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(Not So) Christmas DLC Dual Review: Fallout: New Vegas: Dead Money And Dead...
Bethesda Softworks/Capcom Entertainment This is going up a bit later than I'd hoped — okay, WAY later than I'd hoped — but a combination of delays on the part of everyone even tangentially involved in...
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YACHT's Claire Evans Takes Over Portlandia's Facebook Page
And today in vaguely music-related news, Portlandia—you know, that sketch comedy TV show that has yet to officially air, but has already driven your rent up a notch—has a Facebook page. And for the...
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A new "national unity government" is expected to be announced today in Tunisia—that is if they can get past all the gun battles and famine first. INTRIGUING (as CNN likes to say): Did Wikileaks spur...
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The Ultimate Valentine
If you need any Valentine's Day inspiration, look no further: Photographer Lisa Warninger is at it again, teaming up with wardrobe stylist Lauren Hartmann to offer mini photo shoots—starring you! The...
View Article"You can't even write racial abuse in excrement on someone's car without the...
All this talk about elevating the discourse has me thinking about Stewart Lee's bit on political correctness, which we should all watch because it is magnificent: "If political correctness has...
View ArticleYou Decide if it's Funny!
Watch this, and answer the following poll. Was that funny? While we're on the subject... SIDE POLL!Despite the startling lack of context in this video, WHO WAS THE CAUSE OF THIS SITUATION? [ Subscribe...
View ArticleJunk to Funk's "Transformation"
Junk to Funk is back! But different! There's no way I could explain better than they do: This celebration will be a gallery installation showcase featuring new recycled fashion garments from their top...
View ArticleSL Letter of the Day: A Less Unhappily Married Woman
Like the 13,432,176 other people out there on the street, I desperately need your advice. I am a married woman with three small kids who lives in a suburb. I got married when I was 25 to someone...
View ArticleTonight in Music: Nothing
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View ArticleIf This is How They Settle Traffic Disputes in Romania...
... then what the FAWK am I doing living here?!? (SFW unless your boss is a total dick.) [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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It's Happening Tonight!
MLK DAY—King: a Filmed Record from Montgomery to Memphis was originally shown one time in theaters in March 1970, but it's since received recognition from some of the greatest institutions in America....
View ArticleMenomena Video Casting Call Today!
Start heating up your hair curlers and shave your legs, because today at 3 pm Menomena is due to begin casting their next video, to be directed by Alicia Rose! Here are the deets: CALL FOR CAST AND...
View ArticleMenomena Video Casting Call Today!
Start heating up your hair curlers and shave your legs, because today at 3 pm Menomena is due to begin casting their next video, to be directed by Alicia Rose! Here are the deets: CALL FOR CAST AND...
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New Bills Roundup: Curbing MAX Crime With Classical Music
The legislative session kicked off last week, with over 1,600 new laws and rule changes proposed by Oregon's representatives. I'll be doing roundups of the laws relevant to Portland on the blog all...
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World of Warcraft: Now With 20% More Nazis!
World of Warcraft has a long tradition of including homages to other media in totally awesome, unexpected ways. I could — and people have — filled pages of the 'net with these Easter Eggs, so I rarely...
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Re: My Giddy, Geeky Enthusiasm for Ridley Scott's Prometheus (Plus Other...
Original Alien concept art by Ron Cobb. Via. Okay, yeah, so this Deadline story is a few days old, but JESUS CHRIST GET OFF MY BACK I was on vacation. Anyways before you jerks got all up in my face,...
View ArticleJurassic Park Slowed Down
A couple of months ago (I want to say November, maybe it was October) an hour long track hit the interwebs. This song was haunting, cool, and other such adjectives. It was also Justin Bieber's "U...
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The Return of The Feelies
Sensitive Feelies Crazy Rhythms, the 1980 debut by Hoboken, New Jersey art poppers The Feelies, may have been released 30 years ago to very little commercial success, but if one thing is true about...
View ArticleZombies are Hard to Headshot
There's a web series that recently started called Immersion. The conceit of the show is that they take video game logic and see if it translates to the real world. So far there's been an episode on...
View ArticleHoly Shit! This Is What It Looks Like Under the Morrison Bridge! (Wow That's...
New York-based artist Ed Purver is part of a two-man art team vying for a sizable commission that apparently involves creating large works inspired by Portland's downtown bridges. And as part of the...
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