Letters to the Editor
“Do as ya please; obviously I can’t stop you.”HONORS ENGLISHRE: The Mercury’s Music section of Oct 12.Just wanted to remind your music writers that band names are singular nouns, but the band members...
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Don’t Be the Trump of Portland I MOVED TO PORTLAND six months ago, and I didn’t come because my job moved me or because I was following a partner. I love everything about this city, and I wanted...
View ArticleIs it Possible to Really See Andy Warhol?
Maybe not. But the baby angels and cartoon cats make PAM’s show worth your while. by Megan Burbank WALKING THROUGH THE Portland Art Museum’s new Andy Warhol exhibition, I wondered if it’s possible to...
View ArticleUnited Shades of Kamau
W. Kamau Bell Weighs in on capitalism, Donald Trump, and quitting Alec Baldwin. by William Kennedy DURING THE 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump has asked African American voters what they “have...
View ArticleCured at Last
Founding member of the Cure Lol Tolhurst opens up about his personal disintegration in a new memoir. by Robert Ham Lol Tolhurst has gone through the kind of rock star redemption that’s custom-built...
View ArticleFashionably Forward
Is the buzzy new Revelry worth the hype? by Andrea Damewood THE LAST TIME I made a trip to Revelry, the buzzy new Korean-fusion bar-restaurant-hybrid in inner Southeast, Rider Strong (Shawn Hunter...
View ArticleGamay: The Comeback Kid
Long reviled, Gamay is quickly becoming wine’s comeback kid. by MJ Skegg GAMAY’S REPUTATION was trashed in the ’70s and ’80s when producers in Beaujolais, the grape’s spiritual home in eastern France,...
View ArticleClaire Rudy Foster’s Literature of Addiction
The title of I’ve Never Done This Before is a lie. by Meryl Williams CLAIRE RUDY FOSTER has lived in Portland since she was 18, and has written about the city and her life here for years. She’s an...
View ArticleI’m Just Visiting
Visiting Columnist Hutch Harris Visits Glendale, California by Hutch Harris Hello, Portland! It is I, Hutch Harris, lead singer of our fair town’s most beloved post-pop-punk band the Thermals and your...
View ArticleThe Mercury Voting Cheat Sheet
Here's where we stand on (most of) the issues. by the Mercury Endorsement Strike Force CANDIDATESNATIONAL PRESIDENT:Hillary Clinton—Are you fucking kidding?STATEWIDEGOVERNOR:Kate Brown—Sure. She’s...
View ArticleGood Morning, News: The Feds vs. Mayor Hales, Ecuador Plugged Wikileaks, and...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! Gimme all your numbers so I could phone ya. Your girl actin' stank, then call me over. LET'S GO TO PRESS.More cop troubles for Mayor Charlie Hales: The...
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Timbers' Grabavoy To Retire At End of Season
by Abe Asher Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland TimbersPortland Timbers midfielder Ned Grabavoy announced on Tuesday afternoon that he will retire at the end of the Timbers' 2016 season.Grabavoy will leave...
View ArticleI Told Them So, They Told Me Nothing
by Anonymous As a youth, my dad told me I need to be more vocal and speak my mind. This continued through my teens. I was a shy and passive person. still am in some ways but I just call it observant...
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A Large Explosion Leveled a Building in NW Portland This Morning—No Serious...
by Dirk VanderHart Doug BrownOne building was leveled, and another sustained heavy damage, after a gas leak caused a large explosion in NW Portland this morning. Injuries from the blast appeared...
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Trailer Reel: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Nicolas Cage Versus Osama bin...
by Erik Henriksen One one hand, 2016 is a screeching shithole of a year that will not end—a year where anything good rots and festers and bursts, a year where any attempt to live a life worth living...
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Things To Do Tonight!
by Mercury Staff Pop Culture Happy Hour After suffering through yet another presidential “debate” between a blathering, pacing, sniffing misogynist and the overqualified woman tasked with acting like...
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The Portland Mercury Endorses: Hillary Clinton for President
by the Mercury Endorsement Strike Force ILLUSTRATIONS BY JEREMY EATONPRESIDENTHillary ClintonHillary Rodham Clinton is arguably the most qualified person ever to run for president, and the woman who’s...
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Whew! Okay! Maybe If I Just Start Shimmying I Can Get Through Tonight's...
by Christopher Frizzelle The preparer in chief gets a 10 out of 10 for the first two debates. But who knows what will happen tonight.Evan El-Amin / Shutterstock.comYesterday morning, after a fitful...
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One Day at a Time: Look Out! A Trump Tsunami!!
by Ann Romano ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER"Donald Trump? You haff been TUH-MIN-ATED! (Heh, heh.)MONDAY, OCTOBER 10Welcome back to One Day at a Time, dears—a column which has been tasked with charting the...
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Savage Love Letter of the Day: The Cheaters Club
by Dan Savage I’m a 29-year-old male with no idea what to do about my “relationship."In November 2015 I had a serious accident: a ladder slipped from under me and I fell about 28 feet, crushed my...
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