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At thePhoenix.com F FOIA’d again: Balancing privacy of gun owners and government transparency comes to Maine, igniting this Just in passions and sparking contrary actions by Republican Governor Paul LePage. embracing radicalism Extremism in defense of climate justice is no vice Excerpted from a longer essay, which you can read in full at thePhoenix.com. Agency, the World Bank, and Pricewater- houseCoopers were releasing reports that I want to say a word for radicalism — would surely have been called “alarmist” if ffor the role of the radical in building a issued by climate advocates. (As it happened, movement to confront climate change, the the reports were barely mentioned by major most urgent crisis human beings have ever news outlets.) The generally conservative IEA faced. I want to start with two scenes, and affirmed that at least two-thirds of proven two speakers, who embody the impera- fossil-fuel reserves must stay in the ground tives, and the limitations, of the moment in between now and 2050 in order to have a shot which we find ourselves. at keeping the global average temperature July 26, 2011 Inside a federal courtroom in from rising more than 2 degrees C (3.6 F), the Salt Lake City, Utah, a 30-year-old climate ac- internationally agreed-upon “red line.” (In tivist named Tim DeChristopher is sentenced its 2011 report, the IEA concluded that un- to two years in prison and a $10,000 fine for less a massive global shift to clean-energy disrupting a Bureau of Land Management infrastructure begins in earnest within auction of oil and gas leases back in Decem- five years — make that four now — we’ll be ber 2008. Registered as Bidder #70, he man- “locked in” to catastrophic warming.) The aged to win bids worth $1.8 million for some World Bank warned that we’re on track for 4 22,000 acres of public land near Canyonlands degrees C (7.2 F) this century — which it says National Park — bids he had no way of pay- is quite likely beyond adaptation, and “must ing. He had acted spontaneously, on his be avoided.” The analysts at PwC, in a report conscience, engaged in nonviolent resistance titled “Too Late for Two Degrees?,” concluded to the heedless new extraction of fossil fuels that we’ve “passed a critical threshold,” and that are catastrophically heating the planet that we should prepare for 4 degrees, or even and threatening innumerable innocent lives. 6 degrees (10.8 F), this century, unless the Weeks before his sentencing, DeChris- carbon-intensity of the global economy can topher told Rolling Stone’s Jeff Goodell: “I’m a be reduced by an unprecedented 5 percent per mith taylor climate-justice activist. . . . We want a radi- S year for the next 40 years. cally different world. We want a healthy, just To put that conclusion in perspective: world.” But first, he said, “we need to get the janet one of the world’s leading climate scientists, fossil fuel industry out of the way. First we’ve Kevin Anderson at the UK’s Tyndall Centre, got to overthrow the corporate power that is change. Flanked by Kevin Knobloch, presi- day in November, and I had to wonder: if has said that 4 degrees C would be “incom- running our government.” He understands dent of the Union of Concerned Scientists, Markey was as serious as he sounded about patible with an organized global commu- what that requires. “It will involve confronta- and Mindy Lubber, representing $11 trillion in climate change, what kind of “bold” action nity.” The US government’s draft National tion and it will involve sacrifice.” assets as the director of the Investor Network would match the necessity of the moment Climate Assessment, released in January, At his sentencing, standing before the on Climate Risk, Markey displays satellite and his rhetoric invoking the grand radical suggests that we’re on track for 9 to 15-de- federal judge, DeChristopher concludes photos of Boston illustrating that huge sec- tradition in American history? grees Fahrenheit warming over most of the a long, eloquent statement that spreads tions of the city — like the entire Back Bay Certainly nothing that he or any other United States within this century. across the Internet and galvanizes a growing — would be underwater if Sandy had hit the politician in Washington, including (espe- Unless, that is, we drastically change climate-justice movement: Hub instead of New York and New Jersey. cially) President Obama, has ever proposed course. “This is not going away. At this point of But Markey isn’t there just to talk about comes anywhere close. Even the doomed It seems fairly obvious that the reason unimaginable threats on the horizon, this disaster response or building seawalls in Bos- 2009 “cap-and-trade” bill that Markey co- we don’t hear politicians, or the “serious” is what hope looks like. In these times of a ton Harbor. He’s there to demonstrate his se- authored — the strongest, indeed the only, people in our media, talking (at least in morally bankrupt government that has sold riousness on confronting climate change, an comprehensive national climate legislation public) about this situation — the true grav- out its principles, this is what patriotism issue that had until that week gone all but ever to pass either chamber of Congress — ity of it — is that to grapple with this in any looks like. With countless lives on the line, unmentioned in the election campaign and aimed merely to cut emissions 17 percent real way, to propose anything that would this is what love looks like, and it will only in the mainstream political media. below 2005 levels by 2020 (the same amount, actually begin to address it with the neces- grow. The choice you are making today is “As the Minutemen responded, so must as it happens, that Obama meekly pledged sary urgency at the national and global level, what side are you on.” we,” Markey tells his audience, calling for at the failed UN climate talks in Copenha- would simply sound too extreme, if not out- A month after DeChristopher speaks those an unspecified “bold plan” from Washing- gen that year). Compare that with what the right crazy. Leave fossil fuels in the ground? words, the largest civil-disobedience action ton to cut greenhouse emissions and prevent scientific consensus, as represented by the You must be joking. Why, that would mean in a generation begins in front of the White future “devastation.” Global warming, if UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate canceling the Keystone pipeline! It would House, where 1253 climate activists are ar- unaddressed, could lead to “events so hor- Change, says is required if we’re to have a mean putting Alberta’s tar sands, the second rested protesting the Keystone XL pipeline, rific,” he says, that they could “dwarf” other chance of stabilizing the climate: at least largest pool of carbon on the planet, off lim- the project that would tap the second-largest catastrophes in human history. In his final 25 to 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2020. its! Who are you kidding? Be serious! (Never- carbon deposit on Earth. (Last Sunday, Febru- remarks, Markey intones, with what sounds (Using the internationally recognized 1990 mind that a group of 18 top climate scientists ary 17, tens of thousands more converged on like real passion: baseline, the Obama-Waxman-Markey tar- signed a letter to Obama last month urging Washington to demand that Barack Obama “The American Revolution, it started get would amount to a roughly 4 percent re- him to reject the pipeline to demonstrate the reject the pipeline once and for all.) here. The abolitionist movement, it started duction by 2020.) Those emissions targets are “seriousness of his climate convictions.”) November 4, 2012 It’s the Sunday before here. The women’s movement, it started based on the IPCC’s most recent assessment, This is the reality — or the surreality — of Election Day, a week after Hurricane Sandy’s here. The anti-Vietnam movement, it published in 2007, and its new report — due the historical moment in which we find our- hellish landfall, and Congressman Ed Mar- started here. . . . The Freedom Riders, going to be published later this year and next — is selves. At this late hour in the climate crisis, key stands before a capacity crowd inside South in the ‘60s, they left on buses from expected to paint a far darker picture. Global with the clock ticking down on civilization, the Town Hall of Arlington, Massachusetts. here. . . . [Global warming] is our genera- emissions are setting new records, currently to be serious about climate change — based, Hundreds of constituents have gathered on 48 tional challenge. The preceding generations rising roughly 3 percent per year. mind you, on what science and not ideology hours notice for what the congressman has accepted their challenges.” Around the time that Markey spoke prescribes — is to be radical. billed as an “emergency meeting” on climate I was at Arlington Town Hall that Sun- in Arlington, the International Energy _Wen Stephenson 4 February 22, 2013 | the portland phoenix | portland.t hephoenix.com

At thePhoenix.com F FOIA’d again: Balancing privacy of gun owners and government transparency comes to Maine, igniting this Just in passions and sparking contrary actions by Republican Governor Paul LePage. embracing radicalism Extremism in defense of climate justice is no vice Excerpted from a longer essay, which you can read in full at thePhoenix.com. Agency, the World Bank, and Pricewater- houseCoopers were releasing reports that I want to say a word for radicalism — would surely have been called “alarmist” if ffor the role of the radical in building a issued by climate advocates. (As it happened, movement to confront climate change, the the reports were barely mentioned by major most urgent crisis human beings have ever news outlets.) The generally conservative IEA faced. I want to start with two scenes, and affirmed that at least two-thirds of proven two speakers, who embody the impera- fossil-fuel reserves must stay in the ground tives, and the limitations, of the moment in between now and 2050 in order to have a shot which we find ourselves. at keeping the global average temperature July 26, 2011 Inside a federal courtroom in from rising more than 2 degrees C (3.6 F), the Salt Lake City, Utah, a 30-year-old climate ac- internationally agreed-upon “red line.” (In tivist named Tim DeChristopher is sentenced its 2011 report, the IEA concluded that un- to two years in prison and a $10,000 fine for less a massive global shift to clean-energy disrupting a Bureau of Land Management infrastructure begins in earnest within auction of oil and gas leases back in Decem- five years — make that four now — we’ll be ber 2008. Registered as Bidder #70, he man- “locked in” to catastrophic warming.) The aged to win bids worth $1.8 million for some World Bank warned that we’re on track for 4 22,000 acres of public land near Canyonlands degrees C (7.2 F) this century — which it says National Park — bids he had no way of pay- is quite likely beyond adaptation, and “must ing. He had acted spontaneously, on his be avoided.” The analysts at PwC, in a report conscience, engaged in nonviolent resistance titled “Too Late for Two Degrees?,” concluded to the heedless new extraction of fossil fuels that we’ve “passed a critical threshold,” and that are catastrophically heating the planet that we should prepare for 4 degrees, or even and threatening innumerable innocent lives. 6 degrees (10.8 F), this century, unless the Weeks before his sentencing, DeChris- carbon-intensity of the global economy can topher told Rolling Stone’s Jeff Goodell: “I’m a be reduced by an unprecedented 5 percent per mith taylor climate-justice activist. . . . We want a radi- S year for the next 40 years. cally different world. We want a healthy, just To put that conclusion in perspective: world.” But first, he said, “we need to get the janet one of the world’s leading climate scientists, fossil fuel industry out of the way. First we’ve Kevin Anderson at the UK’s Tyndall Centre, got to overthrow the corporate power that is change. Flanked by Kevin Knobloch, presi- day in November, and I had to wonder: if has said that 4 degrees C would be “incom- running our government.” He understands dent of the Union of Concerned Scientists, Markey was as serious as he sounded about patible with an organized global commu- what that requires. “It will involve confronta- and Mindy Lubber, representing $11 trillion in climate change, what kind of “bold” action nity.” The US government’s draft National tion and it will involve sacrifice.” assets as the director of the Investor Network would match the necessity of the moment Climate Assessment, released in January, At his sentencing, standing before the on Climate Risk, Markey displays satellite and his rhetoric invoking the grand radical suggests that we’re on track for 9 to 15-de- federal judge, DeChristopher concludes photos of Boston illustrating that huge sec- tradition in American history? grees Fahrenheit warming over most of the a long, eloquent statement that spreads tions of the city — like the entire Back Bay Certainly nothing that he or any other United States within this century. across the Internet and galvanizes a growing — would be underwater if Sandy had hit the politician in Washington, including (espe- Unless, that is, we drastically change climate-justice movement: Hub instead of New York and New Jersey. cially) President Obama, has ever proposed course. “This is not going away. At this point of But Markey isn’t there just to talk about comes anywhere close. Even the doomed It seems fairly obvious that the reason unimaginable threats on the horizon, this disaster response or building seawalls in Bos- 2009 “cap-and-trade” bill that Markey co- we don’t hear politicians, or the “serious” is what hope looks like. In these times of a ton Harbor. He’s there to demonstrate his se- authored — the strongest, indeed the only, people in our media, talking (at least in morally bankrupt government that has sold riousness on confronting climate change, an comprehensive national climate legislation public) about this situation — the true grav- out its principles, this is what patriotism issue that had until that week gone all but ever to pass either chamber of Congress — ity of it — is that to grapple with this in any looks like. With countless lives on the line, unmentioned in the election campaign and aimed merely to cut emissions 17 percent real way, to propose anything that would this is what love looks like, and it will only in the mainstream political media. below 2005 levels by 2020 (the same amount, actually begin to address it with the neces- grow. The choice you are making today is “As the Minutemen responded, so must as it happens, that Obama meekly pledged sary urgency at the national and global level, what side are you on.” we,” Markey tells his audience, calling for at the failed UN climate talks in Copenha- would simply sound too extreme, if not out- A month after DeChristopher speaks those an unspecified “bold plan” from Washing- gen that year). Compare that with what the right crazy. Leave fossil fuels in the ground? words, the largest civil-disobedience action ton to cut greenhouse emissions and prevent scientific consensus, as represented by the You must be joking. Why, that would mean in a generation begins in front of the White future “devastation.” Global warming, if UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate canceling the Keystone pipeline! It would House, where 1253 climate activists are ar- unaddressed, could lead to “events so hor- Change, says is required if we’re to have a mean putting Alberta’s tar sands, the second rested protesting the Keystone XL pipeline, rific,” he says, that they could “dwarf” other chance of stabilizing the climate: at least largest pool of carbon on the planet, off lim- the project that would tap the second-largest catastrophes in human history. In his final 25 to 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2020. its! Who are you kidding? Be serious! (Never- carbon deposit on Earth. (Last Sunday, Febru- remarks, Markey intones, with what sounds (Using the internationally recognized 1990 mind that a group of 18 top climate scientists ary 17, tens of thousands more converged on like real passion: baseline, the Obama-Waxman-Markey tar- signed a letter to Obama last month urging Washington to demand that Barack Obama “The American Revolution, it started get would amount to a roughly 4 percent re- him to reject the pipeline to demonstrate the reject the pipeline once and for all.) here. The abolitionist movement, it started duction by 2020.) Those emissions targets are “seriousness of his climate convictions.”) November 4, 2012 It’s the Sunday before here. The women’s movement, it started based on the IPCC’s most recent assessment, This is the reality — or the surreality — of Election Day, a week after Hurricane Sandy’s here. The anti-Vietnam movement, it published in 2007, and its new report — due the historical moment in which we find our- hellish landfall, and Congressman Ed Mar- started here. . . . The Freedom Riders, going to be published later this year and next — is selves. At this late hour in the climate crisis, key stands before a capacity crowd inside South in the ‘60s, they left on buses from expected to paint a far darker picture. Global with the clock ticking down on civilization, the Town Hall of Arlington, Massachusetts. here. . . . [Global warming] is our genera- emissions are setting new records, currently to be serious about climate change — based, Hundreds of constituents have gathered on 48 tional challenge. The preceding generations rising roughly 3 percent per year. mind you, on what science and not ideology hours notice for what the congressman has accepted their challenges.” Around the time that Markey spoke prescribes — is to be radical. billed as an “emergency meeting” on climate I was at Arlington Town Hall that Sun- in Arlington, the International Energy _Wen Stephenson 6 February 22, 2013 | the portland phoenix | portland.t hephoenix.com

_BY AL DIAMON politics + other mistakes one Cent’s Worth _BY mArc mewS hAw [email protected] Bottom feeders last month, federal regulators pulled the plug on How will you be remembered? fa wide-ranging review of wrongful foreclosures by In politics, it’s known as the Sad to say, Baldacci is pursuing the state’s liquor profits for the next 10 mortgage lenders at the heart of the 2008 financial fdreaded “L word.” none of these goals. Instead, he’s decade to a group associated with one crisis. the review’s failure isn’t just a crying shame — it No, not “liberal.” considering another campaign to re- of my political pals for a fraction of encapsulates everything that’s wrong with our regulatory Or “lesbian.” capture his old position. He said he’ll what they’re worth) and cronyism (do culture. Or “lactose-intolerant” (although, decide by April whether to again run you seriously believe that a Democratic the review set out to analyze the individual loans of a pro-lactose faction in Augusta has for governor. administration would have pursued 3.8 million americans foreclosed on between 2009 and been pushing for stricter enforcement Republican Governor Paul LePage’s the corruption and lavish expenditures 2010 in search of unfair practices. its goal: determine how of civil rights laws to protect those reaction when he saw a report on Bal- by Democrats at the Maine Turnpike much victims of those abuses should get in restitution. who insist on drinking milk in public). dacci’s plans: “I could hardly believe Authority or the wasteful spending by those practices included the infamous “robo-signing,” The L word stands for “legacy.” In my eyes.” Democrats at MaineHousing, because placing people in default who weren’t and improper can- some sad cases, it also denotes a “lack Asked by reporters about the pros- if you do, you probably ought to ease celation of loan modifications — in many cases, misdeeds thereof.” pect of facing off against his predeces- off your intake of Oxys before the delu- that led to people losing their homes. Which brings us to John Baldacci. sor in office, the governor quipped, sions get worse). by now, we all know the story. We’re not talking The former Democratic congress- “Christmas comes early sometimes.” Instead of returning Baldacci to about paperwork errors here, but felonies knowingly man and governor is best remembered LePage owes his 2010 plurality win office in a vain attempt to redeem his committed to cover for an earlier set of felonies. having for leaving the state in a financial at the polls in large part to Baldacci’s good name, it would be far cheaper fraudulently approved mortgages for countless unquali- mess. After four terms in the US inept performance, which convinced and less damaging to our fiscal health fied borrowers, the banks found themselves saddled with House, during which he managed many otherwise-moderate voters that to erect a statue in his honor. Some heaps of toxic debt. in a blind panic to dump those assets, to leave no lasting impression, and Maine needed drastic change. LeP- noble work of art, where he assumes the banks, with utter indifference to the lives they were eight years in the Blaine House, dur- age gave them just what they asked a heroic stance, eyes on the horizon, ruining, improperly foreclosed on people by the thousands ing which he never quite grasped the for, thereby convincing many of hands clenching an unbalanced bud- — sometimes on a pretext as flimsy as a single late mort- concept of matching expenditures to those middle-of-the-roaders that they get, above a plaque that reads, “John gage payment, sometimes with no grounds at all. revenues, he retired to an inconse- hadn’t meant for it to be quite that E. Baldacci: His Vision Is With Us the review was victims’ last, best hope for justice. but quential federal make-work job and drastic. But polling numbers show Yet.” 14 months into it, with no end in sight and nearly $2 bil- then became a lobbyist. that if confronted with the opportu- Not obviously insulting, but also lion in fees down the drain, the office of the comptroller As governor, Baldacci often ap- nity to oust LePage and return state not entirely untrue. of the currency threw in the towel. Without consulting peared more incompetent than he ac- government to the bad old days of It could be placed outside one of the any of the more consumer-oriented regulatory bodies tually was. Although, the more I think Baldaccism, voters would likely decide schools forced to close as part of his like the Fdic, it struck a shady, backroom deal with the about it, the difference wasn’t all that there were some things worse than consolidation plan. 10 mortgage lenders — effectively destroying any hope of significant. While many of his worst drastic. Of course, LePage would have to be fair compensation for the wronged. foibles can be blamed on a stagnant Nevertheless, Baldacci is seriously convinced not to have the thing torn the agreement scraps the case-by-case reviews in national economy, his persistence in considering becoming a gubernato- down and moved to an undisclosed favor of an $8.5 billion settlement, with only $3.3 billion believing that recovery was about to rial candidate because he believes that location. of that going directly to homeowners. that works out get under way led him into a pattern regaining his old office is the only Maybe, it would be easier to have to — wait for it — $1500 per household (although payouts of offering spending plans that consis- way he can retrieve his legacy from the governor appoint Baldacci to will range from a few hundred dollars to $125,000 based tently proved to be beyond the state’s the hazardous-waste dump where it’s some position where he couldn’t pos- on the type of “servicing error” affecting the borrower). means. been deposited. sibly screw things up any worse than bankers rejoice! the settlement is a tiny fraction of I can’t blame Baldacci for not want- That’s understandable. Nobody they are now, but could pretend his the financial — never mind the psychological — damages ing to be buried under a tombstone wants to wrap up a career notable for abilities had finally been properly rec- their abuses inflicted on homeowners, and by extension that reads, “An Optimistic Oaf With A its lack of highlights (and its excess of ognized: warden of the Maine State the economy as a whole. For running over Joe public, they Tendency To Blow Other People’s Mon- body slams on the bottom) by being Prison, director of the state’s Medic- face nothing harsher than a speeding ticket. ey.” But the only way he could pos- perceived in perpetuity as an inca- aid computer system, Blaine House So why’d the occ agree to such a raw deal on behalf sibly change that impression is to do pable dolt. But just because we can butler. of consumers? something astonishing, such as man- empathize doesn’t mean we have to Or we could do the kindest thing. the term “conflicts of interests” doesn’t begin to con- age the 2013 Boston Red Sox to a World sympathize. We could make sure Baldacci’s legacy vey the inefficiency, bungling, and double-dealing that Series championship or negotiate a Plus, there are plenty of other ways isn’t a negative one by forgetting all plagued the review from the outset. then again, what do successful peace treaty between Israel to allow Baldacci to elevate his self- about him. ^ you expect when the “consultants” hired to pore over a and the Palestinians or be arrested for worth without subjecting the state to bank’s foreclosure paperwork are employed by the bank? appearing naked at the Democrats’ another round of his shortsightedness Don’t forget to take out your frustrations by yep, you read right. lacking the manpower to run the next Jefferson-Jackson dinner. (let’s balance the budget by selling emailing me at [email protected]. review themselves, regulators ordered the banks to hire third-party contractors. (this happens all the time — since 2008, 130 enforcement actions taken against financial in- stitutions were entrusted to firms on the banks’ payroll.) _BY DAVID KISh left to their own devices, banks did what banks do. they hired stooges — firms with longstanding ties to the banks and who understood that telling the truth was unlikely to win them repeat business. the resulting review so grotesquely understated the extent of wrongdoing that the occ mothballed the whole endeavor to save itself any further embarrassment. Whether the review was just a spectacularly botched operation or a piece of political theater rigged to fail, it’s yet another indictment of the coziness of regulators and the banks. (did i mention that the ceo of promon- tory Financial Group, one of the firms reviewing bank of america, was the former head of the occ?) if there’s any takeaway, it’s this: for all the grand- standing about reforming the financial services industry, one of the biggest factors leading to the 2008 meltdown remains unchanged. as they have for decades, the foxes still brazenly run the henhouse. and until the coital clinch between regulators and the banks they’re supposed to be policing gets pried apart, the bottom-feeders who caused the Great recession will stay one step ahead of their just desserts. ^ 6 February 22, 2013 | the portland phoenix | portland.t hephoenix.com

then became a lobbyist. that if confronted with the opportu- Not obviously insulting, but also lion in fees down the drain, the office of the comptroller

As governor, Baldacci often ap- nity to oust LePage and return state not entirely untrue. of the currency threw in the towel. Without consulting o peared more incompetent than he ac- government to the bad old days of It could be placed outside one of the any of the more consumer-oriented regulatory bodies tually was. Although, the more I think Baldaccism, voters would likely decide schools forced to close as part of his like the Fdic, it struck a shady, backroom deal with the about it, the difference wasn’t all that there were some things worse than consolidation plan. 10 mortgage lenders — effectively destroying any hope of n significant. While many of his worst drastic. Of course, LePage would have to be fair compensation for the wronged. foibles can be blamed on a stagnant Nevertheless, Baldacci is seriously convinced not to have the thing torn the agreement scraps the case-by-case reviews in national economy, his persistence in considering becoming a gubernato- down and moved to an undisclosed favor of an $8.5 billion settlement, with only $3.3 billion believing that recovery was about to rial candidate because he believes that location. of that going directly to homeowners. that works out get under way led him into a pattern regaining his old office is the only Maybe, it would be easier to have to — wait for it — $1500 per household (although payouts of offering spending plans that consis- way he can retrieve his legacy from the governor appoint Baldacci to will range from a few hundred dollars to $125,000 based tently proved to be beyond the state’s the hazardous-waste dump where it’s some position where he couldn’t pos- on the type of “servicing error” affecting the borrower). means. been deposited. sibly screw things up any worse than bankers rejoice! the settlement is a tiny fraction of I can’t blame Baldacci for not want- That’s understandable. Nobody they are now, but could pretend his the financial — never mind the psychological — damages ing to be buried under a tombstone wants to wrap up a career notable for abilities had finally been properly rec- their abuses inflicted on homeowners, and by extension that reads, “An Optimistic Oaf With A its lack of highlights (and its excess of ognized: warden of the Maine State the economy as a whole. For running over Joe public, they Tendency To Blow Other People’s Mon- body slams on the bottom) by being Prison, director of the state’s Medic- face nothing harsher than a speeding ticket. ey.” But the only way he could pos- perceived in perpetuity as an inca- aid computer system, Blaine House So why’d the occ agree to such a raw deal on behalf sibly change that impression is to do pable dolt. But just because we can butler. of consumers? something astonishing, such as man- empathize doesn’t mean we have to Or we could do the kindest thing. the term “conflicts of interests” doesn’t begin to con- age the 2013 Boston Red Sox to a World sympathize. We could make sure Baldacci’s legacy vey the inefficiency, bungling, and double-dealing that Series championship or negotiate a Plus, there are plenty of other ways isn’t a negative one by forgetting all plagued the review from the outset. then again, what do successful peace treaty between Israel to allow Baldacci to elevate his self- about him. ^ you expect when the “consultants” hired to pore over a and the Palestinians or be arrested for worth without subjecting the state to bank’s foreclosure paperwork are employed by the bank? appearing naked at the Democrats’ another round of his shortsightedness Don’t forget to take out your frustrations by yep, you read right. lacking the manpower to run the next Jefferson-Jackson dinner. 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As recently as 2008, Maine ground- mated the amount of fish out there because ffishermen were feeling fairly optimis- they didn’t really take into account all the tic. That year, scientists announced that the information.” Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank cod stocks, According to a NOAA presentation at the Haddocks which had been close to collapse in the mid- end of January, the 2008 study was skewed 1990s, were on the rebound after years of because it didn’t properly account for the settling Maine? rebuilding. Fishermen were understandably weight of the sexually mature fish in the it’s possible there were human haddocks buoyed by the assessment. stock, the health and size of young fish in fin maine well before the puritans settled “People took that to heart; they made the stock, and the number of fish dying due massachusetts, according to Seacoastnh.com plans expecting higher landings,” says Rob- to fishing activities. historian J. dennis robinson. in an article first ert Vanasse, executive director of Saving Sea- The revised 2011 NOAA assessment pre- published in 2003, he checks the surprising food, a non-profit communications organi- sented a much more dire picture. Cod stocks claim that four brothers from Scotland with the zation for the seafood industry. “Boats made were in poor condition, rebuilding much last name haddock may have come to the new plans, the industry made plans, the auction more slowly than expected, and vulnerable World in 1610 searching for timbers to use for the houses were all geared up.” to further depletion. Thus, at the end of last english navy’s ships. a haddock family tale says So imagine everyone’s surprise and month, the New England Fishery Manage- the four spent a horrible winter in a rock-lined dismay when a subsequent survey (such ment Council — which establishes rules for cave on the shore of the piscataqua river some- assessments are performed by the National small- and large-scale commercial fisheries where in South berwick. While no direct evidence Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s between three to 200 miles off the coast of survives, robinson puts together some good cir- Marine Fisheries Service every few years) Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, cumstantial information, including the fact that revealed that the 2008 projections had been Rhode Island, and Connecticut — cut the some early new england settlers lived in shelters off the mark. The stocks, it seemed, were no fishing quotas, significantly. that were at least partially underground. and healthier than they had been. Fishermen Fishermen’s allocation for Gulf of Maine there’s the tempting possibility that the had- were still having a hard time finding cod in cod was slashed 77 percent; for Georges Bank dock brothers could have been part of the failed the sea. cod, the catch-limit cut was only slightly less popham colony that fell apart in 1608 and either “They realized that, in fact, they had painful at 61 percent (quotas for yellowtail never left maine (some persistent legends claim been wrong,” says Jonathan Labaree, direc- flounder and haddock were also reduced). not everyone went home to england) or did go tor of community initiatives at the Gulf On top of existing restrictions, these new home and then returned to maine. of Maine Research Institute. “It’s difficult limitations represent a serious constraint. _Jeff inglis to know, frankly, exactly why they were “[M]any Council members expressed wrong. It seems as though they overesti- Continued on p 10 M e e t Captain JiM

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the Island Institute in Rockland. “The fact that the Maine delegation...led this effort is huge and it means they’re pay- ing attention to this issue,” he says. The same letter called on NOAA to “invest in more frequent and improved stock assessments to help NOAA Fisheries and the Coun- cil . . . investigate the impacts of changing ocean temperatures, species interactions, and stock structure.” This gets to the meat of the matter: Science. “The largest overall issue is that there is not a lot of faith in the surveys and assessments,” says Saving Seafood’s Vanasse, pointing to all sorts of blemishes on NOAA’s record. (To this end, the Inspector General of the US Commerce Department is currently undertaking a several-phase investigation of fisheries rulemaking; the first report uncovered shoddy record-keeping, enforcement, and financial disclosures on the part nstitute i of NOAA.) For one thing, “it’s just really tough to

esearch count fish in the ocean and do it accurately,” r Battista says. It’s also difficult to quantify the effects of rising water temperatures and ocean acidification on fish populations. “De- cisions have been made on the best science Gulf of Maine we have,” he says. “But the science isn’t dwindling landings at the portland fish exchange, and elsewhere. good enough to answer the questions we have.” It’s important to realize that today’s struggling fish stocks are not necessarily the Continued from p 8 “that gives fishermen a more direct role with bigger fishing operations essentially result of so-called “overfishing” — at this their awareness about the serious negative in making decisions about when, where, buying out smaller ones. There’s also wide- point, the fish aren’t even there to be over- economic impacts that will undoubtedly oc- and how to fish,” explains NEFMC pub- spread concern about a provision requiring caught. Many fishermen cannot even meet cur and affect the small inshore boat fleet in lic affairs officer Patricia Fiorelli. In this fishermen to cover the costs of at-sea moni- their (low) quotas. There’s more to this prob- New England most significantly,” a NEFMC system, groups of fishermen establish toring. lem, they say, than greedy fishermen. release read. “Many fishermen in this group themselves as sectors, akin to a harvesting “Even without the drastic reductions in “We need to start thinking about things have been historically dependent on cod and cooperative, “that allocates an amount catch limits, our fishermen cannot feasibly differently,” offers Ben Martens, executive have already seen the impacts of decreased fishing privileges to its members, based afford their expected share of at-sea moni- director of the Maine Coast Fishermen’s As- catches.” on the amount of fish or quota each mem- tors, and it is vital that NOAA provide full sociation, which advocates for small-vessel Meanwhile, environmental interests like ber brings to his or her group.” funding to cover these costs,” reads a let- fishermen and operates the Port Clyde Com- the Conservation Law Foundation are calling The idea behind sector management ter sent to Acting Secretary of Commerce munity Groundfish Sector. He supports a for the NEFMC to shut down the cod fishery is that giving more responsibility and au- Rebecca Blank on February 7, signed by all shift away from single-species management altogether to give the species a legitimate thority to fishermen allows more intuitive four members of Maine’s congressional and toward ecosystem-based management, chance to rebuild. and efficient fishing practices to emerge delegation. which considers everything from climate It is not a great time to be a groundfisher- as alternatives to old-school, ineffective This display of interest and pressure from change to fish biology to commercial prac- man in Maine. controls such as limiting days-at-sea or prominent Maine politicians (which has tices. As he puts it: “It’s not the cuts that are fishing areas. already resulted in one concrete concession: going to hurt us, it’s not having fish in the Headed to oblivion It’s too soon to tell, less than three New England groundfishing vessels that water that’s going to hurt us.” There was a time when cod and other years in, how the sector strategy is affect- did not catch their full share last year will be Even Fiorelli, of the New England Fishery groundfish (such as halibut, flounder, and ing local groundfishermen or fish stocks. allowed to carry over a portion of that quota Management Council, acknowledges that haddock) were the lifeblood of New Eng- There are some indications that sector into 2013) is a welcome development, says “catch limits must . . . take into account all land’s working waterfronts. From salt cod management encourages consolidation, Nick Battista, marine programs director at of the uncertainties in the ecosystem: chang- to frozen fish sticks, groundfish has been ing temperatures, ecological interactions, incorporated as a staple in American diets with other species . . . But while it is easy to for centuries. McDonald’s has used various state this, it is extremely complex and dif- species of groundfish in its Filets-o-Fish ficult to do. The ocean is a rapidly changing for decades; Alexandre Dumas once wrote environment and we are struggling to under- that it would be feasible to walk across the stand its potential and limitations.” Atlantic “on the backs of cod.” Place names the uS Geological Survey’s board on Geo- try sometHing new Things are much different now. Last f fall, the US Department of Commerce graphic names registers the importance of While better science and better gear might declared the northeastern groundfishery cod, haddock, and halibut to mainers: help (some experts work exclusively on a federal economic disaster. Where local there is a Cod Cove just east of Wiscasset designing fishing equipment and practices groundfishermen used to bring in tens of along route 1; Cod ledge between Swans island that help fishermen save money and be millions of pounds of Atlantic cod per year, and isle au haut; Cod ledges (plural) just west more selective in their harvests), the outlook their catch has dwindled to hundreds of of Winter harbor; Codhead ledge in eastern remains grim for groundfishermen. thousands of pounds. And according to the englishman bay, just off machias; and Tom Cod You may be wondering: Should I give up Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association: “In Cove off castine. eating groundfish entirely? The answer, ac- 1996, 188 vessels in the state of Maine took the highest concentration of cod-named cording to the experts, is a resounding No. at least one fishing trip targeting ground- places is east of cape elizabeth in casco bay, where boaters can find easT Cod ledge, easT “At the end of the day, we still need to fish. By 2010 this number had declined to Cod ledge RoCk, wesT Cod ledge, and (surprise!) wesT Cod ledge RoCk. (also the Cod make sure that the general public is eating only 52 vessels that left the shore to catch RoCks are on a point of land in the Sprague estate in cape elizabeth.) and prioritizing locally caught fish,” Mar- what was once the foundation of Maine’s there’s haddoCk island in muscongus bay (off which are haddoCk island kelp ledge tens says, encouraging seafood lovers to “try fishing economy.” and haddoCk island ledge). three places are called haddoCk ledge — west of isle au something new” such as redfish or pollock, “We’re just headed . . . to oblivion,” NO- haut, off lincolnville, and southwest of matinic island. there’s a haddoCk RoCk off the end which are currently abundant off Maine’s AA’s Northeast regional administrator John of harpswell neck; halibuT hole west of Winter harbor (and barely north of cod ledges); coast. Bullard told the New York Times in February. halibuT ledge southeast of Vinalhaven; halibuT RoCk in the muscle ridge islands off By developing markets for these less “There’s certainly reason for pessimism . . . South thomaston; two places called halibuT RoCks — south of popham beach, and west of popular species, we can help fishermen get We all have to change at some points in our Swans island (which also has a wesT halibuT RoCk nearby); and wesT halibuT ledges better prices for their fish. And this is careers, and fishermen are no different. So where isle au haut bay meets east penobscot bay certainly in line with Battista’s long-term change may be the order of the day.” also, don’t forget Codfish Ridge way up in aroostook county, between houlton and mil- goal of oceanic equilibrium, which he Indeed, several changes have already linocket. thinks will come from “making decisions been put in place, and more are on the ho- if you want to see a map of all of these places, point your fishing boat’s browser to tinyurl. based on the future. The more fish we rizon. com/maineFishplacenames. catch now, the less economic pain there In 2010, for example, the New England _Ji is, but the more risk there is of not having Fishery Management Council established a fishery in the future. 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small businesses, and the rising quintino and local producer joe financial burden of maintain- BeRmudez, at 7:30 pm. $30, 128 ing a conventional rock group, it Main St., 603.862.4000. could be the best moment in history to start a band that consists solely of you and your spouse. WhitehoRse, for one, are on it. The Canadian duo of Luke Doucet saturday 23 and Melissa McClelland make accessible, lyrical, lightly countri- TRUST YR INSTINCTS | How fied pop songs, looped from tracks best to explain the massive ap- of traditional instruments and a peal of events like the 48 houR miniature Bed, Bath, and Beyond musiC FestivAl? Now in its fifth catalog of amplified appliances, year, around 100 local musicians from leather Lay-Z-Boy recliners have been participants, and while to telephone receivers. They play they’re sure to have forged some with bluegrass group the ghost lasting memories, timeless sto- oF PAul ReveRe at 8 pm; $8. 575 ries, and ironclad endorsements, Congress St, 207.879.8988. the underlying appeal of the ad SHUCKS | A longstanding hoc rock fest is its ability to whit- Portland tradition that fuses love tle all the bullshit of having a for two acquired tastes — oysters band down to one manic fantasy and garage-rock — is revived at weekend of music, which is as Bayside Bowl. This year’s “oysteR close an approximation of what stomP” gives a nod specifically it felt like when we were teens in to wharf staple J’s Oyster Bar the basement. If this year’s class (which serves up free bivalves doesn’t contain people you know, during happy hour all month), it will undoubtedly include those and brings fuzzouts the FliPsides moments of glory, apprehension, and the evil stReAKs, with ’MPG frustration, and joy you’ll find dj mAtt little. 8 pm and free at fondly familiar. 8:30 pm; $10 at 58 Alder St., 207.791.2695. SPACE Gallery, 538 Congress St., DON’T FORGET THE CANDY 207.828.5600. | The massively popular Tijs DEEP SHADE | The indigo giRls, Michiel Verwest, better known as the pathbreaking American folk the Dutch DJ tiesto, was part of duo who have long outlived any the first wave of club producers to need for description, play with a transcend the anonymity inher- full backing band (known sepa- ent in electronic dance music to rately as the shAdoW BoXeRs) at f Angelique Kidjo achieve international fame. He the Music Hall in Portsmouth. 8 , at Strand Theatre, in Rockland on Feb 21. heads a night of house music pm; $32-40 at 131 Congress St., and trance at UNH’s Whittemore Portsmouth, NH. 603.431.2400. Center, with tommy tRAsh & (If Monday’s better for you, check

“Rhythm, noise, & the City: Yates, whose voice is equal parts thursday 21 musiC And soCiAl ChAnge,” starts Joan Armatrading and Joanna at noon at the University of New Newsom, the group’s late 2012 BENIN HERE | The soulful, soar- England’s Ketchum Library, Bid- release Not By Blood is a mystical, ing Beninoise singer Angelique deford Campus, 11 Hills Beach intoxicating listen. Perhaps that’s Kidjo, whose career began in Rd. 207.602.2709. why they get the otherworldly the late ’80s as a sort of African EMERGING VOICES | At 6:30, treatment tonight. Via the outer contemporary of Annie Lennox the Portland Public Library fringe label Eternal Otter, the and evolved to a genre-hopping mounts an encore screening Reverie Machine play off-trail at international appeal, is a pretty of the Telling Room’s affecting Zero Station, 222 Anderson St., at significant name to be playing 2012 student documentary, The 7:30 pm. Midcoast Maine in mid-February. Whole World WaiTing, in which WHAT HAPPENS | The duo dAve Fresh off a live album bearing over a dozen young writers from gAgne & sAeKo nishimuRA, who the talents of Branford Marsalis, Portland’s immigrant community co-front the world-folk group Post singers Diane Reeves and Josh perform original work amid the Provost, offer a cheery midwinter Groban, and Vampire Week- illustrative backdrops of carefully set at the Inn on Peaks Island end’s Ezra Koenig, the UNICEF selected local settings. 6 pm in (in case you’ve forgotten such a ambassador and activist’s show the Rines Auditorium followed by thing exists). 7 pm at 33 Island is rumored to be a sensational a discussion with the organiza- Ave. 207.776.5100. affair. Kidjo hits the Strand, 345 tion’s Young Writers and Leaders CALL IT A NIGHT | The long time Main St. in Rockland, at 7:30 pm; Program (with which this writer between appearances for Portland tickets are $55. 207.594.0070. has volunteered as a mentor). Call rock band metAl FeAtheRs is not HEY SUBURBIA | From the bur- 207.871.1700. without explanation. The group geoning field of rock sociology, — now slimmed to a trio — have the writer and professor Ryan been working on their impressive Moore, author of Sells Like Teen full-length Handful of Fog, their Spirit: Music, Youth Culture, and Social third (see this writer’s review on Crisis, speaks about the role of friday 22 page 18), and unveil it tonight music as an instrument of social at Mayo Street Arts. With the change. Moore is young, which DARKNESS ON THE EDGE fuzzed-out trash-punk of leAves should be crucial to understand- OF TOWN | To rest with the leAves, synth-driven powerpop ing his angle, and should be terms jazz, folk, or roots would group Wood BuRning CAt, and f TV ShoW: ePisode 5 plenty savvy with regard to the do a disservice to the haunt- AleX KeAton. 7:30 pm; $5 at 10 , at SPACE Gallery, in repercussions of the more violent ingly singular Portland band the Mayo St., 207.615.3609. technological shifts of the last ReveRie mAChine. Fronted by the DOMESTICA | In this era of Portland on Feb 26. decade. Moore’s lecture, titled bewitchingly talented Meghan increased tax incentives for portland.thephoenix.com | the portland phoenix | February 22, 2013 1 3

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It is this guise whose tonight: the band deeP Woods, WEdnEsday 27 evocative 2012 album, The Summer who deliver fast melodic punk is Over Before It’s Begun, was one to the tune of the late ’90s, play TWO GUYS WITH A PLAN | of the year’s most distinctive with like-minded dude-groups Through 15 albums, 18 EPs, psych-folk releases. She’s part of a stoRm the BAy and locals stein- seven live discs and more than compelling triple-bill with miCAh eR stReet. With dustin sAuCieR, 500 entries to the late ’80s Blue smAldone, the breathtaking a scene graduate gone acoustic, at entrepreneurial/art project Dial- Portland-gone-north balladeer, 9 pm. $5 at Geno’s, 625 Congress a-Song, the band they might and Jagjaguwar recording artist St., 207.221.2382. Be giAnts are among the most with the secret sisters loRd dog BiRd, who plays with BOSTON TRAPS | The clever, prolific in the history of rock the Baltimore band Wilderness. pop-culture referential, and high- music. Nonetheless, their latest, ON SALE FRIDAY 10AM SATURDAY, MAY 18 8 pm; $8 at 140 Main St. in Bidd- ly regarded Boston jazz group the forthcoming Nanobots, finds eford. Visit theoakandtheax.com. the soFFeRmAn PeRsPeCtive, cap- them invigorated, stuffing 25 tained by drummer George Sof- “extremely short songs” into ferman, is a major act at UNH to- the beginning of yet another night. Known to craft jazz tunes new chapter. They play with DC from such unlikely sources as Star weird-folk group vAndAveeR at sunday 24 Wars’ “Imperial Death March,” the the Port City Music Hall, 7:30 group is almost designed for stu- pm; $25-40. 504 Congress St. LIFE’S WORK | No doubt several dent consumption. 8 pm at the 207.899.4990. from Portland’s old guard will see Johnson Theatre, 30 College Rd in IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD | classic acts devonsquARe and Durham, NH. 603.862.2404. Two free events: at Local Sprouts, ON SALE FRIDAY 10AM JUNE 4 sChooneR FARe at the Landing the stoneCoAst ReAding seRies in Scarborough. The 35th annual celebrates Black History Month reunion concert and benefit also with a variety of readings headed features sets by folkers denny by local jazz-poet lAdy zen at BReAu, AlAnA mCdonAld, don tuEsday 26 Local Sprouts (7 pm, 649 Con- CAmPBell, and more. 3 pm; gress St., 207.899.3529), and if it $22-25 at 353 Pine Point Road. VERSUS | Tickets for an evening intrigues, Flask Lounge tests out 207.774.4527. with poet laureate RiChARd the first edition of “unKnoWn WEIRD COLISEUM | suPeR BlAnCo sold out as quickly as PleAsuRes,” a curated night of luChA eXPlosivA, a pretty you might expect, but there’s icy post-punk (9 pm, 117 Spring marvelous new development of a surprising number of other St., 207.772.3122). ON SALE FRIDAY 10AM SATURDAY, JUNE 22 Mexican wrestling with ties to big events in town. The adult Portland’s theater scene, make contemporary folk singer shAWn mullins its next appearance at Jimmy the , coincidentally a sort GEORGE THOROGOOD DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS Greek’s, a venue with high expec- of protégé of Indigo Girls’ Amy FRI MAR 8 OLD 97s SAT MAR 9 tations — due to the presence of Ray (who’s also in town), comes thursday 28 a mechanical bull — for physical to One Longfellow Square. With ChuCK CAnnon SPRING FORTH CIRCA SURVIVE/ MINUS THE BEAR EXCISION entertainment. Tickets are report- , 8 pm; $25-30. | Next week, as NOW NOW SAT MAR 16 PAPER DIAMOND, VASKI MARCH 20 edly available at Portland’s Coast 181 State St. 207.761.1757. the days get longer and longer, City Comics; the show is 4 pm in PUBLIC POLICY | As the prin- the rock groups RuRAl ghosts BAD RELIGION PENTATONIX the heart of Old Orchard Beach, ciples of public education are at- and the teXARCAnA (see Sam AGAINST ME!, POLAR BEAR CLUB FRI MAR 29 APR 7 215 Saco Ave. 207.934.7499. tacked from seemingly all angles, Pfeifle’s review on page 20) play CHILD OF THE ’60S | The shift- you might feel comforted sharing with FoR moRning at the Em- GREAT BIG SEA REBELUTION ing cultural mores of 1960s a few retaliation points — or at pire, former Spin Doctor ChRis APRIL 24 MAY 2 America are the subject of duck least sympathy nods — with oth- BARRon plays the first of a series and coVer the JOSH RITTER and the ROYAL CITY BAND , a new play making ers. At a lecture forum titled “ of throwback jam-rock shows THE FELICE BROTHERS its world premiere by the Maine FutuRe oF higheR eduCAtion: (many with ex-Blues Traveler MAY 8 playwright Michael Kimball. PhilosoPhiCAl PeRsPeCtives,” John Popper) at the Big Easy, and Get tickets online at statetheatreportland.com, in person at the Cumberland Directed by Lisa Stathoplos, it’s three USM professors discuss one the British rock group WishBone a world seen through the eyes of of the most contentious national Ash, known for their twin lead County Civic Center Box Office and charge by phone at 800-745-3000. Tickets 12-year-old Stevie Whitebottom, topics. 5 pm at the Maine Law guitar setup, roll through a available at the State Theatre Box Office on night of show one hour before doors. who confronts a series of heavy Building, 246 Deering Ave. in venue in New Hampshire. 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This is visual art’s great affected Spain’s civil war. value — it’s individuals who matter, not in- Jeff Badger’s “Triumph of the Vanishing stitutions. The message is the mediators, not Point” deconstructs a house and its contents the medium, and what we learn is, at its es- as they disappear into the perspective point sence, conveyed from one person to another. that would have allowed it to appear real, as “This Flat Earth/Esta Tierra Plana” is if Hoovered into oblivion by technical artistic an exchange project among artists based in demands. A different sort of illusion appears Maine showing in Madrid with a number in Carrie Scanga’s “the Past in Perspective,” of Spanish artists, and the same people in which the railing of a platform, or deck, subsequently showing in Portland. It was directs the eye past toy-like houses toward a co-organized by Jeff Badger of Portland-based distant horizon, charged with expectation. Tetra Projects and Madrid-based Rubicon1. The inscription on Pincho’s untitled care- The group of works appeared in Madrid at ful rendering of a heavy paving roller implies Embajadores con Provisiones in January, and that unfettered, American-style economics is in Portland at Rose Contemporary through will pave over the world, but at least will do this month. it with style. In “Decommissioned” Kenny For thematic as well as practical pur- Cole updates roles of the Niña and Pinta with a poses the artists were asked to use the same Spanish submarine (the Siroco) that enters into size paper, A3, about 16.5 by 11.5 inches. an unspecified narrative that includes some They are more or less about a here-to-there arrows of direction, stacks of gold coins, and a cross-ocean idea, with a dash of thinking child with a life vest grasping a tiller. about colonial history and seasoned with Irina Skornyakova’s “Layers” reaches back them-and-us comparisons, but at the heart to some of the foundational ideas of modern- of the project it’s simply a fun thing to do ist art as articulated by Malevich. While not that informs because it’s art. The works especially local to Maine or Spain, Skornyako- are done because the artists are doing what va shows there is a universality to that line of they like to do, and the content conveyed is thinking and still much to be mined from it. secondary, sometimes purely notional and An attentive viewer will grasp pretty sometimes non-existent. The messages are quickly there are a few lines of social, po- encoded not so much in what is depicted, litical, and economic commentary flowing but rather in the personal experience of each through this group of work, but that is not viewer with each work. where the show’s deeper significance lies. The people are, from Spain: Irene Blanco, Visual art in general doesn’t do social rel- Eduardo Bertone, Zuzia, Sabek, Ruina, evance all that well, if for no other reason Pincho, Zé Carrión, rHo, Borondo, Seann than its usual reach is from one individual to Brackin, Rubicon 1, RBN, Ciril23, Chylo, another, and, as with poetry, there’s not a lot Toño, and Dingo Muto Perro; from Maine: of room for narrative or expository coherence. Kyle Bryant, Kenny Cole, Colleen Kinsella, What is most likely to occur is a confirmation Carrie Scanga, Jeff Badger, Justin Richel, (or not) of one’s own views, rather than a Irina Skornyakova, Kimberly Convery, Anne ‘UNE CATASTROPHE PASSANT À L’ATELIER’ Mixed media, gouache on cut paper and keener understanding of the issues involved. Buckwalter, and Cassie Jones. ink jet collage, by Justin Richel, 2012. There is a greater value here, though, and “Flat Earth” in this context means that it lies within the personality of each indi- the art world, and the ideas that drive it, vidual voice. They may or may not be telling is no longer confined to a locality. The old believed it was flat. Not true of course: In the Travel and communications were difficult, us something we need to know, but they “Paris then and New York now” paradigm is 15th century anyone with any sense knew slow, dangerous, and expensive. Today they are telling us who they are. It’s not so much gone, fled like the transoceanic steamer and it was round, although Columbus had un- are easy, fast, safe, and cheap. what they say, but who is saying it and how its stickered trunks. While one can discern derestimated its circumference and his error Thanks to high-speed communications they do it. We are making personal acquain- sensibility distinctions that might be charac- gave him courage. 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TesT flighTs BLack-Box reSuLtS Show SucceSS _By Megan gruMBLIng

It’s an on-stage-off-stage winter in “for the laughs” — one might post or MoMents of InertIa, fPortland Stage Company’s Studio do something online. And “for the lulz,” The seeIng space Theater, where PSC has just launched its indeed, seems to be the cloudy m.o. of one This new company presents two one- new Studio Rep Series, rotating between determined young hacker, in this cyber- acts whose young, stubborn protagonists productions by three different compa- thriller by Ben Ferber (directed by Todd are trapped and static, as events sur- nies: Lorem Ipsum’s If We Were Birds, Horn Brian Backus). rounding them intensify. Sam Shepard’s and Ivory Productions’ For the Lulz, and Online realms, including blogs, Twit- 1966 Chicago (directed by Patti Anne Bess Welden’s Big Mouth Thunder Thighs. In ter feeds, and IRC (Internet Relay Chat) Miller) centers on the expressionist, addition, during the dark nights of that conversations, constitute the main “set- stream-of-conscious rant of Stu (Kelsey multi-threaded run, a fourth company, tings” of For the Lulz, the plot of which Taylor), who remains planted in an the Seeing Space, mounts two one-acts concerns cyber-attacks carried out by empty bathtub, spouting entertainingly billed as Moments as Inertia. the hacker “poof” (Shannon Stockwell), profane marine fantasies, as his lover and the attempts of cyber-vigilante MrJ Joy (Amanda Painter, with knowing If We Were BIrds, (Eric Worthley), tech journalist Fay (Ella restraint) prepares to leave him. Taylor Lorem Ipsum Wrenn), and ex-con hacker/professor Gale impressively sustains what is basically The ancient Greek myth of Philomela is one (Caroline O’Connor) to identify, expose, one long monologue (now play-acting a of blood lust and sexual violence: Athenian and/or shut “poof” down. screeching, bitter old lady; now conjur- princess sisters Procne and Philomela are Their fast-paced dialogue abounds in the ing a beach filled with screwing sailors separated when the elder, Procne, is given clipped syntax of Twitter, technical explana- and virgins). He manages to break it up in marriage to Tereus, the warrior king of tions (DDoS, “freaking”), and the wild-west nicely, finding beats of affection and de- Thrace. Later, at his new wife’s request, obscenities of the blogosphere (“Nice tits, jection as well as the high antics, all the Tereus sails to Athens to bring Philomela cuntmuffin!”). It’s exhausting, but it does way through to Stu’s rather pointedly for a visit, but seized with lust, he rapes her, nicely express the thrills of online anonym- symbolic (but nevertheless endearing) cuts out her tongue, and leaves her in the ity and alliances, as do its capable actors, retreat from the water. woods. Philomela and Procne enact a hor- who are energetic and quirkily comic. Rather than a bathtub, the heroine rific revenge and finally, desperate, beseech The larger problem with Lulz, as its of Antígona Furiosa, Griselda Gambaro’s the gods to turn them into birds. In Erin breaking down Still, stark, brutal: characters “meet” online or on the phone, Argentine riff on the Sophocles (directed Shields’s harrowing 2011 retelling, she uses Lorem Ipsum’s If We Were Birds. is that we really only ever have a shad- by Lila Rachel Becker) is trapped in a birds to present a Greek chorus of brutalized owy — a virtual — sense of the emotional triangle of strung-up rope and the in- women both ancient and modern, in the stakes. It’s difficult to emotionally invest evitabilities of pride and Greek myth. unflinching If We Were Birds, directed by the chants of the bird chorus, is excruciating. in anyone: a fundamental dramatic weak- Antígona (April Singley, fiercely) relates Phoenix’s own Deirdre Fulton, in a devastat- The birds whose ranks the sisters will ness. Cyber-thrillers often succeed by jux- the tragedy of her death sentence and ing production by Lorem Ipsum. join (Karen Ball, Mariah Bergeron, Emma taposing the virtual and the physical, the suicide with the colloquial, sometimes Fulton and her cast enact the story’s Payton Cooper, Amanda Huotari, and Lisa text (often so limited, especially online) stooge-like narrative help of two men in fraught relationships with breathtaking Van Oosterum) evoke both the archetypal and the subtext beneath what a character a café (Hal Cohen and Adam Ferguson) physicality. Early on, bathing and confid- and the particular, color the action with says (or types). Some more play with these in perhaps the 1970s. Straddling ancient ing in thin white undergarments, sisters chirps and twitches (along with Emily Dix ideas might help For the Lulz ground its vir- Thebes and, presumably, the state-spon- Procne and Philomela (Ellen White and Thomas’s quietly melancholic cello), and tual dramas more solidly in the stakes of sored terrorism of a recent Argentina, Heather Irish, both superb) have a fluid build the tension with even the sound of its actual world. together the three tell the story (Cohen intimacy; they’re beautifully paired, their synched breaths. And in Shields’s charmingly re-enacting Creon’s ruling White’s curves and coy, measured voice most agonizing innovation, the birds re- with a military jacket and a mannequin against Irish’s nymph-like frame and late actual accounts of women brutalized with a light bulb at its neck) and parse giddy shrillness. As a girl teetering on the during 20th-century conflicts, tortuous its themes of power, justice, repentance, cusp between child and young woman, monologues delivered with the stillness and pride. Irish is arresting, slipping between and starkness of bones. myriad postures and gestures to reveal Both dramatically and rhetorically, Lo- BIg Mouth thunder thIghs, Philomela’s every volatile emotional shift, rem Ipsum’s brutal but tender production Bess WeLden including her agony when their loving is consuming. The nuances of its charac- This one-woman vaudeville show, star- but patriarchal father (the excellent Corey ters reveal how ambivalent and how cul- ring Welden and directed by Jennie Gagne) gives away her sister. turally embedded their attitudes toward Hahn, takes on food and the body. Weav- Meanwhile, Procne uses the lust of war and women, blood lust and sexual ing storytelling, memoir, and poetry Tereus (Nicholas Schroeder, also a Phoenix lust. By the end, even given the gods’ con- with jokes, roller-skating, and “death- scribe) as leverage; the two slink around solations of wings, expect to feel battered, defying acts,” Welden’s show is a variety the stage in a dance equal parts eros and numb, and sad. The story’s best recourse act about self-acceptance. ^ skirmish. As the warrior, Schroeder con- against the horror is to “Speak it,” and jures Tereus’s lust — especially toward the sounds that come out of those birds’ If We Were BIrds, by erin Shields, pro- Philomela — as a frighteningly tangible, throats are haunting: part song, part sob. duced by Lorem ipsum | for the LuLz, by uncontainable force, his mouth agape as ben Ferber, produced by Horn and ivory Pro- if in helpless thrall. Tereus’s hair-raising for the LuLz, horn and Ivory ductions | MoMents of InertIa: ChICago, monologue before the rape (“It’s not me, producTIons by Sam Shepard and antígona furIosa, it’s my blood,” he tells himself) is so The title idiom of For the Lulz is a deviation by griselda gambaro, produced by The See- ing Space | BIg Mouth thunder thIghs, by coolly spoken, so devoid of accountability, of LOL: The abbreviated Internet com- in Her gLory Bess welden exercises her that it’s terrifying. The rape itself, riddled ment “Laugh Out Loud” has become a Big Mouth (and) Thunder Thighs. bess welden | at the Portland Stage Studio with obscenity and throbbing with the plural noun, for the sake of which — i.e., Theater | through March 10 | 207.774.0465 16 February 22, 2013 | the portland phoenix | portland.t hephoenix.com

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This week’s waxing moon goes from first fquarter to full, and my experience says that back page this is the week you go from first to fourth gear in what seems like an instant. Everything intensifies, and with Venus moving into Pisces, and Mercury retrograde, romance is about to get passive-aggres- sive, particularly for Virgo, Gemini, Sagittarius, Scorpio, and Cancer (Pisces, you’re in there too, need we remind you?). After Saturday, hold off on Jonesin’ _by Matt Jones tune-ups, upgrades, reboots, and other technical improvements till later in March. For more, visit moonsigns.net. Across 46 change the clock “Ob cOurse” 1 liberty org. 47 icicle spot thursday February 21 — Getting a new start. 5 dave’s bandleader 51 “i’m ___ boat” (“Snl” Waxing moon in cancer, moon void of course 9:08 pm until 5:12 pm Friday. an evening void-of-course moon makes for confusion if 1 used as2 source 3 material 4 5 6 digital 7 short) 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 9 you’re working late. you did say you’re working late, right? and who’s 14 each episode of “24” 52 ___ lingus (irish carrier) supposed to cook? huge domestic urges swallow up cancer, pisces, Scor- 15 “major” constellation 53 What many gamblers pio, leo, Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and aquarius. capricorn, aries, and li- 16 17 b lah 18 19 20 21 22 claim 23 to 24 have 25 26 27 28 bra: 29 keep those30 secrets 31 — 32 not everyone needs to know everything. 17 thieves who take x-rated 55 “double dare” host dVds? Summers Friday February 22 20 Gorp piece 57 cheese that melts well Waxing moon in cancer, void of course until 5:12 pm when it moves into leo. With a full moon looming on monday, you may 1 21 2 he killed 3 m ufasa 4 5 6 7 59 p art8 of tnt 9 10 11 12 13 have 14 that 15gotta-geddit-done 16 anxiety. if things are moving smoothly — 22 nebula animal 60 debt to ducts? keep on. if you’ve hit a rough patch, definitely bail, particularly if you’re 23 really untrustworthy looking 64 Wilkes-___, penna. aries, libra, capricorn, aquarius, taurus, or Scorpio. cancer, pisces, leo, 17 25 18 a s well 19 20 21 22 23 65 Kings 24 of 25 ___ 26 27 28 29 Sagittarius, 30 31 Gemini, 32 and Virgo: others perceive that you’re in charge of 26 tachometer stat 66 duncan of the obama “the flow,” as in “going with.” yes, that means responsibility! 29 roll call response c abinet 30 company with 67 one-for-one trades saturday February 23 Waxing moon in leo, mercury retrogrades until march 17. an ex- orange-and-white trucks 68 ___ tomb (solitaire game) cellent weekend for working with small children or getting in 1 2 33 3 like some 4 minimums 5 6 7 8 69 r 9ay of light10 11 12 13 14 touch 15 with 16 your childish needs (aries, Gemini, leo, Virgo, libra, Sagit- 34 Fascination with dre, eve tarius, capricorn, pisces). or being persuaded by advertising (taurus, and Wiz Khalifa? Down Scorpio and aquarius). yes, mercury is retrograde, but for some folks 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 37 Get wind of 1 Zooming noise (those born when mercury is retrograde, approximately 17 percent of all birthdays), you’ll hit cruising altitude. 40 Fleur-de-___ 2 like cookies made 41 Start of a danny elfman band without ovens sunday February 24 42 Jamaica or puerto rico, if 3 Keaton of the Silent era Waxing moon in leo, moon void of course 11:50 pm until mon- you’re drawing a map? 4 parabolic path day, 1:52 am. if you’re completely exhausted, having partied be- 1 2 3 45 4 bert who 5 played 6 the 7 8 9 5 a 10dd sparkle 11 to12 13 14 15 yond 16 anticipation, you’re in tune with this moon, which is nearly full. Why not indulge in romantic folly (aries, Gemini, leo, Virgo, libra, ©2013 Jonesin’ CrossworD s | eD [email protected] c owardly lion 6 51, for one Sagittarius, capricorn, pisces) or look for a more expensive toy (tau- 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 7 Superpower 26 27 that28 split 29 up 30 31 32 rus, Scorpio, and aquarius)? 8 calif. newspaper 9 Spanish actress often seen Monday1 2 February 3 4 5 25 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 on “the love boat” Full moon in Virgo, Venus moves into pisces. the “trapper’s 10 Kansas county seat (hidden moon,” and if you can’t hop away on those little bunny legs, try 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 big Fat Whale _by b rian M c FaDDen in Violation) and look like a lump of snow. camouflage is recommended for pisces, 11 pinky’s partner Sagittarius, and Gemini, who may be the target of others’ well-wishes 12 it’s north of afr. (e.g., super-critical comments or the work “pile-on”). cancer, leo, Vir- go, libra, Scorpio, capricorn, taurus, aquarius, and aries: good enough 13 dungeons & dragons game isn’t good enough today, is it? don’t make yourself crazy with the per- runners, for short fectionist impulse. 18 Key at the top left 19 School, to Sarkozy 1 t uesday2 3 4February 5 6 26 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 24 Feeling while watching Waning moon in Virgo, moon void of course 1:33 pm until 6:02 slasher movies am Wednesday. excellent for shopping and cleaning (glamor- 17 ously! 18 b outique 19 20grocerias 21 and designer 22 23 abrasives!). 24 a 25lso super 26 for get 27 - 28 29 30 31 32 25 Skirmish ting clothes altered or looking at a product with a finer grade of lens. 27 ___-rock pisces, Sagittarius, and Gemini: if you’re feeling neurotic, you’re in 28 “tell ___ secrets...” tune with the moon. cancer, leo, Virgo, libra, Scorpio, capricorn, tau- 31 less like thou? rus, aquarius, and aries: don’t let others rush you. 32 Seemingly endless pit 33 they usually weren’t hits 1 2 Wednesday 3 4 5 February 6 7 8 27 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 35 ___ taylor loFt Waning moon in libra. Firmly held decisions wobble, and com- promise is more likely today than it was last week. So is a fleet- 36 bobby, to hank hill 17 18 ing 19 desire 20 for something 21 22 gorgeous 23 to wear. 24 i f you’re25 an26 a ries, 27 capri-28 29 30 31 32 37 track star Jones corn, or cancer: weigh the decision, but don’t make it yet. if you’re a 38 israeli statesman abba leo, Virgo, libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, aquarius, pisces, taurus, or 39 moorish fortress in Spain Gemini: give in to that rare feeling — total commitment! 43 ___-roman wrestling 44 Symbols called “snails” in some languages Moon Keys 48 dress This horoscope traces the passage of the moon, not the sun. Simply 49 Shakespearean title city read from day to day to watch the moon’s influence as it moves 50 Feuder with moby through the signs of the zodiac. | When the moon is in your sun sign, 52 city where Van Gogh you are beginning a new 28-day emotional cycle, and you can expect increased insight and emotionality. When the moon moves into the painted sun sign opposite yours (see below), expect to have difficulties dealing 54 positive vote with the opposite sex, family, or authority figures; social or romantic 56 Gp. for baby boomers activities will not be at their best. | When the moon is in Aries, it 57 hot wings cheese opposes Libra, and vice versa. Other oppositions are Taurus/Scorpio, Gemini/Sagittarius, Cancer/Capricorn, Leo/Aquarius, and Virgo/Pisces. 58 out-of-control situation The moon stays in each sign approximately two and a half days. | As 60 channel with the slogan the moon moves between signs, it will sometimes become “void of “Very funny” course,” making no major angles to planets. Consider this a null time 61 labor org. based in detroit and try to avoid making or implementing decisions if you can. But it’s great for brainstorming. | For Symboline Dai’s sun-sign horoscopes and 62 Sandwich that’s now a advice column, visit our Web site at thePhoenix.com. 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This week’s waxing moon goes from first fquarter to full, and my experience says that back page this is the week you go from first to fourth gear in what seems like an instant. Everything intensifies, and with Venus moving into Pisces, and Mercury retrograde, romance is about to get passive-aggres- sive, particularly for Virgo, Gemini, Sagittarius, Scorpio, and Cancer (Pisces, you’re in there too, need we remind you?). After Saturday, hold off on Jonesin’ _by Matt Jones tune-ups, upgrades, reboots, and other technical improvements till later in March. For more, visit moonsigns.net. Across 46 change the clock “Ob cOurse” 1 liberty org. 47 icicle spot thursday February 21 — Getting a new start. 5 dave’s bandleader 51 “i’m ___ boat” (“Snl” Waxing moon in cancer, moon void of course 9:08 pm until 5:12 pm Friday. an evening void-of-course moon makes for confusion if 1 used as2 source 3 material 4 5 6 digital 7 short) 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 9 you’re working late. you did say you’re working late, right? and who’s 14 each episode of “24” 52 ___ lingus (irish carrier) supposed to cook? huge domestic urges swallow up cancer, pisces, Scor- 15 “major” constellation 53 What many gamblers pio, leo, Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and aquarius. capricorn, aries, and li- 16 17 b lah 18 19 20 21 22 claim 23 to 24 have 25 26 27 28 bra: 29 keep those30 secrets 31 — 32 not everyone needs to know everything. 17 thieves who take x-rated 55 “double dare” host dVds? Summers Friday February 22 20 Gorp piece 57 cheese that melts well Waxing moon in cancer, void of course until 5:12 pm when it moves into leo. With a full moon looming on monday, you may 1 21 2 he killed 3 m ufasa 4 5 6 7 59 p art8 of tnt 9 10 11 12 13 have 14 that 15gotta-geddit-done 16 anxiety. if things are moving smoothly — 22 nebula animal 60 debt to ducts? keep on. if you’ve hit a rough patch, definitely bail, particularly if you’re 23 really untrustworthy looking 64 Wilkes-___, penna. aries, libra, capricorn, aquarius, taurus, or Scorpio. cancer, pisces, leo, 17 25 18 a s well 19 20 21 22 23 65 Kings 24 of 25 ___ 26 27 28 29 Sagittarius, 30 31 Gemini, 32 and Virgo: others perceive that you’re in charge of 26 tachometer stat 66 duncan of the obama “the flow,” as in “going with.” yes, that means responsibility! 29 roll call response c abinet 30 company with 67 one-for-one trades saturday February 23 Waxing moon in leo, mercury retrogrades until march 17. an ex- orange-and-white trucks 68 ___ tomb (solitaire game) cellent weekend for working with small children or getting in 1 2 33 3 like some 4 minimums 5 6 7 8 69 r 9ay of light10 11 12 13 14 touch 15 with 16 your childish needs (aries, Gemini, leo, Virgo, libra, Sagit- 34 Fascination with dre, eve tarius, capricorn, pisces). or being persuaded by advertising (taurus, and Wiz Khalifa? Down Scorpio and aquarius). yes, mercury is retrograde, but for some folks 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 37 Get wind of 1 Zooming noise (those born when mercury is retrograde, approximately 17 percent of all birthdays), you’ll hit cruising altitude. 40 Fleur-de-___ 2 like cookies made 41 Start of a danny elfman band without ovens sunday February 24 42 Jamaica or puerto rico, if 3 Keaton of the Silent era Waxing moon in leo, moon void of course 11:50 pm until mon- you’re drawing a map? 4 parabolic path day, 1:52 am. if you’re completely exhausted, having partied be- 1 2 3 45 4 bert who 5 played 6 the 7 8 9 5 a 10dd sparkle 11 to12 13 14 15 yond 16 anticipation, you’re in tune with this moon, which is nearly full. Why not indulge in romantic folly (aries, Gemini, leo, Virgo, libra, ©2013 Jonesin’ CrossworD s | eD [email protected] c owardly lion 6 51, for one Sagittarius, capricorn, pisces) or look for a more expensive toy (tau- 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 7 Superpower 26 27 that28 split 29 up 30 31 32 rus, Scorpio, and aquarius)? 8 calif. newspaper 9 Spanish actress often seen Monday1 2 February 3 4 5 25 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 on “the love boat” Full moon in Virgo, Venus moves into pisces. the “trapper’s 10 Kansas county seat (hidden moon,” and if you can’t hop away on those little bunny legs, try 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 big Fat Whale _by b rian M c FaDDen in Violation) and look like a lump of snow. camouflage is recommended for pisces, 11 pinky’s partner Sagittarius, and Gemini, who may be the target of others’ well-wishes 12 it’s north of afr. (e.g., super-critical comments or the work “pile-on”). cancer, leo, Vir- go, libra, Scorpio, capricorn, taurus, aquarius, and aries: good enough 13 dungeons & dragons game isn’t good enough today, is it? don’t make yourself crazy with the per- runners, for short fectionist impulse. 18 Key at the top left 19 School, to Sarkozy 1 t uesday2 3 4February 5 6 26 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 24 Feeling while watching Waning moon in Virgo, moon void of course 1:33 pm until 6:02 slasher movies am Wednesday. excellent for shopping and cleaning (glamor- 17 ously! 18 b outique 19 20grocerias 21 and designer 22 23 abrasives!). 24 a 25lso super 26 for get 27 - 28 29 30 31 32 25 Skirmish ting clothes altered or looking at a product with a finer grade of lens. 27 ___-rock pisces, Sagittarius, and Gemini: if you’re feeling neurotic, you’re in 28 “tell ___ secrets...” tune with the moon. cancer, leo, Virgo, libra, Scorpio, capricorn, tau- 31 less like thou? rus, aquarius, and aries: don’t let others rush you. 32 Seemingly endless pit 33 they usually weren’t hits 1 2 Wednesday 3 4 5 February 6 7 8 27 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 35 ___ taylor loFt Waning moon in libra. Firmly held decisions wobble, and com- promise is more likely today than it was last week. So is a fleet- 36 bobby, to hank hill 17 18 ing 19 desire 20 for something 21 22 gorgeous 23 to wear. 24 i f you’re25 an26 a ries, 27 capri-28 29 30 31 32 37 track star Jones corn, or cancer: weigh the decision, but don’t make it yet. if you’re a 38 israeli statesman abba leo, Virgo, libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, aquarius, pisces, taurus, or 39 moorish fortress in Spain Gemini: give in to that rare feeling — total commitment! 43 ___-roman wrestling 44 Symbols called “snails” in some languages Moon Keys 48 dress This horoscope traces the passage of the moon, not the sun. Simply 49 Shakespearean title city read from day to day to watch the moon’s influence as it moves 50 Feuder with moby through the signs of the zodiac. | When the moon is in your sun sign, 52 city where Van Gogh you are beginning a new 28-day emotional cycle, and you can expect increased insight and emotionality. 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