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Grateful Dead KBOO Benefit Show

Ramblin Rose & Garcia Birthday Band When: 5/1/2010 9:00 PM at Sat - Benefit for KBOO Where: TONIC LOUNGE  3100 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland, Oregon 97214 Cost:$5 21+ Ramblin’ Rose & Garcia Birthday Band are teaming up to support KBOO Community Radio. All proceeds from the ... Read more

Happy Birthday to KBOO! We're releasing a 7"!

KBOO Community Radio was born in June, 1968; a healthy 10 watt baby that would eventually grow up to change the idea of what radio could be: who is on the air, what kind of content is provided to listeners, and how radio waves are valued.KBOO was the local outlet for the... Read more

Movie Talk: Links of Interest – a book review of THE BOOK OF GENESIS ILLUSTRATED BY R. CRUMB

 Here is a link to my review of the new R. Crumb comic book, his adaptation of Genesis, the first book of the Bible. The review appears here in the Vancouver Voice. Or, if you want to read a review with italics and illustrations, it is also to be found at my blog.  Read more

Review of All Good Things, now open

All Good Things Director: Andrew Jarecki With: Ryan Gosling, Kirsten Dunst, Frank Langella, Phillip Baker Hall Based on the true story of a notorious unsolved murder in New York, and fictionalized by a director who knows about family dysfunction (see Jarecki’s Capturing t... Read more

Sale/lease of Mt. Tabor Park is off the table

  Well, I am no longer pissed at the city. In fact, I want to thank Comm. Saltzman and PPR Director, Zari Santner for allowing mediation.  Mediation brought a better understanding of the issues that needed to be resolved at Mt. Tabor Park.  Mediation brought the principal ... Read more

Help Wanted: Station Manager

KBOO is seeking a Station Manager to lead a dynamic 45 year old non-commercial, community radio station. KBOO 90.7 FM in Portland, Oregon was established in 1968 as one of the first listener supported radio stations in the U.S. The KBOO Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit... Read more

The Oil Hemorrhage in the Progressive Narrative

The Oil Hemorrhage in the Progressive Narrative Old Mole Variety Hour, June 7, 2010             The gulf oil disaster – which should be called a “hemorrhage”, not a “spill” – ought to repeal faith in the wisdom of unregulated markets.   Like the financial crisis that has d... Read more

Review of (Untitled), now showing at the Fox Tower

(Untitled)Director: Jonathan ParkerWith: Adam Goldberg, Marley Shelton, Eion Bailey, Lucy Punch, Zak Orth, Vinnie JonesEvery few years someone takes on the burden of satirizing avant-garde art and the fawning scene that supports it.  I guess each generation has to redisc... Read more

La Confessional for February 5, 2011

What fun we have on last programa, with'a so many talented callers (mostly) sharing they thoughts with'a you dearest listeners. Confessional02052011M by contessa Is complex world we living in, and is sometimes hard to find our way. La Confessional is'a you opportuni... Read more

The Oregon Queer Youth Conference wants you!

The conference needs youth to get involved in the planning process. What do you want from a queer youth conference? Check out the website for details.The conference needs folks to lead workshops. Have talent to share? Target market for workshops? Check out the website fo... Read more