One Day at a Time
A bunch of famous people shit-talking other famous people. by Ann Romano MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29 More bad news for the unfairly beleaguered Lindsay Lohan! Trapped in the cruel confines of the Betty Ford...
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Freeloaded by Anonymous Hey Bar Owners! I need a fucking drink. Have you forgotten how long I've been slaving at your fucking dive? To have you cancel the holiday party is insulting. I've been silent...
View ArticleThe Santaland Diaries
Wade McCollum steps back into the role of David Sedaris' famously grumpy elf. by Noah Dunham WADE MCCOLLUM is one of Portland's favorite local actors—and he's a busy man these days. Not only is he...
View ArticleLadies and Gentlemen, We Are Floating in Space
Tame Impala's sun-dappled haze-rock takes on the horizon. by Ned Lannamann To be sure, Perth is a major metropolis with a population of over 1.5 million, but the Western Australian city is among the...
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The Dandy Warhols' Courtney Taylor is drinking life up. by Andrew R Tonry A GLASS OF WINE was glued to his hand all night—Napoleon's favorite, he said. But there could be no wine without food....
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Rare Exports explores the dark side of Santa Claus. by Ned Lannamann THE ACCEPTED MYTHOLOGY of Santa Claus is an amalgam of stories and folktales from different cultures: Sinterklaas from the...
View ArticleHall Monitor
Mayor Sam Adams gets his way: Portland will study rejoining the FBI's terror task force. by Denis C. Theriault ONLY DAYS AFTER forcefully demanding a nearly immediate decision on whether Portland...
View ArticleSavage Love
Skin And Ink by Dan Savage I am a woman in a relatively new relationship. Prior to this guy, I had a deep disgust for anything anal-related. After some dedicated work and anilingus on his part, he's...
View ArticleAdvertising: The Highest Form of Art
The British Advertising Awards: We're one step closer to Demolition Man! by Bobby "Fatboy" Roberts EVERY DAY WE STEP closer to the glorious, Taco Bell-scented future promised to us in Demolition Man....
View ArticleMy, What A Busy Week!
Keep your holiday fires stoked with our week's picks. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9 PLURAL MUSIC—66 Records is no record label. It's an art project spearheaded by Claudia Meza from Explode into Colors and...
View ArticleCompromising Authority
Tori Abernathy emphasizes content-driven art at Recess Gallery. by Matt Stangel Last weekend I walked into a high-ceilinged room where roughly 100 people mingled in loose circles. An elf was...
View ArticleYour Neighbor Could Be a Homophobe
This week in anti-gay discrimination: a hate crime and a refused coat-drive sponsorship. by Sarah Mirk WHERE BROOKLYN STREET dead ends into SE 16th, a set of cement stairs ringed with barbed wire...
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Stop forcing us to visit Narnia! You're ruining it! by Courtney Ferguson BECAUSE NO ONE ASKED for it... here it is! The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the third film in the...
View ArticleStuck in the Middle... East
TarBoush is looking for its niche in a quadrant with ample Middle Eastern options. by Tony Perez WHEN LEBANESE FOOD arrives at my table, without fail, I chastise myself for ordering too much. Did I...
View ArticleFilm Shorts
127 Hours "Lesson: Don't buy the cheap, made-in-China multi-tool," Aron Ralston (James Franco) says to himself in Danny Boyle's 127 Hours. It's a solid observation—as he says it, Ralston's in the...
View ArticleThe Mercury's 67th Annual Videogame Awards
It's time for the Mercury's (completely meaningless) videogame awards! by Earnest "Nex" Cavalli IT'S DECEMBER, which means children everywhere are hopped up on eggnog and greed, Santa Claus is gearing...
View ArticleThe Prickly Genius of Stephin Merritt
Fireflies, rodeos, and Strange Powers. by Alison Hallett MAGNETIC FIELDS frontman Stephin Merritt is widely known for being "difficult," a reputation confirmed and reinforced with every awkward...
View ArticleUp & Coming
This week in music. THURSDAY 12/9 CLASSICAL REVOLUTION PDX, COPY, MATT CARLSON, DANIEL MENCHE, THOMAS THORSON, DJ E*ROCK (Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison) See My, What a Busy Week! NEW JACK SWING NIGHT: DJ...
View ArticleOperation Bedbug Attack
Bedbugs! How officials are planning Portland's counterattack. by Amanda Waldroupe PORTLAND'S BEDBUG problem isn't as bad as New York City's. But talk to tenants forced to live in infested rental...
View ArticleTyphoon in a Bar Bar
A couple weeks back we posted footage of Y La Bamba debuting new material inside the tiny Bar Bar apartment on Mississippi Ave. Why? Because we're awesome, that's why. But the Bambas aren't the only...
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