Sneaker Wave
The latest in Portland hip-hop. by Jenni Moore Whew! Now that I’ve gotten some feminist concerns off my chest [Sneaker Wave, “We’ve Got to Talk Misogyny in Hip-Hop,” March 8], received overwhelmingly...
View ArticleTeenage Fanclub Has Written the World’s Best Pop Songs
Teenage Fanclub returns with 2016’s Here. by Ben Salmon Here’s Teenage Fanclub’s formula: Three Scots write their own songs, bring them to the group, and weave them together into a winsome whole....
View ArticleThings to Do Music: March 22-28
Noteworthy shows for the week of March 22-28. Super PickHAND HABITS, MEGA BOG (High Water Mark, 6800 NE Martin Luther King Jr) Last month, two magnificent records were unleashed to the world: Hand...
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Things to Do Film: March 24-30
Spend some quality time with Wonder Woman, Mad Max, and Hedwig. by Mercury Staff Airport Cinema Celebration Showcase In honor of the Hollywood Theatre opening up their first-of-a-kind free microcinema...
View ArticleSchadenfreude Espresso
Donald Cried and the comedy of humiliation. by Ben Coleman Donald Cried traffics in the comedy of humiliation, and full disclosure: I can barely make it through an episode of the American The Office....
View ArticleThe Last Word Will Make You Miss Carrie Fisher and Nora Ephron More Than Normal
Because it isn’t very good, and they could have saved it. by Megan Burbank The Last Word, starring Shirley MacLaine as a miserable old woman and Amanda Seyfried as the ornery journalist writing her...
View ArticleThe Fast and the Historically Complex
Speed Sisters has cars AND global politics! by Elinor Jones In the West Bank, there’s a team of Palestinian women racecar drivers, and the documentary Speed Sisters chronicles a racing season with...
View ArticleT2 Trainspotting Is a Worthwhile Relapse
Danny Boyle’s flamboyant sequel is all about the characters. by Ned Lannamann A sequel to Trainspotting could have been as bad an idea as picking up your old heroin habit. The 1996 movie was a perfect...
View ArticleThe Wit and Wisdom of Wilson
Woody Harrelson plays America’s latest complainer-in-chief. by Marc Mohan Everybody loves a misanthrope, right? Well, maybe not everybody, but there’s a long American tradition of giving it up for the...
View ArticleThis Week's Featured I, Anonymous!
“But seriously, I’m grateful, because now I am certain that humans are basically shit.” by Anonymous Thank you so much for breaking in and robbing our store. Our year was starting off pretty good, so...
View ArticleJohn Scalzi Ventures Into The Collapsing Empire
Politics! Intrigue! Sex! In space! by Erik Henriksen There’s a reason so much fiction is about rich people: Rich characters are the ones who get to do things! They travel. They chat. They have time to...
View ArticleFuck Politeness
My Favorite Murder reclaims true crime for women. by Megan Burbank When faced with a too-charming stranger, an overly inquisitive Lyft driver, or another potential creep, “Fuck politeness!” is my...
View ArticleAmong the Deplorables
Meeting the state’s conservatives at the Oregon Freedom Rally. by Santi Elijah Holley As I near the entrance to the Oregon Convention Center, a white security guard is in the process of ordering a...
View ArticleA Business Owner Was Cleared for Killing a Homeless Man Last Month
But official reports raise questions. by Dirk VanderHart JASON PETERSEN never laid a finger on Charlie Win Chan. According to Oregon law, he didn’t have to.That became clear March 13, when the...
View ArticleGas, Grenades, and Pepper Spray
Portland police’s crowd control weapons are under fire from civil rights groups. by Doug Brown The police response to protests in Portland can make the city look like a war zone.On January 20,...
View ArticleHall Monitor: Into the Glue Pot
This looks like the year Portland’s horse cops finally get the ax. by Dirk VanderHart I SWORE I’d never write another column about the horse cops. I literally said this last week to a City Hall...
View ArticleLetters to the Editor
“It’d be nice if your paper ventured outside the ‘typical Portland’ areas.” DRUNK IN SOUTHWESTRE: “The Happiest Hours” [Feature, March 15], the Mercury’s guide to Portland’s happy hours—conveniently...
View ArticleWhen Lava and Wine Mix
Here’s what happens when lava and wine mix. by MJ Skegg Seventeen million years ago, a major fracture in the North American continental crust caused torrents of lava to pour into the Willamette...
View ArticleTaking the Leap with Tiffin Asha
From a food cart space to a destination place. by Thomas Ross Sometimes I drive up N Mississippi on my way home from work, rather than stay on I-5. It’s not faster. I do it because at least that way...
View ArticleGood Morning, News: Portland Cop Let Off the Hook, Kevin the Geek Hits the...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! Should've cherished me, listening to friends. Now it's the end and again, no story can end without it. LET'S GO TO PRESS.The Portland police officer who...
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