Savage Love
"I basically bullied her into telling me that my dick was big enough—and now I want her to tell me it isn't big enough." by Dan Savage I'm a 33-year-oldstraight guy with a small dick. I have a...
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Calvin Harris splits with Taylor Swift—cue the apocalypse! by Ann Romano MONDAY, MAY 30Any world in which Johnny Depp resides is bound to experience some turmoil, because—c'mon. Those scarves. They...
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Fleet Week tips: How to meet a sailor.AHOY, PORTLANDERS! It's time once again for the Rose Festival's annual FLEET WEEK, in which ships from the US Navy, US Coast Guard, and Royal Canadian Navy (not...
View ArticleMy, What a Busy Week!
Things to do for June 8-14. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8Fleet Week It's the start of Fleet Week in Portland, and that means about 10 massive ships from the US Navy, US Coast Guard, and the Royal Canadian Navy,...
View ArticleUp & Coming
Music previews for the week of June 8-14. WEDNESDAY 6/8KAKI KING, GLOCKABELLE (Mississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi) Listening to Kaki King brings out the nerdy band kid in me. I want to talk about...
View ArticleA Conversation with R.I.P.
R.I.P.'s In the Wind is music to drool to. by Ben Salmon THE PORTLAND QUARTET R.I.P. is a serious heavy-metal band that doesn't take itself too seriously.Check out their press photo. Taken at...
View ArticleRecord Review: Ural Thomas & the Pain, Ural Thomas & the Pain
Their debut unleashes heartache, desire, and spiritual bliss. by Robert Ham THE FIRST FULL-LENGTH album by Ural Thomas and the Pain has been a long time coming. The R&B revivalist group, led by...
View ArticleBed's Warm, Crackling Fuzz
Their new EP, Klickitat, is slow-motion pop. by Ciara Dolan BED'S got a silly name. But not quite as silly as their original band name, Darth Vanderslice. "I wonder if we've helped sell mattresses,"...
View ArticleAll-Ages Action!
This week's all-ages shows. WED JUNE 8Ladywolfw/Sick Sad World, Ah God, Turtle Necked and more; Analog Café, 720 SE HawthorneIn addition to the all-ages punk community this column has dutifully...
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Film Shorts
This week: reviews of Dark Horse, Persona, Snake Deadly Act, and more. Plus! 12 Monkeys... with 12 LIVE MONKEYS IN ATTENDANCE!!! 12 Monkeys Inspired by Chris Marker's La Jetée, 1995's post-apocalyptic...
View ArticleLimp Weiner
The saga of "Carlos Danger" is like Veep—except not as funny. by Kjerstin Johnson IT'S POSSIBLE that if you don't live in New York City or follow politics closely, the first time you heard about...
View ArticleThe Conjuring 2 (Much of a Good Thing)
James Wan returns to horror. Try not to jump. by Andrew Wright FOR HORROR FANS accustomed to wandering through acres of dreck for a meager jolt, James Wan is the real deal. The Conjuring 2, the...
View ArticleMaggie's Plan: Fixing the Romcom
A corrective to so many other failed relationship comedies. by Vince Mancini IT FEELS UNFAIR to compare a movie that's as undeniably good as Maggie's Plan to lesser contemporaries, but it's hard not...
View ArticleSexy Producer Fan Fiction about Now You See Me 2
How the sequel sausage gets made. by Elinor Jones STUDIO EXECUTIVE 1: I want more money. Let's make an unnecessary sequel.STUDIO EXECUTIVE 2: Okay.SE1: How about Now You See Me? That was a movie.SE2:...
View ArticlePortland's Pretty
The hottest looks at Linework NW! by Marissa Sullivan I RAN INTO a friend at this year's Linework NW, the annual illustration and comics fest. After the usual pleasantries, I said, "This might be the...
View ArticleConcerning Orcs (as Depicted in Warcraft)
Of tusks, pectorals, and unanswered questions. by Ned Lannamann ORCS ARE A GRUFF, warlike species of humanoid popularized in the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien. In Warcraft, a new movie based on a...
View ArticleEverything as Fuck: Thank You Subway
In appreciation of Subway. by Ian Karmel The human mind is only capable of forming so many opinions on its own. I don't have any science to back this benign claim—it's just something I know based on...
View ArticleI, Anonymous
Strangers in the night. {{ image:1, align:right, width:250 }} HEY, YOU'RE IN a band and I forgot your name (all you Portland guitarists are the same to me). I was walking alone to my car one night...
View ArticleLetters to the Editor
It's the origin of the Vikings! RED MEATRE: "Hillary's Foreign Policy Speech Was an Ad for President Trump" [Blogtown, June 3], in which Matt Baume arguedthat former secretary of state and Democratic...
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Why Is Portland's Cinema 21 Showing Vaxxed?
by Erik Henriksen Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe"I had heard a little ahead of time [about] the stuff that happened at Tribeca and all the rest of it. And I read, with interest, some of the...
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