Opera has a stuffy image. And that’s not entirely fair. Yes, it is typically performed in a foreign language, and the singing is quite stylized, but these days opera is shedding some of its more formal trappings and presenting productions that are straightforward, yet still lavish.
If you love music, you buy records. Period. And living in Portland, where great independent record stores are literally on every corner, there’s no excuse–part of supporting your local scene means buying records. Whether you like CDs or vinyl, small stores or big stores, the opportunity for purchasing music is abundant in Portland. Here’s a quick (incomplete) guide to local music-retailers.
Every band needs help sometimes. You could be in a high school hardcore band with only your girlfriends as fans, or you could be in a touring band recording your third album. Every day is a struggle–with broken instruments, trouble booking shows and the rising CD pressing costs. It can be a distraction from most bands’ number-one goal–to R-O-C-K.
A second candidate vying for the PSU presidency withdrew from the running Thursday afternoon, making Wim Wiewel, the current provost and vice president of the University of Baltimore, the only candidate left. Kathie Olsen, the deputy director and chief operating officer of the National Science Foundation, told the chancellor of the Oregon University System in a letter she sent Thursday that it is not the right time for her to leave the National Science
This place has somehow made the atomic log cabin style work, and the size is perfect for a night where you want to dance and have fun, but still feel in touch with the performers.
Excellent Gentlemen shows require just one thing–a willingness to get down and shake your ass. New York transplants Steve Swatkins, Jeff Sechs, Ehud Abadi and Drake Molotov incorporate old school funk and soul with classic hip-hop and impressive musicianship. Swatkins, the band’s ringleader, sat down with the Vanguard to talk about Excellent Gentlemen’s upcoming full-length album and how they broke into Portland’s competitive music scene.
As the Vikings head into their final home stand of the season against Loyola Marymount University at Erv Lind Stadium this weekend, senior slugger and staff ace Mandy Hill is trying to keep things in perspective. “It hasn’t really hit me yet. I’m not really trying to think about it right now,” Hill said. “When it happens, I’m going to try not to cry. That’s my goal, because we have more games after that and I don’t want to get emotional and screw up my game.”
This is a defining moment for America, and for your generation. I’ve met students across this country who are wondering whether the college education they’re receiving will lead to a good job that can pay off all those loans.
You don’t have to be of drinking age to enjoy live music–and it’s about time that Oregon’s laws reflect that.
It shocked many faculty to hear that the possibility of a strike is actually not possible until July, at the earliest. Now, the fire and brimstone the faculty union preached to the administration has lost whatever hint of foreboding it once held. The implication of the word “impasse” has been nullified.
A scabbed-over road burn on Erik Chamberlain’s forearm serves as a reminder of a defining moment for a group of Portland State engineering students who competed at the annual ASME Human Powered Vehicle Challenge last weekend. Chamberlain and a group of four other PSU students built their own Human Powered Vehicle (in layman’s terms, a bicycle) for the Reno, Nev. competition, an event that measures how well students can design and build durable, fast and reclined bicycles.