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Tonight in Music: Little Dragon, Billygoat, and Victor Wooten

LITTLE DRAGON, BILLYGOAT (Doug Fir, 830 E Burnside) Sweden continues to prove its prowess on the pop music front with Little Dragon, who spent the first part of 2010 collab-ing and touring with...

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Unpaid Interns Unite! State Looks at Workplace Law to Protect Interns,...

The Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) will pitch fourteen new bills looking at rules and rights in workplaces will be pitched at the state legislature in Salem this year. BOLI is the part of state...

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Man Gets Justin Bieber Tattoo on His Thigh

NOW will you people stop accusing me of being obsessed? (On second thought, this isn't exactly a strong defense—especially when I have him tattooed on my bottom. SO NEVER MIND!) Photo via TMZ! [...

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Superman Porn Parody Gets Even Better

Okay, a little more than a month ago, I told you about the upcoming Superman and Wonder Woman porn parody, and a new trailer has been released for Superman XXX. Check it out, and don't fret, it's SFW....

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Park Chan-wook's iPhone Movie

Yet another bid to get me to upgrade to the iPhone 4, despite the fact that the last time I spent several hundred dollars on the original iPhone—money that could have gone to shoes—it backfired. That...

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Let's Spend Most Our Lives Livin' in a Gamers' Paradise.

Oh sweet jesus. $275 Game tester Looking for Male gamer / shared room in Bellevue (Bellevue ) Looking for a Male Gamer to share a room , whos clean and respectful and wont throw a gaming controller at...

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Police Union Contract Will Be Last One for Its Longtime Lawyer

Will Aitchison, longtime PPA counselSometime this week, the Portland Police Association will begin mailing ballots to its 900-plus members, hoping they vote yes on a tentative contract proposal struck...

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Four Loko Finds a New Home: In Your Car

In case you were worried that Four Loko was just going to disappear off your 7-11 shelves and rot in some warehouse, worry no more. On the East Coast they're turning Four Loko into ethanol and other...

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Politics and the Shooting

Look: The thing is, when you are writing political copy or giving a political speech, you should always remember that you are speaking to the craziest person who will read your message. Any government...

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Hilarious Tigard Signs: A Photo Essay.

I spent the morning driving around scenic Tigard looking into a story about a shady landlord and kept craning my head around to look at signs on the side of the road. Tigard! You're hilarious! #1:...

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BLOGTOWN QUIZ: Are You a Fake and Annoying Ducks Fan? (Answer: Probably.)

As mentioned earlier, my disinterest in today's Oregon vs. Auburn football game was bordering on the baroque—that is, until I read the comments in Good Morning News. Now I am interested. I am...

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"My wife is 6-foot-3 and weighs 300 pounds. If there is somebody that thinks...

What I like best about this story—the police chief in a small town in Oklahoma was forced to resign after his wife posted nude images of herself online—isn't that quote there, in the header, although...

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The Builders and the Butchers Sing You a "Lullaby"

Brittney Bush Bollay Early last month we broke the news that the Builders and the Butchers signed up with local label Bad Man Recording Co. in anticipation of the release of their fine new...

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At Long Last, We Now Know Why Nicolas Cage Isn't in The Green Hornet.

STEP THREE: INSIST ON SPEAKING IN A JAMAICAN ACCENT Michel Gondry's first stab at a big-budget blockbuster, The Green Hornet , finally opens on Friday. I'm guessing more people know about the film's...

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Erotic Secrets From the Mousetrap Bathroom

This weekend Sarah Mirk and I found ourselves in N. Lombard's Mousetrap Tavern drinking on the cheap and singing karaoke (we were so good the KJ hugged us! Service!) I left to use the bathroom when...

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Anonymous on the Internet No More?

Hazy reports are coming out about Gary Locke's plan for the U.S. Government to create a universal internet login. I read it first on Engadget: Well, though details are still pretty scant, U.S....

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The Best Cosby Show GIFs!

Ain't no GIF like a Cosby Show GIF, 'cuz a Cosby Show GIF don't stooooop! (Literally.) More of the funniest Cosby Show GIFs here. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

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SNOWPOCALYPSE IS COMING!!

Today may be all warm and in the 40s, but tomorrow.... tomorrow meteorologists are already describing as a frighteningly vague "major event." Snow! beginning in the afternoon.Freezing Rain! continuing...

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End Hits Freelancer Wanted

Captain Mittens was End Hits' best freelancer, until a coyote ate her. End Hits—Portland's 39th best music blog—is looking for a new freelance contributor. Specifically we are looking for someone to...

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End Hits Freelancer Wanted

Captain Mittens was End Hits' best freelancer, until a coyote ate her. End Hits—Portland's 39th best music blog—is looking for a new freelance contributor. Specifically we are looking for someone to...

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