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.
Read more than credits this summer
For the past several years, I’ve been on a kick of reading books that have been turned into movies. After devouring a new title, I head to the cinema, where I usually shake my head in disgust at how Hollywood has shortchanged the story, the characters, their motivations, etc., etc. It sounds disappointing, but for...
HeadCat: Walkin’ the walk, talkin’ the talk and kickin’ it hard
“When it comes to rock ’n’ roll,” proclaims the sticker affixed to HeadCat’s “Walk the Walk … Talk the Talk” (2011, Niji Entertainment Group), “these three guys have lived it, breathed it and bled it.” In this case, man, it’s God's stone truth.
Review: The Melvins, “Sugar Daddy Live”
Kneel before the Melvins and their inexhaustible churn. They were loud enough as a power trio, but as a quartet, they leave eardrums with nowhere to run.
Don’t text in this Texas theater — you may become a star
Making the viral rounds this week is something that I, a lifelong militant moviegoer, wholeheartedly support.
’70s film of hop-drying barns resurfaces
The film “Hop Drying Barns” was recorded in south Corvallis using Super-8 movies by Peter Eberhardt and Ellen Storm in 1973-74 and runs just over 15 minutes.
