Cannabuzz Cocabuzz: The Week in Cocaine! Yeah!
What if a different ballot measure had legalized cocaine? by Josh Jardine WHEN MEASURE 91 passed, I heard more than one prohibitionist sneer at the idea and ask, “What’s next, legalizing all the other...
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Wait... are Kim and Kanye evil wizards? by Ann Romano MONDAY, JULY 18Have we finally met a foe so vile that even we cannot survive its vicious assault? Welp, guess we’re about to find out, because the...
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Enter the Mercury’s PETS IN ACTION Photo Contest! Do you have a pet? A pet that loves ACTION? How about a pet that pretends to love ACTION? Then enter your pooch, cat, ferret, fish, parrot, turtle, or...
View ArticleBlesst Chest’s Prog ’n’ Roll Party
Blesst Chest’s mutant rock defies labels. by Mark Lore INSTRUMENTAL BANDS have a tendency to sometimes get wrapped up in themselves. This all has its place, of course, but it comes at the cost of...
View ArticleSneaker Wave
The latest in Portland hip-hop. by Jenni Moore IF YOU’RE A REGULAR at hip-hop shows and events around town, you’re probably familiar with Jordan Carter’s friendly face. He’s usually posted up with a...
View ArticleRecord Review: Marisa Anderson, Into the Light
The album sounds like one long ride into the sunset. by Ciara Dolan PORTLAND GUITARIST Marisa Anderson’s newest full-length, Into the Light, sounds like one long ride into the sunset—a journey that...
View ArticleBJ the Chicago Kid Is a New Star with an Old Soul
BJ the Chicago Kid’s Motown debut is timeless R&B. by Jenni Moore THESE DAYS it feels like the world is in complete chaos. Every week there’s a new catastrophic death toll, police shooting, rape,...
View ArticleRecord Review: Cool American, You Can Win a Few
Their new album is terrific, top to bottom. by Ben Salmon “WHO THE FUCK said my band sounds like pavement,” Cool American’s Nathan Tucker tweeted on July 11, “i’ll fight them.”Fair enough. For two...
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Noteworthy shows for the week of July 27-August 2. WEDNESDAY 7/27SYNDICATE, KAPITAL, STEEL CHAINS, MR. WRONG (Black Water Bar, 835 NE Broadway) Mr. Wrong sort of came out of nowhere—the Portland duo...
View ArticleWoody Allen’s Café Society Is a Pancake of a Movie
It’s an okay pancake. by Ned Lannamann WOODY ALLEN makes movies with the speed and precision of a short-order breakfast cook. Year after year, he churns out pancake after pancake for an undemanding...
View ArticleBeing Empowered (Sort Of) (Not Really) with Bad Moms
Alas, some problems can’t be solved with binge drinking. by Kjerstin Johnson INBAD MOMS, Amy (Mila Kunis) is a working mother of two who, out of exhaustion, rejects the perfect-mom paradigm. She joins...
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Things to Do Film
This week: Nerve, The Innocents, the 35th anniversary of Raiders of the Lost Ark, and more. by Mercury Staff Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie The film achieves the same high-pitched, broad humor of the...
View ArticleJason Bourne: Punching and Chasing, Part Five
Matt Damon's Bourne again! (Sorry.) by Ned Lannamann POOR JEREMY RENNER. Bounced out of the Bourne franchise, Conan O’Brien/Tonight Show-style, Renner’s nowhere to be seen in the fifth movie based on...
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Checking out skate style at Wieden + Kennedy. by Marissa Sullivan IN 2004, a magical holiday was born. Shredders in California rejoiced when Rob Dyrdek and the International Association of Skateboard...
View ArticleBird Feeding is a Mental Disorder
by Anonymous There was a recent post about crows creating a nuisance in a neighborhood and, as I expected, some avid bird feeders commented in such a predictable way. See, people who feed animals have...
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Good Morning, News: Hillary Smashes Glass Ceiling, Freddie Gray Cops Cleared,...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! I sit and think about everything we do, and I find myself in misery and that ain't cool. LET'S GO TO PRESS. Because they can't seem to do enough damage...
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Oregon Brewers Fest Begins Today
by Brian Yaeger Tomorrow, call in sick. Or call in pre-hungover if you wanna be honest. For today marks the beginning of the 29th annual Oregon Brewers Festival, a beerfest so big it has not been...
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Be Cool, Ramen, Be Cool
by Andrea Damewood Sarah HayesSUMMER’S BEEN OFF to a slow start, heat wise, but Portland’s finally getting hot enough to declare pants optional. You might not think “ramen” on an 85-plus-degree day,...
View Article$3-4 Decaf. What the Fuck...
by Anonymous I know decaf sucks and is probably poison, but why the hell can't we have a air-pot of the sewer sludge at the counter? Perhaps not all, but most coffee shops carry a variety of roast at...
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Portland's Planned Springwater Sweep Has National Advocates Talking—And Not...
by Dirk VanderHart Portland Park Ranger Sam Sachs speaks with homeless campers and advocates on the Springwater Corridor on July 23. Dirk VanderHartEric Tars is a senior attorney with the National Law...
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