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View ArticleJacques Tardi, Repackaged
Fantagraphics releases a new translation of The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec. by Alison Hallett Last year, Fantagraphics began publishing new translations of the work of legendary...
View ArticleCrocodile Rock
Nothing personal, but Crocodiles wanna kill you. by Mark Lore APPARENTLY THERE is a dark side to San Diego, a city that for outsiders brings to mind flip-flopped denizens walking streets that are...
View ArticleNowhere Fast
Somewhere: Sofia Coppola sure has a lot to say about sad rich people! by Alison Hallett THE OPENING SHOT of Somewhere, the newest from Sofia Coppola, is a long, patient view of an expensive car...
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Good Morning, News!
Last night, Barack Obama was as presidential as it gets, delivering a stirring tribute to the victims of this weekend's shootings in Tucson and issuing a call for us to “sharpen our instincts for...
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Tonight in Music: Kurtis Blow, Polaroids, Monarques, and more
KURTIS BLOW, HIVES INQUIRY SQUAD, NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND, & MORE (Mt. Tabor Theater, 4811 SE Hawthorne) If you need an idea of how long Kurtis Blow has been making hiphop history, the Harlem emcee...
View ArticleScience? This Time You've Gone Too Far!
In this video, a company known as Fulton Innovation demonstrates their new packaging technique, which uses wireless power induction to make boxes of Trix practically irresistible to your...
View ArticleSarah Palin: Troll
This blog comment, which offers a perspective on Sarah Palin that I'm surprised to have never heard before, is currently making the rounds of political reporters. It was attached yesterday to a post...
View ArticleToday in Things I Didn't Even Know to Wish For: 3-D Animated Chick Tracts!
Wow. Hearing Chick-words as spoken dialogue is a treat. (And that Jesus-loving "sissy" is a Tom of Finland character.) [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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This Week's Mercury Music Section
Another week, another Mercury music section to ignore while you crunch the sales figures of Pitchfork's Top 50 albums of 2010. Huh, I would have thought Deerhunter sold more than that. Not that long...
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The Cover of this Week's Stranger
Concept and design by Dan Savage and Stranger art director Aaron Huffman. NICE. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
View ArticleEeew, Who Brought the Hufflepuff?
Ha! I'm totally a Ravenclaw. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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This Week's Mercury Music Section
Another week, another Mercury music section to ignore while you crunch the sales figures of Pitchfork's Top 50 albums of 2010. Huh, I would have thought Deerhunter sold more than that. Not that long...
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Gold Star: The Mercury's Web Comment of the Week!
This week's choicest comment goes to first time commenter Zip whose wit on the epic "New Portlandia Clip!" thread cut like a muthafudgin' knife. Check this shit out. Hahahahahahahaaaa! OUCH! Agree or...
View ArticleGet Well Soon, Drew Grow!
Two days ago local musician Drew Grow of Drew Grow and the Pastor's Wives was in a serious car accident. He will be okay! But he has a broken femur, foot, and nose. Ouch. And the promise of a huge...
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Rep. Mitch Greenlick Responds to Controversial "No Babies on Bikes" Bill
Northwest Portland State Representative Mitch Greenlick says he has gotten hundreds of emails over the past 24 hours—all about his bill to ban kids younger than six from being carried on bikes. First...
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The 1st Annual Perfect Pickle
In the most delicious news I've heard today, the Dill Pickle Club has put together a fundraising event that pits eight of the city's most exciting eateries against each other to determine which is the...
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Cosign
The new sample/consignment sale project from Compound (107 NW 5th) is Cosign, debuting tomorrow with a weekend-long sale highlighting Shwood eyewear, Tanner Goods, and Capital Brand. The official word...
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Brandon Roy to Have Surgery on Both Knees
According to the Portland Tribune Portland Trail Blazers' guard Brandon Roy will go under the knife for arthroscopic surgery on both of his knees next week. Then, he'll do it again. (In other news, if...
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It's Happening Tonight!
YOU ANONYMOUS—Things are just crazier in Australia. Toilets flush backward, people eat kangaroos, and Luke You has been printing a zine of anonymous letters from regular individuals every single week...
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