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FREE TURD! Download Tic Tac Totally's Swallow This Turd CompilationFREE TURD!...
"Highly pretentious" Chicago-based garage label Tic Tac Totally is giving the world a, um, taste of the crap they've been putting out lately with a free download of Swallow This Turd, a 33-track...
View ArticleTwo-Year Old Sings Joanna Newsom, Little Noticeable Difference in Vocals
Here is a small girl singing Joanna Newsom's "Sprout and the Bean." When the girl isn't yelling over the music in sacred baby tongue and actually sings some of the lyrics (like when she jubilantly...
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It's Happening Tonight!It's Happening Tonight!
COME TO JESUS—The days of Zola Jesus opening shows—as she is tonight for this fabulous triple bill—will soon be over. With a stunning voice and bountiful artistic expression, the enigmatic Zola (née...
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At Last Night's North Portland Candidates DebateAt Last Night's North...
They went last, after almost hour and a half of political speechifying. First, John Kitzhaber regurgitated his stump talking points, then the two candidates for Metro president made their respective...
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Win Tickets to Dirty Projectors!Win Tickets to Dirty Projectors!
Well, well, looks like those Dirty Projectors are rolling back through town for a third (and fourth) time since the release of their finest recording to date, Bitte Orca. They'll be at the Aladdin...
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Win Tickets to Dirty Projectors!
Since all we do is give things away, why stop now? We are parting with a pair of tickets to see Dirty Projectors at the Aladdin Theater on Wednesday September 29. Plus we'll throw in a two-disc...
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A Tiny First Step for Digital ComicsA Tiny First Step for Digital Comics
It's finally happened: The Walking Dead is the first high-profile title from one of the major comics publishers that will be available in print and digital formats simultaneously. When asked if Image...
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Portia Takes Ellen's Last Name, Now That Is Love
Mawwiage is wot bwings us togevaaah...today.This is great, a Los Angeles judge granted Portia de Rossi's request to legally drop the "de Rossi" and pick up the "DeGeneres". What a happy couple, eh? [...
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Tao Lin Profiles Tao Lin in The StrangerTao Lin Profiles Tao Lin in The Stranger
Here. And this is why that profile and that cover are funny. And this is what Jacob Shraer thought of Tao Lin's new book. And here are the details on Tao Lin's Bookslut-sponsored appearance at Reading...
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Project Runway Wrap Up!Project Runway Wrap Up!
Last night the cruel engineers of reality TV torture decided to dangle the ultimate carrot in front of the tired and malnourished struggling small-time designers: money. Tonight's challenged tasked...
View ArticleIt's on TV Tonight! Oh. And Tomorrow!
Are you guys still emotionally reeling from Justin Bieber's Emmy-snatching performance last night on CSI? ME, TOO! In fact I heard the rest of the CSI cast gave up acting for good after getting the...
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Download Episode 11 of the Mercury Music Hour
Are you ready? Here's Episode 11 of the Mercury Music Hour, another hour of all local music. Don't like local? Don't like music? Don't like hours? Too bad, you're in the wrong place, sucka. The...
View ArticleSci Fi For Socialists, Weird Book Previews, And Future Tense
Future Tense Books, one of Portland's premiere small presses, celebrates its twentieth anniversary tonight at Disjecta. Read Ned Lannamann's interview with founder and editor Kevin Sampsell here. In...
View ArticleChristine O'Donnell Has a Secret Plan to Stop the Whole Country From Having Sex
Some dude in a red t-shirt [WAIT! That dude is the dude from the first season of The Real World!—Hump]: "You're going to stop the whole country from having sex?" O'Donnell: "Yeah!" And I love that...
View ArticleRally to Restore Sanity Viewing Party?
The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cRally to Restore Sanitywww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical HumorTea Party I just posted this in the comments on Good Morning News,...
View ArticleSomething Worth Stumbling (or Tripping) Upon
The weather is expected to turn nice again this week, which as a police officer friend recently told me, means the drug users will be out committing crimes. So, in honor of this week's forthcoming...
View ArticleVideo: Man Ousted From Candidates Debate
The banter behind the lecterns wasn't the only source of drama at last night's candidate debate at a church in North Portland. A man attempting to film the proceedings in defiance of the event's host,...
View ArticleSo Now All Police Contract Talks Will Be Public
The Portland Police Association announced on its website today that all future contract negotiations with the city will be opened to the public—a move that was long sought by community members...
View ArticleThe City that Refuses to Work: Union Negotiations Stalled.
The union representing 1,700 city of Portland's employees announced this morning that it had ceased mediation with the city and threatened to strike if several key demands are not met. The union is...
View ArticleMore Footage from The Walking Dead.
Yeah, it's an extended, self-congratulatory ad, and I'm yeah, I'm still not convinced this show's gonna be as great as the fanboys are convinced it'll be. But still, this clip offers some enticing...
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