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Which Is Better: Jill Stein's '90s Folk Band or Her Chance of Being Elected...
by Rich Smith Jill Stein: Somebody's Sister, lead vox. RIYL a Trump presidency.Courtesy Jill Stein for PresidentAs the internet has recently discovered, Jill Stein is more than just a politician. She...
View ArticleOur Little Sister Is About Nothing
In a good way! Its low-key charm will win you over. by Megan Burbank “IT WAS NOTHING!” declared another critic at the press screening of Our Little Sister. The three-word indictment, given his tone,...
View ArticleAmbition and Friendship in Don’t Think Twice
Mike Birbiglia’s latest is a bittersweet look at growing up in comedy. by Courtney Ferguson IF YOU OVERLOOK their pallor, theater kids have a youthful glow, probably because a lot of their time is...
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Things To Do Film
This Week: The Princess Bride, Kevin Spacey as a cat, and a super-rare 35mm print of Eight Diagram Pole Fighter. by Mercury Staff Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie The film achieves the same...
View ArticleThings to Do Music
Noteworthy shows for the week of August 3-9. by Mercury Music Staff {{ image:2 }} WEDNESDAY 8/3BLOWOUT, WALTER ETC., ALI MUHAREB, RILED (Black Water Bar, 835 NE Broadway) Portland’s best pop-punk band...
View ArticleBlowout Is the Band Portland Needs, But Doesn’t Deserve
On Blowout’s debut album No Beer, No Dad, they shotgun beers as communal catharsis. by Cameron Crowell BLOWOUT’S DEBUT full-length, No Beer, No Dad, tells downcast stories of young punks coping with...
View ArticleLucy Dacus Tells It Like It Is
Richmond, Virginia’s Lucy Dacus doesn’t want to be funny anymore. by Ryan J. Prado WHEN LUCY DACUS sings “I don’t wanna be funny anymore” on the opening track of her debut full-length, No Burden, she...
View ArticleWhitney Channels Pop’s Golden Days
The Chicago band’s debut sounds like the kids found the ’70s. by Morgan Troper THE INDIE ROCK WORLD is still subconsciously taking cues from humorless dorks like Thom Yorke and Win Butler—masters of...
View ArticlePickathon is Portland’s Little Big Festival in the Woods
Musicians explain why they keep going back to Pickathon year after year. by Ciara Dolan I’M SKEPTICAL of big music festivals. They are expensive. They are crowded. They are depressing displays of...
View ArticleOfficials Have Ogled More than 120 Properties as Possible Homeless Shelters
Here’s what you can glean from that list. by Dirk VanderHart WHEN MAYOR Charlie Hales abruptly pushed back a planned sweep of Springwater Corridor campers last week, he didn’t just quell a promised...
View ArticleIt’s Time to Cheer Up About Hillary Clinton
Get with the program, Gloomy Gus! She’s the only thing standing between us and Donald Trump. by Megan Burbank YOU LOVED Bernie Sanders. You loved his policies. You loved his personality. You loved...
View ArticleHall Monitor—The New (Old) Era of Charlie Hales
The mayor’s pulling back his most radical, “rational” policy on homelessness. by Dirk VanderHart YOU WOULDN’T have known it from the increasing panic over homelessness, but there was actual excitement...
View ArticleLetters to the Editor
“The Last Harry Potter Book Took Place in 1998, Duh.” SUMMER ON THE SPRINGWATERRE: “As Springwater Sweep Looms, Mayor Charlie Hales Says Camping Policy ‘Has Not Succeeded As We Hoped’” [Blogtown, July...
View ArticleI, Anonymous
Play “Fuck the Developer!” I CAME UP with a new game. Anyone that lives in a house that receives mail can play! It’s called “Fuck with the Developer!” When you receive one of those letters from...
View ArticleNot Just Another Pad Thai Cart
Golden Triangle’s Laos and Cambodian Rarities are a Find by Andrea Damewood The most unusual thing on Golden Triangle’s menu isn’t officially there anymore, but they’ll make it if you ask.A picture of...
View ArticlePodcast for All the People
What Portland—and the Local Media—Can Learn from the Racist Sandwich Podcast by Chad Walsh On the sixth episodeof theirRacist Sandwich podcast, hosts Soleil Ho and Zahir Janmohamed begin to tug at the...
View ArticleEverything as Fuck
Hitting the Brakes on August by Ian Karmel Bad news, everyone. It’s fucking August already. It’s summer’s Sunday. Those gut-punch back-to-school commercials are already in heavy rotation, with...
View ArticleThe Stumptown Improv Festival Returns
The fest’s founders on their new venue, this year’s lineup, and idle gossip. by Megan Burbank IT’S NO LONGER a well-kept secret: Portland’s improv and sketch comedy communities are on the verge of...
View ArticlePlease Kill Me Turns 20
Revisiting Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain’s essential history of punk. by Santi Elijah Holley IF YOU’VE READ it, you probably remember exactly where you were when you first encountered Legs McNeil and...
View ArticleGrowing Up With Harry Potter
Harry Potter And The Cursed Child is like a letter from an old friend. by Morgan Troper EVERYONE loves Harry Potter. The series’ generation- and globe-spanning appeal is rivaled only by that of Star...
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