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Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Train derails with "San Francisco"
You’ve probably heard the contemporary pop band Train on the FM dial...
Cyrus: Pop star potential?
There is a certain stigmatization which I feel the need to address when talking...
Coming attractions 1/27/10
Edge of Darkness
In this action thriller, Mel Gibson is a cop who is...
Upcoming music events
Bandest of the Bands –
Jan. 28
UO Cultural Forum and Ethos magazine present six “exciting” and “electric” local bands...
Check out "The Book of Eli"
Once again, Denzel Washington comes through the screen with a larger-than-life...
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Gooey pecan pie squares
Gooey Pecan Pie Squares
Crust
½ cup butter, melted
1...
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Greek Pasta Salad w/ Chicken
Salad ingredients:
1 box Penne pasta
8 oz. precooked chicken, cubed
1 sm. red onion
1 can black olives
3-4 oz....
The lovely "Lovely Bones"
“My murderer began to feel safe … but there was one thing he didn’t understand … how much a father could love his daughter.” “The...
Coming attractions: 1/20/10
Extraordinary Measures
Brendan Fraser plays John Crowley, a successful...
The Flaming Lips serve music well-done
It seems one Christmas gift to the global community went unnoticed this year: on Dec. 22, The Flaming Lips and blood-related act Stardeath and...
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Mozart-inspired Phoenix drops bombshell
Musically speaking, “Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix,” from the band Phoenix, is the most surprising album of 2009. It’s just ridiculously strange!...
Two thumbs "Up in the Air"
Jason Reitman (director of “Juno”) has us laughing again with his newest release, “Up in the Air.” The film is a gender-neutral,...
Coming attractions
The Book of Eli
In this post-apocalyptic action flick, Eli (Denzel...
Pass on "Parnassus"
It has been almost two years since Heath Ledger’s death, and his final film has at last made its way into theaters. “The Imaginarium of Dr....
Redbox Review: Gotta love a basterd
Bonnie Starr
The Commuter
Another term, another review. I am always pleased when I make a movie choice that is...
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Coming attractions
Youth in Revolt
Michael Cera is sexually minded 18-year-old Nick Twisp, whose parents’ divorce has...
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Those Smooth Vultures (CD review)
By Mark Paul McIntyre
The Commuter
Too bad I didn’t have money two weeks ago. A band came to the Portland area that would have...
Switchfoot surfs in all indie style with "Hello Hurricane"
San Diego band Switchfoot has gone indie (at last!) with their latest release “Hello Hurricane,” which is the first of four self-recorded and...
Medley of goodness: Borderlands review
I’m convinced that, one day, somebody played “Fallout 3” and said, “Wow, this game is cool but too slow.” “Borderlands” was born....
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Animation ups Anderson's appeal
I’ve heard others label director Wes Anderson as a one trick pony, and on some levels I agree with them. There are definitely characteristics...
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Coming attractions 11/12
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
The much anticipated sequel to the extremely popular Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, CoD:MW2...
Clooney psychs up audiences
With wit and intuition, George Clooney and Ewan McGregor lead off in “The Men Who Stare at Goats,” a comedy that opened last Friday. A crazed...
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Redbox 11/12
Bonnie Starr
“X-Men Origins: Wolverine”
I love Wolverine. I love X-Men. I did not love this movie.
Being an avid...
Love Love Teriyaki
Love is a strong word and you shouldn’t use it unless you mean it. At Love Love Teriyaki,they use it twice. So why the self-proclaimed...
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Muse: Genre-blending astronauts
It’s Muse. The technical rock legends from the United Kingdom bring it back to the studio in “The Resistance,” an epic fight-the-man album...
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
5 fright night flicks
What is Halloween without a good scary movie? The horror genre tends to split in two different directions: the spine-tinglers that make you sleep...
Thursday, October 22, 2009
There's one in all of us
The major theme through the movie is abandonment; this is repeated through Max and his sister and also with the wild things and their struggles. At points this movie almost seemed a little too sad or intense, but usually it would quickly rectify that with some witty banter between Max and the wild things.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Restaurant Review: AJ's Dawg Haus
Tucked away in the little shopping centers that line 9th street in Corvallis is an eatery that specializes in that American favorite, the hot...
Monday, October 5, 2009
Rule #40: Go see 'Zombieland'
The movie follows four main characters as they make their way to check on relatives or complete other hopeful objectives. “Zombieland” puts forth a comedic “Shaun of the Dead” kind of take to zombie movies.
Friday, October 2, 2009
OSU flash rave just a flash in the pan
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Thursday, October 1, 2009
Student artist featured at Fall Festival
Lacy Jarrell
for The Commuter
Art faculty member Analee Fuentes remarks of student artist Gabrielle Snider, “It is hard to...
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
'Inglorious Basterds' finally gets an 'A'
As a WWII revenge fantasy starring angry Jews and smug Nazi’s “Inglorious Basterds” is uncorked rage simmered to a boil and aged to perfection.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
'9' is the loneliest movie that you'll never see
“9” is a retelling of a classic story tale with creepy displaced violence and decay of a world imbued with eerie beauty that screams and creaks the now familiar name of Tim Burton. But unlike earlier offerings “9” lacks where other movies that carry the weight of the man’s imagination flourish.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Roadrunner fame: popping into the frame
The video, which has received just over 200 views, captures our school bird popping onto the screen in various locations around campus including the Learning Center, the library, and Hot Shots café.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Corvallis Red White & Blue Riverfront Festival
View the photo gallery here.
The...
Friday, June 5, 2009
Corvallis Music History Project
This Friday and Saturday, June 5 and 6, taking place at the Old World Deli is the second Corvallis Music History Project. The project is an...
Thursday, June 4, 2009
LBCC singers - a harmonious bunch
Those who attended the final concert of the LBCC Choir and Men’s Ensemble were treated to 17 songs spanning a wide...
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Movies for release Friday June 5
My Life in Ruins
Greek American tour guide Georgia is sick and tired of trying to guide around people who would rather be buying silly...
Monday, June 1, 2009
The Weekly Burger: My Perfect Burger
The perfect burger. Is it real? Can it really exist? There will always be something to add to the perfect burger, something you think of after...
This weekend: Corvallis Music History Project II
This Friday and Saturday, June 5 and 6, taking place at the Old World Deli is the second Corvallis Music History Project. The project is an effort...Friday, May 29, 2009
Beer and loathing
This book feels like a modern day attempt at recreating Thompson’s masterpiece of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and it is done well, adding in iPods, cell phones, texting, and of course the use of profound, and just plain crazy run-on metaphores, all with-out the bats and hard drugs.
Monday, May 25, 2009
Movies for release this Friday, May 29
Drag Me to Hell
An L.A. loan officer is at the receiving end of a gypsy’s curse after she refuses to...
Monday, May 18, 2009
Green Day, go back to the 20th Century
…it feels like the sole reason for putting out music is to corrupt our middle schoolers’ minds…
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Math Limerick Contest Winners
Student Category Winner:
Aaron Kopperman
There once was a girl named Renee
Who tried writing pi all the way
By the...
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
"Shakespeare's Journey:" too much drama
While “Shakespeare’s Journey” provides a thrilling escape into the life of one of the world’s greatest playwrights, it devotes too...
Monday, May 11, 2009
Star Trek Review: "Giving her all she's got"
“Star Trek” does for the series what the last few James Bond films have done for its own franchise, breathing life into a dynasty that has been in steady decline since the death of visionary founder Gene Roddenberry and essentially revitalizing an animated corpse.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
The Weekly Burger: Scotch Eggs Burger
The Scotch egg is one of those “British-style” foods. It was traditionally served cold and in a salad or something of that nature on a...
Movies for release Friday May 15
Angels & Demons
Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) is back, this time discovering evidence that an ancient brotherhood known as the Illuminati...
Friday, May 8, 2009
Star Trek review: boldly going nowhere (spoilers)
Everything you loved about Star Trek doesn’t exist in this movie. The witty banter, the science, the technology, the thoughtfulness: that’s...
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Wolverine Origin, Involved Storyline
by Aaron Boich
“X-men Origins: Wolverine” kicks off the summer blockbuster...
Introducing...Priscilla Renae
Twenty year old YouTube pop sensation Priscilla Renae has captured the hearts of fans around the world with her addicting beats and charming...
Monday, May 4, 2009
X-Men Origins: Not fit for human consumption
Most X-Men films verge on the edge of gratuity, but X-Men Wolverine: Origins vaults off of that precipice on the back of an exploding motorcycle; raping your eyes in the process and becoming a standard bearer for action movie cliché, where cool things are done because they look cool.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Movies for release May 1
Ghost of Girlfriends Past
At his younger brother’s wedding, (Matthew McConaughey) is visited by the...
Weekly Music Events for April 29
FireWorks Restaurant and Bar
1115 SE 3rd St.
541-754-6958
Matt Bolton Band
Wednesday, April 29, 8 p.m.
The...
Monday, April 27, 2009
The Weekly Burger: Buffalo Burger
There are several accounts as to the creation of the beloved buffalo wing. It is another one of those great culinary mysteries of our time. It...
Interview: David Gallagher
I took some time out of our schedule with the “A View from the Bridge” rehearsals to sit down with David Gallagher, Tuesday, April 21, 2009 Tuesday, April 14, 2009 There are two moments in Mark Weiss’s life that makes him the person he is today. In 1964, 14 year-old Mark Weiss stood in the crowd... On April 18 independently owned record stores all over the US will be celebrating the third annual Record Store Day. Record Store Day is a day... I interviewed Eric G Czernowski for The Commuter. He is a retired U.S. Army Combat Medic veteran, and was kind enough to answer a few questions... 17 Again Peace in Death is the second release from “Nine Leaves”, this particular album takes you to a better time... Monday, April 13, 2009 This film is not perfect, but it will keep your interest. One important aspect of this film was the building of the community. Many of the members of the community have “forest marriages,” which help to build the characters. Tuesday, April 7, 2009 With a dynamite cast of Reese Witherspoon, Seth Rogan, Hugh Laurie, Will Arnett, Kiefer Sutherland, Rainn Wilson, and of course, Stephen Colbert,... Monday, April 6, 2009 Although Sturgis and Daytona are a little too far for some people to ride, especially college kids on a budget in a toilet bowl economy- Monday, March 30, 2009 “I Love You, Man” is about a guy who’s almost got it all. Everything seems to be falling into place for Peter Klaven, played by Paul Rudd (Of “Every Good Comedy Made In the Last 5 Years” fame), he’s got the girl, almost landed the job, but something is missing, a BFF. Enter Sydney Fife, played by Jason Segel (Of “How I Met Your Mother” and “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” fame), the classic casual life drifter best bud that your girlfriend or wife never liked archetype. At the behest of his fiancée, Klaven begins the courtship of Sydney to become his best man at his upcoming wedding, and hilarity ensues. All in all, it was a hell of a night featuring three bands worth adding to your ‘to do’ list Tuesday, March 10, 2009 The Last House on the Left Monday, March 9, 2009 The question when going into a movie based off of one of your favorite books, comics, or novellas is never “How good will it be?,” but “Will they screw this up?” Friday, March 6, 2009 The movie’s dominance in the award sector can be attributed to its heart-racing pulse, dynamic soundtrack, and the cinematic journey moviegoers take around the tin-roof shacks and garbage-strewn alleys of Mumbai. Tuesday, March 3, 2009 FireWorks Restaurant and Bar The Sar Shalom Project with Santino... Monday, February 23, 2009 With a little bit of left over corned beef, some good bread, and a willingness to dive into the mystery that is the Reuben sandwich, you very well may have a new favorite. Friday, February 20, 2009 Fired Up, Monday, February 16, 2009 Other than the fact that most people wouldn’t know where to locate Glide on a map, they don’t know about its hidden treasures. Saturday, February 14, 2009 Tuesday, February 10, 2009 Monday, February 9, 2009 Tuesday, February 3, 2009 This weeks tasty burger creation, Bad Habits! Monday, January 19, 2009 There are not enough burgers in this world! It is time to realize the dream of a burger on every grill, and a bun in every toaster! Monday, January 12, 2009 Tom Cruise as an eyepatch wearing Nazi spearheading an assassination attempt on Hitler? Such is the premise of Valkyrie, the Christmas-day-released film based on the story of Colonel Claus Von Stauffenberg, a German officer in Hitler’s regime that mounts one of many (spoiler alert if you flunked out of public school!) failed attempts on the life of the evil mustached mastermind. Friday, January 9, 2009 C-Sik, 22, lived in Pomona, Calif. until age 5 when he moved to Portland, Ore. He started rapping when he was 14, and at 17 he moved to Lincoln... Some of Bent’s musical influences are 2pac, Biggie, Mac Dre, Lil Wayne, Kanye West, Eminem, Twista, Nas, and Yukmouth. In Bent’s opinion the best local rappers in no certain order are Mafmatix, Bird, Markus Tha Great White, and Swoopy. He has performed with The reps, J Burns, Mafmatix, and T.H.C. to name a few. Friday, December 19, 2008 Sunday, December 14, 2008 Four Christmases stars Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon as a successful San Francisco based couple blissful in their avoidance of all things commitment, including regular visits to either parties divorced parent’s holiday gatherings. Wednesday, December 10, 2008 Listings for upcoming shows… Friday, December 5, 2008 After a 6 month break of C-Sik making beats, Sik Ones started back at it. They are currently completing the “Smoke Outz” mix tape, which is promoting their first album “Smoke Outz LP.” Wednesday, December 3, 2008 Combining earnest rootsiness and glitzy dance beats, this album exudes confidence and bravado from a band that obviously knows it is here to stay. Tuesday, December 2, 2008 Monday, December 1, 2008 His opinion on where hip-hop is going was this, “It’s hard to tell with all of rap developing and changing so fast … There’s so many different kinds of rap these days, you never know.” Sunday, November 30, 2008 Thursday, November 20, 2008 I recently had the pleasure to screen the film “10 Questions for the Dali Lama”, a documentary written, directed, and filmed by travel documentary filmmaker Rick Ray. The film was poignant, powerful, and a joy to watch. I had the further pleasure of interviewing the filmmaker after the film. Rick Ray is a man quick to laugh and with a sharp wit. I hope to see him back this way again. What follows is the interview. Monday, November 17, 2008
*NOT* Just a Game Con...or maybe...
“It’s just a game; you’re supposed to have fun with it.” says Matt of Matt’s Cavalcade of comics standing amidst boxes of...
Folk counseling: LBCC's Mark Weiss sings
Record Store Day
A View from the Stage: Eddie
Movie Releases for April 17
After throwing his possible basketball stardom to marry his girlfriend and raise their child,...
Nine Leaves album review Peace in Death
Movie review: "Defiance"
Monsters v Aliens
Things to do in Oregon on Two Wheels
Man Love at its finest
OK, go see OK Go
Movies for release Feb 13
On vacation at a lake house with her parent’s a bored Mari goes off to town to meet up with a friend. They...
Who watches the "Watchmen"?
How much can a "Slumdog" possibly know?
Upcoming music events this week
1115 SE 3rd St., Corvallis
(541) 754-6958
The Weekly Burger: for the reuben-esque
Movies for release Friday February 20th
Shawn and Nick are the top players of their high school. Be it football or with the girls of Ford High School, and when they...
Walking on the wild side
Escape from City 17 (Part One)
Live at the Venetian Theater: Smoov-E and DJ Chill
From Genre Muzik Productions, “Let's start something that’s been missing from Albany, and that’s big shows. Believe this isn’t the only one. There is much more to come and it’s not all hip hop. If you want an artist to come to town I urge you to contact Genre Muzik Productions and let us know who you (the people), want to come. So come on out, have a great time, and more shows to be announced at the Feb. 28 show. Let's sell this show out so many more can come through.”
The Weekly Burger: Elvis Eats!... burgers
You’re probably wondering: what the hell? A gigantic green bent tube-y thing and a jar of peanut butter, what are you thinking?
“Coraline” is Cute as a Button
The Weekly Burger, Bad Habits
Franz Ferdinand's new album reviewed
Franz Ferdinand’s “Tonight” is an album that I would call, built for the masses. The opening track, “Ulysses” is a funk filled track that talks about drug use. I know there are some that would call that immature, but the song has a great beat and is a great song to plug in while walking somewhere.
The Weekly Burger
Tom Cruise Hates Hitler Like The Rest Of Us
Local Music Profile: C-Sik
Einstein (DJ, Rapper, and Producer)
“I've always been a rocker at heart; I am my own major influence.”
“Another influence in pushing me to rap is the...
Soufside Ink
Soufside Ink is going to be appearing on the Dub-U Records West Coast Tour. They plan to hit many cities including Corvallis and Salem...
Local Music Profile: Bent
A few December Concerts
December 20
7:30PM
Reggae Rockers
Interzone
Corvallis
Free
December 20
8:00PMFour Christmases Holds Few Surprises
Concerts December 10-19
Sik Ones working on latest release
The Killer's new album for this "Day and Age"
C-Logic
Cedric Simmons, also known as C-Logic, is releasing a mix tape in late December called Logical Contradiction.
C-Logic is originally...
Nuce: Rapping since the 3rd grade
Old World Deli punk show review 11/22/08
First on the line-up was Bad Terms, a band whose members are between 14 and 18 years old. Although these three guys may seem young, their talent as...
Poverty's Posterboy
Poverty's Posterboy started out promoting concerts and about a year ago he started rapping. Recently I met up with him at Ciddizzi's Pizza in...
Photos from the Old World Deli punk show
10 questions for “10 Questions” director
Chesha Cat: More than just a rapper
Chulo, Nuce, DJ Chill, Celly Cel, and Spice 1, those are just a few of the rap artists Chesha Cat mentioned during the interview I had with him....
Punk show at Old World Deli
Come to the Old World Deli on November 22 and enjoy some good punk rock music. The show starts at 8 p.m. and features 4 bands: Bad Terms, The...
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