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Inspiration For The Day
Today is all about Native American Prints and American Girls. Enjoy. Shirt + Hair + Lips = PerfectionAll American models and sisters - Ann and Kirby KennyHedi SlimaneThis is all I want to wear lately,...
View ArticleWill City Crack Down on Unpermitted Food Cart Buildings?
At last count, Portland has 596 food carts. Yikes. In recent weeks, KATU news has been hammering away at food carts' unpermitted building boom—food carts around town are expanding with patios and...
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Veterans Day Salute to The Monks
Five former American GI's, stationed in Germany in the mid-60s, put down their guns and picked up some instruments. What they created was some of the most dissonant, frantic, kinetic, stomping garage...
View ArticleDino De Laurentiis
The producer of over-the-top movie spectacles died at age 91. He's responsible for good movies (Manhunter), bad movies (Dune), and King Kong Lives, the mind-bogglingly bizarre sequel to the 1976...
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AK Vintage at Salon 220
I make no secret of the fact that I want Salon 220 to be my apartment. I mean, have you been up there?! It's amaaaazing. But not only would it make for a totally fabulous pad, it makes for a beautiful...
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Different Strokes, I Guess
The Oregonian reports today that a Milwaukie man has been arrested and is facing charges for a string of random bizarre criminal mischief. Which man? This man. Photo courtesy of The Oregonian Mark...
View ArticleNo More Using the Word Neon in Band Names, Okay?
Neon Blonde.Neon Band.Neon Trees.Neon Neon.Le Neon.Neon Nation.Neon Indian.Neon Man.Rio Neon.Neonfire.Neon Zoo.Neon Rose. STOP IT. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Here is a Sincere Post About Veterans
DPCWWI Anti-War PosterNovember 11 used to be Armistice Day, marking an end to all wars. Then, of course, we went to war again and again and again and now November 11 is Veterans' Day. The Hollywood...
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PHART CHART TOPPER!
This week's PHART CHART TOPPER is Bourgeois Bogan! Congrats, and look! We've animated it for you! Will you be the next Phart Chart Topper? Submit your art or photos to the Mercury's Flickr pool, and...
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Portland Geek Council of Commerce and Culture Aims to (Further) Geekify Portland
Okay, nerds, SO: On Tuesday, November 30, at the Hollywood Theatre, there's gonna be a screening of "Objects in Space," an episode of the defunct-but-beloved sci-fi TV series Firefly. After the...
View ArticleYour Daily Bummer
This is the most insane thing I think I've ever seen. After this racist white woman in Massachusetts hits this poor USPS worker with her mail, she continues on with a very racist rant. Oh, and after...
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Tonight in Music
Alberta Rose Theatre—Blue Giant, Bobby Bare Jr., 9 pm, $12-15 Crystal Ballroom—Ghostland Observatory, DJ Jack, 9 pm, $20-25, all ages Dante's—Fitz & The Tantrums, 9 pm, $10Doug Fir—Nico Vega,...
View ArticleThe Best Film of NEXT Year. And EVERY Year Ever.
I don't want to get too overly excited, but... THIS IS GOING TO BE THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER MADE. Sure, I hear you scoff. And groan. Quite simply: You're wrong. I don't want to go out on a limb or...
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Cleveland High School Dance Cancelled For Fear of "Grinding"
nydailynews.comFun! Apparently high school teachers don't like watching their students dry hump to Chris Brown. Cleveland High School is calling off its January winter formal because students can't...
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TONIGHT: Cheeseburger Punk Paradise at Burgerville
Candice Harbour Those who are thinking of taking their families out to Burgerville tonight might want to steer clear of the Lloyd Center-area Burgerville location on 1135 NE MLK Blvd., unless those...
View ArticlePortland Politicos Get Top State House Roles
Wow, the Democrats have announced their new House leadership positions and it's almost a clean sweep for Portland politicians. Voting to keep Dave Hunt (who's from Gladstone) as the leader of the...
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Patrick Coleman Watch: Check Out Thrillist!
As you may have heard, former Mercury food scribe and bon vivant Patrick Alan Coleman has a sweet new gig: as editor of the Portland version of Thrillist—which just launched today! Thrillist is a site...
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Hot Or Not: Girls with Stegosaurus Spines
Boys like dinosaurs right? And some of them like girls? WHAT IF, we combined the two: All it would take is some double sided tape and $1,009 plunked down on Etsy to make this happen. Yes, apparently...
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Publication Studio Luncheon With Justin Spring
Earlier this year, the Publication Studio moved into its new location downtown at 717 SW Ankeny (on that mini block behind Mary's Strip Club). Run by Matthew Stadler and Patricia No, the print shop's...
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WIN TICKETS TO HUMP 2010!
Did you wait too long to get tickets to the funnest, sexiest event of the season, HUMP! 2010, and now you're really frustrated and angry because its SOLD OUT? WELL, IT'S NOT TOO LATE... EXACTLY! I'm...
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