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Revisiting the Work of Pylon, America’s Best Rock Band
by Robert Ham THE PYLON REENACTMENT SOCIETY Revisiting the work of America’s best rock ’n’ roll band.Curtis Knapp BACK IN 1987, when R.E.M. were reaching a commercial breakthrough with their fifth...
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Free Self-Defense Classes at Bridgetown Aikido
Free self-defense classes for teens and adults by Heather Arndt Anderson Courtesy Bridgetown AikidoHey, shit's getting scary out there for pretty much everyone who's not a straight, cisgendered white...
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After Recent Deaths, Activists Plan to Shut Down Two Lanes of SE Division on...
by Dirk VanderHart Bike Loud PDXIt was a brutal week on Southeast Division. Actually, it was a brutal Wednesday on Southeast Division. In the span of a few hours on the night of December 7, two people...
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The Past Clashes with the Present in Aquarius
by Ciara Dolan Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho’s gorgeous Aquarius centers on Clara (Sônia Braga), a 65-year-old retired music critic, breast cancer survivor, and wealthy widow who refuses to...
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This Weekend's Style Events
by Elizabeth Mollo I'm still hungover AS FUCK right now, thanks to the epic karaoke holiday party thrown by the Portland Mercury, so I am going to keep this short and sweet:Elizabeth Rohloff...
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Things to Do Tonight!
by Mercury Staff Party Boyz: December to Forget The one good thing about this miserable time of year is: parties galore. And tonight the podcasters/impresarios of Party Boyz celebrate winter cheer...
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Things to Do Tonight!
by Mercury Staff Big Daddy Kane, Vursatyl, Grand Royale Big Daddy Kane stepped back from the spotlight many years back, but his shadow of influence still looms large over the many scenes of today’s...
View ArticleLack of Success Equals Right-wing Views
by Anonymous What is it with washed up actors becoming crazy Republicans? Examples: Susan Oleson (Cindy Brady): She just got fired from her radio show after expressing her bigoted views. Also, she's a...
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Things to Do This Week!
Things to do for December 12-15 by Mercury Staff After the jubilation of this weekend (and the snow day or two preceding) this busy week ahead is a careful blend of partying and politicking, with some...
View ArticleGood Morning, News: Russia Helped Trump Get Elected... and Other Newsy Stuff
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! On New Year's Eve at 12 o'clock we'll stop to kiss, and while the whole world will be whistle-blowin', we will still be mistle-toein'. LET'S GO TO...
View ArticleWatch: Steve Novick Spars With a Fox News Host Over His New Wealth Inequality...
by Dirk VanderHart As we've already seen, Commissioner Steve Novick is cool with right-leaning news outlets bashing his newly passed surtax on corporations that pay their CEOs at least 100 times the...
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See Seattle Filmmaker Clyde Petersen's Torrey Pines Tonight with a Live Score
by Joshua James Amberson Over the past 15 years, Seattle artist Clyde Petersen has built up a unique catalog of creations. Perhaps best known for his ever-evolving pop band Your Heart Breaks, Petersen...
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The Walking Dead Recap: And Now We Fight (for Apples)! RAH! RAH! RAH!
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Good morning, Walking Dead fans! Did you happen to catch last night's mid-season finale that was intended to PUMP YOU UP for taking on Trump in 2017? (That was probably not the...
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Savage Love Letter of the Day: Hand Jive
by Dan Savage I'm a 29 year old CIS female dating a 55-year-old handsome amazing guy for the last 2.5 years. The first year, our sex life was amazing and GGG- he had more sexual vigor than any man my...
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Surprise! Terrence Malick's Voyage of Time Is Playing in Portland!
by Erik Henriksen Not that you'd know it, thanks to the fact there are zero local reviews of the film (there's not a single piece about it in the Oregonian, Willamette Week, or, it's true, even your...
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La La Land and Moonlight Lead the 2017 Golden Globe Nominations
by Jennifer Campbell Mahershala Ali received a Golden Globe nomination for his role as "Juan" in Barry Jenkins's MoonlightThe Hollywood Foreign Press Association has unleashed their nominations for...
View ArticleNow I Assume You are a Horrible Person
by Anonymous Unless you're Mother Theresa, or I witness you doing something nice, or otherwise being a responsible person (like not fiddling with devices while driving), I now assume you are a...
View ArticleTrump Names Walter White Head of the DEA on This Week's SNL
by Jennifer Campbell Trump's cabinet picks are feeling increasingly like the administration of Upside-Down (OR Community's darkest timeline OR Biff Tannen's alternate reality 2015, take your horrible...
View ArticleTo the Jerky Jogger
by Anonymous To the jogger who yelled at me for riding my bike on the sidewalk: I commute to work on my bike, because I work on Marquam Hill, it was dark and the bike lane had debris from the last...
View ArticleYour Cartopia Doesn't Exist
by Anonymous So, you're driving through MY neighborhood because the freeway is too congested, or you're trying to take a shortcut. Whoa! Now you're honking your horn and making obscene gestures at...
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