This Weekend's Dismemberment Plan Reunion Show Looked Kind of Fun
And by "kind of fun" I really mean fucking awesome. Here is the D-Plan performing "The Ice Of Boston" and "OK Jokes Over" from their weekend reunion show in New York. The band's lone Pacific NW show...
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Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is desperately trying to placate a tidal wave of uprising by shuffling around his cabinet (yeah, I don't think it's gonna work either). You think Atlanta's airport is...
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Fluevog Shoes to Open Portland Store
If you run in certain circles, you may have already caught whiff that John Fluevog is opening a Portland location downtown. For someone who loves shoes, JF has never been one of my favorites. I have a...
View ArticlePrivate Sex Tape Lands Indonesian Pop Star In Prison
ABC: One of Indonesia's best-known pop stars was sentenced Monday to 3½ years behind bars after sex tapes with his celebrity girlfriends found their way to the Internet, riveting and dividing this...
View ArticleThe Gays are Counterfeiters!
Here, some old dude in a golf sweater uses "LOGIC" to explain why a gay marriage cannot possibly be a "real" marriage—because, you see, gays are counterfeiters! Or something! (Again, why do we keep...
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"The Pegged Boyfriend"
I was taken by surprise—or taken from behind—by a new pair of Gap jeans while I was working," writes a frontline Gap employee. "Jeans that fit the progressive and submissive boyfriend perfectly....
View ArticleBehold: Knight Crawler
Obviously you have a new favorite band. Via the AV Club: [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
View ArticleWhy Does this Ass Smell Like Ass?
As Alison Hallett wisely said to her co-workers last week, "When your boss asks you to smell something, you probably shouldn't do it." Similarly, if you're on a game show where you're asked to walk...
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Portlandia!... One More Chance for Sam Adams to Sell, Sell, Sell!
ILLUSTRATION BY DAVE NEESONHark! To the promised land!So the Portlandia episode in which real-life Mayor Sam Adams played flunky assistant to his TV counterpart, Hollywood's Kyle MacLachlan, aired...
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Details on the Red and Black Cafe's Plan to Create Affordable Housing
John Langley (right) and the first residents of the upstairs co-op, Emily Kamm and Daniel WilsonWhen I first reported the news last week that the city's premier vegan-anti-cop cafe Red and Black was...
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For the Cat Who Demands Privacy and High Quality Furnishings...
...there's this. A mahogany cabinet/litter box... for her to poop in.Via and while we're on the topic: Welcome back, A Cat! [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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How Did Egypt Shut Down the Internet?
The government didn't flip some sort of Internet kill switch. Instead, it seems like they called Internet Service Providers and told them to shut down one by one. via [ Subscribe to the comments on...
View ArticleTo Portland Movie Theater Owners: A Polite Request
It has come to my attention that the wonderful-looking documentary on longtime, legendary New York Times street style photographer and originator Bill Cunningham is not currently scheduled to screen...
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Chore Wars & "Alternate Reality Gaming"
Given that my workplace is a toxic den of relentless status jostling, Tourettes-like outbursts from Steve, and cat lady jokes (I have ONE CAT, guys. ONE.), I am very fortunate to have a functional...
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Happy Hour with Telekinesis at Ace Hotel Tonight
Michael Lerner, the voice and reason behind the Merge-signed indie-pop group Telekinesis, just announced via Twitter that he's making the short trip down to Portland to perform some songs in the Ace...
View ArticleChegg WTF?
Have any of you seen these commercials for Chegg.com? They sell textbooks or something for supposedly lower prices. Anyway, I watch a lot of YouTube and these Chegg ads have been showing up in front...
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Here's the Map for the New Eastside Bike Route
One of the first major projects of the 2030 Bike Plan will hopefully make for a smoother ride between NE and SE Portland: The 50s bikeway project will improve the bike route from NE Hancock all the...
View ArticleFlorida Judge Calls Health Care Reform Unconstitutional
New York Times: A second federal judge ruled on Monday that it was unconstitutional for Congress to enact a health care law that requires all Americans to obtain commercial insurance, evening the...
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Marc Maron Interviews Gallagher
In celebration of Marc Maron's stint at Helium this past weekend (and our shared hatred of Gallagher), I wanted to let you guys know that Maron posted his truncated interview with Gallagher today...
View ArticleThe Book Of Freaks Preview From Future Tense
Local publisher Future Tense is releasing The Book of Freaks by Jamie Iredell next month. The summary promises a faux encyclopedia of the bizarre and the mundane, exploring the freakishness of people...
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