TBA Review: Narcissister’s Sublime, Ab Fab-Approved Spectacle
by Katie Pelletier Narcissister sheds identities like Russian dolls.Briana CerezoIn a 2012 episode of the British sitcom, Absolutely Fabulous, Edina, hoping to impress an American actor, suggests that...
View ArticleDon't Miss the New... I, Anonymous Comedy Show!
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey You are undoubtedly familiar with the Mercury’s wildly popular and long-running column, I, Anonymous. (For you newbies, that’s the weekly column and daily blog that features...
View ArticleRuPaul Wins First Emmy
by Dan Savage ENews:In July, the RuPaul's Drag Race host received his first-ever Emmy nomination for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program, and on Sunday, he won that award,...
View ArticleEating Weed Without Flipping Out
by David Schmader We still get stories of weed eaters overdosing and winding up stranded in some twilight gulag of horrors.The StrangerAnother week, another story of someone eating weed and going...
View ArticleHillary Clinton Apparently Goes to Work When She's Sick. You Probably Do Too....
by Megan Burbank If you're among the majority of American adults who go to work sick, congratulations. You have something in common with Hillary Clinton.East Asia and Pacific Media Hub U.S. Department...
View Article"No" is Just Fine
by Anonymous Here's the deal, ladies. If I ask you for your number and you give it to me, then great! I promise to call or text and meet up. If you say "no" or "I can't " or "get lost" then that's ok...
View ArticleGood Morning, News: Bundy Trial Begins, a Bloviating WashCo Deputy, and the...
by Dirk VanderHart Banks, Oregon: Home of the Barthas and where they'll be remaining in the future, thank you very much!Wikimedia CommonsTODAY IN TOP STORIES: A Banks man named Dennis Bartha and his...
View ArticleNever Thought I'd Jump on this Bandwagon
by Anonymous Hey asshole bike rider who almost ran into me today coming off of Harbor onto Front. Crosswalks are for PEDESTRIANS. If you choose to ride your GD bike the wrong way across a cross walk,...
View ArticleFirst Day with Your New Bag, Huh?
by Anonymous My bus trip in the AM is about 1hour you got on 30 min into my ride and sat next to me (Blonde hair w/green and white striped shirt) Coffee in hand and your Oversized purse. Its not like...
View ArticleWhy, Yes. I Would Like a New Song from Bell Biv DeVoe!
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey It's easy to scorn "nostalgia tours," but when the group in question still has the chops—or in this case, the "New Jack Swing"—who's complaining? Check out this new single from...
View ArticleNew Column!
Ask an Obsolescent Pair of Headphones by An Obsolescent Pair of Headphones Dear Obsolescent Pair of Headphones:I’m a lesbian about to be married to the love of my life. However, my sister doesn’t...
View ArticleOne Day at a Time
TOM HIDDLESTON WILL BE OURS. by Ann Romano MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5Welcome back to One Day at a Time, dears, where we can’t even properly finish this sentence because TAYLOR SWIFT AND TOM HIDDLESTON BROKE...
View ArticleCannabuzz: Children and the Chronic
“Won’t someone think of the children?” Uh, actually, yes. by Josh Jardine IN JUNE, I was asked to attend and testify at a City of Portland Marijuana Policy Oversight Team, where the agenda was to...
View ArticleClean Your Bong: Eating Weed Without Flipping Out
How to eat weed without flipping out. by David Schmader ANOTHER WEEK, another story of someone eating weed and going bonkers. The latest: the unsuspecting fiftysomething man in Omaha who found mystery...
View ArticleSavage Love
No on 60 by Dan Savage I’m a womanwho watches porn—we do exist—and I have a mad crush on a male porn star named Small Hands. Unfortunately, his videos focus less on his handsome face and more on some...
View ArticleSold Out
The hottest fashion events for September and October. by Elizabeth Mollo ONE OF THE MOST anticipated group sales, the PDX Collective Sale, is back and bringing together 10 of Portland’s top boutiques...
View ArticleThings to Do Music
Noteworthy shows for the week of September 14-20. WEDNESDAY 9/14XENIA RUBINOS, BLOSSOM, TAY SEAN (Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison) Read our story on Xenia Rubinos. {{ image:2 }} THURSDAY 9/15CFM, SLEEPING...
View ArticleYoung, Dumb, and Naked: Growing Up with Blink-182
Three grown-ass men writing anthems about boners informed my adolescence. by Bri Brey “DO YOU like Blink-182?”The answer to this question demands another question. Are you asking 10-year-old me, or...
View ArticleRecord Review: Lynnae Gryffin, Information
Lynnae Gryffin plucks the thorns from jagged rock on her new EP, Information. by Ciara Dolan ON HER NEWEPInformation, Lynnae Gryffin uses the jagged sounds of rock music to make expansive, smeared...
View ArticlePorches Move from Indie-Rock Meek to Dance-Pop Chic
With their new album and EP, the Brooklyn band wants you to dance. by Cameron Crowell IN 2013, Porches released a beautiful record called Slow Dance in the Cosmos that assuredly fell in the indie-rock...
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