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I don’t usually see this type of bias in WW, but it’s certainly evident in this article [“Mr. Smith Runs From Salem, WW, July 25, 2012]. [Jefferson Smith] saying “we need more police officers and more eyes on the street” has nothing to do with one’s views on guns. Being for guns isn’t a bad thing. Being for guns in the hands of underage gangbangers is. And because [Smith] doesn’t toe the party line about guns or other issues tells me that he’s capable of independent thought, which is something we need much more of from our politicians. As for not being endorsed by Planned Parenthood, even though he supports a woman’s choice, how does that factor into not being progressive? Does he have control over who PP endorses? It seems [the writers] have some biases they need to address. —“Hank” C’mon, WW, you should be more sophisticated than that. You know that Planned Parenthood plays favorites for reasons having nothing to do with candidates’ actual pro-choice beliefs and positions. For example, PP didn’t endorse Steve Novick in 2008, or Amanda Fritz in 2012, both of whom were and are exemplary pro-choice candidates. Sadly, I have learned that the presence or absence of a Planned Parenthood endorsement is totally meaningless in assessing which candidates I might want to vote for. —“Portlandia” Jefferson Smith’s chief frustration in Salem is the same reason that becoming Portland’s mayor is so attractive to him: He found out in Salem

We used to have to separate our glass by color for recycling. Now it all goes in one bin and gets smashed together, so sorting post-pickup seems impossible. Why doesn’t it matter anymore that all the glass is mixed? Is glass recycling a hoax? —Al Like most of my readers, Al, you are clearly a huge nerd. Mind you, I’m right there with you, but if either of us spent as much time, say, talking to girls as we do geeking out over Bureau of Environmental Services white papers on solid-waste policy, we probably wouldn’t be having this conversation. Still, Portland is nothing if not a wonk’s paradise, and, as it turns out, the answer to your query is (no offense) more interesting than the question. For starters, you probably think Oregon’s curbside glass recycling is all slated to become new bottles, windows, bongs and so forth. In fact, much of it is destined for less glamorous uses 4

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that he would have to share the microphone with 59 other House members. The mayor, however, can have a press conference every half hour, and can keep that microphone as long as he likes. —“Sean Cruz”

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There is no really good fish and chips place in Portland [“Cod Save the Queen,” WW, July 25, 2012]. Halibut’s is a disgrace considering the prices it charges.... Other places that have been consistently lauded (the Frying Scotsman, the Fish & Chip Shop) are too greasy and the batter is too puffy. Maybe this is what “real” fish and chips are like, but since when has Portland settled for authenticity, especially when it compromises flavor and quality? —“Atha” You left out the Fishwife on Lombard! The best! —“Robin”

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I believe I speak for most WW readers when I say that I don’t give a rat’s ass about the Grateful Dead [“Best of Portland,” WW, July 25, 2012]. I love all the music of the ’60s except for the Grateful Dead and Crosby, Stills and Nash. Although Jerry Garcia was very handsome before he got old and fat (lol). —“Isaac Hudson” LETTERS TO THE EDITOR must include the author’s street address and phone number for verification. Letters must be 250 or fewer words. Submit to: 2220 NW Quimby St., Portland, OR 97210. Fax: (503) 243-1115, Email: mzusman@wweek.com

(not that being a mayonnaise jar is the height of glamour) like fiberglass, or as construction aggregate for use in roadbeds. Some of this low-grade glass mix also winds up as a drainage-friendly substitute for gravel under landfills—and if there’s anything less glamorous than substitute gravel, I don’t want to know about it. That said, Al, it’s the future now, and your out-of-date belief that a big pile of color-mixed broken glass can’t be sorted out by technology is so touchingly naive that I can practically hear Siri snickering. While it’s admittedly not always cost-effective to use them, machines called optical sorters now exist that use puffs of air to knock glass pieces as small as three-eighths of an inch into the appropriate bin—all with a degree of precision that could reclaim the corn from your stool. Though, of course, we all hope it doesn’t come to that. QUESTIONS? Send them to dr.know@wweek.com

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Mayoral candidate Charlie Hales picked an odd time to pay himself back for campaign loans: right after he imposed limits on his contributions for the fall election. Hales used hard-earned donations to pay himself back $25,000 of the $100,000 he loaned his campaign in the spring. Hales also repaid a $25,000 loan from Rejuvenation founder James Kelly. The repayments were disclosed last week. Candidates often wait until after the election to pay loans from supporters or themselves. Hales is currently on unpaid leave from his job as a vice president for streetcar marketer HDR Inc. Well, that figures: Oregon’s coastal waters are caffeinated. So says a study in the new Marine Pollution Bulletin and reported July 30 on National Geographic’s website. A team CAFFEINE COAST including Portland State University marine ecologist Elise Granek, the study’s co-author, found seawater samples from 14 coast sites contained up to 45 nanograms of caffeine per liter—enough to affect marine life. An earlier study submerged mussels in caffeinated water to measure the bivalves’ stress responses. “With prolonged exposure, that’s when you start to see effects,” Granek says. The researchers studied caffeine because its presence hints at other contaminants—and in this part of the world, it can only come from humans. Read more Murmurs and daily scuttlebutt.

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HemCon Medical Technologies was once one of Oregon’s rare biotech successes. The Portland-based company won worldwide fame for its innovative bandages that use a substance found in shrimp shells to stop bleeding. Members of Congress steered millions to help the company develop its products, and HemCon’s dressings were praised by battlefield medics for the ability to save lives. “It’s advances like this,” a CNN reporter said of HemCon’s products in 2006, “that are a big reason more U.S. troops are surviving serious wounds in Iraq, than in any previous war.” HemCon saw an even bigger market: selling the war-tested bandages to consumers, an opportunity that seemed unlimited. That all changed in April, when the company plummeted into Chapter 11 bankruptcy court like a sky diver with a torn parachute. The bankruptcy wiped out the value of millions of shares, many held by prominent local investors. Now court records and once-private documents—including a blistering letter from a shareholder—provide a rare look into the pivotal events and raw emotions that sent the once-promising company into free fall. Taxpayers are on the hook for HemCon’s failure, too.

The U.S. Department of Defense contributed tens of millions of dollars to the development of HemCon’s technologies, some of which were undergoing trials when the company declared bankruptcy. Documents also show the company ended 2011 owing an estimated $483,000 in state and federal income taxes. “The bankruptcy filing was forced by the need to reduce amounts owed to creditors,” HemCon president Nick Hart wrote to shareholders in the private Portland company on July 3. “We found that the only way to do this was to cancel existing stock. Your HemCon stock will therefore no longer represent an interest in HemCon.” That communication infuriated Portland divorce lawyer Jody Stahancyk, who, along with family members, bought nearly 30 percent of the first round of shares HemCon sold to private investors, records show. “You each deserve a special place in hell for not facing the shareholders who invested in you,” Stahancyk, 64, wrote to HemCon’s board members and founders on July 5. “When the patient [HemCon] died, each of you Board Members should have signed the letter and made personal calls to shareholders. Your failure to be personally accountable speaks volumes of each of your lack of personal character.” Co-founded in 2001 by Dr. Kenton Gregory, a Portland cardiologist and serial entrepreneur, HemCon had a great story—its revolutionary bandage, manufactured in Oregon from shrimp shells, stopped bleeding cold. “Between 2003 and 2008, the bandage was the standard-issue hemorrhage-control bandage for all U.S. Army soldiers and is credited with saving hundreds of lives on

the battlefield,” the company said in a July 2 court filing. The seeming permanence of war magnified the promise of HemCon’s technology. The U.S. Department of Defense spent tens of millions of dollars to help HemCon develop a process for incorporating chitosan—a substance found in shrimp shells—into bandages that control severe bleeding and, the company says in court filings, are naturally antibacterial. Gregory, 57, and his co-founder, Dr. William Wiesmann, a Maryland medical entrepreneur, convinced numerous wealthy investors to back their company. Court filings read like a who’s who of Oregon businesspeople, including Howard Hedinger, president of American Steel; Andrew Miller, chief executive of Stimson Lumber and one of Oregon’s largest political contributors; financier Eli Morgan; and former barge line owner Peter Brix. Only a year after the company began operations, and with wars escalating in Iraq and Afghanistan, HemCon won a U.S. Army contract. The federal Food and Drug Administration approved the company’s bandages in 48 hours, which HemCon boasted was the “second fastest approval in FDA history.” The Army loved the bandages—but not everyone else did. A 2005 investigation by The Baltimore Sun reported that HemCom bandages, after $29 million in Defense Department grants, weren’t nearly as effective as advertised. While the U.S. Army praised the dressings, the newspaper said, studies by the Navy found the bandages were only slightly more effective than gauze. The Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force rejected HemCon’s products, at $89 per bandage, in favor of an anti-bleeding treatment that cost about $9 each. Still, the Army kept buying HemCon’s products, reaching $35.4 million in sales in 2008. Then disaster struck. In 2008, the Army switched to a HemCon competitor. CONT. on page 9 Willamette Week AUGUST 1, 2012 wweek.com

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BUSINESS By last year, HemCon’s sales to the Army had slipped to a paltry $600,000. Competition wasn’t HemCon’s only problem. It also borrowed $37 million in 2008 to buy an Irish company called Alltracel Pharmaceuticals PLC. Management in Oregon struggled to integrate that acquisition as sales plunged. Soon HemCon faced another—ultimately fatal—challenge, this time in court. In 2010, a federal jury in New Hampshire ruled HemCon had infringed on a competitor’s chitosan patent and awarded that competitor $30 million in damages. HemCon appealed, but the award was upheld this March—and that drove HemCon into bankruptcy. For all its early promise, the company in bankruptcy showed assets of just $7 million and debts of $62 million. In her letter, Stahancyk (who represented Gregory in a 1995 divorce) accused founders of failing to exercise control over HemCon. “The company failed because the board failed to do their job,” Stahancyk wrote. “Corporate opportunities were diverted to another company owned by you at a time when you knew or should have known that HemCon was in terrible trouble and in danger of failing.” Stahancyk also accuses the founders of putting their interests ahead of other shareholders’. “You, Kenton and Bill, sold founders shares for $8 a share without ever offering all of the preferred shareholders the option to do the same,” she wrote. Records show the Stahancyks’ holdings were worth $1.18 million when the stock was worth $8 per share. Stahancyk did not give WW her letter and declined to comment on it. “The letter speaks for itself,” she says. Wiesmann did not return a call seeking comment. Miller, the investor, defended his colleagues on Hem-

Con’s board as well as the founders. “Everything the company and its founders did was fully disclosed and well documented,” Miller tells WW. Gregory and Wiesmann “many times brought other business opportunities to the company,” Miller says. “They did their duty.” To be fair to the founders, they owned a collective 44 percent of the company when it went bust, seeing an ownership stake once worth $27.6 million dwindle to being worth no more than a basket of shrimp shells.

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“The sales were permitted under an agreement with the preferred shareholders,” he says. “This was a fundraising strategy that the private equity firm advocated and the company followed. It is all well documented.” David Foraker, the attorney representing HemCon’s creditors in bankruptcy court, says he’s unaware of any inappropriate actions on the part of the company’s founders or board. HemCon will remain in bankruptcy until it can work out an agreement with clients, but it currently plans to

“YOU EACH DESERVE A SPECIAL PLACE IN HELL FOR NOT FACING THE SHAREHOLDERS WHO INVESTED IN YOU.” —JODY STAHANCYK, HEMCON INVESTOR

Gregory says he regrets that shareholders lost money. “We all wish that the lifesaving technologies that were created by HemCon would have translated into a reward for the investors and others that have worked very hard for this company,” he told WW via email. But Gregory denies founders diverted assets. “I am an entrepreneur and have started several companies over the years, including HemCon,” Gregory says. “At various times I have brought potential business opportunities to HemCon. Some opportunities fit the business strategy and some didn’t. The HemCon CEO made the final determination of whether to pursue these partnerships.” Gregory also says his sale of founders’ shares was aboveboard.

sell about $10 million worth of new equity and continue pursuing a share of the bandage market. One investor unlikely to buy any stock in the reorganized company? Stahancyk, who in her scathing email reminded Gregory about her work as his divorce attorney. “Kenton, you came to me and asked me to risk for you,” she wrote. “You promised to take the same kind of care of my investment that I took care of your children during your family crisis. “In fact, had I made the choices you did, your children would be roadkill. I would have had my secretary send a letter over a holiday weekend letting you know you had lost custody of your children, while having collected a big fat fee.”

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On July 21, Multnomah County and city officials warned Portlanders that their drinking water had tested positive for E. coli and they should boil water from westside taps before drinking it. Panic ensued. People swamped stores to buy bottled water, and some restaurants shut down until the warning was lifted the next day. Those fears were stoked further by news reports. When the boil order was lifted, KPTV reported that the tap water was “safe to drink again.” The Oregonian questioned why the Portland Water Bureau waited more than a day after finding the first tainted sample before alerting the public. In fact, Portlanders were never in any danger. The boil-water notice was not a crisis but—if anything—an overcautious cry of “Wolf!” Here’s what really happened. On July 19, workers for the Portland Water Bureau took routine samples from the 16.4 milliongallon open-air Reservoir No. 3 at Washington Park in Southwest Portland; the Water Bureau generally takes between 10 and 20 samples each day. Two different samples tested positive for coliform bacteria, a type of bacteria common in animal feces. The first tested positive for E. coli. A second sample, taken the next day, tested positive for coliform bacteria of a less dangerous type. The day after that, July 21, officials issued their warning. Dr. Gary Oxman, health officer for Multnomah County, says no one was in any serious danger and that the warning was a prudent, preventative measure. “I would classify it as a low, low risk,” Oxman says. WW wondered what exactly the risk was—and what it would actually take to poison the city’s water supply.

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The Central Library in downtown Portland is a gorgeous 1913 building with 17 miles of shelves, ornate marble staircases and an eco-roof planted with flowers. The flagship branch of the Multnomah County Library system also has seven of the few public restrooms on the west side of downtown, as well as some of the only free computer terminals. On a recent Sunday, about three quarters of the 130 computer stations were filled. People logged into Facebook and watched trailers for the next Superman movie. And on the third floor, in the Helen B. Kroll Literature & Historical Library, a man in a baggy garnet sweater was watching videos on XNXX.com, a hardcore pornography site. His tastes, visible to anyone at the long reading table behind him, ran toward three-ways and forced sex. A young woman at the reading table was writing postcards home to Australia. She seemed more amused than upset by the video in her line of sight. “It’s kind of a funny thing to write in a postcard,” she said. “You can tell taxpayers where their money is going.” That’s wildly unfair, of course. The Multnomah County Library provides a wide range of unsung services. It assists children with their homework and

helps unemployed people find jobs. It holds storytelling sessions and Kindle classes. If the Central Library is filled with people who have nowhere else to go, that’s because it’s one of the last genuinely public spaces to get generous public funding. Multnomah County commissioners will decide this week whether to ask for more. On Thursday, Aug. 2, they will vote whether to put a permanent library taxing district on the November ballot. This district would replace a temporary levy and be authorized to raise an estimated $65 million a year in property taxes for the library. If the county decides to make that move, it will raise the hackles of Portland officials and open old wounds between the city and the county—and pose questions about our expensive library system. Multnomah County now spends twice as much money per resident on its library as the national average. The library cuts hours even when voters pass new levies. If the ballot measure passes, the library would operate with even less financial oversight than it gets now. And it will force voters to face this question: Why should the library get protection from cuts while less popular but vital services—such as those for the homeless and mentally ill—aren’t protected? “This is one more short-term solution for a good cause,” says mayoral candidate and former City Commissioner Charlie Hales. “I would describe it more as a rugby scrum than a pissing match. Everybody’s trying to shove through the same door.”

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UNDER COMPRESSION Your property tax goes a lot of places. For example, if you own a house in Southeast Portland, it goes to six government agencies for 11 purposes (and that’s not counting the school taxes!). But it doesn’t go everywhere equally. Thanks to the economic phenomenon called “compression,” some taxing districts are squeezed—and local option levies are strangled. That’s why the library wants to change its funding to a permanent taxing district. Here’s what happened in 2011-2012, in order from least to most compressed, by percentage.

Port of Portland Taxes expected: $9.9 million Lost to compression: $162,223

Metro Taxes expected: $12.3 million Lost to compression: $223,065

East Multnomah Soil and Water Conservation District Taxes expected: $4 million Lost to compression: $146,205

Multnomah County Taxes expected: $249.9 million Lost to compression: $9.8 million

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READING IS SPENDY: In her performance review this month—where she received high marks—county library director Vailey Oehlke wrote that she feels like finding secure library funding “has thus far consumed my entire tenure as library director.”

By law, permanent tax rates are compressed less than temporary tax levies. Both the City of Portland and Multnomah County each assess about $4 per $1,000 of value in property taxes, and lose very little to compression. But other taxes, particularly those funded by temporary levies, get compressed more. Current examples include the Oregon Historical Society levy and the Portland Children’s Levy. And also the library, which has been funded by a three-year levy that has been voted on and passed every three to five years for 36 years. The library hoped to receive $51.7 million via its levy this year, but lost $16.8 million to compression. That’s why the library wants to become a permanent taxing district—so it can escape much of the compression it now experiences. “It means it’s no longer a second-class citizen,” Linhares says. Voters funded the library with another serial tax levy again this May, by an unprecedented margin: More than 84 percent of voters checked yes. “This community loves its library,” library director Vailey Oehlke tells WW. “It would be really wonderful for an institution that’s been around since Abraham Lincoln was president to have a more stable source of funding.” But that’s not all the ballot measure would do. A permanent taxing district would raise the library’s property-tax rate from 89 cents

to $1.22 per $1,000 in assessed value—and would protect the library far more from compression, as well. The consequence, of course, is that other functions of government would get less money. “The library backers are justifiably excited about getting their funding stable,” says Courtney Wilton, a former Tax Supervising and Conservation Commission director. “They also need to own the fact that they’re going to cause bad things to happen to other services.” Wilton’s right—and it’s making city officials angry. An analysis written this summer by a city economist says a library taxing district would cost the city $9.5 million a year in property taxes. The biggest hit? The Portland Children’s Levy, which funds programs for foster kids, early-education classes and intervention services for kids in potentially abusive homes. It would lose $1 million of the $11 million it annually raises from taxes. That’s why Saltzman—the famously placid city commissioner who ran for office 14 years ago on a platform of fighting child abuse—is upset about the Children’s Levy, his pet project. He’s seething, actually. “I can’t tell them what to do,” he says. “What I find to be sad is that the library folks give us all the lip service on the Children’s CONT. on page 16

Taxes expected: $211.8 million Lost to compression: $10.3 million

Portland Urban Renewal Special Levy Taxes expected: $14.9 million Lost to compression: $736,226

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Regional tax politics is an Alice Through the Looking-Glass world. There are three tax measures likely to appear on Portlanders’ ballots in November. One, a proposal to fund the arts in schools and throughout the city, would raise income taxes by $35 for every adult over poverty level. Another, a $449 million measure to rebuild and remodel a number of schools in Portland, would raise property taxes. The library measure? It’s the only one that’s drawn wails of outrage from city officials. “My interest isn’t in fanning the flames of who’s done what injustice to whom in the past,” says City Commissioner Dan Saltzman. “But this will impact the children of Portland. That much I know.” To understand this long-simmering feud between the city and county, a bit of background is necessary: Multnomah County g overnment receives the $1.2 billion it spends each year mostly from state and federal dollars. The City of Portland receives the $2.3 billion it spends each year mostly from utility charges (paid by telecoms), license fees (paid by business owners) and lodging taxes (paid by hotel guests). But both governments also get a large share of their general funds from property taxes—paid by commercial property owners and homeowners. If you rent, you pay, too: The building owner passes on the cost in your rent. Those property taxes are capped—by state ballot initiatives and referendums from the 1990s—to $10 per $1,000 of real market property value. (Schools get to have up to $5 per $1,000 of real market value.) These caps have forced government to live within means—which was their intent. Governments can go around the caps in certain instances. Bond measures for brick-and-mortar items like new schools can fall outside the limits and raise taxpayers’ property-tax bills above the cap. But everything else local governments want to raise and spend from property taxes has to live within that limit—and if their reach exceeds their cap, governments experience a term that tax experts call “compression.” And compression is a mysterious and feared monster—like sasquatch, but real. “There’s maybe 50 people in the entire state that understand compression,” says Tom Linhares, director of the Multnomah County Tax Supervising and Conservation Commission. Let’s give it a whirl. The Portland area is already clogged with property taxes. A homeowner in Southeast Portland, for example, is paying six agencies on a single bill, from the City of Portland to Multnomah County to the Port of Portland. The formula used to calculate whether governments can collect all the taxes they’ve assessed is byzantine. But when property values go down, that $10 per $1,000 cap starts cutting into agencies’ revenues. “Taxing districts take it in the shorts when property values are going down,” Linhares says. That pain is called compression. In addition, all taxes are not created equal.

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Portland Fire and Police Disability and Retirement Fund Levy Taxes expected: $114.2 million Lost to compression: $5.6 million

Portland Urban Renewal Division of Tax Taxes expected: $106.4 million Lost to compression: $9.7 million

Library Levy Taxes expected: $51.7 million Lost to compression: $16.8 million

Historical Society Levy Taxes expected: $2.9 million Lost to compression: $954,716

Portland Children’s Levy Taxes expected: $18.8 million Lost to compression: $7.6 million

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WHEN STACKS ATTACK Levy, but when it comes right down to it, they don’t give a damn.” That doesn’t sit well with Multnomah County Chair Jeff Cogen, a veteran of battles with Mayor Sam Adams over funding the Sellwood Bridge. Now he’s irate about the city’s analysis—which also points out that a library taxing district would raise an additional $7 million for the county general fund and put more compression pressure on other government services. “Hearing the city’s tone,” Cogen tells WW, “brings to mind my grandmother’s favorite expression: That is chutzpah.” Cogen’s resentment stems from years of the city passing urban-renewal districts, which fund big developments and remove property from the tax rolls, bringing about its own form of compression. Not to mention, he says, the Portland Fire and Police Disability and Retirement Fund, which eats up $2.63 per $1,000 of assessed property value and forces the county to cut programs to pay for these costs. Cogen doesn’t mind getting some of that money back, even under the guise of the library. “We’ve cut mental health programs, we’ve cut community clinics, we’ve cut jail beds,” he says. “If at the end of the day, we get the library on stable, long-term funding, and we have [an additional] $7 million that we can invest in things like after-school programs for kids, and drug and alcohol treatment, I think that’s a good thing. And I’m not afraid to say that.” Most Portland officials don’t dare mess with the library. Two of the most combative City Hall residents—Mayor Adams and Commissioner Randy Leonard—are sitting this fight out. And the mayoral candidates—Hales and state Rep. Jefferson Smith (D -East Portland)—support the library district.

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CONT. Cogen is still scrambling to appease all sides. On the morning of July 31, he listened to a roomful of citizens urging him and county commissioners to put the library measure on the fall ballot. An hour earlier, Cogen was at City Hall, listening to Saltzman complain about the measure—and assuring him that preserving funding for foster kids is “top of our minds.” (No doubt: Cogen was Saltzman’s chief of staff from 2003 to 2006 and helped his boss pass the Children’s Levy. Cogen’s wife, Lisa Pellegrino, is now the Children’s Levy director.) “I’m guessing that family dinners over at your house get pretty lively,” Commissioner Nick Fish quipped at the meeting. In an earlier interview, Cogen’s initial reaction to the city’s complaints suggests he isn’t amused: “To have the city self-righteously whining about, ‘How dare the county impact

As libraries go, Multnomah County is driving a Cadillac—with a sticker price to match. The Multnomah County Library is one of the most expensive public libraries in the U.S.—costing twice the national average. During the 12 years when the county has cut $50 million in basic services, the library has steadily grown. American Library Association statistics from 2011, the most recent available for comparison, show it cost $81 per county resident to run the library. That’s more than double the national average, and systems of similar size are spending about $38 per person. The only cities roughly Portland’s size with more expensive libraries are San Francisco and Cleveland. Yet Multnomah County’s library system can’t afford to keep its doors open. On July 1, the library’s 19 branches began closing on Mondays for the second time in a decade.

has grown by more than $15 million to $58 million—adding two new branches. Multnomah County hasn’t audited the library’s performance since 2004. That’s not unusual—the county normally audits its programs about once a decade. But it means the library is asking the voters for a budget hike without a recent full audit or any detailed county appraisal of its performance. In 2005, the year after its audit, the system endured a public embarrassment. A police officer uncovered hundreds of stolen CDs and DVDs in the home of a patron who had simply walked out the front door of the Central Library—because the security gates had been turned off by employees who found false alarms annoying. Being a Multnomah County librarian remains a coveted gig. The starting salary for a librarian here is $51,000. (The median starting salary for an American librarian is

“THE LIBRARY BACKERS ARE JUSTIFIABLY EXCITED ABOUT GETTING THEIR FUNDING STABLE. THEY ALSO NEED TO OWN THE FACT THAT THEY’RE GOING TO CAUSE BAD THINGS TO HAPPEN TO OTHER SERVICES.” —COURTNEY WILTON our general fund!’ to me brings to mind the bully on the beach who spent the summer kicking sand on the little skinny kid, getting outraged when at the end of the summer the skinny kid gets up and decides to get himself a sandwich.” But the library is one gourmet sandwich. As politicians argue over who gets the biggest slice of tax pie, they’ve mostly avoided something—the operation of the library itself. If the library gets its own permanent funding stream, it will be less financially accountable than it is now—freed from worries about how much other government bodies will give it. Oehlke, the library director, praises her system. “I can run a darn good library,” she says. “This library has everything to be proud of.” A librarian for 20 years and the library director since 2009, Oehlke is quiet and welcoming, with honey-brown hair and tortoiseshell glasses. Her favorite book is John Irving’s A Prayer for Owen Meany, but the one she carries around is a spiral-bound notebook that recycles the hard cover of a retired library book: Richard Peck’s mystery novel Here Lies the Librarian. Oehlke has much to brag about. Books in this library get used a lot. The library system, which has 19 branches, circulates the second-most books, CDs and DVDs of any public library nationwide: more than 24.7 million items a year, behind only New York City. Among the nation’s top 10 circulating libraries, it ranks second in checkouts per resident: 34 items annually per person living in Multnomah County. The number keeps growing. In the past five years, checkouts have increased by 31 percent. The library’s storytelling programs gather nearly 120,000 children a year. Its kids’ programs include 17,000 different classes and events in a year. Its recruitment efforts begin literally in the cradle: Every family having a first child gets a welcome basket with a library-card application.

The library also laid off 43 employees. “In order to keep the Monday hours, we would have had to raise taxes,” says county spokesman David Austin. “People, I think, understand that you get what you pay for.” Patrons are upset, but they’re mostly confused. Take the woman in a purple tiedyed shirt, sitting in a conference room of the Hollywood neighborhood library branch on a recent Thursday evening as the county holds “listening sessions” to gauge public support. She’s mad that she voted for a levy that didn’t keep the library open seven days a week. But she’s not sure who to blame. “ Why didn’t we know beforehand that there were going to be closures?” the woman asks. “I’m really worried, actually.” This isn’t the first time it’s happened. In 2004, Suzanne Flynn gave the library a scolding that now seems prophetic. Flynn, who then was Multnomah County’s auditor, issued a report chastising the library for expanding without knowing whether its funding would grow with it. In the boom years of the late 1990s, the library grew at a prodigious rate—costs jumped 64 percent between 1997 and 2001—and then had to cut back when the economy declined. The result? Monday closures and staff layoffs in 2003. The audit warned that the county should have seen trouble coming. With the threat of compression always lurking, Flynn said the library should think twice about hiring new staff, or building any more branches. “Although long-term funding appeared uncertain, the county continued to pursue expansion of the library,” Flynn wrote. “As a result of these increases, the county may have created a library system that is difficult to support in today’s economic environment and into the future.” The library promised to be more careful. Then it kept growing. In the past decade, while the county has made service cuts, the library budget

$37,000.) Most library staffers, who don’t have master’s degrees, make less. They’re unionized with American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 88, and protect their jobs fiercely. When the library started a teen intern program in 2006, the union stewards forced it to stop almost immediately, saying it was a way for the library to keep from paying full wages and benefits. (Those benefits are another big library cost—$20 per county resident, far exceeding the national average. Librarians, like most Oregon public employees, get Public Employee Retirement System packages.) Shown these numbers, Oehlke says the library kept the expansion commitments it made to voters, until it couldn’t afford to anymore. “My goodness,” she says, “people have been trying to get a more stable funding source for this library for 37 years. This isn’t like somebody woke up and said, ‘Oh, shoot! This sucks.’” But some parts of the library are very new. The way people read has changed more in the past decade than it did in the previous century. And the library’s transition into the information age hasn’t always been smooth. While the library offers popular classes on how to use Kindles, it was slow to adapt to e-books. Last year, when King County Library in Seattle was already spending more than $1 million on e-books, Multnomah County Library’s annual budget for e-books was just $146,000. “It’s happening really fast,” Oehlke says. “We are iconic institutions. Culturally, it is not in our DNA to turn on a dime.” The fight over the library is fundamentally about how we afford nice things—and what we choose not to afford instead. “More money for the library is good,” says Wilton, the longtime tax economist. “But less money for the Children’s Levy isn’t good. You have to decide what’s more important to you.”

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SCOOP GOSSIP SO GOOD EVERYONE THINKS IT’S DOPING. GUNS OF BRIDGETOWN: It seems like monumentally bad karma to steal from John Wayne, but one brazen thief did just that on July 24. The thief waltzed into Movie Madness—the Southeast Portland video rental store that displays owner Mike Clark’s memorabilia—and stole two famous firearms: a shotgun brandished by William Holden in 1969’s The Wild Bunch, and a working rifle from the 1962 Wayne classic The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. Insulting the Duke, the bandit allegedly got away on a bicycle, like a pinko commie tree-hugger. Security video shows a stocky, bald-headed Caucasian man stuffing the guns under his shirt and fleeing the scene. According to the store, police have identified a suspect but aren’t releasing his name to the media for fear he may skip town. FUTURE DRINKING: Chef Courtney Sproule’s roaming supper club, Din Din, is settling down. Sproule has applied for a full liquor license for 920 NE Glisan St. Din Din will serve coffee and “light lunch fare” on weekdays, and Sunday brunch and dinner by reservation only in the evening from Thursday to Saturday. >> John Dovydenas, owner of the Picnic food cart, is looking to open a winery. Dovydenas Wines, at 1410 SE Clinton St., will not be open to the public, offering wholesale sales only. >> In other wine news, Laurelhurst wine store Vino (137 SE 28th Ave.) has applied for a limited on-premises serving license.

VAN DAMN: And And And’s second annual Rigsketball Tournament was heating up as of press time, with a few WW favorites (Wild Ones, Ugly Flowers, Suicide Notes) losing in the 32-team indie-rock/ van-basketball tourney. Disastrously out-ofshape WW music editor Casey Jarman’s twee folk outfit, the Morals, took two savage beatings from all-elbows Best New Band winners Radiation City to fall out of the first round, while TxE punished Old Age in Globetrotter fashion. Those bands, plus Otis Heat, Hustle & Drone and the surprisRIGSKETBALL ingly athletic Nick Jaina Band, join the hosts in the next round. The finals will be held Wednesday, Aug. 8, at Bunk Bar followed by a free show from Monarques.

UMM, JUST ONE MORE THING: For those who have long mourned the dearth of cheesy theater restaurants in this city (we don’t have enough underemployed actors here?), here’s some exciting news: “America’s largest murder mystery dinner show,” the Dinner Detective, is coming. It’s a live game of Clue while you eat dinner, which will most likely be popular with bachelorette parties, work outings and your visiting aunt from Nebraska. 20

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BAM: Maria Bamford, a headliner at April’s Bridgetown Comedy Festival, is returning to Portland to record a new album at Helium Comedy Club (which makes sense, since her stage voice makes it sound like she enjoys huffing balloons) on Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug. 7-8. Tickets are $23-$28.

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THURSDAY AUG. 2 GUITAR SHORTY [MUSIC] He taught Jimi Hendrix how to play with the guitar behind his head and he taught Nils Lofgren how to back-flip without missing a strum. Guitar Shorty is a legend, and he still kills the blues at age 72. Duff ’s Garage, 1635 SE 7th Ave. 9 pm. $15. 21+.

The rover Curiosity lands on Mars this Sunday, bringing us one giant leap closer to colonizing the red planet. If airlines have told us anything, it’s to expect a not-so-distant future where we’re only allowed one carry-on bag and checking fees are enormous. So, what would you bring? KIMBERLY HURSH.

FRIDAY AUG. 3

Billy Meiners

Age: 26 Occupation: Downhill skateboarder

CLOWN: THE MOVIE [MOVIES] This is a movie in which a man poses with a little boy’s micropenis as leverage for blackmail, and also ejaculates in the eye of his sleeping girlfriend’s mother as an attempted gesture of love. If you have no shame whatsoever, you will nonetheless discover it while watching this grotesquely comedic Danish gross-out-with-a-heart-of-gold. Hollywood Theatre, 4122 NE Sandy Blvd., 281-4215. Multiple showtimes.

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SMMR BMMR [MUSIC] Check your vowels at the door—you won’t be able to decipher speech anyway after experiencing the earth-shaking volume of Smmr Bmmr. This annual garage-rock festival will feature King Tuff, Shannon and the Clams, and Personal and the Pizzas, among others. Plan B, 1305 SE 8th Ave. Friday-Saturday. smmrbmmr.com.

Age: 39 Occupation: Court interpreter/actor/ voice-over talent Shakespeare’s complete works Bilingual Bible My journal Picture of my mother and me Kettle bell for exercising a little bit Tibetan singing bowl for meditation Bose noise-canceling earphones, though I don’t know if the Martians are noisy or not Onyx massage ball from Mexico My pen collection iPad and microphone to record my impressions; hopefully there will be some sort of Wi-Fi, or else I’m in trouble

SATURDAY AUG. 4 TREK IN THE PARK [PERFORMANCE] Now in its fourth year, Atomic Arts’ geeky annual performance has outgrown its original Woodlawn Park location and will find a new home at Cathedral Park, under the St. Johns Bridge. This summer’s episode finds the Enterprise en route to a peace conference, with a rogue assassin at large. Cathedral Park, North Edison Street and Pittsburg Avenue. 5 pm Saturdays-Sundays through Aug. 26. Free.

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Age: 60 Occupation: Powell’s parking-lot attendant Clothes Towel Pajamas Toiletries Picture of my family Rosary Statue for praying

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Mark Mason

Age: 57 Occupation: Trail Blazers’ public-address announcer Satellite dish (I’m a news junkie.… OK, it’s so I don’t miss Blazers games) iPhone (I can’t live without it) GPS (I like to know where I am and how far I’ve gone. It’s a guy thing) Air mattress (There are some comforts I won’t go without) Skin lotion (I suspect it will be really dry; stolen from my wife) Sunglasses Night-vision goggles (You never know what’s up there on the dark side) 6-pack of craft brew (It’ll be like currency) Reading material

MARK MASON

BONES AND BREW FESTIVAL [BEER] Now in its 18th year, Rogue’s Bones and Brew Festival celebrates the blissful marriage that is barbecue and beer. Along with beers from over 30 craft breweries, there will be a barbecue competition, the kobe bleu ball-eating competition, a charity dog wash and, of course, a lot of barbecue to eat. Green Dragon, 928 SE 9th Ave., 517-0660, pdxgreendragon.com. noon-9 pm Saturday, noon-5 pm. Sunday.

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GO: Astronomy Day & Mars Landing Viewing is at OMSI, 1945 SE Water Ave., 797-4000, on Sunday, Aug. 5. 10 am-4 pm and 9 pm. Free.

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WARPED TOUR [MUSIC] Ride your skateboard (or your mom’s minivan) down to the Rose Quarter for Warped Tour, which this year features Rise Against, Pierce the Veil, Taking Back Sunday and a bunch of kids who look vaguely like Justin Bieber but are actually totes HRDCRE! Rose Quarter Riverfront, Aegean Lot, North Thunderbird Way. Noon. $31.50. vanswarpedtour.com. Willamette Week AUGUST 1, 2012 wweek.com

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The Warped Tour—that musical ball pit of scrubbed and shiny punk sounds for teenagers—finally turns 18 this year. It is old enough to go to college. To vote. To move out of the house. To royally disappoint its parents. In honor of Warped’s landmark birthday, I spent a few days getting cozy with the summer institution’s series of compilations, annual audio postcards that freeze each year’s roster in time. What I found on these myriad discs was a secret history of just how silly and beautiful and sometimes unbelievably awful a music festival can be, and I have attempted to sketch Warped’s wobbly march to adulthood so you will never have to consider doing such a hazardous thing on your own. GREEN DAZE (1995-1997) Green Day’s Buzzcocks-derived brand of pop punk has never been well represented at the Warped Tour—Lookout Records types were always better suited to warehouse shows and basement bashes—but Warped never would have happened had Green Day not come around. The inaugural compilation in 1996 is evidence of an alternative-rock culture shaken up and downright befuddled by Green Day’s incursion into a world still somewhat smitten with Candlebox. Once upon a time, there was a band called Hog. And this band sounded like Ugly Kid Joe on a “Basket Case” binge. And this band played the Warped Tour. And it was terrifying. PRIME CUTS: Loud Lucy’s “Down Baby,” Hog ’s “Get a Job” and China Drum’s “Can’t Stop These Things.”

SORRY, SKA PUNK’S NOT DEAD (1996-2001) Say what you will about Green Day’s tepid afterbirth—at least that viscid heave of suburban sound didn’t skank. The rise of No Doubt, however, resulted in a blessedly brief moment in the sun for punk’s most heinous offshoot, and the unholy bleating of horns swarmed Warped’s stages while the resultant comps gave false hope to band geeks everywhere. Rudie can’t fail? I beg to differ. PRIME CUTS: Dance Hall Crashers’ “All Mine,” Reel Big Fish’s “Snoop Dog, Baby” and Voodoo Glow Skulls’ “El Coo Cooi.” YOUNG UNTIL WE DIE (1995-2001) Warped is resolutely teen-oriented, but it is also surprisingly senior-friendly. Summer heat? Shitty parks? Awful racket with which to build kids-thesedays imprecations? Mighty Mighty Bosstones? That’s the goddamn American dream of dotage right there, which explains Warped’s sideline in stoking the waning flames of punk’s past masters. There’s no wrong way for a kid to get hipped to the Descendents. PRIME CUTS: Bad Religion’s “New Dark Ages,” the Descendents’ “Coffee Mug” and 7 Seconds’ “Sooner or Later.” BLINK AND YOU’LL MISS IT (1999-2005) Any hope of a lasting revival of quality pop punk died with the rise of Blink-182 and got all sorts of icky and bloated in the subsequent flood of pandering, beer-bonging “snowboard punk” acts. Blink-182 wrote undeniably great hooks, and it even managed to work a reference to Warped into a lovely pop gem called “The Rock Show,” but Blink gave Good Charlotte an all-access pass to teenage ears for a couple of terrible years, which I will never forgive. PRIME CUTS: MxPx’s “Tomorrow’s Another Day,” Yellowcard’s “Finish Line” and the Ataris’ “Carnage.” FALL OUT BOY FALLOUT (2004-2012) With the help of like-minded suburban self-loathers Say Anything and New Found Glory, Fall Out Boy tricked out the Get Up Kids’ 1990s emo-pop formula with bratty song titles and even brattier honors English lyrics, and at some point in the mid-aughts, the Fueled by Ramen/DriveThru Records “sound”—I lack a kind word for “sonic d i a r r h e a ” —w o r m e d i t s way into Warped’s annual shindig. Listening to Fall Out Boy’s first few albums is actually revelatory in a scary and disgusting way: The songs are tight, anthemic and even sometimes beautiful. The same cannot be said for the bands that

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aped Fall Out Boy’s inexplicably powerful inanity. PRIME CUTS: Amber Pacific’s “Thoughts Before Me,” Denver Harbor’s “Picture Perfect Wannabe” and Anarbor’s “Let the Games Begin.” I WANT A MOHAWK, BUT MOM WON’T LET ME GET ONE (1998-2010) Every young punk eventually reaches a fork in the road of his or her loser-ish life: Does a fan stick with the fairly accessible, and at times even parental, sounds of Bad Religion, NOFX and Lagwagon or does one fully commit to the brand and adopt the Manichaean politics and spiky peacockery of Punk Fucking Rock? Warped Tour lineups have tended to include at least one or two representatives from the latter camp of postcard-ready guttersnipes, and one can only hope the kids who chose this path eventually discovered Crass or found a job. PRIME CUTS: The Casualties’ “Fight for Your Life,” the Unseen’s “At Point Break” and Anti-Flag’s “No Future.” THIS FAKE-DEEP BAND NAME IS AWFUL, BUT JUST WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR OUR MUSIC, AND NO, I DIDN’T JUST SHIT MY PANTS, THAT’S JUST THE WAY I ROCK OUT (2005-2012) Warped’s last few years have been infected by metalcore’s bastard offspring, bands specializing in the infernal marriage of

woefully wholesome death metal to treacly mall-punk melodicism. The risible “crabcore” of Attack! Attack! seems to absorb most of the sensible world’s perfectly understandable ire, but that band’s pantsshitting moves constitute the tip of a very large, very dangerous and very unlistenable iceberg of sound. On the other hand, it’s nice to see that a Hot Topic shelf somehow developed sentience and learned how to play music and mangle language. PRIME CUTS: Of Mice and Men’s “Purified,” August Burns Red’s “Meddler” and Woe Is Me’s “[&] Delinquents.” THIS YEAR’S MODEL (2012) While 2012’s iteration favors Fall Out Boy derivatives and atrociously named ruiners of hitherto decent music, hope springs eternal in the form of Anti-Flag, veterans still capable of conjuring truly affecting, rousing punk rock. Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! is also playing, and the French band’s contribution to this year’s compilation, “In Friends We Trust,” makes me a little bit less bummed about the fact the world will probably end soon. PRIME CUTS: I Wrestled a Bear Once’s “Button It Up,” We Are the In Crowd’s “Better Luck Next Time” and Memphis May Fire’s “Prove Me Right.” SEE IT: The Warped Tour is at the Rose Quarter Riverfront (Aegean Lot, North Thunderbird Way) on Sunday, Aug. 5. Noon. $31.50. All ages.

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FRIDAY, AUG. 3 Fin Din Din

Roaming supper club Din Din pops up in some weird places—this time it’s sports bar Spirit of 77 for a two-night seafood dinner, because nothing says “ocean feast” like Pop-A-Shot and foosball tables. The six-course draft menu includes ahi crudo, cod fritters and salmon with gooseberry hyssop cream. Go Blazers! Spirit of 77, 500 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. FridaySaturday, Aug. 3-4. $85 plus gratuity. Reservations: 971-544-1350 or courtney@dindinportland.com. 21+.

SATURDAY, AUG. 4 Bones and Brew Festival

Now in its 18th year, Rogue’s Bones and Brew Festival celebrates the blissful marriage that is barbecue and beer. Along with beers from more than 30 craft breweries, there will be a barbecue competition, the kobe bleu ball-eating competition, a charity dog wash and, of course, a lot of barbecue to eat. Green Dragon, 928 SE 9th Ave., 517-0660. Noon-9 pm Saturday, noon-5 pm Sunday, Aug. 4-5.

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OMSI is hosting a food sustainability festival, including presentations on butchery, beekeeping, chicken keeping, food budgeting, cooking demos and other Portlandish culinary activities. OMSI, 1945 SE Water Ave., 797-4000. 10 am-4 pm Saturday-Sunday, Aug. 4-5. Free.

Obonfest 2012

Oregon Buddhist Temple celebrates Obon, a Japanese festival to honor ancestors. In addition to vendors, a raffle, dances and a karate demonstration, there will be food—the menu includes yakisoba, yakiniku, yakitori, chirashi sushi, Spam musubi, manju and shave ice. There will also be a sake and beer garden, courtesy of Oregon’s Sake One, so you can honor your ancestors with a “cheers.” Oregon Buddhist Temple, 3720 SE 34th Ave. 3-9 pm.

5 PLACES FOR SUMMER DRINKING Gladstone Street Pub

3737 SE Gladstone St., 775-3502. A really good dive bar can be a thing of beauty, and the Gladstone Street Pub is just that. The pub touts itself as “Oregon’s home for cornhole,” with individual tourna-

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Rontoms

600 E Burnside St., 236-4536. With a décor theme somewhere between converted warehouse and ’70s lounge, the space is dotted with denlike groupings of furniture made for intimate chatting and splitting a pot of Champagne-andbrie fondue, enhancing the Merv Griffin Show vibe. But Rontoms’ raison d’être is its beautiful and spacious partially covered patio with a fire pit, pingpong table, live music and a movie screen. PB.

Black Cat Tavern

8230 SE 13th Ave., 235-3571. It’s a shame Sellwood isn’t a convenient destination for most of Portland’s university students, because the Black Cat Tavern would make one hell of a college bar. The bar serves only beer and wine, but it’s cheap and plentiful. Pints, personable people and Pac-Man: What more could anyone ask for? Oh, a back patio for summer-day drinking? With horseshoes? Done. MATTHEW SINGER.

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1313 NW Marshall St., 241-3612. This two-story behemoth of a brewpub sits nicely in the Pearl. BridgePort brews its beers on site, so your frosty pint of Hop Czar or Kingpin will come fresh from the source. When the weather is nice, BridgePort’s outdoor patio becomes a sun-drenched platform of patrons gulping down ice-cold beer (a refreshing pint of Summer Squeeze, perhaps). WHITNEY HAWKE.

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3540 N Williams Ave., 971-266-1787. Price per scoop: $3.50 Best for: A post-Tasty N Sons nightcap.

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20. Caffe Pallino

21. Stella Gelato at Spella Caffe

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931 NW 23rd Ave., 228-1709. Price per scoop: $3 Best for: Something cold and sweet to eat after a long day of shopping with aging yuppies.

3003 SE Division St., 232-0907. Price per scoop: $2.95 for a small bowl. Best for: When there are long lines for other D-Street desserts.

GELATO

520 SW 5th Ave., 752-0264.. Price per scoop: $2.50 Best for: Showing off Portland to your visiting country relatives.

22. Via Delizia

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1105 NW Marshall St., 225-9300. Price per scoop: $2.75 Best for: Sustenance while sunbathing in Tanner Springs Park.

23. Staccato Gelato

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232 NE 28th Ave., 231-7100; 1540 SE Bybee Blvd., 517-8957. Price per scoop: $2.25 Best for: Desperately injecting yourself with espresso while making your sugar-peaking children believe they’re inside the set of Romper Room.

SHAVE ICE 24. Ohana Hawaiian Cafe

6320 NE Sandy Blvd., 335-5800. Price per scoop: $3, 50 cent toppings. Best for: Pretending you’re on a lowbudget island vacation.

25. Organic Island Snow Shave Ice

Locations vary, see Facebook for schedule or call 840-5252. Price per scoop: $3 for 16 ounces. Best for: An all-organic snack on your way to the co-op grocery store.

FROYO 26. Cool Harry’s Yogurt

SCOOPS’ OUT FOR SUMMER WE ATE 31 FROZEN CONFECTIONS IN 31 DAYS. TIME TO DIGEST. BY WW A RTS A N D C U LTURE STAFF

We wanted to eat at a different ice cream shop every day in July. This idea was conceived in the middle of winter, when the logistics of trudging around the city to eat 31 different frozen treats seemed totally abstract. It was a lot of work. And yet, somehow, we pulled it off. Now we invite you to follow our intrepid travels and craft your own ice cream tour. Full writeups can be found at wweek.com, but here’s a quick lick.

ICE CREAM 1. 50 Licks

4265 SE Belmont St. Price per scoop: $4 Best for: Completing the litany of sin that would be a full circuit of the Good Food Here cart pod.

2. Alma Chocolate

140 NE 28th Ave., 517-0262. Price per cup: $4 for about half a pint. Best for: Those days when you’re on 28th Avenue and you don’t want gelato, because gelato is the frozen treat of the oppressor. Or when you want a really good chocolate chip cookie.

3. Cloud City Ice Cream

4525 SE Woodstock Blvd., 719-4603. Price per scoop: $3 Best for: Cooling off after a warm morning at the Woodstock Farmers Market.

4. Cool Moon Ice Cream

1105 NW Johnson St., 224-2021. Price per scoop: $3.90 Best for: A family stopover before a trip to the bustling Jamison Square fountain across the street.

5. Great Northwest Ice Cream Co.

Portland Saturday Market, 108 W Burnside St. Price per scoop: $3 Best for: Parents trying to distract their kids while shopping for tie-dye pants.

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6. The Hazel Room

3279 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 756-7125. Price per scoop: $2 Best for: Provoking sudden flashbacks to afternoons spent at grandma’s house.

7. Ice Cream Renaissance

1925 Main St., Vancouver, 360-694-3892. Price per scoop: $3 Best for: Portlanders who love ice cream enough to cross a (totally sufficient!) bridge to get the best in the metro area.

8. Lovely’s Fifty-Fifty

4039 N Mississippi Ave., Suite 101, 281-4060. Price per scoop:W $3.50 Best for: A family night out; a classy first date.

9. Oui Presse

1740 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 384-2160. Price per scoop: $3.50 for a two-scoop serving. Best for: Taking that quirky girl you’ve got a crush on out for an afternoon date of ice cream and crafts.

10. Pix Pâtisserie

2225 E Burnside St. (opening soon). Price per scoop: $2.50 Best for: Macarons, tarts, truffle cakes, mousse—really, any confection comes before the ice cream here.

11. Roses Ice Cream

5011 NE 42nd Ave., 256-3333. Price per scoop: $2.75 Best for: Dessert on the way to the 99W Drive-In.

12. Ruby Jewel

3713 N Mississippi Ave., 505-9314. Price per scoop: $3 Best for: Dates with vanilla people.

13. Saint Cupcake

3300 SE Belmont St., 235-0078; 1138 SW Morrison St., 473-8760. Price per scoop: $3 for a sundae cup Best for: Overcoming your blind hatred of cupcake bakeries.

14. Salt & Straw

2035 NE Alberta St., 208-3867; 838 NW 23rd Ave., 271-8168. Price per scoop: $3.75 Best for: People with a lot of time on their hands; scenesters.

15. Scoop

4926 SE Division St.; 2730 N Killingsworth St. Price per scoop: $3 Best for: A fancy pint to bring along to a friend’s summer barbecue.

16. Two Tarts

2309 NW Kearney St., 312-9522. Price per scoop: $1.50 Best for: A midday treat for yourself while picking up the huge bakery order for your office party.

17. The Waffle Window

2624 NE Alberta St.. Price per scoop: $3.25 Best for: When you’re not in the mood to stand in line behind 40 other people at that other Alberta Street ice cream store.

599 SW 10th Ave. Price per scoop: $2.75 for a “very small.” Best for: A chilly break from downtown-office drudgery.

27. YoCream Company Store

10209 NE Cascades Parkway, 288-6300. Cost per scoop: 40 cents an ounce. Best for: Rewarding yourself and your family for successfully navigating the IKEA labyrinth.

OTHER 28. Back to Eden Bakery

2217 NE Alberta St., 477-5022. Price per scoop: $3 for a bowl of vegan soft serve. Best for: Health freaks.

29. Breakfast Lunch Today

1313 NE Alberta St. Price per scoop: $3 for a cup of frozen custard. Best for: Feeding a family of four; chocoholics.

30. J Gelati

3650 Concord Road, Milwaukie, 659-1374. Price per scoop: $2.50 for frozen custard, $2 Italian ice. Best for: Before a Bon Jovi concert.

31. Oregon Ice Works

3221 SE Division St.,, 880-8229. Price per scoop: $3 for a scoop of Italian ice. Best for: A cool treat on a summer’s eve, paired with a brew from the neighboring Captured by Porches truck.

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Editor: CASEY JARMAN. TO BE CONSIDERED FOR LISTINGS, go to wweek.com/ submitevents and follow submission directions. All shows should be submitted two weeks or more in advance of event. Press kits, CDs and especially vinyl can be sent to Music Desk, WW, 2220 NW Quimby St., Portland, OR 97210. Please include show or release date information with all physical mailings. Email: cjarman@wweek.com. Fax: 243-1115.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 1 Electric Frankenstein, The Stockers, Piston Ready, New York Rifles

[THE MODERN PROMOTIONAL APPARATUS] It has released 10 albums on about as many labels, and its vaunted soundtrack appearances (from X-Files to Dawson’s Creek to Tony Hawk Underground) essentially read as a list of all conceivable teen crazes from the past 20 years. Various concert posters drawn by an enviable array of star illustrators have been given the gallery and coffeetable-book treatment, and it has evidently put out a hundred recordings in one format or another, which can’t happen by accident. Much as Electric Frankenstein appeals to an idealized notion of unreconstructed New Jersey barroom punkers done well through pluck and invention, the true story is a rather darker exploration of a genius for DIY marketing keeping alive an apparently endless tour (the few remaining members and tagalongs stagger from town to town for barely rehearsed covers) long after the natural order of things urges farewell. JAY HORTON. Hawthorne Theatre, 3862 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 233-7100. 7:30 pm. $10 advance, $13 day of show. 21+.

This and That Fest!: Ritchie Young (of Loch Lomond), Edna Vazquez

[MICROFEST] Last year, when the Woods was providing the stylish set an excuse to drive to Sellwood (besides the promise of frosty Blizzards and above-average antique hunting), a new festival called This! Festival popped up as a free reaction/alternative/ accompaniment to this paper’s own MusicfestNW. The aim of This! was to bring the literary and music communities together, and—with the exception of a sweaty, shaky reading from yours truly—the whole thing felt very invigorating and fresh. Ambitions have been considerably scaled back for This and That Fest!, a one-off show at the lovely Valentine’s. Still, one doesn’t find many finer or more diverse local one-two punches than Loch Lomond front-

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THURSDAY, AUG. 2 Supersuckers, Mountain Sprout

[COUNTRY RAWK] Supersuckers has traversed the entirety of its 23-year career without losing the grinning enthusiasm for rock-and-roll camp that fueled its original creative burst. Originally proffering songs that pushed the fantasy of rock-and-roll perversion to its goofy, logical extreme, Supersuckers made its name by playing country-tinged rawk, which eventually morphed into just plain country, then, finally into just plain rawk. Frontman Eddie Spaghetti and company haven’t released a proper album since 2008’s Get It Together, but the group’s live show—really its greatest strength—has continued without losing a crunchy, cowboy hatbedecked beat. SHANE DANAHER. Doug Fir Lounge, 830 E Burnside St., 231-9663. 9 pm. $13 advance, $15 day of show. 21+.

Guitar Shorty (9 pm); Tough Woodpyle (6 pm)

[BLUES] Jimi Hendrix playing guitar behind his head or picking with his teeth? Got it from GS. Nils Lofgren doing a backflip while playing? Ditto. At 72 years young, Shorty (Texas native David William Kearney) doesn’t need the flash to get attention now. The guitarist began his pro career at 17, playing with Ray Charles and Sam Cooke before going solo in the ’60s. The Grammy nominee’s most recent album, Bare Knuckle, proves Shorty’s breadth and even includes a shout-out to President Obama. The bluesman has long been one of the top songwriters in the blues world, and his playing—going from a raging wail-of-sound to sweet-sad melodies—matches the man’s showmanship. DAN DEPREZ. Duff’s Garage, 1635 SE 7th Ave., 2342337. 9 pm. $15. 21+.

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THE OBSCURE SIDE OF PICKATHON. Petunia & the Vipers A Canadian “avant-country” act with a cult following up north that’s just starting to tour the U.S. regularly. Haunting, weird stuff. Ted Jones and the Tarheel Boys One for the traditional bluegrass crowd, Ted Jones looks like a cross between Hank Williams and a young Lyle Lovett. The band’s music is similarly displaced in time. Los Cojolites The traditional music Los Cojolites plays—known as Son Jarocho—is full of finger-picking and foot-stomping. The Veracruz band’s jams combine Spanish and African traditions, and it’s infectious stuff. Kitty, Daisy & Lewis Actually a formidable buzz band in their native U.K., Kitty, Daisy & Lewis play raw, jazzy rock reminiscent of all those slicked-hair dudes who died in plane crashes when your parents were kids. Reverend KM Williams Southern gospel blues played on a one-string guitar. ’Nuff said. SEE IT: Pickathon runs Aug. 3-5 at Pendarvis Farm in Happy Valley. See music listings for lineups and details.

LET’S MOVE TO THE COUNTRY: Bill Callahan plays the Woods Stage at last year’s Pickathon.

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I don’t do outdoor festivals. This has as much to do with my own pasty skin and aversion to large crowds as it does the with inherent disadvantages of seeing your favorite band’s music drift up and away into the ether, or paying exorbitant prices for a small cup of bad beer. Still, this May, feeling my music-critic biological clock ticking and excited about the eclectic lineup, I finally drove the three hours to Sasquatch, the decade-old summer music festival at the beautiful Gorge Amphitheatre. I spent most of my day at Sasquatch thinking about Pickathon. For all its venue’s ample natural beauty, Sasquatch has evolved into a profoundly ugly experience. Campsites are vast Mad Maxian fields of rowdy drunks and trashy teenagers getting their first taste of freedom. Upon entering the festival grounds, participants are herded into long, narrow rows and searched for outside food, booze or drugs by an annoyed staff. Once through the gates, concertgoers have their pick of expensive, greasy Live Nation food stands and a handful of $10 to $12 beers. The stages are tricked out with sponsor banners, and the paths between them are speckled with promotional giveaways. By midafternoon each day, garbage cans overflow and the entire gorgeous locale is completely covered in trash, crushed food and remnant vomit. “Think of the message that sends” to the largely teenage and early-20s crowd, a fellow music critic suggested to me. “It says it’s totally OK to go to these beautiful places and throw your shit all over the ground.” Pickathon, now in its 14th year, could not be a sharper contrast to the Gorge’s behemoth. While the festival’s headliners are familiar names—Neko Case, Dr. Dog and Blind Pilot have all played Sasquatch in years past—the trash, advertising and trashy advertising that most festivalgoers have come to see as a given have no place at the 80-acre Pendarvis Farm. Beers cost $4. Food is local and largely organic. Sponsorships are subtle and

giveaways are nonexistent. Pickathon co-founder Zale Schoenborn says sponsorships fund about 10 percent of the festival, far under the industry standard. “We just don’t want to deal with it,” he says. “There’s not going to be a photo booth with a logo across the photo, or a giant banner across the stage. What’s the point? It’s just, like, noise. It doesn’t improve the experience, and in fact, it detracts.” At $190 for a weekend pass, Pickathon is not cheap. People pay a premium, it turns out, to escape the tie-ins and waste that generally come with music festivals. Most of this year’s passes—the festival hopes to grow by 10 percent this year—were sold out as of press time. But it’s hard to accuse organizers of gouging. “We make bad business decisions all over the place,” Schoenborn says. Those decisions range from capping attendance to booking bands with minimal attention to draw. “Look at our water. We could make $50,000 off bottled water. At a big festival, they make a quarter of a million dollars off of water, easy. But it’s not worth it. Any one of those [little] things can throw the balance off-kilter. We would lose our interest, and we wouldn’t be able to excite so many people to go all in, if we lost any of those little things.” The trade-off is a hint of chaos: At Pickathon, campsites are improvised and attendees keep track of their own reusable dishes throughout the weekend. Security is loose and low-profile (“Our philosophy is that if you’re going to police something, you better have a real good reason,” Schoenborn says). But the festival grounds remain nearly spotless, and the attitude among those on the farm— including a fair number of 12-and-under kids, who attend free of charge—is far more mellow than that found at larger events. “The key thing is avoiding arbitrary rules,” Schoenborn says. Such is the Tao of Pickathon. Each year, festival organizers spend an inordinate amount of time thinking about things most attendees may never notice, from “choke points” to beer lines to stage designs that eschew the industry-standard big box. “It has to be designed to just work,” Schoenborn says. “If it can’t work, you’ve got a problem.” SEE IT: Pickathon runs Aug. 3-5 at Pendarvis Farm in Happy Valley. See music listings for lineups and details. All ages. Willamette Week AUGUST 1, 2012 wweek.com

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[BEATS ’N’ BUZZ] After forming last summer, then switching out all its members save frontwoman and ex-Explode Into Colors member Claudia Meza (Parenthetical Girls’ Zac Pennington and 31Knots’ Joe Kelly are out, making the group considerably less Portland-famous), local band-to-watch Stay Calm has finally put some songs to record (er, Bandcamp). Track one from debut single Fall in Love/Break Up finds Meza and company in a dreamy, ’80s mood, all airy synths and hazy vocals; it’s good, but it doesn’t feel half as natural as the second track, on which frenetic drumming and wordless singing capture some ineffable, vital energy. JONATHAN FROCHTZWAJG. Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison St., 239-7639. 8:30 pm. $5. 21+.

Massacooramaan, Maxximum Volume, Dubai, Reznorektion, Concrete Floor

[ART PARTY] Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, the outfit responsible for next month’s annual Time-Based Arts Festival, celebrates its 17th year and its new downtown headquarters/art space tonight with an “immersive video and light experience” plus live and DJ sounds from sound artists who also connect to the visual-arts world. The show includes Concrete Floor’s house sounds; trance-y Reznorektion; Maxximum Volume’s blend of industrial, trance and other electronica with light and video installations; Chicago transplant Massacooramaan’s international DJ styles; and recent PNCA grad Nadia Buyse’s solo project, Dubai, which floats airy vocals over earthy beats. BRETT CAMPBELL. PICA, 224 NW 13th Ave. 8 pm. $5. 21+.

Night Birds, The Estranged, Freedom Club

[PUNK ROCK] New Jersey’s ascendant Night Birds made many top-10 lists last year with The Other Side of Darkness, the quartet’s first fulllength collection of old-school anthemic punk rock. All that critical approbation was deserved: Night Birds melds surf-tinged tantruming and straightforward, snot-nosed hardcore to thrilling effect, evoking an alternate punk past in which the Dead Kennedys and Wasted Youth got together to dominate and destroy the West Coast. I’m totally out of touch with whatever teenagers are getting into these days, but I hope a few reprobate dropouts end up getting hipped to punk via the Night Birds’ distillation of the genre’s time-tested strengths. It all begins and ends here, kids. CHRIS STAMM. The Know, 2026 NE Alberta St., 473-8729. 8 pm. Cover. 21+.

FRIDAY, AUG. 3 Hot Tuna, Joe McMurrian

[JEFFERSON AVIATION MUSEUM] The contest between (green, say) tortoise and (white, for the sake of argument) rabbit was a staple morality lesson for Americans well before the Summer of Love, and it’s hard to imagine a world wherein Hot Tuna—a Jefferson Airplane side project meant to celebrate already outdated acoustic blues stylings, as bandmates invented the counterculture amid a transformative orgy—didn’t win the race for legacy, even if the era-defining troupe had the good fortune to crash and burn prior to Starship embarrassments. History is kind to archivists but devastating to charismatic wunderkinds who outlive their moment, and Jack Casady and Jorma Kaukonen never seemed to care about much more than peculiar fingering and instrumental interplay. Last year’s Steady As She Goes, the first Hot Tuna album in 20 years, emphasized the duo’s facility for dullish navel-gazing, dignified profession-

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GOLDEN RETRIEVER WEDNESDAY, AUG. 1 [EXPERIMENTAL DUO] The announcement of a new album by Golden Retriever was big news within the experimental music community, where the modular synth and bass clarinet duo is one of Portland’s most respected outfits. But word of the LP is starting to spread to places the band never imagined. In early July, the popular tech-geek blog Boing Boing posted a mention of Occupies With the Unspoken along with the animated video for the track “Serene Velocity”; shortly thereafter, the blog for the cooking magazine Bon Appetit did the same. Granted, the buzz tended to focus on the fact that bass clarinetist Jonathan Sielaff manages the four Stumptown cafes in town, and that the band was including a free bag of Costa Rica Montes de Oro beans with each preorder of the new LP. But the higher profile still felt unusual for a band that plays stringy, stretched-out instrumentals that sound like transmissions from deep space. It helps that Occupies—which dropped July 24—is the duo’s first release on Thrill Jockey Records, one of the biggest indie labels in the U.S. and home to acts like the Fiery Furnaces and Tortoise. “This is the first time we’ve actually had a real publicist for any of our records,” says Matt Carlson, the band’s synth player, between sips of a smoothie at Canteen on Southeast Stark Street. Usually, the pair self-releases its music on CD-R or cassette, or through lesser-known imprints like Root Strata. But it is a testament to how the band has evolved its approach to recording since Carlson and Sielaff started playing together nearly eight years ago. Early releases were “just documents of us playing together and trying out these compositions,” Carlson says. “But I’ve gotten more involved in the manipulating of the recordings to get them perfect to my ears.” As free-form as their work sounds, the two use their training in classical and jazz musics to provide a compositional basis for the songs. The tracks can still stretch on for 30 minutes at a time, as the band leaves itself ample space to improvise, but there is a foundation being worked from. Carlson labors over the recordings, making intricate edits to piece together a finished version. Not that you could find the seams in any of the four lengthy tracks on Occupies. The songs melt slowly by, with Carlson providing a squelching backdrop for Sielaff—sending his clarinet through a variety of effects pedals—to vamp over. It can be calm, as on the album’s windswept closing track, “Winter Light,” or it can provide a prickly chill to your system (check out the creepy “Eudaimonia”). What never shifts, too, is the sense that Sielaff and Carlson have a deep creative bond that has become almost a hive-mind in the near-decade they’ve been working together. Both men readily agree with that idea. “There has never been a time where we felt like we weren’t making a connection,” Sielaff says. “It just clicked and it worked so easily. You almost feel guilty—like, maybe this is too easy. But it allows us to struggle with the things that really matter, like how we expand on what we’re doing rather than battling with each other.” ROBERT HAM. The Portland experimental duo goes big with help from a great label and some magic beans.

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Yanni

[NEW AGE ICON] Yanni is a name like Zamfir or John Tesh—one that has come to represent an entire genre and sound. In this case, it is the spineless, synthetic, ethereal music known by the shorthand New Age. To many, Yanni is a longhaired punch line. But the truth is that the Greek-born composer’s music has had a far bigger influence on modern pop than anyone might ever own up to. Scratch the surface of work by Ariel Pink and Toro Y Moi and you’ll find the silken synth lines and heart-rending melodies that permeated Yanni’s multiplatinum-selling records of the ’90s. ROBERT HAM. Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 1037 SW Broadway, 248-4335. 8 pm. $55.25-$144.50. All ages.

College, Anoraak, Electric Youth, Heatesca DJs

[RETRO PULSE] Whether you thought it was the best movie of 2011 (because it was) or a slow, self-righteous letdown (because you’re an idiot), there’s no denying that Drive’s pulsing synth score was among the year’s best soundtracks. That’s thanks in large part to French synth master David Grellier (aka College), who collaborated with Electric Youth on what became the film’s thesis song, “A Real Hero,” a song that out-hammered Jann Hammer for pulsing synths. Now we have the Drive tour. If you liked that song, you’ll love the rest..because they’re largely the same. College uses the retro pulse to at once ape an antiquated aesthetic and make us realize why its robotic beats enthralled listeners to begin with. Just stay away from elevators after the show. Things could get…stompy. AP KRYZA. Branx, 320 SE 2nd Ave., 234-5683. 9 pm. $13. 21+.

Hooves, Heavy Baang Staang, Noise Agency

[BRUTAL ROCK] Spokane duo Hooves is a band that’s not afraid to stretch a song out as long as it needs for maximum emotional and psychological effect. The opening track on the duo’s self-released Live at Jooniors EP is a perfect example of this, with guitarist Tony Brown teasing out extensive glassine melodies fused with an undercoat of heavy fuzz and noise. It is then left up to drummer Joe Preston (no, not the dude who plays as Thrones) to punish you physically with his brutal, understated rhythms. This is the perfect yin-yang of body and brain, combined in one heavily bearded heavy-rock package. ROBERT HAM. Ella Street Social Club, 714 SW 20th Place, 227-0116. 9 pm. $5. 21+.

Pickathon: The Cave Singers, The Barr Brothers, Langhorne Slim, Los Cojolites, Foghorn Stringband, Thee Oh Sees, Heartless Bastards, Cajun Country Revival, Typhoon, Blitzen Trapper, Whitey Morgan & the 78s, Lonnie Walker, White Denim, Bowerbirds, AA Bondy, Abigail Washburn, Alela Diane, Todd Snider, Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass, Laura Gibson, Hot 8 Brass Band, Reverend Kid Williams, Cactus Blossoms, Sierra Leone’s Refugee All-Stars, Southeast Engine

See music feature, page 27. Pendarvis Farm, 16581 SE Hagen Road, 658-3507. 1 pm. All ages.

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PROFILE COURTESY OF VELELLA VELELLA

alism and a host of qualities upon which one can build a culture so much more easily than rock ’n’ roll. JAY HORTON. Aladdin Theater, 3017 SE Milwaukie Ave., 234-9694. 8 pm. $35. 21+.

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VELELLA VELELLA FRIDAY, AUG. 3 [FUNK, ETC.] “It’s like we’re back from the dead,” Jeremy Hadley says, eyes wide with excitement over his pint glass at Baby Doll Pizza in Southeast Portland. Velella Velella, the resurrected band with a nigh-indescribable sound, has returned with a verve and energy that makes the decade-old group sound brand new. Hadley, the bearded and glittery-eyed Portlander who plays guitar and any other instrument in his vicinity for the band, describes Velella’s renewed jelling as akin to getting back together with an ex. It’s a perfect metaphor: The band has had some rough times, but those experiences only enrich the present. Velella Velella’s music might best be described as psychedelic synth-funk—something pumped lovingly into listeners’ ears through a labyrinth of drum machines, vintage keyboards, bass, guitars and cool-cat attitude. The band first formed in Seattle in 2003, when multi-instrumentalists Michael Burton and Andrew Means got together to bang out feel-good, funkified instrumentals. But Velella really took off in 2005 when it released its first album, The Bay of Biscay, independently—it was re-released in 2007 on Portland’s Hush Records—and began to establish itself as one of the Northwest’s better party bands. Flight Club and Atlantis Massif followed in 2007 and 2010, respectively, each release featuring more falsetto-laden, Bee Gees-inspired vocals than the last. As of last year, though, members are split evenly between Seattle and Portland (Hadley and Burton both moved here for work). “Atlantis Massif felt like the end,” Hadley says gravely of the increasing difficulty to stay together despite the distance. But if Atlantis Massif had any finality to it, the forthcoming Leap feels like a new beginning. In the midst of a number of dramas—weddings, babies, deaths in the family—Velella Velella held a conference call last summer that led to three weekends of recording in October. Those sessions felt so good that the band recommitted entirely. “We were all real emotional,” Hadley says. Featuring synthy grooves and a laid-back bounce, the new album’s tracks have a new verve and joy. Hadley credits that to an internal power shift. Where before Burton and Means were the primary songwriters, the new music came from “all of us,” he says. That cooperative vibe is readily and happily evidenced in the band’s new tracks: “Tripple Pip” features a smooth vocal by Bethany Petersen, taking a new but well-deserved place in the spotlight; “Amp Sweat” is full of vocal and instrumental flourishes from all four members of the group. With vocals taking a front seat in the new work, the band’s little-known penchant for writing great verses starts to shine. “And the bass,” Hadley says, smiling. Having conquered the Seattle/Portland divide for itself, the band is trying to spread the love with a celebration of bands from both bergs. Velella Velella’s two-day festival, dubbed The Bi-City Romance, mixes both hometowns and genres, with Seattle hiphop sharing the stage with Portland indie rock and electronica. “We often think ‘the Seattle scene is this,’ or ‘the Portland scene is this,’” Hadley says. “And so often we’re not celebrating the Northwest scene—this really special, badass corner of the states.” As for Velella Velella: “We’re a band,” Hadley says, eyes nearly brimming. “We’re a really happy band.” NORA EILEEN JONES. A tale of one band and two cities.

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[PUNK EVERYTHING] As in years past, the fifth installment of SMMR BMMR crams a staggering number of top-notch practitioners of punk, garage and guttersnipe pop into two beer-fueled days and nights at Plan B. Let’s call this “The Year of Dirtnap Records,” which will be represented by Canadian power-pop wonder White Wires, local surf-punk sleazebags Guantanamo Baywatch, and fake-dumb party dudes Mean Jeans, who will be backing Kepi Ghoulie through a set of Groovie Ghoulies classics on Friday before blessing Saturday with a set of perfect Portland pop punk. Go early, stay late and take Sunday off. CHRIS STAMM. Plan B, 1305 SE 8th Ave., 230-9020. 5 pm. $13 or $22 for weekend wristband. 21+.

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[HOUSTON HOLLA] If Drake drank lean (a strange codeine-andSprite cocktail and distant cousin of “purple drank”), he’d be Kirko Bangz. In fact, you might have heard Bangz’s single “Drank in My Cup” and thought it was our beloved Canadian Aubrey Graham instead of relative newcomer Kirk Randle, who will tour with Tyga and Iggy Azalea this fall. The 22-year-old rapper from Houston is another in a long line of Auto-Tuned slow-rappers who think they’re the shit. His cockiness is offset only by his motivation, which is evidenced by the titles of his five mixtapes: Three sport the moniker Procrastination Kills, and the remaining are dubbed Progression. NORA EILEEN JONES. Roseland Theater, 8 NW 6th Ave., 224-2038. 8 pm. $25$35. All ages.

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SATURDAY, AUG. 4 Kasey Chambers

[AUSTRALIANA] Pre-eminent ambassador of Australian altcountry (called, depressingly, “country”; why not kangaroots? blooming grass?) and crown princess of the music’s first family down under—steel guitarist father Bill, producer brother Nash, and singer-songwriter husband Shane Nicholson (their children, Arlo Ray, Poet Poppin and Talon, shall presumably form an anime troupe)— Kasey Chambers records lovely if dullish albums that remain a marginal presence in the States. Patently inoffensive and heavily burnished balladry doesn’t exactly gain authenticity by changing hemispheres, and the “True Colors” and “Luka” covers on last album Storybook appear unlikely to change minds. JAY HORTON. Aladdin Theater, 3017 SE Milwaukie Ave., 234-9694. 8 pm. $25. Minors must be accompanied by a parent. All ages.

Gaza, Eagle Twin, Elitist

[MYTHIC METAL] If Facebook profiles are to be trusted, Gentry Densley is a librarian at the Salt Lake County jail. Somehow that fits the profile, considering the acrid, literate experimental doom produced by his duo, Eagle Twin. Based in SLC, the band debuted with an album on Southern Lord back in 2009, and is preparing to unleash its sophomore effort, The Feather Tipped the Serpent’s Scale, in late August. Conceptually, Feather picks up where The Unkindness of Crows left off— with snakes in mythic incarnations, battles with the sun and amplifier worship. Eagle Twin’s Utah brethren, Gaza, headline this tour, providing ample grind to offset the leaden crawl. NATHAN CARSON. Backspace, 115 NW 5th Ave., 2482900. 8 pm. $10. All ages.

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Fang Island, Zechs Marquise, The Hugs [EPIC ROCK] With Major, Fang Island has attempted to craft the greatest balls-out rock album of alltime. The band didn’t succeed in doing so, but that’s not the point: The point is that rock ’n’ roll seldom gets this bombastic and overwrought and stylistically confusing and right-the-fuck-on all at the same time. The Brooklyn outfit has spent the last seven years crafting increasingly epic records, but Major is a back-to-basics game-changer, churning through candy-colored riffage that reminds of Andrew WK, Weezer, Sensefield, Heart or Cheap Trick, depending on which moment of which of the youthful power trio’s songs you tune in for (on “Regalia,” the band cannonballs right into English Beat’s “Save It for Later” for 20 seconds or so, then scratches its way into some Queen-style victory rock). It’s an ecstatic, unapologetic disc with the balls to shun growing expectations of the band to produce its self-serious post-rock masterpiece. Fang Island turns those expectations back on its audience, instead. Come to flail or don’t come at all. CASEY JARMAN. Hawthorne Theater, 3862 SE Hawthorne Blvd. 8 pm. $10 advance, $12 day of show. All ages.

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[AFROPOP] The existence of white musicians who arrogate predominantly black musical genres for their own purposes forms a cause for ethical squeamishness in and of itself, but to be a white musician born in apartheid-era South Africa who performs that same maneuver brings with it an entirely new species of racial discomfort. Johnny Clegg, a white South African anthropologist, has navigated this cultural mine field with about as deft a touch as can be asked from a man in his situation. First with Jukula, which disbanded in 1986, and currently with the group bearing his name, Clegg has made a career of leading mixed-race bands that respectfully balance their Zulu and Western pop influences. About equal parts Ladysmith Black Mambazo and the Police, Clegg’s crossover hits have established musical credentials independent of their creator’s unthreatening visage. SHANE DANAHER. Oregon Zoo, 4001 SW Canyon Road, 220-2789. 7 pm. $30-$50. All ages.

Pickathon: Heartless Bastards; Cass McCombs; White Denim; Lake Street Dive; Dr. Dog; Lost Bayou Ramblers feat. Gordon Gano; Theesatisfaction; Neko Case; Bombino; Whitey Morgan & the 78s; Kitty, Daisy & Lewis; AA Bondy; The Wood Brothers; Hot 8 Brass Band; Cajun Country Revival; Langhorne Slim; Sonny & the Sunsets, Genticorum; Phosphorescent; Y La Bamba; The Cave Singers; Abigail Washburn; Typhoon; Doug Paisley; Thee Oh Sees; Robert Ellis; Laura Gibson; The Two Man Gentleman Band; Ted Jones & the Tarheel Boys; Reverend KM Williams; Bowerbirds; Petunia&the Vipers; Mynabirds; Los Cojolites; Southeast Engine; Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass; Midtown Dickens; Cardboard Songsters

See music feature, page 27. Pendarvis Farm, 16581 SE Hagen Road, 658-3507. 11 am. All ages.

Creed

[CREED STILL SUCKS] I wanted to go back and give Creed’s records— particularly debut My Own Prison and Human Clay, both of which the formerly gigantic stadiumrock troupe will be performing at tonight’s show—the old college try. I got about two songs in. These albums do not beg for a critical reassessment: They’re as meandering, juvenile and devoid of original musical ideas as they were upon

their release. They also feature two of the worst examples of album art in American music history. I’m not blaming anyone for all of this. Yes, Human Clay went “diamond,” whatever that means—but it was the ’90s. It was good to be king, but we all made some serious mistakes. There’s still time to right your ways. This is your big chance to not go and see Creed, America. Please, for all that is holy, take that chance. CASEY JARMAN. Sleep Country Ampitheater, 17200 NE Delfel Road, Ridgefield, Wash. 7:30 pm. $25-$55. All ages.

SMMR BMMR: Therapists, Shannon and the Clams, Mean Jeans, Guantanamo Baywatch, White Wires, The Biz, Golden Pelicans, The Yolks, Hole in My Head, Wrong Words, King Lollipop, The Ketamines

See Friday listing. Plan B, 1305 SE 8th Ave., 230-9020. 4 pm. $13 advance, $22 weekend pass. 21+.

Velella Velella, Don’t Talk to the Cops, OC Notes, Copy

See profile, page 31. Someday Lounge, 125 NW 5th Ave., 248-1030. 9 pm. $10. 21+.

SUNDAY, AUG. 5 Petoskey, Alameda, Ryan Sollee (9 pm); Dolorean, Houndstooth (3 pm)

[DREAM FOLK] With delicate precision and playful coos, Petoskey frontwoman Angie Kuzma falls in the same class with such finely tuned vocalists as Lisa Hannigan and Joanna Newsom. The Portland ninepiece builds swelling arrangements that sweep between a guitar-led Western twang and a dazed, stringfilled stupor. Flutes, horns, keys and percussion fill in the rest of the sound, creating an assortment of rich songs that drift from start to finish without redundancy. Teaming up with Skyler Norwood at his Miracle Lake Studios, Petoskey released its impressive LP Bombs Away last year, showcasing a group of highly skilled musicians and entrancing songwriters. EMILEE BOOHER. Doug Fir Lounge, 830 E Burnside St., 2319663. 9 pm. $8. 21+.

Matt Sheehy

[LUSH ROCK] After attending his first concert at 19 and hearing the possibilities of sound in a live context, Matt Sheehy took up playing in bands in addition to his day job. Drawing from his father’s love for nature and his mother’s knack for music, the Portlanderby-way-of-Alaska leads a dual life as a forester and the frontman of Lost Lander—although both deeprooted endeavors share intermingling influences. In Lost Lander’s recent LP, DRRT, produced by Ramona Falls frontman and bandmate Brent Knopf, organic guitar melodies and serene vocals marry complex synthscapes and production intricacies deserving of quality headphones. The dynamic songs have the push-pull, mini-epic feel of Ramona Falls mixed with fleeting moments of tranquility reminiscent of solitude in a lush forest. EMILEE BOOHER. Mississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi Ave., 288-3895. 3 pm. Free, on Mississippi Studios’ patio. All ages.

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Deep Time, Hornet Leg, Landlines, Orchids

[TWEAKED TENENBAUMS] Deep Time’s music is like a Wes Anderson film set where several pieces have been rebelliously turned askew (by a disgruntled gofer, perhaps!). Which is to say, Austinites Jennifer Moore and Adam Jones (who called themselves YellowFever before another band with the same name threatened legal action) craft economical, slightly awry pop songs. Every beat Jones drums, every note Moore intones in her distinctive tenor is just so—except when it isn’t, and that’s when things get really interesting. JONATHAN FROCHTZWAJG. Valentines, 232 SW Ankeny St., 248-1600. 9 pm. $3. 21+.

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[TOP BRASS] It’s hard to go wrong with a competent brass band. The sound is so big and all-enveloping that it makes even bad songs sound great (side note: The first person who covers old Nintendo theme songs with a New Orleans brass band is going to make some real stacks), and the shiny visuals are pretty much built in. The Dirty Dozen Brass Band isn’t just competent, though, it’s the premier brass band touring the U.S. After three decades of mingling dirty funk and swinging Big Easy brass, these guys pretty much have it down to a science. And while DD has undertaken a series of highprofile collaborations—with Elvis Costello, Modest Mouse, Norah Jones, Dr. John and pretty much every notable musician from New Orleans—it’s the band’s own rousing live show that really punches listeners in the gut. New album Twenty Dozen is as playful, funky and straight-ahead as anything in the band’s discography, and the band is said to be in good spirits on this, its 35th anniversary tour. The band will be one of the first to play the recently renovated Bob White Theater. CASEY JARMAN. Bob White Theater, 6423 SE Foster Rd. 8 pm. $20. 21+.

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THE FIXX Formed: London, 1979. Sounds like: For those age 45 and above: that delirious moment of pop history when unprecedented racial, sexual and intellectual freedoms glimpsed a better world through spiking keyboard riffs, funked-up bass lines and textually complicated lyricism delivered through anthemic-snotty professorial chic. For those age 35 to 45: early MTV from one of those less pretty Brit bands that supposedly had more hits across the pond you always planned to check out. For those age 22 to 34: Phoenix. For those under 21: proms, junior proms, prom weekends that your mom is dragged off to every summer, prom bars, prom cruises. Latest release: Beautiful Friction, the band’s just-released 10th album, reflects a group that’s stayed admirably close—how awful to be thought the world over a one-hit wonder despite evident talents—but, best intentions aside, too many cavalcades aside J. Geils take their toll. For fans of: Hits-of-the-’80s compilations. Why you care: This shan’t likely be your last chance to see the Fixx, and moreover, we’re not sure you could even tell “One Thing Leads to Another” from the dozens of other soundtrack fillers. But there won’t always be an independent music retailer hosting free showcases, and it’s frankly amazing that the former stadium headliners are stopping by Terry Currier’s record shop to play a song or two. SEE IT: The Fixx plays Music Millennium, 3158 E Burnside St., on Tuesday, Aug. 7. 7 pm. Free. All ages. Purchase a copy of Beautiful Friction at Music Millennium for guaranteed admission. Willamette Week AUGUST 1, 2012 wweek.com

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Biddy McGraw’s

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Aladdin Theater

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1314 NW Glisan St. Toshi Onizuka

Ash Street Saloon

225 SW Ash St. Reign Cycle, Rabid Wombat, Muffaluffagus

Beaterville Cafe

2201 N Killingsworth St. Open Mic with Ryan Johnson

Camellia Lounge

510 NW 11th Ave. Jazz Jam with Errick Lewis & the Regiment House Band

Dawson Park

North Stanton Street and North Williams Avenue Chata Addy and Susuma

Doug Fir Lounge

830 E Burnside St. Quiet Life, PWRHAUS, Barna Howard

Duff’s Garage

1635 SE 7th Ave. Hamilton Loomis (9 pm); High Flyer Trio (6 pm)

East Burn

1800 E Burnside St. Irish Music Jam

East India Co.

821 SW 11th Ave. Josh Feinberg

Ella Street Social Club 714 SW 20th Place 1491, Dodge Logic, DJ Robert Ham

Goodfoot Lounge

2845 SE Stark St. Garcia Birthday Band

Hawthorne Theatre

3862 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Electric Frankenstein, The Love Sores, Piston Ready, New York Rifles

Holocene

1001 SE Morrison St. Golden Retriever, Regular Music, Ilyas Ahmed, Pulse Emitter

Ivories Jazz Lounge and Restaurant 1435 NW Flanders St. Tommy Hogan Blues Band

Jimmy Mak’s

221 NW 10th Ave. The Mel Brown Quartet

Kelly’s Olympian

426 SW Washington St. Her Ghost, Ali Wesley

Kenton Club

Jonathan Trawick, Aarun Carter (9 pm); The Quick and Easy Boys (6 pm)

Drunk Dad, Street Justice, Harsh Vibes, DJ Matt Scaphism

Lents Commons

The TARDIS Room

9201 SE Foster Road Open Mic

Mississippi Pizza

1218 N Killingsworth St. Open Mic with Andrea Wild

PCPA Music on Main Street

3728 NE Sandy Blvd. Mel Kubik & Christopher Woitach

3552 N Mississippi Ave. Jennifer Appelquist

Southwest Main Street and Southwest Broadway Lily Wilde and Her Jumpin’ Jubilee Orchestra (5 pm); Zimba! (12 pm)

Valentine’s

Palace of Industry

Vino Vixens Wine Shop & Bar

5426 N Gay Ave. Flat Rock String Band

Plan B

1305 SE 8th Ave. Sister Mamie Foreskin, The Translucent Spiders, Mother Android, Stochastic Mettle Union

2958 NE Glisan St.

1001 SE Morrison St. Stay Calm, Neal Morgan, Sad Horse, Marisa Anderson

Ivories Jazz Lounge and Restaurant

1435 NW Flanders St. Michael Omer Jazz Piano Cabaret

2929 SE Powell Blvd. Robbie Laws Guitar Ensemble

Jam on Hawthorne

White Eagle Saloon

Jimmy Mak’s

2239 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Hot Club of Hawthorne

Wilfs Restaurant and Bar

Someday Lounge

800 NW 6th Ave. Ron Steen Trio with Emma Davis and Joe Millward

2809 NE Sandy Blvd. Kepi Electric, Pets, Dog Party, Primitive Idols

1033 NW 16th Ave. The Ex-Girlfriends Club, Burnt Thrones Club, Mallory, Hooker Vomit, A Volcano

Sundown Pub

LaurelThirst

Holocene

Slabtown

Ladd’s Inn

4847 SE Division St. Jake Ray and the Cowdogs (9:30 pm); Bob Shoemaker (6 pm)

2845 SE Stark St. Philly’s Phunkestra

221 NW 10th Ave. The Mel Brown B3 Organ Group

2025 N Kilpatrick St. Blue Iris, The River Project

Landmark Saloon

232 SW Ankeny St. This and That Fest!: Ritchie Young (of Loch Lomond), Edna Vazquez

Goodfoot Lounge

836 N Russell St. The How Long Jug Band, Jacob Miller and the Bridge City Crooners

125 NW 5th Ave. Mr. Wu, Mighty, AfroQBen, Sporeganic, Patrick Devon

1204 SE Clay St. Lynn Conover

Tony Starlight’s

714 SW 20th Place Jeremiah of the Hill People, David Clemmer, Matt Finch, Wesley Phillips, Justin Shelp

5903 N Lombard St. Brogan Woodburn, Annie Dang, Too Long Sparks, Brendan Getzell

The Blue Diamond

2016 NE Sandy Blvd. The Fenix Project

The Know

2026 NE Alberta St.

Willamette Park

Southwest Macadam Avenue and Southwest Nebraska Street Devin Phillips Band

THURS. AUG. 2 Al’s Den at the Crystal Hotel 303 SW 12th Ave. Tim Snider

Katie O’Briens

Kelly’s Olympian

426 SW Washington St. Bevelers, Duover, Wesley Eader, Goose and Fox

Kenton Club

2025 N Kilpatrick St. Ink Blot, Manhole, Talkative

Laughing Horse Books 12 NE 10th Ave. Brigada Roja, La Bella, Peaks

LaurelThirst

2958 NE Glisan St. Windy Hill, Sleepy Eyed Johns (9 pm); Lewi Longmire Band (6 pm)

3939 N Mississippi Ave. Scout Niblett, 1939 Ensemble, Genders

Mount Tabor Theater

4811 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Cats Under the Stars (concert hall); 7 Horse, Crosby Tyler, Steve Cameron (lounge)

Wilfs Restaurant and Bar 800 NW 6th Ave. Mike & Haley Horsfall

FRI. AUG. 3

Kelly’s Olympian

426 SW Washington St. Old Kingdom, Kozo, Vanguard, Pinkzilla

Aladdin Theater

Laughing Horse Books

3017 SE Milwaukie Ave. Hot Tuna, Joe McMurrian

Original Halibut’s II

Alberta Street Public House

PICA

224 NW 13th Ave. Massacooramaan, Maxximum Volume, Dubai, Reznorektion, Concrete Floor

Pioneer Courthouse Square 701 SW 6th Ave. Boogie Bone

Plan B

1305 SE 8th Ave. Rotties, Divers, Vicious Pleasures

Record Room

8 NE Killingsworth St. Burnt Thrones Club, Boom!

Red Room

2530 NE 82nd Ave. No More Parachutes, Shark Party, Kris Ashby

Rotture

315 SE 3rd Ave. Dead Remedy, Pink Slip, Blood Owl, Rebenge

Sellwood Public House 8132 SE 13th Ave. Open Mic

Someday Lounge

125 NW 5th Ave. Dookie Jam with the Doo Doo Funk All-Stars featuring Gerald Heyward

Spare Room

4830 NE 42nd Ave. Original Music Showcase with Sam Densmore

Star Theater

13 NW 6th Ave. Reckless in Vegas, Rob Wynia & the Sound

Ted’s (at Berbati’s)

231 SW Ankeny St. Miguelito y La Nueva Generacion, Evv’n’flo, Tito and the Juice Crew, DJ Lamb Slice

The Blue Diamond

2016 NE Sandy Blvd. Ben Jones

The Blue Monk

3341 SE Belmont St. Alan Jones Jam

The Know

2026 NE Alberta St. Night Birds, The Estranged, Freedom Club

Tiger Bar

317 NW Broadway Karaoke from Hell

Tonic Lounge

3100 NE Sandy Blvd. XDS, K-Tel ‘79, Dollywood Babylon

Tony Starlight’s

3728 NE Sandy Blvd. Sing for Your Supperclub with the All-Star Horns

Valentine’s

232 SW Ankeny St. Hey Lover, DRC3

White Eagle Saloon 836 N Russell St. Libbie Schrader, Ezza Rose (8:30 pm); Kory Quinn (5:30 pm)

2809 NE Sandy Blvd. 48 Thrills, Signals Midwest, Danger Death Ray, Abolitionist

303 SW 12th Ave. Tim Snider

Alberta Rose Theatre

2527 NE Alberta St. Terry Robb

Katie O’Briens

Al’s Den at the Crystal Hotel

Muddy Rudder Public House 8105 SE 7th Ave. Kory Quinn

Houston Person, East Meets West Meets East IV

3000 NE Alberta St. Joe New, Kurt Huget, Steve Cameron

1036 NE Alberta St. The Goat & the Feather, Timmy Straw

Andina

1314 NW Glisan St. JB Butler

Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

1037 SW Broadway Yanni

Ash Street Saloon

225 SW Ash St. Toxic Kid, Poorsport

Backspace

115 NW 5th Ave. Burnkit 2600, Third Seven, James Fisher

Beaterville Cafe

2201 N Killingsworth St. Sky in the Road

Biddy McGraw’s

6000 NE Glisan St. Manimalhouse (9:30 pm); Lynn Connover (6 pm)

Bossanova Ballroom 722 E Burnside St. Willie Taylor, DJ Juggernaut

Branx

320 SE 2nd Ave. College, Anoraak, Electric Youth, Heatesca DJs

Clinton Street Theater

2522 SE Clinton St. Melao de Cuba (music show and film screening)

Clyde’s Prime Rib

5474 NE Sandy Blvd. Muthaship

Dante’s

350 W Burnside St. The Slants

Doug Fir Lounge

830 E Burnside St. Jay Brannan, Chris Pureka

Duff’s Garage

1635 SE 7th Ave. Duffy Bishop Band

East Burn

1800 E Burnside St. Andrews Ave., Cascadia Soul Alliance

East End

203 SE Grand Ave. The Sights, 1776, The Dandelions

Ella Street Social Club 714 SW 20th Place Hooves, Heavy Baang Staang, Noise Agency

Foggy Notion

3416 N Lombard St. Marmits, Tiny Knives, Lunge

Hawthorne Theatre

3862 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Lidless Eye, Tetramorphic, Censure, Reficul, Prepare for Impact

Island Mana Wines 526 SW Yamhill St. Joe Marquand

Ivories Jazz Lounge and Restaurant

1435 NW Flanders St. King Louie & Baby James Quartet

12 NE 10th Ave. Wuv, So Adult, Dear John Letters, Deep Pockets

LaurelThirst

2958 NE Glisan St. Baby Gramps (9:30 pm); James Low Western Front (6 pm)

Mississippi Pizza

3552 N Mississippi Ave. Gabriel Trees Band, Lydian Conviction (9 pm); The Sale (6 pm)

Mississippi Studios

3939 N Mississippi Ave. Micky & the Motorcars, Flash Flood & the Dikes

Mount Tabor Theater

4811 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Bottleneck Blues Band, Robbie Laws, The Twangshifters

Muddy Rudder Public House 8105 SE 7th Ave. Reverb Brothers

Nel Centro

1408 SW 6th Ave. Mike Pardew, Jeff Leonard, Todd Strait

Noho’s Hawaiian Cafe 4627 NE Fremont St. Hawaiian Music

Original Halibut’s II 2527 NE Alberta St. Norman Sylvester

Papa G’s Vegan Organic Deli

2314 SE Division St. Forest Bloodgood

Pendarvis Farm

16581 SE Hagen Road Pickathon: The Cave Singers, The Barr Brothers, Langhorne Slim, Los Cojolites, Foghorn Stringband, Thee Oh Sees, Heartless Bastards, Cajun Country Revival, Typhoon, Blitzen Trapper, Whitey Morgan & the 78s, Lonnie Walker, White Denim, Bowerbirds, AA Bondy, Abigail Washburn, Alela Diane, Todd Snider, Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass, Laura Gibson, Hot 8 Brass Band, Reverend Kid Williams, Cactus Blossoms, Sierra Leone’s Refugee AllStars, Southeast Engine2

Plan B

1305 SE 8th Ave. SMMR BMMR: Kepi Ghoulie and the Mean Jeans, Personal and the Pizzas, Youthbitch, The Bugs, Terry Malts, The Memories, Primitive Hearts, Gap Dream, Big Eyes, The Vomettes, Teenage Burritos, Boom!, Pets, Dog Party

Record Room

8 NE Killingsworth St. The Happening, Ugly Winner

Red Room

2530 NE 82nd Ave. Zombie Messiah, Unruly Instinct, Livid Minds, Set to Burn, Echoic

Roseland Theater 8 NW 6th Ave. Kirko Bangz

Secret Society Lounge 116 NE Russell St.

Jimmy Mak’s

221 NW 10th Ave.

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CALENDAR

BAR SPOTLIGHT

Music Millennium

Tony Starlight’s

Nel Centro

Trader Vic’s

Noho’s Hawaiian Cafe

White Eagle Saloon

ROSNAPS.COM

3158 E Burnside St. The Hague 1408 SW 6th Ave. Mike Pardew 4627 NE Fremont St. Hawaiian Music

Oregon Zoo

Slabtown

1033 NW 16th Ave. Bubble Cats, Vises

Sleep Country Amphitheater

17200 NE Delfel Road; Ridgefield, Wash. Sara Evans

Someday Lounge

125 NW 5th Ave. Velella Velella; Don’t Talk to the Cops; OC Notes; Point Juncture, WA

Ted’s (at Berbati’s)

231 SW Ankeny St. Saint Warhead, Ripynt, The Freeman

Tualatin Heritage Center

8700 SW Sweek Drive, Tualatin Dana Lyn, Kyle Sanna

White Eagle Saloon

836 N Russell St. Tango Alpha Tango, Violet Isle (9:30 pm); Reverb Brothers, The Student Loan (4:30 pm)

Wilfs Restaurant and Bar

800 NW 6th Ave. Bill Harris with Dick Berk

SAT. AUG. 4 Al’s Den at the Crystal Hotel

The Blue Diamond

303 SW 12th Ave. Tim Snider

The Blue Monk

3017 SE Milwaukie Ave. Kasey Chambers

2016 NE Sandy Blvd. HiFi Mojo 3341 SE Belmont St. Soul Vaccination

The Know

2026 NE Alberta St. All Eyes West, Company, Broadcaster, Hooker Vomit

The Pineapple Upsidedown Church

2324 SE 8th Ave. Bryan Free, TADA, No More Train Ghosts, The Mirrors, W O R K, Metal, Jonathan Atchely, Junior Scholastic Club, His Name Shall Breathe

Tiger Bar

317 NW Broadway Proven, Separation of Sanity

Tonic Lounge

3100 NE Sandy Blvd. Sean Flinn & the Royal We, Animal Eyes, Father Figure, Souvenir Driver (Rigsketball quarterfinals)

Tony Starlight’s

3728 NE Sandy Blvd. Neil Diamond Tribute

Trader Vic’s

1203 NW Glisan St. John English (Frank Sinatra tribute)

Aladdin Theater

Alberta Street Public House

Clyde’s Prime Rib

5474 NE Sandy Blvd. Cool Breeze

Doug Fir Lounge

830 E Burnside St. Melville, Daniel Kirkpatrick & the Bayonets, Medicine Family

Duff’s Garage

1635 SE 7th Ave. Coyote Kings, Lisa Mann

Ella Street Social Club 714 SW 20th Place His Name Shall Breathe

Foggy Notion

Original Halibut’s II

Wonder Ballroom

Hawthorne Theatre

3862 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Fang Island, Zechs Marquise, The Hugs

Jimmy Mak’s

Backspace

115 NW 5th Ave. Gaza, Eagle Twin, Elitist

Biddy McGraw’s

6000 NE Glisan St. Twisted Whistle (9:30 pm); The Barkers (6 pm)

Bossanova Ballroom

722 E Burnside St. J. Stalin, Ampichino, Rydah J. Klyde, Meezilini, DJ Sneakers

Branx

320 SE 2nd Ave. Across the Sun, Move the Earth, All I Ask, A Pyrrhic Victory, The Diggers, From the Eyes of Cain, Betrayed by Weakness, At Wit’s End, The Odious, Nemesis

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Record Room

8 NE Killingsworth St. Beyond Veronica, Miss Massive Snowflake, Paradise

1435 NW Flanders St. Jon Mayer Trio 221 NW 10th Ave. The Bobby Torres Ensemble with Duffy Bishop

Katie O’Briens

2809 NE Sandy Blvd. No More Parachutes, Thebrotheregg, Avenue Victor Hugo

Kelly’s Olympian

426 SW Washington St. Here Come Dots, Ugly Winner, The Cat from Hue, Pony Village

LaurelThirst

2958 NE Glisan St. Stephen Ashbrook (9:30 pm); Tree Frogs (6 pm)

Mississippi Pizza

3552 N Mississippi Ave. Saloon Ensemble (9 pm); Weekend Assembly with East Pete (6 pm); Petty Cash (kids’ show, 4 pm)

Mount Tabor Theater

4811 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Gimme Some Lovin’, Southpaw Speedway

800 NW 6th Ave. Mia Nicholson Trio

128 NE Russell St. Little Hurricane, Bryan John Appleby

SUN. AUG. 5 Andina

1314 NW Glisan St. Danny Romero

LaurelThirst

2958 NE Glisan St. Dan Haley & Tim Acott (9 pm); Freak Mountain Ramblers (6 pm)

Mission Theater

1624 NW Glisan St. Melao de Cuba, Quadraphonnes, Alexander’s Real Time Band, Newel Briggs, Sportin’ Lifers, Gravy, Halfwit Adlib, Poeina Suddarth

Mississippi Pizza

3552 N Mississippi Ave. Jonathan Trawick & Aarun Carter (9 pm); Wicky Pickers (6 pm)

Mississippi Studios

3939 N Mississippi Ave. Matt Sheehy

Muddy Rudder Public House

Ash Street Saloon

8105 SE 7th Ave. Irish Music

Beaterville Cafe

3158 E Burnside St. Rick Estrin & the Nightcats

Biddy McGraw’s

5403 NE 42nd Ave. Open Mic

225 SW Ash St. The Blackout Dates, Burst Suppression, Jonesmore 2201 N Killingsworth St. Spit & Shine 6000 NE Glisan St. Felim Egan

Clyde’s Prime Rib

5474 NE Sandy Blvd. Ron Steen Jazz Jam

Doug Fir Lounge

830 E Burnside St. Petoskey, Alameda, Ryan Sollee (9 pm); Dolorean, Houndstooth (3 pm)

Duff’s Garage

1635 SE 7th Ave. Rick Estrin

Hawthorne Theatre

3862 SE Hawthorne Blvd. IamDynamite, The Cry

Ivories Jazz Lounge and Restaurant 1435 NW Flanders St. Linda Myers Band

Kelly’s Olympian

426 SW Washington St. Sunny Travels, Pink Slip, Toy

Landmark Saloon

4847 SE Division St. Jake Ray

Music Millennium

NEPO 42

Pendarvis Farm

16581 SE Hagen Road Pickathon: Dr. Dog; Midtown Dickens; Hot 8 Brass Band; Robert Ellis; Kitty, Daisy & Lewis; Mynabirds; Neko Case; The War on Drugs; Los Cojolites; The Barr Brothers; Blitzen Trapper; Bruce Molsky Band; Lake Street Dive; Bombino; The Wood Brothers; Phosphorescent; Genticorum; Theesatisfaction; Shovels & Rope; Sonny & the Sunsets; Alela Diane; Cactus Blossoms; Cass Mccombs; The Two Man Gentlemen Band; Y La Bamba; Petunia & the Vipers; Lonnie Walker; Lost Bayou Ramblers feat. Gordon Gano; Casey Mcgill; Ted Jones and the Tarheel Boys; Annalisa Tornfelt

Rontoms

600 E Burnside St. Thanks, Fierce Creatures

Rose Quarter

1 Center Court Warped Tour: A Loss for Words, After the Burial, All-Time Low, Ballyhoo!, Blessthefall, Blood on the Dance Floor, Born of Osiris, Breathe Carolina, Brian Marquis, Captain Capa, Champagne Champagne, Chelsea Grin, Cherri Bomb, Chunk! No Captain Chunk!, Cold Forty Three, Echo Movement, Every Time I Die, Falling in Reverse, Fireworks, For Today, Four Year Strong, Funeral Party, G-Eazy, Hostage Calm, I Call Fives, I Fight Dragons, Iwrestledabearonce, Koji, Lostprophets, Machine Gun Kelly, Make Do and Mend, Man Overboard, Matt Toka, Mayday Parade, Memphis May Fire, Mighty Mongo, Miss May I, Mod Sun, Motionless in White, New Found Glory, Of Mice and Men, Oh No Fiasco, Owen Plant, Pierce the Vail, Polar Bear Club, Rise to Remain, Senses Fail, Sick of Sarah, Skinny Lister, Skip the Foreplay, Sleeping with Sirens, Stepdad, Streetlight Manifesto, T. Mills, Taking Back Sunday, The Constellations, The Ghost Inside, The Green, The Silver Comet, Title Fight, Tomorrow’s Bad Seeds, Tonight Alive, Tony D’Angelo, Transit, Twin Atlantic, Vampires Everywhere!, Vanna, Vendetta Red, We Are in the Crowd, We the Kings, Wick-It the Instigator, Yellowcard, Young London

Rotture

315 SE 3rd Ave. Dear Landlord, Ninjas with Syringes, Murderburger, Rendered Useless

Secret Society Lounge 116 NE Russell St. StationtoStation, Holcombe Waller

Slabtown

1033 NW 16th Ave. Stumblebum, Pitchfork Motorway, PDX Punk Collective

Tillicum Club

8585 SW BeavertonHillsdale Highway Johnny Martin Quartet

Valentine’s

232 SW Ankeny St. Deep Time, Hornet Leg, Landlines, Orchids

White Eagle Saloon 836 N Russell St. Little Hexes, Jaime Leopold & the Short Stories

MON. AUG. 6 Alberta Street Public House

1036 NE Alberta St. Michael Mcfarland, Michele Van Kleef, John Elliott

Andina

1314 NW Glisan St. Danny Romero

Ash Street Saloon 225 SW Ash St. Open Mic

Backspace

115 NW 5th Ave. Battery-Powered Music

Beaterville Cafe

2201 N Killingsworth St. Essiet Okon Essiet

Dante’s

350 W Burnside St. Karaoke from Hell

Doug Fir Lounge

830 E Burnside St. Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs

Duff’s Garage

1635 SE 7th Ave. Lily Wilde Orchestra

Goodfoot Lounge 2845 SE Stark St. Open Mic

Jimmy Mak’s

221 NW 10th Ave. The Dan Balmer Band

LaurelThirst

2958 NE Glisan St. Kung Pao Chickens (9 pm); Portland Country Underground (6 pm)

Mississippi Pizza

3552 N Mississippi Ave. Mr. Ben

Muddy Rudder Public House 8105 SE 7th Ave. Lloyd Jones

3158 E Burnside St. Joe McMurrian, Monti Amundson, Jack McMahon

17200 NE Delfel Road; Ridgefield, Wash. Creed

O’Connor’s Vault

7850 SW Capitol Highway Cal Scott, Richard Moore, Chris Kokesh

Someday Lounge

125 NW 5th Ave. Velella Velella, Don’t Talk to the Cops, OC Notes, Copy

Red Room

2530 NE 82nd Ave. Jean Grey, Thief River Falls, Hail the Artilect

Star Theater

13 NW 6th Ave. Dan Reed

Sleep Country Amphitheater

17200 NE Delfel Road; Ridgefield, Wash. Chris Young

Ted’s (at Berbati’s) 231 SW Ankeny St. Something Good, DJ Weather

Star Theater

13 NW 6th Ave. Dax Riggs

The Blue Diamond

2016 NE Sandy Blvd. The Vermen

The Blue Diamond

2016 NE Sandy Blvd. Tom Grant Trio

The Mudhut

North St. Louis Avenue and North Edison Street Good Night Billygoat, Metanoia, Derek Eklun

The Know

2026 NE Alberta St. No One & the Somebodies, Cave Cricket, DJ Just Dave

The Waypost

3120 N Williams Ave. Lane Barrington, Log Across the Washer 3100 NE Sandy Blvd. Lamprey

3341 SE Belmont St. Matt Otto

Music Millennium

Sleep Country Amphitheater

Tonic Lounge

The Blue Monk

12 NE 10th Ave. Mary Christ, The Unicornz, Fine Pets

231 SW Ankeny St.

116 NE Russell St. Jitterbug Vipers (9 pm); Dominic Castillo (6 pm)

Calibre Zero, Ninja, The Mercury Tree

Laughing Horse Books

Ted’s (at Berbati’s)

Red Room

Secret Society Lounge

Andina

225 SW Ash St. The Punctuals, High Desert Hooligans, Earth to Ashes

1305 SE 8th Ave. SMMR BMMR: Therapists, Shannon and the Clams, Mean Jeans, Guantanamo Baywatch, White Wires, The Biz, Golden Pelicans, The Yolks, Hole in My Head, Wrong Words, King Lollipop, The Ketamines

Goodfoot Lounge

Ivories Jazz Lounge and Restaurant

Ash Street Saloon

Plan B

3416 N Lombard St. Old Junior, Ex-Girlfriends Club, Merrick Foundation

1036 NE Alberta St. Everybody’s Robot (9:30 pm); Jaspar Lepak, Harrison Fullop (6:30 pm) 1314 NW Glisan St. Toshi Onizuka

16581 SE Hagen Road Pickathon: Heartless Bastards; Cass McCombs; White Denim; Lake Street Dive; Dr. Dog; Lost Bayou Ramblers feat. Gordon Gano; Theesatisfaction; Neko Case; Bombino; Whitey Morgan & the 78s; Kitty, Daisy & Lewis; AA Bondy; The Wood Brothers; Hot 8 Brass Band; Cajun Country Revival; Langhorne Slim; Sonny & the Sunsets, Genticorum; Phosphorescent; Y La Bamba; The Cave Singers; Abigail Washburn; Typhoon; Doug Paisley; Thee Oh Sees; Robert Ellis; Laura Gibson; The Two Man Gentleman Band; Ted Jones & the Tarheel Boys; Reverend KM Williams; Bowerbirds; Petunia & the Vipers; Mynabirds; Los Cojolites; Southeast Engine; Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass; Midtown Dickens; Cardboard Songsters

2530 NE 82nd Ave. King Ghidora, Chase the Shakes, Free Fall Kids, Ether Circus, Onyx Guild

2845 SE Stark St. Jujuba

836 N Russell St. Great Elk, Sean Wagner, The Thoughts

Wilfs Restaurant and Bar

Pendarvis Farm

The My Oh Mys, The Golden Motors, Redray Frazier (9 pm); Swing Papillon (6 pm)

1203 NW Glisan St. Xavier Tavera

4001 SW Canyon Road Johnny Clegg Band, Ladysmith Black Mambazo 2527 NE Alberta St. Big Monti

YOUNGER US: They don’t make Zima anymore. I know this because I tried to order the original alcopop at Jones (107 NW Couch St., 971-271-7178, jonesbarportland.com), the new ’80s- and ’90s-themed dance club in Old Town. The bartender—who may have still been in high school in 2008 when Zima went flat—hadn’t heard of it. I was instead given a cocktail of orange Tang and vodka (mostly Tang—$5). No, Jones is not for the old and nostalgic. Rather, it’s a dance remix of the Mariah Carey era for a generation weaned on Rihanna. Sadly, not for Nikita, who was turned away at the door, her license confiscated by a bouncer. Inside, she would have found old publicity photos of Madonna and the Friends cast and a casual crowd dancing to sped-up hits of the era. Michael Jackson asks if I remember the time. In fact, I do. Magic Johnson on the gong, right? MARTIN CIZMAR.

3728 NE Sandy Blvd. Soulcity Band

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EBONY AND IVORY: Johnny Clegg plays the Oregon Zoo on Saturday.

18 NW 3rd Ave. Billions & Billions, Fist Fite, Deadhead, DJ Matt Scaphism

CALENDAR Valentine’s

232 SWz Ankeny St. Derek Monypeny, Marisa Anderson, Plankton Wat

White Eagle Saloon 836 N Russell St. Early Hours

Beaterville Cafe

2201 N Killingsworth St. Beth Hamon

Bob White Theater

6423 SE Foster Road Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Pimps of Joytime, Rare Monk

Boom Bap!

TUES. AUG. 7 Al’s Den at the Crystal Hotel 303 SW 12th Ave. New Solution (The Ed Forman Show)

Alberta Street Public House

1036 NE Alberta St. The Wild Reeds, Sam Fowler, Corpus Callosum (9:30 pm); Noah Gabriel, AirShow (6:30 pm)

Andina

1314 NW Glisan St. Neftali Rivera

Ash Street Saloon

225 SW Ash St. Ryan Darton, Tim Karplus Band, Eric Schackne

Backspace

115 NW 5th Ave. Young Turks, Unrestrained, The Globalist, Habits

640 SE Stark St. Sad Horse, No One and the Somebodies, Cave Cricket, Rllrbll

Bunk Bar

1028 SE Water Ave. Beisbol, Caws Pobi

Duff’s Garage

1635 SE 7th Ave. Dover Weinberg Quartet (9:30 pm); Trio Bravo (6 pm)

Fernhill Park

Northeast 37th Avenue and Northeast Ainsworth Street The Underscore Orkestra

Glenn & Viola Walters Cultural Arts Center 527 E Main St., Hillsboro Dany Oakes

Goodfoot Lounge 2845 SE Stark St. Radula

Ivories Jazz Lounge and Restaurant

Jazz Jam with Carey Campbell and Hank Hirsch

Jimmy Mak’s

221 NW 10th Ave. Mitzi Zilka and Her Talented Friends

Katie O’Briens

2809 NE Sandy Blvd. The Secretions, The Jabronis, Mr. Plow

LaurelThirst

2958 NE Glisan St. Jackstraw

McCoy Park

North Trenton Street and North Newman Avenue Randy Starr and the Players

Mississippi Pizza

3552 N Mississippi Ave. Devin Bodeen

Mississippi Studios

3939 N Mississippi Ave. Fanno Creek, John Heart Jackie, Jocie Adams

Music Millennium

3158 E Burnside St. The Fixx

Pioneer Courthouse Square

Valentine’s

232 SW Ankeny St. DJ Lisztless

412 NE Beech St. DJ Invisible Ziggurat

CC Slaughters

219 NW Davis St. Trick with DJ Robb

Matador

1967 W Burnside St. DJ Whisker Friction

The Lovecraft

421 SE Grand Ave. DJs Nealie Neal, Unruly

Tiga

1465 NE Prescott St. Bill Portland

Tiger Bar

317 NW Broadway DJ Detroit Denzel

Tube

18 NW 3rd Ave. DJ Creepy Crawl

Yes and No

20 NW 3rd Ave. Death Club with DJ Entropy

THURS. AUG. 2 Al’s Den at the Crystal Hotel 303 SW 12th Ave. DJ Rescue

Beech Street Parlor 412 NE Beech St. DJ Family Jewels

CC Slaughters

219 NW Davis St. Hip Hop Heaven with DJ Detroit Diezel

Fez Ballroom

316 SW 11th Ave. Shadowplay: DJs Ghoulunatic, Paradox, Horrid

Palace of Industry 5426 N Gay Ave. DJ Folklore

Someday Lounge

125 NW 5th Ave. DJs Mr. Romo, Michael Grimes

The Lovecraft

421 SE Grand Ave. Vortex: DJs Kenny, John, Skip

Tiga

1465 NE Prescott St. DJ Dirk Striker

Trader Vic’s

1203 NW Glisan St.

1305 SE 8th Ave. The Hauge, Soft Skills, Gallons, Black Pussy

Sleep Country Amphitheater

17200 NE Delfel Road; Ridgefield, Wash. Sublime, Rome

The Blue Monk

3341 SE Belmont St. Superposition State Quartet (8 pm); Pagan Jug Band (6:30 pm)

Thirsty Lion

71 SW 2nd Ave. PX Singer-Songwriter Showcase

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317 NW Broadway AC Lov Ring

Tony Starlight’s

3728 NE Sandy Blvd. Bo Ayars

White Eagle Saloon

836 N Russell St. Sleeper Smiles, Renegade String Band, Bottlecap Boys

Here’s How:

1435 NW Flanders St.

18 NW 3rd Ave. DJ Neil Blender

WED. AUG. 1

Plan B

701 SW 6th Ave. Bradley Wik and the Charlatans

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Beech Street Parlor

MUSIC

Tiki Time with DJ Drew Groove

Tube

18 NW 3rd Ave. DJ Sethro Tull

FRI. AUG. 3 Beech Street Parlor 412 NE Beech St. Musique Plastique

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

Goodfoot Lounge

2845 SE Stark St. Soul Stew with DJ Aquaman

Holocene

1001 SE Morrison St. FRESH.: BAAUER, Most Custom, Nicky Mason (9 pm); Aperitivo Happy Hour with Treasure Hunters Club DJs (5 pm)

Jack London Bar 529 SW 4th Ave. DJ Jason Catalyst

Palace of Industry 5426 N Gay Ave. DJ Holiday

Red Cap Garage

1035 SW Stark St Mantrap with DJ Lunchlady

Sengatera Restaurant

3833 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. DJ Abdul

Star Bar

639 SE Morrison St. Blank Fridays

The Lovecraft

421 SE Grand Ave. Brickbat Mansion

Tiga

1465 NE Prescott St. Sweet Jimmy T

SAT. AUG. 4 Al’s Den at the Crystal Hotel 303 SW 12th Ave. DJ E3

Beech Street Parlor 412 NE Beech St. DJ Party Dad

CC Slaughters

219 NW Davis St. Revolution with DJ Robb

East Burn

1800 E Burnside St. ‘80s Dance Assault with DJ Revron

Fez Ballroom

316 SW 11th Ave. Popvideo with DJ Gigahurtz

Mississippi Studios

3939 N Mississippi Ave. The Do Right Saturday Night Soul Party with DJ Beyondadoubt

The Blue Monk

3341 SE Belmont St. DJ OG One

The Know

2026 NE Alberta St. Dirtbag with DJ Gutter Glamour

The Lovecraft

421 SE Grand Ave. DJ Miss Prid

The Whiskey Bar

31 NW 1st Ave. Do the Hustle: DJs Slutgarden, Cockstorm, Tronic

Tiga

1465 NE Prescott St. DJ Bad Wizard

Tiger Bar

317 NW Broadway DJs Mothrider, Detroit Diezel

Tube

18 NW 3rd Ave. Saturdazed with DJ GH

Valentine’s

232 SW Ankeny St. DJ Freddie Says Relax

SUN. AUG. 5 Matador

1967 W Burnside St. Next Big Thing with Donny Don’t

Mississippi Studios

Double Platinum Latinum: DJ Papi, DJ Blvd. Nights, Orquestra Pacifico Tropical, DJ Michael Bruce, DJ Sam Humans

Plan B

1305 SE 8th Ave. Hive: DJs Owen, Brian Backlash

MON. AUG. 6 Beech Street Parlor 412 NE Beech St. Molly Curtain

CC Slaughters

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219 NW Davis St. Maniac Monday with DJ Doughalicious

Kelly’s Olympian

426 SW Washington St. Eye Candy VJs

Star Bar

639 SE Morrison St. Metal Mondays with DJ Blackhawk

Tiga

1465 NE Prescott St. DJ Nate C.

TUES. AUG. 7 Beech Street Parlor 412 NE Beech St. DJ Erich Zann

CC Slaughters

219 NW Davis St. Girltopia with DJ Robb

Eagle Portland

835 N Lombard St DMTV with DJ Animal

The Crown Room

205 NW 4th Ave. See You Next Tuesday: Kellan, Avery

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The Lovecraft

421 SE Grand Ave. Tom Waits Night

Tiga

1465 NE Prescott St. THC DJs

Tube

18 NW 3rd Ave. Tubesday (10 pm); DJ OverCol (7 pm)

Valentine’s

232 SW Ankeny St. DJs Strange Babes

Yes and No

20 NW 3rd Ave. Idiot Tuesdays with DJ Black Dog

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= WW Pick. Highly recommended. Most prices listed are for advance ticket sales. At-the-door increases and so-called convenience charges may apply, so it’s best to call ahead. Editor: MATTHEW SINGER. Theater: REBECCA JACOBSON (rjacobson@wweek. com). Classical: BRETT CAMPBELL (bcampbell@wweek.com). Dance: HEATHER WISNER (dance@wweek.com). TO BE CONSIDERED FOR LISTINGS, submit information at least two weeks in advance to: msinger@wweek.com.

THEATER Cabaret

It’s the Kit Kat Klub in Oregon City as Clackamas Repertory Theatre stages the classic musical about 1929 Berlin. The performance features the delightful Sharonlee McLean as Fräulein Schneider and Brianna Rouse as Sally Bowles. Clackamas Community College, Osterman Theatre, 19600 S Molalla Ave., 594-6047. 7:30 pm Thursdays-Saturdays, 2:30 pm Sundays. Closes Aug. 26. $15-$26.

The Drowsy Chaperone

Broadway Rose presents this showwithin-a-show about a musical theater aficionado who unleashes a Jazz Age extravaganza in his living room. Lyn Cramer directs this musical comedy. Deb Fennell Auditorium, 9000 SW Durham Road, Tigard, 620-5262. 7:30 pm Thursdays-Saturdays, 2 pm Sundays and Saturdays Aug. 8 and 11. Closes Aug. 19. $20-$40.

Jersey Boys

Highlighted by the legendary Elmoon-helium vocal range of frontman Frankie Valli, the Four Seasons became one of the most popular music groups of all time, selling 175 million records worldwide. The musical Jersey Boys, now a global phenomenon itself, documents the band’s meager beginnings and meteoric rise. Played out like a frenetic episode of Behind the Music, complete with drug overdoses and debts to the mob (hey, it’s Jersey), the show—currently touring North America—is broken into four parts, with each band member narrating a different season: spring, summer, etc. The first season is a chaotic blur of changing sets, inconsequential characters and snippets of song as several years’ worth of events are crammed into about 30 minutes. Come summertime, the band finally makes it big with three No. 1 hits in a row: “Sherry,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry” and “Walk Like a Man.” This is what we all came for, and the singer-actors don’t disappoint, with Joseph Leo Bwarie delivering a particularly impressive Valli-esque falsetto. But come fall and winter, things begin to decline, both for the band and the show’s momentum. It’s clear the story of the Four Seasons is really no more remarkable than that of other groups of the time whose fame eventually fizzled. Valli even still tours regularly, but his current popularity, sadly, cannot match that of the musical about his own life. We’d rather live in the past where four boys from Jersey can become international music sensations—until the arrival of disco, anyway. PENELOPE BASS. Keller Auditorium, 222 SW Clay St., 241-1802. 7:30 pm Tuesdays-Saturdays, 2 pm Saturdays, 1 pm and 6:30 pm Sundays. Closes Aug. 12. $25-$69.

King Lear

For Portland Shakespeare Project’s summer of Lear, the reliably bold Jon Kretzu directs a production that keeps the Bard’s text intact but pares the cast to six. The show plays in repertory with Lear’s Follies. Artists Repertory Theatre, 1515 SW Morrison St., 3133048. Dates and times vary, see portlandshakes.org. Closes Aug. 4. $18-$30.

Lear’s Follies

Portland Shakespeare Project stages a King Lear double-header: one show with the script intact, and this adaptation written by Portlander C.S. Whitcomb. Lear’s Follies reimagines the legendary king as a tobacco magnate in Depression-era Virginia. Artists Repertory Theatre, 1515 SW Morrison St., 313-3048. 7:30 pm Wednesdays-Saturdays, 2 pm Sundays and Saturday, Aug. 4. Closes Aug. 5. $18-$30.

Much Ado About Nothing

If your appetite for summer Shakespeare in the park has not yet been sated, get thee to Willamette Shakespeare’s production of the bard’s lively comedy about two pairs of lovers, featuring an original score and live music. Performances take place at various locations in the Willamette Valley wine country (and yes, wine will be available for purchase). Multiple locations , 852-1564. 7 pm FridaysSaturdays, 6 pm Sundays through Aug. 19. Free.

Northanger Abbey

For its summer of Jane Austen, Quintessence Language and Imagination Theatre presents artistic director Connor Kerns’ adaptation of Austen’s gentle Gothic parody. Plays in repertory with Persuasion. Mago Hunt Center, University of Portland, 5000 N Willamette Blvd., 285-2826. 7:30 pm Wednesday, Aug. 1; 7:30 pm Thursday, Aug. 2 and 16; 7:30 pm Friday, Aug. 10; 7:30 pm Saturday, Aug. 4 and 11; 2 pm Sunday, Aug. 19. $18-$20.

Original Practice Shakespeare Festival

The Original Practice Shakespeare Festival bills its performances as more championship sports game than stodgy theatrical production, featuring minimal rehearsal, improvised blocking and energetic audience interaction. This summer, the company stages As You Like It, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado About Nothing and Twelfth Night in parks around Portland. Multiple locations , 890-6944. Times vary, see opsfest.org. Closes September 30. Free.

Persuasion

matically gesticulating and bellowing in ways that overpower the 99-seat CoHo Theater (August productions have moved to Theater! Theatre!). Jessica Hillenbrand, a University of Portland drama student, better balances exaggeration and understatement than her fellow actors, but director Matthew Jared Lee would have done well to rein in his cast. Ribes’ repetitive dialogue and bizarre humor beg for subtlety and range, but this production plays the same loud and wearisome key throughout. REBECCA JACOBSON. Theater! Theatre!, 3430 SE Belmont St., 400-7320. 7:30 pm Wednesday, Aug. 8, Thursdays-Saturdays through Aug. 11. $10-$15, Wednesdays are “pay what you will.”.

Trek in the Park: “Journey to Babel”

Before Portlandia ever debuted, Atomic Arts had its hand on Stumptown’s geeky pulse with its yearly adaptation of a Star Trek episode. Now in its fourth year, the performance has outgrown its original Woodlawn Park location and will find a new home at Cathedral Park, under the St. Johns Bridge. This summer’s episode finds the Enterprise en route to a peace conference, with a rogue assassin at large. Cathedral Park, North Edison Street and Pittsburg Avenue. 5 pm Saturdays-Sundays through Aug. 26. Free.

Twelfth Night, or What You Will

Portland Actors Ensemble presents Shakespeare’s jovial comedy in parks around the metro area. Multiple locations , 467-6573. Times and dates vary, check portlandactors.org for details. Free.

COMEDY AND VARIETY Artsy Fartsy

As part of the First Friday Art Walk, eight local comics showcase their art on the walls and their comedic chops on stage. Side Door, 425 SE Washington St, 233-8553. 8 pm. Free.

Comedy Kamikaze

Quintessence Language and Imagination Theatre takes on Jane Austen, presenting two adaptations by company artistic director Connor Kerns. Playing in repertory with Northanger Abbey, Persuasion is a satire of the spoiled classes and a melancholy love story. Mago Hunt Center, University of Portland, 5000 N Willamette Blvd., 285-2826. 7:30 pm some Thursdays-Saturdays, 2 pm Sundays through Aug. 18. See qlit.org for details. $18-$20.

Philip Schallberger hosts a monthly comedy show, featuring sketch, standup and video. Clinton Street Theater , 2522 SE Clinton St., 502-4046. 8 pm every first Thursday. $6.

See How They Run

Aaron Ross, who relocated to Los Angeles after three years of sleazeball comedy at Dante’s, returns to Portland for a weeklong set of shows as his alter-ego Ed Forman. Expect oversexed humor and interviews with a variety of guests, including mayoral candidate Jefferson Smith, musician Laura Veirs and Blazers broadcaster Antonio Harvey. Al’s Den at the Crystal Hotel, 303 SW 12th Ave., 972-2670. 7 pm. Free.

Lakewood Theatre presents Philip King’s very British farce of mistaken identities. Scott Parker directs. Lakewood Center for the Arts, 368 S State St., Lake Oswego, 635-3901. 7:30 pm Thursdays-Saturdays; 2 pm Sundays. Closes Aug. 19. $25-$28.

The Superior Casa Nova

Masque Alfresco adapts this Commedia dell’Arte farce, rich with hat juggling, theatrical slapstick and bombastic characters. The familyfriendly show tours to various outdoor locations in Lake Oswego, Hillsboro and Beaverton. Multiple locations , 254-5104. 6:30 pm Fridays-Sundays through Aug. 26. Free.

Theatre Without Animals

Jean-Michel Ribes’ collection of eight short plays is classic Theater of the Absurd: A giant ballpoint pen crashes through a family’s roof one Sunday morning. A father can’t remember his daughter’s name. Visitors to an art museum imagine reverse evolution. The situations are improbable, the speech irrational, the language inadequate. With its rejection of standard narrative and subversion of logic, Theater of the Absurd aims to unsettle the audience. Unfortunately, this Factory Theatre production—the first show by this new company and the English-language premiere of Ribes’ work—unsettles for the wrong reasons. The primary shortcoming is the acting: The five cast members overplay their scenes, dra-

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COMEDY

Diabolical Experiments

Improv jam show featuring Brody performers and other local improvisers. Brody Theater, 16 NW Broadway, 2242227. 7 pm Sundays. $5.

The Ed Forman Show

A Fancy Night for Delightful People

Chicago-based improviser Adam Higgins brings his one-man variety show to Portland, promising samurai, animal sounds and a couple guest performers. Brody Theater, 16 NW Broadway, 224-2227. 8 pm. $10.

Fly-Ass Jokes

A stand-up comedy showcase hosted by Ian Karmel. Brody Theater, 16 NW Broadway, 224-2227. 8 pm. $8-$10.

GAG: A Drag/Comedy Showcase

Drag stars and comedians collide in this monthly showcase hosted by comic Whitney Streed and drag queen Saturn. Red Cap Garage, 1035 SW Stark St, 226-4171. 9:30 pm every first Friday. Free. 21+.

Instant Comedy

With a list of audience-suggested topics, five comics compete for the title of comedic champ. The Curious

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THE CHAIRMAN: Scott Aukerman on the Comedy Bang! Bang! set.

Q&A: SCOTT AUKERMAN In the world of comedy podcasting, Scott Aukerman is David Letterman to Marc Maron’s Charlie Rose. Where the latter’s much-praised WTF deconstructs the craft of comedy through sometimes painfully personal conversations, on Comedy Bang! Bang! (formerly Comedy Death Ray), Aukerman prefers to put the craft on display—through incharacter interviews, absurd games and random acts of off-the-cuff zaniness. The most personal he ever gets is asking his bigger-name guests—including Ben Stiller and Ed Helms—what their bank accounts look like, and that’s only to see how they squirm out of answering. In June, a televised version of Comedy Bang! Bang! debuted on IFC. Now, the show is returning to its stage roots with a live tour. WW spoke to Aukerman, a former Mr. Show writer, about the appeal of podcasts, writing jokes for the Looney Tunes gang and, of course, his income. MATTHEW SINGER.

The host of IFC’s Comedy Bang! Bang! wants to know: What’s in Ben Stiller’s wallet?

WW: Why are podcasts so appealing to comedians? Scott Aukerman: The freedom in it is great. When you come out and try to be a comedian and write and create shows for yourself, you run into a lot of resistance. When I first started the show, it was difficult getting people to come on it, because they were like, “Who’s listening to this?” And what they’re finding out is that there are hundreds of thousands of people who listen to these, and you can reach way more people being really funny on one episode of my show than you can doing a tour around the country. Has IFC allowed you to maintain that freedom? They’ve been incredible. They told me something once: “I’m never going to argue with you if something is funny or not.” I’m used to having these conversations of, “No, it is funny. It’s not funny to you, but it’s funny to other people.” IFC said, “If it’s not funny to us, we’ll trust you if you say it’s funny.” You’ve done some punch-up work in the past. What’s the strangest script you’ve been asked to write jokes for? I was just talking about Looney Tunes: Back in Action the other day. The one joke I got into the script was when they’re in Africa on a safari for some reason. An elephant is walking away from the camera, and Daffy and Bugs are on the elephant with their backs to the camera. So my joke was, Daffy was behind Brendan Fraser and says, “I can’t see.” And Bugs Bunny says, “If you think your view is terrible, that audience is staring at an elephant’s behind.” You’ve asked a lot of your guests how much money they make. So I have to ask: How much are you bringing in these days? I’ll do what no one else actually does, which is just be truthful with you. I don’t make a ton of money at the TV show. And times in comedy in Hollywood have been a little rough. It’s been less than I would like, but it’s probably about…$1.4 million per year? So it’s not that great. SEE IT: Comedy Bang! Bang! Live, featuring guests Paul F. Tompkins and James Adomian, is at the Aladdin Theater, 3017 SE Milwaukie Ave., 234-9694, aladdin-theater.com. 7 pm Thursday, Aug. 2. $20-$25.

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AUG. 1-7 Comedy Playas also perform improv sets. Curious Comedy, 5225 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., 477-9477. 8 pm Fridays-Saturdays through Sept. 1. $12-$15.

Maria Bamford

One of the nation’s best comics (female or otherwise) returns to Portland to record a new album for Comedy Central Records. Helium Comedy Club, 1510 SE 9th Ave., (888) 643-8669, heliumcomedy. com. 8 pm Tuesday-Wednesday, Aug. 7-8. $23-$28. 21+.

Todd Glass

Todd Glass, comedian and host of a popular Nerdist network podcast, brings his act to the Helium stage. Helium Comedy Club, 1510 SE 9th Ave., (888) 643-8669, heliumcomedy.com. 8 pm Thursday, 7:30 pm and 10 pm Friday-Saturday, Aug. 2-4. $15-$25. 21+. Friday’s 10 pm show is a live podcast taping.

DANCE Burlesque Benefit Show

Here’s a bump ‘n’ grind you can feel good about: Zora Van Pavonine, Angelique DeVil and Claire Voltaire, with special guests Fringe Benefits, stage a classic burlesque show, 10 percent of the proceeds from which will go toward AIDS Walk Portland. Zora Phoenix emcees and a burlesque dance party with DJ Tagua follows. Crush, 1400 SE Morrison St., 235-8150. 9 pm Friday, Aug 3. $10. 21+.

Cinderella: A Rock Opera Ballet

Sounding something like a cross between West Side Story and The Hard Nut, Cinderella: A Rock Opera resets the original girl-meets-prince tale at a 1960s prom. Eugene’s Ballet Fantastique, a seven-piece chamber company, created the piece, which features variations on popular dances of the time (think the Mashed Potato and the Twist), set to new arrangements of the era’s hits, including “You Don’t Own Me,” “And Then He Kissed Me” and “Wild Thing,” played live by the Agents of Unity band. Guest artist James Fuller, on loan from Ballet Austin, dances Prince Charming. Lincoln Hall, Portland State University, 1620 SW Park Ave., 7253307. 4 pm Sunday, Aug. 5. $16$26. All Ages.

Obonfest 2012

Celebrate your ancestors and the loved ones you’ve lost at the Japanese Buddhist celebration Obonfest 2012, a daylong family party that has elements in common with Mexico’s Day of the Dead. Per Japanese tradition, the event features the lovely, lantern-lit Bon Odori (Obon dance), and performances by Portland Taiko and Shotokan Karate Do. A beer and sake garden will slake adult thirsts, while the kids enjoy a variety of artistic activities. And everyone can enjoy such delicacies as yakisoba noodles, shaved ice and Spam musubi. Oregon Buddhist Temple, 3720 SE 34th Ave. 3-9 pm Saturday, Aug. 4.

Peña Flamenca

Flamenco dancers/singers Mitsue ‘La Pura’ and Estefanía ‘La Ishi’ perform, accompanied live by flamenco guitarist Mark Ferguson. Vie de Boheme, 1530 SE 7th Ave., 360-1233. 7:30 pm Friday, Aug. 3. $5-$8. 21+.

The Collision Series: Part 2

One thing most newspapers haven’t tried, in their attempts to stay solvent, is putting on a show, but Front is no ordinary paper— it’s the publication of record for Portland contemporary dance and theory, produced by Tahni Holt, Danielle Ross, Noelle Stiles and Robert Tyree. The Collision Series, like the paper itself, strays from the status quo, bringing together musicians, dances and lighting techs to create an improvised 45-minute

PERFORMANCE

performance. This second installment has a pretty good lineup, too: Dancers Linda Austin, Mike Barber, Carla Mann, Rikki Rothenberg and Noel Plemmons join forces with lighting designers Jeff Forbes and Bill Boese, and musicians Delaney Kelly (Deelay Ceelay) and Rafael Fauria (The Miracles Club). What will happen? Only one way to find out. Conduit Dance , 918 SW Yamhill St., Suite 401, 221-5857. 7 pm Sunday, Aug. 5. $12-$20.

CLASSICAL Blue Hour

In Seattle composer Nat Evans’ site-specific event, participants download music (from natevansmusic.com) to their portable digital listening device of choice, walk to a scenic viewpoint, press play on cue at sunset, and groove to Evans’ music, arranged to complement the gradual light change for an hour after sunset. (206) 459-8117. 8:30 pm. Free.

Classical Revolution PDX String Quartet

This free, family-friendly performance includes Renaissance madrigals and movements from one of J.S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos, one of Haydn’s great Op. 76 string quartets, string quartets by Shostakovich and Beethoven, and arrangements of contemporary pop songs. Members of Barco will join the fun for a new work by local composer Jason Fromme. North Mississippi Avenue and Shaver Street, Mississippi Avenue and Shaver Street. 6 pm. Free.

BALLET FANTASTIQUE

WITH SHELLEY & CAL JAMES + BAND

Sun. Aug. 5 | 4 pm “Ballet Fantastique not only dances outside the box... it throws the box away!”

Cinderella

—The Register-Guard

A Rock Opera Ballet set in 1964 (See the show that sold out the Hult Center in Eugene!) LINCOLN PERFORMANCE HALL | PSU CAMPUS

$26 ($16 YOUTH/STUDENTS) | PSU BOX OFFICE: 503-725-3307 | www.ticketmaster.com

IN CONCERT WITH HERE COMES

Golden Retriever

Jonathan Sielaff and Matt Carlson’s ever-inventive electronic music collaboration combines bass clarinet, analog synthesizer and elements of jazz, classical, minimalist, noise, drones and other musical ingredients into drifting, sometimes dazzling soundscapes. This party celebrating the release of their trippy yet relatively tight new disc, Occupied With the Unspoken, also includes a CD release set by the improvisational electronic trio Regular Music, Ilyas Ahmed and synth master Daryl Groetsch’s Pulse Emitter. Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison St., 239-7639. 8:30 pm. $5.

Kyle Sanna and Dana Lyn

In his University of Oregon days, Sanna was a promising composer and guitarist. He’s fulfilled that promise in his project with fiddler and fellow Brooklynite Lyn. Together, they deliver a program that mixes traditional Irish tunes, originals and improvisations that should appeal to classical and Celtic music fans alike. Tualatin Heritage Center, 8700 SW Sweek Drive, 691-2078. 7:30 pm. $20.

Portland Summerfest Opera in the Park

Esteemed veteran conductor Keith Clark leads an abridged concert version (sung in German) of Johann Strauss’ comedy Die Fledermaus, starring Metropolitan Opera regulars Richard Zeller and Emily Pulley, plus singers from Lyric Opera of Chicago, San Francisco Opera, local singers, full orchestra and narration. Washington Park Rose Garden Amphitheater, 400 SW Kingston Ave., 823-3636. 6 pm. Free.

Timothy and Nancy LeRoi Nickel

In the first installment of a weekly series this month, the pianists play Dvorák’s scenic “From the Bohemian Forest,” plus music by Schubert and Niels Gade. St. James Lutheran Church, 1315 SW Park Ave., 227-2439. 12:10 pm. Donation.

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SEPTEMBER 6-8 featuring Aaron Draplin from Draplin Design Andrew McLaughlin, Exec V.P. at Tumblr Evan Doll from Flipboard James Keller, co-founder, Small Society ...and many more

$225 Gets you: three days of PDX programming ++ MFNW wristband ++ one ticket to Pioneer Courthouse Square ++ an invite to the V.I.P. party

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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.

Aaron Yassin: Beijing

After last month’s visual exploration of Dubai, Chambers continues its international magic-carpet ride with Aaron Yassin’s Beijing. The artist composites photographs of well-known Chinese architecture into jittery tableaux. Complementing these works, a video animation titled “REM” visually riffs on architect Rem Koolhaas’ headquarters for China’s state-controlled television network. Aug. 2-Sept. 29. Chambers @ 916, 916 NW Flanders St., 227-9398.

Kris Long and Roger Friedel

Oil painters Kris Long and Roger Friedel headline a two-person show at the Talisman arts collective. Long’s Floral Provocations and Friedel’s trippy, organic forms share a common interest in the ways in which we experience nature. Through Aug. 26. Talisman Gallery, 1476 NE Alberta St., 284-8800.

Building Speed pg

Motorcycle aficionados occupy a subset of the California car culture made iconic by the Beach Boys and informed by elements of Easy Rider counterculture, Italian engineering, and a dash of pure white trash. For this show, actual motorcycles will be on hand, along with their proud owners, who will be offering stories about the bikes as oral history. Cycle-based visual art will be provided by Dan Ness and Corey Smith, who both have the edge and the irony to pull off this kind of material. Through Aug. 25. Graeter Art Gallery, 131 NW 2nd Ave., 477-6041.

Carol Basch: Some Are Torn...Some Are Not

Destruction sometimes leads to beauty; that’s the thesis behind oil painter Carol Basch’s Some Are Torn...Some Are Not. Basch starts with monoprints she has made in the past, then rips them apart and reconfigures them into paintings.

Having studied art in New York and at PSU and Marylhurst University, Basch has been a figure in the Portland art scene since 1971. Her process speaks to our contemporary fascinations with deconstruction and repurposing. Aug. 3-Sept. 5. Gallery @ the Jupiter, 800 E Burnside St., 230-8010.

Gregg Renfrow: Closer to the Water

Unlike PDX Contemporary Art’s Jane Beebe, Butters Gallery’s Jeffrey Butters or Froelick Gallery’s Charles Froelick, Elizabeth Leach is a gallery owner whose taste—or, in art-speak, “aesthetic” or “eye”—is hard to pin down. She is resolutely—at times perplexingly—eclectic, unwedded to rigid internal consistency or the idea of a house voice. One common thread, however, that reappears within her roster is her advocacy of artists influenced by the California Light and Space movement. Hap Tivey is one such artist; another is Gregg Renfrow, who appears at the gallery this month. Based in Northern California, Renfrow pours polymer and pigment on cast acrylic, creating floaty, abstract lightscapes whose edges drip like petrified sap. Aug. 2-Sept. 1. Elizabeth Leach Gallery, 417 NW 9th Ave., 224-0521.

Group show of gallery artists

An evergreen showcase of the Northwest’s most venerable artists, Laura Russo Gallery devotes the month of August to a group show highlighting its superb stable. A standout is the work of veteran abstract painter Francis Celentano. Based in Seattle, Celentano is a master of Op-style patterns that boggle and delight the eye. In this exhibition, his diamond-shaped canvases, resplendent in bold primaries, hark dually to the lozenge paintings of Piet Mondrian and the carpet and jewelry design of Navajo artisans. Aug. 2-Sept. 1. Laura Russo Gallery, 805 NW 21st Ave., 226-2754.

Martin Waugh: Liquid Sculpture II

“Gee whiz!” is a perfectly valid reaction to Martin Waugh’s photographs of water droplets. Waugh uses ultra-fast exposures to capture the beauty of droplets as they appear suspended in space and time. He also colors the water with food coloring and other materials to create swirling or striped effects. Although these images could never be seen with the naked eye, they are unabashed eye candy that celebrate the ephemeral moment. Through Sept. 1. I Witness Gallery Northwest Center for Photography, 1028 SE Water Ave., Suite 50, 384-2783.

Mel George: Hazy

Australian artist Mel George uses kilnformed glass to guide viewers on a tour from the land down under to Istanbul to Venice, finally winding up right here in Portland. Inspired by the tiled mosaics she saw in Turkey and Italy, George created a mosaic of her own for Hazy, her thoughtful exhibition at Bullseye. The piece, Frame of Time, is made up of 366 small rectangles, one for each day of the year. The interior of each calendar entry is a different color, corresponding to the weather, mood, or activities of each day during the artist’s year of far-flung travels. The result is a virtuosic visual diary. Through Sept. 1. Bullseye Gallery, 300 NW 13th Ave., 227-0222.

Paula Blackwell

Eerie, phosphorescent seas and skies aflame with aurora borealis seem to float in and out of visibility in the dreamlike paintings of Paula Blackwell. Using encaustic (waxbased) media, Blackwell’s vistas have the feel of semi-abstracted landscapes. In pieces such as The Shore, an expanse of turquoise turns into molten lava—an effect recalling the closing moments of the “Stargate” sequence in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. Through Aug. 28. Guardino Gallery, 2939 NE Alberta St., 281-9048.

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John Brandon

Story Time for Grown-ups

Hailed for his novel Citrus County, John Brandon is back with a new book, A Million Heavens. Centered on a young piano prodigy in a coma and the unlikely vigil that assembles around him, the novel is a blend of Brandon’s deadpan humor and gritty surrealism. Powell’s City of Books, 1005 W Burnside St., 228-4651. 7:30 pm. Free.

THURSDAY, AUG. 2 Comics Underground

If your only complaint about comic books is that they’re just too two-dimensional, check out the fourth installment of Comics Underground, where local authors and illustrators bring their work to life. Provided with a projector and a microphone, local comic creators use everything from sound effects to zany accents to transform their comics into a live performance. This go around, catch Matt Fraction (The Invincible Iron Man), Sara Ryan (Empress of the World), Ben Dewey (Tragedy Series) and Suzette Smith (Team Suzette). Jack London Bar, 529 SW 4th Ave., 2287605. 8 pm. $3. 21+.

Paul Tobin

It’s tough wooing the girl of your dreams when a freak chemical spill turns you into Reaver, a man with ultra-powerful fists (unless she’s into that kind of thing). But a menacing group of supervillains definitely aren’t helping Reaver’s situation in Paul Tobin’s new novel, Prepare to Die! Powell’s on Hawthorne, 3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 228-4651. 7:30 pm. Free.

FRIDAY, AUG. 3 Martin Bannon

It’s a rough life for census worker Nick Prince as he attempts to collect data in the rural forests of the Oregon Cascades and often finds himself facing down pit bulls, polygamists and shotguns. Martin Bannon’s new comedic thriller, Senseless Confidential: An Absurdist Romp Through the Oregon Cascades, delivers what it promises. Southeast Grind, 1223 SE Powell Blvd., 230-8987. 6:30 pm. Free.

SATURDAY, AUG. 4 Kathie Giorgio

Because deep down we’re all really judgmental assholes, author Kathie Giorgio’s new collection of short stories is linked by a variety of women all known simply as the Fat Girl. Each is seeking something more in Enlarged Hearts. The reading will be followed by a Q&A. In Other Words, 14 NE Killingsworth St., 232-6003. 3-5 pm. Free.

Anna Joy Springer

Creating what she calls “grotesques” by combining sacred and profane text, Anna Joy Springer (The Vicious Red Relic) is a master of eliciting strong emotions. Springer will read in an eclectic lineup that includes writer and artist Janice Lee (Daughter), author Leon Baham (Ponyboy) and Portland writer and activist Cooper Lee Bombardier. Independent Publishing Resource Center, 1001 SE Division St., Suite 2, 827-0249. 8 pm. $3-$5 donation.

Taking story time medieval, English lit professor Dick Lewis will read from the epic Beowulf in the original Anglo-Saxon. Cheer for the Danish warrior as he battles the man-eating Grendel (sorry, Angelina Jolie will not make an appearance). STFG founder David Loftus will also read an excerpt from John Gardner’s 1971 novel, Grendel, which retells the story from the monster’s point of view. Grendel’s Coffee House, 729 E Burnside St., 5959550. 7:30 pm. Free.

Authors in Pubs

Once again providing the perfect pairing of alcohol consumption and literary enlightenment, Authors in Pubs presents local writers, poets, artists, bartenders, sailors and Lego collectors. This month will include Jennifer Willis, Shawna Reppert, Cody Newton and Richard David Bach, among others. Jack London Bar, 529 SW 4th Ave., 228-7605. 7:30 pm. Free. 21+.

Oregon Encyclopedia History Night

Even if you’ve never heard of John V. Bennes, his work is everywhere you look. The architect designed buildings throughout Portland, including the Hollywood Theatre and other movie houses, hotels and commercial buildings. Oregon State University director of special collections Larry Landis reconstructs the architect’s history in “Oregon’s Versatile Stylist: The Architectural Legacy of John V. Bennes.” Mission Theater, 1624 NW Glisan St., 223-4527. 7 pm. Free.

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Lisa Cron

Just because you can write well doesn’t mean you can tell a good story. Lisa Cron explores the difference in her new book, Wired for Story, in which she examines the neurological effects of good storytelling, backed by examples from screenplays, novels and short stories. Powell’s City of Books, 1005 W Burnside St., 228-4651. 7:30 pm. Free.

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Rafe Sagarin

Ecologist and security expert Rafe Sagarin argues we can learn from animals how to respond to threats in his book Learning From the Octopus. We suggest the alternate title Everything I Need to Know About Safety I Learned From a Cephalopod. Powell’s City of Books, 1005 W Burnside St., 228-4651. 7:30 pm. Free.

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Sometimes bigamy is what happens when you’re just not paying attention. Such is the case with Helen Motes, the lead character in Miah Arnold’s new novel, Sweet Land of Bigamy, as she finds herself marrying a second husband while the first is away in Iraq. Broadway Books, 1714 NE Broadway, 284-1726. 7 pm.

Chelsea Cain

When a man is found gagged, skinned and hanging by his wrists in Mount Tabor Park, Portland detective Archie Sheridan must confront a psychotic killer who might have the answers he needs. It’s made-for-TV drama in thrillerwriter Chelsea Cain’s new novel, Kill You Twice. Powell’s City of Books, 1005 W Burnside St., 228-4651. 7:30 pm. Free.

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AUG. 1-7 FEATURE

= WW Pick. Highly recommended.

moving documentary Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, Chinese artist and troublemaker Ai Weiwei is a complicated, deeply charismatic figure: puckish, brazen, empathetic, narcissistic, deeply politically committed but often immune to the concerns of those closest to him—his fearful mother and cuckolded wife, for example. Most protesters who become powerful symbols are similarly complicated—Martin Luther King Jr. and Gandhi were no saints—but rarely does one get to view the charms and faults of a revered iconoclast at so intimate a scale. Weiwei, as an artist, has a mostly aphoristic and provacateurish intelligence, a knack for visually pithy renderings of simple or even hamfisted concepts. But still, his statements are made no less beautiful by their often pointed simplicity. Klayman’s documentary moves seamlessly between the playfulness of Weiwei’s art persona and the ever-increasing seriousness (and Michael-Mooreish self-seriousness) of his political purpose and defiance of the Chinese dictatorship, from his sincere attempts to document the children killed in the Sichuan earthquake to his beating at the hands of the police to his eventual “disappearance” by the Chinese government. A massive public rock-crab dinner held at his art studio—on the eve of its demolition by the government—combined his two selves as perhaps the most warmly, winkingly joyous political protest I’ve ever seen. MATTHEW KORFHAGE. Living Room Theaters.

The Amazing Spider-Man

B Peter Parker has come unstuck in time. Only five years ago, our friendly neighborhood Spider-Man was a grown-up who looked a lot like walking homunculus and worked as a photographer. Do we really need to see Pete get bitten again, or see poor Uncle Ben blown away, a mere decade after Sam Raimi ushered in the golden age of comic-book films? Of course not. But then, maybe we do. These are comic-book movies, based on pulp fiction that essentially recycles origin stories whenever a new writer picks up the panels. It’s not about whether we’ve seen it before. It’s about how we’re seeing it now, and through the lens of sophomore director Marc Webb, The Amazing Spider-Man is a pretty kick-ass bucket of popcorn, full of great effects, sly performances and enough original thought that it makes a studio cash grab into a solid piece of pulp. PG-13. 99 West Drive-In, Cedar Hills, Eastport, Forest Theatre, Bridgeport, Fox Tower, Movies On TV, Tigard.

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 Joss Whedon has come up with. MATTHEW SINGER. PG-13. City Center, Lloyd Mall, Movies On TV.

B-Movie Bingo: Lady Dragon

[ONE NIGHT ONLY, REVIVAL] Cynthia Rothrock—the female Steven Seagal, for those who didn’t rent random direct-to-video action flicks every weekend back in the early ’90s— kicks the bejesus out of some dudes. Hollywood Theatre. 7:30 pm Tuesday, Aug. 7.

Beasts of the Southern Wild

A In the Bathtub—the fictional Louisiana bayou settlement that forms the backdrop and lifeblood of the enchanting Beasts of the Southern Wild—the price of existing off the grid is living in waterlogged squalor. Shot among the ravages of post-Katrina New Orleans but set on the eve of the hurricane’s arrival, the film is a clear allegory for the Ninth Ward, an area certain authorities were seemingly happy to see drowned out of exis-

tence. Although showered with festival accolades, some have labeled the movie’s director and co-writer, a white Wesleyan graduate named Benh Zeitlin, a “cultural tourist.” It’s a dubious criticism, considering that where Beasts really takes us is on a tour of a child’s imagination. It’s like Southern-fried, live-action Miyazaki. MATTHEW SINGER. Cinema 21, Bridgeport.

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

C It’s The Darjeeling Aged. PG-13.

AARON MESH. Lake Twin, Moreland, City Center, Fox Tower.

Brave

B- It feels like a classic Disney picture. Normally, that’d be a compliment. In Pixar’s case, it represents a regression. Brave feels stultifyingly simple. PG. MATTHEW SINGER. Lloyd Center, 99 Indoor Twin, Cedar Hills, Eastport, Oak Grove, Bridgeport, City Center, Fox Tower, Movies On TV, Tigard.

Canyon Cinema Avant-Garde Fest

[THREE NIGHTS ONLY] A program of archival experimental films, including works by Stan Brakhage and Matthias Muller. 5th Avenue Cinema. 7 and 9:30 pm Friday-Saturday, 3 pm Sunday, Aug. 3-5.

DICKED OVER: Colin Farrell in a bastardized film version of Philip K. Dick’s sci-fi story.

MEMORY GAMES

IF THIS ISN’T TOTAL RECALL, THEN WHAT THE HELL IS IT?: AN OBJECTIVE COMPARISON.

A Cat in Paris

B+ This year’s token hand-drawn

nominee for the Best Animated Feature Oscar, A Cat in Paris is an eye-popping beauty, with a unique style employing elements of cubism. It helps that the story of a cat burglar and his feline buddy protecting a girl from mobsters is breezy fun, coming off as a kaleidoscopic combination of To Catch a Thief, Spider-Man, and Cassavetes’ Gloria, with our heroes bounding across Parisian rooftops while eluding bumbling goons and the fuzz. It proved too arty to grab the gold, but it’s certainly evidence that hand-drawn animation is an art form in dire need of preserving. AP KRYZA. Living Room Theaters.

Cinekink Film Festival

[ONE NIGHT ONLY] A wide-ranging program of sex-positive shorts. Clinton Street Theater. 7 and 9 pm Sunday, Aug. 5.

The Dark Knight Rises

A Let’s keep this simple: The Dark

Knight Rises is the best entry in Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy. It’s tighter and better paced than its hyperbolically praised predecessor. Its set pieces, including a midair plane hijacking and an imploding football field, are more spectacular. And, despite ongoing themes of torment and loss and a zeitgeisty plot involving the 1 Percent’s heavily armed chickens coming home to roost, it’s the most exciting, purely pleasurable entry in the series. Sure, it’s still plenty broody, but take away the grim veneer and you’ll find the framework of a traditional, rousing superhero movie. It goes to show that, for all the talk of Nolan reinventing the epicsized box-office juggernaut, he’s still working with familiar templates. PG-13. MATTHEW SINGER. Lloyd Center, 99 West Drive-In, Cedar Hills, Eastport, CineMagic, Cornelius, Lake Twin, Oak Grove, Pioneer Place, Bridgeport, City Center, Lloyd Mall, Movies On TV, Tigard, Roseway, St. Johns.

Dust and Illusions

[ONE NIGHT ONLY] Thirty years of Burning Man. The documentary screening is preceded at noon by a clothing sale benefiting Black Rock Boutique, Clinton Street owner Lani Jo Leigh’s “Burning Man theme camp.” Clinton Street Theater. 6 and 8 pm Saturday, Aug. 4.

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1990 (DIRECTOR: PAUL VERHOEVEN)

2012 (DIRECTOR: LEN WISEMAN)

ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER

COLIN FARRELL PROS: Can properly pronounce simple English words. CONS: Too busy running, jumping and falling in slow motion to say many of them; when he does speak, it’s faux-profound bullshit about the nature of memory; is not Arnold fucking Schwarzenegger.

PROS: Convincingly strong enough to kill multiple people at once; convincingly confused enough play a guy unsure of his own identity; is Arnold fucking Schwarzenegger. CONS: Mangles dialogue as often as bodies (“Give these people ai-yi-err!”).

SHARON STONE

KATE BECKINSALE

PROS: At the time, nobody embodied the vixen-bitch dynamic better; looked great assaulting Arnie’s Kuatos in both spandex workout clothes and a perm-pantsuit combo. CONS: Middle-aged craziness has soured the enjoyment a little.

PROS: Thanks to the Underworld series, makes a much more believable asskicker. (It helps that Farrell is about the same size.) CONS: She’s a hybrid of Stone and Michael Ironside’s characters from the original, conjuring some terrifying images in our head.

RONNY COX

BRYAN CRANSTON

PROS: Looks exactly like your asshole boss’s asshole boss, which, as Cohaagen, the fascist governor of Mars, is pretty much who he plays. CONS: Looks almost too much like your asshole boss’s asshole boss.

PROS: He is the one who knocks. CONS: For the umpteenth time this year, he out-acts everyone in role where he’s given little to do. Also, do you see that hairpiece?

THREE-BREASTED MUTANT NO. 1

THREE-BREASTED MUTANT NO. 2

PROS: Has three breasts, shows them; titillates a generation of suddenly pubescent boys. CONS: Has three breasts, shows them; leaves a generation of boys even more confused about the female body than they would’ve been otherwise.

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Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry

A As portrayed in Alison Klayman’s

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PROS: Has three breasts, shows them; we’re adults now, we can handle it. (Also: boobs.) CONS: Wait. There are no mutants in this one. So she just has a horrible deformity? Thanks for ruining our childhood, Wiseman. MATTHEW SINGER.

C- SEE IT: Total Recall is rated PG-13. It opens Friday at Lloyd Center, Cedar Hills, Clackamas, Eastport, Cornelius, Oak Grove, Pioneer Place, Bridgeport, City Center, Lloyd Mall, Movies On TV, Sherwood, Tigard, Wilsonville.

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venerated, sordid metaphysical puzzle box Timecrimes, director Nacho Vigalondo again cracks the genre box wide open. Across all of Spain, 4-mile-wide flying saucers have appeared above the cities, but rather than descend into an alien mind piece or shoot-’em-up, the film uses the saucers as an excuse to empty Madrid aside from a terrifically human, comedic love quadrangle in which everyone is in love with the same woman (Michelle Jenner). Indeed, the whole damn film is a testament to rampant, ridiculous love gone wild in the old Spanish style, and to its absolute distortion of the world. Ever-pendent apocalypse has never been so affectionate or endearing or sweetly sad. MATTHEW KORFHAGE. Hollywood Theatre.

Ice Age: Continental Drift

D- The world didn’t need a fourth Ice Age movie, let alone one rendered for 3-D and released in the swelter of a pretty hot summer film calendar. But when the first three installments of this computer-animated series have raked in nearly $2 billion in box office receipts, there was no way 20th Century Fox was going to let this cash cow dry up. So, why not slap together a halfassed storyline about the gang of prehistoric creatures trying to survive the separation of the world’s continents and dodge a gang of pirates led by a snarling monkey? The more troubling question of this film is how its intended audience of youngsters will withstand the over-

In This Together

[ONE NIGHT ONLY] A documentary about PHAME, a Portlandbased performance-arts group for the developmentally disabled. Hollywood Theatre. 7 pm Wednesday, Aug. 1. Sold out.

The Intouchables

C Can there be a more insulting “fish out of water” trope than putting a bored black man in front of a chamber orchestra, then holding for laughs? R. SAUNDRA SORENSON. Fox Tower.

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REVIEW

Farewell, My Queen

B+ Farewell, My Queen, Benoît

Jacquot’s upstairs-downstairs look at the last desperate gasps of the French monarchy, finds Léa Seydoux (who appeared in everything from Mysteries of Lisbon to Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol last year) as the underling and not-sosecret admirer of Marie Antoinette (Diane Kruger). Yes, it’s a film oozing with sexual tension and willful subservience—not to mention power plays, brinkmanship and backdoor politicking—but more front and center is a certain visual moodiness that compels all on its own. The aesthetic is both lush and understated, dolled up and softly lit. A bevy of dead rats (some drowned, others just rotting) remind us that this is indeed the end of an era. Other set pieces—frequent candlelight, an intercepted list of 286 heads to be cut off—are just as darkly alluring. Innuendo is both sexual and historical here, with hushed, anxious lines, such as “I heard something about the Bastille,” being the servants’ first clues to what’s happening beyond the gates of Versailles. So immersive is this milieu that, by the time Seydoux realizes what’s in store for her and her queen, we’re almost as surprised as she is. MICHAEL NORDINE. Fox Tower.

The Ghost and Mr. Chicken

. [ONE NIGHT ONLY, REVIVAL] Don Knotts spends a night in a haunted house. Screening as part of Top Down, the Northwest Film Center’s outdoor summer cinema series. Hotel deLuxe. 8 pm Thursday, Aug. 2.

Grey Matter

B [ONE NIGHT ONLY] This understated, emotionally searing film from Rwandan director Kivu Ruhorahoza is actually a film within a film. The first film—the one under review here, Grey Matter—tells the story of a director named Balthazar who is desperate to find funding for his film, The Cycle of the Cockroach. Thirty minutes in, Grey Matter actually becomes this film, transitioning into the story Balthazar would like to tell. His artistic vision is an intimate, methodical portrayal of a young Rwandan, Yvan (Shami Bizimana), who is psychologically traumatized by the 1994 Rwandan genocide, and his sister, Justine. Actress Ruth Shanel Nirere is the highlight of the film, delivering a strikingly honest performance of quiet desperation, but Bizimana, who is limited by the fact his character’s post-traumatic stress disorder puts him in a helmet for the entirety of the film, also manages a strong performance. The film makes the transition back out to Balthazar’s reality, and though the line between reality and fiction is almost too clearly delineated, the theme of aloneness—that of the victim and that of the artist—threads

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Extraterrestrial

A- Following up on 2007’s much-

the parts into a whole. KIMBERLY HURSH. NW Film Center’s Whitsell Auditorium. 7 pm Sunday, Aug. 5.

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Emperor of the North

[TWO DAYS ONLY, REVIVAL] It’s the Battle of the Bindle! Director Robert Aldrich pits Lee Marvin’s defiant hobo against the late Ernest Borgnine’s cantankerous railway conductor in this 1973 actioner, shot in Oregon. Hollywood Theatre. 2 pm Saturday-Sunday, Aug. 4-5.

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CASTLE VANIA: Jackie Siegel’s rich people problems.

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THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES Meet Jackie Siegel. Half Miss Havisham, half Stifler’s mom, she presides—in a state of well-intentioned oblivion—over eight children and a gaudy empire in Orlando. Three years ago, she was meant to be the subject of a study on decadence. But in the middle of director Lauren Greenfield’s filming, the economy crashed, and this fortysomething trophy wife found her kingdom being foreclosed upon. Were this not a documentary, it would all play out like a lazy satire as the easy ironies pile up. Jackie is married to David Siegel, a 70-ish grump. David peddles timeshares in Vegas to people who cannot afford them, a microcosm of the predatory real-estate practices that ultimately become the Siegels’ ruin. The Siegels had started construction on what would have been the most expensive single-family residence in the U.S.: A 90,000-square-foot mansion that David and Jackie named—with no hint of prescience—Versailles. It’s an oversight that more time isn’t spent detailing the actual plans for the house; it would’ve provided some respite from the tense family dynamics, or the waves of schadenfreude. When David’s largely speculative resort company begins to slip and Versailles is put on the market, he shows a startling lack of personal responsibility. He makes vague, unhinged accusations about “the banks” and retreats further into his study in an already palatial home where, as staff is laid off, dog shit piles up and any family pet confined to an aquarium quietly dies of neglect. Greenfield provides perspective by profiling the Siegels’ employees, as well as a childhood friend of Jackie’s who is about to lose her house (despite the $5,000 Jackie provides). One of their nannies has left her own children behind in hopes of earning enough to build on a piece of land in her native Philippines, living (by choice, she claims) in the Siegel children’s playhouse. Between the camera and Jackie there’s a sense of cautious intimacy; Greenfield seems to feel sympathy despite herself. Indeed, her relationship with Jackie remains fairly warm, even as David filed a lawsuit against Greenfield for allegedly making his business look bad on camera. But Greenfield hardly editorialized—this nouveau riche lifestyle was built on smarmy sales tactics from the start. PG. SAUNDRA SORENSON.

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[FOUR NIGHTS ONLY] An African immigrant struggles to survive in New York City. R. Clinton Street Theater. 6 and 8 pm MondayThursday, Aug. 6-9.

Rumbambeo

‘‘A GALVANIZING DOCUMENTARY.’’

[ONE NIGHT ONLY] A documentary gathering together some of Cuba’s finest musicians, singers and dancers for a performance celebrating the country’s folklore and its rich music history. Clinton Street Theater. 7 pm Friday, Aug. 3.

-Manohla Dargis, THE NEW YORK TIMES

‘‘If there is no free speech, every single life has lived in vain.’’ -Ai Weiwei

Safety Not Guaranteed

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B+ This is a movie in which a man poses with a little boy’s micropenis as leverage for blackmail, and also ejaculates in the eye of his sleeping girlfriend’s mother as an attempted gesture of love. (She wears a patch now, and her eye’s healing fine, thanks.) Which is to say, this is a grotesquely comedic gross-out-with-a-heart-of-gold to shame the Brothers Farrelly and team Hangover into submissiondominance games—although this one’s filmed in grainy verité style and unflattering light suitable more for a ’90s Dogme film, which means every punch lands hard in the uncomfortable gut rather than sliding off the polish. If you have no shame whatsoever, you will nonetheless discover it while watching this film. MATTHEW KORFHAGE. Hollywood Theatre.

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. Movies On TV.

Magic Mike

B The movie meanders too long

“A SWEET, TRIPPY COMEDY.” “Absolutely aces — at once FUNNY, ENDEARING AND PLAYFUL while still speaking resonant truths.”

before finding a dramatic sticking point, and you get the sense that the whole reason it even exists is so the director could cross “film choreographed dance sequences” off his career bucket list. R. MATTHEW SINGER. Living Room Theaters, Bridgeport, Lloyd Mall, Movies On TV.

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Moonrise Kingdom

A- Of all the Wes Anderson movies in the world, this is the Wes Andersoniest. Those who find everything that follows Bottle Rocket fussy and puerile have fair warning: Moonrise Kingdom is Anderson’s Boy Scout film, set on an imaginary island. Without the leavening influ-

ence of Owen Wilson, Anderson’s melancholy can feel brittle. 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. PG-13. AARON MESH. Cedar Hills, Cornelius, Bridgeport, City Center, Fox Tower, Lloyd Mall.

Northwest Visionaries

B [ONE NIGHT ONLY, REVIVAL]

Almost certainly one for serious art fans only, this 1980 documentary chronicles the distinctive art from “the Northwest”—but really, Puget Sound—from the 1930s onward. The focus is on the Northwest School, the art movement of the ’30s and ’40s that put the Northwest on the art-world map, drawing inspiration heavily from the local environment and a distinctive Asian influence, and its impact (or, as some argue, lack thereof) on the rest of the local art scene. Figures like Morris Graves and Mark Tobey are analyzed not just for their artwork, but also their personalities and stories, and what their rising fame meant for the scene as a whole. Filmed while many of these artists and their contemporaries were still alive, Northwest Visionaries’ greatest attraction is less its analysis and discussion of the artworks themselves—which can probably be found in dozens of books—but rather as a motion-picture time capsule and oral history of real people who have now been relegated to the history books. RUTH BROWN. NW Film Center’s Whitsell Auditorium. 7 pm Monday, Aug 6.

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[ONE NIGHT ONLY] A documentary about pharmaceutical addiction. NW Film Center’s Whitsell Auditorium. 7 pm Wednesday, Aug. 1.

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[ONE NIGHT ONLY] A resurrected collection of early work from noted Portland experimentalists, including Miranda July, Matt McCormick, Jon Raymond and others, remastered for DVD from the original VHS tape. Hollywood Theatre. 8 pm Saturday, Aug. 4.

Prometheus

A- Ridley Scott isn’t a great philos-

opher. He is, however, a magnificent stylist. Prometheus is a stunning, horrifying success. R. MATTHEW SINGER. Living Room Theaters.

Rare Films From the Baseball Hall of Fame

[ONE NIGHT ONLY] Pretty much exactly what it says—everything from old newsreels and television commercials featuring the likes of Jackie Robinson, Whitey Ford and Pete Rose to footage of Mickey Mantle at a 1958 congressional antitrust hearing to a pair of short films produced by the Edison Company dating back to 1898. NW Film Center’s Whitsell Auditorium. 7 pm

logue 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.

Savages

C Savages is Oliver Stone without even the affectation of ideas. It takes the saint-and-sadist duality from Platoon and tosses it into the berserker butchery of Natural Born Killers. (But in Mexico!) For more than an hour, it is a very bad movie. The second half of the movie might also be bad, although it’s hard to say, since it’s also breathtakingly violent. The torture and slaughter are so extravagant—bullwhips, dangling eyeballs, ice chests—that the characters and audience both show symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. If Savages has no political compass (as a treatise on Mexican drug wars, it makes Will Ferrell’s Casa de mi Padre look like a William Finnegan report), well, golly: It has no conscience whatsoever. R. AARON MESH. Living Room Theaters, Bridgeport, Tigard.

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is one of the few bands to understand that making a concert film means approaching it cinematically first. To that end, its second such live documentary features footage that has been distressed into hazy black-and-white visions of the Icelandic group performing its anthemic rock. Images of the band smear across the screen (viewing the show as if through a skein of tears) or are pixelated into a hallucinatory miasma. It matches up beautifully with the dreamlike quality of the quartet’s music. Unfortunately, director Vincent Morisset decided to snap viewers out of their fugue state by cutting in brash videotaped footage of the band members early in their careers. Those intrusions aside, there’s plenty here to embrace, from the awe of watching singer Jónsi Birgisson pulling seemingly impossible vocal noises out of his gaunt body to the show-closing snowstorm of confetti blown from around the band into the audience. ROBERT HAM. Hollywood Theatre. 7:30 pm Thursday, Aug. 2.

Step Up Revolution

B Occupiers: Step it up. Y’all need

to learn to dance. Aggressively. The world will stop and listen. For proof, look at the Step Up series. These films, now numbering four with the release of Revolution, seldom break formula. This is a series that believes in the simple evolutionary tactic of doing the same thing each time, only with increasingly cooler props. In the last installment, the franchise introduced laser shirts. Revolution moves the heat to Miami, allowing the film to explore 3-D butt cheeks in salsa bars and the benefits of bungee cords, hydraulic El Caminos…and laser hats. The result is as visceral as most action flicks: These are athletes in highly

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his usual lovable man-child. Hill is a perverted, profane and slightly psychotic police academy reject. Stiller is his usual stick-in-the-mud who starts the watch when his friend, a drunken security guard, is murdered at Costco, which becomes ground zero for an alien invasion. It’s a fun—if insanely disjointed—diversion, with a Seth Rogen-penned script of shit talk and male idiocy going rapid fire like His Girl Friday as imagined by the editors of Maxim. But as the movie jumps between shouting matches and melees, nothing really sticks. By the time the gunfire stops and the well of dick jokes runs dry, it’s likely you’ll have forgotten pretty much everything that came before. R. AP KRYZA. Lloyd Center, Cedar Hills, Eastport, Cornelius, Oak Grove, Pioneer Place, Bridgeport,

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Your Sister’s Sister

B Your Sister’s Sister regards a

bereaved bloke (Mark Duplass) ferried to the Puget Sound cabin of his longtime best friend (Emily Blunt), where he immediately and drunkenly tumbles into bed with her lesbian big sister (Rosemarie DeWitt). If Your Sister’s Sister feels good in the moment but doesn’t hold up under scrutiny, that’s probably because DeWitt’s character, Hannah, is so indelible (and intelligently performed) that she throws the love triangle out of balance, like a pennyfarthing tricycle. But DeWitt’s in enough scenes, so you don’t notice. R. AARON MESH. Fox Tower.

Take This Waltz

A- When last we saw Michelle

Williams, she was impersonating Marilyn Monroe for an Oscar nomination. Now she returns to vivify Take This Waltz, a movie that is essentially a pensive, gender-reversed The Seven Year Itch. Like that Billy Wilder comedy, this fraught romance from actressturned-auteur Sarah Polley exists in a fevered state. It is a roundly unsettling movie, because it portrays sexual chemistry as simultaneously irresistible and transitory—in short, cruel. Its visual motif is a camera swirling in helpless circles, making itself dizzy. This device is first deployed on a Toronto fun-park ride called the Scrambler, where Margot (Williams) and her lover, Daniel (Luke Kirby), loop through strobe lights to the tune of the Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star,” before the attraction grinds to a halt. Polley’s movie has a self-excoriating subtext, like all the great breakup records we spin. It’s a reminder that desire is a serious matter, volatile and consequential. And movies, those permanent time capsules for fleeting moments, exist to tell us this. Pictures came to break your heart. R. AARON MESH. Living Room Theaters.

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[ONE NIGHT ONLY] A montage of the trippiest sequences from a variety of films, arranged to simulate the experience of an actual LSD binge. So, if you drop acid in the theater, will the images just cancel out the high? You’re freaking me out, man! Hollywood Theatre. 9:30 pm Thursday, Aug. 2.

Ted

D- Ted only values a joke if it makes people uncomfortable—never mind whether it’s funny, or if it even makes any sense. It may be the first feature-length movie to exist primarily as an act of trolling. Yet somehow this sniggering abortion manages to fail at even this meager goal. R. AARON MESH. Lloyd Center, Cedar Hills, Eastport, Forest Theatre, Pioneer Place, Bridgeport, City Center, Movies On TV, Tigard.

To Rome With Love

C+ Woody Allen doesn’t owe anyone another masterpiece. It’s a good thing, too, because a masterpiece To Rome With Love is not. R. MATTHEW SINGER. Hollywood Theatre, Bridgeport, Fox Tower.

The Watch

C+ Nobody plays Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill and Ben Stiller better than Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill and Ben Stiller, so luckily that’s who shows up for The Watch, a suburban-commando pic in which four goofy, F-bomb-loving, vagina-craving, Bud-swilling dudes form a neighborhood watch and end up swearing and shooting at aliens. Vaughn is

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choreographed routines so jawdropping the recycled story never matters. The revolution here is that the formula breaks: There’s no rival dance crew. Just the Mob, a multiculti flash mob branded heroic by some and criminals by others when they burst onto the streets to perform “protest art.” So how do you save your neighborhood, get the girl and bring the ruckus? You know the answer. But these kids at least did something. You lazy-asses just sat in a park. Learn to crunk. And get some laser pants. The world depends on it. PG-13. AP KRYZA. Lloyd Center, Cedar Hills, Eastport, Cornelius, Oak Grove, Pioneer Place, Bridgeport, City Center, Movies On TV, Tigard.

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RUBY SPARKS In this metafictional rom-com, Paul Dano plays a bestselling novelist named Calvin Weir-Fields, a onetime prodigy whose genius peaked with the epoch-defining book he published at age 19. In the decade since, he’s wallowed in creative misery, unable to pen a follow-up and reeling from the breakup with his one and only girlfriend. At the urging of his therapist (Elliott Gould), he begins to peck out the details of a fantasy relationship with the literal woman of his dreams. He dubs her Ruby Sparks. She doesn’t drive or own a computer. She enjoys zombie movies and dance clubs and spontaneous blowjobs. And she looks like Zoe Kazan, pretty much the walking definition of “pixieish.” Add all that up, and you’ve got yet another Manic Pixie Dream Girl—only in this film, she wanders directly out of the guy’s consciousness and into his car, his soullessly modern L.A. home and, eventually, his bed, leaving a trail of underwear behind her. “It’s like that movie Harvey,” Calvin says, trying to explain to his sportsagent brother (Chris Messina) how she crawled off the page and into the flesh, then cooked him dinner. Actually, it’s more like a Woody Allen remake of Weird Science. Admittedly, on paper, that’s not a bad pitch. But Ruby Sparks, written by Kazan and directed by Little Miss Sunshine’s Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, only grazes the potential of its premise. What should’ve been—and what Kazan probably wanted to be—a dig at the whole “dream girl” construction as a product of male insecurity quickly gives in to sentiment and convention. Sunshine’s preciousness either endeared or repelled. It’s hard to feel anything here, especially when one of the lead characters is a prematurely rich sad sack and the other is a plot device come to life. It doesn’t help that Dano shuffles through the film wearing an expression suggesting either great intestinal discomfort or that an invisible bully is tormenting him with perpetual Wet Willies. Ruby Sparks does have one striking scene toward the end hinting at its darker, unexplored corners. The film turns, for a brief instant, into something bordering on psychological horror. It’s startling, disconcerting, and for Kazan, even a bit brave. But it’s a fleeting moment of feeling in a film otherwise permeated with indifference. R. MATTHEW SINGER. She is real. Her love is not.

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