Banned: Nov. 4 08
We’re officially voting these words out of office.
Table of Contents: | Headout Picks
July 1st, 2009
Perilous Northern Lights | A public service announcement from WW on this Independence Day.0 comments
June 24th, 2009
Electric Toons | The Floating World Animation Festival Gets Trippy.0 comments
June 17th, 2009
Up | Four air sports that never made it off the ground.0 comments
June 10th, 2009
Prideapalooza! | It’s a Gays vs. Bikes throwdown!1 comment
June 3rd, 2009
Death By Apple Pie Fries | The highlight of Rose Fest? Decidedly lowbrow grub.1 comment
May 27th, 2009
We’re Half Crazy | …all for the love of these kinky cinematic oddballs.0 comments
May 20th, 2009
Pacific Time | Twelve hours of nonstop anime action. Either the best or worst idea ever.0 comments
May 13th, 2009
Zombie Prom: What’s A Ghoul To Wear? | Quick and easy shopping for the fashionable flesh-eater.0 comments
May 6th, 2009
Mama Drama | Four spill-your-guts shows join forces for Mother’s Day catharsis.0 comments
April 29th, 2009
Let’s Play Dress-Up | Politicos, divas and party boys…the only thing the Red Dress Party is missing are the anti-gays!1 comment
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[November 5th, 2008]
Sick of the words and catch phrases that have clogged up the political discourse this election? So are we. Click on the image for a closer look at the words that belong in the dustbin of history. [HAIR RAISER] MUSTACHES 4 KIDS [CLASSICAL (KIND OF)] FILMUSIK: THE SUPERMAN ORCHESTRA 
^Headout Picks
THURSDAY NOV. 6
[ARTS] SIREN NATION KICKOFF
Fleshtone and DJ Anjali kick off a festival of film, art, crafts and music from ladies who kick ass. Backspace, 115 NW 5th Ave., 248-2900. 9 pm. Free. All ages. Festival wristband $25. Fest events run through Nov. 9. Visit sirennation.com for a full schedule.
PDX’s monthlong “facial hair marathon,” which raises money for kid-centric nonprofits, is back. Info session at Vendetta, 4306 N Williams Ave., 288-1085. 7:30 pm. Visit portland.mustachesforkids.org for details.
FRIDAY NOV. 7
[MUSIC] CRYSTAL STILTS
This Brooklyn mega-hype band has the garage-pop chops (and hooks) to prove it belongs. Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison St., 239-7639. 9 pm. $7. 21+.
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a dozen classical-music freaks soundtracking ’40s-era Superman cartoons! Hollywood Theatre, 4122 NE Sandy Blvd., 281-4215. 7:30 pm Fridays, Nov. 7 and 14. $10-$14.
SATURDAY NOV. 8
[SCREEN] GREAT SPEECHES FROM A DYING WORLD
Linus Phillips’ account of Seattle’s homeless isn’t just the best movie in this year’s NW Film and Video Festival—it’s the best documentary anywhere this year. Whitsell Auditorium, 1219 SW Park Ave., 221-1156. 9 pm Saturday, Nov. 8. $5-$8.
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[BOOKS] WORDSTOCK
PDX’s biggest book bash commences! Oregon Convention Center, 777 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., wordstockfestival.com. 10 am-6 pm. $5 per day. All ages. See page 23.
[MUSIC] DUNGEN
Sweden’s best psych-rockers blends ’70s prog; ’60s acid flashbacks; fey, effeminate folk and stoic jazz into one gorgeously trippy milieu. Doug Fir, 830 E Burnside St., 231-9663. 9 pm. $12.50 advance, $14 day of show. 21+.
SUNDAY NOV. 9
[WORDS/MUSIC] ROBERT BRIGGS
Beatniks inhabited a straitlaced, conservative U.S. Their response? “Fuck it, let’s get wasted and make art.” Poet Bob Briggs was right in the middle of it. Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, 5340 N Interstate Ave., 205-0715. 8 pm. Friday-Sunday, Nov. 7-9. $16-$20. All ages.
MONDAY NOV. 10
[MUSIC] Q-TIP
The world’s smoothest rapper returns after a lengthy absence with a new record and a new wardrobe. Roseland Theater, 8 NW 6th Ave., 224-2038. 8 pm. $20. All ages.
RECENT COMMENTS ON “Banned: Nov. 4 08”
You want to ban "Tina Fey" "Russia" and "Wall St." ?
Idiots.
It's "In the Tank," not "In the Can."
really, we're still allowed to say "fundamental difference?" that one's the worst!
Where is Joe in all of this?
