Roll Another Number for the Road
by Anonymous I drink two fingers of whiskey and one 12oz beer every day. That's everyday for the past 15 years, give or take a 2-week break here and there. I never get drunk, just relaxed after a day...
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Things To Do Tonight, Saturday 9/17
by Bri Brey Bruce Campbell: Last Fan Standing That chin! That smile! That smarm! Bruce Campbell hosts a game show on CONtv that puts a panel of four nerds through the paces with trivia questions about...
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Things To Do Tonight, Sunday 9/18
by Bri Brey Polish Festival Thousands of people this weekend will pack the streets between the 109-year-old St. Stanislaus Church and the 105-year-old Polish Library to celebrate all things Polish....
View ArticleNo Place to Go
by Anonymous To the asshole bouncers who kicked my transitioning boyfriend out of the club for using the women's restroom-fuck you. My boyfriend has a vagina, so tell me, how is he supposed to use a...
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Timbers Win Again, March Towards Postseason
by Abe Asher Eric Cech - Portland TimbersThe Portland Timbers are starting to roll.Back in the friendly confines of a gray, drizzly Providence Park, the Timbers beat the Philadelphia Union 2-1 on...
View ArticleIt's New Guy Territory Now
by Anonymous I've been at my job for 8 years and never have I noticed skid marks in the toilet. It's a relatively small office and although I don't like sharing the bathroom with other folks, people...
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Things To Do This Week!
Things to do for Sept 19-22 by Mercury Staff You might still be feeling a little over-full from the bountiful feast of amazing food and amazing-er entertainment this last weekend. Guess what: Take a...
View ArticleGood Morning, News: Bombings in NYC and NJ, More Dumb Trump, and Timbers'...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! You treat me like a lady when you open doors (and doors), but then you want to front when you with your boys (your boys.) LET'S GO TO PRESS.The Timbers...
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Tonight! Don't Miss "The I, Anonymous 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...
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With Snowden, Oliver Stone Keeps His Oliver Stone-iness in Check
by Ned Lannamann You'd be correct to expect something bombastic out of Oliver Stone’s Snowden. It’s right in the JFK director’s wheelhouse, dealing in themes of power, corruption, and deeply...
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TBA Review: Watching Grown Men Juggle in Alessandro Sciarroni’s UNTITLED_I...
by Noah Dunham Alfredo AnceschiLet’s be be honest: When one thinks about contemporary performance art, one does not immediately jump to juggling. And yet, in a field that seems to have exhausted the...
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We're Number Three! Bicycling's Best Bike City Rankings Are About to Drop
by Dirk VanderHart It's an every-two-year tradition: Bicycling magazine releases a list of the country's best cycling cities, and we in Portland find reason to gripe or rejoice. For a long time,...
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Jewsbury To Retire At Conclusion of 2016 Season
by Abe Asher Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland TimbersIt's the end of an era.The Portland Timbers' first captain, first goalscorer, and first trophy-winner is walking away. Jack Jewsbury will retire at the...
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Check Out These Pics from the Mercury's "Undisputable Geniuses of Comedy" Event!
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Guys! If you were in attendance at Friday night's SOLD OUT performance of the "Undisputable Geniuses of Comedy" at Revolution Hall, congratulations! Because you had a freaking...
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Record Review: Sheers, Sheers
by Ciara Dolan HASAN MAHMOODCOSMIC JAZZINESS pulses through Portland art-pop duo Sheers’ self-titled debut. Frontwoman Lily Breshears is known for her work with Big Haunt and Haley Heynderickx, but...
View ArticleSavage Love Letter of the Day: What's in a Ring?
by Dan Savage Originally posted on October 22, 2014.I'm a twentysomething married trans guy in an openish marriage. In the online hunt for a guy to have some aboveboard, under-the-sheets fun with, I...
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Neil deGrasse Tyson Talks Ignorance, Dragons, Ibsen, and Ben DeLaCreme. You...
Neil deGrasse Tyson will appear in Portland Tue-Wed Sept 19-20. He is good. by Matt Baume Neil deGrasse Tyson will appear in Portland Tue-Wed Sept 19-20. He is good.Neil deGrasse Tyson is okay with...
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Things To Do Tonight 9/19
by Mercury Staff Neil deGrasse Tyson From the rebooted Cosmos to Twitter, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson brings logic and inspiration to a time that often feels mired in fear and superstition....
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TBA Reviews: She's In Parties Was Not Much Of A Party After All
by Robert Ham Outside of the installations in the space, the live performances often felt like they were getting swallowed up by the huge room. Briana CerezoThe chatter of this year's TBA Fest kept...
View ArticleShitbrew of Growing Brewery Rules
by Anonymous The life by dog, child and the R&R of brewery chill is dead in Portland. This fucking town has shaped itself in to boxes of theatrical shitshows flaunting dingleberry wheat ale where...
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