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Check Out a Track from Wolf People's Live at Pickathon
by Ned Lannamann Yesterday the folks at Pickathon announced the next two releases in their "Live at Pickathon" vinyl series, in which each side of a full-length LP features a performer recorded live...
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by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey We've featured some amazing mashup work in the past (such as this terrific version of Notorious B.I.G.'s "Hypnotize" as performed by Earl Sinclair from the show Dinosaurs), but...
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Do You Have Free Tickets to See Rob Zombie in Auburn?
by Ciara Dolan FacebookFollowing a recent class-action lawsuit against Ticketmaster for allegedly "deceptive" fee descriptions, if you bought concert tickets through the company between 1999 and 2013...
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Drool Over These Tacos 'n' Tequila Photos
by Bri Brey Remember Saturday? Man, Saturday was great. Mostly because I wasn't sitting at this desk, but also because it was Tacos 'n' Tequila! One of the Mercury's famous chow-down, drink-up events....
View ArticleThis Video of a Flying Bouncy House Crashing into Power Lines Proves There is...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey ... because how else is he going to prove he loves us?Video of bounce house as it flies into high tension linesin Town Of Niagara pic.twitter.com/VIQfYPqkOm— Niagara Co.Fire...
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Donald Trump Has Been Accused of Rape in a Federal Lawsuit
by Megan Burbank I really didn't want to use a portrait. This seemed like the best alternative.Neelix via Wikimedia CommonsHere's Gothamist:A federal lawsuit filed Monday in New York accuses...
View ArticlePortland Nextdoor Post Bickering
by Anonymous All Portland residents on Nextdoor – STOP ARGUING THROUGH POSTS ON A THREAD!!! It’s fucking embarrassing. I see the shit on sports threads between children. I didn’t expect to see it with...
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Schools Superintendent Carole Smith Has Announced Her Retirement Amid Lead...
by Dirk VanderHart Carole SmithPortland Public SchoolsCarole Smith is retiring, after almost nine years at the helm of Portland Public Schools. The schools superintendent sent out a long email...
View ArticleThe Eight Best Items at Pine Street Market
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View ArticleDrink This
Portland Soda Works elevates the syrup game. by Heather Arndt Anderson Let's start with a loud 'n' clear DISCLAIMER: Lest anyone accuse us of nepotism, our readership should be plainly reminded that...
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View ArticleChuck Klosterman Hasn't Seen the Future, But He's Thought About It A LOT
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View ArticleLisa Hanawalt's Lessons in Reverse-Centaur Appreciation
Hot Dog Taste Test is full of foodie hijinks and horse people. by Suzette Smith REMEMBER WATCHING the first season of Netflix's BoJack Horseman, when somewhere in the middle of that sad-man-pony story...
View ArticleMeet the HOMOCATS
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View ArticleSold Out
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View ArticleAsk a Pot Lawyer: Are Dispensary Owners Liable?
If a customer does something stupid, are business owners to blame? by Vince Sliwoski I ownamarijuana dispensary. Will I get in trouble if a customer does something stupid after visiting my shop?I...
View ArticleThings to Do Music
Noteworthy shows for the week of June 22-28 WEDNESDAY 6/22BOOGARINS, COMA SERFS, DAN DAN (Bunk Bar, 1028 SE Water) Goiânia's Boogarins don't make what American listeners might lazily pigeonhole as...
View ArticleAll-Ages Action!
This week's all-ages shows. by Morgan Troper THURS 6/23Hemingwayw/Blowout, Sioux Falls, Drunken Palms; Black Water Bar, 835 NE Broadway Tonight marks the tour kickoff for power pop band Hemingway—one...
View ArticleNaked Hour's Debut Is the Least Lonely-Sounding Breakup Album
Their debut is the least lonely-sounding breakup album. by Ciara Dolan PORTLAND TRIO Naked Hour's upcoming debut, Always on the Weekend, is a series of vignettes chronicling the worst breakup...
View ArticleThe Odyssey of Benjamin Clementine
He's risen from Paris streets to international stardom. by Santi Elijah Holley AMONG THE MANY immediately striking things about Benjamin Clementine is his voice, the powerful tenor that he commands...
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