Once a mark of defiance, tattoos join the mainstream
By William L. Spence
It’s been 36 years, but Dan Hoover still remembers how captivated he was the first time he saw someone covered with tattoos. He was 11 years old at the time...
I have more than two dozen tattoos, many of which represent things I love, like video games, music and nature. A few have deeper meaning, dedicated to my pets or to family members who have died...
Band reunites to launch vinyl release; plays Hogan’s Saturday
By Marvin Lee
The Valley, with its heavy, fuzzy punk and garage-influenced alternative rock sound, reissued its stellar, full-length 2005 recording, known in some circles as “Blue Bear,” on vinyl this month (originally, it was released only on CD). The record is half blue and half black, and it looks amazing...
Here are a few highlights gleaned from the Inland 360 calendar: Prospective pet owners can meet adoptable animals at the Whitman County Humane Society’s Barkinglot Party, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m...
Keith Urban’s 12th studio album and Kathryn Hahn starring in the “WandaVision” spinoff “Agatha All Along” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you. Also among the streaming offerings worth your time as selected by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists: season two of the “Frasier” reboot on Paramount+, the debut of “The Golden Bachelorette” and the Strokes’ lead singer Julian Casablancas and his rock band the Voidz will release a new album, “Like All Before You.”
Fruition fans might have caught a recent milestone for the band: an interview in Rolling Stone, at bit.ly/rollingstonefruition. The genre-spanning group (it’s been described as bluegrass, folk-pop and Americana, among others) formed in Portland in 2008 and includes two former Lewiston residents, Jay Cobb Anderson and Tyler Thompson...