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More Proof that the Tea Party is NICEMore Proof that the Tea Party is NICE
The always high-minded commenters over at Fox Nation are extremely sympathetic to the plight of the Kentucky woman who was protesting the Rand Paul pep rally for MoveOn.org, and was viciously...
View ArticleSL Letter of the Day: Fucking Loyalty
I have been married for almost 23 years. I have two teenage children. My wife refuses any kind of intimacy with me and we have not had sex (let alone any kind of intimacy) for the last 10 years of our...
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Evil Little Puppet Slasher ScenesEvil Little Puppet Slasher Scenes
Kraut-revisionists Fujiya and Miyagi must be stoked about Halloween. The UK band have released a thirty-second album trailer to their forthcoming third full-length, Ventriloquizzing (out January...
View ArticleReform Advocates Send Sharp Letter on Cop Union Talks
After a couple of weeks off to accommodate scheduling conflicts and medical issues among some of the negotiators, the city and the Portland Police Association are planning to resume contract talks in...
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Honk if You Support the TriMet UnionHonk if You Support the TriMet Union
Denis C. TheriaultThe TriMet union has been protesting all over the place recently. Today's protest: outside a TriMet board meeting at the Portland Building. The leaders of Amalgamated Transit Union...
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It's Happening Tonight!It's Happening Tonight!
SAMPLE SLAYER—Good reasons to see DJ Shadow in concert right now, even though his best-known album came out in 1996: he's still mixing awesome, creepy, unique music; he has a habit of playing new work...
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The New BlakeThe New Blake
Over the summer Blake picked up its stakes and trotted over to a new nearby space still within striking distance of the NW 23rd hub without being literally right there on it. The new address is 26 NW...
View ArticleThe Nerdiest Question Ever Asked by Nerd at NerdCon Nerdfest Nerd Nerd...
A very interesting query posed at Blizzcon to a panel of World of Warcraft designers at the "Quests and Lore Q&A." (I have no idea what I just said.) Look. I know there's a national movement on to...
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WTF Should You Be for Halloween?WTF Should You Be for Halloween?
image from Buzzfeed Still struggling to come up with a costume? Perhaps you are familiar with What the Fuck Should I Make for Dinner. Well, here's a Halloween version of a similar tool, titled WTF...
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Coming Soon to Theaters: Avatars, Kiwi Extras, and the World's Most Expensive...
OLIVE SIMPLY SIMPLY CANNOT WAIT TO GET BACK TO PANDORA!!!! ITEM! The day you never thought would come has arrived! Despite Avatar's crushing box office disappointment, Fox and Cameron are pushing...
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This Week's Mercury Music SectionThis Week's Mercury Music Section
Sarah Meadows Another week, another Mercury music section to read while picking out your music nerd Halloween costume. Damn, they stole my idea to dress as the entire genre of chillwave. Guess I'll...
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This Week's Mercury Music Section
Sarah Meadows Another week, another Mercury music section to read while picking out your music nerd Halloween costume. Damn, they stole my idea to dress as the entire genre of chillwave. Guess I'll...
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Your Daily Blazer: Portland Tops the Clippers, 98-88Your Daily Blazer:...
Getty Images Two things I learned about last night's 98-88 Blazers victory over the Los Angeles Clippers: 1. Blake Griffin is a scary, scary man-child. In case you missed his 90-second explosion of...
View ArticleRobyn - "Indestructible" Video (NSFW-ish)
Boner alert! Make sure your cubicle is clear of the peering eyes of your co-workers because this new Robyn video for "Indestructible" is the sexiest 3:36 you will see today. I don't care if you just...
View ArticleGood Morning, News!
Good morning, animal lovers! So this fellow's dog goes missing in Troutdale, and he blames his farmer neighbor who's always complaining about dogs invading his chicken coop. The farmer's wife admits...
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The New/Old/Temporary Halo and CordaniThe New/Old/Temporary Halo and Cordani
By now you may know that Halo Shoes has gotten antsy waiting for the build out on their new space to be completed, and so have been sneaking back into the old digs to preview and sell some of their...
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It's Happening Tonight!It's Happening Tonight!
VOTES FOR MONEY!—Big-time technology and media guru Lawrence Lessig (a co-founder of Creative Commons!) tells us why renewing Portlandís voter-owned elections system this November is crucial. Donít...
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Take A Rip And CoughTake A Rip And Cough
If you take your riffage black, thick and slooooow—that's five o's—then do not hesitate to pick up a copy of the just-released Ritual Abuse, the Relapse records debut by Richmond, Virginia's Cough....
View ArticleWatch New Webisodes From The Office!
The Office has had a rocky last couple of seasons (IMHO) but it still has the writing and acting power to be one of the funniest shows on TV. In honor of Halloween the show just released a series of...
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Paxton GatePaxton Gate
San Francisco's off-kilter gardening store Paxton Gate is opening up a Portland location on N Mississippi. According to a post on their Facebook page, "Two friends of the SF store approached us with...
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