July 2000 July 4 | July 12 | July 19 | July 26 back to Archives home Volume 26, issue 35, July 4, 2000 NEWS Lead Going to the Dogs: They're cute. They're furry. They're taking over. Crime & Justice Census Con Game Crime & Justice May Day Maneuvering: In which police chief Mark Kroeker is revealed as a prince Business Fear of BID Brother A group of Pearl District property owners is asking its neighbors to tax themselves. But some businesses sense a hidden agenda. Q&A Mike Rich: The Newshound from Enterprise Goes to Tinseltown Letters NewsBuzz Buzz Cyber-entrepreneur wins lottery (kind of); uppity women refuse to pipe down; Kroeker eats crow while Tom Mack faces recall election; committee recommends independent police-oversight system. Murmurs: Mayor Katz don't need no stinking badges; lumber barons team up with techies; Craig Rosebraugh gets another break; Jesus Lives! Scoreboard This week's winner and losers Rogue of the Week CULTURE Queer Window Fat + Gay = Love The Nightcrawler Doktor Anger's Belmont Street experiment. Dinner Palace of Love Suey Chow's personals column Dress The Ace of Shades Music Interview My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult These electric messiahs have always lived in a kitsch-cool world of sleazy chicks and cheesy B-flicks. So why do people take them so seriously? Music Feature The amazing super-scenester Brian Kruse wears many hats. Collect them all! From the Music Desk 31 Knots unleashes its debut album, Climaxanticlimax. Recorded Music Various artists, The Emo Diaries; Various artists, Deep Roots 3: The Troutdale Poetry Experiment Screen Review Roads to Redemption: Jesus' Son review. Review The films of the Brothers Kuchar Dish Review We Will Bury You! Restaurant Russia heralds a culinary invasion from the wild, wild East. Drink A soda fiend takes on Mt. Angel Brewing Company's Orange, Marionberry and Hazelnut. Graze A rotating guide to restaurants we like. Miss Dish Four restaurant-snitch stories that will make you want to cook at home forever. Performance Preview / Interview Steven Berkhoff One of Britain's greatest theater personalities makes his Portland debut. Dance Preview Five-Year Itch The creative minds behind Conduit dance space get set to celebrate their fifth anniversary. Volume 26, issue 36, July 12, 2000 NEWS Lead What Happened to Jon Beckel: The only thing more mysterious than his life was his death. Politics Retilling Metro's Green Acres An audit of the green-space program finds many of the same problems as an earlier WW investigation. Environment The Eagle Has Fallen: The raid at the Eagle tree-sit brings protesters out of the trees and into the streets. Urban Pulse Case Foreclosed? A nonprofit formed to combat housing blight struggles to define its future in the red-hot real-estate market of North and Northeast Portland. Q&A Late Night With a Harry Potter Fan. Letters NewsBuzz A cure for lousy dates; more bad news for the Car King; the Promise Keepers keep on keeping on. Murmurs What's in a name; Ruth Ann Dodson makes her mark; Powell's 'zine czar vindicated; and more! Scoreboard This week's winner and losers Rogue of the Week CULTURE Queer Window Madonna's bitch: Donna De Lory The Nightcrawler Where to take your headache in the aftermath of a bad drunk. Dinner Palace of Love Suey Chow's personals column Dress Sell your cast-off clothes like a pro. Sure beats picking aluminum cans out of the trash! Music Profile The Deadlines They spurt fake gore. They spout Bible verses. They're just your average Misfits-loving, God-fearing Christian horror punks from Beaverton. Preview Reggae--It's More Than Dope If hearing the odd Bob Marley anthem at It's a Beautiful Pizza is the extent of your Portland Rasta awareness, here's a quick and painless primer. Recorded Music Record Reviews Sunny Day Real Estate; Steve Von Till Screen Review The X-Men movie delivers the goods. Review Summer Sci-Fi Theaters have been invaded by lifeless movies that will drain your wallet and rot your brain. But have no fear, the Hollywood Theatre is here! Dish Review Holden's Out of the ashes of Bima rises a comfy neighborhood diner with a wicked grilled cheese and some awfully nice company. Drink The famous pear-in-the-bottle eau-de-vie and other Clear Creek Distillery brandies. Graze A rotating guide to restaurants we like. Miss Dish Does coffee scare you? It will. WIllamette Week's Essential Guide to Portland's Best Bars Portland's 100 Best Restaurants 1999-2000 Beervana and Vinotopia Our guide to drinking culture 1999 Cheap Eats 2000 Willamette Week's guide to great cheap eats. Performance Preview / Interview Let Them Eat Cake Raymond J. Barry feeds crumbs to Stark Raving Theater. Words Bibliofiles Calculating God; Autobiography of a Spiritually Incorrect Mystic; The Sleep-Over Artist Visual Art Review It's not what you might have heard, but the latest exhibition at the Portland Art Museum is worth seeing. Volume 26, issue 37, July 19, 2000 NEWS Lead The Best of Portland Business Life's Bitter Here: State regulators now let you share your stories from phone hell. Environment It's the Forest, Stupid: In the fascination over how Tre Arrow took a dump in public view, it was easy to forget that the Eagle Creek timber sales fight is about protecting trees and water. Education Considering His Options: Voters wanted arts teachers. Ben Canada is giving them administrators. Q&A Tananarive Due Letters NewsBuzz Globogear.com cleans up its act, Sydney Schanberg disses Portland author, Night Cabbie finally gets paid. Murmurs Mayoral heartthrob Jake Oken-Berg hooks up with Keri Russell and Britney Spears. Scoreboard This week's winner and losers Rogue of the Week Worldpages.com CULTURE Queer Window Blame it on Bob Fosse. The Nightcrawler Hungryman vs. Khakiboy: defeat and victory at Fight Night III Dinner Palace of Love Suey Chow's personals column Dress Liz takes on the most annoying beauty-related website on the planet. Music From the Music Desk Indie rockers bask in prosperity, learn string arrangements. An Inquiry Into Secrets The Horror!!!: WW exposé links the evil Don Henley with the vile Man's Ruin Records! Recorded Music Record Reviews: Li'l Kim; Joseph Arthur Screen Review Blood Simple: Cinema 21 features the director's cut of Joel and Ethan Coen's neo-noir film. Review Grass. Air. Moon. Stars. A new outdoor film series brings people together to watch movies the old-fashioned way. Dish Review Sunday, Bloody Sunday: The new Biddy McGraw's has a better kitchen and a way better Sunday roast. Drink Runners with beer guts--yippee! Graze A rotating guide to restaurants we like. Miss Dish Miss Dish Get juiced--drink your lunch. Performance Feature Each year, Shifrin and Chamber Music Northwest place Portland in the center of the musical universe. Volume 26, issue 38, July 26, 2000 NEWS Lead Tweakers in Your Trashcan: It isn't just computer geniuses stealing your identity. Any meth freak can do it--and the cops are powerless. Politics Grassrooting for the Little Guy There's a couple of new nuts directing the action in the local lefty activist scene. Urban Pulse Sacred Hoops: Saving Guatemalan kids one basket at a time Q&A Sohrab Vossoughi of Ziba Design Letters NewsBuzz Buzz Tiffany's comes to town; Ron Wyden takes on Smokey the Bear; Bev Stein gets in a Katz fight. Murmurs Scoreboard This week's winner and losers Rogue of the Week Regal Cinemas! CULTURE Queer Window An open letter to Ricky Martin. The Nightcrawler Mad Max examines the grave crisis of Miller High Life. Dinner Palace of Love Suey Chow's personals column Dress Come on, lass--you know what's under that kilt. Music Sonic Reducer Sonic Reducer New column! Record reviews done dirt cheap. From the Music Desk Hidden fires at Mar's Flamingo Lounge: piano man Martin Tocci keeps it real on Sandy Boulevard. Preview A Shooked Up, Shacked Up, Shaked Up Band An addled 15 minutes with the Starlite Desperation Hagiography When Pariahs Attack! .Even in a city that prides itself on its freaks, some bands are too weird to be cool. And that is why they must triumph. Recorded Music Record Reviews The Hard Feelings; The Tossers Screen Review Chuck and Buck A fantastically warped coming-of-age story. Dish Review Crepes There's nothing creepy about 'em! Drink Beer: It's what's for dinner. Graze A rotating guide to restaurants we like. Miss Dish Miss Dish Get juiced--drink your lunch. Performance Preview The lesbian diva hits Portland for the first time ever. Preview Mahesh Dattani One of India's top theater personalities makes his annual pilgrimage to Portland. Preview Linda Austin A New York choreographer reclaims a patch of her hometown with a new piece. Words Bibliofiles The Global Me; Portraits of Guilt; Eccentric Britain