January 24th, 2012 by William Curran | Tags: Tuesday, Tuesday Rain
PORTLAND – Flood Watches and warnings were in effect from Tuesday afternoon through Thursday afternoon for portions of Oregon and Southwest Washington, the National Weather Service said. More: Severe weather alerts
Flood threats included most of western Oregon and the Portland Metro area, the Vancouver area and Cowlitz County through Thursday afternoon.
Forecast | Conditions | Radar
Heavy rain and snow melt were expected to cause rivers and creeks to rise sharply Tuesday night, with two to four inches of rain.
Drivers were cautioned to look for new potholes and other traffic hazards created by the latest winter weather.
That includes areas of the Gorge where ice damage has lasted more than a week.
The Oregon Coast Range was also expected to be heavily affected by the rain. L
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January 22nd, 2012 by Caitlyn Genders |
The folks at Odd Future Talk really have the rarity game down when it comes to their favorite hip-hop collective. Although it’s not clear when, they’re putting a fourth edition of their Unreleased compilation series that collects OFWGKTA tunes that most of us have never heard. Speaking of, here’s a Tyler, the Creator track that probably passed you by back in 2008, when no one really know who these guys (and gal) were. It’s a Frank Zappa-sampling joint about politics — hence the name “Fuck This Election” — that’s rough but still Tyler through and through. Stre
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January 22nd, 2012 by Gabrielle Walker |
By Sara Boyd and Adam Estrem
I think it says something when a local food event, featuring the best from local purveyors, sells out in just a few days. Maybe it says something about the trust the public gives to The Heavy Table, but on a larger level I think it speaks to the fact that more and more people are caring about their food and where it comes from.
The North Coast Nosh III, an event that seems to have some regularity in the Twin Cities now, was co-hosted by The Heavy Table and Open Arms of Minnesota on Friday. Open Arms, a nonprofit that provides meals to locals with life-threatening illnesses, has an amazing facility that opened two years ago.
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January 16th, 2012 by William Curran |
I only covered the people I cared about in this post, since there was too much MEH and shrapnel for one person to comfortably wade through in one night. So, Im adding the nights photos with my usual blithe commentary about the best and worst dressed. In this case, the night was sponsored by Brad Pitts pimp cane as the tour continues.
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January 15th, 2012 by Caitlyn Genders | Tags: Chicago Kid, Kendrick Lamar, Lamar
Well, heres something special: L.A. rap hope Kendrick Lamar teaming up with Midwestern soul singer BJ The Chicago Kid on a jazzy, regretful, pain-wracked song about the vagaries of fate. Anytime you hear someones voice cracking on a rap song, you know theres some serious emotion in play, and this one renders that emotion with vivid confused-kid intensity. So yeah, this song is great. You should listen to it, and you can do that below.
BJs Pineapple Now-Laters mixtape is set to arrive 2/14.
January 12th, 2012 by Gabrielle Walker | Tags: Biopic, Elizabeth Taylor, Lindsay Lohan
Megan Fox has got the raven hair. Lindsay Lohan has got the … tendency to make poor life decisions? Both are up for the role of Elizabeth Taylor in upcoming Lifetime biopic.
News broke last week that Lohan was in contention for the TV movie, which would focus on Taylor’s stormy relationship with Welsh actor Richard Burton, with whom she co-starred in “Cleopatra” and married not once, but twice. Now “Liz and Dick” producer Larry Thompson tells E! News that he’s also been speaking with Fox, along with other actresses. The movie will start filming in the spring.
“It’s a very serious selection,” Thompson tells E!.
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