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Enter the Mercury’s PETS IN ACTION Photo Contest! Do you have a pet? A pet that loves ACTION? How about a pet that pretends to love ACTION? Then enter your pooch, cat, ferret, fish, parrot, turtle, or...
View ArticleBlesst Chest’s Prog ’n’ Roll Party
Blesst Chest’s mutant rock defies labels. by Mark Lore INSTRUMENTAL BANDS have a tendency to sometimes get wrapped up in themselves. This all has its place, of course, but it comes at the cost of...
View ArticleSneaker Wave
The latest in Portland hip-hop. by Jenni Moore IF YOU’RE A REGULAR at hip-hop shows and events around town, you’re probably familiar with Jordan Carter’s friendly face. He’s usually posted up with a...
View ArticleRecord Review: Marisa Anderson, Into the Light
The album sounds like one long ride into the sunset. by Ciara Dolan PORTLAND GUITARIST Marisa Anderson’s newest full-length, Into the Light, sounds like one long ride into the sunset—a journey that...
View ArticleBJ the Chicago Kid Is a New Star with an Old Soul
BJ the Chicago Kid’s Motown debut is timeless R&B. by Jenni Moore THESE DAYS it feels like the world is in complete chaos. Every week there’s a new catastrophic death toll, police shooting, rape,...
View ArticleRecord Review: Cool American, You Can Win a Few
Their new album is terrific, top to bottom. by Ben Salmon “WHO THE FUCK said my band sounds like pavement,” Cool American’s Nathan Tucker tweeted on July 11, “i’ll fight them.”Fair enough. For two...
View ArticleWoody Allen’s Café Society Is a Pancake of a Movie
It’s an okay pancake. by Ned Lannamann WOODY ALLEN makes movies with the speed and precision of a short-order breakfast cook. Year after year, he churns out pancake after pancake for an undemanding...
View ArticleBeing Empowered (Sort Of) (Not Really) with Bad Moms
Alas, some problems can’t be solved with binge drinking. by Kjerstin Johnson INBAD MOMS, Amy (Mila Kunis) is a working mother of two who, out of exhaustion, rejects the perfect-mom paradigm. She joins...
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Film Shorts
This week: Nerve, The Innocents, and the 35th anniversary of Raiders of the Lost Ark. Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie The film achieves the same high-pitched, broad humor of the series—even though at a...
View ArticleJason Bourne: Punching and Chasing, Part Five
Matt Damon's Bourne again! (Sorry.) by Ned Lannamann POOR JEREMY RENNER. Bounced out of the Bourne franchise, Conan O’Brien/Tonight Show-style, Renner’s nowhere to be seen in the fifth movie based on...
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Good Morning, News: Hillary Smashes Glass Ceiling, Freddie Gray Cops Cleared,...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! I sit and think about everything we do, and I find myself in misery and that ain't cool. LET'S GO TO PRESS. Because they can't seem to do enough damage...
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Oregon Brewers Fest Begins Today
by Brian Yaeger Tomorrow, call in sick. Or call in pre-hungover if you wanna be honest. For today marks the beginning of the 29th annual Oregon Brewers Festival, a beerfest so big it has not been...
View ArticleThings to Do Music
Noteworthy shows for the week of July 27-August 2. WEDNESDAY 7/27SYNDICATE, KAPITAL, STEEL CHAINS, MR. WRONG (Black Water Bar, 835 NE Broadway) Mr. Wrong sort of came out of nowhere—the Portland duo...
View ArticlePortland’s Pretty
Checking out skate style at Wieden + Kennedy. by Marissa Sullivan IN 2004, a magical holiday was born. Shredders in California rejoiced when Rob Dyrdek and the International Association of Skateboard...
View ArticleBird Feeding is a Mental Disorder
by Anonymous There was a recent post about crows creating a nuisance in a neighborhood and, as I expected, some avid bird feeders commented in such a predictable way. See, people who feed animals have...
View Article$3-4 Decaf. What the Fuck...
by Anonymous I know decaf sucks and is probably poison, but why the hell can't we have a air-pot of the sewer sludge at the counter? Perhaps not all, but most coffee shops carry a variety of roast at...
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Portland's Planned Springwater Sweep Has National Advocates Talking—And Not...
by Dirk VanderHart Portland Park Ranger Sam Sachs speaks with homeless campers and advocates on the Springwater Corridor on July 23. Dirk VanderHartEric Tars is a senior attorney with the National Law...
View ArticleIt Has Come to My Attention That Some People Still Haven't Watched Bill...
by Christopher Frizzelle I'm a Hillary diehard and I learned so much I didn't know. Please watch it.[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
View ArticleSavage Love Letter of the Day: My Loving Wife, The Dicktease
by Dan Savage I am a 52-year-old straight male, married for almost 30 years. For most of those years, we've had a satisfying (albeit vanilla) sex life. In the last decade, my wife’s once quite healthy...
View ArticleThe First Netflix Gilmore Girls Trailer is Here; You May Now SQUEE!
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Here's the first trailer for Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, which Netflix is pushing as a four-part event which I assume will focus on our fave mom-daughter duo during each...
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