Tonight in Music: Tu Fawning, Sufjan Stevens, the Parson Red Heads, and more
TU FAWNING, AAN, BILLYGOAT (Doug Fir, 830 E Burnside) Read our article on Tu Fawning. SUFJAN STEVENS (Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 1037 SW Broadway) The Age of Adzāa spectacular departure from...
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What NOT to Dress as for Halloween!What NOT to Dress as for Halloween!
HEY BLOGTOWNIES!As you know, there are always a lazy few who wait until the last minute to think up a Halloween costume. These procrastinators eventually and invariably come up with a half-ass outfit...
View Article'Tis the Spooky-Scary Season...
..so please enjoy the incredible full version of Tracy Jordan's "Werewolf Bar Mitzvah." [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Schedule for Tomorrow's "Sanity Rally"Schedule for Tomorrow's "Sanity Rally"
Here's the schedule for tomorrow's "Rally to Restore Sanity" on Comedy Central. (COME WATCH IT WITH US AT THE MISSION AHHHHHHHH!!!) I'm going to get a Bloody Mary and a breakfast sandwich during the...
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Tron Night: Like Christmas for Tron Nerds!Tron Night: Like Christmas for Tron...
Why yes, I am awesome at photoshop. Or, okay, maybe Christmas Eve for Tron nerds. Last night's "Tron Night" at Bridgeport Village was essentially a retread of last year's Avatar Day, with 20 minutes...
View ArticleNOM Supporter: We Used to Need Gay People... But We Don't Need Gay People...
Straight men needed us for the first 2.3-million-or-so years that the genus, er, homo has been around. But now that we're not living in caves, well... "Homosexuality is bad thing. It used to be useful...
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Download Episode 16 of the Mercury Music Hour
Boo! Did we scare you? It's a spooooky episode of the Mercury Music Hour! You can listen to the ghoulish show every week at noon on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday on 910 AM, on HD radio at 94.7 Booooo!...
View ArticleProject Runway FINALE Wrap Up!
Still trying to preserve the surprise over who won Project Runway last night? Catch up! In the meantime, let's painfully relive Gretchen's lowest point on the season, courtesy of reality show...
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Stevie Nicks Halloween Costume ConfusionStevie Nicks Halloween Costume Confusion
While Portland parents are conferencing about whether to hand out organic, fair-trade chocolate bars or something more mentally enrichingālike miniature Origami Kitsāto trick-or-treaters this year, I...
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Autumn at IDOMAutumn at IDOM
Because why not, IDOM has declared an impromptu Autumn gathering tomorrow, with 30-50% off IDOM pieces and 50% off inhouse handbags, plus refreshments from 5-9 pm. Indeed, why not? [ Subscribe to the...
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Here We Go Magic Goes Sweet and MeltyHere We Go Magic Goes Sweet and Melty
Like music? Like ice cream? Then get your licks this Sunday, October 31 (Halloween!) when Here We Go Magic plays at the Hawthorne Ben & Jerry's (1428 SE 36th) at 2:30 pm. It'll be a free,...
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It's Happening Tonight!It's Happening Tonight!
ADZ IT UPāInjecting squelchy electronics into his baroque pop on The Age of Adz, Sufjan Stevens has made an oddball record that doesnĆt try to retread past triumphsāand a good thing, too, as Stevens...
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Horse Feathers Cover Nirvana (Now Downloadable)Horse Feathers Cover Nirvana...
Nice violin, Cobain. Awhile back we mentioned that Horse Feathers recorded an unlikely cover of Nirvana's "Drain You" for an upcoming seven-inch due out next week. Now you can hear the finished thing...
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Metro's Tale of the Twice Sold GravesMetro's Tale of the Twice Sold Graves
Frank Schaefer and the founders of Lone Fir Cemetery.Back in the distant years before 1980, Portland area cemeteries didn't have to keep standardized records of who was buried where exactly on their...
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New Food Cart Pod on NE 20th?New Food Cart Pod on NE 20th?
This sign just went up in a vacant lot on NE 20th, between Everett and Davis: 1. Is that a labored White Castle reference? 2. Where will homeless people build their mattress forts now? [ Subscribe to...
View ArticleHappy Halloween from La Sera
Today, Pitchfork hosted the premiere of the first video from La Sera, AKA Katy Goodman from Vivian Girls, just in time for Halloween. A combo of slasher movie imagery, slapstick comedy, and breezily...
View ArticleBusy Day: Budget Retreat and Cop Union Talks
I'm not sure whether you would call my day "fun." I spent much of it splitting time between the Portland City Council's budget retreat in City Hall and the Portland Police Association contract...
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This Week's Mercury Film Section.This Week's Mercury Film Section.
BLACK SHEEP New Zealand cinema at its finest. ENTER THE VOID We get it, Gaspar NoƩ. You, like, totally have tons of Deep Thoughts. INSIDE JOB Hey, want to feel even worse about the financial crisis?...
View ArticleHappy Halloween from La Sera
Today, Pitchfork hosted the premiere of the first video from La Sera, AKA Katy Goodman from Vivian Girls, just in time for Halloween. A combo of slasher movie imagery, slapstick comedy, and breezily...
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Bill Moyers Wants YOU to Vote Yes on Measure 26-108Bill Moyers Wants YOU to...
Despite credentials like "former White House press secretary" and "host of own TV show", veteran PBS caballero Bill Moyer's opinion piece on Measure 26-108 is a bit sloppy. With awkward metaphors...
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