Tonight: Last ThursdayTonight: Last Thursday
Tonight's Last Thursday artwalk over on NE Alberta offers a handful of openings that sound worth the trek— Jill Bliss, Betsy Walton, and others at Together Gallery, Gary Wiseman at Little Field, Tabor...
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Bargain Hunting 101Bargain Hunting 101
I was chatting with a boutique owner last night, and I asked if she just continually marked her merchandise down until it was finally gone, or if she eventually just started giving it away. I'd always...
View ArticleColumbia River Crossing: Pro and Con
Check out this debate between CRC Co-Director Richard Brandman and Stop the CRC Coalition member David Osborn. Also of note: Metro released findings showing that a 10- or 12-lane bridge with light...
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PDX Pop Now Primer: Witch Mountain, Ylang YlangPDX Pop Now Primer: Witch...
The 2010 PDX Pop Now! Festival kicks off tomorrow. Until then, take a moment to get a little better acquainted with two of the acts that will be performing. As previously reported, the part of...
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New Police Prez Stands Behind Chasse CopsNew Police Prez Stands Behind Chasse...
DARYL TURNER: We must "vindicate their names, careers, and integrity" Newly elected Portland Police Association President Daryl Turner has issued a statement of support for the police officers...
View ArticleGood Morning, News!!
BP: Lawsuit time. The Gulf: longtime cesspool. Rig workers: compensated. The economy: sucks less, more slowly. Afghanistan: the deadliest month yet for US troops. Pakistan: flooded. Drug lord: dead....
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BREAKING NEWS YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT: Major American Idol Shakeup!BREAKING NEWS...
According to multiple sources, judge Ellen DeGeneres is leaving American Idol after claiming "it wasn't the right fit for her." HUZZAH AND HEAR, HEAR. While allowing a comedian to judge burgeoning...
View ArticleSL Letter of the Day: Can He Keep His Fingers Erect? His Tongue? How About...
So my best friend who is 21 has been dating her 31 year old boyfriend for over a year. The problem? They have not had sex yet! Now, she certainly wants to, however he has some health issues and has...
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The Internet's Newest Most Favorite GrampyThe Internet's Newest Most Favorite...
His name is Johnathan Wolcott, he was born in New Haven, Connecticut on March 17, 1933, his wife Edith died 11 years ago in 1998, and he has his own tumblr account which he obviously has no earthly...
View ArticleMore Fun with the Rap Sheet
New Police Association President Daryl Turner isn't the only one who's been defending the Chasse cops and writing in the union newsletter. Try this on for size: Does it take three years to answer the...
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Jersey Shore Wrap-Up: "Let's Hit the South"Jersey Shore Wrap-Up: "Let's Hit...
To my mind Jersey Shore is the ultimate culmination of the Real World style of reality television. Its characters (yeah, they're characters) completely embrace and thrive on the artificiality of the...
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It's Happening Tonight!It's Happening Tonight!
POP—It's the most wonderful time of year: time for PDX Pop Now!, the all-ages, all-local, all-free, all-weekend-long music festival, taking place inside and outside Rotture on two stages. Don't miss...
View ArticleThe Problem with Toddler Preachers Speaking in Tongues...
...is that you can't understand a goddamn word they say! Take this toddler preacher, for example, who took the mike from his pastor father to lecture the church on how Jesus Christ bled to death for...
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Council Moves Ahead on West Hayden DevelopmentCouncil Moves Ahead on West...
The Portland city council has decided to continue an inquiry into developing West Hayden Island into a new 300-acre auto-import facility for the Port of Portland. Last night the council chambers, the...
View ArticleProject Runway Wrap UpProject Runway Wrap Up
Against all odds, I'm going to go ahead and say that so far I like the new 90-minute format of Project Runway. The first thing I noticed were extended screen times for the prize sponsors—meh, but...
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Gretchen Jones' First Outfit for Project RunwayGretchen Jones' First Outfit...
In a particularly cruel challenge that involved both the destruction of the designers' personal property and a record setting short turnaround time, Gretchen Jones managed to pull this off calmly and...
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Nerding Out For Style Guides OR Yahoo! Tries Its Hand At Cultural...
I have a strange love for style guides, comparable to my love of office supplies or cookware. The Elements of Style, Sin and Syntax, these are essential texts for anyone who writes an article, a...
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Portland Gets Its Own Version of the Peel SessionsPortland Gets Its Own...
Blame PDX Pop, but there's a great local release this weekend that we didn't have room for in the paper. Hovercraft is releasing the first of their Old Standard Session series, a split 7-inch between...
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Portland Gets Its Own Version of the Peel Sessions
Hey Blogtownies, over on End Hits we've got a review and some mp3s for a new seven-inch that we didn't have room for in the paper this week. It's a split between Boom! and White Fang, and is a sort of...
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My Summer Just Got BetterMy Summer Just Got Better
Thanks to the PBR fairy, I am now the proud owner of this excellent wiffle ball set. Notice the slight textured wood grain on the red bat and the non-regulation multi-hole ball (the Wiffle brand eight...
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