June 2000 June 7 | June 14 | June 21 | Jun 28 back to Archives home Volume 26, issue 31, June 7, 2000 NEWS Lead Who Will Stop This Man?: With labor unions stretched thin, Bill Sizemore's foes look for help in the Silicon Forest. Health Phantom of the Operating Room Politics Swan Island Switcheroo The Port gets a new offer from a leading critic. Sports The Curse of the Blazers Q&A Ann Schatz gets fired up. NewsBuzz Police (finally) report; missing The Beat; high on lowriders; awards for WW. Murmurs: The Kafoury empire expands its reach, a local Teamster takes on Hoffa (again), a local violinist hangs up her bow, and the brothers Widmer rescue homebrewers. Scoreboard This week's winner and losers Rogue of the Week JoAnna "Josie" Fisher CULTURE WWeek's Picks of the Week Eight things hand- selected for your pleasure this week. The Nightcrawler Nightcrawler Horse racing--the sport of kings. Dinner Palace of Love Suey Chow's personals column Dress Eighties fashion--it's not as bad as you think. Music Preview Live from Rebel Base Camp: Intrepid correspondent Matthew Moss brings back tales of peace, love and tapeworm from the Imix Records compound. Preview My Teardrop Compañero Cry no more, little lovelorn souls: Freddy Fender will cure your heartache. From the Music Desk Dead Moon rampages, irony-free; EJ's likes it loud but makes nice. Recorded Music Britney Spears and The Damage Manual have almost nothing in common. Screen Review Winter Sleepers By the director of Run Lola Run. Dish Review Dogs Dig A vegan deli. Don't gag--it's really good (and good for you)! Drink Hard lemonade and other crimes. Graze A rotating guide to restaurants we like. Miss Dish George Foreman saves the universe. Performance Dance Preview BodyVox A renaissance in Portland's dance scene. Words Preview Rob Brezny New Age wizard channels wisdom of television to guide devotees along life's path! Volume 26, issue 32, June 14, 2000 Lead Summer Guide 2000: Slather suntan oil all over, try some naked hiking, eat cotton candy 'til you puke--and more! Business Saved by Kozmo.com The "Kozmonauts" have landed. Are they too good to be true? Politics Who put this high-rise in our park? Power players are gearing up for an ugly brawl over a downtown block. Urban Pulse Broken Promises: A Portlander's memoir of life in Cambodia is tainted by controversy over who actually wrote it. Q&A When they run out of women and money, the Rose Festival's fleetest visitors call Pete Tracy. Letters ...I am writing in response to the pseudo-intellectual, Thomas Jefferson-loving, guilty white liberals who vomit their opinions as freely as their racial privilege allows. NewsBuzz Andy Warhol at the Heathman, Beanie Babies at McDonald's, Terrell Brandon in family court. Murmurs: Searching for Bob Dylan, waiting for Elliott Smith, interrogating Michael Powell (or not), scoring for Chuck Palahniuk Scoreboard This week's winner and losers Rogue of the Week Chuck Adams CULTURE Queer Window A new column on homo stuff The Nightcrawler Burnside death match! Dinner Palace of Love Suey Chow's personals column Dress Lena Medoyeff, Hawthorne's rising star Music Preview New Wet Kojak: Half of Girls Against Boys slinks into town, dragging their dirty music with them. Interview Wreck This Mess BSI Records, one of Portland's most revolutionary record labels From the Music Desk A barrage of broken-toothed country meanness teaches America a damn lesson Recorded Music Recoil; Tomas Svoboda Screen Review Shaft Review Titus Dish Review Stuck-Up About Burgerville Drink Blavod, the world's first black vodka Graze A rotating guide to restaurants we like. Miss Dish Kreme on Your Face Performance Theater Review Theatre Vertigo Lion in the Streets Preview Violent Femme: Pianist Eteri Andjaparidze Words Review Mommy Dangerously: Daredevil writer Karen Karbo's latest book, Motherhood Made a Man Out of Me Bibliofiles Bibliofiles Lost Girls--A Novel of Psychological Terror, by Andrew Pyper; Groucho: The Life and Times of Julius Henry Marx, by Stefan Kanfer; Everything in This Country Must, by Colum McCann Visual Art Preview Division of Beauty Two young artists at the Macri Gallery strike a balance   Volume 26, issue 33, June 21, 2000 NEWS Lead When Billboards Attack: The unrelenting pissing match over outdoor signs in Portland. Crime and Justice Invisible Men They put on clothes that obscure their identity and embolden them. Karaoke divas at Embers? No, just your modern militarized police force. Music Meadows vs. The Man: The city wants to stop concerts at Portland Meadows, but local promoters say they're ready to fight for their right to rock the racetrack. Urban Pulse Garden Slugs: Two groups are at odds over the control of Portland's Chinese Garden. Q&A Guerrilla Temps tell (almost) all. Letters NewsBuzz Buzz Top cop has his May Day say; Art Alexakis keeps the Corvette but his ex gets the Jaguar; City Hall writes checks to sex workers; elections officials put the ire back in McIntire. Murmurs We mix it up with Larry King, Judy Kafoury, Sleater-Kinney, some skinny pedalers and the Schonz Scoreboard This week's winner and losers Rogue of the Week Local talk jock Mary Starrett CULTURE Gay Pride Parade 2000 view photos of Willamette Week's role inthe processional Feature Summer reruns got you down? Tune into Comedy Central's Strangers With Candy, which just kicked off a brand-spankin'-new season. Queer Window Drag queens in broad daylight!! The Nightcrawler How to catch a courier. Dinner Palace of Love Suey Chow's personals column Dress How to cope when your favorite T-shirt kicks the bucket. Music Scene Report Happiness 'N Surrender: 'N Sync conquers its fans, but they don't seem to mind. Preview The Wonder Twins With a legendary bassist and a torrential saxophonist playing different venues the same night, what's an avant-garde jazz fan to do? From the Music Desk Gimme that Old Time Relijun--Arrington de Dionyso speaks. Recorded Music Who sucks more: the Jayhawks or Kid Rock? Screen Review Chicken Run: Funky chickens fly the coop--the new film from the creators of Wallace & Gromit. Dish News Story The Czar of the 'Shroom Local mushroom emporium The Joel Palmer House hits NYC. Drink All about saucy Spanish wines. Graze A rotating guide to restaurants we like. Miss Dish Our diva escapes the march of morons and finds pristine produce on Sauvie Island. Performance Classical Preview Summer Seasonal Take a classical-music pleasure trip and leave your earplugs at home. Visual Art Preview Avery Appreciation: Too figurative for some, too abstract for others, American painter Milton Avery pursued his own aesthetic.   Volume 26, issue 34, June 28, 2000 NEWS Lead The End of a Legend:For nearly 30 years, Jeff Grayson quietly won influence by making other people--and himself--wealthy. Then he bankrolled a kid named Wiederhorn, and now the feds want to know why. Urban Pulse A Day at the Races The Leisure Class of the new century spends a day sun-worshiping at the Portland International Raceway. Technology Battle Lines Last week AT&T looked like a winner in its cable war with Portland. Now a tiny suburban ISP has renewed the attack. Politics Looking to Nader Urban Pulse Free Ride A group of young women will again urge Tri-Met to let students use their school ID as a bus pass. Q&A Ruth E--from Junior Rose Queen to exotic dancer to documentarian. Letters NewsBuzz Meet Portland's own "survivor," watch the gun lobby blink, get tanked with Sam Naito, take a ride with Night Cabbie, and much, much more! MURMURS: Why are Jim Goad and Mark Wiener smiling? Where do Sizemore's friends and foes meet? Want to know how to satisfy your Oral fixation? The answers are as close as Murmurs. Scoreboard This week's winner and losers Rogue of the Week Ex-top cop Charles Moose CULTURE Feature Paul Allen wanted the best rock-and-roll museum money could buy. He got it. Queer Window Smash Yr Gay Idols The Nightcrawler Monday, Monday--can't trust that day. Dinner Palace of Love Suey Chow's personals column Dress Trashy dames dress dirt cheap. Music Preview Trifecta Wade in the Water: Worship at the altar of the blues with two high priests of the Waterfront Blues Fest--and one unholy ceremony just across town. From the Music Desk Portland Bands Kick-Start Summer with a Flurry of Releases. Recorded Music The Murder City Devils vs. Sinead O'Connor Screen Review Storm Warning Enter A Perfect Stormat your own risk. Feature Just Stay Home! The theaters are full of crap; go rent a long-lost video. Dish Review Stumptown Coffeehouse Old-fashioned styling and service plus smashing coffee. Drink Death by chocolate. Graze A rotating guide to restaurants we like. Miss Dish The grossest food column in town brings you ideas for the holiday weekend. Performance Preview PIPFest International theater returnsto Portland for the summer. But for how long? Classical Preview Bach Fest: With some deft triage, Bach's Passion of St. John is back despite the stain of anti-Semitism. Words Bibliofiles A History of Celibacy; Reinventing Comics Visual Art Preview Eat or Die NYC photographer Catherine Chalmers pits critter against critter and zooms in on biology's two biggest moments.