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I Love When Science Involves "Rocket Sperm"
This article about the sex lives of deep sea squid gets crazier and crazier the more of it you read: Squid sex facts revealed! • The squid, Octopoteuthis deletron, don't discriminate between...
View ArticleVideo: The Shivas - "Gun in My Pocket"
Here's the charming new video for the Shivas' "Gun in My Pocket," which graced this year's PDX Pop Now! compilation CD, and shows the Vancouver, Washington, band at the height of their powers, with...
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Worst-Case Risk Scenario for Oregon Sustainability Center: Millions Bled from...
The latest, scaled-down rendering of the streetcar-pierced Oregon Sustainability Center. The Portland City Council has begun taking up Mayor Sam Adams' bid to throw in—formally, if not completely...
View ArticleVideo: The Shivas - "Gun in My Pocket"
Here's the charming new video for the Shivas' "Gun in My Pocket," which graced this year's PDX Pop Now! compilation CD, and shows the Vancouver, Washington, band at the height of their powers, with...
View ArticleFree Night of Theater
Theater is expensive, which is why you never go (for the sake of argument). The annual Free Night of Theater aims to lure in new audiences with a free ticket giveaway—you can enter to win up to five...
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Tomorrow Night: Comics Underground!
CONFLICT OF INTEREST! CONFLICT OF INTEREST! But eh... whatever. Onward! So a few months ago, Alison and I put on an event called Comics Underground. Held at the newish bar the Jack London, located in...
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A Hint of IDOM S/S '12
Spring collections are starting to peer out from all the corners. Yesterday, IDOM, whose biannual collections are some of Portland's most anticipated, posted a snippet from the forthcoming...
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A Hint of IDOM S/S '12
Yesterday, IDOM, whose biannual collections are some of Portland's most anticipated, posted a snippet from the forthcoming Spring/Summer 2012 collection, shot by Elizabeth Russell-Baumgartner. The...
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Zooey Deschanel: She Makes Me "Adorka-phobic"
"Adork-able?"Anybody catch the series debut of New Girl last night on FOX? Ratings-wise this new non-laugh track sitcom CRUSHED the season premiere of Glee, yanking in a whopping 10.1 million viewers,...
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Guided by Voices Announce Let's Go Eat the Factory
Some bands have a hard time keeping things fresh. They play out the same old schtick for years until everyone but their most devoted fans stops taking them seriously. Then, when they finally break up,...
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Latest Lookbook from Palace
Randall Garcia Randall Garcia Randall Garcia Randall Garcia Randall Garcia Randall Garcia Randall Garcia Stop by the brick and mortar location on 34th and Belmont to get your fall Palace fix on. Or...
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Saltzman Has Stern Words for New Equity Office: "I'll Be Watching Very Closely"
Finally, months after Mayor Sam Adams "laid down a marker" in his State of the City Speech (as Nick Fish put it this afternoon), the Portland City Council unanimously approved the creation of a new...
View ArticleSad Trombones Play for Rick Santorum
Wonkette: Victimiest most victimized ever victim Rick “The President of Victims” Santorum has had a rough time carrying out his life’s mission as an unrepentant homophobic bigot, because his...
View ArticleBack to the Future Skateboard Scene... Now in A Capella!
Here is something I love a little too much. Matt Mulholland overlays a pitch perfect one-man a capella multitrack over the skateboard chase scene from Back to the Future. (How much did I love it? At...
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It's Happening Tonight!
SAGE WISDOM—Last October, limber-tongued emcee Sage Francis brought a tear to many a backpacker's eye when he announced he was hanging up the mic and quitting touring. Thankfully Francis came to his...
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The I, Anonymous Blog Quote o' the Day
After reading Erik's epic live blog review of Mike Daisey's 24-hour long monologue at TBA, one might get the impression that it was a once-in-a-lifetime work of art that was universally beloved....
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Libraries Go Lightweight
Ever sick of just renting books at the library? Well now you can check out books on that aren't books! The possibilities are endless. Multnomah County Library has paired up with Amazon.com to offer...
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The Portland Collection Featured in ELLE
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Touring and Talking Business at Portland's Massive Chris King Bike Parts Factory
Up in NW Portland is a factory that bike nerds internationally revere and basically no one else knows anything about. It's the Chris King Precision Components factory, where 92 people work creating...
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The Uprise Books Project
The Uprise Books Project aims to connect underprivileged teens with banned books. by Alison Hallett Afew months ago, we reported on a woman who set up a mobile lending library to serve Portland's...
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