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Getting Over Death

Getting Over Death Clayton Morgareidge for the Old Mole Variety Hour, August 24, 2009 Audio version Why are we so afraid of death? There are various reasons you or I might give for not wanting our lives to be over – my family needs me, my work is not yet done, I wan... Read more

Gavin Shettler from Milepost Five

Listen to the interview here. Pictured above is a fresh-faced Gavin Shettler, a few years before the Portland Art Center and his current gig at Milepost Five. He’s now a wiser, maybe more pragmatic director of dreams. When I saw him at the Manor of Art, he said: “I don’t... Read more

D.I.Y. Sports Nutrition Resources

(Resources from Monica Hunsberger, registered dietician and member of the Oregon Dietetic Association) Make your own Bars http://www.roadcycler.com/2007/10/screw-powerbar-make-your-own-energy-bar/ Make your own Gatorade http://dailyrunningtips.com/sports-nutrition/formula-... Read more

dawnbreaker's breakdown

The Music Goes Round & Round - Frank Froeba How Long How Long Blues - Tampa Red; with the fabulous Jackie 'Half-Pint' Jaxon on the orgasmic vocal Nobody Knows - The Dillards Blue Moon Of Kentucky - Ray Charles; Brother Ray does it again. Not only bringing soul to se... Read more

Review of World's Greatest Dad, opening wide

World’s Greatest Dad Director: Bobcat Goldthwait With: Robin Williams, Alexie Gilmore, Daryl Sabara, Henry Simmons, Evan Martin, Geoffrey Pierson Okay, I’m surprised. I expected that this would be another exercise in foulness and needless provocation from Goldthwait, a f... Read more

Revew of Empty Nest, now showing at the Hollywood

Empty Nest (Argentina 2008) Director: Daniel Burman With: Oscar Martinez, Cecilia Roth, Ines Efron, Jean Pierre Noher, Eugenia Capizzano Slow-moving, dull and ultimately very annoying. Violates Rule Number One of fiction writing: never end a story with “and it was all a ... Read more

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