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Be the Next Mercury Arts Intern... If You DARE
Do you just love the Arts?! Do you just love the Portland Mercury?! Then come take my job! We're looking for a new Arts Intern and it could be you! But first, some criteria: • We want to get someone...
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Portland's Vanished Black Neighborhoods
Two cool events coming up next week about the history of Portland's black communities. One! Monday, February 7th, at noon, PSU prof Felicia Williams is giving a talk called, "Deliberate Destruction: A...
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Will Oldham Interviews R Kelly
Ol' Bonny Prince Billy loves him so R Kelly. For Interview magazine, Oldham sat down with Kelly. Two fucking singular dudes, mano a mano. But it's not really a matching of wits—Oldham is a diligent...
View ArticleNew Moning Teleportation Video
I'm not sure how I feel about the jittery, hyper-fast delivery in the verse, but everything else about Morning Teleportation's "Expanding Anyway" I dig. Good old raucous, colorful indie trash. Could...
View ArticleWeezy is Right
"LaMarcus Aldridge is the biggest All-Star snub, overall" That quote is from Lil Wayne's appearance this morning on ESPN's First Take. He's got a point. h/t: Kris Koivisto [ Subscribe to the comments...
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New White Rainbow: Gnarchives Vol. 1
Just heard from Adam Forkner/White Rainbow, who has a new release (no, not Purple and Green) out now digitally and coming soon to Videocassette. It's called Gnarchives Vol. 1, and it's a psuedo-career...
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Good Morning News!
Egypt: The End Seems Near-ish! Government officials have joined in the protests, while the White House tries to plan Mubarak's exit and roving gangs attack journalists. Food Prices Sykrocket: Crazy...
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Souchi's Huge Trunk Show
Everyone needs a little Souchi in their life (and if you frequent the sale bin, you'll see that everybody can). To debut the 2011 collection, the Portland company that churns out oodles of super-soft...
View ArticleACK! LAST CHANCE! FREE VALENTINE SUBMISSIONS END AT NOON!
ALERT! ALERT! ALERT! Mercury FREE valentine submissions end today at noon! So if you want any chance at all of nabbing some boo-tay on Valentine's Day, this is your last chance! If you submit it by...
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Secure Yer Facebook
Even if you and your team of lawyers pore through Facebook's privacy settings every day to see what's changed, and you diligently monitor your settings to make sure you're only sharing what you want...
View ArticleJustin Bieber Switches Bodies with Jon Stewart: WHO GOT THE BETTER DEAL??
In his continuing press juggernaut to promote his new movie Never Say Never—in 3D, Buttfuckers!!!—Justin Bieber stopped by The Daily Show yesterday to switch bodies with Jon Stewart. Unfortunately...
View ArticleSL Letter of the Day: A Sexual Reflects On Nearly Asexual Ex
Thank you, Dan, for your advice to Not Sexual, Not Asexual. Minimally sexual people—particularly minimally sexual het men—need to own up about who they are. To the right person, being minimally sexual...
View ArticleTonight: Ian Karmel, Richard Bain & More
Uhm, fat guy rides stuff? I dunno. But I like it. Ian Karmel killed Wednesday night, headlining at Comedy Is OK. He did it again the weekend before, opening for Marc Maron. And when I was sitting...
View ArticleThere Is No Morality Without Religion
Guardian: Four people have been arrested in Bangladesh after the death of a 14-year-old girl who was given 100 lashes on the orders of a village cleric. A woman complained to the cleric after spotting...
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Okay, Christians.... You Win This One
Best Christian T-shirt ever. Next they should make one that says, "I'm with Stupid!" with an arrow pointing to Jesus on the cross. (Too soon?) [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
View ArticleThe Littlest Darth Vader
Once again, the ad world proves that the best ads are the ones that don't directly address the product at all. This one is pretty frickin' cute. It doesn't hurt that the dad is kind of a hottie. [...
View ArticleMay I Ruin Your Lunch?
If you're anything like me, you're still working off those excess pounds left over from the holidays. That's why I'm starting a semi-regular feature entitled, "May I Ruin Your Lunch?" in which I post...
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The Bridge is Dead! The Bridge is Dead! New, Cheaper CRC Design to Replace...
Big Columbia River Crossing (CRC) news, everyone. The experimental "open web" design for the bridge is dead. The governor-appointed expert review panel on the state's largest transportation project...
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Lobbying in City Hall: A River Plan Runs Through It?
Okay, yes, that's a groan-inducing headline. Sorry. So, anyway ... The city auditor's office yesterday released the latest batch of city lobbyist and gift reports, covering the last three months of...
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Beastly's Film Synopsis: Let Us Count the Ways It Is Amazing
You've gotta read the description for the movie Beastly: I think his eyebrow says "braci" (?!) "Kyle Kingson (Alex Pettyfer) is 17 and has it all-—he’s hot, popular, rich, and gets whatever he wants…...
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