August 2000 August 2 | August 9 | August 16 | August 23 | August 30 back to Archives home Volume 26, issue 39, August 2, 2000 NEWS Lead Gang Green: Rating Oregon's environmental groups. Politics Hitting the Wall: A couple of brainy Metro councilors think they're putting an end to Metro's land wars. Are they too smart for their own good? Urban Pulse KIDS Stuff: They're here! They're underage! Get used to it! Q&A Matthew H. Brooks Letters NewsBuzz It's a Zoo! A popular series of outdoor concerts is getting cramped. Church and Estate:Larry Huch's New Beginnings Christian Center has struck a deal with developers. a quartet of restaurant closures leave Portlanders with heavy hearts and empty stomachs. Murmurs: Police trek to Philly and LA for tips; the beavers come back; Civic Stadium sports a new name; and more! Scoreboard This week's winner and losers Rogue of the Week Bunny Killers! CULTURE Queer Window Lesbo Mania. The Nightcrawler Buzzing You In... or, How I Met the Drunkest Man in Portland Dinner Palace of Love Suey Chow's personals column Dress Bits o' Bakelite. Music Sonic Reducer Sonic Reducer New column! Record reviews done dirt cheap. From the Music Desk Friday Night Roots Rock Blitzkrieg Leaves Victims Shattered but Saved. Divine Writings The Sacred Canon of KISS Five small stories inspired by the final and most ultimate appearance of KISS in the City of Portland. Feature Rocket Science The Cosmos Group's nuclear-blast improvisation speeds the fusion between cerebral jazz and vicious post-punk. Recorded Music Record Reviews Sasha and John Digweed; Portland Youth Philharmonic. Screen Preview Peripheral Produce The Northwest Film Center and Matt McCormick play host to experimental films from around the globe. Preview Headin' Out to the Midnight Ramble. A century of African-American film. Review Beau Travail: Claire Denis finds beauty, brawn and brotherhood at a French Foreign Legion outpost along the Red Sea Dish Feature Cuckoo for Cole Slaw The unsung hero of summer is a little bit of twisted cabbage. Drink Wake at the Yukon Graze A rotating guide to restaurants we like. Miss Dish Visual Art Preview The Donut Shop A roving art rave. Review Animalia We weren't always bigger than the beavers. Volume 26, issue 40, August 9, 2000 NEWS Lead BorderLines: Richard and Nancy can't keep a job and can't get a driver's license. The state says they're too smart for their own good. Politics Run Away! Run Away! Lon Mabon is back with another anti-gay measure, but most hardcore conservatives have deserted him. Urban Pulse Portland's roadside day laborers still want a place they can call home. Businesses still want them out of there. Q&A Anna Abraham: Old Town's Fairy Godmother--with the Everett Station Lofts, she's waged two turf wars. Letters NewsBuzz Night Cabbie picks up a "sad old junkie"; heroin corpses are "turning up everywhere"; Pamplin extends empire. Murmurs: Hemstreet yanks ads; Nader's party costs green; Cruz the newest Trailblazer; and more! Scoreboard This week's winner and losers Rogue of the Week CULTURE Queer Window From Britain with Love--the hit TV show Queer as Folk ventures stateside. The Nightcrawler The inexplicable Sandy Jug--there's naked ladies inside! Dinner Palace of Love Suey Chow's personals column Dress Will guys still make passes at Liz with no glasses? Music Sonic Reducer Cascadia Rising: The Northwest music scene is really hoppin'! From the Music Desk Vaudeville and circus revived! West Coast adventuresses bring on the "bawdy" burlesque outrage. Profile The Discreet Charm of M. Ward Matt Ward's career is taking off. And he's very excited. Really. Reviews Philly's GOPFest was deadly dull, and only collegiate rioters could make the Democrats' L.A. get-together interesting. Fortunately, a different kind of convention rocks hard in Portland this week. Recorded Music Pig & Sow stir up a psychosexual frenzy; Lonnie Johnson just gets screwed. Screen Review What Ever Happened to Tammy Faye? Presenting a new queer icon--like it or not. Dish Feature Cuckoo for Cole Slaw The unsung hero of summer is a little bit of twisted cabbage. Drink Ma Vie en Rosé--a secret pinko-lover comes out. Graze A rotating guide to restaurants we like. Miss Dish Rosenkrantz and Kornblatt's Are Alive! Performance Preview Twenty on the Green: Visionary Lajos Balogh has shaped his dream of bringing music outside to the people into a Portland tradition. Words Bibliofiles Grant Speaks; Driving Mr. Albert; Anil's Ghost Volume 26, issue 41, August 16, 2000 NEWS Lead Lord of Chaos: Activists accuse Portlander Michael Moynihan of spreading extremist propaganda, but they're not telling the whole story Politics Off Limits: How Metro's Open Spaces audit ended up so mild Education Perma-Temp Profs Portland State's part-time faculty members are fighting for a better deal. The administration isn't budging. Is a strike looming? Q&A Q&A Two Portlanders at the Democratic National Convention Letters NewsBuzz A brain surgery gone wrong could be the next battleground in the struggle over OHSU's liability cap. Sheriff Dan Noelle suffers jailhouse blues; Lynn Snodgrass makes a U-turn; Measure 11 is tough on kids; Cascade General misses the boat. Murmurs Scott Thomason's saga continues; Providence Bridge Pedal hits critical mass; Ed Washington and CW Jensen turn to showbiz; and more! Scoreboard This week's winner and losers Rogue of the Week Rogue of the Week U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith CULTURE Culture Feature Ol' Derby Bastards A soapbox derby for fun-loving daredevils takes to the curves of Mount Tabor Park this weekend. Queer Window Street-level homophobia. The Nightcrawler Get snookered--it'll only hurt for a second. Dinner Palace of Love Suey Chow's personals column Dress Intrepid correspondent pounces on the catwalk for fall fashion with a dose of realism. Music Sonic Reducer Major-label dirty rats forcing boredom down your throat? Fight back! From the Music Desk Vaudeville and circus revived! West Coast adventuresses bring on the "bawdy" burlesque outrage. Review First Love: Britney Spears' Thursday night show changed one girl's life...forever. Review Old School Pimpology vs. New School Pimpology Who's better for heating up the cold strangeness of a blind date--D'Angelo or Earth, Wind and Fire? A scientific inquiry. Recorded Music Elastica's long-awaited sophomore album; the soundtrack to Jesus' Son Screen Review Cecil B. DeMented John Waters wages a violent and often funny war on Hollywood and bad films. Dish Review Terra Infirma Pears, blue cheese and smoked salmon crammed into a wheel of rice--has the new sushi-fusion restaurant gone mad?!? Drink Beer: How committed are you? Miss Dish Food for thought: a pop quiz! Words Scene Report Slam Nation Rising Last week, versifying mic controllers from around the country convened for the National Poetry Volume 26, issue 42, August 23, 2000 NEWS Lead The Strong Arm of the Law Lead Story Update Luoto's death ruled homicide Politics The Fresh Connection: A prime advocate for the sale of the Portland Ship Yard has financial ties to a longtime lender to the company set to buy the yard. Business Schmooze Control: Cruising the Willamette with the pirates of Silicon Forest. Q&A Hell's Angels founder Sonny Barger Letters NewsBuzz Murmurs, Night Cabbie Scoreboard This week's winner and losers Rogue of the Week Nordstrom CULTURE Queer Window Will the new Queer Night live up to the legacy of its predecessor? The Nightcrawler A cure for melancholy. Dinner Palace of Love Suey Chow's personals column Dress Kmart rocks. Where else can you get glowing panties, vinyl lunchboxes and a sparkly purple bowling ball? Music Sonic Reducer Instant Record Reviews: A brickbat in the face of public taste. From the Music Desk Why Junior Don't Vote. Review Soul Freaks Tahoe Jackson and J.R. Pella power Black Angel, a weekly ebony-and-ivory rhythm revival. Recorded Music Record Reviews Royal Trux; Tisziji Munoz Screen Review The Five Senses Loss, love and loneliness, Canadian-style. But, like, not in a boring way. Review The Tao of Steve Extra! Extra! New film reveals secret of bagging hot chicks! (Not.) Dish Review Pambiche Don't let a hypocritical vendetta prevent you from dancing the rumba, drinking mojitos and eating delicious Cuban cuisine. Drink Guy du Vin's manifesto for victory over the bloated lackeys of the wine industry. Graze A rotating guide to restaurants we like. Miss Dish Pop quiz answers revealed!!! Performance Review Shakespeare in the Park Sunny days, men in tights, sweet nothings mumbled in iambic pentameter--what's not to like? Read on. Words Bibliofiles Reviews of Living to Tell by Antonya Nelson; Cut My Hair by Jamie S. Rich; and The Portable Louisa May Alcott. Volume 26, issue 43, August 30, 2000 NEWS Lead Ralph's Big Push: Last Friday night, Nader rocked the Coliseum. Now what? Urban Pulse (Math) Euclidian Man: Has a waiter from Holman's discovered a shape that has eluded mathematicians for millennia? Crime & Justice In the Cross Hairs: Another corrections deputy has been placed on leave during an investigation of alleged brutality Arts Dream Weaver The resignation of Mikal Pippi, a top Portland arts executive, has a familiar story line. Q&A Q&A The Talking Duck: Dan Fouts Letters NewsBuzz Buzz: Francesconi cast as villain; the working poor finally score; horse lovers are snortin' mad; and more! Murmurs: Phillip Margolin gets good press; Scott Thomason gets literary; Kozmo.com gets a little nervous. Night Cabbie Scoreboard This week's winner and losers Rogue of the Week The City Club of Portland seems to have a double standard when it comes to candidate debates. CULTURE Luxe & the City Our pullout guide to fall fashion Queer Window Slutty chorus boys! The Nightcrawler Nightcrawler Accused of being a "journalist," Max Malt takes a shower. Dinner Palace of Love Suey Chow's personals column Dress Cute clothes made out of stitched-together candy wrappers? Sweet. Music Sonic Reducer Worldwide record reviews cranked out at lightning speed! From the Music Desk The mysterious music-sports connection--or, Can classic rock induce vomiting? Preview Amsterdam Is Burning While most Americans treat jazz as a museum piece, a gang of rampaging Dutchmen is out to harness the music's fire. Review The Makers Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know? Recorded Music Anson Wright's State of Grace and the obligatory Dandy Warhols review. Screen Review Rififi: Jules Dassin's 1955 masterpiece makes a triumphant return to American theaters. Commentary Theater Etiquette We're mad as hell, and we're not gonna take it anymore! Dish Review Down on the Corners: A Northeast Sandy block burns for Asia at both ends. Drink Sometimes, size does matter. Graze A rotating guide to restaurants we like. Miss Dish Oh how we yearn for a year-round farmers market. Performance Review Kings and Commons: Ashland's Oregon Shakespeare Festival excels only when it sticks to the work of its namesake. Words Profile William T. Vollmann Love is all you need.