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It's not just a dream anymore. Bookslut makes itself known in Portland. Organizes reading. Take that, internet. Ebooks may be outselling hardbacks (on Amazon.com, is this really a big deal?) but...
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Looky Loo! Second Downtown Toilet Now OpenLooky Loo! Second Downtown Toilet...
Denis C. TheriaultGreat success! Roz Eisenstark emerges from the new loo. It was just about 1 o'clock this afternoon when the telltale WHOOSH issued through the vents of the new loo down on SW Naito...
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It's Happening Tonight!It's Happening Tonight!
BUTCH BUILDERS—It's been awhile since the Builders and the Butchers performed an intimate show around these parts, thanks to their massively growing popularity, but tonight you can relive the magic of...
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Florida To Adopt Tougher Immigration Laws Than ArizonaFlorida To Adopt...
Having narrowly escaped the harsh immigration laws proposed by Arizona (thanks Judge Susan Bolton!), Americans can't sigh in relief yet. It turns out Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum is pushing...
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Donald Duck Sexually Assaults Woman; Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Predicted it...
From The Smoking Gun: While visiting Epcot Center in Florida, a Pennsylvania woman alleges that a Disney employee dressed as Donald Duck grabbed her breast and molested her after she sought an...
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TriMet Pitches $125 Million Bond "For Disabled and Elderly" on Nov....
TriMet's board announced today that it has a last minute addition to November's ballot: a $125 million, 20-year bond that will ostensibly be used to make TriMet more accessible for the elderly and...
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Bringing Down the Hammer by Anonymous Dear Scumbag Hippie: Put down your drumsticks, pick up a hammer, and finish the construction on your fucking house! Not only has your house been a goddamn eyesore...
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Who says architects are desk-bound nerds? The uncertain future of Memorial Coliseum inspires a call for war. by Sarah Mirk IT'S IMPRESSIVE that a building can piss people off as much as the Memorial...
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Van Morrison gets the rock opera treatment with Find Me Beside You. by Noah Dunham IT'S NOT A PREREQUISITE, but being a fan of Van Morrison will undoubtedly enhance the experience of any audience...
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Here comes the judge! by Wm. Steven Humphrey I'll admit it! I've got a huge beef with American Idol. For years I have (okay, perhaps unwisely) used this column as a bully pulpit to point out Idol's...
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Kim Kardashian is a whore. A stupid, stupid whore. by Ann Romano MONDAY, AUGUST 2 Sucks to be you, Leonard Peltier! Lindsay Lohan is already out of jail! Though sentenced to 90 long nights in the...
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Packing for Mars: Shitting in Space is Harder than You Think! by Erik Henriksen "A KITCHEN TABLE makes little sense without gravity, but all long-duration spacecraft have them," pop science writer...
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So this Scott Pilgrim movie? Kind of a big deal. by Erik Henriksen A FEW WEEKS AGO, if you'd have asked me what I wanted from Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, my answer would've been simple: That they...
View ArticleMy, What A Busy Week!My, What A Busy Week!
This very well could be the best week of your life. Don't blow it. THURSDAY, AUGUST 12 FAREST OF THEM ALL—The Deschutes Brewery Street Fare—no, not fair—will be packed with food carts (Grilled Cheese...
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We have the hiphop from the paper. SHREDDING SCORPIONS DEAR PORTLAND MERCURY—Hmmm... an article on the Scorpions playing a show this weekend in the Portland vicinity ["Hurricane of Change," Music, Aug...
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THURSDAY 8/12 Deschutes Brewery Street Fare: Sallie Ford and The Sound Outside, AgesAndAges, Loch Lomond, Y LA BAMBA, Langhorne Slim & Chris Funk (NW Davis between 10th and 11th) See My, What a...
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The Expendables try to revive the '80s. by Erik Henriksen "YOU GUYS AREN'T GONNA START suckin' each other's dicks, are ya?" Bruce Willis says to Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger in the...
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Hand-Eye Supply's tools and workwear will make you want to work with your hands. by Marjorie Skinner A new specialty boutique has joined Portland's ranks, but instead of curating lines of hard-to-find...
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Travis Townsend's new sculpture offers more questions than answers. by Matt Stangel TRAVIS TOWNSEND'S newest sculpture, an ambiguous, peanut-shaped vessel, rests on the floor of Doppler PDX. Created...
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