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It's summer in Cascadia!  This is the time of year that celebrations burst forth in our neighborhoods and communities. KBOO is going to be busy all summer with Outreach and Information Booths and Live-Remote Broadcasts. Over the last few years, we've worn out our pop-up ca... Read more

Out Loud is holding their anniversary party on Friday night, May 11th, at Crush (1400 SE Morrison St. in Portland). Out Loud is KBOO's queer culture show, celebrating & serving the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning & allied communities. They feature... Read more

    Clayton Morgareidge The Old Mole Variety Hour    We hear daily on the news that the economy is coming back. But by “the economy,” these reports mean return on investments and consumer purchases, parts of the economy that can be lifted by a little more confidence among ... Read more

All Good Things Director: Andrew Jarecki With: Ryan Gosling, Kirsten Dunst, Frank Langella, Phillip Baker Hall Based on the true story of a notorious unsolved murder in New York, and fictionalized by a director who knows about family dysfunction (see Jarecki’s Capturing t... Read more

The Oil Hemorrhage in the Progressive Narrative Old Mole Variety Hour, June 7, 2010             The gulf oil disaster – which should be called a “hemorrhage”, not a “spill” – ought to repeal faith in the wisdom of unregulated markets.   Like the financial crisis that has d... Read more

 "A long steel rail and short rail tie are gonna carry me home..."  It was in the early '70s that I remember hearing Doc Watson singing "The Streamlined Cannonball" on one of the music shows on WFMT in Chicago - for whatever reason I employed it as a pacing tool when I ran... Read more

First, a rant.  I’m not sure I could give a coherent definition of a “chick flick” or even identify one if asked.  Sure, there is Sex and the City (will women really buy shoes that cost more than a month’s rent?), and anything starring Hugh Grant, but the term is too neb... Read more