highs of Beetlejuice and Edward Scissorhands nor wallowing in the muck of his rancid Planet of the Apes remake. MATTHEW SINGER. Indoor Twin, Eastport, Bridgeport, Lloyd Mall, Movies On TV.
The Deep Blue Sea
B Adapting Terence Rattigan’s 1952
play, Terence Davies gives the postwar British drama a gauzy, painterly translation, but this is an actors’ film. Rachel Weisz burns radiantly even while playing a woman whose light is slowly being snuffed. And Tom Hiddleston is tremendously amusing as her dashingly dim lover. His finest moment comes in the middle of an argument at a museum over his lack of culture, ending with him stomping off in a huff. “I’m going to see the Impressionists!” he shouts. MATTHEW SINGER. Living Room Theaters, Lake Twin.
The Dictator
B- The most notable thing about the new Sacha Baron Cohen movie is how quaint it seems. In The Dictator, Cohen is a North African despot named Admiral General Aladeen who loses his signature beard and unintentionally goes into hiding in New York as, well, Sacha Baron Cohen. It’s an obvious riff on Chaplin’s The Great Dictator, though it scans like a screwball comedy from an even earlier era—albeit one in which the balls are smashed more than screwed. MATTHEW SINGER. Evergreen Parkway, Eastport, Cedar Hills.
Dreamland Faces present Sherlock Jr. and One Week
[ONE NIGHT ONLY] The musical duo of Karen Majewicz and Andy McCormick provide the live score for a pair of Buster Keaton classics, playing accordion, piano, organ and saw. Clinton Street Theater. 4 pm Sunday, June 17.
B
Elena
Class division is omnipresent in Russian cinema, but Andrei Zvyagintsev’s Elena excels in finding a unique intersection between the rich and working class. The film focuses on its titular character (the powerful Nadezhda Markina), a former nurse whose marriage to wealthy Vladimir (Andrey Smirnov) is more indentured servitude than marital bliss. Love is there, but understanding is not. When Vladimir suffers a heart attack and decides to retool his will to prevent Elena from financially aiding her troubled grandson, she is faced with a
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THETAN IN FURS: Alec Baldwin and Tom Cruise.
HEAVY MUDDLE ROCK OF AGES WILL BASH YOUR BRAINS IN, AND NOT IN THE GOOD WAY. BY MATTHEW SIN GE R
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At the 2009 Tony Awards, Poison singer Bret Michaels performed his band’s 20-year-old party anthem “Nothin’ but a Good Time” in conjunction with Rock of Ages, a Broadway musical glorifying the brief but spectacularly ridiculous time in which Michaels and his fellow poofy-haired man-poodles ruled the earth. He then turned around and walked straight into a lowering partition, breaking his nose and knocking himself silly. I can’t think of a better metaphor for Adam Shankman’s big-screen adaptation of the play: It’s a loud, extravagant production that tries to bludgeon you to death. Even the most nostalgic Hollywood barfly would admit that two-plus hours of nonstop pop-metal hits is too much for the brain to take, let alone pop-metal hits that’ve been given the High School Musical treatment. It’s like being repeatedly karate kicked in the temple by David Lee Roth. Don’t get me wrong, the movie isn’t an entirely painful experience. For a little while, at least, it exudes a certain innocent charm. There isn’t a trace of irony in Rock of Ages. Apparently, the original play was meant as a gentle send-up of the days of Aqua Net and mainstreamed misogyny, but the only winks in Shankman’s film are the flirty come-ons between its freshly scrubbed leads (dancer and country star Julianne Hough and Diego Boneta, who I assume once played a baby deer in something). It’s a genuine celebration of the big-glam ’80s, even though no one involved seems to have any recollection or knowledge of what that period was actually like. Sure, as Sherrie (Hough)—a small-town girl and aspiring singer just off the Greyhound from Tulsa—takes her inaugural stroll down the Sunset Strip, she passes prostitutes and punks, then gets her suitcase stolen out of her hands. Still, there are no back-alley blowjobs or guys choking on their own vomit in bathroom stalls. That’s OK, though. Somehow, a totally misremembered, idealized ode to an era defined by blatant inauthenticity feels appropriate.
And then there’s Tom Cruise. He plays Stacee Jaxx, the film’s resident decadent rock god, who’s introduced by emerging from underneath a pile of half-naked women wearing a jewel-encrusted codpiece, chaps and a thong, and tattoos of pistols pointed at his crotch. Cruise embodies Jaxx as a sort of heavily medicated prairie dog, shambling into people’s personal space and delivering nonsensical shamanistic proverbs like a zombified Jim Morrison. Like his turn as a foul-mouthed movie exec in Tropic Thunder, the role is Cruise deliberately playing against type, and if he were onscreen much longer, the act would wear out its welcome. As it is, though, it’s a legitimately amusing turn. But oh, Christ, the music. It’s not really the songs themselves, bloated and pompous as they are. There’s just too many of them. Not two minutes go by without the screen erupting into a lavish performance number, giving the already thin story no chance to breathe and leaving the more dra-
IT’S A LOUD, EXTRAVAGANT PRODUCTION THAT TRIES TO BLUDGEON YOU TO DEATH. matically talented members of the ensemble cast— Russell Brand, Paul Giamatti, a horribly bewigged Alec Baldwin—with little to do but primp, preen and, in the case of poor Bryan Cranston, get bent over a desk and spanked. They call these things “jukebox musicals,” but this is more like a six-disc Monsters of Rock compilation come to life, with songs literally piling up atop one another. At some point, the performances stop having anything to do with the film at all, existing only for Shankman to show off his choreography skills. By the time the camera pans over the Hollywood sign in the final moments, I prayed a plaid-patterned bomber would appear over the horizon and nuke the entire goddamned city. But then, that’d just give someone another horrible idea. “Coming in 2013: Touch Me I’m Fabulous: The Grungical Musical!” C- SEE IT: Rock of Ages is rated PG-13 and opens Friday at Lloyd Center, Cedar Hils, Clackamas, Eastport, Mill Plain, Cornelius, Pioneer Place, Bridgeport, City Center, Division, Evergreen Parkway, Fox Tower, Hilltop, Movies On TV, Sherwood, Tigard, Wilsonville, Sandy.
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daunting moral conundrum. This is a drama of quiet grief that succeeds due to its sympathetic performances and overarching sense of uncertainty. AP KRYZA. Living Room Theaters.
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Father’s Day
[ONE WEEK ONLY] Although its budget probably wouldn’t cover Ridley Scott’s shoes, this proudly low-budget, retrograde horror-comedy has, like Prometheus, a few thoughts on God, religion and their relationship to mankind. Of course, it takes quite a different path getting to those ideas. Following an eye-patched, gruff-voiced Ash Williams stand-in hunting a serial rapist known as the Fuchman (nyuk nyuk, right?), the film eventually goes pseudo-mystical, traveling to Heaven and Hell and considering the possibility that the real estate is owned by the same guy. Like Machete and Hobo with a Shotgun, Father’s Day purposely mimics the cruddy look and nonsense plotting of an ’80s grindhouse flick (there’s even a commercial for a fake, Z-grade Star Wars ripoff in the middle), and the movie is given extra cred-points in that regard for getting distributed by Troma Studios, producer of schlock classics like The Toxic Avenger and Chopper Chicks in Zombietown. At this point, though, the “shocks” contained in these throwbacks have gotten painfully easy to predict. You know there will be strippers with chainsaws, priests pulling guns from under their frocks, incest, entrails, bloody penises, etc. The filmmakers are desperately pressing buttons, but the register is empty. MATTHEW SINGER. Clinton Street Theater. 6 pm and 8 pm SaturdayThursday, June 16-21.
First Position
B According to one expert in First
Position, the keys to making it in the cutthroat world of ballet are “body, training, passion, personality.” Freshman director Bess Kargman manages to find six dancers who possess all four—and none is old enough to vote. As she chronicles the dancers’ preparation for the prestigious Youth America Grand Prix in New York, Kargman maintains an inspirational tone, even when delving into the harsher side of ballet life. Questioning isn’t Kargman’s objective at any point in First Position. It’s merely to show the fruits of youthful ambition. That’s fine enough to make a compelling documentary, especially when the payoff is a series of dazzling performances. MATTHEW SINGER. Living Room Theaters.
Headhunters
A- Adapted from a book by Jo Nesbø,
Morten Tyldum’s Headhunters initially portrays itself as a sleek heist picture. Then the film turns, on a dime, into a bloodstained, shit-caked, bruisedblack comedy of mounting indignities resembling Martin Scorsese’s After Hours. R. MATTHEW SINGER. Living Room Theaters.
The Hunger Games
A In an era where YA books are often
boiled down beyond recognition for film treatment, The Hunger Games is a vivid KO that stays mostly true to great source material. It’s like The Running Man…but with high-schoolers killing each other with bricks and swords in the woods. PG-13. KELLY CLARKE. Cedar Hills, Eastport, Forest Theatre, Oak Grove, Fox Tower, Lloyd Mall, Movies On TV, Tigard.
The Intouchables
C In France, The Intouchables is experiencing record-breaking ticket sales. Stateside, there has been a bit more pearl-clutching, but for good reason. Yet the film doesn’t collapse on itself, thanks to the palpable chemistry between its stars. R. SAUNDRA SORENSON. Fox Tower.
Jiro Dreams of Sushi
B+ Like the sushi master himself, the
documentary Jiro Dreams of Sushi moves a bit ponderously and occasionally repetitively. But as Jiro would be the first to tell you, patience and perseverance will pay off in the end. PG. RUTH BROWN. Living Room Theaters.
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The Love of Beer
C- [ONE NIGHT ONLY, DIRECTOR
ATTENDING] The wedding scene is when it goes too far. A happy young couple stands before a beer blogger, tulip glasses in hand. The bride wears red so the blogger, dressed as some sort of ancient goddess and ordained by an Internet-based, Big Lebowskithemed church, can wear a white toga. “Trust is the grain that will give your beer its character and its strength. Passion, like hops, will add fragrance and spice to your life together,” says the goddess. This is halfway into Alison Grayson’s The Love Of Beer, a soft-focus documentary comprising endless shots of beer being made, tapped, poured and tasted as talking heads praise everything related to Portland beer. It’s meant to be flattering, I think, but when a hobby develops its own marriage ceremonies, it could fairly be called a cult. If you love beer and live in Portland, you’ve seen the characters that populate The Love of Beer—Sarah Pederson of Saraveza, Abe the mutton-chopped Timbers capo—and you’ve probably heard people talk about their nice, quiet little bar-side community. “These are people you hug when you see them, they care about you, they care about what your kids are doing,” says one. I love the beer, but the crowd is a little much. Can I get a growler to go, please? MARTIN CIZMAR. NW Film Center’s Whitsell Auditorium. 7 pm Thursday, June 14.
Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted
The third installment in the inexplicably popular, exceptionally loud animated animal franchise. Sorry, parents, but WW was way too hungover to make the Saturday morning press screening. PG. Lloyd Center, Cedar Hills, Clackamas, Eastport, Cornelius, Lake Twin, Oak Grove, Pioneer Place, Bridgeport, City Center, Division, Evergreen Parkway, Hilltop, Lloyd Mall, Movies On TV, Sherwood, Tigard, Sandy.
Men in Black 3
C The original Men in Black is pretty great, a lean, awesomely ridiculous creature feature in the vein of Ghostbusters. A decade after the wack sequel, the prospect of resurrecting the original’s scattershot whimsy is a welcome idea, especially given the setup, which involves Will Smith going back in time to prevent a gnarly alien biker (a snarling Jemaine Clement) from assassinating Tommy Lee Jones’ younger self (Josh Brolin, doing a frighteningly accurate and hysterical impression of his No Country for Old Men co-star), all along encountering everything from racist cops to Apollo 11 and Andy Warhol. But hey, what about Smith’s daddy issues? Or the fatherson relationship forged between Smith and Jones? An even better question: Who gives a fuck about any of that? PG-13. AP KRYZA. Lloyd Center, 99 West Drive-In, Cedar Hills, Clackamas, Eastport, Mill Plain, Cornelius, Oak Grove, Pioneer Place, Bridgeport, City Center, Division, Evergreen Parkway, Hilltop, Lloyd Mall, Movies On TV, Sherwood, Tigard, Sandy.
Monsieur Lazhar
B It was the most startling image of
this year’s Portland International Film Festival: A boy peeks into his middleschool classroom, and through a sliver of doorway sees his teacher’s lifeless body hanging from the ceiling. Not a conventional way of starting a “magical schoolteacher” movie, but don’t worry: It gets conventional pretty quick. The titular Mr. Lazhar (Mohamed Fellag) is hired as the dead woman’s replacement, and soon he’s not just teaching these kids...they’re teaching him. Still, writer-director Philippe Falardeau keeps things simple enough, allowing the sincere performances from Fellag and the young Sophie Nélisse and Émilien Néron— both from the “so mature it’s unnatural” class of child actors—to bolster the film beyond its clichés. PG-13. MATTHEW SINGER. Cinema 21.
Moonrise Kingdom
A- Of all the Wes Anderson
movies in the world, this is the Wes Andersoniest. Those who find every-
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thing that follows Bottle Rocket fussy and puerile have fair warning: Moonrise Kingdom is Anderson’s Boy Scout film, set on an imaginary island. The director’s debt to Finnish colleague Aki Kaurismaki has never been more patent—Bruce Willis, Ed Norton, Frances McDormand and Bill Murray all have self-pitying stoicism down to a kind of kabuki. Without the leavening influence of Owen Wilson, Anderson’s melancholy can feel brittle, even with Robert Yeoman providing his most agile cinematography. Yet a fresh breeze airs out Moonrise Kingdom in every scene where the 12-year-old runaways Sam Shakusky and Suzy Bishop (Jared Gilman and an astonishing Kara Hayward) arrange an elopement from their Norman Rockwell world. Anderson has rarely been funnier, or his compositions more packed with detail, than in the epistolary montage in which the young rebels make plans (while Sam is menaced by greasers). He has never handled delicate material so deftly as when the couple—in shades of Badlands and Godard— reaches a blue lagoon. Here, Sam pitches several tents. “It’s hard,” Suzy whispers as Sam presses against her, after they’ve danced to Françoise Hardy like marooned Parisian mods. Indeed there is a core of toughminded wisdom in this movie’s treatment of sexual discovery—not leering, not dodging, but frankly enchanted. PG-13. AARON MESH. Fox Tower.
New Czech Cinema Series
B The NW Film Center’s survey of
contemporary Czech cinema opens on a high, chill note with Radim Spadcek’s Walking Too Fast (7 pm Friday, June 15), a terribly despairing study of ’80s paranoia and the sexual politics of power. Ondrej Maly’s star turn as a tightly wound secret agent bent on ruining everything and everyone in his vicinity (himself most of all) is an enthralling act of physical menace, Maly’s small frame giving off an icy heat that fills Spadcek’s wide shots with ferocity and fear. The films that follow Walking Too Fast—the two I was able to screen in advance, at least— center on similarly if not quite so tragically lost men, dudes writhing at the ends of ropes they ever-so-carelessly braided themselves. Four Suns (7 pm Saturday and Tuesday, June 16 and 19) adds a dash of mysticism to a fairly conventional study of intergenerational love and strife and self-destruction, while Long Live the Family (7 pm Sunday and Monday, June 17-18) finds an ostensibly respectable uppermiddle-class man fleeing criminal misdeeds with his unsuspecting clan. Neither film comes close to matching Walking Too Fast’s dark power, but Long Live the Family does contain the most wrenching image I’ve seen in a movie this year: a single haunting shot of a stray dog seizing as death approaches. No, these aren’t happy films. CHRIS STAMM. NW Film Center’s Whitsell Auditorium. See nwfilm.org for a complete schedule.
Peace, Love and Misunderstanding C- Peace, Love and Misunderstanding
doesn’t have a bleeding heart so much as a sloppy, suppurating wound hiding beneath its brittle romcom carapace. During the rare moments it manages to shake off rote heteronormative faith in the redemptive potential of the perfect PIV pairing, that drippy thing is actually in the right place at the right time. The movie is not good, but at least it tries to be. CHRIS STAMM. Living Room Theaters.
Prometheus
A- In Prometheus, Ridley Scott’s
long-anticipated return to the science-fiction genre, the director confronts a philosophical query that has dogged mankind since at least 1995: What if God were one of us? A think piece on the origins of man probably doesn’t sound much like the Alien prequel you were expecting. Well, for starters, Prometheus isn’t a true prequel. It’s an “expansion of the Alien mythos.” As such, it has mythology on the brain. Just look at the title, which hints at the big ideas Scott and screenwriters Jon Spaihts and Damon Lindelof are considering here. But the heft of their musings cannot weigh
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MIDDLE-AGED DIRTBAG: Sandler in That’s My Boy.
WHINE TASTING WITH ADAM SANDLER Parsing the not-many voices of America’s laziest comedian.
At this point, it’s clear Adam Sandler is just trolling us. He’s self-aware enough to know he’s the laziest, most cash-grabbingest comic actor in the country. You can’t even hate him for it, really. He’s made a fortune by barely trying. Isn’t that, in a nutshell, the American dream? In fairness, his new movie, That’s My Boy—which did not screen before WW press deadlines—looks slightly more promising than a lot of his recent work. Still, it appears to follow the usual Sandler formula: a one-note premise (Adam Sandler is Andy Samberg’s deadbeat dad!) with minor tweaks to the same silly voice (mentally stunted manchild...from Bawston!). Then again, what do I know? Maybe Sandler is actually a master craftsman. Maybe his silly voices are like fine wines, their subtleties perceptible only to true aficionados. So we asked an expert. Two, in fact. One is Jeff Conn, an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Applied Linguistics at Portland State University. The other is our own senior goofy-accents analyst, Rusty Feathercap. Conn’s thoughtful analysis of Sandler’s various “linguistic guises” is available at wweek.com. Feathercap’s own invaluable insights are below. MATTHEW SINGER. Billy Madison (1995) In which Sandler introduces the “overgrown 12-year-old” archetype he’s recycled in practically every role since. Rusty Feathercap: “Here he speaks a dead language called ‘mock retarded.’ We haven’t heard it much since Jerry Lewis’ heyday, primarily because it’s only funny to children and stoned people.” The Waterboy (1998) In which Sandler plays a stuttering social recluse with rage issues. “I’m getting smoky Louisiana overtones here—think James Carville— but this accent is primarily Rain Man-ese with a just a hint of misremembered Foghorn Leghorn.” Little Nicky (2000) In which Sandler plays the emo son of Satan and talks like he got hit in the face with a brick. (Actually, it was a shovel.) “Sandler is making a distinct effort to speak Ed McMahonish here, but he’s landing somewhere in the region of Humphrey Bogartese.” Punch-Drunk Love (2002) In which Sandler more or less plays Adam Sandler, only sadder. “Nothing regional here, save for the shards of Sandler’s own Brooklyn accent, which was lost long ago in a fog of prank calls and poor taste.” You Don’t Mess With the Zohan (2008) In which Sandler plays an Israeli assassin-turned-hairstylist. “About 60 percent of this is an amalgam of all your Eastern European nations, and the other 40 percent is mostly lifted from Sacha Baron Cohen.” SEE IT: That’s My Boy is rated R and opens Friday at Lloyd Center, Cedar Hills, Clackamas, Eastport, Mill Plain, Cornelius, Oak Grove, Pioneer Place, Bridgeport, City Center, Division, Evergreen Parkway, Hilltop, Movies On TV, Sherwood, Tigard, Wilsonville, Sandy.
JUNE 13-19 down the sheer, sprawling spectacle of the film’s vision. Scott isn’t a great philosopher. He is, however, a magnificent stylist. Prometheus is a stunning, horrifying success. R. MATTHEW SINGER. Lloyd Center, Cedar Hills, Clackamas, Eastport, Mill Plain, Cornelius, Pioneer Place, Bridgeport, City Center, Division, Evergreen Parkway, Hilltop, Lloyd Mall, Movies On TV, Sherwood, Tigard, Roseway, Sandy.
What to Expect When You’re Expecting
C- Adapting a self-help book into a
romantic comedy is often a wasted opportunity. What to Expect When You’re Expecting is already its own punchline, often serving as a prop to show (in countless other films) that a reluctant dad-to-be is accepting his fate. But director Kirk Jones adds little to the conversation, focusing
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Writing Myself
“JANE AUSTEN WITH A VIBRATOR!”
-Lisa Schwarzbaum, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
[TWO NIGHTS ONLY] A documentary on a playwriting program for at-risk youth. Cinema 21: 7 pm Friday, June 14. Clinton Street Theater: 7 pm Saturday, June 15.
-Rex Reed, NEW YORK OBSERVER
Safety Not Guaranteed
ingly true in witnessing a wizened writer in his mid-30s demand of an intern: “Why are you sitting there in front of that screen? You’re a young man!” Why are we sitting in front of that screen, indeed? That’s a truer basis for Safety Not Guaranteed than its origins as an Internet meme, a late-’90s want ad of sorts that sought a time-travel companion. For our purposes, screenwriter Derek Connolly has reimagined the infamous clipping by tracing it back to a sleepy seaside town in Washington. It’s there that tenured magazine contributor Jeff (Jake M. Johnson) drags two listless interns (Karan Soni and Aubrey Plaza) in an attempt to secretly profile an earnest if unhinged grocery-store clerk who fancies himself a regular Doc Brown (Mark Duplass). The skeptical trio stumbles onto what is possibly the greatest space-time paradox: You can never go back, except when you can. This is the rare film where dialogue is natural; the major players gloss over their respective tales of love and loss, yet we know every detail through the kind of inference that makes us feel like a part of the conversation. Subtle, too, is what the film does with the source material—specifically, a line in the ad that reads “I’ve only done this once before.” Keep these words in mind. Without saying too much, I’d suggest they add a gratifying, if unspoken, subplot. R. SAUNDRA SORENSON. Fox Tower, Clackamas, Bridgeport.
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
D The problems of three little people add up to a pile of dead salmon. PG-13. AARON MESH. Living Room Theaters.
Snow White & the Huntsman
A- Snow White and the Huntsman
is beautifully, blessedly graphic. It goes far beyond threats of dismemberment and filicide. There’s the dark forest, which provides Snow White (Kristen Stewart) with questionable sanctuary but plays out like an LSD-laced fever dream, populated by banshee marsh creatures and every infestation imaginable. And, of course, there’s the Queen (Charlize Theron) and her method for keeping things tight, which is a little bit bloody Countess Báthory, a little bit The Leech Woman. It’s unfortunate that soldier Stewart was made to be so much the center of the film and its marketing. While it offers a great message for young girls to be proactive, another scene of Theron wining and dining on the blood of the innocent might have made for more compelling cinema. PG-13. SAUNDRA SORENSON. Lloyd Center, 99 West Drive-In, Cedar Hills, Clackamas, Eastport, Mill Plain, Cornelius, Moreland, Oak Grove, Pioneer Place, Bridgeport, City Center, Division, Evergreen Parkway, Hilltop, Lloyd Mall, Movies On TV, Sherwood, Tigard, Sandy, St. Johns.
Some Like It Hot
[TWO DAYS ONLY, REVIVAL] The 1959 Marilyn Monroe-Tony CurtisJack Lemmon screwball classic that bequeathed us future cross-dressing comedies such as Sorority Boys, She’s the Man and White Chicks. Trust me, it’s better than its progeny. Hollywood Theatre. 2:30 pm Saturday-Sunday, June 16-17.
Ultrasonic
[ONE WEEK ONLY] A techno-thriller about a musician plagued by sounds only he can hear. Cinema 21.
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It is absolutely true that many Victorian-era doctors would masturbate their female patients. It wasn’t a fetish marketed as legitimate treatment but a widely accepted cure-all for the blanket diagnosis of “hysteria.” We encounter this strange world of clinical sex acts through Mortimer Granville (Hugh Dancy), loosely based on the Mortimer Granville who invented the electric vibrator. For our purposes, Granville is an idealistic doctor fighting for progress in a field that still deals in leeches. Unfortunately, through his eyes we end up with a steampunk caricature of 1880s England, with more figurative winking at the camera than a sense of authenticity. As Granville stumbles uncomfortably into a gig of physician-prescribed fingering, it’s as though director Tanya Wexler is screaming at us: “Isn’t it great how we now know that female orgasms are real?! And that mental disorders are nuanced?!” But Dancy carries his lot quite well, playing Granville with earnest charisma even as the good doctor begins to develop carpal tunnel syndrome. The richest moments come as he’s on the cusp of innovation, in the company of his childhood friend Lord Edmund (the always extravagant Rupert Everett). Edmund’s hobbies include futzing with electrical generators and sexual debauchery. It’s only a matter of time before this duo stumbles onto the idea of a handheld marital aid. Then, Hysteria becomes what it really is: a sex comedy with a hint of slapstick. It’s when Wexler tries to explore medical ethics that we lose track of whether we’re supposed to laugh or feel challenged. That’s because Hysteria seems to reflect the same prudishness in dealing with female “paroxysms” as the era it’s trying to question, opting to depict “therapeutic massage” by making a spectacle of it. Wexler places only women of a certain age in the stirrups, and they are played exclusively by actresses with distinctive (and not classically attractive) features. One of the regular patients is, I am sorry to say, a rotund opera singer. Perhaps we can handle our own awkward medical history only if it’s packaged as a romantic comedy. Hysteria dutifully (if clunkily) broaches feminist issues of the day by pitting Granville against his employer’s suffragette daughter Charlotte (Maggie Gyllenhaal as a radical not unlike her socialist baker in Stranger Than Fiction). If Hysteria can’t settle on how to have this discussion, at least we get a fiery Gyllenhaal and a few seedy facts to break out at cocktail parties. SAUNDRA SORENSON. B- SEE IT: Hysteria is rated R and opens Friday at Fox Tower, Hollywood Theatre.
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The Trust Deed to be foreclosed pursuant to Oregon law is referred to as follows (the “Trust Deed”): Grantor: Guy C. Schoen and Lalah J. Schoen, as tenants by the entirety Trustee: Fidelity National Title Insurance Company Beneficiary: Oregon Community Credit Union PO Box 77002, Springfield, OR 97475 Date: August 27, 2007 Recording Date: August 30, 2007 Recording Reference: Reel 2860, Page 126 County of Recording: Marion County The Successor Trustee is Thomas M. Orr and the mailing address of the Successor Trustee is: Thomas M. Orr, Successor Trustee, Hutchinson, Cox, Coons, Orr & Sherlock, P.C., PO Box 10886, Eugene, OR 97440. The Trust Deed covers the following described real property in the County of Marion and State of Oregon, (“the Property”): Lot 22, Dillon Estates, in the City of Salem, Marion County, Oregon. Commonly known as: 5363 Kali Street SE, Salem, OR 97306 Both the beneficiary and the trustee have elected to sell the said real property to satisfy the obligations secured by said trust deed and a notice of default has been recorded pursuant to Oregon Revised Statutes 86.735 (3). The default for which foreclosure is made is: $9,723.42. The Grantor’s failure to pay when due the following sums: Monthly installments of $1,620.57 beginning September 1, 2011 through the installment due February 1, 2012, plus late charges of $324.12 and interest through and including February 6, 2012 in the amount of $6,579.40. The sum owing on the obligation that the Trust Deed secures (the “Obligation”) is: $272,342.85, together with Trustee’s fees, attorney’s fees, foreclosure costs and any sums advanced by the Beneficiary pursuant to the Trust Deed. By reason of the default, the Beneficiary and the Trustee elect to sell the Property to satisfy the Obligation and to foreclose the Trust Deed by advertisement and sale pursuant to ORS 86.705 to 86.795. At public auction, the Trustee shall sell to the highest bidder for cash the interest in the Property which the Grantor had, or had the power to convey, at the time of the execution by Grantor of the Trust Deed, together with any interest Grantor or Grantor’s successors in interest acquired after the execution of the Trust Deed, to satisfy the Obligation. The date, time and place of the sale is: Date: August 1, 2012 Time: 11:00 o’clock a.m. Place: Marion County Courthouse, 100 High Street Northeast, Salem, OR 97301
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NOTICE TO TENANTS If you are a tenant of this property, foreclosure could affect your rental agreement. A purchaser who buys this property at a foreclosure sale has the right to require you to move out after giving you notice of the requirement. If you do not have a fixed-term lease, the purchaser may require you to move out after giving you a 30-day notice on or after the date of the sale. If you have a fixed-term lease, you may be entitled to receive after the date of the sale a 60-day notice of the purchaser’s requirement that you move out. To be entitled to either a 30-day or 60-day notice, you must give the Trustee of the property written evidence of your rental agreement at least 30 days before the date first set for the sale. If you have a fixedterm lease, you must give the Trustee a copy of the rental agreement. If you do not have a fixed term lease and cannot provide a copy of the rental agreement, you may give the Trustee other written evidence of the existence of the rental agreement. The date that is 30 days before the date of the sale is July 2, 2012. The name of the Trustee and the Trustee’s mailing address are listed on this notice. Federal law may grant you additional rights, including a right to a longer notice period. Consult a lawyer for more information about your rights under federal law. You have the right to apply your security deposit and any rent you prepaid toward your current obligation under your rental agreement. If you want to do so, you must notify your landlord in writing and in advance that you intend to do so. If you believe you need legal assistance with this matter, you may contact the Oregon State Bar and ask for the lawyer referral service. Contact information for the Oregon State Bar is included with this notice. If you have a low income and meet federal poverty guidelines, you may be eligible for free legal assistance. Contact information for where you can obtain free legal assistance is included in the next paragraph. There are government agencies and nonprofit organizations that can give you information about foreclosure and help you decide what to do. For the name and phone number of an organization near you, please call the statewide phone contact number at 1-800-SAFENET (1-800-723-3638). You may also wish to talk to a lawyer. If you need help finding a lawyer, you may call the Oregon State Bar’s Lawyer Referral Service at (503) 684-3763 or tollfree in Oregon at (800) 452-7636 or you may visit its Website at: http://www.osbar.org. Legal assistance may be available if you have a low income and meet federal poverty guidelines. For more information and a directory of legal aid programs that provide legal help to individuals at no charge, go to http://www.oregonlawhelp.org and http://www.osbar.org/public/ris/lowcostlegalhelp/legalaid.html RIGHT TO CURE The right exists under ORS 86.753 to have this foreclosure proceeding dismissed and the Trust Deed reinstated by doing all of the following at any time that is not later than five days before the date last set for the sale: (1) Paying to the Beneficiary the entire amount then due (other than such portion as would not then be due, had no default occurred); (2) Curing any other default complained of herein that is capable of being cured by tendering the performance required under the Trust Deed; and (3) Paying all costs and expenses actually incurred in enforcing the Obligation and Trust Deed, together with Trustee’s and attorney’s fees not exceeding the amounts provided by ORS 86.753. In construing this notice, the singular includes the plural, the word “Grantor” includes any successor in interest to the Grantor as well as any other person owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by the Trust Deed, and the words “Trustee” and “Beneficiary” include their respective successors in interest, if any. We are a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information we obtain will be used to collect the debt. Cashier’s checks for the foreclosure sale must be payable to Oregon Community Credit Union. Dated: May 14, 2012. /s/ Thomas M. Orr Thomas M. Orr, Successor Trustee Hutchinson, Cox, Coons, Orr & Sherlock, P.C. Attorneys at Law PO Box 10886 Eugene, OR 97440 Phone: (541) 686-9160 Fax: (541) 343-8693 Date of First Publication: 05/23/2012 Date of Last Publication: 06/13/2012
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Week of June 14
ARIES(March 21-April 19): It’s time for your right hand to find out what your left hand has been doing lately, and vice versa. They’ve been attending to their separate agendas for a while, and now it would be wise to have them work together more closely. As they get reacquainted, a bit of friction would be understandable. You may have to serve as a mediator. Try to get them to play nicely with each other for a while before jumping in to the negotiations about how best they can cooperate in the future. And be very firm with them: no slapping or fighting allowed. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Some relationships that you call “friendships” may be little more than useful connections or status boosters or affiliations that enhance your power and influence. There’s no shame in that. But it’s also a smart idea to make sure that at least some of your alliances are rooted primarily in pure affection. You need to exchange energy with people who don’t serve your ambitions so much as they feed your soul. The coming weeks will be an excellent time to cultivate friendships like that. Take good care of those you have, and be alert for the possibility of starting a new one. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Do you remember what you were doing between July 2000 and June 2001? Think back. Did anything happen then that felt like a wild jumpstart, or a series of epiphanies, or a benevolent form of shock therapy? Were you forcibly dislodged from a rut by an adversary who eventually became an ally? Did you wake up from a sleepy trance you didn’t even know you had been in? I’m guessing that at least some of those experiences will be returning in the coming months, but on a higher octave this time. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Author Steven Covey describes your “circle of concern” as everything you’re concerned with or worried about. Your “circle of influence,” on the other hand, is anything that’s within your ability to change right now. For example, you may have general long-term questions or anxieties about the future of your health. That’s your circle of concern. But your circle of influence contains specific actions you can take to affect your health today, like eating good food, getting enough sleep, and doing exercise. What I’m seeing for you, Cancerian, is that the coming weeks will be an excellent time to spend less time in your circle of concern and more in your circle of influence. Stop fantasizing about what may or may not happen, and simply take charge of the details that will make a difference. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): There’s a wild zoo about two hours northwest of Seattle. After paying your fee, you can drive your car through acres of land where large animals are allowed to roam free. When I took the tour, I stopped my rented Dodge Stratus by the side of the road to get a better look at a humongous buffalo with a humped back and a long woolly beard. It lumbered over to where I was parked and for the next five minutes thoroughly licked my windshield with its enormous purple tongue. My head was just inches away from its primal power, and yet I was safe and relaxed and perfectly amused. I wouldn’t be surprised if you had a comparable experience sometime soon, Leo. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In the Biblical book of Genesis, Jacob had a dream of angels ascending and descending a ladder that went up to heaven. I recommend that you try to incubate a similar dream, or else do some meditations in which you visualize that scene. It would help prime your psyche for one of this week’s top assignments, which is to be adaptable as you go back and forth between very high places and very low places. Heaven and earth need to be better connected. So do the faraway and the close-at-hand, as well as the ideal and the practical. And you’re the right person for the job. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Thomas Edison said something to the effect that a person who is thoroughly satisfied is probably a failure. I guess he meant that if you’re not always pushing to make your life better, you must not have very high standards or passionate goals. While I can see the large grains of
truth in that theory, I don’t think it applies in all cases -- like for you right now, for instance. During the upcoming grace period, it will make sense for you to be perfectly content with the state of your life just as it is. To do so won’t make you lazy and complacent. Just the opposite, in fact: It will charge your psychic batteries and create a reservoir of motivational energy for the second half of 2012. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Twenty-four-year-old actress Annalynne McCord has risen up in rebellion against what she calls “Hollywood’s perfection requirement.” Lately she has been brazenly appearing in public without any make-up on. She has even encouraged paparazzi to snap photos of her in her natural state. “I’m not perfect,” she says, “and that’s okay with me.” I nominate her to be your role model in the coming weeks, Scorpio. You will be able to stir up useful blessings for yourself by being loyal to the raw truth. You can gain power by not hiding anything. (And yes, I realize that last statement is in conflict with the core Scorpionic philosophy.) Here’s my guarantee: It’ll be fun to be free of unrealistic images and showy deceptions. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Nineteenthcentury Russian novelist Ivan Turgenev once called his fellow novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky a “pimple on the face of literature.” But more than a hundred years after that crude dismissal, Dostoyevsky is a much more highly regarded and influential writer than Turgenev. Use this as inspiration, Sagittarius, if you have to deal with anyone’s judgmental appraisals of you in the coming days. Their opinions will say more about them than about you. Refresh your understanding of the phenomenon of “projection,” in which people superimpose their fantasies and delusions on realities they don’t see clearly. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Take a few deep breaths. It’s important not to get overly worked up about your recent diversion from the Truth and the Way. I mean it’s not like you sold heroin to high school students or dumped toxic waste into a mountain stream, right? It’s true that you’ve incurred a minor karmic debt that will ultimately have to be repaid. And yes, you’ve been reminded that you can’t allow yourself to lower your standards even slightly. But I doubt any of it will matter in five years -- especially if you atone now. So please go ahead and give yourself a spanking, make a definitive plan to correct your error, and start cruising in the direction of the next chapter of your life story. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Have you ever tried to drink from a fire hose? The sheer amount and force of the water shooting out the end makes it hard to actually get any moisture in your mouth, let alone enjoy the process. On the other hand, it is kind of entertaining, and it does provide a lot of material to tell funny stories about later on. But are those good enough reasons to go ahead and do it? I say no. That’s why I advise you, metaphorically speaking, to draw your sustenance from a more contained flow in the coming week. Cultivate a relationship with a resource that gives you what you really need. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The coming week will be an excellent time to declare your independence from anything that depresses you, obsesses you, or oppresses you. You will attract help from unexpected sources if you take that brave action. At the same time, it’ll be a perfect moment to declare your interdependence with anything that fires up your imagination, stirs up smart hope, or fills you with a desire to create masterpieces. Be adventurous as you dream about blending your energies with the very best influences.
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