New Thermals video hits the internet

by Chris Aponick

* The Thermals unleashed a new video for "The Sunset" on the website Noisey.Vice.com. The song is on the Portland band's latest album Desperate Ground, which came out earlier this year on locally-based Saddle Creek Records. The video,  co-directed by Portland filmmaker Jeffrey Rowles and The Thermals, stars bassist Kathy Foster as a boxer in a series of training scenes and then in the ring. The video comes out hot...

 

Vin Diesel Can Fly

by Ryan Syrek

New rules for the fifth Fast and Furious sequel:

Rule number 1 – Everybody gets a harpoon gun. Yes, everybody.

Rule number 2 – If you are bald, you must spend 90% of your time brooding with your arms crossed.

Rule number 3 – Writer Chris Morgan and director Justin Lin have officially petitioned science to move the law of gravity back to a theory and will ignore said law until the appeal has been heard.

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‘Family Portraits’

by Laura Vranes

It may be a surrogate for the absent human figure, but clothing is something that Christina Renfer Vogel has been mastering for years. Yet never better than in her current exhibit at Fred Simon Gallery, Family Portraits, which continues until June 7.  This show seems personal where not only her skills with painting textiles are highlighted, but also we are able to get a glimpse into her mind and thoughts of the...

 

Irish Tradition on the Move

by Paul Heft

Sullivan’s bar, a long-time St. Patrick’s Day tradition, has served the midtown community since 1954, and the current owner is planning to continue that trend in a new location across the street. Owner Dan Houlihan has managed the establishment since 2001 when the chance presented itself. Houlihan had been working his way up in bars and restaurants for years before that. “I thrive on the high energy, fast-paced...