September 22, 2010
By Jeff Inglis
September 21, 2010
By Jeff Inglis
Just a couple small thoughts. Lady Gaga's such a superstar that her appearance in Portland left me wanting just a tad more spectacle. 1) I'm bummed she got out of a petroleum-powered vehicle, rather than emerging from the center of the fountain at Deering Oaks Park. 2) She was not wearing an outfit made either of vegetables or other side dishes.
September 20, 2010
By Shaula Clark
That's right -- as we reported earlier, Lady Gaga has decided to get up on a soapbox about DADT at a Servicemembers Legal Defense Network rally at Deering Oaks Park today, and you can see the whole thing in all its live-streaming glory above. (She goes on around 5; and so does the live stream.) UPDATE: Full video is now here.
September 20, 2010
By Jeff Inglis
September 17, 2010
By Deirdre Fulton
September 17, 2010
By Deirdre Fulton
September 16, 2010
By Deirdre Fulton
This was just posted on Facebook: Dear Friends, It is
with a heavy heart that I write to you today. I have come to the
difficult decision to close the doors of North Star. I have so much
love for this community and this city. I am sad to say goodbye, but I
am grateful for the three years you have embraced me and the North Star
as family.
September 16, 2010
By Deirdre Fulton
This made me laugh. "Five 'favorite books' that are a warning sign on dating profiles" -- including anything by Ayn Rand or The Notebook ("This is either the kind of dipshit guy who puts Nicholas Sparks on his
profile to seem sensitive, or the kind of dipshit girl who falls for it."). My personal list would include On the Road (too many associations with faux-bohemian Boston University boys) and anything by John Updike or Philip Roth (too much old-man-sexist stuff).
September 15, 2010
By Jeff Inglis
September 15, 2010
By Jeff Inglis
Every now and again we get a piece of reader mail that bears remarking upon. Yesterday's sampling, bearing only the return address of "poet/artist," was the torn-out first page of "Dumped" by Andrew Steinbeiser. This one was drawn and written on in ways that appeared to suggest that the sender was blaming the Portland's Dumpster-overload problem on Muslim men who "demand the women haul the trash" and, presumably, drop it in Dumpsters late at night and in the early morning.
September 13, 2010
By Jeff Inglis
Look, we know Maine senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins only appear moderates by contrast with their rabid, attack-dog, mama-grizzly Republican coreligionists (I've reported on that before). But seriously, Olympia and Susan? Opposing Obama's tax plan because it cuts taxes for 95-percent-plus of Americans, but lets tax breaks expire for people making over $250,000 a year?
|