Eclectic cafe sizzles with tasty eats, rocking tunes
Restaurant review
Natasha Chilingerian
Pulse Columnist
Musicians, poets and coffee lovers
need look no further than Cafe Par
adiso in central Downtown Eugene
to satisfy cravings for caffeine and
eclectic entertainment.
Located at 115 W. Broadway, the
venue is home to local artwork dis
plays, rejuvenating mugs of java and
unique music. Not only is the cafe a
relaxing oasis to catch a quick break
fast or late-night latte, it also serves
as a miniature theater and museum.
New-music junkies can enjoy local
bands throughout the week, and
those looking to express their
artistry in public can display artwork
or release creative talents on stage
on Tuesday nights during Cafe Par
adiso’s open mike.
Cafe Paradiso promotes conversa
tion and studying alike with its re
laxed indoor/outdoor setting. Break
fast, including waffles, biscuits and
gravy, and quiche, is served during
the morning hours only. Sandwich
es, salads, soups, hot pastas and ap
petizers, smoothies, pastries, truf
fles, espresso, beers and wines are
served any time.
The veggie herb sandwich comes
on thick, crusty Ciabatta bread and
is stacked with a choice of cream
cheese or humus, sun dried toma
toes, sprouts, cucumbers, shredded
carrots and onions. Accompanied by
tortilla chips, the meal leaves a bit of
a dry taste on the palate. The star
ring beverage on the menu — the
creamy, calming Green Tea Ghai —
is a rarity in espresso bars.
Sign-ups for Tuesday evening
open mike begin at 7 p.m., with the
show starting at 8 p.m. A variety of
work can be seen here from artists
of all ages, including poetry, music
and comedy, with instruments
ranging from guitars to bagpipes to
ukuleles to vocals. Some serious
performers take the on-stage op
portunity to promote their CDs,
while others participate just for the
sake of expressing themselves artis
tically. New visual art is displayed
in the cafe every month, and peo
ple interested in displaying their
masterpieces can inquire with an
employee of Cafe Paradiso.
Open mike night is a gamble — on
my visit, I got my share of strong,
less-than-stellar performers. But
during the weaker numbers, chat
ting with friends, sipping coffee and
enjoying the eccentric atmosphere
ensured an enjoyable evening.
Contact the columnist at
natashachilingerian@dailyemerald.com.
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‘Other Network ’ resuscitates odd
would-be TV in comic melange
Pulse review
Ryan Bornheimer
Senior Pulse Reporter
Remember Ben Stiller’s spoof of
“The Six Million Dollar Man” TV se
ries starring Jack Black? Or how
about that twisted adult version of
the “Bozo the Clown” show that
aired on Fox? Don’t remember?
Well, that may be because both
shows are TV pilots that were filmed
but never saw the light of day — un
til now. “The Other Network,” a
compilation of such failed television
outings, is at Bijou Art Cinemas to
shed light on these comedic oddities.
It says a great deal about the state
of television that countless cringe-in
ducing reality shows can be green-lit
to prime-time while creative and in
telligent fare such as that offered in
“The Other Network” is passed over.
These are the shows we might see if
TV executives actually had respect
for the viewing public.
Instead of the truthful and hilari
ous “North Hollywood,” a semi-auto
biographical look at young wannabes
living on the fringe of Hollywood
from the creator of “Freaks &
Geeks” and “Undeclared,” we get
“Good Morning Miami.” Does any
one actually watch this show? Why
is this thing shoved down our throats
every Thursday while “Heat-Vision
& Jack” never even aired?
“Heat Vision” is perhaps the high
light of “The Other Network.” This pi
lot, directed by Stiller, stars Jack Black
as a super-intelligent ex-astronaut and
Owen Wilson as the voice of his side
kick, a talking motorcycle, who are on
the run from the villainous NASA
agent Ron Silver as... Ron Silver.
This exercise in tongue-in-cheek
iness feels like a relic of the late
1970s rather than the mid-1990s,
when it was produced, shot in a
style reminiscent of shows like
“The Incredible Hulk.” The script
by Dan Harmon and Rob Schrab is
hyper-aware of its own ridiculous
ness — it has the same absurd
charm as “Zoolander.” One gets the
sense that this series would have
been a dream for star cameos. And
the humor was tailor-made for
Black’s tightly wound energy.
“Saturday TV Funhouse” — not
to be confused with the similarly ti
tled Comedy Central show — is
probably best described as a chil
dren’s hour on acid. It features a
slurring clown named Prozo who
turns a mock Israeli-Palestinian
peace conference into a pie fight
and engages in a conversation with
a talking outhouse, all in front of a
live studio audience of children and
their parents. Enough said.
The final entry in “The Other Net
work” is called “The Lewis Lec
tures,” a cartoon about a woman and
her dogs. While this show is enter
taining, it doesn’t stack up to the
others for raw kicks. The first three
feel like TV outlaws, while “Lewis”
just feels neglected.
The four shows are just the first
in an “Other Network” film series.
This chapter, now playing, is part of
the Bijou’s late night movie selec
tions at 11:40 p.m. Performance
will dictate if more lost shows are
on the way. But what I really want
to see is more Prozo.
Contact the senior Pulse reporter
at ryanbornheimer@dailyemerad.com.
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