Tonight in Music: Flaming Lips, Sims, DoublePlusGood
THE FLAMING LIPS, LE BUTCHERETTES(Keller Auditorium, 222 SW Clay) Read our article on the Flaming Lips. SIMS, LAZERBEAK, CECIL OTTER, PAPER TIGER, SPEAKER MINDS, CLOUDY OCTOBER(Branx, 320 SE 2nd)...
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Mink's Dreamy Denim Sale
The time is fast approaching for you to trade in your cutoffs for proper jeans, and nothing gives you that crisp fall back to school feeling like a nice new pair of dungarees. Knowing that, Mink is...
View ArticleAnother Dream Crushed, Courtesy of Slightly Racist Mom
On one hand, Mom is probably right: This young man will probably never grow up to be a great breakdancer. On the other hand—was there really a need to bring Asians into this? (To Mom's credit, Asian...
View ArticleSL Letter of the Day: Pics Or You Didn't Happen
I don't know if you saw this article, Dan, but apparently queer people don't exist! I was thinking that since there apparently isn't any evidence available on the subject that, in the name of science,...
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First They Came for the Geese, And I Didn't Honk
GOOSEWITZ. Westmoreland Park, 7:55 am today [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
View ArticleCinema Project Could Use Some Help
The non-profit Cinema Project is one of the things that makes Portland such a good spot for film: In bringing experimental and avant-garde cinema to town, they fill a void no one else in town does....
View ArticleBullied Teenager in Buffalo, NY, Takes His Own Life
Some very sad news this morning out of upstate New York: Jamey Rodemeyer needed help. At 14, he was grappling with adolescent demons that could torment grown men. And when he was online, he wrote...
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It's Beginning to Sound A Lot Like Christmas: First Bean Spilled on the...
I know, it is way too early to be talking about cold times and holiday parties, but this little rumor just came across my desk: The flagship location of the annual downtown pop-up shop program (you...
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It's Beginning to Sound A Lot Like Christmas: First Bean Spilled on the...
I know, it is way too early to be talking about cold times and holiday parties, but this little rumor just came across my desk: The flagship location of the annual downtown pop-up shop program (you...
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Reading Tonight: Cambodian Grrrl
Tonight at Reading Frenzy, former Punk Planet editor Anne Elizabeth Moore reads from Cambodian Grrrl, a book documenting her experiences teaching self-publishing at a women's college in Cambodia....
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Questions Linger, but Council Seems Likely to Bless Oregon Sustainability Center
The latest, scaled-down rendering of the streetcar-pierced Oregon Sustainability Center. Last week's roll-out for Portland City Council's Wednesday vote on the Oregon Sustainability Center didn't go...
View ArticleTwin Peaks News: R.I.P. Mrs. Tremond
R.I.P. Frances Bay, 1919-2011. You will be fondly remembered for your turn as Mrs. Tremond in Twin Peaks. Bay had a knack for playing old ladies who ran the gamut from sugary sweet to creepy as all...
View ArticleService, Without the Smile
Why is it that I get service with a genuine smile from the 17 year-old acne riddled kid at McDonalds on Burnside, and the hipster bitch serving my $40.00 breakfast can't even muster a 'thanks'? If I...
View ArticleHere's that Fixie Movie You've Been Waiting For!
Ohboyohboyohboy! I saw this trailer the other night at the movies, and immediately thought, "This... is going... to drive Blogtown... CRAZY!!" It's the trailer for Premium Rush—the first movie (that I...
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Shop Adorn is Movin’ On Up
Shop Adorn has announced their relocation to a bigger space on NE Fremont, just a few blocks from their current location. In addition to this exciting expansion, Shop Adorn is introducing new brands...
View ArticleAs Good an Argument for Raising Taxes on the Wealthy as I've Heard
This should prompt immediate calls for a return to Eisenhower-era tax rates for the wealthy. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
View ArticlePoor Claudia Goes Nonprofit
Local publisher/journal Poor Claudia has successfully filed for nonprofit status. The brain child of local writers/editors/designers Drew Swenhaugen and Marshall Walker Lee, Poor Claudia publishes two...
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Suddenly Dangerous Timbers Leaning Forward With Nagbe
Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers If the Major League Soccer playoffs started today, Portland still wouldn't be in. But man, if you're a PTFC fan, you wish the postseason had started on Saturday...
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Sephora To Open Morrison Location
Make-up mavens mark your calendars! Sephora will open the doors to their downtown mega Morrison location on September 30. Be one of the first 100 clients to show up and receive a Sephora mystery gift...
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It's Happening Tonight!
GUTMUNCHER—I do not say this lightly, folks: Burial Ground: Nights of Terror is the craziest movie I've ever seen. It's a 1981 Italian zombie schlockfest with the requisite buckets of blood and weird...
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