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This Week in Endings
Start saying your goodbyes to two institutions on Portland's independent fashion and retail scenes. Portland Fashion Synergy (PDXFS) has announced that they are dissolving. Official quote: "Our...
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CONDEMN OR ALLOW: Frozen Pizza Packaged With Frozen Cookies.
Frozen pizza maker DiGorno is taking this fat thing to another level. As reported all over the internet this week, DiGorno will now be selling pizzas which are packaged in the same box as "chicken...
View ArticleRemembering Karen
A sad anniversary: On this day in 1983, a 32-year-old Karen Carpenter died of cardiac arrest due to "imbalances caused by anorexia nervosa." Here she is in action in 1971. [ Subscribe to the comments...
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This Week's Mercury Film Section.
AND EVERYTHING IS GOING FINE Spalding Gray! Steven Soderbergh! So here's a film section to read once you're done figuring out what Spidey's doing to that guy's face. SANCTUM: A boring movie about a...
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A sad anniversary: On this day in 1983, a 32-year-old Karen Carpenter died of cardiac arrest due to "imbalances caused by anorexia nervosa." Here she is in action in 1971. [ Subscribe to the comments...
View ArticleShe's Daphne Munro—Yooooooooooour Smart Shopper
Frankly speaking, I am SO FUCKING SICK of our local news station celebrities. They're boring, they're ugly, and they make my bottom itch. That being said, I invite you to list your favorite local TV...
View ArticleTrailer for Cold Weather.
Aaron Katz's Portland-set Cold Weather opens today in New York, and is one of the films playing at this year's Portland International Film Festival (stay tuned next week for more details on that whole...
View ArticleTonight in Music: KM Fizzy at Girl Trouble, The Paul Collins' Beat at...
GIRL TROUBLE: KM FIZZY, DJ MAGIC BEANS, DJ WOMB SERVICE, DJ CUICA, DJ HONEY OWENS, PASHLY, PATRICIA FURPURSE, LINGER (Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison) Holocene wants to get your showboat shakin' with their...
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Pure Country Gold Calling It Quits, Playing Tonight at The Slabtown Bender
The Salad Days If you're planning on hitting up the Slabtown Bender tonight, you better get there early to catch Pure Country Gold. The thunderous, stomping two-piece garage band announced yesterday...
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Derby Weekend
Wow, looks like both Rose City Rollers bouts are sold out for this weekend. Might be time to break out your sad puppy-dog eyes at the box office or make nice with a scalping-like person who may or may...
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Fuse Theater Announces Portland Mini-Fringe Festival
Over the years I've heard more than one local theater artist wish aloud that Portland had a fringe festival—not a curated arts fest a la TBA, but a festival showcasing smaller touring acts. And now we...
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UPDATED: Bad Bike-Car Crash in SW Portland
After seeing zero fatal crashes involving people on bikes in Portland last year, police are reporting a near-fatal crash occurred in SW Portland this afternoon. The current report is brief: At 2:21...
View ArticlePlease Watch This Young Galaxy Video
I'm not going to lie to you, I've had a pretty miserable last couple weeks. A monumental death in the family, a difficult trip to the funeral (Hey JetBlue, thanks for losing my bag and stranding me in...
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BBC's Hotel California: LA from The Byrds to The Eagles on YouTube
Hotel Cameltoe I'm not sure that anyone reads this thing on Saturdays (or ever, for that matter... I assume most of those hits come from guilty family members and bored prisoners) but just in case, I...
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The Final Shows at the Artistery
About a week or so ago we broke the sad news that The Artistery is closing their doors next month. Instead of seeking a new space for their all-age events, the SE Division venue will host their final...
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The Final Shows at the Artistery
We just posted the final six farewell shows from the Artistery over at End Hits. Have a look. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
View ArticleTonight in Music: Motorhead, Nobunny at Slabtown Bender, Finn Riggins, and more
MOTÖRHEAD, CLUTCH, VALIENT THORR (Roseland, 8 NW 6th) Read about MotÖrhead. SLABTOWN BENDER: NOBUNNY, PAT TODD AND THE RANKOUTSIDERS, LIQUORBALL, HANK IV, FLASH FLOOD AND THE DIKES, & MORE...
View ArticleGood Morning, News!
Will Egypt's 82-year-old dictator step down? Probably not, or at least not until he's at least 83 years old. Nearly two weeks into Egypt's vox populi revolution, life is returning to normal for only a...
View ArticleTonight in Music: Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs at Slabtown Bender, Yeah...
SLABTOWN BENDER: HOLLY GOLIGHTLY AND THE BROKEOFFS, THE RANTOULS, ROYAL BATHS, & MORE (6 PM) (Slabtown, 1033 NW 16th) Holly Golightly is one inaccurately named woman. She's all but barreled...
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Here is the 2011 Sasquatch! Lineup
This just in, straight from the ape-creature's mouth, it's the lineup for the 2011 Sasquatch! festival: Foo Fighters | Death Cab for Cutie | Modest Mouse | Wilco | Flaming Lips (Performing The Soft...
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