Things To Laugh At This Weekend
by Mercury Staff Jen Kirkman With jokes about the joys of divorce and the cultural expectation that every unwed lady who dies alone MUST own a cat, Jen Kirkman is the anti-Cathy"ACK!" comic. Her...
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TBA Review: Pondering Desire With Allie Hankins and Her "Fuck Machines"
by Suzette Smith Allie Hankins performs a love dance for a member of the audience.Suzette SmithMy introduction to Allie Hankins as a performer was her 2012 TBA dance Like A Sun That Pours Forth Light...
View ArticleWINTER IS COMING....
by Anonymous Now that I have all you Game of Drones' attention, I wanted to remind all of you "responsible dog owners" that just because it might be raining, freezing or maybe even snowing (HOLY...
View ArticleMake Drivers Licenses Harder to Get
by Anonymous There needs to be a serious re-examination about what it takes to become a licensed driver in Portland. I have had a serious beef with this city from day one. When I moved to this town,...
View Article"You're Welcome" is the Proper Response, Children.
by Anonymous A Canadian brought this to my attention recently.Americans do not respond to "Thank You" with the common, and respectful, "You're Welcome". Mostly it has become "uh huh", "ok", or "no...
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This Week on Blogtown
by Bri Brey Your week in review for Monday September 12 to Friday September 16!TOP STORY: BE SAFE OUT THERE:Watch the difficult, important testimony Fallon Smart's mother gave at City Council....
View ArticleHippie-Critical Behavior
by Anonymous Your groovy intentional community is fine and dandy, but why do you think it’s okay to charge your Prius in a way that blocks the sidewalk for the rest of us to use? I’ve seen people with...
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Renée Zellweger Rapping Is What 2016 Needs
by Elinor Jones Bridget Jones' Baby opens with our supposedly frumpy heroine rapping to herself over a single cupcake. Another birthday gone, and, at 43, what has come of Bridget’s life? She’s single...
View ArticleRoll Another Number for the Road
by Anonymous I drink two fingers of whiskey and one 12oz beer every day. That's everyday for the past 15 years, give or take a 2-week break here and there. I never get drunk, just relaxed after a day...
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Things To Do Tonight, Saturday 9/17
by Bri Brey Bruce Campbell: Last Fan Standing That chin! That smile! That smarm! Bruce Campbell hosts a game show on CONtv that puts a panel of four nerds through the paces with trivia questions about...
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Things To Do Tonight, Sunday 9/18
by Bri Brey Polish Festival Thousands of people this weekend will pack the streets between the 109-year-old St. Stanislaus Church and the 105-year-old Polish Library to celebrate all things Polish....
View ArticleNo Place to Go
by Anonymous To the asshole bouncers who kicked my transitioning boyfriend out of the club for using the women's restroom-fuck you. My boyfriend has a vagina, so tell me, how is he supposed to use a...
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Timbers Win Again, March Towards Postseason
by Abe Asher Eric Cech - Portland TimbersThe Portland Timbers are starting to roll.Back in the friendly confines of a gray, drizzly Providence Park, the Timbers beat the Philadelphia Union 2-1 on...
View ArticleIt's New Guy Territory Now
by Anonymous I've been at my job for 8 years and never have I noticed skid marks in the toilet. It's a relatively small office and although I don't like sharing the bathroom with other folks, people...
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Things To Do This Week!
Things to do for Sept 19-22 by Mercury Staff You might still be feeling a little over-full from the bountiful feast of amazing food and amazing-er entertainment this last weekend. Guess what: Take a...
View ArticleGood Morning, News: Bombings in NYC and NJ, More Dumb Trump, and Timbers'...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! You treat me like a lady when you open doors (and doors), but then you want to front when you with your boys (your boys.) LET'S GO TO PRESS.The Timbers...
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Tonight! Don't Miss "The I, Anonymous Show!"
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey You are undoubtedly familiar with the Mercury’s wildly popular and long-running column, I, Anonymous. (For you newbies, that’s the weekly column and daily blog that features...
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With Snowden, Oliver Stone Keeps His Oliver Stone-iness in Check
by Ned Lannamann You'd be correct to expect something bombastic out of Oliver Stone’s Snowden. It’s right in the JFK director’s wheelhouse, dealing in themes of power, corruption, and deeply...
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TBA Review: Watching Grown Men Juggle in Alessandro Sciarroni’s UNTITLED_I...
by Noah Dunham Alfredo AnceschiLet’s be be honest: When one thinks about contemporary performance art, one does not immediately jump to juggling. And yet, in a field that seems to have exhausted the...
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We're Number Three! Bicycling's Best Bike City Rankings Are About to Drop
by Dirk VanderHart It's an every-two-year tradition: Bicycling magazine releases a list of the country's best cycling cities, and we in Portland find reason to gripe or rejoice. For a long time,...
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