My, What A Busy Week!
My, what a smanged week!WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18MUSIC—Hiphop must've gotten too easy for Talib Kweli. The Brooklyn emcee's sensitive, politically deft lyrics have been making underground heads swoon for...
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Sweet, sweet comedy, and football brought to you by KISS.WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25COMEDY—Since debuting last fall, the delightful $5 Bill Comedy Night's flourished under the steady hand of Mercury friend...
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Fourteen chances to leave the house.WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1Down Gown by Down GownMUSIC—Ah, springtime! Fleeting armistice where every phylum takes up the dance of interspecies harmony! It's the same deal...
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The magnanimous, most revelatory week yet!WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8MUSIC—This month's installment of Ear Candy (your best ticket to free local music, brought to you by the Merc and Mississippi Studios!)...
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Comic books, comics, and comedic punk!WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15MUSIC—Pianist Robert Glasper never met a genre he couldn't play, which is why his music embraces jazz, soul, hiphop, and much more. His two...
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This week's close encounters of the busy kind.WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22MUSIC—KPSU's month of shows keeps trucking along, and tonight they're teaming up with the Mercury to bring you a dazzler of an evening:...
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Lions and tigers and Sleater-Kinney, oh my!WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29COMICS—Thanks to righteous shark-punching action in Aquaman, a Dark Knight who's actually fun in Batman '66, and the Portland-set mystery...
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How to stuff a busy bikini.WEDNESDAY, MAY 6MUSIC—Electronic musician Dan Deacon is coming to Portland, touring his newest album, Gliss Riffer. The video for the album's first single, "Feel the...
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Expansive tales of annihilation.WEDNESDAY, MAY 13MUSIC—It seems strange to suggest that one of the most influential artists in the history of Portland hip-hop comes from Vallejo. But even Cool Nutz...
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It's a pretty great week to get busy, amirite?WEDNESDAY, MAY 20MUSIC—You'll have to wait all the way until August's MusicfestNW to hear the transcendent new strains of the Helio Sequence's latest...
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Of clowns and '80s bands.WEDNESDAY, MAY 27STORIES—Branching out from their focus on music, film, and visual art made by women, Siren Nation's launching the Broadcast (get it?), their all-lady live...
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Filled with buttrockers, sailors, and Dolly Parton covers.WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3 YOO-HOO! SAILOR!—It's the sexiest time of year, AKA Fleet Week! The US Navy, Coast Guard, and Royal Canadian Navy will be...
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It's summertime and the week is busy.WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10MUSIC—Question for you to ponder while you jam out at Mississippi Studios tonight: Did Florida slacker-rock aficionados Surfer Blood adopt that...
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Bikes aweigh!WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17FASHION—The Mercury's 11th annual Open Season fashion series rages on! The next two nights feature not-to-be-missed installments by two of the city's best apparel minds:...
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Hitting your summer stride.WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24MUSIC—When James Brown wanted to give it up and turn it loose? He turned to Bootsy Collins. When George Clinton needed a glide in his stride? Bootsy put...
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Pain and dizziness instantly alleviated.WEDNESDAY, JULY 1Untoward by RABBITSMUSIC—Ten years ago, Rabbits played its very first show at the long-lost Food Hole. It was loud. It was messy. It hurt....
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Hot enough for ya?WEDNESDAY, JULY 8MUSIC—Like most creative types, musicians generally get worse as they get older. Thank Christ Elvis Costello—who's been brilliant for four decades and counting—is...
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In the summertime...WEDNESDAY JULY 15MUSIC—Three years ago, Raymond Douglas Davies (author of klassic Kinks kuts like "You Really Got Me" and "Waterloo Sunset") performed in Portland, so the mayor...
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Floating, fairing, and funning.WEDNESDAY, JULY 22MUSIC—Maybe you couldn't bear to have your mellow harshed by Built to Spill's wondrous onslaught of guitars when they opened up for Death Cab for Cutie...
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Who's got air-conditioning?WEDNESDAY, JULY 29MUSIC—Brooklyn guitar maestros Ratatat just dropped their first album in five years! People you should automatically tune out: anyone griping that the...
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