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In case you're feeling a bit insecure today, here is something to surely make you feel less put together. Life Magazine has an online gallery to their amazing fashion covers, showing women without so...

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"I Have a Dream...A Bad Dream." Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck are currently holding a right-wing "Restoring Honor" rally at the Lincoln Memorial on the 47th anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I Have a...

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Burning Man Rock Opera, How to Survive the ApocalypseBurning Man Rock Opera,...

On Monday, tens of thousands of people and millions of dollars worth of hallucinatory drugs will be working to construct Black Rock City, a temporary "urban center" in Nevada's barren Black Rock...

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Tonight in Music: Deelay Ceelay, Bob Dylan, Sean Flinn and the Royal We and More

OLD TOWN BLOCK PARTY: DEELAY CEELAY, THE JOGGERS, THE MEAN JEANS, LOVERS & MORE (NW 4th & Couch)The second annual Old Town Block Party is upon us, with another rippin' lineup of bands (Deelay...

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Good Morning, News!Good Morning, News!

Mary Volm's booking photoCity Council candidate Mary Volm, running against Dan Saltzman this November, was arrested late Friday on suspicion of driving under the influence as well as reckless driving,...

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Tonight in Music: John Mellencamp, Lower Dens, Soft Metals and More

BOB DYLAN, JOHN MELLENCAMP, THE DOUGH ROLLERS (Edgefield, 2126 SW Halsey, Troutdale)See our article on John Mellencamp and Frank Cassano's Imbecile Parade. LOWER DENS, RAYMOND BYRON AND THE WHITE...

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Good Morning News!Good Morning News!

Katrina: Five Years Later: Obama says he'll fix everything. Seven US Soldiers Killed Today: Two separate roadside bombs in Afghanistan killed seven Americans. The Other BP Spill: BP accidentally...

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Boy Eats Drum Machine Really Likes the Number 20Boy Eats Drum Machine Really...

On September 20 Boy Eats Drum Machine is releasing 20 Beats, an all instrumental recording with 20 songs and 20 different album covers. The digital release—so not sure how the different covers will...

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Feds Step Back on Immigrant DeportationsFeds Step Back on Immigrant Deportations

All summer in the news section, we've been covering the rise of illegal immigrant deportations in Oregon. Under a new national effort which is aimed at deporting "criminal aliens", Oregon law...

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Tonight in Music: Dum Dum Girls, Neutral Uke Hotel

BEACH BUNNIES GET BENT: DUM DUM GIRLS (DJ SET), GUANTANAMO BAYWATCH, ORCA TEAM, THE RESERVATIONS (Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison) Tired of landlocked living? Slip on your best Jams and flipflops and...

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Halo's New HomeHalo's New Home

It's official. Halo Shoes is setting up its new digs in the Pearl District, on NW Everett between 9th and 10th in the Otis Elevator Building. They're projecting an "optimistic" re-opening date of...

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Win the LP Reissue of Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg!Win the LP Reissue of Jane...

Hey, record nerd! Yes, you. We've got something for you which you're going to like.This is a picture of the new Light in the Attic reissue of the classic Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsboug LP. The 1969 album...

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Hey Record Nerds!

You want this? We've got it. Go over to End Hits, where we're giving away a copy of Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg to one lucky reader. End Hits: Ooh. La la. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

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Seen Today in PDXSeen Today in PDX

Reader Scotty spotted this hilarious/terrible homemade sign in that little park at NE 18th and Couch, the one with the grape-vine covered, City Repair-esque enclosure that is the perfect location to...

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Fun With the Arcade Fire "We Used to Wait" Video

That's my grandmother's house down there If you have not seen the incredible interactive video for Arcade Fire's "We Used to Wait" drop everything, download the Chrome browser, and do it now. The...

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Fun With the Arcade Fire "We Used to Wait" VideoFun With the Arcade Fire "We...

That's my grandmother's house down there If you have not seen the incredible interactive video for Arcade Fire's "We Used to Wait" drop everything, download the Chrome browser, and do it now. The...

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Mad Men Monday - Don's Lost WeekendMad Men Monday - Don's Lost Weekend

Mad Women I struggled to watch the Emmy's last night and made it through enough to watch Matt Weiner win an award for Outstanding Writing. Then Jimmy Fallon's musical tribute to canceled shows got...

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Heard the One About the Enviro Banned from the Sushi Joint?Heard the One...

Except, no, we're not kidding. But as far as PR is concerned, the tale is laughably tragic. As reported by various food bloggers this weekend, the president of the Wild Salmon Center says Sinju...

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Episode Eight of the Mercury Music Hour

Episode number eight of the Mercury Music Hour is on air, RIGHT NOW! Want new music? We got that with songs from Soft Metals, Brothers Young, and Sean Flinn & The Royal We. Want old music? We got...

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

BEER-STORY—In a near-meta twist, the Oregon Historical Society's History Pub takes on the history of the Oregon brewpub, with an incredible panel of brewers, writers, and legislators who made...

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