Saturday, January 2, 2016
WHAT TO DO
Festivals
Art & Museums
First Saturday Spin-In
Saturday, Jan. 2, 1-4 p.m.
Pendleton Center for the Arts, 214 N. Main St.
Fiber-obsessed folks can drop in and bring
a project to work on. Coffee, tea and work space
provided.
BMCC Faculty & Staff Art Show
Opening reception
Thursday, Jan. 7; 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Monday-Thursdays, 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Betty Feves Memorial Gallery, Blue Moun-
tain Community College, 2411 N.W. Carden Ave.,
Pendleton. Gallery also open by appointment by
calling 541-278-5952. The exhibit runs through
Feb. 4.
World War I Posters
Monday - Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tamástslikt Cultural Institute, near Wildhorse
Resort & Casino.
www.tamastslikt.org
$10/adults, $9/senior citizens, $6/youths, free/5
and under or $25/family of four. Features 65 origi-
nal posters from the World War I era and other ar-
tifacts from the time period. Runs through Jan. 2.
Heritage Station Museum
Tuesday-Saturdays
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
108 S.W. Frazer Ave., Pendleton
www.heritagestationmuseum.org
$5/adults, $2/student, $4/seniors, $10/family.
SAGE Center
Monday-Saturdays
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
101 Olson Road, Boardman
www.visitsage.com
$5/adults, $3/students, seniors, free/under 5.
An interactive visitor center highlighting sustainable
agriculture and energy. On-site store features local
art, jewelry, food, wine and gifts.
Music
Funk Factory
Saturday, Jan. 2; 9 p.m. No cover
Wildhorse Sports Bar at Wildhorse Resort &
Casino, off Highway 331, Mission.
Thunder Cover
Friday, Jan. 8; Saturday, Jan. 9, 9 p.m. No cov-
er
Wildhorse Sports Bar at Wildhorse Resort &
Casino, off Highway 331, Mission.
Country Hoedown
Saturday, Jan. 9; 1-4 p.m.
Milton-Freewater Neighborhood Senior Cen-
ter, 311 N. Main St.
$2/admission. Live music, dancing and singing.
Refreshments available for purchase.
Night life
DJ music
Saturdays, 8 p.m.
The Pheasant, 149 E. Main St., Hermiston
ENTERTAINMENT
East Oregonian
MOVIE REVIEW
A new classic is born in pulsating ‘Hateful Eight’
LINDSEY BAHR
AP Film Writer
“Hateful Eight”
“The Hateful Eight” is not
for the faint at heart. What
Quentin Tarantino movie is?
But while cinema’s favorite
cinephile is up to some of his
old tricks in his eighth feature,
this over three-hour-long
drawing room thriller also
feels like a step forward for the
wayward enfant terrible — a
step toward maturity.
That’s not to say he’s
mellowed. You need
only spend a minute with
87-year-old Ennio Morricone’s
throbbing, malicious score to
know that to be true. Instead,
Tarantino shows relaxed power
with “The Hateful Eight.” It’s
easy authority that’s less manic
than the cinematic language
we’ve grown to expect from
him. And it still packs a punch
to the gut, or, in the spirit
of Jennifer Jason Leigh’s
murderous prisoner, some
repeated blows to the head.
This tale of eight unsavory
creatures stranded in a
one-room haberdashery in the
middle of a nasty Wyoming
blizzard is in no hurry to get
where it’s going, and the
audience is better off for it.
It’s a whodunit when no one
has done anything yet — more
like a who’s gonna do it, and
what exactly are they gonna
do. Everyone is bad, everyone
has a secret, and everyone is
the hero of their own story.
There’s Samuel L. Jackson
as the hyper-literate bounty
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Leigh and Bruce Dern in a scene from the ilm “The Hateful
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hunter Major Marquis Warren
who carries a personal letter
from Abraham Lincoln in his
coat pocket; Kurt Russell as
the violently affable John Ruth
who’s transporting a prisoner
to town to be hanged for a
$10,000 bounty; Leigh as said
prisoner; Daisy Domergue,
whose bloody Cheshire grin
says more than any monologue
ever could. Walton Goggins
plays Chris Mannix, the
soon-to-be sheriff who may
be a master manipulator or
just plain dumb; Demian
Bechir is Bob, who runs
the Haberdashery; Michael
Madsen as Joe Gage, the
menacingly quiet one in the
corner; Tim Roth as Oswaldo
Mobray, a British hangman
who seems like a Christoph
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his groove; and Bruce Dern as
an ornery Confederate general,
wondering what’s become of
his life now that the war is
done.
It seems like a lot, but it’s
really not. That’s the brilliance
of Tarantino. Each of his
characters is so distinctive,
so rich, that they pop off the
screen as soon as you meet
them. It is refreshing when
so many ensemble movies
seem to confuse character
development with something
more akin to “here’s a famous
person who you’ll remember.”
Vivid costuming work from
Courtney Hoffman only adds
to their uniqueness.
Tarantino also keeps you
on the edge of your seat
wondering who to trust, or,
at the very least, side with. It
changes every 15 minutes as
the mystery unravels, and then
Whiskey Wednesday Game Night
Wednesdays; 3-7 p.m.
The Pheasant, 149 E. Main St., Hermiston
No cover. Drink specials and games, including
Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 3 and Ninten-
do 64.
RocKaraoke
Third Wednesdays, 8 p.m.
Wildhorse Sports Bar, Wildhorse Resort & Ca-
sino, off Highway 331, Mission.
No cover. Live band karaoke the third Wednes-
day of each month through December.
Thursday Night Comedy
Thursdays, 8 p.m.
Wildhorse Sports Bar, Wildhorse Resort & Ca-
sino, off Highway 331, Mission.
Digital Karaoke
Thursdays and Fridays, 8 p.m.
The Pheasant, 149 E. Main St., Hermiston
Wine tasting
Fridays, 4-8 p.m.
Sno Road Winery, 111 W. Main St., Echo.
Open Mic
First/third Friday each month, 8 p.m.-midnight
The Packard Tavern, 118 S.E. Court Ave.,
Pendleton
www.facebook.com/groups/pendletonopenmic
Karaoke
Fridays 8 p.m. (9 p.m. if game on)
Riverside Sports Bar, 1501 Sixth St., Umatilla
DJ and dancing
Fridays, 8 p.m.
The Pheasant, 149 E. Main St., Hermiston
Theater, stage & film
HHS Swim Team Talent Show
Saturday, Jan. 2; 7 p.m.
Hermiston High School auditorium, 600 S. First
St.
$8/admission. See 26 acts perform while rais-
ing money for transportation cost for the Hermiston
High School swim team. Event includes bake sale
and rafÀe (tickets $10) for a chance e to win an iPad
Air, FitBit, Hermiston “H” metal art and more.
Dancing with the Hermiston Stars
Saturday, Jan. 9; 6:30 p.m.
Hermiston High School auditorium, 600 S. First
St.
www.desertartscouncil.com
$40/adults, $22.50/youths ($5 discount if pur-
chased in advance). Desert Arts Council presents
the event with professionals with the Utah Ballroom
Dance Company working with six local “stars” as
they raise money for local charities and compete for
the mirrored ball trophy.
Cabin Fever Concert
Saturday, Jan. 16; 6 p.m.
Hermiston Conference Center, 415 S. High-
way 395
$38/admission. Includes Dutch oven dinner by
Sharon’s Sweet Treats. John Wambeke & Friends
provide an evening of music and humor. Tickets
available at The Cottage.
“Flashdance the Musical”
Friday, Jan. 22; 7 p.m.
Windermere Theatre, Kennewick
www.yourtoyotacenter.com
$42-$67 (tickets via www.ticketmaster.com).
The pop culture phenomenon takes the stage. It
features a score that includes hit songs from the
movie, as well as 16 new songs written for the mu-
sical with music by Robbie Roth and lyrics by Roth
and Robert Cary.
“Having It All”
Sunday, Jan. 24; 1 p.m.
Power House Theatre, 111 N. Sixth St., Walla
Walla
www.phtww.com
Ticket information to be announced. A docu-
mentary screening about three women who set out
to live their dreams of balancing career, marriage
and children. Each learns what “having it all” really
means.
Hot tickets
Black Sabbath: The End. Feb. 6, Tacoma
Dome. Tickets ($35-$150) available via www.ticket-
master.com
The Illusionists - Live from Broadway. Feb.
12, Windermere Theatre, Kennewick. Tickets ($42-
$67) available via www.ticketmaster.com
Harlem Globetrotters. Feb. 21, Toyota Center,
Kennewick. Tickets ($80.50-102.50) available via
www.ticketmaster.com
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Hermiston, OR, 97838.
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prisoners dead or alive.
A big deal has been made
about the presentation of “The
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as “Mutiny on the Bounty.”
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an intermission at the roadshow
presentations.
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that they switched to digital
at intermission. For what it’s
worth, the digital looked great.
Besides, we need Tarantino
to go all out in whatever ways
he deems necessary even if
we don’t always understand
it. If he didn’t he wouldn’t be
Tarantino and we’d be missing
out.
Johnny Vinyl counts ‘em down: Top albums of 2015
By JOHNNY VINYL
Ride the vibe
3. The Church: “Further/Deeper”
Australia’s merchants of ethereal rock and
roll released the best since their ’80s heyday.
Losing (literally) founding member Marty
Willson-Piper caused nary a ripple. New
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Sunday Fundays
Sundays; 4 p.m.
Riverside Sports Bar, 1501 Sixth St., Umatilla
No cover. Food/drink specials
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2015 was a great year for music. For
better or worse, music
in the 21st century is
available instantaneously
in every genre, from
literally every corner of
the world.
That half of the artists
represented here have a
history of 30-plus years
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Here’s how Mr. Vinyl
interprets the top from
audio year 2015:
10. The Mountain Goats: “Beat the
Champ”
John Darnielle, founder and only
consistent member of the band, led a very
messed-up childhood. It’s amazing that he
lived to tell about it. That may actually be
why he’s here. Since 1991, he has made
15 full-length releases that tend to be
concept albums of a particular part of his
personal pain. With this one, it is all about
the one thing that he had in common with
his abusive stepfather — pro wrestling. An
entire album of songs about wrestling. It’s
not all what you’d expect. It’s not a novelty
record. It is a compelling suite of indie
rock that continues to reward after repeated
listening. John’s pain is our gain.
9. Tame Impala: “Currents”
For studio recording Tame Impala
is Kevin Parker. He records everything
himself. When it’s time to tour, he enlists
the support of an actual band. “Currents”
sees Parker trading guitar for keyboards as
the instrument of choice, but the experi-
mentation is still front and center.
8. Deafheaven: “New Bermuda”
Deafheaven sonically announced them-
selves with their black-gaze magnum opus
“Sunbather” in 2013. “New Bermuda” is
even more intense. The song lengths are
shorter this time around. Caution, this one
can blow your mind!
“Pylon” by Killing Joke is Johnny Vi-
nyl’s top album pick for 2015.
7. Goatsnake: “Black Age Blues”
Probably the most unexpected reunion
of 2015 is that of the doom metal band
Goatsnake. After 15 years, the boys are
back with “Black Age Blues.” This is
the most accessible these guys have ever
sounded. Metallic music for the masses.
6. Faith No More: “Sol Invictus”
The core band is all back after an
11-year hiatus. The time off worked
wonders. This is their best since the early
’90s. If you enjoyed “The Real Thing” or
“Angel Dust,” you’re gonna love this!
5. Dead Weather: “Dodge and Burn”
This is Alison Mosshart’s album and
the boys are just along for the ride. On
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force and conviction that with “Let Me
Through,” when she sings “I’m a bad
man, let me through,” you don’t doubt
her for a second.
4. The Waterboys: “Modern Blues”
Mike Scott and the Waterboys
continue to turn out Celtic-drenched,
indie spirituals for the new age. If this
doesn’t make you feel good about being
alive, you might not be.
2. Public Image Limited: “What the
World Needs Now”
This one could have easily held the top
position on this list. There is no one alive
quite like John Lyndon, better known as
Johnny Rotten. Who would have guessed
that this former lead singer of the Sex Pistols
would have become somewhat of a sage as
an elder statesman? The piss and vinegar
are still there, but now it’s tempered with an
undeniable truth.
1. Killing Joke: “Pylon”
In 1978, four British teenagers, Jaz
Coleman, Kevin “Geordie” Walker, Big Paul
Ferguson and Paul “Youth” Glover, formed
the seminal band Killing Joke as a way to
combat dystopian England under Thatcher’s
rule. Killing Joke had a major effect on
post-punk, new-wave, dance/house/rave,
goth, and almost single-handedly invented
industrial before anyone knew what to call
it. Youth left after the third album in 1983 to
concentrate more on dance and experimental
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original members realized how much Killing
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needed to be completed. “Pylon” completes
the trilogy initiated by that event with 2010’s
“Absolute Dissent” and 2012’s “MMXII.”
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chants and the heaviest rhythm section
around. The deluxe edition adds 35 minutes
of tracks that for some random reason didn’t
make it on the album proper. As proven by
the gatherings of 2005 and 2008, Killing
Joke front a worldwide tribe who’ll follow
them anywhere. Join the tribe, ride the vibe.
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Johnny Vinyl is a music connoisseur. His
column, Ride the vibe, focuses on enter-
tainment. Contact him in c/o tmalgesini@
eastoregonian.com
BOOK REVIEW
‘Bread, Wine, Chocolate’ makes environmental issues tasty
By KEVIN BEGOS
Associated Press
The lands, waters and atmo-
sphere of our planet are under
tremendous stress from the appe-
tites and endeavors of more than
7 billion people, and such issues
often make for grim reading. But
environmentalist Simran Sethi
has an appealing new argument
in “Bread, Wine, Chocolate.”
She explains how the pleasures
of tasty food and drink are also
threatened, and suggests that
protecting biodiversity can help
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too.
From pistachios to wine and
chocolate to coffee, Sethi shows
that the foods we love have been
biologically dumbed-down to
feed the masses. Bananas? One
species dominates worldwide
production,
even
though
hundreds more — with more
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one species. Wine? A half-dozen
French and European varieties
dominate vineyards and restau-
rant lists, but more than 1,000
wine grapes exist.
Sethi, a former NBC News
correspondent, notes that 75
percent of the world’s food
comes from just 12 plant and
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with the same fertilizers and
pesticides. In practical terms that
sameness raises the risk of global
disease outbreaks, just as hospital
bacteria have developed resis-
tance to antibiotics. It also means
that uniquely tasty regional crops
are at risk of dying out, leaving
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sliver of the same global market.
“While we debate GMOs and
the merits of Paleo (diets) ...
we’re losing the foundation of
food,” Sethi writes, since diver-
sity is the foundation for tastes
and smells, and for resistance to
pests, drought and disease.
“Bread, Wine, Chocolate” is
full of wonderfully geeky bits of
science, including an excellent
section on how memory and
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of taste. But Sethi’s friendly,
welcoming tone makes serious
topics digestible and pleasurable.
“Eat and drink with reverence
and gusto, whether it’s a Big
Mac or a mountain of kale,” she
writes, with an admirable lack of
foodie pretension.
“Bread, Wine, Chocolate”
is passionate without being
dogmatic: Sethi understands
that global change takes time,
and that poor farmers in India
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to small-scale, heirloom crops.
Sethi acknowledges extinctions,
climate change and heartbreak,
but leaves readers with the hope
that individual choices will
make a difference over time,
and that the love of food can be
joyous and part of a meaningful
commitment to the environment.
“Bread, Wine, Chocolate:
The Slow Loss of Foods We
Love” (HarperOne), by Simran
Sethi