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The New Jersey Life of Macaroni Rascals EphemeraThe New Jersey Life of...
And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. And the beast...
View ArticleWin Tickets to The Lost Boys!
As Mr. Bobby "Fatboy" Roberts noted in this week's I'm Staying Home, tonight Cort and Fatboy (and the Mercury!) are showing The Lost Boys at 11 pm at the Bagdad Theater. A reminder of all the amazing...
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Win a Copy of John Fowles' The Tree
Art and nature are siblings, branches of the one tree; and nowhere more than in the continuing inexplicability of many of their processes, and above all those of creation and of effect on their...
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Bin Laden Switches from ‘Terrorist’ to...
Seriously, the worst guy In a newly-released audio tape and jihad scrapbook set, Public Enemy #1 Osama bin Laden shifted his focus this week from “death to the infidel” to “please recycle.” The...
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Wanted: Ass Kicking Arts Intern!
Do you just love the Arts?! Do you just love the Portland Mercury?! Then come take my job! We're looking for a new Arts Intern and it could be you! But first, some criteria: • We want to get someone...
View ArticleTonight in Music: Calvin Johnson, Redcoat Turncoat, First Aid Kit, and more
CALVIN JOHNSON, BURNING YELLOWS, THE SANDWITCHES, ORCA TEAM, KELLY SLUSHER (Templeton Building, 5 SE 3rd) There will be no more music in the Templeton Building. Or maybe there will be. In what is...
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Name Glenn Danzig's Cat!
End Hits: Mommy, can I go out & purr tonight? [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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California Legalizes Pot! (Well, Sort Of...)California Legalizes Pot! (Well,...
Good news for all you pot-heads, and you might want to start packing your cars to head down to the sun for the winter! Turns out Governor Arnold has just signed a bill downgrading possession of AN...
View ArticleGuys! Check Out My New iPhone Case!
So maybe my new iPhone case doesn't fit correctly right now... but give it time. GIVE… IT… TIME. via [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Jersey Shore Wrap Up: "Gone Baby Gone"Jersey Shore Wrap Up: "Gone Baby Gone"
How bizarre is it that this episode of Jersey Shore is titled after Ben Affleck's awesome 2007 movie, Gone Baby Gone? Sets the tonal bar a little high for the drama this episode contained. Regardless,...
View ArticleParenthetical Girls Cover Chris & Cosey's "October Love Song"
What better way to kick off the month of October than with one of the sweetest synth-pop songs ever written? Parenthetical Girls have taken it upon themselves to cover Chris & Cosey's fantastic...
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This Week's Mercury Film Section.
THE SOCIAL NETWORK Full disclosure: I have a man-crush on Justin Timberlake. THE SOCIAL NETWORK There are only three movies I've flat-out loved this year: Winter's Bone, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World,...
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My Life as a Food Critic: AnonymityMy Life as a Food Critic: Anonymity
Elvis and I at the Barfly Awards With my last food review officially out in the world, I thought I'd say a few words about being a food critic in PDX. So I've decided to write a series of blog posts...
View ArticleThis Weekend: Matt Braunger
At Helium this weekend, with two shows tonight and two shows Saturday, former Portlander Matt Braunger: For more on Braunger, who helped found the Bridgetown Comedy Festival, check out the Q&A...
View ArticleCGI Facebook Movie In 1 Minute! (AND Justin Timberlake!)
Don't have time to see the new Facebook movie this weekend? Here's the new TAIWANESE CGI VERSION IN ONE MINUTE! I think this one's more exciting anyway. CGI Justin Timberlake is soooo dreamy... [...
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AAAUGGGHHH! Giant Penguins!!!!!AAAUGGGHHH! Giant Penguins!!!!!
OMG GIANT PENGUINS ARE REAL!!!!!!! It's totally true, I swear to god. Look! The BBC wrote about it:The fossil of a giant penguin that lived 36 million years ago has been discovered in Peru... The...
View ArticleWhat Wants to Kill Me This Week? Vol. 2
I was going to make this a weekly installment, but I realize now that there are way too many awful things out there that need attention. So it's going to be twice a week. I'm doubling your dose. Of...
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Dismissing a Gay Student Teacher: How is that Even Legal?!
Leo Qin - Pioneer LogSeth StambaughOn the heels of the news that a Lewis and Clark graduate student teaching in the Beaverton School District was dismissed from work for mentioning in class that he...
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Wanted: A Mercury Food Critic!Wanted: A Mercury Food Critic!
[Reprinted from last week, for those who may have missed it the first time!—eds.] The Mercury is looking for a new food/restaurant/drink critic to add to our stable of great writers. COULD THAT BE...
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Download Episode 12 of the Mercury Music Hour
It's that time of the week for you to play catch-up. Here's this week's episode of the Mercury Music Hour, which you might have missed on the radio. (The Mercury Music Hour broadcasts at noon on...
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