SL Letter of the Day: Dan Blows Chaste Married Men
I'm a longtime reader, and wanted to let you know that you pretty much blew it on one of the questions this week—that softball question about male chastity from WIFE, whose husband had asked her to...
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And And And Mixtape Volume FourAnd And And Mixtape Volume Four
Tyler Kohlhoff Whether or not you agree that And And And is Portland's best up and coming band, you have to acknowledge that they are our town's most prolific. I think they actually just released a...
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Best Frakkin' Quiz EverBest Frakkin' Quiz Ever
Bob Dylan activating the Final Five. Don't have enough time for a nerdy road trip to Caprica Seattle for Battlestar Galactica: The Exhibition? How about taking an intergalactic (mind) trip to the Ella...
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A Duck That Looks Like Marilyn MonroeA Duck That Looks Like Marilyn Monroe
Last month I blogged about Michelle Williams as Marilyn Monroe in the new movie My Week With Marilyn. The general consensus was that you all thought she looked horrible—and well, kinda dead. Fine. I...
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STICKS & STONES X SERIOUS BUSINESS VIDEO PREMIERESTICKS & STONES X SERIOUS...
Sooooo, we all know by now Sticks & Stones make sick jewelry. They're all over Portland reppin' their shit. I'm seriously starting to think they never sleep. Mike Pifke But did you know they...
View ArticleAlan Partridge Is Back!
Alan Partridge*, host of British chat shows Knowing Me, Knowing You and I'm Alan Partridge, has returned! He's hosting a radio show on North Norfolk Digital radio, called Mid Morning Matters. It's...
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Good Afternoon, Charlie Sheen News!Good Afternoon, Charlie Sheen News!
First: The Charlie Sheen is Too Damn High Party. My favorite parts include: "If you're going to chop something up with a credit card, why couldn't it be John Cryer?" "You hear that sound? That's the...
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Download Episode 17 of the Mercury Music Hour
The Mercury Music Hour broadcasts every week at noon on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday on 910 AM, on HD radio at 94.7 Too, and streaming online at 947.fm. Did you miss this week's episode? Well, stop...
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Let's All Listen to Lissie For a Moment, Shall We?Let's All Listen to Lissie...
Hailing from Rock Island, IL and landing herself a sweet spot in Ojai, CA (Chumash Indian for "Valley of the Moon"), Lissie has been stirring up the waters lately. And rightfully so; the girl can...
View ArticleBREAKING: Discipline Decision in Aaron Campbell Shooting Two Weeks Away
A final decision on discipline for the Portland police officers involved in the death of Aaron Campbell, an emotionally distraught man gunned down outside his North Portland home this January, is...
View ArticleTonight in Music: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Kurt Vile and the...
THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART, GLASSER, WEEKEND (Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison) See Read our article on Weekend. KURT VILE AND THE VIOLATORS, THE SOFT PACK, PURLING HISS (Berbati's Pan, 10 SW 3rd)...
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FALL BACK tonight. Here's a reminder written by a news organization that mentions fitting in more sleep and/or reading. What you need to know: The OLCC sent out news releases yesterday explaining that...
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Blazers vs. Raptors - Hot Live Blog ActionBlazers vs. Raptors - Hot Live Blog...
Live from the Rose Garden as the Portland Trail Blazers welcome their friendly neighbours from Canada, the Toronto Raptors. I know this will come as a shock to most, but it seems like the Blazers have...
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Hey Nerds, Did You Celebrate Carl Sagan Day?Hey Nerds, Did You Celebrate Carl...
I didn't get the transmitted memo from deep space in time, so pardon if this is old news. Yesterday, November 6, a bunch of nerds astronomy enthusiasts gathered at Broward College in Florida to...
View ArticleTonight in Music: Darren Hanlon, Alessi's Ark
TIM KASHER, DARREN HANLON, THEMES (Doug Fir, 830 E Burnside) I Will Love You at All, the new album from Australia's Darren Hanlon, is one of this year's wry delights, packed with acute observations...
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Morning, you fall-back drunkards! For now, the sky is bright and blue. For now. How to kill a law without actually killing it. Republicans further elucidate their big strategy for snatching up health...
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Review: Medal Of HonorReview: Medal Of Honor
EA There are two ways I can review this game (neither of which make it remotely timely, but that's a whole 'nother issue). The first involves you being half asleep, skimming all the words I write and...
View ArticleTonight: Zombie-Killin' Action in The Walking Dead.
So tonight's the second episode of AMC's crazy successful horror series The Walking Dead, based on the comic by Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, Tony Moore, and Cliff Rathburn. I'm looking forward to...
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A man convicted of brutally murdering a family in Connecticut (rape and sexual molestation is involved... as well as burning the house down) is looking at the death penalty. In other "people are...
View ArticleSL Letter of the Day: Latter Gay Saint
I'm a 29 year-old gay ex-Mormon who has been almost completely estranged by my extended family since coming out at 16. They live in dense Mormon communities where homosexuals have to be closeted or...
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