The women for peace at Code Pink are preparing to confront the new war president. Anti war protesters will gather at the White House tonight. Yet more anti war protesters will be at West Point when the new war president shows up to peddle his war tonight. Protests are scheduled at 40 cities including Allentown, Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Colorado Springs, Columbus OH, Detroit, Eugene OR,...
Please watch this singing Beatles cupcake telegram (and pass it on!) if you want to bring a smile to your day. That is why almost five years in, I still love cupcake blogging. Can't wait to try Saint Cupcake - I'm reading at Powell's in Portland February 22nd from Best Sex Writing 2010 with Kerry Cohen and Janet Hardy, and we are working on a Eugene, Oregon event. It's looking like Salt Lake City in...
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Baby Monster are two guys from Eugene, Oregon. Danny Sternbaum has established himself as one of the most exciting new producers out there. Even to the point that he turned down the chance to engineer what would have been Michael Jackson’s new album. Marty Larson has played in various Oregon bands over the years, building [...]
THE POETRY CENTER AT PASSAIC COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE is pleased to announce the winners of THE 2009 ALLEN GINSBERG POETRY AWARDS Award Winners’ Reading will be held on Saturday, November 7, 2009 at the Hamilton Club Building, 32 Church Street, Paterson, New Jersey FIRST PRIZE Eileen Moeller, Philadelphia, PA “Milk Time” José Antonio Rodríguez, Binghamton, NY “Veins...
The Family Straw is headed out for vacation tomorrow. We’ll be out and about until Thursday the 15 – look for a return to posting then. IN the meantime, here are a few things to tide you over. Pace yourselves. One of my favorite bands is hitting the road this fall - The Low Anthem. To celebrate they are giving away their version of Dylan's "Dignity". Just go here and register....
First off, this Eugene, OR duo is named Baby Monster . That alone is worth rad reviews cause that, my friends, is an awesome stinking name! Secondly, they make really nifty electropop with a bit of a dark twist. That said, I'm hooked. While Danny Sternbaum has established himself as one of the most exciting new producers, even to the point that he turned down the chance to engineer what would have...
Electric Six has released a video for the upcomming single "Body Shot" and it is vulgar, but vulgar in the way the Electric Six know how. The single is for the upcomming release "KILL" that will be released on October 20th, 2009 via Metropolis Records. The single is pretty awesome and the video well is full of well you'll see. It seems like the album is getting pretty awesome reviews...
THE NINTH BIENNIAL RADICAL PHILOSOPHY ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE: Violence: Systemic, Symbolic, and Foundational University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon November 11th-14th, 2010 Call for Papers: The Radical Philosophy Association Conference Program Committee invites submissions of talks, papers, workshops, roundtables discussions, posters and other kinds of conference contributions, for its ninth biennial...
When a band has an origin story like The Subjects ’—two high-school teachers plus two of their students form a band, more scandalous than cats and dogs living together in sin—you might think that at some point they’d begin to shy away from school-related topics in their songs. And…you’d be wrong. “Winter Vacation,” from the new Subjects’ EP, New...
Mount Eerie start their tour off in support of their latest release Wind Poem. If you haven't heard of Mount Eerie , you might know them by The Microphones, or simply the mastermind of one Phil Elverum. The Glow Pt. 2 still gets praise to this day and many album of the year awards back in 2001. Septembe r 17 - Anacortes, WA - Anchor Art Space # % @ 18 - Portland, OR - Backspace # % @ 19 - Oakland,...
Karen Eliot posted a new topic: How the Quran Looks at War Insights from Imam Tamman Adi of the Islamic Cultural Center of Eugene, Oregon May 11, 2003 The concept of war is mentioned in the Quran only six times. First, God and his messenger declare a spiritual war on the rich who make money by unproductive financial transactions (interest, currency trade, stock market speculation, derivatives). He...
Built To Spill begein their US tour this week in support of their new album, 'There Is No Enemy'. September 17 Boise, Idaho @ Neurolux September 18 Boise, Idaho @ Hyde Park Fair September 19 Murray, Utah @ Murray Theater September 20 Denver, Colorado @ Bluebird Theater September 21 Boulder, Colorado @ Fox Theatre September 23 Omaha, Nebraska @ Slowdown September 24 Minneapolis, Minnesota @ First Avenue...
The son of a disgraced CIA agent convicted of funneling classified information to the Russians has pleaded guilty to charges of helping his imprisoned father collect overdue bills for his dad’s nefarious activities. The 25-year-old son, Nathaniel James Nicholson of Eugene, Oregon, traveled throughout the world using coded e-mail messages to plot meeting locations with the [...]
THE POETRY CENTER AT PASSAIC COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE is pleased to announce the winners of THE 2009 ALLEN GINSBERG POETRY AWARDS FIRST PRIZE Eileen Moeller, Philadelphia, PA “Milk Time” José Antonio Rodríguez, Binghamton, NY “Veins Like Maps” SECOND PRIZE Josh Humphrey, Kearney, NJ “Catherine Rose at One Week Old” Sarah Jefferis, Ithaca, NY “Learning...
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Bernard Lagat is a story in himself. Yesterday in front of a sellout crowd at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, Lagat out-kicked the competition in the 5000 meter race. The 12 ½ lap race was lead several times by different people but when it came to gut check time Lagat proved to be the better runner that night. Bernard will be racing the 1500 meter quarterfinals on Thursday and if all goes well the...
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