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Maybe Don't Read About Matthew Barney's River of Fundament While You're Eating
by Robert Ham I survived River of Fundament. Just barely. Which seems to be exactly what director Matthew Barney expects of anyone who sits through his nearly six-hour epic. As he told the New York...
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by Anonymous I know this is a typical thing to complain about for someone in his/her early/mid thirties. In fact, it's so typical that everyone should know this by now:You are not special because...
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Kevin Morby Gives New Life to Old, Beloved Musical Ideas
by Ned Lannamann It’s a guitar! It’s a hat rack!DUSDIN CONDRENSINGING SAW, Kevin Morby's third album, is anchored to his current home in Los Angeles in the same way his solo debut, 2013's Harlem...
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Hillary's Foreign Policy Speech was an ad for President Trump
by Matt Baume "I demand to be taken seriously."jctabb / Shutterstock.comSo maybe you watched Hillary's foreign policy speech yesterday (or maybe you just read Dan's play-by-play). It was pretty great!...
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Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping Making Fun of Celebrities (Sort Of)
by Ciara Dolan "Ever since I was born, I was dope," Conner4Real (Andy Samberg) intimates at the beginning of Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping. The film is 2016's answer to 1984's rock mockumentary...
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Tonight's Bridgetown Picks: Baron Vaughn, Aimee Mann and Ted Leo, and More
by Megan Burbank Aimee Mann and Ted Leo play Bridgetown tonight, with the Long Winters' John Roderick and comedians James Urbaniak and Rhea Butcher.The Bridgetown Comedy Festival is in full swing!...
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Everything as Fuck: Requiem for a Sandwich
by Ian Karmel This week I have a requiem and a celebration.First, the requiem: Big-Ass Sandwiches has sold its last whimsically titled, inhumanely gigantic, unquestionably delicious sandwich. They're...
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by Anonymous This is a growing problem with more people jammed into the city. Drivers that don't know where they are going, so they just slow down in the middle of the road. But that doesn't bother me...
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by Bobby Roberts Holocene Turns 13It's the 13th birthday of Holocene, Portland's premier Euro-chic warehouse nightclub/concert venue hybrid. Tonight they'll celebrate the occasion with a free Holocene...
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The Human Condition
by Ben Salmon SAM HUMANS Eyes closed, ears open.Jason QuigleyADVERSITY IS NOFUN when you're right in the middle of it. That's just a fact of life.But once you get through tough times, there's usually...
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An Oil Train is On Fire in the Columbia River Gorge. Opponents Have Long...
by Dirk VanderHart Columbia RiverkeeperFor a long time now, activists who oppose oil trains that snake through Oregon have made a familiar argument. As Michael Lang, conservation director at Friends...
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by Bobby Roberts FRIDAY, JUNE 3Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever MadeIn 1982, three 11-year-olds in Mississippi decided to remake Raiders of the Lost Ark. And over the course of seven...
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by Anonymous The Mandela Effect happens when a large group of people believe something to be true that never happened. The phenomenon gets its name from Nelson Mandela. A large number of people...
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Even More Bridgetown: Barbara Holm's It's Gonna Be Okay Was Actually Great!
by Megan Burbank Aparna Nancherla's jokes about cat-calling are everything you'd hope they would be.Barbara Holm's It's Gonna Be Okay is the only local showcase that I've seen tout its lack of...
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by Anonymous Meth, crack, storage, why?Yellow bin for glass pick upPlease stop stealing mine.(That's two now in less than six months.)[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Bridgetown Day 2: Baked with Brendon Small and Steve Agee
by Courtney Ferguson James Urbaniak sang Judas' death song from Jesus Christ Superstar. Guys, I know nothing about Jesus Christ Superstar. Last night at Bridgetown Comedy Fest's Baked show, hosts...
View ArticleThe Dirty Seven: Forest Service Moss Data Identifies Portland's Top Spots for...
by Daniel Forbes The United States Forest Service is slated to release data next week that provide a fuller picture of the heavy-metal pollution captured by moss it collected in December 2013. It’s...
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows Is the Greatest Betrayal of...
by Dirk VanderHart In a 1993 episode of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon program we all remember being so fond of, arch-nemesis Krang realizes, once and for all, that his underlings are too...
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Good Morning, News: Muhammad Ali Edition
by Doug Brown Welcome to a particularly somber Good Morning, News. Muhammad Ali—one of the greatest and most important Americans of all time—passed away last night. Every parent in this country should...
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Bridgetown Continues: Set List and Eddie Pepitone's Bloodbath
by Chipp Terwilliger Eddie Pepitone.C.M. GonzalezThe Bridgetown Comedy Festival is a few nights in, and until now I’ve spent all of my time in the cool and dark depths of the Doug Fir Lounge. I began...
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