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YouTube Cover Video Soils Beach Boys Song

This curious lady has taken one of my favorite Beach Boys songs, which is probably found on countless compilations made for pre-schoolers, and made it feel strange and dirty. Why does she eat the...

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Black Death, Where Have You Been All My Life?Black Death, Where Have You Been...

Our talented metal scribe Aris Wales just stormed into the office, ripped off my headphones (guess he's not a Belle and Sebastian The BBC Sessions fan), and made me listen to Black Death. He then...

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The Official "F**k You"

Back on August 20th we posted the awesome all-text video for Cee Lo's "F**k You" right here. But text is not enough, so here is the official video. Enjoy. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

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The Official "F**k You"

Back on August 20th we posted the awesome all-text video for Cee Lo's "F**k You" right here. But text is not enough, so here is the official video. Enjoy. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

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Where Do You Pee?Where Do You Pee?

The Society Pages has a long and intermittently interesting post about the difference in male and female bathroom signage, with plenty of examples from around the world. The idea is that an easily...

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Tonight: First ThursdayTonight: First Thursday

Damien GilleyDamien Gilley's Decoy, on view at PNCA's Manuel Izquierdo Sculpture Gallery The First Thursday artwalk is going down tonight on the west side. After the jump are expanded details on my...

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This Weekend: Todd GlassThis Weekend: Todd Glass

The last time we checked in with comedian Todd Glass, almost exactly one year ago, his wisdom proved sage. Glass foretold a new comedy club would open in Portland long before the name Helium was ever...

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Coming Soon: Place for Homeless to Safely Stash Their Stuff

Portland's Housing Bureau is very close to announcing the site of a new facility downtown where homeless residents downtown can store their things during the day without fear of having them stolen or...

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Cycling Center Report on Minority Biking Rates: Portland Must Do MoreCycling...

It was a full nine months ago when I first reported on NE Portland's Community Cycling Center (CCC) putting together a report about why low-income people, racial minorities, and women bike at lower...

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Want to Play Guitar for Pavement on National Television?

Image courtesy of Matador Records Pavement will be on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on the 23rd of September and they want you—yes, you—to play guitar for them. “Ever wanted to go to a TV taping? One...

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Fall is Here, Part Three: Marc by Marc JacobsFall is Here, Part Three: Marc...

New York fashion week is right around the corner, starting September ninth and going through the 16th. Which means Spring/Summer 2011 will be hitting the runways in T-Minus 10 days! So lets take a...

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Chinese Women: Still Leading the World in Animal and Robot Mimicry

Meet Miss China, a candidate for the Miss Universe pageant, whose talents include dating advice, gift giving, and wildly adorable impersonations of cows, rocket launches, and... robots? [ Subscribe to...

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Today in Sarah PalinToday in Sarah Palin

First... Second, the must-read Vanity Fair Palin slam is here. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

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Good Morning, News!

It Could Have Been Worse, Part I: He's done with North Carolina, where he wasn't such a boor, and now Hurricane Earl is inviting himself to a few thousand Labor Day barbecues in Cape Cod and Long...

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Tonight in Music: Alexis Gideon, Pavement, Strength

ALEXIS GIDEON (Disjecta, 8371 N Interstate) Read our article on Alexis Gideon. PAVEMENT, QUASI (Edgefield, 2126 SW Halsey, Troutdale) Ever since news of the Pavement reunion broke, we've been drooling...

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Goodbye Summer Jimmity-Jam; Hello Fall Jimmity Jam!

Okay, so this weekend we bid goodbye to the summer—but before you decide to slice your face off with the rusty lid from a coffee can, check out what very well could be the FALL jimmity jam of the...

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Dave Mustaine is Coming to Powell'sDave Mustaine is Coming to Powell's

Megadeth's Dave Mustaine will be at Powell's tomorrow panhandling on W. Burnside signing copies of his new book, In Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir. The book recounts "the highs and lows of a life in...

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Dave Mustaine is Coming to Powell's

Megadeth's Dave Mustaine will be at Powell's tomorrow panhandling on W. Burnside signing copies of his new book, In Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir. The book recounts "the highs and lows of a life in...

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"If I Don’t Get to Have Sex with Adam Duritz Soon, I Might Die""If I...

We talk all sorts of crazy around these parts, but never have we used the term "ohmygod he gets me so wet" in reference to the Counting Crows' Adam Duritz. Also, there's this: I am obsessed with you,...

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Comment of the Week!Comment of the Week!

This week's prize goes to ROM for his excellent and potentially life-saving idea for resolving the Discovery Channel hostage situation in which a gunman demanded more coverage of Daniel Quinn's...

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