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Let’s gossip, dears! Oh. Wait. Gwyneth Paltrow’s here to ruin everything. Sigh. by Ann Romano MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21We’ll admit it, dears: For much of 2016, your fave gossip column (One Day at a Time, of...
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Don’t miss Dan Savage’s Holiday Special—this Friday, December 2! by Mercury Staff You know Dan Savage, you love Dan Savage... and now Dan Savage is returning to Portland for a special one-night-only...
View ArticleHaste’s Annabelle Is Drowning in Distortion
On Annabelle, Haste’s Jasmine Wood lets her guitar do the talking. by Ciara Dolan MANY RECORDS pay tribute to lost loves and departed friends, but Portland shoegaze three-piece Haste’s debut...
View ArticleRecord Review: Point Juncture, WA, Me or the Party
Point Juncture, WA’s Me or the Party was well worth the wait. by Morgan Troper “THE DOUBLE ALBUM”—considered by many to be a vestige of rock’s masturbatory past—is an affront to the modern music fan’s...
View ArticleThings to Do Music
Noteworthy shows for the week of November 30-December 6. by Mercury Staff WEDNESDAY 11/30SAD13, VAGABON, LISA PRANK (Bunk Bar, 1028 SE Water) Laetitia Tamko has been releasing music under the moniker...
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As Vagabon, Lætitia Tamko turns her insides out. by Ciara Dolan LÆTITIA TAMKO’S musical origin story sounds familiar: Inspired by the sudden urge to channel herself into something external, she...
View ArticleEmbrace the Blood and Guts of the PDXtreme Film Fest
In these dark, dark days. by Courtney Ferguson HOW’S EVERYONE doing out there? I don’t know about y’all, but I feel a little numb. A little dead inside. A little lost. And when I get that feeling, I...
View ArticleManchester by the Sea and the Saddest Handyman
Casey Affleck is very sad. by Marc Mohan THE HISTORY of American men on screen is the history of repressed emotion. From Marlon Brando’s animalistic slow boil to Cary Grant’s Teflon-coated...
View ArticleLeonard Cohen: Not So Suave in 1972
Bird on a Wire witnesses the birth of a ladies’ man. by Ned Lannamann THE NEWS OF Leonard Cohen’s death came like a cruel punchline, karma’s final dig following the horrors of America’s 2016 election....
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Things To Do Film
This week: Spirited Away, The Exorcist, and... John Stamos? Okay. Sure. The Accountant It’s not hard to imagine how Ben Affleck was convinced to sign on to The Accountant. “Hey Benny!” director Gavin...
View ArticleI, Anonymous
Traffic Congestion on Aisle Four GET THE FUCK OUT of my way at the grocery store! I mean it! I know there’s a lot to buy and that it’s the holiday season, but for fuck’s sake, do you need to block the...
View ArticleI’m Just Visiting
Visiting Nashville and eating crow by Hutch Harris WHAT AM I doing here, exactly? I had planned for this column to be a light, funny travelogue, in which I mostly gave short, shallow history lessons...
View ArticlePortland Invests Millions in Banks that Fund Controversial Private Prisons
Is that about to change? by Dirk VanderHart WHEN DONALD TRUMP was elected on November 8, the country’s two largest private prison operators had reason to break out the champagne.CoreCivic (formerly...
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Housing crisis worsens. Racist in more trouble. by Mercury Staff SHOCKER: Portland’s housing crisis is getting worse.A newly released report from the Portland Housing Bureau shows the city has grown...
View ArticleLetters to the Editor
“The housing crisis is over!” A SUCKER BORN EVERY MINUTERE: “Why We March” [Feature, Nov 16], in which Editor-in-Chief Wm. Steven Humphrey wrote about how Trump voters prioritized “their own perceived...
View ArticleRanda Jarrar’s Geography of Taboo
Surprising, beautiful stories in Him, Me, Muhammad Ali. by Katie Pelletier Randa Jarrar’s new collection of short stories, Him, Me, Muhammad Ali, opens with a modern folktale about a girl attempting...
View ArticleRobbie Robertson Delivers a Flawed Testimony
In a new memoir, the Band’s guitarist lets his ego get the better of him. by Robert Ham At the beginning of The Last Waltz, the 1978 Martin Scorsese documentary that captured the final concert by the...
View ArticleHall Monitor—A Declaration of Independence
Portland’s auditor says she’s unduly strained. She wants you to change that. by Dirk VanderHart PORTLANDCITY AUDITOR is an office built with conflict in mind.As the only elected city office aside from...
View ArticleIndia by Way of Williams
Open Tandoor brings Indian food to where it’s sorely needed. by Andrea Damewood OPEN TANDOOR was smart to open on North Williams. Until a few months ago, North Portland was without any Indian food—be...
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Out with the old and in with the new in North Portland. Hooray? by Thomas Ross CHANGE IS GOOD, change is good, change is good. It’s become my mantra while walking or driving around my home in North...
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