Frank's Wild Years
Frank's Noodle House: the joy of Du Kuh Bee, without the drive. by Tony Perez THE MOST COMMON apology I hear for the Portland suburbs is "well, they do have better Asian food." Not so long ago, if...
View ArticleDear Evangelion...
I love you. Love, Mike Williams. by Mike Williams DEAR EVANGELION, Sixteen years ago, you blew my mind with your crazy robot battles, psychedelic visuals, teen angst, explosions, great music, and just...
View ArticleThe Adults Are All Right
The Get Up Kids grow up, grow old. by Ezra Ace Caraeff WINDOWS BLANKETED THICK with wet condensation, the Get Up Kids were no longer visible to the throngs of kids pressed against the windows at Koo's...
View ArticleA Sci-Fi Girl in a Fantasy World
Jo Walton's outstandingly original Among Others. by Alison Hallett "WE THOUGHT WE WERE living in a fantasy landscape when actually we were living in a science fictional one," writes Mori, the...
View ArticleUp & Coming
Noteworthy shows the week of January 27-February 2. THURSDAY 1/27 DR. DEMENTO (Reed College, 3203 SE Woodstock) See My, What a Busy Week! INTO THE WOODS ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY: TU FAWNING, SKELETRON,...
View ArticleDown the Rabbit Hole
The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger bends reality, blurs time. by Raquel Nasser THE GHOST of a Saber Tooth Tiger is a mouthful. The band name does not flow freely when used in conversation, and creates...
View ArticleOSU VS. SEX
Oregon State University nixes a feminist sex writer from a campus conference. by Sarah Mirk OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY'S (OSU) Modern Sex conference next month will include lectures on "Culture of the...
View ArticleNight Soul and Other Stories
A new short story collection from the influential Joseph McElroy. by A. WOLFE THINGS ARE HAPPENING in Joseph McElroy's Night Soul and Other Stories—a man blows out his tire in a dark street and is...
View ArticleJunk Stories
Bret Hodgert collects architecture—and the stories behind them. by Matt Stangel [Editor's Note: Congrats to Bret Hodgert, the winner of "A Glowing Feature in the Mercury" featured in our online...
View ArticleA Hurricane of Pain
Ass kicking and propaganda in Ip Man 2. by Bobby "Fatboy" Roberts I DON'T ASK MUCH of kung fu flicks. I don't need any real plot or story, so long as a hurricane of pain is delivered like clockwork...
View ArticleAvant-Garde Oregon
Empty Quarter's avant-garde travelogue. by Alison Hallett A NEW FILM from Portlanders Pam Minty and Alain LeTourneau, Empty Quarter is a documentary in the most literal sense: 16mm film records a...
View ArticleDown in the Dumps
Javier Bardem makes down in the dumps Biutiful. by Marjorie Skinner THERE'S A PERSISTENT, suffocating weight on Uxbal (Javier Bardem), on whose life Alejandro González Iñárritu's latest film,...
View ArticleFight, Not Flight
The ACLU makes Portland courts the battleground over the "No Fly" List. by Sarah Mirk PORTLAND'S FEDERAL COURT has become the battleground for a major lawsuit that will impact civil liberties,...
View ArticleFertile Ground
High points, middle points, and low points from weekend one of Fertile Ground. by Alison Hallett HIGH POINTS, MIDDLE POINTS, and low points from weekend one of Fertile Ground, a citywide festival of...
View ArticleIn Court
Trial of high-profile alleged gay bashing ends with mixed verdict. by Sarah Mirk TALK ABOUT an especially unspeedy trial. After 21 months and a botched first trial, a high-profile 2009 alleged gay...
View ArticleNever Forget
Blake Schwarzenbach's war on sentimentality. by Eric Grandy WE ALL HAVE things we'd like to forget, right? The girl who broke your heart, the embarrassing song you wrote about it—any number of...
View ArticleI Love Television™
TLC: The best/worst network EVER! by Wm. Steven Humphrey Okay, fine, whatever, I'll admit that running a network may not be the easiest thing to do—BUT MY LIFE STINKS, TOO, YA KNOW!! It's not exactly...
View ArticleMy, What a Busy Week!
Live, laugh, love, and loaf: This week has it all. THURSDAY, JANUARY 27 DEMENTED—I know it sounds dorky as all hell, but the Dr. Demento Reed College lectures are an absolute blast. The maestro of...
View ArticleThe Dark Side of Solar
It's a bought-and-sold review: The dark side of Portland's solar boom. by Sarah Mirk [Editor's Note: Andrew Koyaanisqatsi's generous bid in our annual charity auction won him the following "Glowing...
View ArticleThe Songs of Sailors
The songs of Tennis recall a seven-month sailing trip. by Ned Lannamann TENNIS MAY BE the last of a dying breed: a band that got its big break through Myspace. To be accurate, it wasn't the dying...
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