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Waiting for ManifestoWaiting for Manifesto
With Halo on the verge of temporary closure while they prepare for the move to their new Pearl district digs (they're keeping the address under wraps in case the deal doesn't go through), Portland is...
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Mad Men MondayMad Men Monday
From the wilderness of the internet I offer you a Newsweek article about the changing cultural attitudes towards women in the '60s and how Mad Men portrays them. And at Visual Thesaurus, Ben Zimmer...
View ArticleSnuggie + Macarena = Oh, Sweet Jesus... WHY??
Obviously not one to be outdone by the Snazzy Napper, Snuggie has released a new commercial that combines ass-ugly designs with the Macarena and the ability to completely crush the soul of the viewer....
View ArticleDavid Bragdon: The Exit Interview
I don't have a TV so I missed KGW's interview with exiting Metro President David Bragdon this weekend, but I just watched it online now and it includes some priceless parting shots. KGW asked Bragdon...
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Hey Music Nerd, NASA Needs Your HelpHey Music Nerd, NASA Needs Your Help
When not staging moon landings and battling aliens, the space geeks at NASA clearly have their hands full. That would explain why they can fire off an astronaut into space, but can't manage to send an...
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Blood Bone-Nation: I Smell a RatBlood Bone-Nation: I Smell a Rat
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View ArticleTonight in Music: Oneida and The Nuge
ONEIDA, AU, LIGHTS(Berbati's Pan, 10 SW 3rd) A double whammy of excellent modern psychedelia hits town with Brooklyn's Oneida teaming with our own native AU for a night of mind-warping non-linear...
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Portland Fashion Week: Now with More... Project RunwayPortland Fashion Week:...
This year's Portland Fashion Week is shaping up to being pretty exciting. I'm excited to be part of pulling together the opening night's Presentation show of standing installations (Oct 6) from...
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Sam Adams on Gun Laws: 'Modest Tweaks'Sam Adams on Gun Laws: 'Modest Tweaks'
Seattle TimesMayor Sam Adams' spoke with me this afternoon about his new plans to combat gun violence in the city, released last week after a surge in gang violence throughout North and Northeast...
View ArticleMore Thoughts on Long Day's Journey into Night
Some of my favorite local arts writers are picking apart Artist Rep's A Long Day's Journey into Night over at Arts Dispatch—Barry Johnson's got a post up surveying local reactions to the show, and...
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Portland Fashion Week: Now with More... Project Runway
This year's Portland Fashion Week is shaping up to being pretty exciting. I'm excited to be part of pulling together the opening night's Presentation show of standing installations (Oct 6) from...
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Old Light Sign to Arena RockOld Light Sign to Arena Rock
Eliot Rockett Local imprint Arena Rock Recording Co. (Richmond Fontaine, Talkdemonic) is clearing the decks and adding a new Portland band to their fine roster: Old Light. Their ARRCO debut, The Dirty...
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Stream the New Album from Drew Grow and the Pastors' WivesStream the New...
Hot on the heels of a triumphant set at the Doe Bay Festival (Aug 13-14), Drew Grow and the Pastors' Wives are set to release their self-titled album on September 14. But if you can't wait that long,...
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It's Happening Tonight!It's Happening Tonight!
MOCKINGJAY—If you're a Harry Potter fan who sneers at the Twilight series, then not only are you clearly a discriminating consumer of YA fiction, but I hope you're hip to Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games...
View ArticleI Hate/Love the Internet.
Before today, I had not heard of Sci-Fried, a geek parody band that makes Weird Al look like the most debonair motherfucker on the block. Then Topless Robot told me about them. Now life is different....
View ArticleSL Letter of the Day: Fantasies Can Be Realized Through Fantasy
Female here, 30 yo. Back in my single days I used to watch porn fairly frequently. And then I found a good guy and we started dating a couple years back. And then I found his mega shit ton of porn and...
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Portland Oregon Sign: Dying as I Type.Portland Oregon Sign: Dying as I Type.
I reported the sad news in June that the Portland Storage sign was doomed to die a ClearChannel death. And now local blogger Allison Jones has a photo up of white paint beginning to cover the sign...
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Bunk Bar is Now Open!Bunk Bar is Now Open!
photo courtesy of Matt Brown's Facebook profile. If you've ever braved the line that spills onto SE Morrison, you know that Portlanders will do just about anything for a mouthful of Bunk. Now you can...
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There's No Escaping the Sellwood Bridge SurchargeThere's No Escaping the...
Matt DavisLike many of us, the Sellwood Bridge has gone soft in the middle.If you thought you could register your car before Sept. 1—in hopes of dodging Multnomah County's upcoming $38 Sellwood Bridge...
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Win Tickets to Sleep (From Some Shifty Dudes on Craigslist)!Win Tickets to...
We're not giving away tickets to the waaaaayyy sold out Sleep show during MusicFest NW. If we did, our pot dealer would totally kill us. Instead, if you want to see the stoner metal gods blaze through...
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