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Good Morning, News: Jay-Z, Bike Helmets, and My Little Pony
by Doug Brown Good morning, Portland. I'd really appreciate if you'd do me a kindness and click on these links.Check out this Jay-Zvideo op-ed on the War on Drugs in the New York Times:Out in print...
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Last Chance: Get Your Tickets for the "Undisputable Geniuses of Comedy"...
by Mercury Staff The Portland Mercury and Revolution Hall presents... THE UNDISPUTABLE GENIUSES OF COMEDY!Guys! Tickets are going super fast for the Portland comedy show of the year, The Undisputable...
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Feasting on Beer—Portland Brewers at This Year's Feast Festival
by Brian Yaeger Park Kitchen's Boilermaker Sundae with Breakside Smoked Porter at Feast SmokedFeast Portland is a food festival. (It’s chiefly about chefs and relatively regarding restaurants, but...
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How Three Grown-Ass Men’s Anthems About Boners Informed My Adolescence
by Bri Brey BLINK-182 Pictured: three grown-ass men.Willie Toledo“DO YOU like Blink-182?”The answer to this question demands another question. Are you asking 10-year-old me, or current me? Either way,...
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Police Say Three Children Were Pepper Sprayed, Called a Racial Epithet
by Dirk VanderHart The block where the assault occurred. Google Street ViewA black Portland family says they were accosted in Northeast Portland this week by a cyclist who used a racial slur as he...
View ArticleSavage Love Letter of the Day: He Wears Short Shorts
by Dan Savage ATENTTION : I READ YOUR ARTICLES ONCE IN AWHILE .... MAYBE YOU CAN ANSWER MINE .... IM A STRAIGHT MAN AND WILL ALWAYS BE STRAGHT .... I BEEN SHAVING MY LEGS FOR A YEAR IN A HALF NOW .......
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One Trump Child Lies, Another Jokes About Gas Chambers, and Did You Hear...
by Christopher Frizzelle I'm worried about the future of human civilization.Debby Wong / Shutterstock.comAnother day, another vile thing coming out of a Trump's mouth—this time from Trump's son,...
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This Week's Film Events, Including Confirmation, Thrashin', and Space Jammin'!
by Mercury Staff Adult Swim Drive-InThe skewed-and-touched, screwed-and-chopped comedy mad scientists at Adult Swim are taking their demented brand of entertainment on the road, with clips from...
View ArticleThings to Oktoberfest This Weekend!
by Mercury Staff Mount Angel OktoberfestFor four days out of the year, the town of Mount Angel essentially transforms itself into Little Germany, full of lederhosen, tuba music, sausages, and an...
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TBA Review: Unpacking “Otherness” in Carlos Motta’s Deseos / رغبات
by Noah Dunham From DeseosWhen it comes to TBA—and art in general—I find that one can measure the resonance of an artistic work by the amount of questions it leaves you with. That’s not to say...
View ArticleClinton Counterfactual From '08 Disproved by Clinton Nomination In '16
by Dan Savage I'm old enough to remember the first two years of Barack Obama's presidency.Believe it or not, way back in '09 and '10, a lot of liberals and progressives were frustrated with Obama. Our...
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Blair Witch: 2016 Edition Is A Tired Retread From Talented Filmmakers
by Courtney Ferguson Sure, there was nothing technically wrong with Gus Van Sant's 1998 remake of Psycho, but it sure did lack a certain something. The shot-by-shot remake of Hitchcock's classic...
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TBA Review: The Effervescent Spirit of AU and the Camas High School Choir
by Robert Ham It was the most life-affirming night of music I've experienced in some time.Briana CerezoLuke Wyland's music, primarily written for his band AU, has always been deeply felt work. Even at...
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TBA Preview: Repurposed Nostalgia in Mechanics Laid Bare
by Suzette Smith Suzette SmithTonight, TBA presents Mechanics Laid Bare a one-time-only collaboration between Portland non-profit cinema art collective the Cinema Project and local composer Matt...
View ArticleOutside Food
by Anonymous Hey fuckwit, don't come into MY cafe when i'm working LATE SHIFT with a FUCKING BROWN BAG full of outside food you plan on consuming in MY DOMAIN! You buy the CHEAPEST thing on the menu,...
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Good Morning, News: Another Racist Attack, Another Child Killed by Police in...
by Dirk VanderHart Here in Portland, an ugly incident: Police report three black children were assaulted with pepper spray by a man on a bicycle who also yelled a racial slur. Cops are looking for the...
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Things To Do This Weekend!
Things to do for September 16-18 by Mercury Staff Fall is for feasting, and the smorgasbord of things to do this week is proof. The Mercury is offering up a bounty of the city's best comedy from...
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This Weekend's Style Events
by Elizabeth Mollo Mabel & ZoraOne of the most anticipated group sales, the PDX Collective Sale, is back and will bring together 10 of Portland’s top boutiques to offer major savings to customers....
View ArticleToday in WHAAT THAAA FAAAACK?!?: Corey Feldman on the Today Show
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey This morning, former child actor Corey Feldman (The Lost Boys, and the classic License to Drive) appeared on the Today show to promote one of his continuing attempts to launch...
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Win Tickets to The I, Anonymous Show!
by Erik Henriksen This Monday at the Secret Society marks the first installment of the live comedy show The I, Anonymous Show! Hosted by the hilarious and charming Bri Pruett, The I, Anonymous Show...
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