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Horny Holidays from Mojo Nixon!
In December 1991, Mojo Nixon and his band, the Toadliquors, holed up in Memphis, guzzling their way through 16 drunken, bawdy Christmas classics and originals—Horny Holidays is crass, raunchy, and at...
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Comment of the Muthafuckin' YEAR!
Posted by Commenty Colin on Monday June 14—during the halcyon days of Worst.Night.Ever, after another entirely pleasant staff experience (you guys totally sucked at that game). After Joneser...
View ArticleTonight in Music: DJ Remy the Restless
TWO SANTAS, ONE CLUB: LIONSDEN, REMY THE RESTLESS (Beauty Bar, 111 SW Ash) If you're too excited to sleep because of Santa's imminent arrival, then dance yourself into exhaustion at the 2 Santas, One...
View ArticleMy Very Favorite Christmas Movie
It's become my honest to God Christmas movie ritual, Bad Santa. If you haven't, see this woefully underrated movie (audio very NSFW/family): These clips are just the tip of the iceberg. Amazing,...
View ArticleHappy Wookiee Life Day from Luke, Leia, Han, and... uh... Bea Arthur, I Guess.
First, a few highlights from Wikipedia's page on "Life Day": Generally, The Star Wars Holiday Special has received a large amount of criticism, both from Star Wars fans and the general public. David...
View ArticleHappy Holidays from Your Friends at Blogtown!
Dear Blogtown Friends!Just a quick note to remind you that YOU ARE AWESOME, and we really appreciate you taking time out of your busy days to drop by and see us here at Blogtown. I'd also like to give...
View ArticleTonight in Music: Blow Pony
BLOW PONY: AIRICK, KINETIC, YER MOMM, TRANS FAT, ILL CAMINO, JODI BON JODI (Rotture, 315 SE 3rd) Phew, you've gotten Christmas out of the way. Time to blow off some steam at Blow Pony, the hottest...
View ArticleThe Fuckiest Things of 2010: ICP's "Miracles"
Merry Christmas, everybody! And to celebrate the most miraculous day of the year, we're devoting today's edition of the "Fuckiest Things of 2010" countdown to Insane Clown Posse's breakout hit,...
View ArticleTonight in Music
And this, ladies and gentlemen, is all that is happening tonight in the sleepy, silent night of Portland music. I'd recommend Blow Pony for dancing off your turkey butt. Commodore Lounge—22nd Annual...
View ArticleThe Fuckiest Things of 2010: "The Surra De Bunda"
Our countdown of 2010's most fucky of fuckiest things continues, and today we look back at a dance craze that for one reason or another, never actually made it to "craze" status. Why? WHO THE FUCK...
View ArticleWhere Laughter Goes to Die: The Worst Movie Trailers of 2010.
I dare you to make it through all of them. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
View ArticleTonight in Music: Baby Ketten Karaoke, Neil Diamond Tribute, Guantanamo...
BABY KETTEN KARAOKE (Mississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi) Keep the cheer alive at a special holiday installment of the best karaoke night in town. The boys of Baby Ketten promise a "hi-fi dance...
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2011 Style Predictions from Designer and Producer Elizabeth Mollo
While everyone else is busy editing and revising their Best of 2010 lists, in fashion it's always more interesting to look forward rather than back. Each year I invite some Portland style makers to...
View ArticleSay What You Will About Those Nazis... They Loved Their Jello
For those too young or disinterested to remember, Hogan's Heroes was a 1960s sitcom set in a Nazi concentration camp. (Laughing yet?) The show was wildly popular... popular enough to warrant some...
View ArticleThe Fuckiest Things of 2010: "Cop Kicked from Coffee Shop"
Every day until the end of the year, I'm remembering the fuckiest things I blogged about during 2010. Today we look at a fairly embarrassing little episode which everyone in Portland was only too...
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Episode #25 of the Mercury Music Hour
Episode number 25 of the Mercury Music Hour is on the air, RIGHT NOW! Music from Akron/Family, The Wipers, Blind Pilot, Parenthetical Girls, The Exploding Hearts, and plenty more. Stream the show...
View ArticleDoes The Daily Show Make A Difference?
Today The New York Times compares Jon Stewart to Edward R. Murrow and Walter Cronkite for his role in drawing attention to the Republican filibuster of a bill providing health care to 9/11 responders....
View ArticleGood Afternoon, News!
Today's Top Story: I HAVE STREP THROAT, GUYS! (Hence the late start to GMN.) But the doc gave me some antibiotics, so nobody panic! (Except for those of you who had oral sex with me during the last...
View ArticleTonight in Music: Hot Face
HOT FACE, LIGHT HOUSE (Valentine's, 232 SW Ankeny) It seems like only yesterday that Hot Face played their first show—a generator-powered, nails-on-a-chalkboard eight minutes of happily anachronistic,...
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