SL Letter of the Day: The Last Word on Porn
The "porn fight" SLLOTD is SO fake! And if I hear one more person say "men are visual creatures" as though women's eyeballs are detached at the root, I'm going to shove one of my detachable eyeballs...
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First Look: Seth Aaron's Solar Paneled-Inspired Collection for Portland...
So, you know that Seth Aaron of Portland Vancouver is one of the big names at this year's Portland Fashion Week shows, right? And that, weirdly, he will also be joined by two other alumni from his...
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Seth Aaron's Solar Paneled LBDSeth Aaron's Solar Paneled LBD
The first look from Seth Aaron's SolarWorld collection for Portland Fashion Week: Well? More here. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Legal 'n' Free: Where to Find Great TV Comedies on the InternetLegal 'n'...
I love it, love it, love it when other people do my work for me. Splitsider has compiled a verrrrry extensive link list of practically every TV comedy currently (and some not so currently) playing on...
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It's Happening Tonight!It's Happening Tonight!
NERD FIGHT—It's the question that has plagued geeks for centuries: SCIENCE FICTION OR FANTASY?!? Tonight, the conundrum reaches its crisis: Will you stay in Portland to see cyberpunk author William...
View ArticleSwine Before PearlitesSwine Before Pearlites
Irving Street Kitchen's clientele would be fatter if they were actually eating there. by Patrick Alan Coleman WALKING ALONG NW 13TH, past the Irving Street Kitchen on one of their busier nights, you...
View ArticleFeeding the TrollsFeeding the Trolls
Troll 2 is so bad it's good—but the documentary about it, Best Worst Movie, is legitimately good. by Erik Henriksen "THEY'RE EATING HER! And then they're going to eat me! Oh my GOOOOOOODDDDD!" screams...
View ArticleDon't Call it a SetbackDon't Call it a Setback
I'm Still Here: Here's that attention you so desperately crave, Joaquin Phoenix! by Marjorie Skinner SO, WAS IT a hoax? The beard, the fat, the hiphop, the P. Diddy? Was it all fake? Yes. And no....
View ArticleNickel and DimedNickel and Dimed
Something is missing in Portland: hot-blooded public transit activism. by Sarah Mirk WHILE CAR COMMUTERS sweated in rush-hour traffic last Wednesday, September 1, about 100 transit riders gathered at...
View ArticleThe Green EconomyThe Green Economy
Marijuana is a $13.8 billion, recession-proof industry in California. Oregon still pretends it doesn't exist. by Leland Baxter-Neal AS CALIFORNIA'S HIGHWAY 101 cuts south from the Oregon border along...
View ArticleGentlemen, Pack Your BowlsGentlemen, Pack Your Bowls
Gentlemen, pack your bowls: Sleep has returned. by Brian Cook THE TRAJECTORY OF heavy metal in the 1980s was characterized by an accelerated push toward extremes. Specifically, the bands of that...
View ArticleHung Far from ChinatownHung Far from Chinatown
The iconic Hung Far Low sign has finally returned to Chinatown after two years. But what's it an icon for? by Denis C. Theriault ON THE SIDEWALKS at NW 4th and Couch Thursday night, September 2, Old...
View ArticleFirst ClassFirst Class
Up with Wiz Khalifa. by Larry Mizell, Jr. "SELF-MADE, been through what I been through—so I know what I know." In his 22 years, Cameron "Wiz Khalifa" Thomaz has lived all over the world (a military...
View ArticleGonna Make You SweatGonna Make You Sweat
Meet Sweat, Portland's comedy supergroup. Their interests include Lionel Richie and the Carpenters. by Erik Henriksen WHEN THE LIGHTS COME UP after Sweat, the audience is sitting in what looks like...
View ArticleOne Day at a TimeOne Day at a Time
A peek inside Paris Hilton's "secret wallet." EWW! by Ann Romano MONDAY, AUGUST 30 Today in the outrageous lies celebrities love to tell, Paris Hilton frantically told some whoppers while being...
View ArticleWeird, Wild, and WoollyWeird, Wild, and Woolly
Yeti Nine is a road map to strange and far-off treasures. by Ned Lannamann Yeti IS LESS A ZINE than an immaculately curated collection of art and ideas that walk the line between marginal and...
View ArticleIn Other News
A sexual hypnotist messes with Republicans, victims of domestic violence get new center, and teary goodbyes are waved to the Portland Beavers. by Mercury staff Loren Parks, the industrialist who has...
View ArticleGoddamn the LightGoddamn the Light
With Personal Life, the Thermals look inward and find darkness and light. by Ned Lannamann THE NEW THERMALS album is bookended by the songs "I'm Gonna Change Your Life" and "You Changed My Life," and...
View ArticleLetters to the EditorLetters to the Editor
Turning the big wheel. THE BIG WHEEL DEAR MERCURY—It's hard to believe this article ["Many Miles to Go," News, Sept 2] isn't a joke. Not enough women and minorities are riding bikes? Jesus Christ...
View ArticleI Love Television™I Love Television™
Why can't I be "La Femme Humpita"? by Wm. Steven Humphrey Hey!! Why do only women spies get to be called "la femmes" (as in La Femme Nikita)? THAT'S DISCRIMINATION, YO. And yes, I'm aware that "la...
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