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Visit www.bendbulletin.com/nearfar to download The Bulletin's free two-disc compilation Near/Far, containing 30 MP3s from Central Oregon and national acts. No subscription required. Includes songs from The Shins, Arcade Fire, Aesop Rock, Band of Horses, plus Person People, The Roe, The Mostest, Coyo and more.
Monthly Archives: December 2007
On the Bulletin’s free music downloads
The Bulletin announced today that they are offering free music downloads on their site: an album’s worth of music from local bands, and an album’s worth from national bands (15 each). For anyone who’s familiar with the usual online offerings/technical … Continue reading
Beer to go from Wildfire
In my Holiday Gift Guide entry for Beer, I mentioned that I didn’t know if Wildfire Brewing had beer available to go. (Wildfire is the brewery established by the JC’s folks.) Well, Paul (the brewer) was kind enough to write … Continue reading
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Holiday Gift Guide: Local Music: $-$$
What: Albums from local bands and artists. Central Oregon has a thriving music scene, ranging in styles from hip hop (MC Mystic) to folk (Moon Mountain Ramblers) to alt rock (KouseFly) to just about any other genre you can think … Continue reading
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Holiday Gift Guide: Frontier Doctor: $$
What: Frontier Doctor, by Urling Coe. One of my favorite Bend history books—this is more of a narrative than a dry history tome and it’s a fantastic read. Urling Coe came to Bend in 1905 to practice medicine when Bend … Continue reading
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Holiday Gift Guide: Bike tours & gear: $$-$$$$$
What: Cog Wild is a local guide company dedicated to mountain biking, and they offer a whole slew of bike tour options as well as gear you can buy directly from them. Tours are available from April to November (mountain … Continue reading
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Holiday Gift Guide: Wine: $-$$$
What: A bottle (or two! or more!) of wine from one (or both!) local wineries, Maragas Winery and Volcano Vineyards. Maragas is the winery that is also attempting to grow vineyards locally, just north of Terrebonne—something that hasn’t been done … Continue reading
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Holiday Gift Guide: Booze: $$
What: Locally-distilled spirits from Bendistillery. Everyone knows about their Crater Lake Vodka and Cascade Mountain Gin, but they also have a hazelnut espresso and a hot pepper-infused vodka. The vodka is filtered though crushed volcanic rock—local, of course—while the gin … Continue reading
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Holiday Gift Guide: Bath and body products: $-$$
What: A wide selection of bath and body products from Dani Natural Products, including lotions, hand cremes, oils, soaps, and more. All of their "product bases contain 100% vegetable oils with NO petroleum or animal oils" and they do no … Continue reading
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Holiday Gift Guide: Eco-friendly clothing: $-$$
What: Organic and eco-friendly clothing from Of the Earth, who strive "to be the premier resource for fashionable alternative and organic apparel." Organic cotton, merino wool, hemp, and bamboo are among the fibers they use in their products. For: Anyone … Continue reading
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Holiday Gift Guide: Beer!: $-$$$
What: Growlers of beer from one of our local microbreweries, of course! (Oh come on, you knew I’d get to this one eventually, right?) And actually, they don’t have to be limited to growlers: Deschutes Brewery, for instance, will fill … Continue reading
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Holiday Gift Guide: Qubits: $$$
What: "The construction toy of the future." That’s as good a description as any for Qubits; this creative and educational toy looks to me like a cross between Legos and an Erector set. Each set contains 150 pieces and according … Continue reading
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Holiday Gift Guide: Tumalo Farms Cheese: $$-$$$$$
What: Locally produced "farmstead" goats milk cheeses from Tumalo Farms. They have seven different cheese varieties which you can order singly, and gift packages available too. These are definitely gourmet cheeses; check out the Pondhopper, a cheese made with a … Continue reading
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Holiday Gift Guide: In my SUV T-Shirts: $$
What: Men’s and women’s T-shirts from Bend Blogger monkeyinabox, where he’s poking some fun at Bend’s expense like the Buzztouch shirts. "In my SUV"? Indeed! I particularly like the Flaming Chicken design, seen here. For: Anyone with a sense of … Continue reading
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Holiday Gift Guide: Bend 2008 Calendar: $
What: The Bend 2008 Calendar from the Bend Calendar Company, featuring gorgeous imagery from local photographers. Because everybody needs a calendar, right? For: Anyone who needs to keep track of the date. Price: $15 – $ Where: Lots of places; … Continue reading
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Holiday Gift Guide: Be-Bop Biscotti: $-$$
What: Gourmet, hand-crafted biscotti from Di Lusso. I can personally attest to how good these are! They come in 15 flavors, 13 of which are dipped and decorated in chocolate. Decadent, and good either on their own or dipped in … Continue reading
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