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Cultish concerns: police in Southern California are searching for 13 members of a cult-like religious sect who left notes saying they were on the way to meet Jesus. Um...oops? 25 people were killed in...
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Scissor Sisters, Live at the Roseland, 09/14/10Scissor Sisters, Live at the...
Onstage theatrics. A shirtless dude with washboard abs. Leather pants. Yup, this is what the Scissor Sisters looked like when storming the stage of the Roseland last week. Minh Tran was there to take...
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Cloudy October Gets Seriously RemixedCloudy October Gets Seriously Remixed
Travis Wiggins (of Please Step Out Of The Vehicle) recently relocated to Hawaii, but that hasn't slowed his roll one bit. Wiggins remixed The Aviator is Dead—the stellar debut EP from local emcee...
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To Do Tomorrow: Amazon Hosts PlayStation 3 Gold Box SaleTo Do Tomorrow:...
Do you own a PlayStation 3, but wish you had more games for it? Do you want to own a PlayStation 3, but are constantly stymied by Old Man Economy and his wife, Mrs. YourJobBlows? Do you hate hitting...
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The recession is over! And according to experts, it's been over since... JUNE 2009?? Where was I?? Tea party and anti-masturbation poster girl Christine O'Donnell backs out of talk show appearances...
View ArticleIf It Happened to a Democrat...
...it would be all over the Drudge Report, Fox News, and conservative blogs—and twelve hours later it would be all over the front pages of every newspaper in the country, it would lead every network...
View ArticleTonight in Music: Pantha Du Prince
PANTHA DU PRINCE, THE SIGHT BELOW, GULLS (Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison) Read our article on Pantha du Prince. As always, you can also find our complete live show listings here. [ Subscribe to the...
View ArticleFuture Fashion: Spray-On Clothing
Welcome to the future, where your favorite shirt comes in a can, and can also be re-purposed as a bandage when the robots rise up and turn against humanity: Does this remind anyone else of am more...
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What Leanne Marshall Would DoWhat Leanne Marshall Would Do
As fall sets in, I'm begrudgingly getting a game plan together: I could use an update of basics, like tees and layering pieces in dark neutral tones from JET (3753 N Mississippi). I have a crazy idea...
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Good Morning, News about Justin Bieber!Good Morning, News about Justin Bieber!
Justin Bieber goes to Hooters! 50 Cent disses Justin Bieber on Twitter; learns the fury of the Bieber Army will not be trifled with! (Here's just one example.) Four-year-old Madison sees Justin Bieber...
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Slate's Jessica Grose on Christine O'Donnell's sex, lies, and videotape problem: Though certainly O'Donnell is an extreme example, I wonder if she is a harbinger of political coverage to come—by which...
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Man Sues Over A Bear Hug!Man Sues Over A Bear Hug!
Heads up, Portlanders! It's not the prostitutes and crackdealers on Burnside you should be watching out for in the late hours of your Friday night. It's those dangerous huggers! University of Portland...
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Will the Blazers Win More Games Than Every Team (Except Miami) in the...
Nate does the math. The mathletes over at The Wages of Wins Journal—they wrote the book on academic research and the economics of sports—have posted a link an Arturo Galletti piece that offers a...
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The Complete Interviews from the Paris ReviewThe Complete Interviews from the...
Highbrow literary magazine the Paris Review has redesigned their site, putting every single one of their interviews—dating back to 1953—online in the process. This is a remarkable resource for...
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Episode Eleven of the Mercury Music Hour
Episode number eleven of the Mercury Music Hour is on air, RIGHT NOW! Music from Monarques, Hazel, Chromatics, Mackintosh Braun, Dolorean, and plenty more. Stream the show online at 947.fm or listen...
View ArticleHAPPY BIRTHDAY, NELSON!!
Both Nelsons are 44 today! Let's celebrate by watching this SUPER KICK-ASS music video! My favorite parts are where the poster comes to life, and when the Native American chief opens the portal into...
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Win Tickets to the Dill Pickle Club Ghost Town TourWin Tickets to the Dill...
You are damn lucky. Local arts group the Dill Pickle Club is giving away a pair of tickets for this weekend's amazing-looking road trip to ghost towns of Eastern Oregon. Here's what's going on at the...
View ArticlePoors, You Get Another Dime! Oregon Minimum Wage Jumps 10 Cents
Good news, y'all: Oregon's minimum wage will rise from $8.40/hour to $8.50 on January 1, 2011. That's thanks for Measure 25, which squeaked past voters in 2002 and increases minimum wage as inflation...
View ArticleNew OK Go Video is a Real Dog! (No, That's Good!)
Goddamn you, OK Go! You've done it again! But instead of treadmills and marching bands and insane Rube Goldberg contraptions, you're doing it with dogs! And not in a dirty way, either. Seriously guys,...
View ArticleNew OK Go Video is a Real Dog! (No, That's Good!)
Goddamn you, OK Go! You've done it again! But instead of treadmills and marching bands and insane Rube Goldberg contraptions, you're doing it with dogs! And not in a dirty way, either. Seriously guys,...
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