Good Morning, News: Portland Police Revolt, Freddy Gray Cop "Not Guilty," and...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! I was born the son of a lawless man, always spoke my mind with a gun in my hand. Lived nine lives, gunned down ten. Gonna ride like the wind. LET'S GO...
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Timbers Run Riot Against Vancouver
by Abe Asher Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland TimbersFrom the get-go, it was clear that Sunday afternoon's Cascadia Cup clash at Providence Park between the Portland Timbers and Vancouver Whitecaps was...
View ArticleSavage Love Letter of the Day: Two Birds, One Stone
by Dan Savage I'm a woman in my mid-twenties married to a man in his mid-forties. We've been together for over seven years. Our relationship is monogamous. We have sex often enough in my opinion, but...
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Ahead of His Portland Show, Scott Aukerman Discusses Seven Years of Comedy...
by Courtney Ferguson Yes, we chose this press image because there's a horse in it.CHRIS RAGAZZO/IFC 2014Guests must follow rules on the popular podcast Comedy Bang! Bang! Mainly, they're to be as...
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Stop. Drop. And Roll. The Thorns Were on Fire Saturday Night!
by Erin O'Regan Christine Sinclair: Even she doesn't know how she does it!Courtesy Portland ThornsAfter four long weeks of away games, a boisterous crowd of 15,828 welcomed the undefeated Thorns back...
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The Bachelorette Premieres Tonight. Sorry.
by Campy Draper JoJo brings light to a world of darkness. I assume. Courtesy of ABCSince the last season of The Bachelor ended back in March, an empty stretch of time has loomed over me. An era of...
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Trump's Worried About Climate Change, but Only Over Irish Golf Courses
by Matt Baume "Thanks, morons!"lev radin / Shutterstock.comClimate change is real — but only when it provides a convenient reason for protecting the business interests of Donald Trump.Here's the...
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Now the LA Times Profiling Portland's New Homelessness Strategy
by Dirk VanderHart James RexroadThe LA Times is the latest West Coast paper to highlight Portland's new, controversial "safe sleep" policies for homeless residents. The Seattle Times penned its own...
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Game of Thrones Recap: Holding "The Door" Is Such Sweet Sorrow
by Ned Lannamann Smile while you can, big guy.HBOThrooooones!Last night’s episode was as thrilling and heartbreaking as the HBO show has ever been in all of its five-and-a-half seasons. That didn’t...
View ArticleThings To Do Tonight!
by Bobby Roberts Buzzcocks, RisiduelsApart from the Clash, no other band from the initial UK punk explosion offered as much range and diversity as Manchester's mighty Buzzcocks. And the legends are...
View ArticleDonald Trump Is Out With a New Attack Ad
by Dan Savage A video posted by Donald J. Trump (@realdonaldtrump) on May 23, 2016 at 8:27am PDTJosh Marshall implores journalists to do their jobs:With Trump again making rape accusations against his...
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Witness: "There Was Nothing To Hunt" When Police Chief Shot His Friend
by Dirk VanderHart Ashley AndersonPortland Police Chief Larry O'Dea was not on a hunting expedition when he shot a friend in the back last month as reported, according to a witness. Steve Buchtel, who...
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The Amount of Full Frontal in A Bigger Splash Might Trick You into Thinking...
by Ned Lannamann If you have the money to languorously idle on its rocky beaches, Pantelleria must be heaven. But this paradisiacal lump of land—located halfway between Sicily and Tunisia, and...
View ArticleZippy, My Crazy Little Chimp
by Anonymous When I was in Kenya, last Sept 15, 2015, I fell in love with a baby Chimpanzee that was given to me by King Maharani. Because he was a friend of an American that was doing contract work...
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Good Morning, News: O'Dea's Shooting Slipperiness, Pot Is Making Us Rich, and...
by Dirk VanderHart Ashley AndersonThe as-yet slim facts of how Portland Police Chief Larry O'Dea shot an acquaintance last month filled out a bit yesterday. First, a witness says the incident didn't...
View ArticleThe Harney County Incident
by Anonymous This just in: Cell phone footage shot by a member of the camping party of Chief O'Dea''s unfortunate accident was released this morning. In the footage, Chief O'Dea is shown dancing...
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Han Oak and Fusspot Chicken: The Quest for Fine Korean Food within City Limits
by Andrea Damewood Han OakAaron LeePORTLAND HAS A WAYS to go on the Korean cuisine front. Beaverton's got the kimchi crown right now, with its endless parade of all-you-can-eat grilled kalbi and...
View ArticleSL Letter of the Day: Psychopathic Tendencies
by Dan Savage Originally posted on December 24, 2014.I am a straight male who has never been in a romantic relationship. I am not a virgin, but every romantic relationship I've tried to pursue has...
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What to Expect From the Netflix/Disney Team Up
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Courtesy LucasfilmSome exciting news for screen lovers from the Netflix blog:From September onwards, Netflix will become the exclusive US pay TV home of the latest films from...
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The Bachelorette Recap - Episode 1: JoJo 2, Electric Boogaloo
by Campy Draper Most of these dudes will be dead before the year is out. Courtesy of ABCHello Bach-fam! Can I call you that? No? Well after watching The Bachelor with me last season my wife has...
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