Tonight In Music: Personal and the Pizzas, PDX Pop Now Day 3
PERSONAL AND THE PIZZAS, THE MEAN JEANS, WHITE MYSTERY, THE SLIPPERY SLOPES, WELCOME HOME WALKER (Slabtown, 1033 NW 16th) REDHEAD—Miss Alex White has stomped plenty of garage-rock ass, and now she's...
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Another happy Sunday to you, and happy August. BP is about to try and seal its well using a "static kill..." meanwhile, nobody can find any oil. That's because they doused it with dispersants, and...
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Listen to the First Single From the Corin Tucker BandListen to the First...
Remember when we were all giddy about the formation of the Corin Tucker Band? Well now the band—the former Sleater-Kinney frontwoman plus Sara Lund (Unwound) and Seth Lorinczi (Golden Bears)—is...
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Listen to the First Single From the Corin Tucker Band
Remember when we were all giddy about the formation of the Corin Tucker Band? Well now the band—the former Sleater-Kinney frontwoman plus Sara Lund (Unwound) and Seth Lorinczi (Golden Bears)—is...
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Today President Obama plans on announcing "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED" in Iraq. WAIT! Bad choice of words! Bad choice of words! However, since the electrical grid in Iraq is kind of a piece of shit, there...
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Music! Beer! Deschutes Brewery Street Fare!
On Thursday, Aug 12 the Deschutes Brewery is throwing a street fare—no, not fair—with chow from Scoop, Grilled Cheese Grill, Ali Baba, and Mum’s Kitchen, plus onstage performances from fine local acts...
View ArticleI Love (Miss) New York
Brighten your Monday morning with this glorious clip of Miss New York 2010—Claire Buffie's her name—explaining how she's running for Miss America on a platform of gay rights. She's even sensible and...
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Backyard Mythology: The Sword + Fern Anniversary ExtravaganzaBackyard...
While there's nothing wrong with a store-wide discount over crackers and champagne, Emil Baker of Sword + Fern is not content with a quiet affair to celebrate the two-year mark of her business. Mark...
View ArticleTonight In Music: Pearly Gate Music
NATHANIEL RATELIFF, PEARLY GATE MUSIC, BATTLEME (Doug Fir, 830 E Burnside) HEAVENLY SOUNDS—Zach Tillman might not be a household name yet, but it's only a matter of time before his Pearly Gate Music...
View ArticleKenny Powers for K-Swiss
The absolutely heeelarious Eastbound and Down (featuring the absolutely heeelarious Danny McBride) returns in September to HBO (CAN'T WAIT). In the meantime, check out this video featuring failed...
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Your PDX Pop Now! Photo DiaryYour PDX Pop Now! Photo Diary
And And And While our music writing staff was busy unhinging their jaws and eating Korean tacos far from the stage, the talented Candice Harbour did an excellent job of photographing a slew of...
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Your PDX Pop Now! Photo Diary
And And And If you missed this year's PDX Pop Now! festival, or just want to relive your weekend, here is our photo gallery from the three-day event. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
View ArticleSharks: Don't Try to Slip One a Pot Brownie—He'll Only Spit it Out
Happy National Shark Week everybody! And while I tend to pooh-pooh shark week in this week's TV column (after all, Shark Week's been going for almost 30 years, and yet there hasn't been a single...
View ArticleCRC Expert Review is Far From a Rubberstamp of Big Bridge
The expert "independent review panel" of the $3.6 billion Columbia River Crossing project released its long-awaited final report last Friday (while I was blissfully on vacation) and everyone from the...
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Episode Four of the Mercury Music HourEpisode Four of the Mercury Music Hour
Episode number four of the Mercury Music Hour is on air right... NOW! You can stream it online at 947.fm or listen live on 910 AM. Our playlist for this week is after the jump. [ Subscribe to the...
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Pickathon's All Night MixPickathon's All Night Mix
As a native New Englander, I spent the better part of yesterday listening to NPR's live broadcast of the Newport Folk Festival while swooning over pictures of sailboat-filled harbors and watching this...
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RIP Makh Daniels of Early GravesRIP Makh Daniels of Early Graves
SKUMMakh DanielsVery sad news from southern Oregon today. Early this morning a van containing California metal bands Early Graves and the Funeral Pyre was making its way home on I-5 from a show in...
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Not Having a Car Makes You an Anti-Sex SymbolNot Having a Car Makes You an...
Slate has a cool article up about Hollywood's relentless portrayal of biking people as dweebs and losers. It's not something I've really thought about before but reading through the article I realize,...
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Blood Bone-Nation: Hitting the GroundBlood Bone-Nation: Hitting the Ground
Vampire burrito? For me? Half-assed True Blood discussion group COMMENCE! [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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HUMP!'s Got a Brand New WebsiteHUMP!'s Got a Brand New Website
Everything you need to know about making and submitting a short erotic and/or pornographic film for HUMP!—the Northwest's biggest, best, and only amateur porn festival—can be found on HUMP's new,...
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