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News briefs for the ADD audience. by Mercury staff The lawyer for the family of James Chasse Jr. released a slew of documents relating to Chasse's 2006 death in the custody of Portland police,...
View ArticleHitting the BricksHitting the Bricks
When a rent-a-cop is accused of smacking a skater on the head with a skateboard, things get ugly. by Stefan Kamph THERE ARE SURPRISING new twists in the case of a Pioneer Courthouse Square private...
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Reporter's indie-dance anthems. by Andrew Stout IT'S A WAFT of the voice you hear on many '80s 12-inch singles, the final resting place of the disco diva. It's Jocelyn Brown, Shannon, and Sylvia...
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View ArticleHand Me DownHand Me Down
Visqueen's Rachel Flotard carries the memory of her father. by Ned Lannamann AFTER ONLY A FEW minutes of talking with her on the phone, Rachel Flotard feels like a dear old friend. Perhaps it's...
View Article(Not So) New Wave(Not So) New Wave
Fifty years later, Breathless still feels fresh. by Alison Hallett THOUGH IT'S CURRENTLY CELEBRATING its 50th anniversary, Jean-Luc Godard's jump-cut pioneering, nouvelle vague-defining film remains...
View ArticleLifetime AchievementLifetime Achievement
Get Low: Robert Duvall's still a badass. by Andrew Wright MOVIES FEATURING central performances by elderly stars have a tendency to function less as narratives, and more as a chance to sit back and...
View ArticleSinging CRC "Kumbaya"Singing CRC "Kumbaya"
The new I-5 bridge project rolls on with smaller size, but same big problems. by Sarah Mirk MAJOR MEDIA OUTLETS captured the main agreement from August 9's landmark meeting of Columbia River...
View ArticleGoing BackGoing Back
Granta's summer issue features reminiscences from Mark Twain and Richard Russo. by Alison Hallett THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE SUMMER ISSUE of venerable lit mag Granta is an excerpt from Mark Twain's...
View ArticleFrench ConnectionFrench Connection
Experience the gentle fusion of Jade Teahouse and Patisserie, thanks to French Colonial insanity. by Patrick Alan Coleman CONSIDER FOR A MOMENT the nearly 70 years of French occupation in Vietnam....
View ArticleRevisionist HistoryRevisionist History
Four Eyes is just like history... but with dragons! by Alison Hallett JOE KELLY AND MAX FIUMARA'S comic Four Eyes is set in Queens in 1934. The economy is shit, people are out of work, and Roosevelt's...
View ArticleSnacks, Enlightenment, RimjobsSnacks, Enlightenment, Rimjobs
Eat Pray Love: A crappy book becomes an even crappier movie! by Alison Hallett SITTING THROUGH Eat Pray Love is a lot like being trapped inside of your mother's daydreams for two and a half hours. Or...
View ArticleFilm ShortsFilm Shorts
In which we hit it and quit it. 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days An inquisitive camera follows Otilia (Anamaria Marinca) through the dorms, hotels, and backstreets of Communist Romania in the 1980s as she...
View ArticlePillar of StrengthPillar of Strength
Hercules and Love Affair handle fame and isolation. by Mike Barthel SOME PEOPLE, when they succeed, lose their way amid a garden of earthly delights. Forgetting to focus on what made them successful...
View ArticleBugged OutBugged Out
Bedbugs are everywhere in Portland—and it looks like they're here to stay. by Amanda Waldroupe BEGINNING LAST MARCH, Patrick Smith's life would have made great fodder for an Alfred Hitchcock movie....
View ArticleOversteppingOverstepping
Broadway Rose's A Chorus Line feels more like a regional theater callback than a Broadway audition. by FLOYD SKAVLAR THE PRODUCTION of A Chorus Line that opened last Thursday is as good as locally...
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This Week's Mercury Music SectionThis Week's Mercury Music Section
Another week, another Mercury music section to read while you watch Scott Stapp from Creed sing a song for the Florida Marlins. Christ. Hasn't that team suffered enough? We check the vowels at the...
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This Week's Mercury Music Section
Another week, another Mercury music section to read while you watch Scott Stapp from Creed sing a song for the Florida Marlins. Christ. Hasn't that team suffered enough? We check the vowels at the...
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Three Years of Fez BeautyThree Years of Fez Beauty
Summer is arguably the best time to forgo makeup and let your skin breathe in the sun and river air (under a good SPF, of course), but when fall preparations creep up it always seems to kick in a...
View ArticleBlack Prairie on a Goddamn Steamboat
Yesterday we blogged about Black Prairie and MusicFest NW, so it's only fitting we condense the two and offer this video of the band on a motherfucking steamboat. Filmed by Into the Woods and...
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