Huddled in the Gloam
The friendly ghosts and playful repartee of the Handsome Family. by Courtney Ferguson THE HANDSOME FAMILY plays some of the most haunting and dark music this side of Nick Cave, filled with ghostly...
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Southwest neighbors take on landlord—but will demanding repairs leave them homeless? by Sarah Mirk TWO NEIGHBORS in Tigard are fighting the same landlord. And their cases? They bear a striking...
View ArticleUnder the Looking Glass
With a package of bills, a state lawmaker has his eye on police accountability. by Denis C. Theriault THERE'S A STORY that North Portland Representative Lew Frederick likes to tell when he's out...
View ArticleThe Paradox of Portlandia
Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen seem kinda annoyed. by Wm. Steven Humphrey WE'RE A CITY OF OBSSESSIVES. Portland is just as obsessed with music, bikes, politics, pugs, and fashion, as it is with...
View ArticleAnything for a Drink
On the Bowery is an unremittingly harsh look at Manhattan winos. by Ned Lannamann IT'S PROBABLY NOT possible for me to fully appreciate the impact Lionel Rogosin's On the Bowery must have made in...
View ArticleGood for the Gander
Theatre Vertigo's 99 Ways to Fuck a Swan: Smart, Ambitious, and Worth Seeing by Frank Beaton 99 WAYS TO FUCK A SWAN is playwright Kim Rosenstock's extended riff on the origin, history, and meaning of...
View ArticleNo Holds Barred
The no-holds-barred comedy of Jim Jefferies. by Andrew R Tonry IIT WAS 2007, and Jim Jefferies was joking about "weird-looking cunts." The Australian-born comic was at the Comedy Store in Manchester...
View ArticleHall Monitor
In the JTTF debate, whose voices will ring loudest? Maybe not yours. by Denis C. Theriault IT WAS CURIOUS, to say the least. Portland City Council had called a town hall meeting January 13, presumably...
View ArticleMy, What A Busy Week!
We're not going to tell you how to spend your time... Actually, we are. THURSDAY, JANUARY 20 POH-HOP—Hiphop heads unite, it's time for the 12th POH-Hop festival, the annual salute to all things...
View ArticleDo You Still Know Who You Are?
Atlantic/Pacific and the aftermath of emo by Ezra Ace Caraeff YOU CAN'T ESCAPE your past. Just ask Garrett Klahn, the former voice of Texas Is the Reason. For a brief yet triumphant run in the '90s,...
View ArticleBikes, Brews, Banks, Oh My!
Laws that jump out from the 1,600 already pitched for Oregon this year. by Sarah Mirk THE STATE LEGISLATIVE session in Salem kicked off last week and already our representatives are pitching more than...
View ArticleGeek Out
Giving Golden Sun the props it deserves. by Earnest "Nex" Cavalli THE GOLDEN SUN GAMES don't get the respect they deserve. As Nintendo games, they draw comparisons to The Legend of Zelda, but as...
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Film Shorts
In which we hit it and quit it. The 36th Chamber of Shaolin This 1978 kung fu classic is one of the best action flicks ever made! Screens as part of the Northwest Film Center's "Shaolin Cinema: Hong...
View ArticleOf Disney and Prostitution
Janice Shapiro's short story collection, Bummer, doesn't quite live up to its name. by Courtney Ferguson I INITIALLY HAD A HARD TIME reading Janice Shapiro's debut short story collection, Bummer,...
View ArticleLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
The Mercury: Where money doesn't live. GIRLS, GIRLS, GIRLS DEAR MERCURY—I didn't read "Halfway to Nowhere" [Feature, Jan 13]. But as I scanned the image accompanying this article I noticed LaMarcus...
View ArticleI, Anonymous
UMMMMMM by Anonymous To the owners of Portland's yoga studios, gyms, etc.: Please stop asking yoga teachers to do an "audition." It's an absurd hoop to jump through, and one that has nothing to do...
View ArticleI Love Television™
Let's go... nowhere! by Wm. Steven Humphrey World travel: I'd prefer to do something else, thankyouverymuch! There are those who say, "Travel broadens the mind as well as the soul," and to those...
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View ArticleSavage Love
Crush Course by Dan Savage I am a 23-year-old straight female. A year ago, I moved across the country after college to live with my boyfriend of four years. He is in graduate school and is the only...
View ArticleIn Other News
News briefs! This week: The sordid tale of a stolen food cart! by Mercury staff Portland officials have agreed to shell out $44,043 to a driver injured in a crash with police in 2008, finally settling...
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