Hollywood Burlesque
"When you are putting on makeup, it's like you're an artist. But instead of painting on canvas, you're painting a face." "I've never seen anything like this before and I really want to be a part of...
View ArticleTonight in Music: Mariee Sioux, Spellcaster,
MARIEE SIOUX, SALT MINDS, DENVER, ALINA HARDIN (Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison) The haunting music of Mariee Sioux comes from Nevada City, California—hometown of Joanna Newsom and Alela Diane—and while...
View ArticlePortugal. The Man Acoustic in Chicago
If previous videos are any indication, Portugal. The Man often hang out in abandoned industrial buildings, singing and playing to no one in particular. Filmed by Graham Baclagon in Chicago, PTM are...
View ArticleWell, These Are Just Delightful
I don't really have anything to say about these, other than I hope the smile they put on your face is as big as the one they put on mine. And another: That's Jim Henson on the left, Jerry Nelson on...
View ArticlePort Taking Toxic Dumps on West Hayden IslandPort Taking Toxic Dumps on West...
This week, reporter Amanda Waldroupe outlines the debate over whether to leave West Hayden Island undeveloped as a wildlife habitat, or to let its owner—the Port—turn it into a big ol' parking lot for...
View ArticleThis Week’s Mercury Food Section: Alpine WildThis Week’s Mercury...
Well well well! We haven’t done this in a while, have we? That’s likely because I haven’t written an honest to goodness review in about a month (you lucky bastards). But I have returned from tacos and...
View ArticlePolice Band "The Usual Suspects" Plays This Saturday!Police Band "The Usual...
In my Hall Monitor column this week, I detail how former Portland Business Alliance lobbyist Mike Kuykendall was hired to head up the Portland police's internal affairs division—that means the guy who...
View ArticleHermione Cut Her Hair Off!!: CONDEMN OR ALLOW?Hermione Cut Her Hair Off!!:...
Calling all Harry Potter Nerds™!! Actress Emma Watson (AKA Hogwarts sex pot Hermione Granger) has chopped off her luscious mane of hair. Does this augment your boner or murder it? Or to put it more...
View ArticleThursday in Music ListingsThursday in Music Listings
Doug Fir—We're from Japan, Gifts from Enola, You May Die in the Desert, 9 pm, $7 Ella Street Social Club—Archers, Hello Constable, Francisco the Man, 9 pm, $5 Holocene—Mariee Sioux, Salt Minds,...
View ArticleR. Crumb's Oregon Influences
In this video from Oregon Movies, A to Z, Patrick Rosenkranz (author of Rebel Visions: The Underground Comix Revolution, 1963 — 1975) and Countermedia owner Charles Boucher discuss the influence of...
View ArticleNot Feeling the Bite of The BiteNot Feeling the Bite of The Bite
I have, admittedly, mixed emotions towards the Bite of Oregon. I love that its proceeds go to the Special Olympics. I love that it’s a place for new restaurateurs to expose themselves to a much wider...
View ArticleThe Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Leonard McCoy.The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Leonard McCoy.
(A) Words cannot express how much I love the phrase "Leonard McCoy, Frontier Doctor." (B) Even more words cannot express how delighted I am that the phrase is the title for a comic book miniseries...
View ArticleSeu Jorge Cancels Portland ShowSeu Jorge Cancels Portland Show
No word on why the Brazilian singer canceled Sunday's show at the Crystal Ballroom, but "refunds will be available at point of purchase." Damn. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
View ArticleSeu Jorge Cancels Portland Show
No word on why the Brazilian singer canceled Sunday's show at the Crystal Ballroom, but "refunds will be available at point of purchase." Damn. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
View Article"Your old man would never do that."
The ladies are in agreement: Elisabeth Hasselbeck's husband would never cheat on her, Joy Behar's husband would never cheat on her, "agreements" are only for men because no woman ever wants to have...
View ArticleCawfee TawkCawfee Tawk
So during a recent conversation with an acquaintance, the topic of over-caffeination came up—something that I had never heard of, nor could understand. "I have at least five to six cups a day," I...
View ArticleRandy Leonard Dismisses "Raging Architects" and Calls Again for Demolishing...
A surprising article in the Columbian this week reads like a blast from the past: City Commissioner Randy Leonard arguing that Portland should demolish Memorial Coliseum to make way for a Beavers...
View ArticleBREAKING: Cops Agreed with Private Security Firm Not to Write Report on...
November 25, 2009: A Pioneer Courthouse Square private security guard is caught on video, apparently hitting a kid over the head with his own skateboard. Here's a refresher: Police records relating to...
View ArticleAnd Now, a Message from Someone AGAINST Same Sex Marriage
Weirdly enough, not everybody in the world was rejoicing about yesterday's verdict that shot a huge hole in California's homophobic Proposition 8. Take for example, the guy in the following clip. He...
View ArticleMad Men Extra Credit ReadingMad Men Extra Credit Reading
Eff whatever you're doing right now and waste some work hours with these fascinating reads from around the interwebs from people who know more about Mad Men than me. Stick around, the best links are...
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