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What We’re Into: Everyone & Their Mom

I’ve already written about my favorite podcast, NPR’s “Wait, Wait … Don’t Tell Me!” But from that podcast…

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New releases: Willi Carlisle, ‘Peculiar, Missouri’

Coming from a queer, 6-foot-4, 300-pound former high school football captain who went on to sing Midwestern punk…

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What we’re into: G. Love and Special Sauce

I’ve been driving a lot this summer — 45 minutes, twice a day to get to my job…

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All aboard! Check out the schedules for the Eagle Cap Excursion Train and Sumpter Valley Railroad

ELGIN, SUMPTER — A chance to see Eastern Oregon landscapes from the windows of a train continues this…

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New releases: Sam Reider, ‘Petrichor’

Jazz pianist Sam Reider can sound reflective or restless, pensive or playful, sometimes in adjacent measures. “Petrichor” is…

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Arlington shines with annual car show, park activities

ARLINGTON — Earl Snell Park is the place to be Saturday, July 30, as the Arlington Show-N-Shine gears…

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What we’re into: ‘Ear Biscuits’ podcast

“Ear Biscuits” podcast by Link Neal and Rhett McLaughlin is my go-to background noise at the moment. Neal…

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New releases: Metric, ‘Formentera’

Even Canadian rock stars are looking introspectively — and existentially — at their role and the meaning of…

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A hotrod time in Pendleton

PENDLETON — Hotrods return to Pendleton this week for the second Hotrod-A-Rama Northwest car show. But it’s not…

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What we’re into: ForgottenWeapons.com

I frequent the ForgottenWeapons.com YouTube channel. Its 2,700 videos have gained 2.38 million subscribers and many more semi-regular…

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