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Mad Men MondayMad Men Monday
If you can tear yourself away from the barbecue today check out this month's Rolling Stone which has a nice Mad Men photo spread and article that you can't read online unless you pay for Rolling Stone...
View ArticleOregonian's Canzano: Baseball, Not "Silly" Bike Lanes
Crying about the Beavers last game at PGE Park, the Oregonian's frumpiest sports columnist, John Canzano, considers a minor-league baseball team necessary "infrastructure" and transportation plans...
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PAX: Civilization V And Shogun 2 Are Mind-Blowing, Pirates SuckPAX:...
PAX is over, you guys. But what a great weekend of gaming and nerddom... and I don't think anyone got swine flu or stabbed in the eye: a major bonus! The battle wages on between big game industry...
View ArticleWin Tickets to a Screening of Mogwai's BurningWin Tickets to a Screening of...
For 15 years Mogwai has been terrorizing both eardrums and mainstream British pop bands, and now the epic quiet/loud dynamic of the Scottish band has been captured on film. Burning is a "live film,"...
View ArticleWin Tickets to a Screening of Mogwai's Burning
Mogwai has made a career of being the mightiest/loudest/Scottishest (that's totally a word) band on the planet. Now they have a "live film" entitled Burning that is screening at the Bagdad Theater...
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Leonard Cohen is Coming!!!Leonard Cohen is Coming!!!
Yes! Yes! OH GOD, YES! I get these press releases all the time and usually ignore them because artists like Leonard Cohen never seem to come to Portland. We're just too small of a market. But as it...
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Spotted in Portland: Baseball Lover, Soccer and Sam HaterSpotted in Portland:...
This shirt was spotted yesterday at the final Portland Beavers game at PGE Park (and in Portland). Also spotted was former big leaguer Wily Mo Pena. I thought that guy was dead. [ Subscribe to the...
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Good Morning News!Good Morning News!
Obama's $50 Billion Infrastructure Plan: Obama announces plans for a mega-investment in our crumbling roads and bridges (whatever you do, don't call it a "stimulus plan"). Gotta love the New York Post...
View ArticleMonarques on a Train
Every time I ride the MAX I'm usually accosted by teenagers or a homeless guy who smells like cabbage. But for a lucky few, a trip on the MAX yielded a concert from the fine local act Monarques....
View ArticleAll Hail Lisa Frank: Prepubescent Overlord!
Before pre-teen girls had their self-esteem ripped away by Disney Princesses, Lisa Frank was the overlord in chief. In honor of "Back to School" week, check out this classic Lisa Frank commercial...
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The Green MicrogymThe Green Microgym
One of the more appealing ideas that's been batted around as a possible use for the empty Washington High School (currently readying to open its doors this week as the late-night venue for TBA) is to...
View ArticleGod Hates Decaffeinated Coffee
They're running out of arguments against marriage equality... While traveling in Mexico, two Vatican prelates have criticized Mexico City's new gay marriage law. The marriages of gay and lesbian...
View ArticleJapanese Vagina Slug?
You know when you see something terrifying and you have to share it with someone just so you don't feel alone? Please share my nightmare. I guess this video has been around for 2009 but I've never...
View ArticleTonight In Music: The Clientele, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.
THE CLIENTELE, LAY LOW, TCTB (Doug Fir, 830 E Burnside) A few short months ago, it seemed the Clientele's days on this earth were limited. Thankfully, the purveyors of gorgeous English pop have...
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Win Tickets to Fist of the White Lotus and The Seven Brothers Meet...
Tonight at the Hollywood, the Grindhouse Film Fest is putting on a double feature of Fist of the White Lotus and The Seven Brothers Meet Dracula. From My, What a Busy Week!: WHITE LOTUS—Tonight the...
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State by State Abortion Restriction RoundupState by State Abortion...
There's some good discussion going on in the comments of this week's cover story, in which I explore the battle over crisis pregnancy centers in the state. While geography and economics limit access...
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Mad Men On Cover Of Rolling StoneMad Men On Cover Of Rolling Stone
The new issue of Rolling Stone just came out, and if you're a Mad Men fan like me, you probably can't wait to see the cover, so, here you go my friends, enjoy. This cover proves to me that clothing...
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Real Estate Investment: This Missile Complex Can Be Yours!Real Estate...
If the citizens of Blogtown can help some kid get her Huffy back, surely we can all go in on this decommissioned missile complex in Othello, WA. It's a steal at $3.5 million. Decommissioned military...
View ArticleWhere's Shelley Winters When You Need Her?
Could've been worse. Via JMG. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
View ArticleChris Baker, The Poor Man's George Michael?
OMG, I think Ezra would kill me if I tried to put this video on End Hits, this song is cheesy as all hell. But god damn that male model they're disguising as a pop start is well dressed! BTW, do you...
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