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May 27 - Jun 2, 2010

Vol. 14, No. 21

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Local News

Free Local Music Downloads: Sara Jackson-Holman, Empty Space Orchestra and more

Download six tracks from Bend bands and artists as part of the Source Weekly local music.

By Mike Bookey
May 26, 2010
Local News

Bring Band of Horses Back to Bend

By The Source Staff
May 31, 2010
Local News

Source staff gets a nod from the Society of Professional Journos

By The Source Staff
May 27, 2010
Local News

When Less is More: An effort to corral the county resort map looks more like free rein

At the bottom of a rimrock-shouldered canyon outside Sisters, Matt Cyrus surveys Whychus Creek as it rounds an oxbow bend and tumbles into a riffle that dances in the late morning light.

By Eric Flowers
May 26, 2010
Local News

Voiceover: Sunday, Sunday, Sunday

By The Source Staff
May 26, 2010
Local News

Voiceover: Sunday,Sunday, Sunday

By The Source Staff
May 26, 2010
Local News

Up The Creek: Reliving Bend's Hollywood heyday

Revisiting the buxom rafting movie that was filmed in Bend

By The Source Staff
May 28, 2010
Local News

Down Beat: Jazz is alive and well in Bend

By The Source Staff
May 31, 2010
Local News

Muddied: a comeuppance in the Hood

By The Source Staff
Jun 1, 2010
Local News

Summer Music Begins! Goo Goo Dolls, Band of Horses, She & Him

It's Memorial Day -- so get out and see some music, jerk.

By The Source Staff
May 28, 2010
Local News

Dudley Takes the Lead! (Yawn.)

By The Source Staff
May 26, 2010
Local News

Bend Over, Bend - Here It Comes Again

By The Source Staff
May 28, 2010
Local News

There's a Hole in the Budget - Again

By The Source Staff
May 31, 2010

Editorial

Slick Tricks: BP's epic failure, Tea Bag revolution and your Facebook settings

The author has been sent on the road to discover a lost country formerly known as America.

By Source Weekly
May 26, 2010
Editorial

The Army's "Second-Class Soldier" Treatment

The U.S. Army's proud boast is that it never leaves an injured comrade behind on the field. But it looks as if it's been leaving many of its comrades in the Oregon National Guard behind when they need medical care.

By Source Weekly
May 26, 2010

Picks

Our picks for 5/26-6/3: Goo Goo Dolls, Trainwreck, Band Of Horses and She & Him, Blackstrap and The Helio Sequence

Our picks for 5/26-6/3: Goo Goo Dolls, Trainwreck, Band Of Horses and She & Him, Blackstrap and The Helio Sequence

By The Source Staff
May 26, 2010

Chow

India by Way of Africa: Keeping it bright and light at Spice Box

When living in London, I entered restaurants on the famed Indian cuisine mecca, Brick Lane, with the general expectation of leaving uncomfortably full.

By Source Weekly
May 26, 2010
Chow

India by Way of Africa: Keeping it bright and light at Spice Box

When living in London, I entered restaurants on the famed Indian cuisine mecca, Brick Lane, with the general expectation of leaving uncomfortably full.

By Source Weekly
May 26, 2010

Film

Shrek's Mid-life Crisis: The final voyage needs a bigger forever

I was introduced to Shrek in two ways. First was the commercial hype and McDonald's toys. The next time was when I was painting a kid's room. I heard a lot of muffled cartoony chatter coming from another room along with laughter from kids.

By Morgan P Salvo
May 26, 2010
Film Events

What Doesn't Kill You

Ever heard that phrase, "What doesn't kill me, makes me stronger?" That's exactly why I eat Popeyes fried chicken every morning for breakfast, four Reese's peanut butter cups for lunch (washed down with a tumbler of Jack), fo

By Source Weekly
May 26, 2010

Sound Stories & Interviews

Sunshiny Hits: She & Him has revamped '60s radio pop for a younger crowd - and it's worked

sound_SheHimGeneralSamJones“We both like the Beach Boys a lot,” writes M. Ward, answering e-mail questions about She & Him, the bubbly pop duo of which he makes up half.This isn’t shocking.

By Mike Bookey
May 29, 2010
Sound Stories & Interviews

Band of Horses: Infinite Arms

I first heard Band of Horses playing at the Les Schwab Amphitheater four years ago playing over the PA between sets of a Flaming Lips show. I ended up spending the summer of 2006 listening to their debut, Everything All The Time, and almost nothing else.

By Source Weekly
May 26, 2010
Sound Stories & Interviews

KG's How to Rock Guide: The star of Trainwreck and Tenacious D is coming to town and has advice for your band

By Mike Bookey
May 28, 2010
Sound Stories & Interviews

The Bend Band Family Tree

By Mike Bookey
May 27, 2010

Outside Features

PPP Leftovers: A few more stories from the big race

Alas, PPP is over, but I thought I'd wrap up this year's race with a few stories.

By Pam Stevenson
May 26, 2010