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Download Episode 22 of the Mercury Music Hour
It is what it is. And what it is is the brand new Mercury Music Hour. Isn't it? I suppose I could have worded that more clearly. The Mercury Music Hour is heard weekly at noon on Monday, Wednesday,...
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Download Episode 22 of the Mercury Music Hour
It is what it is. And what it is is the brand new Mercury Music Hour. Isn't it? I suppose I could have worded that more clearly. The Mercury Music Hour is heard weekly at noon on Monday, Wednesday,...
View ArticleVermont Sen. Bernie Sanders Is Filibustering—For Real—Barack...
TPM: About three hours ago, just as he took the Senate floor, Sen. Bernie Sanders' (I-VT) staff, tweeted: "You can call what i am doing today whatever you want, you it [sic] call it a filibuster, you...
View ArticleNativity Camel Crushes Church-Goers, and... STOP LAUGHING YOU GUYS!
This is not nearly enough payback for the centuries of war, hatred, and homophobia that Christianity has fostered...BUT OH, BOY! IT'S A START!!Via [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Get Ready for a Miley Cyrus-Inspired Salvia Boom
Have you heard? TMZ has acquired video of teen pop princess Miley Cyrus taking a big ol' bong hit then giggling like Cheech tickling Chong. Untitled from BuzzFeed on Vimeo. However, Miley insiders...
View ArticleGeeky Wonderland Holiday Party
Remember when Erik blogged about the nascent Portland Geek Council of Culture and Commerce, an umbrella organization aiming to "unite Portland's nerdier businesses"? Tonight the PGC3 is hosting a free...
View ArticleLife Lessons from the Survival Guide to DigiPen
A student at the DigiPen Institute of Technology has written a large, comprehesive(?) guide to being a student there. (For those who don't know, DigiPen is a Redmond, Washington, school for computer...
View ArticleReal Steel Trailer, Guys! (Wherein Robots Beat the Shit Out of Each Other)
Here's the trailer for the upcoming "robot boxing" (!!!) film starring Hugh Jackman called Real Steel. And boy, does it ever look DUMB! (So of course, I'm gonna be watching the shit out of it.) I...
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Tonight in Music
Backspace—Music in the Schools: Yoyodyne, Your Rival, Goat, Teal Bluestone, 8 pm, $4, all ages Berbati's Pan—The Greenhornes, Hacienda, 9 pm, $13-15 Branx—The Polish Ambassador, Copy, Natasha Kmeto,...
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Late Thoughts on Leonard Cohen
"We started this tour three years ago. I was 73 then, just a kid with a crazy dream." - Leonard Cohen on Wednesday night I tweeted my way through the Leonard Cohen show on Wednesday at the...
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It's True and a Fact! Sam Adams Tweets Very Much Nonstop All The Time A Lot
A story posted by the Oregonian this morning takes on a favorite topic of city hall nerds and hangers-on: Mayor Sam Adams' RAMPANT use of this one Web site that lets you send out these really short...
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Mayor's Office Releases Draft of Terror Task Force Plan
As promised, Mayor Sam Adams' office today released an early version of its plan for studying whether Portland should rejoin the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force—a plan that won't become final until...
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Frocky Jack Morgan at Portland Design Collective Tonight
Somehow I ended up thinking too far ahead this week when I wrote up the Portland Design Collective, and neglected to mention this evening's trunk show featuring Frocky Jack Morgan! Who is completely...
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LOTS Of Weekend Reading Events
Some interesting events popping up this weekend starting with tonight's release party for Alex Felton's book Funny or Die at Container Corps (1322 N Killingsworth Street) at 7 p.m. The book "mines the...
View ArticleArt and Censorship Hosted by PICA and the Museum of Contemporary Craft
Over the last few weeks, art communities worldwide have rallied against the controversial decision to remove a video by David Wojnarowicz from Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture,...
View ArticleA Wicked, Principled, Eight Hour Stand against Tax Cuts & More
Independent Senator from Vermont Bernard Sanders took a principled stand against top-level tax breaks and the general hypocrisies of the current Congress on Friday. Dan Savage mentioned the speech...
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Only TWO Hours Left in the Mercury Online Auction!
It's crunch time, people! And with only TWO HOURS left in this year's Mercury Online Charity Auction, you have to really start watching that item you've bid on and fallen in love with! Otherwise......
View ArticleChristmas Music Countdown: Day 5
I truly believe that the Ying Yang Twins will be the Nat King Cole of the future. OK, maybe not but I will wager that this is the only Christmas record with a shoutout to Obama. It's "The Ying &...
View ArticleChristmas Music Countdown: Day 5
I truly believe that the Ying Yang Twins will be the Nat King Cole of the future. OK, maybe not but I will wager that this is the only Christmas record with a shoutout to Obama. It's "The Ying &...
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FINAL WARNING! Mercury Charity Auction Ends in ONE HOUR!
Okay, people! LAST WARNING! The Mercury Online Charity Auction ends in ONE HOUR. So bid, Bid, BID! And remember, while snaking a package away from a competitor may be hilarious fun, let's not forget...
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