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And Thus We Come to Burger Week. LET THE BURGERING COMMENCE
by Mercury Staff Migration Brewing Co.'s "The Mole Madre." Photo by Minh Tran.The Portland Mercury's Burger Week 2016 is finally here.Here are the burgers.Here is a map.Here—and on Twitter and...
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Day 3 at Stumptown Improv Fest: Holy Shit, North Coast! and Suzette Finally...
by Suzette Smith J Names: The Cavalia Circle of HellSuzette SmithThe third night of Stumptown Improv Fest was crazy packed. At the opening of the 8:30 pm J Names and North Coast show people were on...
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Revisiting Please Kill Me, Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain’s Essential History...
by Santi Elijah Holley If you've read it, you probably remember exactly where you were when you first encountered Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain’s Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk....
View ArticleJohn Oliver Makes the Case for Supporting Local Papers (and Namechecks the...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey On Last Week Tonight, host John Oliver makes a very strong case for supporting your local daily newspaper—if for no other reason that local reporting keeps officials honest,...
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Even More Stumptown Improv Fest: Curious Comedy Theater and Virginia Jack
by Megan Burbank Canadian duo Virginia JackMegan BurbankAfter all the quince jokes and sponsor shout-outs wrapped up, the early show on Saturday night at the Stumptown Improv Festival opened with a...
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Gymnastics' Two-Person Per Country Rule Is Bullshit
The two-person per country rule in gymnastics is bullshit. by Tricia Romano Those of us who are slightly older remember a simpler time—some would say a fairer time—in gymnastics. A time when the...
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Get Your Tickets Now for Portland's "Undisputable Geniuses of Comedy" Show!
by Mercury Staff The Portland Mercury and Revolution Hall presents... THE UNDISPUTABLE GENIUSES OF COMEDY!Portland comedy is BLOWING UP—and in this one-of-a-kind show you’ll see Portland’s funniest...
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Billionaire Narcissist Who Won't Show Us His Taxes Has the Nerve to Lecture...
by Christopher Frizzelle Trump gave a speech in Detroit today criticizing "the job-killing, tax-raising, poverty-inducing Obama/Clinton agenda." More than 14 million private-sector jobs have been...
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Good Morning, News: Cop-Watching "Constitutionalist" Arrested, New (Bad) PPS...
by Dirk VanderHart More uncertainty around Terminal 1, the 14.5-acre city-owned plot in Northwest Portland that Commissioner Dan Saltzman wants to turn into a temporary 400-bed homeless shelter (and...
View ArticleHurrah, the New Luke Cage Trailer is AWESOME!
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey If you're like me, you looooooved the character of Luke Cage in the Netflix series Jessica Jones. And as promised, Luke returns with his own Netflix series on September 30—and...
View ArticleSavage Love Letter of the Day: Worst Breakup Story Ever
by Dan Savage My partner proposed to me on May 16, 2016, after dating and living together for three years. We had planned a September 2016 wedding. Soon after we got engaged we started trying for a...
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IMPORTANT POLL: Which Fast 8 Candyass Does The Rock Have Zero Tolerance For?
by Erik Henriksen THE ROCKZero tolerance for candyasses.I've said it before, and I will say it again, and I will say it until the day I die: The Rock is a goddamn hero, and a national treasure, and...
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Lucy Dacus Doesn’t Want to Be Funny Anymore
by Ryan J. Prado LUCY DACUS Seriously, stop giggling.Dustin CondrenWHEN LUCY DACUS sings “I don’t wanna be funny anymore” on the opening track of her debut full-length, No Burden, she delivers it with...
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The Best and Weirdest Moments of Pickathon 2016
by Mercury Staff View from the Mountain StageChristopher Keith GarciaTHIS PAST WEEKEND thousands of music fans flocked to Happy Valley for Pickathon, which I can now attest really is Oregon's best...
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Did Donald Trump Just Encourage His Followers to Shoot Hillary Clinton?
by Sean Nelson Trump welcomes his new campaign advisor, clear and present dangerJoseph Sohm/ShutterstockToday in new lows... At a rally in Wilmington, DE, Donald Trump employed his characteristic...
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Republican Senator Susan Collins Won't Support Trump—and Neither Will 50...
by Christopher Frizzelle Senator Susan Collins published an op-ed in the Washington Post last night.U.S. SenateCollins's op-ed begins:I will not be voting for Donald Trump for president. This is not a...
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Commissioner Nick Fish Wants the State to Weigh In On a Homeless Shelter He...
by Dirk VanderHart Terminal 1: Where that nice star is.City of PortlandIf Portland Housing Commissioner Dan Saltzman succeeds in winning the go-ahead for a temporary homeless shelter at the city-owned...
View ArticleEmotional Abuse
by Anonymous You know I'm depressed for a reason and thats why I dont look at people when I pass them by. To make fun of me for ignoring people seems to add anger to my depression. I worked 2 years...
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Faced with Obsolescence from #BurgerWeek, Burger King Develops Whopper Burrito
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Courtesy Burger King / SatanIn the face of Burger Week—which has Portland burger lovers in a gluttonous frenzy—it's little wonder that longtime burger maker Burger King is...
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Mo Troper's Cover of Sheryl Crow's 1996 Hit "If It Makes You Happy" Is...
by Ciara Dolan SAMANTHA SUTCLIFFEEarlier today Mo Troper—who is, full disclosure, my friend and a longtime Mercury contributor—premiered a cathartically nostalgic cover of Sheryl Crow's "If It Makes...
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