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Multnomah County Library Tops for Circulation
As further evidence that Portland is the capital of socialist plots for a suffocating welfare state, the Multnomah County Library has snagged the nation's top spot for circulation volume for the...
View ArticleJustin Bieber: The Animated Series of Saturday Morning Cartoon Animations!
No sooner was it announced that Justin Bieber is deservedly getting his own biographical 3D movie, a role on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and a royal designation as America's newest "white Tupac,"...
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Gold Star: The Mercury's Web Comment of the Week!Gold Star: The Mercury's Web...
This week's comment of the week goes out to commenter Infovorous, and by extension everyone who commented on Sarah's CRC post on Monday: So really, this one's for all of you. But really really, it's...
View ArticleCheck Out These Kids' Videos About Portland
Cute up-and-coming, college-age journalists at the Northwest Institute for Social Change stopped by our office last week to ask Patrick and I lots of questions about reporting and media and whether I...
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President Obama is headed to the Gulf of Mexico to assess economic damage from the oil catastrophe... ...and he signed a $600 million "border security" bill that will create 1,000 new border patrol...
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It's Official: Arcade Fire Coming to PortlandIt's Official: Arcade Fire...
Hey, finally a reason not to tear down Memorial Coliseum. We hinted the Canadian band might be headed south in September, and now it's official. Arcade Fire will be playing the Memorial Coliseum on...
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It's Official: Arcade Fire Coming to Portland
Hey, finally a reason not to tear down Memorial Coliseum. We hinted the Canadian band might be headed south in September, and now it's official. Arcade Fire will be playing the Memorial Coliseum on...
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Friday the 13th ConcertsFriday the 13th Concerts
Anyone else been stewing in the bubonic juices of sickness lately? My muscles are atrophying. My head is pounding. I haven't seen nary a soul in four days. I've watched two Bret Easton Ellis movies....
View ArticleHire Suggestive Bee for Your Next Party!
A little research revealed that the suggestively dancing bee in this video is actually a mascot for Jollibee (the most popular fast food chain in the Phillipines with locations also stateside in...
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Better Book TitlesBetter Book Titles
Better Book Titles is a blog that gives books the titles that they really deserve. I was especially fond of this one: [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
View ArticleTonight in Music: SMMR BMMR, Reporter, Subarachnoid Space and More
SMMR BMMR: MAYYORS, WOVEN BONES, BURNING YELLOWS, METH TEETH & MORE(Plan B, 1305 SE 8th) The summertime answer to the annual Dmmr Bmmr festival, Smmr Bmmr is a mandatory ritual of ear-ringing...
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Nerd Alert! Nerd Alert! Nerd Alert! Tax Chart!Nerd Alert! Nerd Alert! Nerd...
Shaking off that Friday morning hangover? OK. This won't help. But be sure to show this to your unreformed relatives out in the suburbs come November. More about it. WASHINGTON POST [ Subscribe to the...
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Meth Teeth to Call It QuitsMeth Teeth to Call It Quits
It's a word that gets tossed around a lot when pinning down Meth Teeth's sound, but now, seriously: Bummer. From the band's Facebook page: 2010 is turning out to be a real bitch—it has already...
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On Forbidden Ground: The Bull Run Watershed
ALL ABOARD: The Randy-bus.For most of the year, Portland gets its drinking water from the 139-square-mile Bull Run watershed deep in the Mount Hood National Forest. Water from Bull Run Lake and the...
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Bieber Movie Moves Forward with a Director Who Doesn't Think His Shit Smells...
Thanks to Bieber Believer and Merc film editor Erik Henriksen for this juicy bit of news:The Justin Bieber 3-D Biopic is moving forward and with a brand new—and non-snooty—director! As you may recall,...
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Beating It (the Heat, You Perv)Beating It (the Heat, You Perv)
This weekend promise to be one ridiculously hot mofo. Chances are you may already have plans, but if you’re looking for something to either beat the heat (or join it… whichever), here are my three...
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State History Museum Will Run Out of Cash in 2011, Pitches Tax to Stay...
The state historical museum threatens to shut its doors in 2011 unless Multnomah County voters approve a new five-year $10 million tax levy that the historical society hopes will land on the November...
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This Week's Mercury Film Section.This Week's Mercury Film Section.
SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD Ramona Flowers could totally kick Thor's ass. SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD As our incessant Pilgrim-centric blogging might've indicated over the past few weeks, we kind of...
View ArticleProject Runway Wrap UpProject Runway Wrap Up
Last night's was my favorite kind of episode: the "unconventional materials challenge". Seeing how each designer responds to being pushed out of their comfort zone is very telling and the end results...
View ArticleProject Runway Wrap Up
Last night's was my favorite kind of episode: the "unconventional materials challenge". Seeing how each designer responds to being pushed out of their comfort zone is very telling and the end results...
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