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My Life as a Food Critic: Fat and FairnessMy Life as a Food Critic: Fat and...
On the Road to FastsvilleAfter lasts week’s post on anonymity, I received a couple requests from Portland’s pro eaters to talk about the health costs involved in eating for a living. I'm happy to...
View ArticleCorin Tucker Band - "Riley" Video
Check out the video for Corin Tucker Band's "Riley" from 1,000 Years, which comes out tomorrow on Kill Rock Stars. See Corin Tucker and her associates at work in what looks like a small practice...
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Huh, So Mark Zuckerberg's a Laugh Riot All the Sudden.Huh, So Mark...
So not only was he on The Simpsons last night, but there's also this: Mark Zuckerberg (and the Facebook PR team presumably) rented out the Century Cinemas 16 in Mountain View, CA yesterday for a...
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Mad Men MondayMad Men Monday
AMC, the mother ship itself, has a nice entry in the Mad Men Fashion File about last week's episode. And in honor of Trudy's completely off screen delivery (guess she's busy over at NBC with...
View ArticleMother Fights Battle for Cyclist Charged in Road-Rage Fight
Remember that road-rage incident last week involving a bicyclist who police say spit at a van that got a little too close for comfort over on NE 20th and Irving, and then got into a scuffle with the...
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Five CathysFive Cathys
As Dave previously mentioned, the last ever Cathy comic strip was published yesterday. But she shouldn't get dibs on the name, right? To help wash the thought of this out of your mind forever, here...
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It's Happening Tonight!It's Happening Tonight!
CORNY NIGHT—Why would you pay $7 to get lost in a cornfield? Trust me: When you head out to Sauvie Island and plunge into the Maize Maze, it feels far more fun and far less stupid than it does when...
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Cute Trivia Alert!Cute Trivia Alert!
Sassy Magazine trivia quiz! OMG! Yay! Tonight! Juliana Hatfield on my first Sassy ever. Take it away Margaret, creator of the best pub quizzes ever:Do the words Cute Band Alert, flexidisc, and Dear...
View ArticleI LOVE KANYE (There, I Said it)
Well, well, Kanye does it again. After the VMA's I posted this, stating that I am indeed on Kanye's side and will always be. I guess I like assholes? Whatever, here he is KILLING IT once again on SNL....
View ArticleCorin Tucker Band - "Riley" Video
Check out the video for Corin Tucker Band's "Riley" from 1,000 Years, which comes out tomorrow on Kill Rock Stars. See Corin Tucker and her associates at work in what looks like a small practice...
View ArticleHappy Birthday, Beverly Hills 90210!
In case you forgot to write it on your calendars, October 4th, 2010 is the 20th birthday of Beverly Hills, 90210! To celebrate, here's the original opening sequence—which for some reason made my heart...
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Feds Kick Down to Help TriMet Buy New BusesFeds Kick Down to Help TriMet Buy...
Illustration by Harry LauTriMet received some good news from Uncle Sam this morning: $6 million in grant money to help the cash-strapped agency replace a handful of its aging buses. The award,...
View ArticleTonight in Music: The Black Keys
THE BLACK KEYS, NICOLE ATKINS (Crystal Ballroom, 1332 W Burnside) The Black Keys singer/guitar player Dan Auerbach denies that he sold his soul to Satan, à la Delta bluesman Robert Johnson. But I...
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Somewhere Nicole Richie is WeepingSomewhere Nicole Richie is Weeping
For those of you who don't know, the Brazilian Blowout is getting into some "Hot Water" so to speak. Recent tests by Oregon's Occupational Safety and Health agency and Oregon Health & Science...
View ArticleFreddie Mercury, David Bowie, Kermit the Frog—and Making You Feel Better
It's Monday, and it's so gray outside that even people who've been in Portland longer than me (which is most of the city) are glumly commenting on it. Meanwhile, the economy still bites, and there's...
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Oh Kobe...Oh Kobe...
It's not like I don't know that he's one of the best players in history—I'm quite aware of that—but that doesn't mean that I can't think Kobe Bryant's a BITCH, right? I mean, come on Portland: You...
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Get Ready for Zack Snyder's Superman.Get Ready for Zack Snyder's Superman.
Yes. This is exactly what the next Superman movie will be like. Damn. Deadline's on a geek-news roll. First they broke that Emma Stone-as-Mary Jane business, and now they have the news that 300,...
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Portland Pinball Map: Not Just For Portland Anymore (But It Still Loves Us...
Let's be straight pinball fans, ever since Pac-Man, Donkey Kong and the rest of their pixelated brethren started crowding arcades and convenience stores, the pinball industry has had to fight flipper...
View ArticleWoW: Cataclysm Lands This December
Blizzard Entertainment — they hate it if you refer to them as "Activision/Blizzard" when talking about Blizzard products — announced the release date for the latest World of Warcraft expansion early...
View ArticleI, Anonymous: Hipsters and Drunken Racists on the Bus
As the weather cools after an all-too-cool summer, people in Portland are getting ornery. Just how we like 'em at the I, Anonymous desk. Two more just came in the mail. Like the mail-mail. On paper....
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