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Hard Luck Days
Old Growth's songs of survival. by Ezra Ace Caraeff FOR THE PAST YEAR Old Growth has been a ghost. The no-frills rock trio that bridges the gap between Dead Moon and Crazy Horse entered their...
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Like a Hurricane
The ways and whims of Radiation City. by Raquel Nasser RADIATION CITY'S first US tour has been plagued by its fair share of meteorological afflictions. In the past four weeks, the band has been...
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Rearviewmirror
Pearl Jam Twenty: Cameron Crowe's in loooooove with Pearl Jam. by Ned Lannamann ALL OF THE INTERESTING THINGS that happened to Pearl Jam happened at the beginning. Rising out of the ashes of Mother...
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Uncomfortably High
Application fees for medical marijuana cards are expected to double. by Alex Zielinski IN THEIR ONGOING EFFORT to balance Oregon's budget, lawmakers have turned to an unconventional source of health...
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I Love Television™
How big is Christina Ricci's forehead? LET'S FIND OUT! by Wm. Steven Humphrey It's a big week for television, and we're gonna talk about some of the new fall shows in just a moment—but first?...
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My, What a Busy Week!
Busier than a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 LADY FOOTBALLER—Fresh off their impressive showing at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, the continually impressive...
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Hey, Landlord, That's Illegal!
The top things Portland landlords do that could qualify as illegal discrimination. by Sarah Mirk PORTLAND IS NOW home to a "Fair Housing Action Plan"—but what does that mean? "This was an opportunity...
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Up & Coming
Highlights in music the week of September 22-28. THURSDAY 9/22 NURSES, AU, WET WOOL, DJ JEFFREY JERUSALEM(Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison) Read our article on the Nurses. Old Growth, Company, DJ Rod Meyer...
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Enlightened American Pie
Dan Hoyle's one-man show sets out to find The Real Americans. by Jessie Drake Dan Hoyle had one socially conscious brunch too many in San Francisco with his intellectually cynical, privilege-sensitive...
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Ram Jam
With Dracula, Nurses create their low-end masterpiece. by Andrew R Tonry IT WAS their first time in Europe. When they arrived in London, Nurses were struck by the news that they would be topping the...
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Brutal Bridesmaids
The Rose City Rollers host a huge roller derby tournament that could see them advancing to 2011 Championships. by Courtney Ferguson Two teenage girls are roller-skating across the Oaks Park Roller...
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24
Making it through all 24 hours of Mike Daisey's All the Hours in the Day. by Erik Henriksen "THE TRUTH is that time is infinite, and yet, there is never enough." This was one of the first things Mike...
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Real Life Is Boring
Killer Elite: Not the operatic Owen-vs.-Statham-vs.-Owen's-moustache action thriller you've been waiting for. by Paul Constant KILLER ELITE claims to be "based on a true story." You've never seen the...
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Film Shorts
In which we hit it and quit it. Abduction See review (sort of) this issue. Various Theaters. Attack the Block Executive produced by Edgar Wright—the guy behind Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Spaced, and...
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The Odd Couple
The best/worst roommates ever in Shut Up, Little Man! by Vince Mancini IN 1987, two aspiring bohemians who met at the University of Wisconsin, Mitch Deprey and Eddie Guerriero—soon to be immortalized...
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SOLD OUT
Portland returns for its first time without the Project Runway crown. by Marjorie Skinner LIKE DOMINOES, the two Portland contestants on season nine of Project Runway have fallen one after the other...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
The worst possible den of perdition to proselytize. LIPS, FLAMING SOMEWHAT I saw them at La Luna way back in like 1998 or something ["A Spoonful Weighs a Ton," Music, Sept 15, regarding the evolution...
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Ab-Licious!
In which I, Wm. Steven Humphrey, review the trailer for Taylor Lautner's Abduction. by Wm. Steven Humphrey [EDITOR'S NOTE: Though Abduction was not screened for critics, Mercury Editor in Chief Wm....
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Hall Monitor
Mayor Sam Adams' legacy has a big week in city hall. by Denis C. Theriault ON DISPLAY this month at city hall? Mayor Sam Adams' continuing efforts to put his stamp on Portland—and shore up a...
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Do More with Less
Math, baseball, and Moneyball by Ezra Ace Caraeff WITH THE EXCEPTION of 2008's Sugar, baseball flicks are one and the same: a ballplayer overcomes a personal shortcoming—Roy Hobbs' shadowy past in The...
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