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TOP DOWN
had to be postponed last week due to the threat of rain. We'll try again
this week (the forcast is more promising). Should the clouds start to
collect again this Thursday, fear not, we'll move the whole show including
the band, beer and the TAZO down to the relatively dry Guild Theatre at
SW 9th and Taylor.
WILD ZERO offers a high-caliber contender from your favorite
cult genre (that of the Japanese Rock and Roll Zombie variety of course).
Here's a quick synopsis picked up off the web:
Ace, a rockabilly fan who really wants to be cool, is on his way to seeing
his favorite group Guitar Wolf, when a strange thing occurs… aliens
invade the Earth and people start returning to life as flesh eating zombies!
Enlisting the help of the (real-life) Japanese rock/punk band Guitar Wolf
(and self-proclaimed coolest rock band in the world), Ace and the members
of the band get entangled in many misadventures with crazy rock managers
in very tight shorts, transsexuals, naked women shooting guns in the shower
and blood-thirty zombies ready to tear them apart!
Leather jackets, loud over-modulated music, laser guitar picks, motorcycles,
muscle cars and LOTS of fire… it’s all right here! Did we
also happen to mention flesh eating zombies?
Think DAWN OF THE DEAD meets
KISS MEETS THE PHANTOM OF THE PARK
with the humor of EVIL DEAD 2
and that’s what WILD ZERO
is all about! There will be some seating available but you are encouraged
to bring your own blankets, sand chairs or portable snap-together Lay-Z-Boy
recliners, Saarinen tulip chairs or whatever fine furnishings you have
lying about the lanai.
So cast off the shackles of the living-dead who plan to stay at home this
Thursday for their next injection of so-called "Must See TV,"
and join the jet-stream set beneath the twinkling stars (we had to pay
extra for the twinkling) in the best theater in Portland—with or
without a ceiling.
TOP DOWN: EVERY THURSDAY
IN AUGUST
A month-long showcase of classics and cult films under the stars. Outdoor
cinema, live music, and spectacular city views on the rooftop of the Mallory
Hotel parking garage (815 SW 15th @ Yamhill). Music starts at 7:30pm.
Films start at 9:00pm. Admission only $5. Parking available in the Mallory
garage.
This week feature a variety of tasty panini from O'Cielo
for three bucks—how continentally economical is that?
Co-sponsored by The
Portland Mercury, The Mallory
Hotel, Tazo,
Red Bull and Sierra
Nevada.
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