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Win Tickets to Lucero!
Hey drunky, win tickets to see Lucero at Berbati's Pan this Friday. End Hits has all the details. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Win Tickets to Lucero!
Hey, you sad bastards. Don't you go watering down your whiskey with your useless tears just because you can't afford tickets to Lucero's show at Berbati's Pan this Friday. Few things can top drowning...
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Spotted in Portland...
...between Park & 9th on Morrison. I'd say "tasteless," but I guess I made the same joke a couple days ago. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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City Audit: We're Making Less Garbage, but It's More Expensive.
Once a year, the city auditor's office turns its microscope on that dearest of Tea Party causes: government efficiency and waste. The annual "report on service efforts and accomplishments" released...
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Behold: Fake Criterions! (Or: Dammit, Criterion Really Should Put Out a Point...
BuzzFeed points out Fake Criterions, a "new tumblr dedicated to giving the Criterion treatment to films that have no chance of being added to the Criterion Collection." My favorites: Via Fake...
View ArticleNewt Gingrich's 12-Step Plan
So yesterday, Newt Gingrich unveiled his 12-step plan to make a permanent Republican majority. You can read or watch his speech here, but the gist of it involves fighting federal expansion at a state...
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Tonight in Music
Berbati's Pan—Archers, Blood Beach, Sons of Huns, Nucular Aminals, 9 pm, $5 Bossanova Ballroom—Jam for AM: Old Growth, The Mean Jeans, Science of Yabra, Lana Rebel & The Love Lasers, 7 pm, $10-20...
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BREAKING: Hate Crime Reported in SE—Man Perceived as Gay Beaten While...
Suspect in the anti-gay beating.The police are looking for help tracking down the suspect in a terrible anti-gay beating that occurred November 1st. According to the Portland police alert that went...
View ArticleAnother Reason Justin Bieber is Better than You...
... he can solve a Rubik's Cube in under 90 seconds! WATCH!! However, you're still better than him in the "doesn't wear a leather coat with the collar turned up instead of a shirt" department. SO...
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Agalloch Tops Decibel's Top 40 Albums of 2010
Decibel Magazine's best albums of 2010 list was recently revealed, and the number one spot has gone to Portland's own Agalloch. Their dark, powerful, and downright epic offering, Marrow of the Spirit...
View ArticleThey Haven't Found the Gay Gene Yet
But they've found the drunk/gambling/horror/liberal/slut/cheater gene: A particular version of a dopamine receptor gene called DRD4 is linked to people's tendency toward both infidelity and...
View ArticleToday In "Things on the Internet that Make You Say 'Oh God, Why??'": The...
What is the. What. WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS. WHY DID THIS HAPPEN. (The Worriers is screening at the Clinton Street Theater on Thursday, Dec 16. Anybody want to review it for Blogtown? It's 25...
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Tonight: First Thursday
Floating WorldDavid Velasquez' Spacenite 2 contribution, on view at Floating World Comics So tonight's First Thursday artwalk is packed full of opportunities to put some money towards a good cause—...
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Gold Star: The Mercury's Web Comment of the Week!
This week's comment of the week goes to Dave J., for the devious political sensibility displayed in his comment on a post about Sam Adams' reaction to Dan Saltzman's suggestion that Portland rejoin...
View ArticleDan Saltzman: On Second Thought, What the Mayor Said...
Back on Monday, fresh in the hysteria over the Pioneer Courthouse Square bomb plot, Commissioner Dan Saltzman was fervently devoted to the notion that the Portland City Council should vote RIGHT...
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New Year's Eve with Talib Kweli
When I think New Year's Eve the words "inspire" and "truth" don't often come to mind—although I can't say the same for the words "booze" and "regret"—but that's the name of Refuge's NYE celebration....
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The Books at the Aladdin - Tonight!
About six months back I noticed a friend on the east coast friend tweet the following: "Sweet Jesus, The Books show was the most amazing show I've seen in years." That caught my attention and I asked...
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Good Morning News!
Surprise Party in Afghanistan! Obama took a secret night flight to Afghanistan to visit with its president. No cake or balloons. :( More Tax Cuts! When he's not sneaking off to Afghanistan, the...
View ArticleMarvin Zindler, We Hardly Knew Ye
All I can say is "Thank GOD for the internet," because otherwise we may never have seen the amaaaaazing Marvin Zindler—the restaurant heath code violations reporter for Action 13 News. In this video,...
View ArticleHide Your Kids From the TSA
Really, what is wrong with these people? An expert in the fight against child sexual abuse is raising the alarm about a technique the TSA is reportedly using to get children to co-operate with airport...
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