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Record Review: The Last Artful, Dodgr & Neill Von Tally, Bone Music
by Jenni Moore PORTLAND HIP-HOP TWITTER (yes, it’s a thing) was ablaze last week as the online community rejoiced over the release of local rapper the Last Artful, Dodgr and producer Neill Von Tally’s...
View ArticleWhat To Do On Valentine's Day
Portland's Valentine's Day calendar by Mercury Staff [ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Happy Oregon's Birthday, Everyone!
by Joe Streckert It's Oregon's birthday, everyone! 158 years ago our particular piece of geography went from being a territory to a full-fledged member of these United States. In celebration of our...
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I, Anonymous: The Spanking Machine
by Anonymous Kalah AllenLAST NIGHT I broke the dry spell of five years, two months, and 15 days without penetrative sex. It was lackluster, and not only because the guy’s cock was tiny and nothing...
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A Valentine's Day Playlist for the Lovers and Haters
by Ciara Dolan ISTOCK/damedeesoFor better or for worse, today is Valentine's Day. Whether you're spending the evening with someone special, celebrating yourself, or moping alone by candlelit and...
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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...
View ArticleCannabis: Past, Present, and Future
What it used to be like to buy weed, what it’s like now, and what it (hopefully) will be like in the future. by Josh Jardine I RECENTLY organized a tour of cannabis dispensaries. The attendees ranged...
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...
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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 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 ArticleArthur Brown's Inspiration 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 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 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...
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