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CURRENTS CURRENTS Board Frank Tabbita delude the public. As Fried- ment agencies, and organiza- Blanchard “Compromise” jeop- E360.739.2388 34: Free Will Astrology ô frank@ man points out, Wilcox’s let- tions. The CMPD AC’s pursuit ardizes legitimate environmen- 6 cascadiaweekly.com ter covered up the fact that of high-volume tourism—with tal causes. Let’s put the CMPD 36: This Modern World, Tom The Dancing the CMPD proposal is now its associated, increased risk behind us, and work together

VIEWS VIEWS Bug Distribution dead, unanimously rejected of crime, forest ﬁre and eco- constructively to protect and 38: Eat local, darn it! David Cloutier, Robert by the Whatcom and Skagit logical damage—was anti-en- preserve the Chuckanuts. 4 4 Bell, JW Land & As- Boundary Review boards and vironmental and most people —Roger Mitchell, Bow sociates MAIL MAIL MAIL CASCADIA their petition invalidated by quickly ﬁgured that out. The ô distro@ the Superior Court. CMPD offered an ill-conceived, cascadiaweekly.com HONOR MR. STINKY 3 ©2007 CASCADIA WEEKLY (ISSN 1931-3292) is published each Wednesday by Friedman says he was un- untenable solution to a prob- Listening to the Democratic Cascadia Newspaper Company LLC. Direct all correspondence to: Cascadia Weekly

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4 ly executed, the vague, disin- it’s in our own best interests state that few have attained genuous, gerrymandered CMPD to protect it. be it our long reactionary NEWSPAPER ADVISORY GROUP: Robert Hall, Seth Murphy, Michael Petryni, David Syre proposal threatened increased I concur with Friedman that educational response and/or willful ignorance. As wonderful as it is, science and technology can only answer certain needs and we NURSERY, LANDSCAPING & ORCHARDS should look to other venues for more meaningful questions.

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tries to change things.” 20 My perception is that change is + Goodwin Road, Everson constant, from the moment you’re cascadiaweekly.com www.cloudmountainfarm.com MUSIC born. If you do not embrace those changes your life will leave you behind, stuck, stagnant and full 18 of fear. You will learn absolutely ART nothing new about yourself or anything or anybody else. How can you 16 ever experience the gratitude and

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The new primary is likely an uncanny and stub- 34 34 born forecaster of the mood of the electorate, views and we predict alignments—at least in state FOOD OPINIONS THE GRISTLE and local races—in November will vary not one

28 28 jot from those in August. In this calculus, incumbents in the 42nd Legislative District will enjoy returns similar to those telegraphed last month; and even in CLASSIFIEDS the up-for-grabs 40th, the percentage of votes assigned to the Republican candidate will re- 24 main unchanged while (once Whatcom Dems BY PAMELA WEILER GRAYSON

FILM FILM stop licking their self-inflicted wounds) the rest will deposit and pattern around the remaining Democrat like iron filings drawn to a magnetic 20 20 field. Even in Washington’s gubernatorial race, Power of Negative Thinking we’ll predict statewide percentages in Novem- MUSIC ber unchanged from those seen in August, as an THE SCHADENFREUDE GUIDE TO HAPPINESS

incumbent-favoring electorate judges whether 18 our pitch-perfect, known governor warrants a ARE YOU happier than you were ally getting to be a pompous ass,” call up your friend the struggling

ART ART replacement by the unknown Dino Rossi. last year? Of course you are not! And or “I’m grateful that Cindy’s facelift actor who works at Red Lobster All this said, one state race offers uncertain- do you know why? No, it isn’t because makes her look like a scared rat, be- and lives with four roommates in ty—Commissioner of Public Lands, head of the the world is a sick and scary place cause she thinks she’s so hot, when a studio apartment, or your obese, 16 state Dept. of Natural Resources. run by maniacs and morons. You are what she really is, is just a plastic chain-smoking divorced friend. Af-

STAGE STAGE Here the incumbent, embroiled in a painfully unhappy because you are not search- shallow bitch!” Whew, doesn’t just ter spending time with these folks, well-documented sexual harassment complaint, ing for happiness the right way. listening to these fantastic entries you will feel great, because you are

15 faces a well-qualiﬁed challenger. Barely 1 point Forget about all those inspirational make you feel better, even though not them! It’s so simple. separates DNR chief Doug Sutherland from books on happiness. If you want to you don’t know Bob or Cindy? t4FBSDIGPSVOIBQQJOFTTJOPUIFST rancher Peter Goldmark—and that vulnerability truly increase your happiness quo- t1SBZ Prayer is a very powerful tool Forget about searching for happi- GET OUT has emboldened campaign contributions. Yes, tient, you have to think negatively, for happiness seekers, but instead ness within yourself, because it’s DNR is actually at risk of changing hands. which is the way most people think of just praying for wonderful things too exhausting, time-consuming 13 Couple potential instability in that agency’s 80 percent of the day anyway, if they to happen to you and those you and basically hopeless. Humans leadership with the departure of Sen. Harriet are being honest with themselves. love, try praying for bad things to measure themselves against each

WORDS Spanel and the arrival of new discharge stan- The key to consistent and attain- happen to those you hate. It’s easy! other, and ﬁghting that innate dards from the brethren Dept. of Ecology, and able happiness is schadenfreude, And you don’t have to feel guilty emotion is bound to stress you out.

8 surely the litmus issue in local 2008 politics re- which is a German word essentially because it’s not like you will actu- And stressed out people are not mains Lake Whatcom. With a change of leader- meaning “pleasure taken from some- ally be causing bad things to hap- happy—at least not unless they ship, Spanel’s seminal Lake Whatcom bill—which one else’s misfortune.” This word has pen. But a short communion with a see others who are more stressed

CURRENTS CURRENTS establishes this reservoir as a unique body of made its way into popular culture Superior Being could speed things out and possibly suicidal. Then water under Washington law—may come under as defining a moment of illicit thrill up a little in that department. You they feel better. The key is not 6 6 new scrutiny. when others, particularly those you don’t need to pray for something finding out what fills you with joy, Into this ferment Bellingham Mayor Dan Pike envy or dislike, experience pain or disastrous—just something that but what fills other, more success- VIEWS VIEWS VIEWS and Whatcom County Executive Pete Kremen disaster, but surprisingly nobody has upsets the seemingly perfect bal- ful people with despair. Once you joined Ecology water quality engineer Steve claimed it as a guiding principle to ance of someone’s life. Many of our nail that down, you will discover 4 Hood to address a capacity crowd at a City Club human happiness. followers have prayed for unfortu- that your life is not so bad com-

MAIL MAIL luncheon last week. Hood recently co-authored Here are some simple steps that will nate things to happen to people pared with those of arrogant peo- a report that indicates the impacts of land help increase your personal sense of they resent, like being passed over ple who are brought to their knees

3 development around Lake Whatcom must be well-being and inner harmony, based for a promotion or contracting a by things like ﬁnancial ruin and a

DO IT IT DO reduced by about 70 percent in order to meet on the suffering of others: partially curable sexually transmit- bad pre-nup. So take a look around

federal clean water standards. t,FFQ B TDIBEFOGSFVEF KPVSOBM ted disease. Sometimes all it takes at all the wretched souls out there

08 08 Describing the ﬁltration effects of forested Many happiness experts advocate to boost your happiness quotient is whose lives have been wracked

.03. lands within a watershed and the importance of gratitude journals, but how joyful praying for your nemesis to have a with pain, and stop looking for the 9 forest canopy, Hood explained to listeners that can you feel writing the same in- particularly painful bikini wax. happy person within.

.03 in effect we must “fool the lake” into believing sipid things like “I’m grateful for my t)BOH BSPVOE XJUI -PTFST Let’s Once you admit that hearing about 36

# the land clearing and urbanization encircling loving family,” or “I’m grateful for face it: Being around people whose the traumas of people you dislike fills its drainage basin is really not there. To that the sun and the flowers”? You need lives seem fabulous is not going to you with a sense of euphoria that end, local officials have done a pretty good job to start being grateful for things make you happy. Try to expand your you could never achieve just trying of gathering the low-hanging fruit, Hood said, that happen to others and not you! social circle to include more people to think positively or appreciate the including land acquisitions and land use revi- Several people who have tried the whose lives are significantly worse things you have, you will finally be sions. But, likening the fruit to black berries, schadenfreude happiness method than yours. You might think this happy. Or at least happier than others, Hood said the effort must now wade deeper into successfully have written journal would be depressing, but interest- and that’s what really matters. CASCADIA WEEKLY the thickets and approach much thornier and entries like this: “I’m grateful that ingly, it is a real high. Whenever Pamela Weiler Grayson lives in New

6 costlier issues. Bob lost his job because he was re- you have a bad day, you can just York. Kremen sketched the history of water quality efforts to date by both the county and city. VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY THE GRISTLE Pike distinguished himself by describing, in some detail, efforts the city will make moving forward, including stronger policing of water withdrawals from 34 the lake (so-called exempt wells) and a Thanks for riding WTA. FOOD greater commitment to take charge and

control of this municipal resource. 28 For Pete to focus on the past and Dan to focus on the future is reasonable, given the evolution of burden to protect COB’s municipal water supply, CLASSIFIEDS as well as COB’s superior access to revenues (utility fees) to fund solutions. 24

Pike also made keen observations FILM about the double-edge of property

ownership (it confers responsibility 20 and liability, he observed, as well as rights); and also lamentable observa- MUSIC tions about a proposed settlement of lawsuits ﬁled by taxing districts who collect revenues from timber harvests. 18

Lamentable, ﬁrst, because these ART lawsuits have not yet settled and carry with them certain disclosure covenants 16 the mayor may’ve breached in improvi- #1 in the nation

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delay in settling these lawsuits unduly 15 burdens those taxing districts—in transit ridership. particular, the Mount Baker School Dis- trict, which fails to collect a windfall GET OUT from timber harvests in the watershed on the order of $525,000... in a district 13 with an annual budget of $9.3 million!

These forest board funds are denied to WORDS most school districts in the state, and are a windfall to MBSD only as a con- 8 sequence of the school district’s happy proximity to state forest board lands.

Pike is correct to be concerned about CURRENTS children’s education being held hos- 6 tage to water quality concerns; yet the 6 reverse is equally true, as water quality VIEWS VIEWS concerns become hostage to wedge ar- VIEWS guments in a watershed that, as Hood 4 describes, needs its working forest canopy protected so very badly. Which MAIL

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Whatcom County, the largest of these, # which has agreed to forego these revenues to preserve water quality. Less generous is Skagit County, which continues to press its claims for timber harvests inside Bellingham’s drinking water supply. This is, at heart, what Spanel’s Lake CASCADIA WEEKLY Whatcom bill ultimately sought to ad- 7 dress, and settlement of claims does challenge a precarious legal and social balance. Tread softly, Mr. Mayor. currents newsnews commentary briefsbriefs

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THIS ELECTION matters because of realities—the realities of differences on the issues. But the Palin nomination is not basi- global warming, the economy, the Middle East, nuclear proliferation, civil cally about external realities and what Democrats call “issues,” GET OUT liberties, species extinction, poverty here and around the world, and on but about the symbolic mechanisms of the political mind—the and on. Such realities are what make this election so very crucial, and worldviews, frames, metaphors, cultural narratives, and stereo- 13 how to deal with them is the substance of the Democratic platform. types. The Republicans can’t win on realities. Her job is to speak

Election campaigns matter because who gets elected can change the language of conservatism, activate the conservative view of WORDS reality. But election campaigns are primarily about the realities of the world, and use the advantages that conservatives have in

8 voters’ minds, which depend on how the candidates and the external dominating political discourse. 8 realities are cognitively framed. They can be framed honestly or de- Our national political dialogue is fundamentally metaphori- ceptively, effectively or clumsily. And they are always framed from the cal, with family values at the center of our discourse. CURRENTS CURRENTS perspective of a worldview. Republican strength has been mostly symbolic. The McCain CURRENTS Republicans have long known this; and the choice of Sarah Palin as their campaign is well aware of how Reagan and W won—running vice presidential candidate reﬂects their expert understanding of the po- on character: values, communication, (apparent) authenticity, 6 litical mind and political marketing. Democrats who simply belittle the Pa- trust and identity—not issues and policies. That is how cam- lin choice court disaster. It must be taken with the utmost seriousness. paigns work, and symbolism is central. VIEWS The Democratic responses so far reﬂect external realities: She is in- Conservative family values are strict and apply via metaphori- 4 experienced, knowing little or nothing about foreign policy or national cal thought to the nation: good vs. evil, authority, the use issues; she is really an anti-feminist, wanting the government to enter of force, toughness and discipline, individual (versus social) MAIL

women’s lives to block abortion, but not wanting the government to responsibility, and tough love. Hence, social programs are im- guarantee equal pay for equal work, or provide adequate child health moral because they violate discipline and individual responsi- 3

coverage, or child care, or early childhood education; she shills for bility. Guns and the military show force and discipline. Man is IT DO the oil and gas industry on drilling; she denies the scientiﬁc truths of above nature; hence no serious environmentalism. The market

global warming and evolution; she misuses her political authority; she is the ultimate ﬁnancial authority, requiring market discipline. 08

opposes sex education and her daughter is pregnant; and, rather than In foreign policy, strength is use of the force. In fundamental- .03. 9 being a maverick, she is on the whole a radical right-wing ideologue. ist religion, the Bible is the ultimate authority; hence no gay

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But such truths may nonetheless be largely irrelevant to this cam- This is how John McCain was raised and how he plans to govern. # paign. That is the lesson Democrats must learn. They must learn the And it is what he shares with Sarah Palin. reality of the political mind. The Obama campaign has done this very well so far. The convention MCCAIN’S CHOICE events and speeches were orchestrated both to cast light on external Palin is the mom in the strict father family, upholding conserva- realities, traditional political themes, and to focus on values at once tive values. Palin is tough: she shoots, skins and eats caribou. She classically American and progressive: empathy, responsibility both for is disciplined: raising five kids with a major career. She lives her oneself and others, and aspiration to make things better both for oneself values: she has a Down syndrome baby that she refused to abort. CASCADIA WEEKLY and the world. Obama did all this masterfully in his nomination speech, She has the image of the ideal conservative mom: pretty, perky, 9 while replying to, and undercutting, the main Republican attacks. feminine, Bible-toting and fitting into the ideal conservative fam- But the Palin nomination changes the game. The initial response has ily. And she fits the stereotype of America as small-town America. been to try to keep the focus on external realities, the “issues,” and ILLUSION, CONTINUED ON PAGE 10 currents COMMENTARY

a lot of brains through repetition. 34 34 Palin will appeal strongly to conservative populists, attacking Obama FOOD and Biden as pointy-headed, tax-and-

28 28 spend, latté liberals. The tactic is to divert attention from difﬁcult realities to powerful symbolism. What Democrats have shied away CLASSIFIEDS from is a frontal attack on radical conservatism itself as an un-American 24 and harmful ideology. I think Obama

FILM FILM is right when he says America is based on people caring about each other and working together for a better future— 20 20 empathy, responsibility (both personal and social) and aspiration. These lead MUSIC to a concept of government based

on protection (environmental, con- 18 sumer, worker, health care, and retire-

ART ART ment protection) and empowerment (through infrastructure, public education, the banking system, the stock 16 market and the courts). Nobody can

STAGE STAGE achieve the American Dream or live an American lifestyle without protection

15 and empowerment by the government. Democracy Now! host and Weekly columnist Amy Goodman and her producers Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole The alternative, as Obama said in his Salazar report they were violently manhandled by law enforcement ofﬁcers following their arrest at the Repub- nomination speech, is being on your GET OUT lican National Convention in St. Paul this week. Goodman suffered facial injuries when she was slammed to the own, with no one caring for anybody ground while displaying her security credentials, resulting in a bloody nose. Goodman was arrested while ques- else, with force as a ﬁrst resort in tioning police about the unlawful detention of Kouddous and Salazar, who were arrested as they covered street 13 demonstrations at the RNC. Goodman’s crime appears to have been defending her colleagues and the freedom of foreign affairs, with threatened civil the press. A photographer for Associated Press was also arrested. All have been released from police custody. liberties and a right-wing government

WORDS making your most important decisions on the symbolic dimension of poli- for you. That is not what American de-

ILLUSION, FROM PAGE 9 8 8 tics that Republicans are so good at mocracy has ever been about. marketing. Just arguing the realities, What is at stake in this election are It is Reagan’s morning-in-America im- the issues, the hard truths should be our ideals and our view of the future, CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS age. Where Obama thought of capturing enough in times this bad, but the po- as well as current realities. The Palin the West, she is running for Sweetheart litical mind and its response to sym- choice brings both front and center. 6 of the West. bolism cannot be ignored. The initial Democrats, being Democrats, will And Palin, a member of Feminism for Democratic response to Palin—the mostly talk about the realities non- VIEWS VIEWS Life, is at the heart of the conserva- response based on realities alone— stop without paying attention to the tive feminist movement, which Ronee indicates that many Democrats have dimensions of values and symbolism. 4 Schreiber has written about in her recent not learned the lessons of the Reagan Democrats, in addition, need to call

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3 have barely paid attention to. conservative populism. A great many ideology of McCain and Palin, the

DO IT IT DO At the same time, Palin is master- working-class folks are what I call same ideology shared by Bush and

ful at the Republican game of taking “bi-conceptual,” that is, they are split Cheney. They share values antitheti-

08 08 the Democrats’ language and refram- between conservative and progressive cal to our democracy. That needs to

.03. ing it—putting conservative frames to modes of thought. Conservative on pa- be said loud and clear, if not by the 9 progressive words: reform, prosperity, triotism and certain social and family Obama campaign itself, then by the

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# the progressive narratives: she’s from see as “moral,” progressive in loving ican values. the working class, working her way the land, living in communities of care, Our task is to bring external realities up from hockey mom and the PTA to and practical kitchen table issues like together with the reality of the politi- mayor, governor and VP candidate. Her mortgages, health care, wages, retire- cal mind. Yet it is through cultural nar- husband is a union member. She can ment and so on. ratives, metaphors and frames that we say to the conservative populists that Conservative theorists won them understand and express our ideals. she is one of them—all the things that over in two ways: inventing and pro- CASCADIA WEEKLY Obama and Biden have been saying. mulgating the idea of “liberal elite” George Lakoff is the author of The Po-

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ART ART 08.28.08 THURSDAY 16 A grand jury in North Dakota indicts a Hells

STAGE STAGE Angel biker injured in a bar shooting at an annual motorcycle rally together with five members

15 of the rival motorcycle gang that assaulted him, a gang made up of law enforcement officers and More than 84,000 listeners crowded Denver’s Invesco Field last week to firefighters. Joseph McGuire, 33, was shot Aug. hear Barack Obama’s historic speech accepting his party’s nomination GET OUT 9 by vacationing Seattle Police Officer Ronald for President of the United States. Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware is Barack Smith, 43. Both men are charged with alternative Obama’s pick as vice presidential running mate. 13 counts of aggravated and simple assault. Other men charged include Customs and Border Pro-

WORDS tection officers Scott Lazalde of Bellingham and cued, aided by workers who stayed with the couple James Rector of Ferndale. until they were able to descend below cloud cover

8 8 from the 8,000-foot level of Spire Point near Dar- A Whatcom County Court Commissioner delivers rington. They were then retrieved by a helicopter. a maximum sentence to the 13-year-old boy who CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS helped start a fire in the Delft Square building A Bellingham seafood company recalls packages in Lynden. The teen is sentenced to 60 days of of pepper-smoked salmon that were distributed in 6 The aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk arrives in Puget Sound on its final voyage before decom- juvenile detention, two years of probation and seven states. According to a Food and Drug Adminis- missioning at Bremerton. 300 hours of community service, a punishment be- tration news release, the presence of listeria mono- VIEWS VIEWS yond what even prosecutors had recommended. A cytogenes was found by the company in routine second boy, accused of actually adding flammable testing of a package. No illness from the product is 4 08.26.08 materials to increase the fire, is scheduled for sen- reported.

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Classes begin for Lynden Christian schools. 3 Lynden School District cuts $600,000 from its SUNDAY

DO IT IT DO The Lynden School Board decides to review results of a sec- budget for the coming school year. School board

ond investigation into the conduct of Superintendent Dennis members passed a new budget that calls for retiring The Bellingham Herald reports an empty Amtrak

08 08 Carlson. The Lynden Tribune reports the investigations allege seven full-time staff positions and reduces spending train comes off the rails, injuring no one but caus-

.03. Carlson’s actions intimidated staff and were unprofessional. on after-school programs such as sports. ing a minor disruption in Labor Day travel. 9 09.02.08 .03 A 23-year-old Ferndale man turns himself in after allegedly A Swinomish tribal member drowns after a mis- 36 # raping a young girl in Maple Falls on Sunday. hap on a crab boat west of Blaine. Dean P. Dan, 50, TUESDAY of LaConner was pulling up crab pots when a large The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers prepares to repair a dam- wave knocked him into the water. Canadian Coast School begins for the remainder of the area’s pub- aged levee in Deming. A 2007 ﬂood damaged more than 3,000 Guard medics are unable to revive him. lic school districts, including Bellingham. feet of a Nooksack levee. Repairs are estimated at $808,000. 08.29.08 History is made as the Republican Party greets Researchers launch a couple of surveys to learn more about its ﬁrst woman to be nominated for Vice Presi-

CASCADIA WEEKLY FRIDAY how motorists drive in Whatcom, Skagit, and Island coun- dent of the United States at the GOP’s convention

12 ties. To participate in the public survey, visit nustats.com/ Two hikers who spent more than a day stranded in Minneapolis. northsound. on an 18-inch ledge in the North Cascades are res- currents POLICE BEAT :: INDEX

dio. Thus ended the evening’s audio war ININDEXDEX 34 between the neighbors. Both were berat- fuzzbuzz FOOD ed about the collateral cochlear conun-

LONELY PHONE drum their criminally creative cacophony 28 On Aug. 7, Blaine Police responded to a caused the non-combatant caller.” 911 hang-up call originating inside Blaine Middle School. Ofﬁcers deduced the On Aug. 25, Bellingham Police took mer- phone was defective and called for repair cy on a youth in the Lettered Streets af- CLASSIFIEDS service. Over the next several days, they ter a neighbor called to report his mother would be dispatched to the school again had been yelling at her son for what the 24

and again, only to conﬁrm fault with a caller described as “several hours.” FILM phone. On Aug. 16, an ofﬁcer investigat-

ed an early morning call with the sound FUNNY MONEY 20 of dialing in the background. The offi- On Aug. 26, state Republicans sought cer checked the area but found distance from Barack Obama’s MUSIC nothing suspicious. Finally, claim that he doesn’t “look the officer “called the num- like the other presidents on ber provided and received the currency” after Snohom- 18 an answering machine. Un- ish County Sheriff’s deputies ART known cause of the call,” the helped collect a series of $3 officer observed, “but it’s be- bills depicting the presiden- 16 lieved to be a phone problem.” tial nominee wearing Arab

A request to repair the problem headgear and leading a camel. STAGE was again made. Later that eve- The bills were featured at the

ning, officers were again dispatched Snohomish County Republican Party’s 15 to Blaine Middle School. “They arrived booth at the Evergreen State Fair in Mon- and determined the call originated with roe. A GOP volunteer brought them to the a faulty phone,” the report noted. “They fair, thinking they were funny. GET OUT been dispatched to the same location multiple times. An officer contacted a EX-SO’S M.O. 13 school employee who will be checking On Aug. 17, a man reported someone had into the problem and hopes to have it re- thrown bird seed and small dead fish on WORDS solved shortly.” Nothing further. his parked truck. The man told Blaine Po-

8 lice he suspected his ex-girlfriend, “be- CHANCE IN 2 a focus group of undecided but conservative vot- 8 SAME STUNT, DIFFERENT cause he knew that she had done similar ers expressed a negative initial opinion of John McCain's pick for RESULTS things to other people back when they 1 vice president, Sarah Palin. CURRENTS CURRENTS On Aug. 10, juveniles in Blaine dropped were blissfully together.” Police said CURRENTS a heavy object from a freeway overpass, they’d contact the the alleged vandal to CHANCE IN 2 a person polled on Aug. 29 said they'd never smashing the windshield of a motorist get her side of the story. 1 heard of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. 6 passing below. Police searched the area, VIEWS VIEWS but the villains were not located. Dam- BBQ CRIMES PERCENT OF ALASKANS who score Palin's performance as gov- age to the 2006 Nissan was estimated at On July 17, a woman ran out of the De- ernor "good to excellent." Of that group, 87 percent believe she's 4 about $300. ming IGA with two bags believed to con- lying about "TrooperGate," an incident where she allegedly pres- 64 sured and then ﬁred the state’s public-safety commissioner after tain beefsteaks. Sheriff’s deputies were MAIL he refused to dismiss her sister's ex-husband, a state trooper.

On Aug. 26, juveniles in Shelton dropped unable to capture the Prime suspect. a heavy object from a freeway overpass, 3 PERCENT OF AMERICANS who think women make better smashing the windshield of the ve- On July 19, a Southside woman told IT DO political leaders than men (69 percent say men and women make hicle passing below. The vehicle was a Bellingham Police her barbecue grill had 6 equally good leaders).

Washington State Patrol pursuit vehicle been stolen off her porch in the night. 08

whose occupant reported the incident, .03. 9 leading to the arrest of the youths. The On June 28, employees thwarted the POPULATION OF SNOHOMISH County. 669,900 Population of Alaska: 670,000. arrested teens said they thought their theft of several barbecue grills from a .03 36 stunt would be “funny.” store on Sunset Drive in Bellingham. # PERCENT OF THOSE polled who think Palin will hurt McCain's COCHLEAR CONUNDRUMS On Aug. 31, a man walked out of a Me- 29 chances in November rather than help them. On Aug. 22, Blaine Police visited Adelia ridian Street convenience store with a Street where “a resident living at Wits End cart full of stolen groceries. Belling- called police pleading for protection from ham Police were unable to recover the CHANCE IN THREE a political insider privately expressed relief the beeping noise blasting from a house groceries. to reporters that George W. Bush would not make an appearance

2 CASCADIA WEEKLY on Mitchell Street for hours,” police re- at the Republican National Convention in Minnesota this week. ported. “An ofﬁcer contacted two homes On Aug. 28, a person was reported 13 near the complainant: one agreed to turn swimming nude at Lake Padden. Bell- SOURCES: Frank Luntz/AARP focus group; USA Today/Gallup Poll; Rassmusen Re- off his loud music, and the other agreed ingham Police were unable to locate the ports; Pew Research Center; U.S. Census 2006 estimate; Zogby Poll; CNN Politico; ABC News; Minneapolis Star-Tribune to turn off the beeping alarm on her ra- swimmer.

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FILM FILM Growing Up With Garrison 20 20 RHUBARB AND POWDER MILK BISCUITS MUSIC afternoon, over the course of erently tuned to Minnesota Public Radio, where

the next 500 episodes—be- we could track the oddly mundane, yet some- 18 tween then and 1983—the how revelatory, trials and tribulations of Pastor

ART ART audience for “A Prairie Home Inqvist, Father Wilmar, sundry members of the Companion” grew exponen- Bunsen and Krebsbach clans and, of course, as- tially, capturing listeners far sorted Norwegian bachelor farmers. 16 and wide across the globe. The heedless ice ﬁshing, gigantic caramel

STAGE STAGE Currently, Keillor’s noisy rolls and endless tuna hot dish recipes struck LISTEN but melodic brainchild is car- a deep and resonate chord within our nostalgic WHAT: Garrison 15 ried by 580 radio stations in Midwestern hearts. For better or worse, Keil- Keillor will be the United States, Canada, lor became like some kind of crazy mischievous featured during a Ireland, England, Iceland, uncle to me.

GET OUT special “Chucka- nut Radio Hour” and Germany, generating a However, not everyone in our family appreci- WHEN: 7pm Tues., legion of more than four mil- ated his antics. 14 13 Sept. 16 at WWU’s lion weekly listeners. I recall vividly when, one time, after listen- Performing Arts The show’s immense and ing to him describe luteﬁsk as reminiscent of Center WORDS WORDS COST: Tickets are enduring popularity has “the afterbirth of a dog or the world’s largest sold out. Tune propelled Keillor to an in- chunk of phlegm,” my proud and normally un-

8 into KRME-LP ternational icon, helping flappable Norwegian-American grandmother 102.3 FM to hear enshrine him into the small winced in disgust. the broadcast but prolific lineage of bona INFO: 671-2626 or CURRENTS CURRENTS chuckanutradio- fide Minnesota-bred celebri- hour.com ties, a roster that includes CURRENTLY, KEILLOR’S 6 SEE Charles Lindbergh, Judy Gar- NOISY BUT MELODIC WHAT: A Prarie land, Bob Dylan, Prince, and VIEWS VIEWS Home Companion F. Scott Fitzgerald. BRAINCHILD IS CARRIED BY WHEN: 1:45pm Born in the bucolic, glori- 4 Sept. 6-7 ously nondescript hamlet of 580 RADIO STATIONS IN THE WHERE: Pickford MAIL MAIL Anoka, Minn., Keillor spent Cinema, 1416 UNITED STATES, CANADA, his youth alternately suffer- Cornwall Ave. 3 INFO: pick- ing through a strict and un- IRELAND, ENGLAND,

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08 08 vices at Plymouth Brethren—a fundamentalist GENERATING A LEGION OF

.03. Christian denomination he has since left—and 9 frolicking wild and free along the forested bluffs MORE THAN FOUR MILLION

.03 “THE STRONG point of radio,” Garrison Keillor once said, “is of the Mississippi River (a pastime he claims si- WEEKLY LISTENERS. 36

# that there’s no distractions. People are driving down the road and multaneously bolstered his spirits and fueled his you’re right there, whispering in their ear. They have nobody else creative aptitude). to talk to. It’s a lovely situation for spreading untruths and pulling Growing up in a family of long-suffering, “Uff-dah,” she growled, turning off the radio people’s legs.” churchgoing Scandinavians during the 1970s and in protest. “That man is a menace!” Keillor, who was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1994, has ’80s, the telltale places, hilarious characters and “You’d see me on the street and never think been pulling legs and tickling eardrums in a big way ever since his poignant over-the-top events Keillor described in I was an entertainer,” Keillor once noted. “Less world-renowned old-timey radio show, “A Prairie Home Companion,” and around his fictional Minnesota town of Lake is more. Quieter is better. The audience thinks CASCADIA WEEKLY commenced its first live broadcast on July 6, 1974 on the campus of Wobegone both reflected the plight of and be- ‘What’s this about?’ ‘What’s this leading to?’ And,

14 Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn. came enmeshed deep within my family’s lore. in the end, it doesn’t really lead to anything. Although there were a whopping 12 people in the Janet Wallace Come rain, shine or sub-Arctic blizzard, each But you’ve managed to keep their attention for Auditorium to witness Keillor and his friends performing that Saturday and every Saturday evening our radios were rev- hours. They feel satisﬁed. It’s a mystery.” LIBERTY doit INSIDE LAKE WOBEGON WORDS 734-4616 or brigid- collins.org at him, which was a burden SEPT. 3-6 he bore for many years as a BOOK SALE: A preview for SAT., SEPT. 6 34 regular on the show, “Whiz- the Friends of the Belling- BELLINGHAM MARKET: The Bellingham Farmers Market is Open year-round! FOOD zing Through With Whipple,” ham Library Used Book Sale happens from 3-6pm Wed. at open from 10am-3pm at the

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on the base of the Statue of be bold and free—and anony- day through Sept. 30 at the 3pm at Ferndale’s Hovander .03

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ART ART is iffy so, naturally, we head for DAY TRIP: From 8:30am- 10am-4pm Sun. at Bloedel Rainy Pass. 4pm, head to the North Donovan Park, 2214 Elec- Cascades Institute’s Learn- tric Ave. More than 2,000 Despite its name, Rainy Pass is 16 ing Center on Diablo Lake blooms from the best grow- situated at the point in the range for free Day Trip excursions, ers in the region will be on

STAGE STAGE where east meets west—the transi- including canoeing and for- display. Entry is free. tion zone between the wet western est and waterfall hikes. The WHATCOMCOUNTYDAHLIA event is ﬁrst come, ﬁrst SOCIETY.ORG 15 16 side of the mountains and the drier served. eastern high country. It’s a good bet (360) 856-5700 OR SUN., SEPT. 7 when the weather on our side is un- NCASCADES.ORG RIDE 542: Take advantage GET OUT GET OUT settled, and a chance to explore the SERVICE PROJECT: Join of the only day of the year high country with a reasonable hope the Nooksack Salmon En- that Hwy 542 is reserved for

13 cyclists as part of Ride 542, of staying dry. hancement Association which kicks off at 7:30am The Maple Pass loop begins—and for a service project from 10am-1pm along Squalicum in Glacier. Entry costs vary, WORDS ends—at the Rainy Pass trailhead Creek. Meet at Cornwall Park and there is no day-of reg- situated on Highway 20 and offers a on Meridian St. to remove istration.

WE ARRIVE AT THE TRAILHEAD IN—SURE NORKARECREATION.COM 8 scenic, concise and easy tour of the non-native invasive plant alpine wonderlands near the crest of species. SKAGIT FLATS: The Skagit ENOUGH—BRIGHT SUNSHINE AND HEAD Flats Marathon and Half- the range. 647-8955 OR N-SEA.ORG PLANT WALK: Master Marathon kicks off at 8am CURRENTS CURRENTS We arrive at the trailhead in—sure UP THE TRAIL THROUGH SWEET-SMELLING gardeners will lead a “Na- at the Burlington-Edison enough—bright sunshine and head FOREST. tive Plant Walk” at 10am at High School, 301 N. Burl- 6 up the trail through sweet-smelling Birch Bay State Park’s Ter- ington Blvd. The entry fee forest. Bypassing the turnoff for ter, everything goes white and the beyond Liberty Bell in a sea of bare rell Creek Interpretive Trail. is $50-$75. VIEWS VIEWS Lake Ann, we continue upward toward wind begins to blow. We eat dinner peaks. On the other side, the view The outing is free. SKAGITFLATSMARATHON.COM Maple Pass, enjoying ever-expanding beneath the tarp as the rain blows encompasses a wild horizon of blue 371-2800 GOLF TOURNEY: The “Lit- 4 tle Wishes” golf tournament views as we move above the tree sideways, making it challenging to and green ice and forest. FAMILY SAILING DAY: The Bellingham Corinthian held today at the Shuksan MAIL MAIL line. At the pass, the monumental stay even semi-dry. In the tent, we As the sun prepares to make its Yacht Club will host a free Golf Club will raise funds for peaks to the south come into view— lie awake and listen to the howling exit, we climb down to camp. By Blue Skies for Children. Cost Family Sailing Day from 3 Corteo, Storm King, Dome, and Gla- wind. It’s a long, mostly sleepless the time dinner is ready, the sky 10am-4pm at the Belling- is $85 per person or $340 ham Bay Community Boat for a four-person team.

DO IT IT DO cier peaks dominating a resplendent night. In the early morning the is ﬁlled with stars. We dine by the 312-9590 chorus line of jagged mountains. wind and rain ﬁnally let up and we ethereal light of the Milky Way and Center, 501 Harris Ave. Res- ervations are required.

08 08 Turning east, we follow the loop emerge bleary-eyed, grateful for watch tendrils of mist move toward MON., SEPT. 8 714-8891 OR DUTCH OVENS: Car campers .03. trail to its high point on a shoulder the chance to dry our wet gear in us from the valleys on both sides, SAILPADDLEROW.ORG 9 of Frisco Mountain, where we make the shafts of tentative sunlight. eventually meeting in the middle can learn more about feed- FARM WORKSHOP: “Fall ing themselves in the great

.03 camp on a sinuous ridge with a mil- By mid-morning the skies are and erasing the stars. in the Orchard: When is it outdoors at a free “Dutch

36 Ripe?” will be the topic of

# lion-dollar view. blue. Buoyed by this happy turn of Morning hummingbirds buzz us Oven Cooking” workshop at The morning breaks beneath clear events, we set off up Frisco Moun- as we break camp and hoist our a free workshop starting at 6pm at Lake Padden. Take 10:30am at Everson’s Cloud blue skies. We explore along the tain over rock and steeply pitched packs. We make our way down to- the east entrance and look Mountain Farm, 6906 Good- for the REI event tent. ridge as dark clouds begin to gath- gardens of blooming purple and ward Rainy Lake through sunlit gar- win Rd. 647-8955 er and when we return to camp we white heather. We ascend progres- dens of wildﬂowers. Alas, all good 966-5859 OR string our little tarp amongst the sively higher stone parapets, reach- things must come to an end and all CLOUDMOUNTAINFARM.COM TUES., SEPT. 9 krumholtz. Just in case. ing a small rock platform where we too soon we ﬁnd ourselves plunging SKATEFEST: The 10th an- BIKE 101: Learn how to CASCADIA WEEKLY No sooner are we done then rain drop our day packs and survey the down through the forest toward the nual Skatefest gets rolling keep your two-wheeler in at 1pm at the Ben Root tip-top shape at a free “Bike trailhead. We came for sun and got 16 begins to fall—big, heavy drops that 360-degree spectacle of wild moun- Skate Park on R Avenue in Maintenance 101” clinic at raise small clouds in the dust. As we tains. On one side, the burnt umber a little of everything—just a typical Anacortes. In addition to 6pm at REI, 400 36th St. hunker down beneath the small shel- teeth of the Early Winters spires rise weekend in the North Cascades. the competitions, there’ll 647-8955 doit STAGE SEPT. 3-10 BARD ON BEACH: Twelfth Night plays in repertory with The Tempest,

King Lear , and Titus Andronicus as stage part of Bard on the Beach through 34 Sept. 26 at Vanier Park in Vancouver,

THEATER DANCE PROFILES FOOD B.C. Tickets are $18-$33.

(877) 739-0559 OR 28 28 BARDONTHEBEACH.ORG THURS., SEPT. 3 BY AMY KEPFERLE GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Catch “The

Good, the Bad and the Ugly” at 8pm CLASSIFIEDS at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay

St. At 10pm, stick around for “The 24 Three Shows in One Project: Mad Comedy in the Making.” Cost is $5 for the early show, $3 for FILM ENTERTAINING FOR EPTING the late one. 733-8855 OR THEUPFRONT.COM 20 20 SEPT. 5-6

MIXED BAG: Teams of improvis- MUSIC ers will go head to head in a The-

atresports match at 9pm at the

Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. The 18 all-male group Rooster will take the ART ART stage at 9pm Sat. Admission is $8- $10. 17

733-8855 OR THEUPFRONT.COM 16 SEPT. 9-10 STAGE AUDITIONS: The Theater Arts Guild STAGE SEE IT will hold auditions for upcoming per- WHAT: Rick Epting Ben- formances of A Christmas Carol from 15 eﬁt Show 6-9pm at Mount Vernon’s Lincoln WHEN: 8pm Sat., Sept. 6 Elementary School, 1005 S. 11th St.

WHERE: Lincoln Theatre, There are parts for up to 60 actors GET OUT Mount Vernon of all ages. COST: $18-$24 (360) 770-8751 OR INFO: (877) 754-6284 or 13 THEATERARTSGUILD.ORG lincolntheatre.org WORDS CODY RIVERS DANCE PHOTO BY JOHN MELOY

WED., SEPT. 3 8 BALLROOM MOVES: Sentimental Journey will provide live tunes for a free Ballroom Dance happening from AUDIENCE MEMBERS lucky enough to score tickets Connor and co-conspirator Mike Ma- CURRENTS to the annual “Rick Epting Benefit for the Arts” happening Sat., thieu have been touring for the past 6-8pm at the Leopold, 1224 Cornwall Ave. Sept. 6, should take careful note of the seats they’re occupying five months, and he says they’re “very 6 733-3500 at the Lincoln Theatre. Without Epting’s help, they might not be much looking forward to being back in sitting there at all. the Fourth Corner.” FRI., SEPT. 5 VIEWS Before Epting’s untimely death in 2005, the musician and tire- The Dream Science Circus, another re- CONTRA DANCE: Live music and a caller will be part of the first Contra 4 less arts supporter was instrumental in the restoration campaign gional gem, will also take to the stage Dance of the season happening from for the historic Mount Vernon landmark, which was built in 1926 to astound and amaze theatergoers. 8-11pm at the Fairhaven Library, 1117 MAIL as a vaudeville and silent movie house. Featuring a Spanish motif With a wily blend of acrobatics, dance, 12th St. If you need instructions, and one of 98 Wurlitzer organs remaining in its original space, SEE IT comedy and pantomime, the performers there’ll be a 7:30pm lesson. Suggest- 3 WHAT: Rick Epting ed donation is $8-$10. today the restored theater features everything from movies to of this unique circus will draw you deep IT DO 676-1554 live theater to world-renowned bands and local talent shows. Benefit Show into their mystical blend of storytelling WHEN: 8pm Sat., Sept. 6

SAT., SEPT. 6 08 Not wanting his mission to falter, in 2006 friends of Epting WHERE: Lincoln Theatre, and physicality. Members have traveled AUDITIONS: Get ready for the up- formed the Rick Epting Foundation for the Arts with the aim to the globe to share their “dreams,” and .03.

Mount Vernon 9 coming 2008/2009 season at the keep his legacy of supporting the arts in Skagit County alive. The COST: $18-$24 their show shouldn’t be missed. Mt. Baker Ballet by auditioning from INFO: (877) 754-6284 annual beneﬁt show, now entering its third year, raises money Fans of comedy created on the spot 12:30-4pm at the Nancy Whyte Stu- .03

or lincolntheatre.org 36 needed for nonproﬁt groups to promote live performances and will be glad to see the improvisational dio, 1412 Cornwall Ave. # continue serving the community. antics provided by mainstage members 734-9141 OR You’ll likely forget you’re at the Lincoln Theatre for a cause of Bellingham’s Upfront Theatre. Utilizing suggestions from the NANCYWHYTEBALLET.COM once the curtains go up. Touted as “three shows in one,” the audience, the actors will bring their offerings to life, and may SCOTTISH DANCE: The Skagit Scot- night will feature performances from the Cody Rivers Show, the provide some standup comedy as well. tish Country Dancers invite the public Dream Science Circus, and members of the Upfront Theatre. Throughout the night, as audience members laugh and gasp at to a Ceilidh at 7pm at Anacortes’ De- pot Arts Center, 611 R Ave. Admission “We are doing almost all-new material which will be debuted at the troika of talent taking the stage as part of the beneﬁt, they is $6 per person or $15 per family. CASCADIA WEEKLY the Lincoln,” says Andrew Connor, one half of the creatively combus- should remember that it’s thanks to people like Rick Epting—those SKAGITSCD.ORG tible sketch comedy duo that is the Cody Rivers Show. “That stuff who believe the arts are a vital part of any healthy community and 17 is currently in development, and we will be mixing in a few really do what they can to ensure they continue—that they’re able to obscure pieces from the past, revised and revamped.” be there at all. doit

34 34 EVENTS FOOD visual WED., SEPT. 3 CALL FOR ART: Skilled artists and artisan 28 28 GALLERIES OPENINGS PROFILES vendors from Whatcom, Skagit, Island, and Snohomish counties can sign up now to take part in the Fall Harvest Festival happening Sept. 27 in Mount Vernon. CLASSIFIEDS (360) 336-5087

24 FRI., SEPT. 5 OPEN HOUSE: Attend an Open House for a new

FILM FILM BY AMY KEPFERLE art space from 6-10pm at Jinx, 306 Flora St. The night will feature works by Richard Olmstead and others, as well as live music. 20 20 920-4216 FIRST FRIDAY: The monthly Art Walk happens MUSIC Art Walk from 6-9pm at various venues in downtown Anacortes. The event is free.

NEW NAME, NEW CONCEPT ANACORTESART.COM 18 18 18

ART ART TUES., SEPT. 9 ART “ART IS ALL AROUND US, AND FACES OF BURMA: Dennis Walton will present “Faces of Burma,” a photographic portrait of

16 WE SHOULD BE CELEBRATING Myanmar, at 12:30pm at the Whatcom Museum of History and Art, 121 Prospect St. The event is free, and participants can bring their lunch STAGE STAGE IT ALL THE TIME.” along. — GRETCHEN BJORK, WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG 15 DOWNTOWN RENAISSANCE MEMBER ONGOING EXHIBITS GET OUT Although walls full of art are still one of the main ALLIED ARTS: “Seeing From Within, A Retro- draws of the monthly event, Bjork and other DRN spective and Celebration of Life, Tammy Zlot- 13 members are encouraging venues to think outside nik, 1963-2007” shows through Sept. 6 at Allied the box. Arts, 1418 Cornwall Ave. 676-8548 WORDS For the inaugural event, you can still peruse ex- ARTWOOD: Woodworker Michael Flaherty will hibits at more traditional spaces such as the Blue be featured through September at Artwood Gal-

8 Horse Gallery, Allied Arts, Waterfront Artists Stu- lery, 1000 Harris Ave. dio Collective, WFA Dream Space studios, and more. 647-1628 See Erin Libby’s “Walking with Moonchild” at the Blue Horse Gallery as part of the Art Walk New are events such as “The BELLINGHAM RAILWAY MUSEUM: The mu-

CURRENTS CURRENTS Art of Paella” at the Temple seum is open to the public from noon-5pm Tues. DURING THE past few weeks, you may have seen posters Bar, which pairs outdoor din- and Thurs.-Sat. at 1320 Commercial St. 393-7540 6 touting the new Art Walk pasted on bulletin boards and windows ing with a special dinner by BLUE HORSE: Erin Libby’s retrospective, “A throughout downtown Bellingham. The image is simple: a cross- Paellaworks Catering’s Knut Creative Life: Visions of the Fantastic” shows VIEWS VIEWS ing signal features the ﬂashing word “ART” with the symbol of a Christianson. Left Right through Sept. 27 at the Blue Horse Gallery, 301 human in motion representing the letter “R.” Left will host a trunk show W. Holly St. 4 According to Downtown Renaissance Network member Gretchen SEE IT featuring local jewelry art- 671-2305 WHAT: Art Walk

MAIL MAIL FERNDALE LIBRARY: The Whatcom Art Guild’s Bjork—the owner of shoe store Left Right Left and upscale fur- WHEN: 6-10pm, Fri., ist Yellow Dame, and Back- nishing establishment, Digs—the Art Walk is a new and improved country Essentials will high- “Fall Art Exhibit” shows through Oct. 2 at the Sept. 5

3 Ferndale Public Library, 2222 Main St. The work WHERE: Downtown version of the longtime Gallery Walk. light Entertwined Designs, of 25 artists is on display. Bellingham

DO IT IT DO “A group of business owners have been talking about the prob- Heather Fitzstarawn’s hemp 384-3647 lems we have with how the Gallery Walk was,” Bjork, 30, says. INFO: downtownbel- clothing and textiles—and lingham.com GOOD EARTH: Nature-based ceramic designs

08 08 “Nobody knew when it was because it was kind of random and the that’s just the beginning. by Gene Buckley and Cheryl Lee will be featured through September at Good Earth Pottery, 1000 .03. months weren’t consistent. Plus, we felt the words ‘Gallery Walk’ To get new venues to participate, Bjork says 9 excluded a lot of other venues that have art in them.” they’re offering monthly rates. Nonproﬁts can sign Harris Ave. 671-3998 OR GOODEARTHPOTS.COM

.03 When the Art Walk makes its debut Fri., Sept. 5, 22 venues up for $50, and it’ll be $65 for regular folks to take HISTORICAL MUSEUM: View “Lost Cities of 36 # will take part in the new format, which aims to keep to a regular part. Scholarships will also be available for inde- Skagit: Rediscovering Places of Our Past” until schedule. Every ﬁrst Friday of the month—except for this Octo- pendent artists and others who may not be able to Nov. 2 at La Conner’s Skagit County Historical ber, when it’ll happen on the second Friday—galleries, restau- participate otherwise. Above all, Bjork notes, they Museum, 501 South 4th St. rants, businesses and studios will stay open later than usual so want downtown to be a vibrant hub every ﬁrst Fri- (360) 466-3365 OR SKAGITCOUNTY.NET the public can better partake of their offerings. day of the month. INSIGHTS: Anne Schreivogl’s “Last Splash of “We changed the name to Art Walk so it includes different kinds “Art is all around us, and we should be celebrat- Summer” exhibit can be see through Sept. 30 at Insights Gallery, 516 Commercial Ave., Ana- of venues,” Bjork says. “We’re hoping to see everything from cu- ing it all the time,” Bjork says. “I think the new cortes. CASCADIA WEEKLY linary arts to performance arts and music. Because it’s now being energy will be contagious and the audience will (360) 588-8044 OR INSIGHTSGALLERY.COM 18 put on by the Downtown Renaissance Network, we thought it made grow. I think the more reasons people have to come sense to match it to the downtown branding that’s going on.” downtown and enjoy it, the better.” doit

34 34 MINDPORT: Sculptures, paintings, ceramics and

more are on display as part of the multi-artist FOOD “Off the Edge” exhibit on display through Sept. 28 at Mindport Exhibits, 219 W. Holly St. Admis- 28 28 sion is $2. 647-5614 OR MINDPORT.ORG MONA: Glass artist Ginny Ruffner’s “Aesthetic Engineering: The Imagination Cycle” can be pe- CLASSIFIEDS rused through Oct. 5 at La Conner’s Museum of Northwest Art, 121 S. First St. 24 (360) 466-4446 OR MUSEUMOFNWART.ORG ONE OF ONE: “Untied,” featuring the paper art- FILM FILM istry of Helen Hiebert, is currently on display at Bison Bookbinding’s One of One gallery, 1420

N. State St. 20 BISONBOOKBINDING.COM

PAPERDOLL: Libby Chenault’s “Fascination: MUSIC Portraits in Thread” shows through Sept. 6 at the Paperdoll, 1200 10th St.

19 738-DOLL 18 PEACE ARCH PARK: The annual Peach Arch Park ART ART ART International Sculpture Exhibit is open through Oct. 1 at Blaine’s Peace Arch Park.

332-7165 OR PEACEARCHPARK.ORG 16 PUBLIC MARKET: An exhibit featuring photos

from the demolition of Georgia-Paciﬁc build- STAGE ings by Tore Ofteness will show through October at the Bellingham Public Market, 1530 Cornwall Ave. 15 647-8006 QUILT MUSEUM: “Paths to Edo: Quilts from Ja- GET OUT pan” and “Sashika Old & New: Works of Kazuko Yoshiura” can be seen through Sept. 21 the La

Conner Quilt & Textile Museum, 703 South 2nd 13 St. (360) 466-4288 OR LACONNERQUILTS.COM WORDS SMITH/VALLEE: Jack Gunter’s “Where Pigs Fly” exhibit will be on display from 11am-5pm every

Fri.-Sun. through Sept. 28 at Edison’s Smith/ 8 Vallee gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave. The 25-year retrospective features Gunter’s championship ﬂying mammal. CURRENTS CURRENTS (360) 305-4892 VILLAGE BOOKS: “Messages Home” shows 6 through September at Village Books, 1200 11th St. VIEWS VIEWS 671-2626 WHATCOM MUSEUM: “World of the Shipwright” is currently on display at the Whatcom Museum, 4 121 Prospect St. MAIL MAIL 778-8930 OR WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG

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08 08 .03. 9 .03 36 # CASCADIA WEEKLY Shirley Erickson’s mixed-media works are on display as part of the “Off the Edge” exhibit on 19 display at Mindport through Sept. 28 Rumor Has It 3 INCHES OF Blood at the Wild Buffalo? I know.

When I saw the show listed on the Buff’s cal- 34 34 music endar, I had to shake my head and do a double take too. While I’ve been open to the possi- FOOD PREVIEWS RUMOR HAS IT bility that anything can happen at the Wild

28 28 Buffalo since DeVotchka played there, I don’t know that I was quite prepared for “anything” to come in the form of 3 Inches of Blood. But I am glad it does. The show, which happens Sept. CLASSIFIEDS 6—a Sunday, so plan accordingly—and also features Full Frontal Assault and Super Happy 24 Story Time Land. While we may all be familiar

FILM FILM musicPREVIEW with what FFA has to offer (a ferocious punk/ metal hybrid that, frankly, scares me a little), Sequim’s Super Happy Story Time Land may be 20 20 20 a bit more of a mystery around these parts. BY CAREY ROSS They are self-described purveyors of “punish- MUSIC MUSIC ing metal with uplifting lyrics and a positive

message,” and claim to be “Disneyland meets 18 Cannibal Corpse and the Partridge Family at

ART ART 3 Inches of Blood the same time.” It’s a RAISE THE DEVIL HORNS little hard to wrap the mind around. But I do 16 black metal, metalcore, thrash metal and know SHSTL will make

STAGE STAGE power metal are just a few that come to a delightful coun- mind—and at some point or another, 3 terpoint to 3 Inches

15 Inches of Blood has been classified and of Blood’s “we’re alll claimed by each. However, the band itself doomed—and I mean remains unconcerned with such classifica- really, really doomed” GET OUT tions, content to be who and what they lyrical content. are, evolving as they see fit. The general Another show that 13 genre of heavy metal was good enough for I’m pretty excited the bands they claim as influences—Judas about is an upcom-

WORDS Priest, Iron Maiden, and the like—so it’s ing WhAAM fund- good enough for raiser featuring Ja- BY CAREY ROSS

8 them. panther, No-Fi Soull Despite all this Rebellion, Little Party and the Bad Business, classiﬁcation con- and 10 Killing Hands. It’s been too long since

CURRENTS CURRENTS troversy, it is worth we’ve seen the likes of Japanther around these noting that the parts, which propels their Sept. 16 show at the 6 band’s most recent Nightlight into the realm of long-awaited and release, 2007’s Fire much-anticipated. Advance tickets are $7 and VIEWS VIEWS HEAR Up the Blades, deﬁ- are available at Everyday Music, and the whole nitely trends more thing, as I mentioned, is a beneﬁt for WhAAM,

4 WHO: 3 Inches of Blood, Full Frontal toward the black an organization with big goals but little money

MAIL MAIL Assault, Super Happy metal end of the to make them a reality. (In the spirit of full Story Time Land spectrum than their disclosure, it should be noted that I recently

3 WHEN: Sun., Sept. 7 previous efforts. joined WhAAM’s board of directors because, as I WHERE: Wild Buffalo,

DO IT IT DO Maybe it’s because have said many, many times before, I believe a 208 W. Holly St. COST: $8 advance, that’s what guitar- self-sustaining all-ages music venue to be vital

08 08 $10 day of show ists Shane Clark and to the health and well-being of the arts com- MORE INFO: wildbuf- .03. Justin Hagberg, munity in any town.) 9 falo.net who penned all the If it seems like the Sweaty Sweaters are ev-

.03 THEY WEAR spikes and leather, sing songs titled things album’s songs, were erywhere these days, well, it’s because they 36

# like “Destroy Orcs” and “Through the Horned Gate,” and feature into at the time, but personally, I think are. Since releasing their new album, Care, in a vocalist that isn’t afraid to get in touch with his inner Rob this black metal bent can be ascribed to mid-August, it feels a little like the band has Halford. No wonder people have mistaken Vancouver’s 3 Inches the fact that they wrote the entire thing spent more time onstage than off. They’re cur- of Blood for a joke metal band. But a joke they are most certainly while holed up in the heavy metal bastion rently at the beginning of a month-long Mon- not, and one could easily argue that, if this were the early ’80s, of Tacoma, Wash. Whatever the reason, this day-night run at the Green Frog, and you can 3 Inches of Blood would simply be some of the metalest dudes effort hits harder and faster and sounds also catch them this Sat., Sept. 6 at the Wild around, rather than a oft-suspected parody of the same. darker than previous releases, and also has Buffalo, and they’ll also play—along with a CASCADIA WEEKLY However, people in general have never really known what to the sound of a band that is leaning less and whole slew of your favorite local bands—at a

20 make of 3 Inches of Blood. Much more so than other types of less on its inﬂuences and creating a sound big ol’ beneﬁt for Homes For Our Troops Sept. music, metal is fractured into a number of distinct subgenres— BLOOD, CONTINUED ON PAGE 21 13 at Boundary Bay. musicPREVIEW musicPREVIEW

BLOOD, BY CAREY ROSS

FROM PAGE 20 34 34 they can claim as their own. FOOD While some folks may have a By the Power of… hard time wrapping their mind 28 around the kind of music 3 Inches GRAYSKUL of Blood so expertly creates—af- Brunch ter all, it is hard and fast and fan- create a darker and more mystical Sat & Sun 10-2 tastic in lyrical content—those brand of hip-hop. Dubbing them- CLASSIFIEDS who speak out in defense of the selves Grayskul, the duo estab- Sleep in and genre point to the near-impossi- lished itself by opening for Eyedea 24

ble level of technical skill it takes and Abilities, before cranking out still get breakfast! FILM to create a truly good metal song. Deadlivers, a release that quickly Late Risers Welcome 20 20 And while preachers and parents caught the attention of the under- 20 may be afraid of heavy metal, any ground hip-hop community. $4 Cajun Bloody Marys & Cajun Coffees true music fan should be awe- However, while necessity may in- MUSIC MUSIC struck by the musicianship it re- deed be the mother of invention, quires to not only crank out killer when it comes to Grayskul, creativ- guitar riffs at hyperspeed, but ity is the mother of reinvention, as 18 also to have each one sound dis- evidenced on their latest release, ART tinctly different than the next. 2007’s Bloody Radio. Designed to Hearing all this top-notch mu- both show the dexterity of Ozzborn 16 sicianship in its recorded form and JFK, as well as turn a genre that

is one thing, but the proof is in WHILE SEATTLE may boast has, like so many others, recently STAGE the performance pudding, and 3 a musical legacy built on a founda- become fractured into ill-deﬁned

Inches of Blood is a band with a tion of ﬂannel and angst, truth is, subgenres, on its ear, the album is a 15 well-earned reputation for leav- musicians of all stripes ﬁnd them- mash-up of sounds and styles, fea- ing it all on the stage at every selves nestled in the Emerald City’s turing cameos by the likes of Aesop show. And they’d better be in rainy but musically welcoming em- Rock, Slug, and Pigeon John—not GET OUT top form, because they’ll be tak- brace. In fact, the city is home to to mention former Pretty Girls Make ing the stage at their Sun., Sept. a hip-hop community that has, in Graves alum Andrea Zollo. 13 7 show at the Wild Buffalo right recent years, grown exponentially in Lest you think Grayskul is simply after Bellingham’s best purvey- both strength and numbers. an exercise in hip-hop explora- WORDS ors of “melodic death punk,” Full Hip-hop in Seattle, as in many tion, it should be noted that the

Frontal Assault, who owe their places, tends to be a group ef- duo’s songs are still rife with the 8 legions of loyal local fans both fort, and no group is more proliﬁc kind of message and substance that to their all-out live show, as well or prominent than the Oldominion are their stock in trade. But don’t as a work ethic that gives their collective, which counts among its take my word for it—you’ll have CURRENTS music its razor-sharp edge. offshoots Boom Bap Project, Sleep, your chance to see this duo in ac- Judging from the band’s pre- Norman, and Snafu. In the world of tion when they play Sept. 4 at the 6 vious appearances, Bellingham underground hip-hop, Oldominion Rogue Hero. boasts a sizey contingent of is unquestionably inﬂuential and VIEWS metal fans, proving that, de- its artists undeniably innovative. Grayskul, Dim Mak, Smoke, and Xperi- 4 spite the rumors they might be Four years ago, two such artists, ence play at 8pm Thurs., Sept. 4 at the a joke band, 3 Inches of Blood’s Onry Ozzborn and JFK—along with Rogue Hero, 1313 N. State St. Cost: $4. MAIL

lethal brand of metal is no on-again, off-again bassist Rob More info: myspace.com/themighty- laughing matter. Castro—decided to hook up and conquest 3 DO IT IT DO

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gear 24 was freed from the nagging ailments and experienced that approach, Aries. Retreat may be the strongest 18 Fit a thorough rejuvenation. I suggest you seek out the move you can make right now; surrender could turn 20 Inactive equivalent treatment, Libra: Push the reset button. FILM 22 “Happy Birthday out to be a masterstroke. But in order to get the most SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “The reality of love is ___” out of this strategy, you’ve got to keep your ego from mutilated when it is removed from all its unreality.” So 23 Men’s 4x100 meter injecting its agendas into situations. Don’t act out of 20 said the French philosopher Gaston Bachelard in his book medley relay win- shame or pride; don’t humble yourself excessively or be burning for revenge. Be objective, neutral, poised. The Poetics of Reverie. He meant that realism alone is not ners at the 2008 enough for human beings to live on, especially in our MUSIC TAURUS (April 20-May 20): One of my favorite Olympics most intimate relationships. We need fantasy to augment memories is gazing into my Taurus daughter’s face just

24 Latvia’s capital the merely factual perspective. We require poetic truths moments after her complicated birth. She had been 27 Giants shortstop to keep the rational approach honest. Without the play of 18 through a heroic ordeal that scared the hell out of me, Vizquel the imagination, in fact, our understanding of the world and yet she looked calm, beatiﬁc, and amused. “She’s ART 28 “___ the season to is impoverished and distorted. In this spirit, Scorpio, I part-Buddha and part-elf,” I thought to myself as I be jolly” invite you to be extra daydreamy and imaginative about held her in my arms. I saw elegant compassion blended 33 Poetry compe- love in the coming days. Feed your soul and the souls of with wise playfulness, two states I had never before 16 tition those you love with experiences that arouse mystery and witnessed in the same person. This unexpected marvel 35 Wedding wonder. (P.S. Nietzsche said: “We have art in order not to

imprinted me deeply, and has informed my work ever STAGE Flippin’ Sweet perish of truth.”) exchanges since. Do you have a comparable memory, Taurus? A THAT’S HOW IT’S GONNA BE 37 Chopin piece time when a key to your destiny was revealed to you? A SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): A teacher you 38 Baseball Hall- turning point when you got a gift that has fueled your will ultimately feel a strong need to learn from has 15 of-Famer Ryan recently become known to you, or will soon become final episode was 44 They’re pulled quest for years? This is not only a good time to revisit Across 41 Complain loudly that breakthrough; it’s also a ripe moment to ask life known. A series of lessons you will benefit from study- the third-most- from the shell, in 1 Not a lot 42 “The Year of for another one. ing throughout 2009 is already revealing its contours. I GET OUT watched scripted a Squeeze song suggest you do some meditation and free-writing about 4 A followers the ___” (1984 GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The governor of Min- show in U.S. title these developments. Making your intuitions more con- 7 “Would You Like designation by nesota has a wife who loves to go fishing. Tim Pawlenty history 48 ___ Kippur scious will prime your deep psyche for the work ahead, 13 to Buy ___?” Newsweek) told radio station WCCO that his wife Mary is smitten 26 Philosopher David 51 One of five helping it to attract the experiences you’ll require to (“Sesame Street” 43 “WALL-E” co- with the sport. She is genuinely driven to cast her bait Hume, for one children born at prepare for your future educational assignments. song) releaser into the lake in quest of the catch. “Now, if I could WORDS 29 Exasperated the same time, 10 Smog watchdog: 45 Put under only get her to have sex with me,” the governor added, CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “The whole history exhalation slangily abbr. suggesting that her passion for intimate union with him of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions 46 Campaign encap-

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