Not what it seems...

This flick starts off on the seedier side of prostitution and crime looking like something Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive) would direct and then after an unforeseen tragedy occurs, it twists into a grandfather/grandson bonding movie all the while remaining an intense revenge thriller. Austrian filmmaker Götz Spielmann really has a style that creeps into your soul and stays there.  I want to see everything he’s ever made. This movie is crazy good. Morgan P Salvo says check it out…literally.

Sweet Saturday how shall I spend thee? On the shores of Elk Lake watching the Gerry Lopez Stand Up Paddleboad Race Series, sampling the culinary delights of a traditional Hawaiian Luau and listening to the sweet sounds of legendary local musician Bill Keale, strumming and crooning listeners into a state of aloha? Or do I feel the pull of the Emerald isle and attend the Halfway to St. Patrick's Celebration at McMenamins where Five Pint Mary and the Roving Irish Pipes aspire to whip me into a frothing green frenzy with rollicking music and revelry? Corned beef or Kalua Pua’a? Celtic or Coconuts? Leprechauns or Leis? Tough choice. Thankfully, there is no wrong answer.

Spork, the popular westside eatery and godfather of the local food cart movement, is weighing the possibility of moving into a traditional “brick and mortar” operation. Spork proprietors Jeff Hunt, Erica Reily and Chris Lohrey told customers that after wrapping up the summer season later this month they will mothball the cart for the winter season while they search out investors to partner on a formal restaurant operation, which they said hinges on the ability to raise the necessary money and the ability to find the right location. If all goes well, Spork could be open in a storefront, sit-down dining operation by spring or sooner, owners said in a email blast Friday.

If Spork does make they leap, they will join former cart vendors Soupcon and Sancho who teamed up to open the popular Barrio restaurant in the former Marz/Gatsbys location.  

In the meantime, Spork said they could team with other vendors in a new westside food cart pod next spring.

Whatever, happens Spork will not be returning to its current gravel lot location next to Primal Cuts. That spot has been purchased and is set to be developed with Produce Patch moving its food stand operations to a permanent home on the site.

If there is ever the perfect time to go out and play in Central Oregon it is now. September is simply gorgeous here. For my upcoming book on motor Bike Travel in the Western US I envisioned a photo of a girl riding in the back of a guy riding a Harley. She should look content with her eyes closed and the hair flying in the wind.

My friends Kyle Zander and Alondra Schuster were game for this shoot. Doug Bennett my trusted assistant drove the car while I was shooting out the window standing up to get a higher angle. We did several rounds on a empty stretch of a dead end road while the sun was setting. Shooting into the light creates stunning and beautiful images, if you get the exposure right. I used a fill flash to counter the back light. To get the speed effect I kept my shutter speed in the 1/60 range. Hardest thing was the focusing due to the wind that would tear up my eyes. I tried to keep the focusing point on the Alondra's face and ended up with some nice images and a lot of funky ones with her hair all over the place. Connect with Christian Heeb on FB.

Remember when ABC News broke that "pink slime" story, revealing the super-gross, cheap ground-beef filler that was being used by Beef Products Inc., a giant meat processor?

Well now BPI is suing for $1.2 billion, claiming ABS used "false and misleading and defamatory" statements.

Yeah! It's not gross! C'mon guys, we've been using this stuff for years to thicken-up our ground beef! It's totally fine!

The makers of the now infamous "pink slime" went on to say that it's not slime at all but rather "lean, finely textured beef."

Ohhhhhhh...our bad. Sorry for thinking that your beef trimmings that are heated, spun in a centrifuge and then sprayed with ammonia before being added back to your meat bricks, were gross and worthy of the moniker "pink slime."

Pretty Ruined

Ask anyone who knows me and you will understand why a movie simply called Wrecked appeals to me. That said this is a pretty cool little flick that is reminiscent of the Ryan Reynolds flick a few years back Buried wherein  its about one person and their survival instincts and mental status. Adrien Brody wakes up in the woods out in the middle of nowhere in a totally demolished crashed car and a couple of dead bodies. He then has to deal with this dilemma and piece his predicament back together as he is a little hazy. The rest of the film is his debilitating journey to find himself one catastrophe after another. Very much like an old Twilight Zone episode. One actor, one story, one end (well there are some people in flashbacks). Hey it’s good so you should see it. Canadian Filmmaker Michael Greenspan directs.

Thursday kick starts the weekend with performances by comic Leif Skyving, Erin & the Project and Animal Eyes.

Thursday Night Comedy at Kayos’ Dinner House and Lounge has been supplying Central Oregonians with their fair share of chuckles and guffaws for the better part of a year. The trend continues tonight when Adam Eagle hosts, Samantha Albert opens and Leif Skyving headlines the show. Albert, new to comedy but comfortable behind a mic, placed in Central Oregon’s 2011 Last Comic Standing competition and currently hosts the morning show on Clear 101.7.  Skyving is a 20 year comedy veteran who was born in Sweden and raised in LA and got his start at the Comedy Store with the likes of Weird Al, Jimmy “JJ” Walker and Howie Mandel. He draws comedic inspiration from what he knows best; fatherhood, marriage and middle age. The show is $10 and includes your first beer.

 If you like Joss Stone and Norah Jones you’ll want to head down to the Silver Moon Brewery tonight to check out Erin and the Project. The duo is comprised of vocalist Lindsay Erin on keyboard and Paul Ezekiel on drums and percussion and is touring to promote their album Birthday released in February of this year. Produced by Grammy Award winner Oz Fritz Birthday contains unique tracks that alternate between pop, soul and alt-rock. $5. Show starts at 9:30pm.

 Animal Eyes grew up in the middle of nowhere, literally. The band claims to have had to drive 75 miles to the nearest city (Homer) which boasts a population of roughly 4,000 (d’Oh!). They soon realized that in order to bring their music to a larger audience they needed to move out of the Alaskan Range and into the big city and lucky for us Portland is where they landed. Animal Eyes’ contagious harmonies, youthful enthusiasm and complex sound is abundantly evident on their first release Found in the Forest and has launched the band on a tour that takes them down the west coast and back up through Arizona, Idaho and Washington. Check them out at 8:30pm at the Horned Hand with special guests Fanno Creek opening up the show at 7:30pm.

Olympic gold medalist, former Eugene star and Bend favorite son Ashton Eaton will be honored along with Bend’s other Olympians at a hometown parade and celebration before the end of the month. Eaton who took home the top honors in the men’s decathlon, a grueling 10-sport event that many consider to determine the world’s best all around athlete, is a Mountain View graduate and former high school standout who blossomed into an All American at the University of Oregon.

Local kids (10 and under) who cheered on Eaton in London will have a chance to dash down Wall Street with the Olympic hero as part of a fun run. The parade and dash are set for Sunday, Sept. 23 at 1 p.m.  

If you weren’t at The White Buffalo show last night, you screwed up.

It was great. He played fast and hard and the Horned Hand was packed with enthusiastic (and very courteous) fans. I’ve wanted to see him for the better part of the year and am damn glad that I finally did. If When he comes back to Bend, go see him. Seriously. The White Buffalo is one of the truest voices of this whole “Americana” genre.

He also proved to be sensitive to the Hand's new "done by 10pm" music policy.

The Blanco Buffalo started playing a little after 8pm and promptly wrapped up his final song, a medley of Johnny Cash covers, at 10pm. For my aged bones, this is a totally reasonable timetable for a concert. Though I understand that the youth may want their shows to start a little later and stretch on till midnight.

Definitely ALL SET on fires at the moment. Didn't need this. Sounds like it's under control though—good thing.

From the Deschutes National Forest, sent at 1:37pm today:

There is an approximately ¼ acre fire near Phil’s trailhead in Bend.  Firefighting resources are on scene and have a line around the fire.  Responding firefighters believe the fire to be under control at this time.  If the fire progresses, more information will follow.