Letters to the Editor
“This is why I avoid so many restaurants in this town.” FOODIE FUNDSRE: “The Merc Food Critic’s Personal Favorites” [Last Supper, Dec 28], Andrea Damewood’s rundown of the sometimes expensive...
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Here’s what Portlanders looked like way back in 2016. by Marissa Sullivan Let’s see... deaths of some of our most influential musicians, mass shootings, trucks driving into people, places, and...
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by Anonymous Under the last Republican president (Dubya), it is estimated that 8-10 million jobs were lost. Trump is taking credit for "saving" roughly 1500 jobs before he's even been sworn. If we...
View ArticleGood Morning, News: Obama Tries to Save Obamacare, Trump Obstinately Ignorant...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! You're a positive motivating force within my life. Should you ever feel the need to wonder why, let me know, let me know. LET'S GO TO PRESS.Incoming...
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The Cold's Not Going Away. Here's Where You Can Donate Items to Unsheltered...
by Dirk VanderHart Mike ForceA 51-year-old man named Mark Elliot Johnson froze to death while sleeping on a sidewalk in East Portland some time on the night of January 1 or morning of January 2. It's...
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2017 Film Preview: Aliens! Baby Drivers! And a LOT of Angry Monkeys!
by Erik Henriksen 2016 is finally over, and with it goes a year of pretty great movies: Arrival, Swiss Army Man, Hell or High Water, The Nice Guys, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Moonlight, Hail Caesar!,...
View ArticleThings to Do Comedy
Funny things to do for the month of January by Chipp Terwilliger Louis C.K. Louis C.K. has become an unstoppable force in comedy. When he's not writing, directing, editing, and starring in his own FX...
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The Ballad of Eddy Lepp, Pot P.O.W.
by Josh Jardine ISTOCK / MACROVECTORON WEDNESDAY, December 7, 2016, a man you have probably never heard of left a federal prison after serving eight and a half years of a 10-year sentence. His name is...
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Billboard's Top 20 Songs of 2016 Were Every Bit as Shitty as the Year Itself
by Dave Segal Every year, I staunchly avoid chart music, mostly out of a desire to maintain optimal mental health. But come December, my editors inevitably tap me to assess the biggest songs of the...
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A Year After His Death, David Bowie Continues to Reveal Himself
by Ned Lannamann KINOKO EVANSON JANUARY 8, David Bowie would have turned 70 years old. On January 10, it will be a full year since his death from cancer—a surprise that arrived almost simultaneously...
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Listen to Elliott Smith's Previously Unreleased "I Figured You Out"
by Dave Segal Be on Kierkegaard for this.Kill Rock StarsTwenty years after the release of Elliott Smith's Either/Or, Kill Rock Stars is reissuing an expanded edition of the late, vastly influential...
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Frank Cassano's Imbecile Parade Asks, "What's Your New Year's Resolution?"
by Frank Cassano This Week’s Question: “What’sYour New Year’s Resolution?”“To make sure 2017 is better than 2016, I hereby resolve to treat the universe more kindly, to walk upon Mother Earth with an...
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Savage Love Letter of the Day: Marathon Man & Woman
by Dan Savage Straight male fan, Dan. I'm visiting with a lover Jan 10-15th before she leaves the country for awhile. We want to have a week of amazing passionate no condom sex. It will be the week...
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Here Are Your 2017 Oregon Literary Fellowships
by Megan Burbank Martha Grover's publisher, Perfect Day Publishing, is among this year's winners.Cam FloydIf the latest news out of DC has you hiding and watching videos of gentle, curious skunk...
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The City's Opening a Cold-Weather Shelter in the Portland Building—And Asking...
by Dirk VanderHart The Portland Building, the city's new emergency homeless shelter. City of PortlandMayor Ted Wheeler announced this afternoon he's opening up the Portland Building as severe weather...
View ArticleEnjoy the Silence!
Martin Scorsese, Portuguese missionaries, post-feudal Japan, and eternal questions of faith. Yahtzee? by Ned Lannamann GOD BLESS Martin Scorsese... although Christians probably still have a bone to...
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Good Morning, News: Charlie Hales' Voicemails, Ted Wheeler, and Festus Ezeli
by Doug Brown Good morning, Portland. Crank up that space heater and click these links. So, out in print yesterday, here's our annual collection of the best/worst of (now former) Mayor Charlie Hales'...
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by Anonymous Dear Psycho Guy at the grocery store where I work. You seemed normal, and I was nothing but courteous to you. I smiled and made conversation, and divided your twenty dollars worth of...
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The Twin Peaks Soundtrack Is Getting a Deluxe Vinyl Reissue
by Dave Segal New artwork by Sam Smith.Mondo Music/Death WaltzIn an unsurprising and potentially lucrative move, Mondo Music/Death Waltz Recording Company plans to reissue Angelo Badalamenti's lushly...
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Fox News Replaces Megyn Kelly with Bow-Tie Wearing Pile of Moldy Laundry
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Courtesy CNNEver since former Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly jumped ship to work for a more factually correct, less sexually harrassing network (that would be NBC News), many have...
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