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Bands I Pretended to Like for Boys. Part Eight: Rush
Part of Me Wanted to "Get" Rush Because They're Marketed as a Boys' Band by Kathleen Tarrant He worked at a pizza place and played bass.Sometimes he would drive over to my house at midnight to bring...
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Planned Parenthood Affiliate on Counter-Protesting Anti-Choicers: Do This...
by Megan Burbank DON'T counter-protest. DO call your legislators.istock / diego_cervoLast Friday, after finding out that an anti-abortion protest was scheduled for Saturday at Planned Parenthood on NE...
View ArticleLetters to the Editor
“Self-righteousness stemming from a position of privilege is not constructive.” HAVING IT BOTH WAYS (CONTINUED)RE: “Love Notes” [Feb 8], in which Kristine Munholland criticized the Mercury’s decision...
View ArticleI, Anonymous
This I, Anonymous gets one star. by Anonymous FUCK YOU. It’s hard enough running a small business in this over-saturated market. It’s hella expensive trying to drum up business by advertising with...
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Things To Do Film: February 17-23
This week: Pedro Almodóvar, Billy Dee Williams, and Eternal Sunshine. by Mercury Staff Bad Education If Hitchcock’s Vertigo collided head-on with a drag queen variety show, the brilliant wreckage...
View ArticleA Mysterious and Strange Cure for Wellness
Let’s go to Dracula Hospital! by Ben Coleman WE’RE LIVING in a golden age of horror movies that we’re not allowed to call horror movies. Crimson Peak was a “gothic romance.”The Witch was... whatever...
View ArticleHEY BITCH: DON’T BE A BITCH
FIST FIGHT FOR FIGHTING AND FISTS AND PUNCHES! by Elinor Jones ARE YOU A PUSSY? NO! FIST FIGHT TIME. FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! PUNCH! FIGHT! NO PUSSIES ALLOWED. OKAY? LET’S FUCK SOME SHIT UP!LAST DAY OF...
View ArticleYou’ll Never Think About Sexy Mermaids the Same Way Again
The Lure: There's some tail sex stuff. by Suzette Smith THE LURE works on a few different levels. On one hand, it’s a sexy Polish horror musical about savage mermaid sisters trying to eat people....
View ArticlePortland’s Pretty
What’s underneath the Unmentionable lingerie show by Marissa Sullivan ANOTHER YEAR, another Unmentionable: A Lingerie Exposition fashion show. The only difference was this year’s was so much bigger...
View ArticleIs It Illegal to Be High in Public?
So you smoked at home, then went out. Are you breaking the law? by Sean Clancy I know I can’tsmoke weed in public, but what if I smoked at home and then went outside? I’m so high right now and...
View ArticleOne Day at a Time
Trump’s administration conspires with Russians; Ben Affleck conspires with ugly phoenix tattoo. by Ann Romano MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6 {{image:2, align:right, width:250}} Hello again, dears! You may not...
View ArticleArthur Brown's Inspirational Fire Is Still Burning
Arthur Brown’s inspirational fire is still burning. by Aris Hunter Wales WHEN I WAS a teenager, my dad used to let me borrow his tapes to listen to on my bus rides to school. He had one of those...
View ArticleThe Spectral Sounds of Itasca
Itasca’s new record Open to Chance channels the natural world. by Ben Salmon KAYLA COHEN’S 2014 album Unmoored by the Wind is a well-crafted patchwork of exquisite folk songs. Self-recorded at Cohen’s...
View ArticleThings to Do Music: February 15-21
Noteworthy shows for the week of Feb 15-21. SUPER PICK STEF CHURA, PRIESTS, MR. WRONG (Disjecta, 8371 N Interstate) Stef Chura is kind of blowing up right now. Her debut full-length, Messes, just...
View ArticleDavid Duchovny Through the Ages
An authoritative timeline of David Duchovny through the ages. by Erik Henriksen Also read our exclusive interview with Renaissance man David Duchovny.The Dawn of Duchovny (1960) David Duchovny is born...
View ArticleElena Passarello’s Animal Collection
Famous Creatures Populate Animals Strike Curious Poses by Joshua James Amberson “OF ALL the images that make up our world, animal images are particularly buried inside us,” Corvallis essayist Elena...
View ArticleUniversal Harvester’s Movie Madness
Checking out John Darnielle’s new novel. by Erik Henriksen “WE LIVE IN A WORLD NOW where people see things all the time, all kinds of things, and they think nothing ever leaves a mark on them, but—”So...
View ArticleBlack People Being Funny
The NW Black Comedy Festival launches this week. by Jenni Moore ESPECIALLY in predominantly white Portland, it’s easy to feel underrepresented in most creative spaces (and spaces in general). It can...
View ArticleNew Column!
Don’t miss the February edition of the I, Anonymous Show! by Mercury Staff America loves two things: freedom, and the Portland Mercury’s monthly I, Anonymous Show at the Secret Society! Now more than...
View ArticleClipping. Extend the Legacy of the Hip-Hop Outsider
by Dave Segal LOS ANGELES trio clipping. are the latest anomalous group recording for that unlikely incubator of outsider hip-hop, Sub Pop. As home to intergalactic explorers Shabazz Palaces, South...
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