‘Mad Men’: A belated appreciation
Five seasons in, “Mad Men” remains the finest, most involving show on television, period.
From the Vaults: “Rather Be Dead Than Cool” (April 2-9, 1999)
Kurt Cobain died 18 years ago today. I was asked to write the following to commemorate the fifth anniversary of his passing, in 1999.
Biological Lovers, “Tour Anthem”
All this week I’ve been semi-obsessed with “Tour Anthem,” one of two new tracks by Brian Smith and Hannah Sheets, recording as Biological Lovers.
The Venetian’s missing history
Those years were short-lived. But man, they were great. And they deserve to be remembered, acknowledged and celebrated.
Styx to headline Northwest Art & Air Festival
Styx will perform on the Main Stage at the Oregon Amphitheater as the headline act for the 2012 ATI Wah Chang Northwest Art & Air Festival, which runs Aug. 24-26 at Timber Linn Memorial Park and Albany Municipal Airport.
Blogorrhea, the mid-day remix
The office is quiet, the cotton is high and the august upper muckety-mucks have requested that I fire up this blog on a more regular schedule.
A Quiet Friday
Last week I bought a copy of Susan Cain’s “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking.” I’m still barreling through it, but thus far I’ve found it a reassuring, and, yes, empowering read.
Tatiana Hargreaves makes “Oregon Art Beat”
Congratulations to Corvallis' Tatiana Hargreaves, young fiddler extraordinaire, who will be featured at 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 12, on OPB's "Oregon Art Beat."
Journalism and the Joy of Sequels
Ninety drafts later, I’m satisfied with the sequel. It’s bigger, better, older, bolder. More “Before Sunset” than “The Karate Kid, Part III.” All thanks to Leah McMahon, who’s still genuine, still sweet and still a saint for trusting parts of her story to the likes of me.
Review: Glen Campbell, “Ghost on the Canvas”
“Each breath I take is a gift that I will never take for granted,” he sings on “A Thousand Lifetimes.” It certainly is a gift, Glen, one that will be sorely, greatly missed.
Corvallis Vanities: Dancing With The Star
Cartoonist and illustrator Jack Compere lives in Corvallis. A former contributor for The Alchemist and other alternative weeklies, his cartoons are featured weekly in the Entertainer. For more of his work, see corvallisvanities.blogspot.com.
Twenty Years, Give or Take
In September 1991, a teenage scrub barely a year outta high school galumphed into the Albany Democrat-Herald looking for work, any work, to get his old man off his back.
