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Up in the Air, opening everywhereDirector: Jason ReitmanWith: George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason BatemanClooney has become the go-to guy for comedies with serious purpose, and he is in a good one here.  I thought as I watched this that it is one of my fav... Read more

If you've read the recent edition of Just Out, you already know about The Cliks. If you haven't yet heard about this Rock-n-Roll group, get ready to be impressed! Fronted by trans-man Lucas Silveira (lead vocals/guitar), with Morgan Doctor (Drums), Nina Martinez (Guitar)... Read more

Buzzcocks, The The Way 1-2-3-4 Go! Alt Rock Forsyth, Chris & Solar Model, The Intensity Ghost No Quarter Alt Rock Indigenous Robot Revolting Hafkees Alt Rock Okere... Read more

Hi all - KBOO's community got a couple nice pieces of press lately. Calo utho aura nrtya! (Let's get up and dance!), January 26, 2012 in the Portland Tribune -- a story about DJ Anjali and the Incredible Kid, who air Tuesday nights from 10 to midnight. And, In case you mis... Read more

 An old friend of mine, Lynne Likens of Talent, Oregon, let me know that she was stunned by the recent Supreme Court decision to allow unlimited corporate spending in our elections, reversing decades of campaign finance laws and cementing the myth that corporations are "... Read more

Naturally a Swedish website has created the 100,000,000,000,000 poems of Raymond Queneau, in which 14 sonnets can be mixed line by line, in French, English, and Swedish, and hit "new poem" 100,000,000,000,000 times for the complete series. I'll start printing them out, be... Read more

Africa Special Thursday, October 8, Noon to 10 pm Featuring talks, interviews and music from the African continent, including a talk on the role of cell phones in the Congo war, an interview with Somali rapper K-Naan and a focus on African graphic artists. Indigenous ... Read more