Archive for November, 2005
Robert Wright’s last two editorials had a lot of finger-pointing and accusations without merit.
Wright suggests that carnivals and concerts should not be paid for by Student Government, offering up Bumstock, Kickin’ Flicks, Winter Carnival and Spring Fling as examples of “cuttable” programs.
Anyone who knows anything about me should not be surprised to learn that I know next to nothing about style. In particular, anyone who knows what I look like will agree. Blind people have better taste in clothing than I do. But it was not until recently that my own fashionable shortcomings were painfully brought to my attention, when I had to make the heart-rending decision to go buy new clothes.
Who knew racism could be so cute?
Apparently, that’s the mindset among some white supremacists when looking at musical duo Prussian Blue.
Imagine the Olsen twins when they were 13. Instead of having the names Ashley and Mary-Kate, replace them with Lamb and Lynx.
We don’t buy it, Microsoft
This Tuesday, Microsoft is releasing the long-awaited Xbox 360, just in time for the Christmas season. Want one? It’ll either cost you a five-hour-plus wait this afternoon, or a super-high markup on Ebay because most of the area stores are getting a significantly less than adequate supply to fuel the holiday demand.
Paranoid Social Club performed at Memorial Union Friday, Nov 18. There was a small crowd of around 50 people, despite high publicity days before the concert.
Stoplight Rehearsal was the first to hit the stage. They didn’t really engage the audience: People were milling about and talking while they performed.
On Friday, Nov. 25, Ushuaia will host a show of all local bands. You may be asking yourself, Why do I want to interrupt my Thanksgiving break with some lame local show? Five reasons: Last Chance to Reason, Jules Verne, Absence of The Sun, Lines Been Drawn, and Take Courage.
The world of broadcast journalism is brutal. It’s a fast-paced, no-holds-barred business that seems to take no prisoners. This is the premise of “Cronicas,” written and directed by Sebastian Cordero.
The film is about an over-ambitious and arrogant journalist named Manolo Bonilla, played by John Leguizamo.
It may be that Headstart! used to open for 6gig, but Wednesday night Walter Craven and his new band, Lost on Liftoff, opened the Portland scene on Ushuaia’s stage.
Ushuaia’s Wednesday night event boasted a mix of the local and Portland scenes, coming together for a spectacle of nu-metal aggro-rock.
Have you been called by EB Games or Gamestop yet about your Xbox 360 pre-order? I have. And if you’re reading this right now, and you haven’t been called, then you’re out of luck for tomorrow’s launch of the Xbox 360.
About the only place where you might be able to get an Xbox 360 is if you stand outside of Wal-Mart or Best Buy at 7 tonight in preparation for the only midnight openings in town.
Formed in 2003, Pushing Zero is inspired by “rock-and-roll and lots of it,” according to front man George Skala. This group’s name signifies “an inevitable moment where time is suspended, the realm of emotion exceeded, and the application of human intellect rendered useless,” according to its Web site.
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