This Week's Mercury Film Section.This Week's Mercury Film Section.
WINNEBAGO MAN A documentary about YouTube sensation Jack Rebney, AKA the angriest, saddest, loneliest man in the world. After Patrick Alan Coleman, that is. THE OTHER GUYS plays out exactly as one...
View ArticleMercury Softball vs. WW: When Titans Clash!Mercury Softball vs. WW: When...
Guys! This Sunday, the mighty Mercury Softball Team takes on the equally mighty Willamette Week team in a game that can only be termed a CLASH OF THE TITANS! The WW is having their best season ever,...
View ArticleFrom Pioneer Courthouse Square Guard Nick Jones's Facebook PageFrom Pioneer...
This is a posting on what seems to be the Facebook page of a guy who was working without certification when he admitted to punching a skateboarder (see earlier post): So, as of July 15, someone named...
View Article"Kenneth Watson Had Maggot Growing Inside His Eyeball"
These are the only stories the Mercury will be covering from now on—AND YES—we will have dramatic CG representations of a maggot eating an eyeball. YOU'RE WELCOME. via [ Subscribe to the comments on...
View ArticleJersey Shore Wrap Up: "The Hangover"Jersey Shore Wrap Up: "The Hangover"
Hello fellow members of the I.F.F. It's time that we talked about Jersey Shore. Before we start I just want you to know that I would three-way-kiss all of y'all. I also want to direct you to a news...
View ArticleDownload Episode 4 of the Mercury Music Hour
Well, hello. Episode 4 of the Mercury Music Hour aired this week on 910 AM, on HD radio at 94.7 Too, and streaming online at 947.fm. If you snoozed on it, or if you just want to listen to it again,...
View ArticleIt's Episode 4 of the Mercury Music Hour!
Well, hello. Episode 4 of the Mercury Music Hour aired this week on 910 AM, on HD radio at 94.7 Too, and streaming online at 947.fm. If you snoozed on it, or if you just want to listen to it again,...
View ArticleFrench Wood.French Wood.
The mingling of fashion design with interior design is nothing new. I like to think of them as cousins from a large talented family. But sometimes those worlds overlap in such a lovely way it's worthy...
View ArticleIn-Custody Deaths: How Does Portland Compare?In-Custody Deaths: How Does...
And yes, it is a macabre question. Portland may be America's "most patriotic" and "least manly" city, but some people are looking for another ranking: how good we are at handling in-custody deaths....
View ArticleAnarchists Propose "Lemonade Revolt"Anarchists Propose "Lemonade Revolt"
In response to the Great Lemonade Standoff of 2010, a completely sincere group has started on Facebook proposing a "Lemonade Revolt" during August's Last Thursday. Here's the details of the impending...
View ArticleBryan Lee O'Malley's Original Scott Pilgrim Art at Floating World.Bryan Lee...
In this week's My, What a Busy Week!, Alison recommends the exhibit of Bryan Lee O'Malley's original Scott Pilgrim art that's currently at Floating World Comics (20 NW 5th). I went down to check it...
View ArticleTonight in Music: Heartless Bastards, Why I Must Be Careful, Scorpions and More
PICKATHON: HEARTLESS BASTARDS, FRUIT BATS, ROADSIDE GRAVES, COTTON JONES, & MORE (Pendarvis Farm, 16581 SE Hagen, Happy Valley) Erika Wennerstrom is driving through South Dakota with the windows...
View ArticleS-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y Night!S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y Night!
Aladdin Theater—Joanna Newsom, Robin Pecknold, 8 pm, $23.50-25, all ages Backspace—And And And, Steel Wells, Fanno Creek, A.King, 9 pm, all ages Bar Bar—Want, 7 pm, free, all ages Centaur Guitar—The...
View ArticleGood Morning News!!
Today in the news, Fidel Castro will be making his first government appearance in 4 years. Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton dug his own grave a little bit deeper when he bragged to an undercover...
View ArticlePoor Claudia's Sunday Release
Poor Claudia, one of Portland's budding independent lit mags, is moving beyond biannual issues and releasing three chapbooks by local poets. James Gendron, Joseph Main, and Emily Kendal Frey have all...
View ArticleDocuments Show Chasse Cops Acted ImproperlyDocuments Show Chasse Cops Acted...
In this week's article about the James Chasse case we mention a key piece of evidence prepared by the Chasse family lawyer, Tom Steenson: As part of the settlement, a judge agreed to release key parts...
View ArticleTonight in Music: Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Levon Helm, Puffy Areolas and More
PICKATHON: BONNIE 'PRINCE' BILLY, LANGHORNE SLIM, THE CAVE SINGERS, SAM QUINN, & MORE (Pendarvis Farm, 16581 SE Hagen, Happy Valley) See Pickathon coverage in our music section. LEVON HELM BAND,...
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Portland Cello Project Visit Daytrotter, Cover Pantera
Plenty of Portland bands roll through Daytrotter's midwest studios, but sadly none of them cover anything from Vulgar Display of Power. Until now. When other local bands wimp out, Portland Cello...
View ArticlePredator, Sweded: Teenage Girls Ain't Got Time to Bleed!
Wait. That sounded weird. What I meant was, here's a bunch of teenage girls doing a surprisingly elaborate swede of Predator, and I'll be damned if it's not just as entertaining as Predators. It's...
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