TONS of Fucking SEQUINS
Yesterday I went shopping with my mopey boyfriend and it was LAAAAME. I was all "Look how cute these tiny shoes would be for my niece!" And he was all, "I have to pee, can we go now?" And then I was...
View ArticlePETA To Vegans: Fuck Meat Eaters
This ABC News story about vegans fucking—or not fucking—meat eaters... A recent study conducted in New Zealand found that vegans—notoriously finicky eaters who don't eat meat or animal byproducts,...
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PREDICTION: Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark Will Be the Worst Thing Since...
You've gotta give the producers of Julie Taymor's Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark some credit: Despite being burdened with an incredibly stupid title, "acrobatic rehearsal sequences" that have...
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NikeTM Brand MAX Line, Anyone?
Greg BigoniThis week in the news section, I looked into TriMet's Plan B now that its $125 million levy failed. Maybe they should take a cue from Chicago's public transit agency, which is planning to...
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These are the Product Placements of Our Lives
As I shared with you recently, daytime soaps are being forced into putting not-so-subtle product placements into their overly dramatic scenes, and... SURPRISE! Unintentional hilarity ensues! Here's...
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Episode #19 of the Mercury Music Hour
Episode number 19 of the Mercury Music Hour is on the air, RIGHT NOW! Music from Dead Moon, The Taxpayers, Mighty Ghosts, Blind Pilot, White Hinterland, and plenty more. Stream the show online at...
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Episode #19 of the Mercury Music Hour
Episode number 19 of the Mercury Music Hour is on the air, RIGHT NOW! Music from Dead Moon, The Taxpayers, Mighty Ghosts, Blind Pilot, White Hinterland, and plenty more. Stream the show online at...
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Good Morning, News!
New York City adds 250 miles of bike lanes—but the shit hits the fan when they take away 2.35 miles. Is the TSA reconsidering its invasive practices? If so, who's gonna touch my junk at the airport?...
View ArticleWhy Do Republicans Hate America?
Because so long as the media is willing to pretend that there's some there there—some principle behind the GOP's opposition to everything and anything the Obama administration says and does—there's no...
View ArticleTSA Strip Searches Kid
As mentioned in GMN, the poop is hitting the fan regarding this video in which a gang of TSA security guards pats down a young boy with his shirt off. In their defense, they say the dad took the shirt...
View ArticleTonight in Music: LKN
LKN, PALO VERDE, THE TYRANTS (Valentine's, 232 SW Ankeny) Most Portlanders are—or at least damn well better be—aware of the shredtastic guitar skills of one Lauren K. Newman (that's LKN to you and...
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The Pope: Condoms Acceptable In Certain Circumstances...
...particularly the kind of circumstance that, say, a Prada-lovin' pope might find himself in: Pope Benedict XVI says that condom use is acceptable "in certain cases," notably to reduce the risk of...
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Re: Robyn's Show at the Wonder
"Have you ever had sex so awesome that you kind of felt traumatized afterwards? That is how I feel after the Robyn show. " So writes commenter Taij Devon of Robyn's show on Saturday night, an...
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Today's Greatest Photograph of the Century
Here is a picture of Michael Jackson chugging vodka with two little people on his lap. Oh. And it also appears that one of the little people has cocaine on her ankle... but at this point, that's just...
View ArticleHall Yes! The Specials to Tour in 2011
According to Slicing Up Eyeballs, British 2 Tone ska band the Specials are tentatively planning a US tour in 2011 on which they will reportedly play their first two LPs—The Specials (1979) and More...
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Alicia J. Rose Out at Mississippi Studios
josh elliott Word around the local music watercooler is that Alicia J. Rose, a longtime fixture of Portland's booking community, has left Mississippi Studios. As you might remember Rose departed the...
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Alicia J. Rose Out at Mississippi Studios
josh elliott Word around the local music watercooler is that Alicia J. Rose, a longtime fixture of Portland's booking community, has left Mississippi Studios. As you might remember Rose departed the...
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It's Happening Tonight!
POOR PEOPLE—Amy Sedaris is here to tell it like it is again, this time with her latest lifestyle tome, Simple Times: Crafts for Poor People, which takes on the Martha Stewart set of middle-class craft...
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The One Stop TRON Shop
If we lived in LA, we'd not only be enjoying sunny 58-degree weather, we'd be shopping at the TRON themed pop-up shop that just opened (if you happen to be planning a trip soon, it'll be there through...
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Window Closing on Latest Sam Adams Recall Attempt
That latest attempt to recall Mayor Sam Adams? Don't hold your breath. After filing a "cover sheet" last Wednesday to begin the process—and then a few more documents Friday—the Portland woman seeking...
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