October 2000 back to Archives home October 4 | October 11 | October 17 | October 25 Volume 26, issue 48, October 4, 2000 NEWS Lead Writer's Bloc: Three Portland authors bare their souls in hopes of hitting the best-seller list. Education Educating Eileen:This year, every politician is the "education candidate," even when it takes some creative writing to earn that designation. Law See Spot Litigate: Stan Brock isn't any candy-ass, poodle-loving animal-rights nut. But this ex-NFL lineman is heading to court to change the way Oregon law treats pets. Politics special section! Whee! The People: Weekly dispatches from the front lines of the battle for our nation's civic soul. Q&A View from the Rack: Former porn star and founder of the Adult Industry Medical Health Care Foundation (AIM), Sharon Mitchell. Letters Night Cabbie Murmurs NewsBuzz Buzz The fuzz get static; one reporter reaches critical mass; an awesome rock venue faces doom; drivers feel distracted by art. Murmurs Food fights, media wars, hot designers and more! Scoreboard This week's winner and losers Rogue of the Week US Olympic Committee CULTURE Culture Feature Porn stars, strippers and prostitutes, oh my! The Sex by Sex Workers film and video festival hits town. Queer Window Homo holidays--a bunch of reasons to kick up your silly heels in delight! Dinner Palace of Love Suey Chow's personals column Dress Queen for a Day: Homecoming gowns that wouldn't make Molly Ringwald gag. Nightcrawler From Viagra Island, With Love; or, Living the Writer's Life in Northeast Music Review Blues for a Bloody Queen The strange and terrible saga of Lady M comes full circle. Profile Jesus Loves This One-Man Band R&B hellraiser King Louie starts an empire in St. Johns. From the Music Desk A kid in Arkansas got into heavy metal, black clothes and weird books. Now he's on death row. Coincidence? Record Reviews We Heart Mel Brown Sonic Reducer Short reviews for short tempers: Stand back, you faint-hearted types! Screen Review H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival Creeping terrors, animated corpses and Books of the Dead. Dish Drink Milk and beer?!? Ew, gross! (Milk Stout is back. It's not as bad as it sounds.) Graze A rotating guide to restaurants we like. Miss Dish A delicately portioned plate of nouveau-style news nuggets. Performance Review The Devils A new era was promised at Portland Center Stage. We're still waiting... Review Menopausal Gentleman Q&A with Peggy Shaw, the king of drag. Words Bibliofiles T.R. Pearson; The Running Press Pocket Guide to Beer; How to Be Invisible. Volume 26, issue 49, October 11, 2000 NEWS Lead Inside the new male mind. Urban Pulse Alberta and Its Discontents After a spate of vandalism, many point the finger at WW. Law Whose Streets? Now it's not just cops who are grappling with the post-WTO awakening of Portland's lefties. Politics special section! Whee! The People: A super-fun, free-wheeling, mostly non-cynical page about democracy. Q&A Neal Pollack indulges in his every little whim. We love that! Letters Night Cabbie NewsBuzz Religious experiences, PGE under fire--and more! Murmurs: Lars is back! Alfie Kohn is funny! WhereNext is doing just fine, thanks! Scoreboard This week's winner and losers Rogue of the Week America Online CULTURE Culture Feature Spanish Bombs Survivors of the Lincoln Brigade can teach you a thing or two. Queer Window Is Entertainment Weekly gay? NightCrawler A pub grows on Alberta Street. Dinner Palace of Love Suey Chow's personals column Dress Follow the leader: the folks behind Imitation of Christ make thriftwear expensive. Music Sonic Reducer Bipolar record reviews from nice/grouchy rock critics. Preview On Albinos and Time Management A brief radiator-side chat with the Minders. Preview Hymns to the Silence No more sax and violence for former jazz populist Charles Lloyd. From the Music Desk Will the revolution go down in a Hawthorne-area closet? Find out! Record Reviews The Intima; 11th Dream Day Screen Review Tragic Kingdom Director Lars Von Trier stumbles into rapture with Dancer in the Dark. Preview Queer as Film A look at current queer cinema. Dish 2000-2001 Restaurant Guide Hungry critics pig out for weeks to bring you--ta-dah!--the 100 best restaurants in Portland. Review I Did a Bad, Bad Thing Chez Celeste's kitchen is unschooled in the art of cooking. Which is kind of a problem. Drink Jiggling cups of joy and multicolored slithering doom! Graze A rotating guide to restaurants we like. Miss Dish In which we ruminate on our own internal processes. Performance Review Line for Line One of modern theater's masters directs his own adaptation of the Bard. Review Dancing in the Dark: Teresa Mathern prances through town. Words Bibliofiles If Kazuo Ishiguro, Mark Salzman and Andrew Vachss had a fight, who would win? As if we don't know. Volume 26, issue 50, October 17, 2000 NEWS Lead Bloodsport: A string of injuries inflames the debate over high-school football. Politics Suburban Brawl: Can a legislator from Tualatin survive a Lake Oswego tornado? Environment Down with the Dump: When is a landfill not a landfill? Politics special section! Whee! The People: A super-fun, free-wheeling, mostly non-cynical page about democracy. Q&A Jeffrey St. Clair: Hey, Gore's No Greenie! Letters Night Cabbie NewsBuzz Kafoury engineers Nader's zenith; Night Cabbie gets cheated out of a fare AGAIN!; OPB sticks up for the little guy. Murmurs What do Larry Colton, Vera Katz and Susan Sarandon have in common? Scoreboard This week's winner and losers Rogue of the Week Activists who don't vote CULTURE Queer Window Size doesn't matter--and other lessons you can learn from Bill T. Jones. NightCrawler Crypt-kickers stir up an early All Hallows broth at Berbati's Pan. Dinner Palace of Love Suey Chow's personals column Dress All Washed Up: career counseling for fashion's elite. Music Preview The Horrors Cedar Rapids rocks: "It's just lots of factory and lots of crank. Usually we just go out in the country and make fires...." Preview Get Out the Jazz Vote Never mind Gore--pull the lever for these democratic frontrunners. Preview 20/20 Vision: Portland's Braille Stars set their sights on making music for themselves--whether you like it or not. From the Music Desk Three country chillers summon tidings of death, decay and despair. Record Reviews Fela Kuti Screen Review Pay It Forward Should you believe the hype? Preview Fox Tower From the sublime to the stale. Dish Drink Cider: Sip the nectar of forbidden fruit. Graze A rotating guide to restaurants we like. Miss Dish Fun at the Food Bank cook-off! Special Sections 2000-2001 Restaurant Guide Hungry critics pig out for weeks to bring you--ta-dah!--the 100 best restaurants in Portland. WIllamette Week's Essential Guide to Portland's Best Bars Beervana and Vinotopia Our guide to drinking culture 1999 Cheap Eats 2000 Willamette Week's guide to great cheap eats. Performance Preview Tell It Like It Is: The director of Tygres Heart's latest production famously speaks his mind. Review Lose Your Head: An Australian dance company performs an electric version of Salome. Words News Story Exit Sandman: Smart-comics superhero Neil Gaiman wraps up a reading tour at the Aladdin. Bibliofiles Short and sweet book reviews. Volume 26, issue 51, October 25, 2000 NEWS Lead WW's voters' guide: Don't vote--until you read this issue. Letters NewsBuzz Winners and losers, monkey business, haunted restaurants--and more! Murmurs Dr. Kitz goes to Washington; Ron Wyden gets hip for a day; Bruce Willis is secretly into balloons; Eileen Qutub wins unlikely support. Rogue of the Week Bill Sizemore CULTURE Feature All Hallows Roundup Feature Take 'Em to the Boneyard: It's Halloween. Are you scared yet? Queer Window Gay guys like to dress up, even if it's not Halloween! Dinner Palace of Love Suey Chow's personals column Music Preview Punk's Undead From the Music Desk The Rocket implodes. Record Reviews Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Radiohead Screen Preview / Review Trick or Treat, Smell My Feet Coming soon to a theater near you: flesh-eating zombies, sweet transvestites and Blair Witches. Dish Graze A rotating guide to restaurants we like. Special Sections Performance Preview Sarah Brightman Is the classical crossover queen a creature from another planet? Words News Story Armistead Maupin The queerest voice of the '70s still has plenty to say. Bibliofiles Two books that document two completely different cultural explorations.