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It's Happening Tonight!It's Happening Tonight!

POLIZIOTTESCHI—The final flick in Grindhouse Film Festival's '70s Italian Crime Series, 1973's High Crime stars Franco Nero as bloodthirsty cop who takes vengeance on the seedy underworld, in a pulpy,...

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Ssssh: Observations From a Secret MeetingSsssh: Observations From a Secret...

Hey everyone. Remember me? I'm the new News Editor 'round these parts. You may have seen my photo yesterday. Of course you did! You never miss a post! Anyway, so I showed up for my first Portland City...

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We're Not Raising Your Children, Bill

Bill McCollom—Florida's AG and a GOP candidate for governor—not only supports Florida's ban on adoptions by same-sex couples, he also wants to extend the ban to prevent gays and lesbians from serving...

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Donald Duck's Awkward Erection: CONDEMN OR ALLOW?Donald Duck's Awkward...

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First Look: The Situation's New Clothing Line

And Jersey Shore's The Situation continues to wildly cast his career net in every possible direction: That there's "The Unit" (get it?) modeling a sneak preview of The Situation's new clothing line,...

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Tonight In Music: Happy Birthday Ronnie Spector

Happy birthday, Ronnie Spector. We'll still be your baby. As always, you can find our complete live music listings here. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

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Win Tickets to Cool Kids + Wavves!Win Tickets to Cool Kids + Wavves!

Bummed you didn't win those Chromeo tickets we gave away last week? Perhaps it was a blessing in disguise because now you have Friday Saturday free and we happen to have some tickets to see the Cool...

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Win Tickets to Cool Kids + Wavves!Win Tickets to Cool Kids + Wavves!

Over at End Hits we are giving away tickets to see the Cool Kids and Wavves at Berbati's this Saturday. Why don't you head on over and win yourself a pair? [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

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Sasha Grey's Bush and the Death of the Young American Male's DreamSasha...

Porn star Sasha Grey made an appearance on HBO's Entourage last Sunday (admittedly I'm currently three episodes behind, but won't be after tonight) as Vince's new girlfriend, and at some point during...

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An Anonymous Flight Attendant's Take On Jet Blue Folk Hero Steven SlaterAn...

I have a good friend who's a flight attendant. I asked him what he thought of Steven Slater and he agreed to let me post his response so long as I left his name and airline out. As a flight attendant,...

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Metro's Revolt against the 'Oregon Tax Revolt'?

Got a few hours? How about days? Metro's chief operating officer, Michael Jordan, released his Community Investment Strategy today. Basically, it's a blueprint/wishlist for how and where Metro, along...

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Mini-Reviews: Limbo, Castlevania: Harmony of DespairMini-Reviews: Limbo,...

It's been a while since I've put together a batch of mini-reviews, but since the two most important games in my life right now are both downloadable Xbox Live Arcade games, I figured this would be a...

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OPB Infuriates Lefties, NPR Called "Fox Lite"OPB Infuriates Lefties, NPR...

Commentators (and commenters) on BlueOregon have been enraged over the past few days about an OPB piece claiming that a woman sold her business in Sisters, "because of measures 66 and 67, which she...

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The Name Is Spencer. John Spencer. Timbers Name New MLS Head Coach

ISIphotos.comJohn Spencer—not the one from THE WEST WING. The Portland Timbers announced this morning what many in the soccer world had assumed for some time now, namely that John Spencer will be the...

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Sufjan is Coming!Sufjan is Coming!

It's not quite the news from Mr. Stevens that we've been waiting for—ahem, a new record—but it's still mighty fine: Sufjan will visit Portland, October 29th. Bad News first: it's at the Schnitz so...

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David Bradgon Snags Top Green Job in NYCDavid Bradgon Snags Top Green Job in NYC

Matt DavisDavid Bragdon, in a fen, circa 2009Portland is a city with a serious lack of experienced political leaders who are neither entering the old folks' home or tainted with scandal. So local...

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Black Prairie Trip Balls on a Green Screen

After their other band's green screen video culminated with guitarist Chris Funk having a shred-off with Stephen Colbert on national television, it only makes sense that Black Prairie would return to...

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Men on the Street.Men on the Street.

I went to the symphony Sunday evening, and while sitting in the park I saw a man so well-dressed I briefly thought about stalking him until I could find a camera to take his photo. He himself was...

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Good Morning, News!

Our Top Story: I'm tired, and I'm grumpy. Nothing's in the New York Times today—save your money. Death toll in Chinese mud slides climb to over 1,117, with many families buried alive. Not cheering me...

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We're Really Milking this Scott Pilgrim Thing.

But we like it! Oni Press hosted a screening of Scott Pilgrim on Monday and it was pretty rad to hear the room cheer when Oni Publisher Joe Nozemack's production credit appeared on screen, or when...

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