The Word of CrumbThe Word of Crumb
R. Crumb's original illustrations for The Book of Genesis Illustrated at PAM. by Matt Stangel "I, IRONICALLY, do not believe the Bible is 'the word of God.' I believe it is the words of men," writes...
View ArticleFilm ShortsFilm Shorts
In which we hit it and quit it. Antonio Gaudà Hiroshi Teshigahara's 1984 documentary about artist Antonio GaudÃ. Fifth Avenue Cinema. The Bicycle Thief SPOILER ALERT: Life sucks and then your dad gets...
View ArticleThe Glitter MenThe Glitter Men
The meteoric rise of Wampire. by Connor Martin AS OF LATE, things have been heating up for Wampire. The trio of Rocky Tinder, Eric Phipps, and Cyrus Lampton have gone from a schedule of mostly house...
View ArticleTruth Is HereTruth Is Here
When it comes to Portland hiphop, Cloudy October got next. by Ezra Ace Caraeff BEFORE HE WAS the most exciting voice in Portland hiphop, Genkai Yokomura was just a kid from Florida who wanted to live...
View ArticleIn Other News
The news, bite-sized (enlarged to show texture). by Mercury staff There were "significant gaps in information gathering" after the death of James Chasse Jr. at the hands of Portland police in 2006,...
View ArticleThe Four Fingers of DeathThe Four Fingers of Death
Rick Moody's dystopian zombie sci-fi space epic The Four Fingers of Death. by Alison Hallett TAKE A DEEP BREATH before trying to explain the plot of Rick Moody's The Four Fingers of Death—there's a...
View ArticleSilent GoodbyesSilent Goodbyes
Oregon workers meet a quieter, gentler kind of immigration raid. by Stefan Kamph IN AN ONGOING EFFORT to build what it calls a "culture of compliance" among employers, US Immigration and Customs...
View ArticleEssential OilEssential Oil
With Ylang Ylang, Charlie Salas-Humara gets essential. by Ned Lannamann IN ANY OTHER CITY, they'd be termed a supergroup. But things being as casual as they are in Portland, Ylang Ylang is simply a...
View ArticleLetters to the EditorLetters to the Editor
Shimmering gem nuggets. SHOOTING FOR STARBASE DEAR MERCURY—Speaking as someone who might have ended up sending my daughter to a school in the Portland area below the poverty level before my husband...
View ArticleUp & ComingUp & Coming
THURSDAY 7/29 THE SHAKY HANDS, THE RAINY STATES, STARPARTY (Burgerville, 1122 SE Hawthorne) See My, What a Busy Week! DEL THE FUNKY HOMOSAPIEN, BUKUE ONE, & MORE (Rotture, 315 SE 3rd) Del for...
View ArticleIn the ShadowsIn the Shadows
Homelessness is moving east in Portland, so a longtime service provider packs a kitchen into an RV and follows. by Sarah Mirk AS GARY DAVIS steers the Hurricane-brand RV onto the asphalt of the...
View ArticleBack In The VanBack In The Van
The return of Get Hustle's revolution rock. by Andrew Stout "THE THEME in my mind this week has been, 'Necessity is the mother of invention,'" says Valentine Lovecraft Falcon of Get Hustle. It's a...
View ArticleHow I Learned to Start WorryingHow I Learned to Start Worrying
After watching Countdown to Zero, I'm once again terrified of a nuclear holocaust. by Courtney Ferguson I KINDA STOPPED WORRYING about nuclear fallout sometime after WarGames. That's over 20 good...
View ArticleThe Sunny DrunkardThe Sunny Drunkard
Local cocktail emporiums divulge their recipes for perfect summer cocktails. by Patrick Alan Coleman AS PORTLANDERS progress further into the depths of summer, we begin to develop a faraway...
View ArticleHave Band, Will TravelHave Band, Will Travel
Phosphorescent is bad at tour vans, good at music. by Ned Lannamann PHOSPHORESCENT has had bad luck with tour vans. As I'm talking on the phone to Matthew Houck, frontman and leader for the Brooklyn...
View ArticleDigital FolkloricaDigital Folklorica
ZZK takes cumbia in a new direction. by Ava Hegedus ZZK IS A Buenos Aires-based record label, a club night (also known as Zizek Club), and a collective of musicians who are pushing an original...
View ArticleGeek OutGeek Out
Eff off, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker! Persona 3 Portable's the new king of the PSP! by Earnest "Nex" Cavalli RECENTLY I DESCRIBED Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker as the best PSP game on the market....
View ArticleBored by EverythingBored by Everything
War Is Boring, and so is everything else. by Ned Lannamann CUMBERSOME CLASSIFICATIONS like "nonfiction graphic novel" and "comics journalism" could be used to describe David Axe's War Is Boring, but...
View ArticleOne Day at a TimeOne Day at a Time
Lindsay's first week in jail—and what? No Grey Goose?? by Ann Romano MONDAY, JULY 19 It's Monday, which means tomorrow is Tuesday, which means that Lindsay Lohan is going to jail. OR IS SHE? According...
View ArticleA Place to LaughA Place to Laugh
Can a new comedy club bring the laffs back to Portland? by Andrew R Tonry Suki's is a dump. But here, in the basement of the Travelodge on SW 4th, Portland's stand-up community gathers almost...
View Article