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Hot Tickets and Cheap Thrills, April 19, 2012

• HOT TICKETS Music and Nightlife: O.A.R. rolling in for State show WHAT DOES O.A.R. stand for? Of a Revolution. And they make records and CDs, get it, so their music literally revolves. And the band itself keeps on spinning, having been named one of the 100 Most Influential Independent Artists of the last 15 years by […]

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Bull Moose Top 10

Top 10 for Portland store April 9-15: 1. Bonnie Raitt, “Slipstream” 2. Alabama Shakes, “Boys and Girls” 3. M. Ward, “A Wasteland Companion” 4. “The Darkest Hour” (DVD) 5. Gotye, “Making Mirrors” 6. Dr. John, “Locked Down” 7. Adele, “21” 8. “Game of Thrones — Season 1” (DVD) 9. The Shins, “Port of Morrow” 10. […]

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Off Beat: Celebrating a titan of print media

You’d imagine filmmakers would want their lead characters to be complex, layered — nuanced, even. Given that criteria, maybe the Linotype machine is not such a strange film subject as it appears to be at first glance. The Linotype, after all, revolutionized the printing of newspapers and magazines beginning in the late 1800s. It’s complex […]

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DVD Releases

NEW ON THE SHELF “MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: GHOST PROTOCOL,” starring Tom Cruise and Jeremy Renner. Already widely considered to be the best installment of a generally outstanding action series, “Protocol” finds Cruise in fine form despite pushing 50, dangling off buildings and leaping from speeding automobiles with as much confidence and aplomb as ever. Providing able […]