Portland Monthly Looks Back on One Year with the Coronavirus
Marty Patail, Fiona McCann, Margaret Seiler, and Katherine Chew Hamilton talk about how weâre coping, overcoming, and changing.
By
Gabriel Granillo
2/26/2021 at 12:30am
The Oregon Health Authority announced the first presumptive case of coronavirus in the state on February 28, 2020. Since then, businesses have been shattered, mutual aid groups and volunteers have stepped up, a racial reckoning simmered to a boil, and hundreds of thousands of Americans have perished. 2020 has revealed the cracks in our healthcare system, brought out the kindness in us for those in need, and has individually and collectively shaped us into a different community.Â
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Hereâs the deal: I was only 5 when Mr. Brightside hit big. Still, the Killers were a staple of my high school years. But Iâve grown. Iâve matured. Sure, I may have gone through a metal/punk-rock phase (I may
still be going through a metal/punk-rock phase), but the Killers were the foundation, a sturdy influence. So when their new album came out, I had to give it a listenâif only for old timeâs sake.
Annnnnd, Iâm here to say the Killers are still a wondrously absurd rock band, and
Imploding the Mirage hits just as you d expect: it provides delightful synth-rock tracks like âCautionâ and âBlowback and arena anthems like âMy Own Soulâs Warningâ and âDying Breed.â Thereâs even a ballad with friend-of-Portland k.d. lang, âLightning Fields.â Add in a few so-so numbers that donât quite crack into the rock stratosphere, and you have a quintessential Killers album. Their new song o