Chungdam: Late Night Deep Korean Cuts
Cheesy Corn, K-Pop, Korean Fried Chicken And Silkworm Pupae on SE 82nd by Andrea Damewood NEW PORTLAND LIFE GOAL: Assemble a group of six or seven friends, and make sure they are the kind who roll...
View ArticlePortland’s “It’s Also a Bar” Culture Is Still King
Places where you can multitask your drinking. by Thomas Ross ON THE RARE occasion that I travel outside Portland’s city limits, I’m always surprised that I can’t buy a beer at a movie theater. Can I...
View ArticleBeyond the Cuckoo’s Nest
How Portland and Oregon Have Historically Dealt with Mental Illness—and What It Means for Us Today. by Joe Streckert One of the oldest mental hospitals in the US is the still-standing Friends Hospital...
View ArticleMy Private Property Hangs the World with “Fresh Paint” Signs
Mary Ruefle blends poetry, prose, and colors in her exquisite new book. by Rich Smith MARY RUEFLE’S careful, measured sentences sound as if they were written by a thousand-year-old person who is still...
View ArticleNell Zink’s Nicotine is a Gentle Indictment of Fake Shamans and Empty Idealism
I only wish I didn’t have to bring Jonathan Franzen into it. by Megan Burbank FROM STODGY BIGWIGS like Jonathan Franzen to local writers like Cari Luna, literary fiction seems really into characters...
View ArticleOur Picks for the All Jane Comedy Fest
From Maria Bamford to Irene Tu, here’s what not to miss. by Megan Burbank SICK OF SAUSAGE-PARTY stand-up lineups and bro-centric Comedy Central fare? Get excited for this week’s All Jane Comedy Fest,...
View ArticleStellar Jokes (and Gentleman Callers)
Get ready for Bri Pruett’s one-woman show. by Temple Lentz IF YOU FOLLOW Portland comedy at all, you’ve likely seen or heard of Bri Pruett. Hell, if you don’t follow Portland comedy you probably...
View ArticleGood Morning, News: The Veep Debate, Ammon Bundy on Trial, and a 4chan/Martin...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! You move in a way that I've known before. Now I want your love, heart and soul. LET'S GO TO PRESS.Hillbilly militia leader Ammon Bundy took the stand...
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City Hall's Partly Completely Locked Down After Drama Over a Police Union...
by Dirk VanderHart Those guys aren't usually standing there. Dirk VanderHartPortland City Hall is on alert this morning, as City Council prepares to take up a new contract with the city's largest...
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Pence Spends Entire Vice Presidential Debate Pretending Trump Doesn't Exist
by Rich Smith To the dismay of many, Tim Kaine's eyebrows did not win last night's vice presidential debates.George Sheldon / Shutterstock.comIf you're checking recaps because you didn't watch last...
View ArticleSavage Love Letter of the Day: A Counterpoint to Last Week's Tweet Storm of...
by Dan Savage Okay, I get it. You're sick of hearing straight men complain about girls only dating assholes.But I'll tell you a story. Growing up I was a sensitive guy with a lot of female...
View ArticleWhy is Life so Difficult?
by Anonymous I visit regularly. The posts I see are confusing. I live in a bubble. I'm okay with it. I work, pay my bills, have just enough left over to enjoy some extra-curriculars. I go on my one...
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Brian Wilson Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of Pet Sounds
by Ned Lannamann BRIAN WILSON Maestro of mono.Courtesy of the artist.FIFTY YEARS is a long time, particularly in the quick-change world of pop songs. So it’s kind of amazing that Brian Wilson,...
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Things To Do Tonight 10/5
by Mercury Staff Danny Brown Often shallowly depicted as merely a party rapper, Danny Brown contains a multitude of substance, the depths of which he mines on Atrocity Exhibition, his darkly neurotic,...
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Well, We Tried to Go to Luke's Diner
by Megan Burbank Luke Danes would not be into this. He hates crowds.CD SkehanWe really tried to get into "Luke's Diner,"the living advertisement for Gilmore Girls that opened at Oblique Coffee...
View ArticlePortland’s Pretty
The hot hotties of Hesh Fest! by Marissa Sullivan While I didn’t make it to most of Hesh Fest, I hear the first night was really fun. Portland favorite Red Fang headlined on Thursday, playing to what...
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Rod Temperton, Writer of Michael Jackson's "Thriller", Has Died
by Dave Segal Temperton penned some of Jacko's most beloved songs, including this smooth charmer from Off the Wall..English composer/keyboardist Rod Temperton passed away last week at the age of 66...
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This Week's Style Events
by Elizabeth Mollo Myriam MarcellaJeff WongFashioNXT will close out the 2016 fashion show season with its four-day event that will show Portland “What’s next in fashion.” The first day will open with...
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Here's How Portland's Draft Police Body Camera Policy Stacks Up Against Other...
by Dirk VanderHart In this week's Mercury, we took a look at the city's draft policy [PDF] for police body cameras, and highlighted portions of the policy that deserve particular scrutiny as the...
View ArticleDriving in Portland
by Anonymous Where the fuck did most of Portland learn how to drive? Seriously, I would love to know! I've lived here for 25 years and it's only gotten worse. Why is this the only town where people...
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