Bang Your Head
An overdue appreciation of Missoula's unsung metal scene
Call it the red-headed stepchild of the music scene. Call the bands and their diehard fans fringe dwellers. But the truth is, there are a lot of Missoula metal bands working hard to keep the scene alive, and they deserve to be heard.
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When Harris Sherman, overseer of the U.S. Forest Service, stated in December that the logging mandate essential to Sen. Jon Tester's forest bill was "likely unachievable and unsustainable," a figurative snag (probably one killed by pine beetles) fell and blocked the bill's path to passage.
Life in full
One man's step from scientist to world-changing activist
In my office, I have a picture of a man testifying to Congress.
(Range)
True colors
Schweitzer gets it wrong on hazardous waste, again
Back when Gov. Brian Schweitzer made his run for Conrad Burns' seat in the U.S. Senate, he was full of fire and brimstone on how Burns was a corporate pawn.
(Ochenski)
Bang Your Head
An overdue appreciation of Missoula's unsung metal scene
Call it the red-headed stepchild of the music scene. Call the bands and their diehard fans fringe dwellers. But the truth is, there are a lot of Missoula metal bands working hard to keep the scene alive, and they deserve to be heard.
Flathead
Amending annexation
Kalispell has seen unprecedented growth over the past decade, doubling in both population and geographic area.
(Info)
Mountain High
My car broke down a few weeks ago, so I've been busy keeping the seat of my bicycle warm.
Ganja gourmet
Local chef cooks up full menu of "medibles"
Tim Williams makes about 1,000 baked goods each week, serving Montana Cannabis' roughly 300 registered patients around the state. "I'm trying to take marijuana food from the pot brownie you bought at a Grateful Dead show," he says, "to the kind of five-course fine dining meal you'd get at Spago."
(Up Front)
Marijuana
Bank bounces caregiver
The owners of Missoula Cannabis Caregivers received unexpectedly harsh news when First Interstate Bank notified the business that its accounts would be closed because the operation violates federal law.
(Info)
Criminal cut
Budget issues end low-cost Victims Advisory Council
Victims' rights advocates think the state's decision to end the Department of Corrections' advisory council--and save just $5,700--is a shortsighted and unnecessary move.
(Up Front)
Pine beetles
Shell serum shows promise
Liquefied shrimp and crab shells shipped from Iceland could help thwart the pine beetles killing millions of trees across Montana and the West.
(Info)
Hunting
Philippine flop
Hamilton resident Bill Walker never expected to get swept up in an international big-game brouhaha.
(Info)
The Dude abides
Lebowski bash celebrates the Coen brothers' cult classic
For some movies, like Schindler's List, once is enough, thank you very much.
Good will hunting
Lyrical prose can't save half-baked Blue Horse
Since 2003, the highly acclaimed online literary journal, Narrative Magazine, has been committed to advancing the literary arts in the digital age.
(Books)
In a hole
Off with 3-D's head and, eventually, Alice's
I love the song and dance they give you at a 3-D movie when you tell them you brought your own glasses.
(Film Features)
Maren Christensen
Finally Red
Maren Christensen's 2006 album, Ready for You Now, was a compilation about finding one's way in the world.
(Noise)
Vampire Weekend
Contra
I still don't fully understand the venom spewed toward current sensation Vampire Weekend.
(Noise)
Johnny Cash
American VI: Ain't No Grave
I've never been so sad about a musician's death as I was with that of Johnny Cash.
(Noise)
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