Hours Into His Tenure As Police Chief, Mike Marshman Has Completely...
by Dirk VanderHart New Police Chief Mike Marshman, left, was plotting big time changes this morning.Remember this morning when a brand new police chief was announced, and we suggested that that could...
View ArticleGood Morning, News: Police Bureau Shakeup, Kitzhaber's Favorite Court...
by Dirk VanderHart The upper echelons of the Portland Police Bureau look almost completely different today than they did yesterday. First, the city got a new police chief. Mike Marshman, formerly a...
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by Anonymous Dear Portland Ladies: You all are officially the worst. Its officially shorts season, the sultry heart of the Pacific NorthwestMen know how to look without being seen, but you fucking...
View Articlehoney bucket blues II
by Anonymous What in the actual fuck is your problem? Sticking pencils in the porta potty locks? You know what's worse than shitting in a porta potty on a 90 degree day? Being locked out because some...
View ArticleNaked huh?
by Anonymous Naked Bike Ride, huh? Lived here since 93' and I've never seen so much clothes in my life. A few years ago all y'all were naked. But slowly and surely and especially this year I think I...
View ArticleHot Live Action Bike Porn
by Anonymous What was seen cannot be unsawn. It was midday sunday and a herd of naked people on bikes went streaking up Hawthorne. It was supposed to be a day of rest. Instead I'm feeling unease and...
View ArticleSavage Love Letter of the Day: Old Dirty Pics Piss Off Sex-Starved Spouse
by Dan Savage I don't expect a reply, as I'm sure you get a zillion emails a day. But, I figured it's worth a shot.My wife and I have been together for going on four years now. We started off as an...
View ArticleThe Bachelorette Recap: Episode 6 – Kiss Me, Kill Me
by Campy Draper That soccer ball is basically some dude's heart. Oh hey there! I didn’t think you’d be looking to read a recap of The Bachelorette. I thought y’all motherfuckers probably blew your wad...
View ArticleJeff Goldblum A to Z: The Ultimate Filmography of Our Greatest Living Actor
by The Portland Mercury Jeff Goldblum Appreciation Society Take a good, long look at those beautiful, beautiful fingers.Adam Resurrected (2008)"What's that?" you say. "I've never heard of a Jeff...
View ArticleDonald Trump's no Friend to Gays, and his Advisors are Even Worse
by Matt Baume This could easily be a shot from the end of The Shining.Gino Santa Maria / Shutterstock.comIf you have your finger anywhere near the pulse of animated GIF culture lately, you've probably...
View ArticleA Chat with Designer Lizz Basinger
by Cassie Ridgway Lizz BasingerJeremy KirbyDURING OUR most recent heat wave, I realized that despite my desire to sweat it all out in cutoffs and an old band tee, I had professional obligations which...
View ArticleTerror Attack at Turkey's Largest Airport
by Dan Savage Crazy RT @agirecudi: Wow the police actually shoots one of the suicide bombers before he blows himself up. #Istanbulpic.twitter.com/sHsVvA8IiE— Jeffrey (@mrmonka) June 28, 2016The...
View ArticleHere Are Your 2016 Drammy Award Winners
by Megan Burbank Profile Theater's adaptation of Sarah Ruhl's adaptation of Virginia Woolf's funniest book, Orlando, cleaned up deservedly.David KinderIt's that time again! Portland's hyperlocal...
View ArticleCity: Proposed $258.4 Million Housing Bond Amounts to 1,300 Units
by Dirk VanderHart Nicole CmarThe City of Portland now has another figure to attach to the $258.4 million housing bond City Council will almost certainly put before voters this November: 1,300. That's...
View ArticleSavage Love
"Is this a harmless white lie, or a major cop-out that would offend actual lesbians?" by Dan Savage Is it a super douchey move to pretend to be a lesbian to avoid unwanted male attention? I'm a...
View ArticleAsk a Pot Lawyer: Rescheduling Weed
Will making weed a Schedule II drug be bad for Oregon? by Vince Sliwoski I read thatweed might be removed from Schedule I of the federal Controlled Substances Act (CSA). Is that bad for the Oregon...
View ArticleCannabuzz: CBD and Seizures
Here's how a component of weed helped someone with seizures. by Josh Jardine THESE ARE DAYS when it's important to find some good news, to seek out stories that remind us of our fellow human's...
View ArticleLetters to the Editor
"I too have made it through all these years with generous helpings of the 'Blum."RE: JEFF GOLDBLUMRE: "Jeff Goldblum's Psychosexual Power" [Film, June 22], Megan Burbank's erotic contribution to last...
View ArticleSummerfest's Panic Attacks and Beautiful Fabrics
CoHo's annual festival highlights innovative plays—with minimal Shakespeare. by Megan Burbank IT'S EASY to think of summer as dead time for Portland theater. But that sentiment, while not wholly...
View ArticleGrief Is the Thing with Feathers: A Somber Breeze of a Book
Max Porter's writing finds a language for grief. by Rich Smith ALL THE GRIEFS are here in Max Porter's Grief Is the Thing with Feathers. Grief the joker. Grief the jerk. Grief the pal. Grief the...
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