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Kusikia hug it out. by Ethan Jayne TWO MONTHS AGO, local duo Kusikia was all set up and ready to play a show in their North Portland basement. "Wait," drummer Peter Ryan calls to guitarist Nsayi...
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"Dear Dan, why don't women get a pass on looking at porn?" by Dan Savage Ever since hearing you say on your podcast that all men use porn, I have had a burning question: What about us women? If all...
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THURSDAY, JULY 29 BURGERTIME—Burgerville takes a break from padding your belly with Walla Walla onion rings and pepper bacon cheeseburgers to serve up an impressive local music show: the Shaky Hands,...
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Shark attacks: Overrated! by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey FOR MANY PEOPLE, this week is a lot like Christmas—unless you're Jewish, in which case it's a lot like that unpronounceable holiday you people...
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Luck-One is about to get torrential. by Ryan Feigh TO ANYONE UNFAMILIAR with the back story of Portland emcee Luck-One, the stage name of one Hanif Collins, it's so perfectly narrative that it almost...
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South of the Border: An image makeover for seven South American presidents. by Marjorie Skinner SOUTH OF THE BORDER opens with a clip from Fox News in which a cohort of be-spackled talking heads...
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Pogo Stick in the Mud by Anonymous To the douchebag pogo-er of SE 35th and Morrison: You have got to be the only person in Portland over the age of 10 who owns a pogo stick and uses it on a regular...
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Guantanamo Baywatch bring the beach party by Ethan Jayne WE PORTLANDERS are famous, maybe infamous, for complaining about the weather. So this past winter-that-shall-not-be-mentioned—the one that kept...
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Checking up on how immigrants are handled by Oregon's county jails. by Stefan Kamph US IMMIGRATION and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has implemented the "Secure Communities" program in Multnomah, Marion,...
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Roberto Bolaño's posthumous story collection The Return. by Jacob Schraer IN A POSTHUMOUS PUBLISHING BOOM, 2010 has seen the translation and release of five titles from acclaimed Chilean author...
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Dinner for Schmucks: Finally, a bromance with mouse taxidermy! by Alison Hallett AS THE OPENING CREDITS roll for the Paul Rudd/Steve Carell teamup Dinner for Schmucks, the camera carefully pans over a...
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Hockey's swift ascension to the top of the pop charts. by Ezra Ace Caraeff A FEW SHORT MONTHS after their biodiesel van died during a disastrous tour of empty venues, Hockey was on national television...
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Super Sad True Love Story's all-too-imaginable dystopia. by Alison Hallett "GARY SHTEYNGART = DUMBSHIT. OH WOW, YOUR DYSTOPIAN SATIRE HAS CHINA SURPASSING USA AND EVERYONE ADDICTED TO IPODS. REAL...
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Gretchen Jones debuts on Project Runway. by Marjorie Skinner THIS THURSDAY, July 29, at 9 pm, Portland will once again take a turn on reality design show Project Runway. Gretchen Jones (MothLove) is...
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More public toilets are coming to Portland. Not everybody's thrilled. by Amanda Waldroupe A YEAR AND A HALF after the city's first "loo," or public toilet, opened to cheers in December 2008 at NW 5th...
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On this fine Thursday, BP heads to court. In Idaho. I guess the theory is that Idahoans are less biased against BP than residents of the Gulf states. China: getting more polluted. Anyone remember in...
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This Week's Mercury Music Section
Guantanamo Baywatch Another week, another Mercury music section to read while you kill time before Nick Cave's remake of The Crow. Will the soundtrack have more songs from Helmet and Machines of...
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This Week's Mercury Music SectionThis Week's Mercury Music Section
Guantanamo Baywatch Another week, another Mercury music section to read while you kill time before Nick Cave's remake of The Crow. Will the soundtrack have more songs from Helmet and Machines of...
View ArticleToday in Nerd Juice: Joss Whedon's "Big Fan"
In this video from the Joss Whedon panel at Comic-Con, a "big fan" asks Whedon whether he has any "favorite actors." Hold on a second... that "big fan" sounds strangely familiar... and when he removes...
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