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Tomorrow Night: Seabear @ Mississippi StudiosTomorrow Night: Seabear @...
The weather man predicts stormy weather for tomorrow—unrelenting rain, wind, even snow in the higher elevations—and what better way to welcome an early winter's lament then hunkering down in the...
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It's Happening Tonight!It's Happening Tonight!
SURVIVOR SONGS—The sad tale of Roky Erickson has been well documented in film, songs, and even by the man himself, but an even better story is the Texas legend's wondrous comeback from the brink, his...
View ArticleProject Runway Wrap Up: So Much "Granola," So Many Tears
Guess who's back in town, guys? Portland designer/contestant Gretchen "Granola" Jones attended the screening of last night's episode at our mutual friends' house, in town for a couple weeks (including...
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Download Episode 15 of the Mercury Music Hour
Well, another week has gone by, and that means another episode of the Mercury Music Hour. You can hear it every week when it broadcasts at noon on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at noon on 910 AM, on...
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Students, Parents, Teachers Thank Beaverton for Reinstating Seth...
Seth's laywer, Lake Perriguey, looking ebullient. Two of Mr. Stambaugh's students are happy to get their student teacher backLast night's Beaverton school board "listening session" would have gone...
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Books as DealbreakersBooks as Dealbreakers
The bird represents lust. Commenter Graham drew our attention to this Shmitten Kitten post that asks: "What books would you wanna see on his bookshelf?" (Romantically.) Judging by the answers, a lot...
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Oliver Peoples & Zooey Deschanel
While I wait with baited breath to see what I've heard is a rather racy Oliver Peoples Eyewear video with real life couple Devendra Banhart and Rebecca Schwartz, I'll watch this older, more cutesy...
View ArticleWhat Wants to Kill Me This Week? Vol. 4
I'm pleased to say that things are cooling off. This post actually covers about two weeks of nightmare headlines, which is a great improvement over previous weeks where I could not fit everything into...
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Jersey Shore Wrap Up: "Back Into the Fold"Jersey Shore Wrap Up: "Back Into...
Well there you have it. The second season of Jersey Shore is over. The long journey is over. We've seen the Jersey Babies at their worst and we've seen them at their worst from different angles. I...
View ArticleRailVolution in Portland: The Video!
This week Portland hosted hundreds of urban planners and transit luminaries for the RailVolution national transpo-geek conference. There were dozens of workshops crammed into a couple days in downtown...
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Extreme Cat FridayExtreme Cat Friday
Newest Reality TV Star: Alison Hallett? Via Craigslist: TV Casting: Do you have too many cats? (Nationwide) Are you in love with your cats? Do you treat them like children? Do you have more cats than...
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This Week's Mercury Film Section.This Week's Mercury Film Section.
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2 Wrong image? Don't care! Hooray for the ghostbusters! HEREAFTER, let it formally be resolved that Clint Eastwood should maybe take a break for a little while. PARANORMAL ACTIVITY...
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Bay Area HipHop, Meet Bay Area Garage RockBay Area HipHop, Meet Bay Area...
Bay Area hiphop crew Fist Family have just released a new digital double single onto internetland, maybe heralding a new movement in Northern California hiphop in the process. Beat maestro Al Lover...
View ArticleWhy We Say Vote No on Measure 74 (And Why the Campaign Says Vote Yes)
Our painfully researched endorsements and voting cheat sheet are out in the paper this week, after hours and hours spent in a windowless room talking with political candidates and measure campaigners....
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Blazers Sign Fabricio ObertoBlazers Sign Fabricio Oberto
He's the one here who is NOT Manu Ginobili It was whispered about, but now it's official: the Blazers have inked free-agent center Fabricio Oberto to a one year contract. ESPN's Marc Stein broke the...
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Hey Ladies: What's Your Favorite Console?Hey Ladies: What's Your Favorite...
The gaming biz may be aimed directly at men, but I care about the ladies too. You represent far more than ambulatory sexin' holes to me. You represent people! With that in mind, I thought "Y'know,...
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Review: Fallout: New VegasReview: Fallout: New Vegas
Bethesda SoftworksRobots HATE cowboys. The Fallout series has some scary dedicated fans. I should know, I'm one of them. Above Mario, above Zelda, above Halo and Metal Gear; Fallout is my favorite...
View ArticleGood Morning, News! (In the Afternoon!)
The deadline to vote is just more than a week away. (As in, it's Tuesday, November 2, dig). And it turns out your vote's important. A new poll conducted for the Oregonian shows the governor's race...
View ArticleTonight in Music: Quasi, White Fang, Breathe Owl Breathe, and more
QUASI, POND, M99 (Satyricon, 125 NW 6th) Before Satyricon shutters their doors and shuffles off to the great punk club in the sky, the venue is pulling out all the stops for their farewell month of...
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Blazers Trade Jerryd Bayless and Cut Jeff PendegraphBlazers Trade Jerryd...
(I swear, you take one afternoon off from the internet and this is what happens. I'm sorry, internet. It will never happen again.)Well, here's one thing we now know about the Portland Trail Blazers...
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