This week's sporkful

Johnny Marr put on a great show. I saw him Saturday night at the Roseland. To be fair, that was expected. He is a fantastic guitar...

I really enjoyed The Belle Game. (I have seen their name with and without the "The".) They opened for Johnny Marr S...

I read many things about the role of misogyny in the 2016 election. There were items about the higher standard women are held to for aesth...

The March series merged a lot in my mind with the movie Selma , They cover many of the same events, though with three books March fits in m...

I almost forgot one of the Black History month topics. It cam from reading Ain't No Making It: Leveled Aspirations in a Low-Income Nei...

I really liked The Alpacas; I still don't know how to describe them. I guess the indie rock/pop that the band chooses is reasonable, b...

Jose Aguilar is an experienced singer with roots in Michoacan, Mexico and Porterville, California. Although his Youtube channel has many v...

Here is one article on a local Reparations Happy Hour: https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2018/05/reparations_happy_hour_portla...

Last night I posted really late. Tonight I was trying to get my rant going, and it is again really late. I don't think I can do a good...

I was planning on closing out my Black History month posts with a rant in response to some anger at a reparations happy hour that took place...

Darksworn is a melodic death metal band from Hillsboro, Oregon, the project of Alan Blaisdell. Blaisdell performs vocals, drums, guitar, a...

I'm not sure how this review happened. I know I wrote "Preach" down for review after one specific follow, but the band infor...

One of the most poignant stories in Edward E. Baptist's The Half Has Never Been Told concerned one man sold away from his family. He ha...

I know... that's a fancy sounding title. I spent time on some bad bosses yesterday because it is interesting how much one individual...

"That wealth and greatness are often regarded with the respect and admiration which are due only to wisdom and virtue; and that the con...

When listening to alternative band Holy Wars, the easiest comparison is to Siouxsie and the Banshees. That is not only because of Kat Leon...

The first thing I need to say is that apparently those videos need a warning on them. I didn't watch any, but I read that. I guess it ma...

Two of the books that I read for my 2018 Black History Month reading were pretty annoying. The Strange Career of Jim Crow had the advantag...

Generation Wealth starts out as a follow up. Lauren Greenfield's debut monograph was Fast Forward: Growing Up in the Shadow of Hollywoo...

We saw Crazy Rich Asians Saturday and really enjoyed it. This doesn't undo any criticism of the film. People have made good points, b...